Orders, Decorations and Medals

Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Salamanca (William Neal, 11th Light Dragoons) attempted erasure of name, slight edge bruising, good very fine £800-900

Ex Glendining’s October 1930 and Spink, March 1984.

William Neal was born in Burton, near Kettering, Northamptonshire in November 1781. He joined the 11th Light Dragoons at Kettering on 7 February 1805. Served at the battle of Salamanca and at the battle of Waterloo; in the latter serving in Captain Thomas Binney’s Troop. He was discharged as unfit for further service at Canterbury in 1819 - suffering severely from fistula in ano. With copied discharge papers and roll extracts.