Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Military General Service 1793-1814, 6 clasps, Roleia, Vimiera, Corunna, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle (James Mitchell, 6th Foot.) very fine £1,400-£1,800

Provenance: Sotheby, November 1928; Sanderson Collection, Glendining’s, June 1941; Elson Collection, Glendining’s February 1963.

James Mitchell was admitted to an out-pension on 24 February 1852, then aged 63, ‘states that he was wounded in left leg at Vimiera and in right thigh at the Pyrenees. Served 7 Years’ (WO 97/283 refers).

Sold with muster research which confirms that Mitchell also served in the Walcheren Expedition in 1809, and in Upper Canada from June 1814 until his discharge at Chippawa, limited service being expired, on 24 February 1815, and was finally discharged in England on 22 July 1815. Also sold with further research including copied extracts from The Antelope giving a detailed account of the 6th Foot’s part in the siege of Fort Erie, August-September 1814.