Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Military General Service 1793-1814, 2 clasps, Corunna, St. Sebastian (T. Ross, 1st Foot Guards) light edge bruising and suspension a little slack, otherwise very fine £800-£1,000

Thomas Ross was born in the Parish of Washington, near Newcastle, County Durham, and was enlisted briefly into the 61st Foot on 30 August 1803. Just under three months later he enlisted into the Grenadier Guards at Berwick on 28 November 1803, aged 28, a miner by trade. He was discharged at Windsor on 2 November 1818, having served a total of 16 years 64 days, including 2 years additional allowance for Waterloo. He went on to work as an engine furnace keeper having settled in Great Lumley, County Durham, where he died on 23 December 1849, aged 72. Sold with copied discharge papers and other research.