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Military General Service 1793-1814, 2 clasps, Martinique, Guadaloupe (Joseph Norton, 90th Foot.) minor edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise very fine £1,600-£2,000

Hayward, June 1972.

Joseph Norton was born in the Parish of Pomfret, Yorkshire, and enlisted into the 90th Light Infantry at Manchester on 13 December 1806, aged 18, a cotton carder by trade. He served in the West Indies from 9 July 1808 to 20 June 1814. He was discharged at Zante on 30 January 1828, in consequence of ‘impaired constitution from repeated attacks of fever & long service in warm climates.’ He received his final discharge on 20 May 1828, intending to reside at Wakefield, Yorkshire.

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