Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Barrosa (Chas. Stewart, R. Arty. Drivers) edge bruising, otherwise very fine £800-£1,000

Sotheby, March 1986; Phillips, March 2001.

Charles Stewart was born in the Parish of Errol, near Perth, and enlisted for the Royal Artillery at Stirling on 2 May 1808, aged 23 years, for unlimited service (Volunteered from the Forfar Militia). He served 22 years 183 days as a Gunner and Driver, and was discharged from the 2nd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Artillery, at Woolwich on 30 September 1830, in consequence of chronic opthalmia.

Sold with copied discharge papers.