Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Barrosa (G. Shipley, R. Arty.) nearly very fine £900-£1,200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Simon C. Marriage Collection of Medals to the Artillery.

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Sotheby, June 1903; Spink, December 1986.

George Shipley was born in the Parish of Eggerton, Derbyshire, and enlisted into the Royal Artillery on 15 September 1805, aged 17, a weaver by trade. He served 9 years 47 days as a Gunner and was discharged on 31 October 1814, in consequence of ‘a fractured arm & knee, injured by a hurt in the service, and admitted on the Pension List at 9d per day from 1 Nov 1814.’

Sold with copied discharge papers.