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Samuel Buckley, 83rd Foot, who lost his right arm from a wound at Badajoz
Military General Service 1793-1814, 2 clasps, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz (Samuel Buckley, 83rd Foot) fitted with silver brooch buckle, light edge bruises, very fine £1400-1600
This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Napoleonic War Medals.
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Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, December 2005.
Samuel Buckley was born in the Parish of Highton, Lancaster, and served in the 48th Foot for 3 years before joining the 83rd Foot on 27 August 1805. He was discharged from Banbury Barracks on 2 December 1812, in consequence of ‘an amputated right arm from a wound at Badajoz, 19 March 1812’. He was then aged 31, formerly a weaver, and was granted a pension of 9d per diem. Sold with copied discharge papers.
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