Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Troop Sergeant-Major John Inskip, 13th Light Dragoons

Military General Service 1793-1814, 6 clasps, Albuhera, Vittoria, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse (J. Inskip, Troop Serjeant Major, 13th Light Drago) last part of unit obscured by suspension claw; Waterloo 1815 (Serj. John Inskip, 13th Reg. Light Dragoons.) fitted with original steel clip and replacement German silver straight bar suspension together with a fine engraved ribbon slide scroll inscribed ‘PENINSULA’, light contact marks, otherwise very fine or better (2) £4,000-£5,000

Sotheby, December 1934.

John Inskip was born in the Parish of St Clements, near Hastings, Sussex, and enlisted for the 13th Light Dragoons at London on 19 March 1799, aged 18, for unlimited service. He served as a Private 9 years 11 months, Corporal, 2 years 2 months, Sergeant, 8 years 11 months; and Troop Sergeant-Major, 6 years 7 months. He received 2 years additional service for Waterloo, and afterwards served in the East Indies for 6 years 10 months, being discharged at Bangalore on 24 August 1825, in consequence of ‘lameness from a fall from his horse and being worn out by length of service. He received his final discharge at Hastings on 29 June 1826, receiving a pension of 2s tuppence-halfpenny.

Sold with copied discharge papers.