Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Stephen Clifford, 12th Light Dragoons

Military General Service 1793-1814, 2 clasps, Egypt, Salamanca (S. Clifford, 12th Lt. Dgns.); Waterloo 1815 (Stephen Clifford, 12th Reg. Light Dragoons.) fitted with original steel clip and replacement flattened ring suspension, minor marks but generally good very fine (2) £2,600-£3,000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals - The Property of a Gentleman.

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Stephen Clifford was born in the Parish of St Paul’s, Dublin, and enlisted there for the 12th Light Dragoons on 12 December 1797, aged 18 years, for unlimited service. He was discharged at Canterbury on 16 February 1819, in consequence of a ‘reduction in the Regiment & being old and worn out; conduct ‘Good, served in Egypt, Peninsula & Waterloo’ at which battle he served in Captain G. F. Erskine’s Troop.

Sold with copied discharge papers.