MILITARY GENERAL SERVICE MEDAL, 1793-1814, 9 clasps, Barrosa, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, St. Sebastian, Orthes, Toulouse (E. Hotley, 95th Foot, Rifles); officially impressed, with original silver claw suspension and reverse pin for wear. Attractive cabinet tone, one or two tiny marks and two minor reverse edge bruises, otherwise good very fine. Private Elijah Hotley, of Long Melford, Suffolk, enlisted for service with the Rifle Brigade on the 11th of March 1809 at Bury St Edmunds. He was only 12 years old upon enlistment - the youngest enlisted age seen thus far by the cataloguer. His service papers show that he served ‘Under Age’ as a Private and then Bugler from the 11th of March 1809, and then to Private on the 10th of March 1815 - serving for nearly 23 years with the colours until his discharge in January 1838. He served for four years in Portugal and Spain during the Peninsular Wars, and also served for several months in ‘America’, during which time he was wounded in the left hand at New Orleans during the unsuccessful British attack, where they were repulsed by the defending forces.
MILITARY GENERAL SERVICE MEDAL, 1793-1814, 9 clasps, Barrosa, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, St. Sebastian, Orthes, Toulouse (E. Hotley, 95th Foot, Rifles); officially impressed, with original silver claw suspension and reverse pin for wear. Attractive cabinet tone, one or two tiny marks and two minor reverse edge bruises, otherwise good very fine. Private Elijah Hotley, of Long Melford, Suffolk, enlisted for service with the Rifle Brigade on the 11th of March 1809 at Bury St Edmunds. He was only 12 years old upon enlistment - the youngest enlisted age seen thus far by the cataloguer. His service papers show that he served ‘Under Age’ as a Private and then Bugler from the 11th of March 1809, and then to Private on the 10th of March 1815 - serving for nearly 23 years with the colours until his discharge in January 1838. He served for four years in Portugal and Spain during the Peninsular Wars, and also served for several months in ‘America’, during which time he was wounded in the left hand at New Orleans during the unsuccessful British attack, where they were repulsed by the defending forces.
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