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Auction: 13001 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 148

Military General Service 1793-1814, one clasp, Salamanca (George Masters, 11th. Light Dragoons.), good very fine

Private George Masters, born Bridgewater, Somerset c.1784; enlisted in the 11th Light Dragoons, April 1806; served with the Regiment in the Peninsula from May 1811; took part in the action near Campo Mayor, 22.6.1811, where he was severely wounded and taken Prisoner of War- the Regiment as a whole suffered eight men killed; one Officer and 21 men wounded; and two Officers and 75 men taken prisoner; re-joined the Regiment, probably having been exchanged on account of his wounds, and took part in the Battle of Salamanca, 22.7.1812. Served during the Waterloo campaign as part of Captain James Bourchier´s Troop, 16-18.6.1815, discharged, March 1819, after 14 years and 335 days with the Colours; died West London, August 1861.

Provenance: Glendining, December 1965
J.B. Hayward, June 1972.

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