MGS to Pte. Norton 90th Foot.
Military General Service 1793-1814, 2 clasps, Martinique, Guadaloupe officially named to: Joseph Norton, 90th Foot.
Minor edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise very fine.
Hayward, June 1972.
Joseph Norton was born in the Parish of Pomfret, Yorkshire, and enlisted into the 90th Light Infantry at Manchester on 13 December 1806, aged 18, a cotton carder by trade. He served in the West Indies from 9 July 1808 to 20 June 1814. He was discharged at Zante on 30 January 1828, in consequence of ‘impaired constitution from repeated attacks of fever & long service in warm climates.’ He received his final discharge on 20 May 1828, intending to reside at Wakefield, Yorkshire.
Sold with copied discharge papers saved to CD.
Product Code: EM3954
