Pair: Gunner and Driver W. Evison, Royal Artillery Drivers Military General Service 1793-1814, 4 clasps, Salamanca, Vittoria, St. Sebastian, Toulouse (W. Evison, Gunr. Arty. Drivers.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 1st issue, large letter reverse (W. Evison, Gunnr. & Driver Royal Artill. Invls. 1844.) original steel clip and rectangular bar suspension, light contact marks, otherwise about very fine (2) £1,200-£1,600 Pair: Gunner and Driver W. Evison, Royal Artillery Drivers Military General Service 1793-1814, 4 clasps, Salamanca, Vittoria, St. Sebastian, Toulouse (W. Evison, Gunr. Arty. Drivers.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 1st issue, large letter reverse (W. Evison, Gunnr. & Driver Royal Artill. Invls. 1844.) original steel clip and rectangular bar suspension, light contact marks, otherwise about very fine (2) £1,200-£1,600 Provenance: Debenhams 1899 and 1904; Payne Collection 1911, Glendining’s, March 1918; Leyland Robinson Collection; Matt Taylor Collection, Christie’s, July 1983. William Evison was born in the Parish of Quatford, near Shrewsbury, Shropshire, and attested at Shrewsbury for the Royal Artillery on 6 July 1811, aged 17. He served ‘in the Peninsula from April 1812 to August 1814 and was present at Salamanca, Madrid, Burgos, Vittoria, St Sebastian, and Toulouse. - West Indies One year and thirty five days.’ He was discharged from the ‘Invalid Detachment Royal Regt. of Artillery’ at Woolwich on 9 July 1844, in consequence of chronic rheumatism and general debility, after 33 years 209 days service. Admitted to a Chelsea Hospital out-pension upon discharge, he resided at Woolwich and died there on 6 April 1867. Sold with copied discharge papers.
Pair: Gunner and Driver W. Evison, Royal Artillery Drivers Military General Service 1793-1814, 4 clasps, Salamanca, Vittoria, St. Sebastian, Toulouse (W. Evison, Gunr. Arty. Drivers.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 1st issue, large letter reverse (W. Evison, Gunnr. & Driver Royal Artill. Invls. 1844.) original steel clip and rectangular bar suspension, light contact marks, otherwise about very fine (2) £1,200-£1,600 Pair: Gunner and Driver W. Evison, Royal Artillery Drivers Military General Service 1793-1814, 4 clasps, Salamanca, Vittoria, St. Sebastian, Toulouse (W. Evison, Gunr. Arty. Drivers.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 1st issue, large letter reverse (W. Evison, Gunnr. & Driver Royal Artill. Invls. 1844.) original steel clip and rectangular bar suspension, light contact marks, otherwise about very fine (2) £1,200-£1,600 Provenance: Debenhams 1899 and 1904; Payne Collection 1911, Glendining’s, March 1918; Leyland Robinson Collection; Matt Taylor Collection, Christie’s, July 1983. William Evison was born in the Parish of Quatford, near Shrewsbury, Shropshire, and attested at Shrewsbury for the Royal Artillery on 6 July 1811, aged 17. He served ‘in the Peninsula from April 1812 to August 1814 and was present at Salamanca, Madrid, Burgos, Vittoria, St Sebastian, and Toulouse. - West Indies One year and thirty five days.’ He was discharged from the ‘Invalid Detachment Royal Regt. of Artillery’ at Woolwich on 9 July 1844, in consequence of chronic rheumatism and general debility, after 33 years 209 days service. Admitted to a Chelsea Hospital out-pension upon discharge, he resided at Woolwich and died there on 6 April 1867. Sold with copied discharge papers.
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