CAMPAIGN GROUPS AND PAIRS 949
Pair: Colour Serjeant W. Beckham, Scots Fusilier Guards, who served in the Peninsula during 1812-14 and 1827-28
MILITARY GENERAL SERVICE 1793-1814, 2 clasps, Vittoria, Nive (W. Beckham, Serjt., 3rd Foot Gds.) clasps slightly bent, with silver brooch bar; ARMY L.S. & G.C., V.R., 1st issue, large letter reverse, edge dated (W. Beckham, Colour Serjt., Scots Fus. Guards. 1842) with replacement silver ring and straight bar suspension, this latter inscribed, ‘Peninsula’, with silver brooch bar, some edge bruising and contact marks, very fine (2)
£1200-1500
William Beckham was born in 1794 at St. Michael at Plea, Norwich. A Silk Weaver by occupation, he enlisted into the East Norfolk Militia and served one year and six months before volunteering to join the 3rd Foot Guards on 5 May 1812, aged 18 years. He was promoted to Corporal in May 1814 and served until 10 May 1819 when he was discharged. He served in the Peninsula during 1812-14 for which he was eventually awarded the M.G.S. with two clasps. Beckham returned to live in Norwich before re-enlisting at London on 21 April 1826. He was once more promoted to Corporal in January 1827, then advanced to Serjeant in October 1832 and Colour Serjeant in March 1842. During his second period of service he was again in the ‘Peninsula’ - with the British force in Portugal under Sir William Clinton, 1827-28. The intervention was made to protect British interests with the onset of the Liberal War, 1828-34. Beckham was discharged in London on 24 May 1842, the same year he received his long service medal and he died in Norwich on 21 March 1867.
With copied research. An article on the medals, For Service in the Peninsula - Twice, by Peter Duckers, appeared in The Armourer, November/December 1997.
950
The Waterloo and Bhurtpoor campaign pair to Private Benjamin Smith, 14th Foot, one of the Waterloo veterans who formed the front rank at the storming of Bhurtpoor
WATERLOO 1815 (Benjamin Smith, 3rd Batt. 14th Reg. Foot) fitted with replacement silver clip and straight bar suspension; ARMY OF INDIA 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Bhurtpoor (B. Smith, 14th Foot) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming; together with a Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Java (Benjamin Smith, 14th Foot) this with brooch marks to the reverse, edge bruising and contact marks, good fine, the first two nearly very fine or better (3)
£4000-5000
Ex Brian Ritchie Collection 2004. Waterloo and Army of India ex Glendining September 1919 and May 1924, and listed by J. B. Hayward in December 1970. The medal for Java was acquired separately and is not confirmed as the same recipient, nor indeed does it appear on the medal rolls. However The Army L.S. & G.C. 1830-48, by McInnes and Gregson, shows Benjamin Smith as being entitled to the M.G.S. and Army of India medals, in addition to the L.S. & G.C. awarded in January 1834, but makes no mention of Waterloo.
Benjamin Smith was born at Taddington, Bedfordshire, circa 1793, and attested for the 14th Foot at Stilton, Northants, on 6 December 1813, aged twenty-one years. His discharge papers confirm that he was present at the battle of Waterloo, for which he is credited with 2 years service, and that he served in the East Indies from October 1818 until January 1831, which period covers the capture of Bhurtpoor, where the front rank of the 14th Foot consisted of Waterloo veterans, each of whom wore his Waterloo medal. Benjamin Smith was finally discharged at Athlone on 10 June 1833.
From the information examined it would appear that Benjamin Smith is entitled to the medals for Waterloo, Bhurtpoor, and Long Service, but that he cannot have been present at the capture of Java in 1811. No other Benjamin Smith has been found in the regiment at this period. Sold with copied discharge papers.
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