£300 - £600
A WILLIAM IV ARMY LONG SERVICE AND GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL TO THE 19TH REGIMENT OF FOOT. An Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal named to W. Robottom Q. MAster Serjt 19th Reg. Foot. 1834. On Iron clip and horizontal bar suspension. William Robottom was born in Nuneaton in 1872. He enlisted for the 18th Regiment of Foot at Dover on the 4th May 1812 with the regimental number 12. A clear and well presented Service record survives. Private from 4th May 1812, Corporal from 24th June 1813, Serjeant from 17th July 1917 and Quarter Master Serjeant from 16th March to the 31st August. He served in the East Indies, West Indies and at home, 'a good and efficient soldier, seldom in hospital, trustworthy and sober'. 'frequently ... in situations of great trust and responsibility in which he always acquitted himself with credit'. On leaving the Army he became house keeper of the Newington Sessions House until his death in 1862 '... Mr William Robottom, keeper of the Newington Session House, aged 69. ... He has enjoyed the respect and confidence , not only of those who appointed him, but of gentlemen of the bar and others who accustomed to attend the sessions. With a copy of 'The Diary of Cr Serjt. Calladine 19th Foot' which makes mention of Quarter Master Serjeant Robottom/Rowbottom on four occasions.
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