A Military General Service Medal 1793-1814 to Private Bernard Gallagher, 44th Foot, a casualty of

A Military General Service Medal 1793-1814 to Private Bernard Gallagher, 44th Foot, a casualty of the War of 1812, clasp: Egypt (B. GALLAGHER, 44TH FOOT), very fine.

A labourer from Fermanagh, Gallagher joined the 44^th Foot in January 1798 and took part in operations in Egypt, Sicily, and Tarragona. In 1814 he sailed with the expedition to the Chesapeake and took part in the battle of Bladensburg, the destruction of the White House and the Battle of North Point where he was wounded by musket balls in the right knee and left arm. He was discharged to pension in 1816 as a result of wounds. NB. Appears as Bernard in WO 100/12, though transcribed in published rolls as Benjamin.