United Kingdom. A Military General Service Medal, to James McLaughlin, The 8th (King's) Regiment of Foot

(JAMES McLAUGHLIN, 8th FOOT.). Naming is officially impressed in large capitals. Cleaned, lacquered on the obverse, replacement ribbon, bruised, edge nicks, contact marks, its Martinique clasp having since been lost to time, near fine.

Footnote: James McLaughlin, The 8th (King's) Regiment of Foot was entitled to the Martinique clasp. The 1st Battalion, The 8th (King's) Regiment of Foot moved to Canada in 1808 as the Napoleonic Wars extended to the Americas. In January 1809, the 1st Battalion had embarked at Barbados with an expeditionary force comprising two divisions, assembled to invade Martinique. Although a number of engagements with the French garrison preceded the island's seizure, disease represented the principal threat to Britain's five-year occupation. By October 1809, some 1,700 of more than 2,000 casualties had succumbed to disease.