Felton campaigner that came a cropper:
James Melrose, born 1760 at Felton, Northumberland, a stonemason, enlisted into the 3rd Battalion Artillery? 1778. Served 3 years then pensioned off in 1781 due to "having lost his right arm and eye at Charlestown " [sic]
Again pre-Peninsular War but what a story. The 1780 Siege of Charleston, South Carolina was a battle in the American Revolutionary War, Brits v. the Americans and French.
Melrose was only 21 when discharged.
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