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Auction: 11007 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 200

Pair: Private A. Holmes, 42nd Foot Military General Service 1793-1814, four clasps, Fuentes d´Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Salamanca, Toulouse (Arthur Holmes, 42nd. Foot.); Waterloo 1815 (Arthur Holmes, 42nd or R.H.Reg. Infantry.), with contemporary silver ring and loop suspension, latter partially officially corrected, minor edge bruise, very fine, both with top silver riband buckles (2) Estimate £ 3,500-4,000 Private Arthur Holmes, born Rosskeen, Ross-shire; enlisted in the 2nd Battalion, 42nd Foot, February 1807; served with the Regiment during the Peninsula War; transferred 1st Battalion, 42nd Foot, May 1812; served with the Regiment during the Waterloo Campaign as part of Captain Daniel McIntosh´s Company, 16-18.6.1815, and was wounded in the head and neck at Waterloo; discharged, June 1824, after 19 years and 146 days with the Colours.

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