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Auction: 14003 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 291

Pair: Troop Sergeant Major W. Farr, 15th Hussars
Military General Service 1793-1814, three clasps, Sahagun, Vittoria, Toulouse (W. Farr, Troop Serjeant Major, 15th. Hussars.); Waterloo 1815 (Serjeant William Farr 15th. or King's Reg. Hussars), with original steel clip and contemporary straight bar suspension, this cracked, with contemporary silver riband slide bar, minor edge bruise, nearly very fine, the MGS nearly extremely fine, the Sahagun and Waterloo combination rare (2)

Troop Sergeant Major William Farr, born Thurlston, Leicestershire, 1779; enlisted in the 15th King's Hussars, December 1799; served with the Regiment in the Expedition to Corunna, in the Peninsular, and in the Waterloo Campaign, 16-18.6.1815- on the 18th June the 15th Hussars immediately came under intense artillery fire. Numerous charges were made, and the 15th were constantly attacking and retreating during the day, as the enemy attacked up the hill towards the British positions. Casualties were heavy, and at one point command of the Regiment changed hands three times within a few minutes. Farr was subsequently with the Regiment in Manchester, August 1819, when the 15th Hussars were called upon to disperse an unruly mob of 60,000 agitators protesting at St. Peter's Field, Manchester, 16.8.1819- the cavalry charged, and a number of the protestors were either killed or wounded in what became known as the 'Battle of Peterloo'; discharged, November 1826, after 28 years and 315 days with the Colours.

Approximately 104 'Sahagun' clasps awarded, nearly all to the 15th Hussars.

Provenance: Glendining, June 1992

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