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Auction: 15002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 194

Waterloo 1815 (Assist. Surg. John Riach, 2nd Batt. 73rd Reg. Foot.), with original steel clip and split ring suspension, nearly extremely fine

Surgeon John Riach, born Perth, Scotland, December 1790; educated at Edinburgh University; appointed Hospital Mate, General Service Medical Staff, May 1812; posted to the 73rd Foot as Assistant Surgeon, July 1812; served with the Regiment at Ghorde, Hanover, 16.9.1813, and 'received the thanks of General Count Walmoden, communicated through Major-General Sir Samuel Gibbs, for his conduct on that occasion'; served during the campaign in the Netherlands under Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Graham, including the affair near Antwerp, January 1814; the attack on Merxem, February 1814; and subsequent operations against the French Fleet at Antwerp; served with the 2nd Battalion during the Waterloo Campaign, 16-18.6.1815; transferred to the 19th Lancers, September 1817; 63rd Foot, January 1826; 10th Hussars, August 1826; promoted Surgeon and transferred to the 67th Foot, November 1830; retired, November 1841; died, Perth, Scotland, May 1864.

Provenance: Debenham, 1907
Major Samson Collection, Glendining, June 1991.

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