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Auction: 15002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 354

Waterloo 1815 (Lieut. John Townsend, Royal Horse Artillery.), light contact marks, otherwise good very fine, with original steel clip and split ring suspension

Lieutenant John Townsend, commissioned Lieutenant, Royal Horse Artillery, December 1811; served with Lieutenant-Colonel R. Bull's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery during the Waterloo Campaign, 16-18.6.1815; at Waterloo the troop 'effected the greatest possible service throughout the early part of the battle; but owing to the loss sustained both in men and horses, together with the disabled condition of the guns (through incessant firing) it was obliged to retire before the close' (The Waterloo Roll Call, C. Dalton refers); of the troop's 5 officers, 1 was killed and 2 wounded during the battle; Townsend retired on half pay, February 1826 (entitled to an M.G.S. with Nivelle and Nive clasps).

Provenance: Whitaker Collection 1908

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