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Auction: 18003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 19

Waterloo 1815 (Saddle Serj. Wm. Mitchell. 6th or Inniskilling Dragoons), replacement silver loop and large iron ring supension, start of rank and end of unit partly obscured by suspension, heavily polished, contact marks and edge wear, fair

William Mitchell served at the Battle of Waterloo on 18 June 1815 as Saddle Sergeant of Captain Edward Hollech's Troop, 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons. Part of Ponsonby's Union Brigade - so named because it contained a regiment each from England, Scotland and Ireland - the 'Skins' took part in the famous charge against D'Erlon's infantry corps just after 2 p.m. With a strength of 453, they scattered Donzelot's entire Division, numbering 5,250 men.

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£950