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Auction: 18003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 29

Waterloo 1815 (Joseph [sic] Dodd, 1st Batt. 95th Reg. Foot.), replacement steel clip and split-ring suspension, attractively toned, slight edge wear, good very fine

Joshua Dodd served in the Hundred Days' Campaign as a Private with Captain H. Lee's Company, 1st Battalion, 95th Foot. At the Battle of Waterloo on 18 June 1815, these famous 'greenjackets' occupied the Sandpit, a disused quarry opposite La Haye Sainte on the Brussels-Charleroi road. When D'Erlon's Corps advanced at 2 p.m., they picked off senior officers of Bourgeois's Brigade, but were in danger of being outflanked when Milhaud's cuirassiers advanced to their right. Dashing up the ridge, they took cover in hedgerows and poured accurate fire upon D'Erlon's infantry. The Battalion returned to the Sandpit following the charge of the Union Brigade. Casualties were 3 officers and 28 men killed, 15 officers and 175 men wounded.

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