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Auction: 18003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 30

Waterloo 1815 (John Oldfield, 3rd Batt. 95th Reg. Foot.), replacement steel clip and split-ring suspension, pawnbroker's mark to reverse field at 3 o'clock, edge bruising, minor contact marks, good fine

John Oldfield was born at Derby in 1791. On 28 June 1813 he enlisted into the 95th Foot for 'unlimited service'. He served during the Hundred Days' Campaign as a Private in Captain Eele's Company, 3rd Battalion, 95th Foot. Deployed in skirmish order on the forward slope of the Mont St. Jean ridge, this battalion bridged the gap between Hougoumont and the Sunken Road, preventing Hougoumont from being encircled. It poured withering fire into the flank of the French cavalry during the attacks on Allied squares from 4 p.m. Following the repulse of the Middle Guard at 8 p.m., it led the final British advance, neutralising any pockets of French resistance. Oldfield's discharge papers confirm that he received a 'gun shot wound in the right shoulder' at Waterloo.

Oldfield was discharged on 24 September 1817; sold with copied discharge papers.

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Sold for
£2,000