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Auction: 19001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 22

Waterloo 1815 (James Hix, 11th Reg. Light Dragoons.), fitted with a replacement integral straight bar suspension, contact marks and edge wear, nearly very fine

Provenance:
Glendining's, July 1929 (Ex-Roderick Dow Collection).

James Hix was born near Highworth, Wiltshire in September 1798. He attested for the 11th Light Dragoons at Gloucester on 5 December 1813. After training at Hounslow, in April 1814 he joined the guard of honour which escorted King Louis XVIII from Hartwell Hall to London prior to his Restoration. Hix served in Captain Lutyen's No. 2 Troop during the Waterloo Campaign, reaching Ostend on 2 April 1815. The Regiment formed part of Major-General Sir John Vandeleur's 4th Cavalry Brigade, drawn from the 11th, 12th and 16th Light Dragoons. The 11th helped screen Wellington's withdrawal from Quatre Bras on 17 June, guarding the main road north of Genappe.

At Waterloo on 18 June, Vandeleur's Brigade held the left flank of Wellington's line, near the village of Papelotte. At 2 p.m. Ponsonby's heavy cavalry, the Union Brigade, made their famous charge against D'Erlon's Corps. Vandeleur's Brigade covered their retreat, warmly engaging French lancers. When Wellington ordered a general advance at 8 p.m., the 11th set off in pursuit of the French army, capturing the last French guns still firing at Waterloo. The Regiment escorted Wellington during his triumphant entry into Paris on 7 July, and served as part of the Army of Occupation until November 1818. The following February it embarked for India at Gravesend. Hix died of cholera at Cawnpore on 17 June 1820; sold with copied research.





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£1,200