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Auction: 23111 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 7

Waterloo 1815 (Richard Bell. 28th Regiment. Foot.), with original steel clip and a contemporary silver replacement ring suspension, contact marks and edge wear, nearly very fine

Provenance:
Walters, 1913.

Richard Bell served with Captain Charles Teulons Company at Waterloo and was discharged after the battle. He is listed upon the roll of the Military General Service Medal as receiving a pension as a result of a 'Gunshot wound to the leg', this very likely occurring at Waterloo. The Regiment fielded 557 men during the engagement with 252 becoming casualties. The 28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot served with much distinction during the Waterloo Campaign, fighting at both Quatre Bras on 16 June and at Waterloo itself two days later. Part of Major-General Sir James Kempt's 8th Brigade, on 18 June they were positioned around the centre of Wellington's line and consequently saw a great deal of heavy fighting - indeed, they were the only British infantry regiment mentioned in his Waterloo Despatch. Additionally, their part in the Battle of Quatre Bras was later immortalised in a painting ('The 28th Regiment at Quatre Bras', 1875) by none other than Elizabeth Thompson, Lady Butler, the Victorian artist of famous scenes from British military campaigns and battles; sold together with typed research and a postcard of the field of waterloo

Further entitled to a Military General Service Medal 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Barrosa.

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Sold for
£3,200

Starting price
£550