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Auction: 26003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 20

(x) Waterloo 1815 (John Pickett. 51st Reg. Light Infantry), contact marks, very fine

Confirmed on the roll as John Pickitt serving with Captain Edward Kelly's Company. The 51st (2nd Yorkshire West Riding) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) mustered approximately 630 men and formed part of the 4th British Brigade in the 4th British Infantry Division; for most of the battle they were stationed on the extreme right of the Anglo-Allied line, to the north-west of the chateau of Hougoumont, and suffered some of the fewest casualties of any infantry regiment present - nine killed and 22 wounded.

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Estimate
£800 to £1,200

Starting price
£600