A Peninsula and Waterloo pair awarded to Private Hugh McLean, 91st Foot

Military General Service 1793-1814, 3 clasps, Pyrenees, Orthes, Toulouse (Hugh McLean, 91st Foot.); Waterloo 1815 (Hugh M’Lean, 1st Batt. 91st Reg. Foot.) fitted with replacement silver clip and straight bar suspension, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine (2) £2400-2800

Hugh McLean enlisted at Ayr Barracks on 21 May 1808, for 7 years service and received a bounty of 11 guineas. He served with the regiment in the Peninsula and was present at the battles of the Pyrenees, Orthes and Toulouse. He also claimed for clasps for Nivelle and Nive but these were disallowed, the medal roll being marked ‘absent’. The regiment returned to England in June 1814, to prepare for active service in North America but was diverted to Ostend following Napoleon’s escape from Elba. At Waterloo the 91st formed part of Colville’s Division in reserve and sustained just a few casualties. On 24 June the regiment participated in the assault and capture of Cambrai. Hugh McLean’s period of enlistment being completed, he was discharged on 22 August 1815. His Waterloo medal was delivered to him care of the 94th Regiment at Downpatrick, Ireland, which suggests that he had subsequently re-enlisted. Sold with full muster search report and copied muster, medal roll entry and other research.