Waterloo 1815 (Charles Giles, 28th Regiment Foot.) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, light marks, otherwise good very fine £2,400-£2,800

Sotheby, February 1879 and March 1888; Henry Gaskell Collecion 1905; Glendining’s, December 1909; T. K. Mackenzie Collection 1910, acquired by E. E. Needes.

Charles Giles was born in the Parish of Broadclyst, near Exeter, Devon, and joined the Royal Army of Reserve on 6 August 1803. He enlisted into the 28th Foot at Fermoy, County Cork, on 26 March 1805, aged 23, for life, a mason by trade. He served 23 years 77 days, including 2 years for Waterloo, and was discharged at Corfu on 2 November 1823, in consequence of ’being worn out’. His conduct was stated to have been ‘good and that he was wounded slightly in the left hip at Bayonne on the 18 December 1818.’ His discharge was confirmed on 23 October 1824.

Sold with copied discharge papers.