Pair: Private W. Howey, 51st Light Infantry

Military General Service 1793-1814, 4 clasps, Corunna, Salamanca, Vittoria, Orthes (William Howey, 51st. Foot.); Waterloo 1815 (William Howey, 51st Reg. Light Infantry.) with original steel clip and split ring suspension, light contact marks, very fine (2) £2,800-£3,400

Sotheby’s, April 1910 and November 1979.

William Howey, a native of Loughall, Co. Armagh, attested for the 51st Light Infantry, and served in Captain James Ross’s Company during the Waterloo Campaign of 16-18 June 1815. He died on 26 June 1871.

Sold with copied medal roll extracts.