Auction Catalogue

5 & 6 December 2018

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Lot

№ 194

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5 December 2018

Hammer Price:
£2,800

Waterloo 1815 (Trp. Serj. Maj. T. Linton, 1st Reg. Dragoon Guards.) fitted with original steel clip and silver bar suspension, edge bruising and a little polished, otherwise nearly very fine £2,000-£2,600

Thomas Linton was admitted to an Out-Pension at Chelsea Hospital on 16 March 1825, aged 47. Born at Burton, Staffordshire, a cordwainer by trade, he served in the 1st or King’s Dragoon Guards for 28 years, including 3 years 2 months as Corporal, 7 years as Sergeant, and 12 years 5 months as Troop Sergeant-Major. He served as Troop Sergeant-Major of No. 5 Troop at Waterloo, commanded by Major John Bringhurst, who was killed.