Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Waterloo 1815 (William Develing, Gunner Royal Foot Artillery.) with original steel clip and later split ring suspension, edge bruising and contact marks, polished, good fine, the reverse better £1,000-£1,400

Provenance: Glendining’s, June 1915 (£2,8s.); Glendining’s, February 1932.

William Develing (also recorded as Devlin and Develin) was born in Co. Tyrone in 1787 and attested for the Royal Artillery at Glenoe, Co. Tyrone, on 1 October 1811. ‘He served abroad in Holland and France for 4 years and 11 months, and was present at the Battle of Waterloo; at the Storming of Bergen-op-Zoom; the taking of Starbrook, Mergiem, and Sandfleet [Sandvliet]; and at the Bombardment of the French Fleet in the Scheldt.’ (Service papers refer). He transferred to the Invalid Battalion on 1 January 1830, and was discharged at St. Mary’s, Scilly Isles, on 10 October 1848, aged 61, after 39 years and 10 days’ service.

Sold with copied service papers.