Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Waterloo 1815 (Lieutenant I. J. Moss, 13th Reg. Light Dragoons) fitted with silver ring and steel bar suspension, edge bruising and contact wear, otherwise better than good fine £2000-2500

Ex Mackenzie collection 1934.

John Irving Moss was born at Rockcliffe, near Carlisle, on 30 October 1779. He joined the 13th Light Dragoons as a Cornet on 27 August 1803, becoming Lieutenant in March 1805. He served with his regiment in the Peninsula during the campaigns of 1810 and 1811, including the siege of Cadiz in 1810 and the action at Campo Major in March 1811. Lieutenant Moss was taken prisoner by the French, along with Major Morres and 50 men of the 13th Light Dragoons, when their encampment near Olivenza was surprised on the night of 6 April 1811. He was held a prisoner for just over 3 years and re-joined his regiment in Southern France on 6 May 1814.

Moss fought as the senior Lieutenant of his regiment at Waterloo and was promoted to Captain on 31 August 1815. He was placed on half pay in March 1816, and was Adjutant to the North Hampshire Fencible Cavalry from May 1821 until 28 February 1828, when he exchanged as a Captain into the 48th Foot. He died sometime in 1831, probably at Bellary where his regiment was stationed in India. Sold with full research.