Auction Catalogue

17 September 2004

Starting at 11:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria, to include the Brian Ritchie Collection (Part I)

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 675

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17 September 2004

Hammer Price:
£1,500

Waterloo 1815 (John Edmonds, 13th Reg. Light Dragoons), original steel clip and ring suspension, slight edge bruising, good very fine £1200-1400

John Edmonds enlisted as a Private in the 13th Light Dragoons on 8 May 1804. With the regiment he sailed to Spain, landing at Cadiz in March 1810. He served in Spain and Portugal during the Peninsula War, returning home in 1813. Edmonds was present at the battle of Waterloo and died on 12 December 1816. Sold with some copied service details.