Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Military General Service 1793-1814, 11 clasps, Talavera, Busaco, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse (T. Ridley, Drummer, 40th Foot.) edge bruising, otherwise very fine £3,000-£4,000

Payne Collection 1911; Elson Collection, Glendining’s, February 1963.

Thomas Ridley also served as a Drummer in Captain G. Morrow’s Company at the Battle of Waterloo.