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

Waterloo 1815 (-nsign Whitwell Butler, 2nd Batt., 3rd Reg. Gu--) fitted with old silver loop and hinged straight bar suspension; contained in an old fitted leatherette case, this damaged; together with a contemporary photograph of recipient as an old man, by ‘Thos. North, 71 Grafton Street, Dublin’, reverse of card with modern ink inscription ‘W. Butler, Staffordstown, Grandfather of Synolda French. As a boy of 17 he carried the colours at the battle of Waterloo. King’s Own Body Guard’, naming rubbed at either end to facilitate suspension loop, edge bruising and contact wear, therefore good fine £2000-2500

Whitwell Butler served in Lieutenant Colonel Douglas Mercer’s Company at Waterloo and was present with the regiment during the defence Hougemont; placed on half pay on 25 February 1819. He was born in 1799, the 4th son of the Reverend Richard Butler, vicar of Burnchurch, County Kilkenny. He married in 1833, Elizabeth, second daughter of John Payne Garnet, of Arch Hall, County Meath.

This medal has been consigned to auction by a descendent of the recipient.