Orders, Decorations and Medals

Waterloo 1815 (Assist. Surg. W. G. Burrell, 1st Batt. 79th Reg. Foot) fitted with replacement clip and ring suspension, some marks but better than very fine £2500-3000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals to the Medical Services formed by Colonel D.G.B. Riddick.

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William George Burrell was appointed a Medical Cadet on 17 May 1808, and as Assistant Surgeon to the 63rd Foot in July 1809, which regiment he accompanied in the expedition to the Walcheren. In December 1809 he transferred as Assistant Surgeon to the 79th Foot, and qualified as M.D. at Glasgow in 1813. He served with the 79th in the Peninsula and at Waterloo, and was appointed as Surgeon to the 5th Foot in January 1816. He transferred, however, to the 65th Foot in June 1816 and served with that regiment in India during the Pindari war of 1817-19, the 65th taking a prominent part in the operations at Kirkee and Poona. Surgeon Burrell died on 19 May 1820, whilst on passage from India to England.