SINGLE CAMPAIGN MEDALS 353
WATERLOO 1815 (William Downes, 28th Regiment Foot) fitted with replacement steel clip and ring suspension, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine
£2000-2500
William Downes was born in the Parish of Bishops Tawton, Devon, and enlisted into the 28th Regiment, from the Royal Army Reserve, on 3 October 1804. He served in Captain Richard Kelly’s Company at Waterloo. Discharged to the 3rd Royal Veteran Battalion in April 1820, he was finally discharged on disbandment of that unit at Plymouth on 25 July 1821.
Sold with copy discharge papers.
354
WATERLOO 1815 (Bt. Major M. Ryan, 2nd Batt. 30th Reg. Foot) fitted with original steel clip and replacement silver ring and bar suspension, rank corrected from ‘Capt.’ and consequently name largely retouched, light contact marks, otherwise very fine or better
£1400-1800
Matthew Ryan was appointed a Cornet in the 26th Light Dragoons, without purchase, in April 1795, becoming a Lieutenant, again without purchase, the following April. He transferred to the 18th Light Dragoons in 1800 and shortly afterwards to the 53rd Foot before exchanging into the 5th West India Regiment as a Captain in May 1801. He became a Captain on half pay in the 85th Foot in October 1802. Ryan returned to full pay as a Captain in the 30th Foot on 26 May 1814, and received his brevet Majority on 4 June 1815. He served in the West Indies under Sir Ralph Abercrombie, in Portugal under General Cuyler, and in Flanders at the battle of Waterloo. He was placed on half pay as a Major in 1817 and received his final promotion to Lieutenant-Colonel on 22 July 1830. Lieutenant-Colonel Ryan had died by 1840.
355
WATERLOO 1815 (Serj. John Leslie, 32nd Regiment Foot) fitted with original steel clip and small ring suspension, good very fine
£1800-2200
Sergeant John Leslie served in Captain H. W. Brookes’ Company at Waterloo. He was discharged on 30 November 1818. Sold with copy muster list.
356
WATERLOO 1815 (G. P. Flint, 33rd Regiment Foot) fitted with replacement steel clip and ring suspension, clip loose, heavy edge bruising, otherwise good fine
£1400-1600
The muster lists show George Victor Flint (no other Flint) being discharged on 3 June 1816, after 7 years being unfit for further service. The previous quarter he is shown as ‘sick’. Sold with copy muster list.
357
WATERLOO 1815 (Samuel Sweet, 1st Batt. 40th Reg. Foot) fitted with original steel clip and later ring suspension, contact wear, otherwise nearly very fine
£1600-1800
Samuel Sweet served in Captain William Fisher’s Company at Waterloo. Fisher was killed on the afternoon of the 18th June by a canon ball which took off his head when standing by the colours. “There goes my best friend,” exclaimed a private of Captain Fisher’s company. “I will be as good a friend to you,” said the subaltern, who immediately took the deceased’s place in the square. This produced a grim laugh among the men, as they knew what the subaltern did not - that the private had spoken ironically, for he was an old offender, and had constantly been punished by Captain Fisher (Autobiography of Sergeant William Lawrence).
Samuel Sweet was born in Totnes, Devon, and enlisted on 25 July 1799. He served with the 40th in the expedition to Argentina in 1807, where they saw action at Monte Video and Buenos Ayres, and also in Spain, Portugal, France and Belgium. He was discharged on 17 December 1816, in consequence of being ‘aged and infirm’. Sold with copy discharge papers.
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