A VERY HIGH GRADE & ATTRACTIVE
WATERLOO MEDAL.

To:
JAMES WARD. GUNNER.
ROYAL FOOT ARTILLERY.






Served with Captain Rogers Company and Fought at QUATRE BRAS & WATERLOO.

[BIOGRAPHY] 1793- ?
James Ward was born in 1793 at WISTON in SUFFOLK. He enlisted at age 18 at Colchester, Essex on 2nd December 1811. He was 5ft 7” tall with brown hair, blue eyes and a fair complexion and was a labourer.

He served in Captain & Battalion Major Rogers Company and fought at Quatra Bras and Waterloo. He actually served for 19 years but with the customary 2 years added for service at Waterloo, he had an official total service of 21 years. His discharge papers of 30th September 1830 confirm that his conduct had been “Good”.

He was discharged aged 37 at Woolwich as a Labourer but suffering from chronic rheumatism. One wonders what became of the poor chap having to make a living by labouring with that condition. He was however provided with a pension of One Shilling per day, ( basically 30/-per month) which was a goodly sum in 1830 and would have greatly assisted him.

This is a very attractive example of the Waterloo Medal which as collectors will be aware, tends to show up in very well used & worm condition having been proudly worn over many years by the aged recipients. Wearing a Waterloo Medal on your jacket in Georgian & Victorian England was a guarantee of a free pint in any pub in the land.

Medals graded as above Fine + are very scarce. This example is Good VF / About EF and is head and shoulders above the average medal.

A VERY LOVELY EXAMPLE with an interesting research file all about the Battle of Waterloo showing the disposition of troops at various stages of the battle. With copy discharge papers.

SOLD