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Waterloo 1815 (James Hill. Smith, Royal Horse Artillery.) fitted with original steel clip an...
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Waterloo 1815 (James Hill. Smith, Royal Horse Artillery.) fitted with original steel clip and later ring suspension, light edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise very fine £800-£1,000 --- James Hill was born in the Parish of Easton, Suffolk and was enlisted into the Royal Horse Artillery on 9 March 1809, aged 20, a blacksmith by trade. He served 10 years 90 days, including 2 years for Waterloo, and was discharged on 31 March 1817, in consequence of a ‘swelled up knee by a kick from a horse and admitted on the Pension List at 9d per diem.’ He is confirmed on the Royal Mint Waterloo Roll as a Carriage and Shoeing Smith in Lieutenant-Colonel Gardiner’s “E” Troop, Royal Horse Artillery. A Shoeing Smith of this name is shown in the Vigors roll as being entitled to the M.G.S. with 4 clasps, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees and Toulouse, and in the Mullen roll as a single clasp for St Sebastian.
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Waterloo 1815 (James Hill. Smith, Royal Horse Artillery.) fitted with original steel clip and later ring suspension, light edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise very fine £800-£1,000 --- James Hill was born in the Parish of Easton, Suffolk and was enlisted into the Royal Horse Artillery on 9 March 1809, aged 20, a blacksmith by trade. He served 10 years 90 days, including 2 years for Waterloo, and was discharged on 31 March 1817, in consequence of a ‘swelled up knee by a kick from a horse and admitted on the Pension List at 9d per diem.’ He is confirmed on the Royal Mint Waterloo Roll as a Carriage and Shoeing Smith in Lieutenant-Colonel Gardiner’s “E” Troop, Royal Horse Artillery. A Shoeing Smith of this name is shown in the Vigors roll as being entitled to the M.G.S. with 4 clasps, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees and Toulouse, and in the Mullen roll as a single clasp for St Sebastian.
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