Lot 1162
British Army Waterloo Medal named to Thomas Cullimore 51st Regiment of Foot, designated as 51st Light Infantry Regiment, with a copy of pages from his Regimental Pay Book and notice of his death in a provincial newspaper reading 'Thomas Cullimore an old inhabitant of the village of Rudgeway (Nr Thornbury) died at the age of 81 years. The deceased was for seven years previous to the memorable battle of Waterloo (in which he was wounded) a soldier in the British Army and saw a good deal of service during the French War, the last engagement in which he served being that of Waterloo, where a cannon ball passed through the cap he was wearing and wounded him on the top of the head'
