Waterloo 1815 (Vet. Surgeon Hogrefe (sic), 2nd Reg. Light Drag. K.G.L.) the ‘f’ in surname scratched over and crudely replaced with a ‘v’, original steel clip and ring suspension, good very fine £1800-2200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to Veterinary Surgeons and the Army Veterinary Corps.

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Henry Hogreve was born in 1783 and entered the 2nd Light Dragoons, K.G.L., as a Veterinary Surgeon on 12 July 1806. He served in the Peninsular, France and Flanders, from December 1811 until the end of the war, being present at the third siege of Badajoz, 17-18 March 1812; the battle of Salamanca, 22 July 1812; with General Bock’s Brigade at Garcia Hernandez, 23 July 1812, the battle of Vittoria, 21 June 1813; the battle of Toulouse, 10 April 1814, and the battle of Waterloo, 18 June 1815. Hogreve was placed on Half Pay in April 1816 and transferred to the 15th Hussars in August 1817. He married Honoria Francis Lysright in March 1810 and had four children. He died in 1865. With copied service paper, roll extract and other research.