Waterloo 1815 (Thomas Nicholson, 1st Reg. Dragoon Guards) fitted with steel clip and ring suspension, contact wear and polished, especially the reverse, therefore fine and better £1400-1600

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals formed by the late John Darwent.

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Thomas Nocholson was born at Naburn, Yorkshire, circa 1792, and enlisted into the 1st Dragoon Guards at York on 24 April 1809, aged 17 years. He received a severe sabre wound in the back at Waterloo but continued to serve until 11 October 1842, when he was discharged to pension in the rank of Troop Sergeant-Major. He is recorded in Dalton’s Waterloo Roll Call, p.268, Part IV, ‘A Few Waterloo Heroes’, where it states: ‘Received a sabre wound through his body when charging at Waterloo. After being discharged he resided at York, and kept the “Light Horseman” Inn, Fulford Road.’ Thomas Nicholson died at Fulford Road on 28 September 1850, aged 60. Sold with copy discharge papers and death certificate.