Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A fine M.G.S and Army of India pair awarded to Private William Anderson, 11th Light Dragoons, who also served at Waterloo

Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Salamanca (W. Anderson, 11th Light Dragoons.); Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Bhurtpoor (W. Anderson, 11th Lt. Dragns.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, light contact marks, otherwise good very fine (2) £3,600-£4,000

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

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Provenance: M.G.S.: W. E. Gray Collection 1898; Sang Collection, Glendining’s, January 1931; Glendining’s, April 1932; Baldwin, March 1963. Army of India: Carlton S. Gifford Collection, Glendining’s, May 1985. M.G.S., Army of India pair, Chelsea Military Antiques, May 2008. Waterloo medal not sighted.

William Anderson was born in the Parish of Walton, Yorkshire, and attested for the 11th Light Dragoons at Hounslow, Middlesex, on 28 July 1808, aged 17, for unlimited service. He served in the Peninsula, at the battle of Salamanca, and at Waterloo, where he was in Captain James Bourchier’s Troop. He served afterwards in India from July 1819 to June 1829, where he participated in the siege of Bhurtpoor. He was discharged on 8 July 1829, in consequence of ‘a fracture of the neck & the thigh bone by a fall from his horse on duty.’ Sold with copied discharge papers.