Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Waterloo 1815 (Capt. Fras. Minchin 51st Regt. Light Infantry.) naming re-engraved in large serif capitals, fitted with rusted clip and contemporary replacement silver bar suspension, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine £400-£500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Contemporarily Renamed Waterloo Medals.

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Francis Minchin was appointed Ensign in the 51st Foot on 10 October 1807, and was promoted to Lieutenant on 15 October 1809, and to Captain on 22 June 1815. He served in the campaign and battle of Corunna, 1809; in the expedition to Walcheren and siege of Flushing, 1809; embarked with the 51st for Lisbon in 1811, and served in the Peninsula campaign, being present at the battle of Fuentes D’Onor, covering the siege of Ciudad Rodrigo, two sieges of San Christoval, covering second siege of Badajoz, action near Val Moresco, battle of Salamanca, capture of Madrid and the Retiro, covering the siege of Burgos, actions of Monasterio and Quintana Pulla, and retreat into Portugal, battles of Vittoria and the Pyrenees, covering the siege of San Sebastian, action of Lezaca (severely wounded) and occupation of Bordeaux; served with the 51st L.I. in the Waterloo campaign in 1815; present at Waterloo, capture of Cambrai and capitulation of Paris; Medal; Also M.G.S. medal for Corunna, Fuentes D’Onor, Salamanca and Pyrenees; retired 26 March 1822; appointed Barrack Master at Boyle, July 1843; appointed Barrack Master at Sheffield, 1857; appointed Military Knight of Windsor, June 1862; died at Windsor Castle on 5 March 1865.