Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

The Waterloo medal awarded to Lieutenant W. A. Griffiths, 23rd Foot, who was wounded in the left arm at Salamanca, slightly wounded at the storming of San Sebastian, and by a gun shot wound in the right thigh at Waterloo

Waterloo 1815 (Lieut. W. A. Griffiths, 23rd Regiment Foot, R.W.F.) fitted with replacement silver clip and straight bar suspension, minor edge bruises and a little polished, otherwise very fine £4,600-£5,500

William A. Griffiths was born at Wrexham, Denbighshire, on 14 February 1792. He was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the 23rd Foot from the Denbigh Militia on 14 March 1811, and promoted 1st Lieutenant on 13 May 1812. He served in the Peninsula from January 1812 to September 1813 and was present at the ‘Siege and Storming of Badajoz 6 April 1812. Battle of Salamanca 22nd July 1812. Battle of Waterloo 18th June 1815.’ ‘Received a gun shot wound in left arm at Salamanca 22nd July 1812. Received a gun shot wound at Waterloo in the right thigh 18th June 1815. One years pay received.’ He is also listed in the London Gazette as having been slightly wounded at the storming of San Sebastian, 31 August 1813, but this is not recorded in his 1829 Statement of Service. He served at Waterloo in the Grenadier Company and is noted in the North Wales Gazette as having been severely wounded. He was appointed Depot Paymaster in April 1828 and promoted to regimental Paymaster on 12 October 1830. Placed on Half Pay in 1831, he died in 1832.