Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Miniature Medal: Waterloo 1815, 21.5mm, silver (Lieut. Col. Parkinson, 33d. Regt.) contemporarily engraved in running script, with ball and wide silver wire bar suspension, good very fine £400-£500

Edward Parkinson was gazetted ensign in the 33rd Foot in February 1796; captain, July 1805; major, March 1814. He served with the 33rd in India, and was on the staff of the expedition which captured the island of Bourbon. He served in the campaign in Holland in 1814 and was second-in-command of the 33rd at Waterloo, where he was severely wounded at Quatre Bras and made brevet lieutenant-colonel. Placed on half-pay in September 1817, he was made C.B. in July 1831, and granted a distinguished service reward in November 1849. He attained the rank of lieutenant-general and was colonel-in-chief of the 93rd Highlanders from December 1852 until his death at Pall Mall, London, on 14 January 1858.