Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

The Waterloo medal to Captain William Stothert, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Foot Guards, who was severely wounded at Bergen-op-Zoom in March 1814, and mortally wounded at Waterloo where he was Adjutant and Brigade Major to the 2nd Brigade of Guards

Waterloo 1815 (Capt. William Stothert, 2nd Batt. 3rd Reg. Guards) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, good very fine £10,000-£14,000

Sotheby, June 1931; Mackenzie Collection, Glendining’s, June 1934; Elson Collection, Glendining’s, February 1963.

William Stothert was born at Dumfries, Scotland, in 1780. He was appointed Ensign in the 3rd Foot Guards on 30 October 1805, becoming Adjutant to the 2nd Battalion in 1809, and Lieutenant & Captain on 11 April 1811. He served in the Peninsula from March 1809 to January 1812, being present at Douro, Talavera, Busaco, and Fuentes D’Onor. He also served in the Netherlands in 1814-15 and was present at the storming of Bergen-op-Zoom in March 1814, where he was severely wounded. He was present at the battle of Waterloo, as Adjutant and Brigade Major to the 2nd Brigade of Guards, being severely wounded and died of his wounds on 23 June 1815. He was one of the select band of soldiers to be buried in the Mausoleum at Evere Cemetery in Brussels, and his name appears on the memorial in the church at Waterloo. He was also the author of Narrative of the Principal Events of the Campaigns of 1809, 1810 and 1811 in Spain and Portugal, 1812, a National Army Museum reprint of which accompanies the medal.