Auction Catalogue

6 December 2023

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Lot

№ 464

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6 December 2023

Hammer Price:
£3,800

Waterloo 1815 (Lieut. Thomas Troward, 51st Reg. Light Infantry) fitted with contemporary silver hinged bar suspension, a few light marks, otherwise good very fine £3,000-£4,000

Thomas Troward was gazetted Ensign in the 51st Foot on 29 April 1813, and promoted to Lieutenant on 29 September 1814. He served in the Peninsula at Bordeaux between March and April 1814, and was present at the battle of Waterloo. He was placed on half-pay in 1818, exchanged to the 55th Foot in October 1820, and retired in 1823. He was afterwards appointed as Adjutant to the Brecknock Militia. He died at Gloucester Place, London, on 17 June 1859, and is buried in Kensal Green Cemetery.