Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Waterloo 1815 (John Hutchieson, 42nd or R.H. Reg. Infantry.) fitted with steel clip and ring suspension, contact marks and polished, otherwise better than good fine £2,000-£2,400

John Hutchieson/Hutchison was borne in the Parish of Cloyne, near Dornoch, Sutherland, and enlisted into the 42nd Royal Highland Regiment at Thurso on 27 July 1806, for unlimited service, at the age of 21. He served 20 years 5 months and was discharged at Paisley on 25 November 1826, ‘being worn out in the service’ and having been ‘wounded in the right hand by a shell at Toulouse, and in the left side at Waterloo’. A side note adds that he was also wounded in the right thigh (at Waterloo).

Sopld with copied discharge papers.