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12 & 12 October 2022

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Lot

№ 269

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12 October 2022

Hammer Price:
£2,600

Waterloo 1815 (John Browne, 1st Batt. 27th Reg. Foot.) fitted with steel clip and ring suspension, nearly extremely fine £2,000-£2,400

John Brown/e was born in the Parish of Bodgough, near Moate, County Westmeath, and enlisted into the 27th Regiment at Sligo on 8 May 1811, aged 18, for unlimited service. He served 9 years 128 days and was discharged on 12 September 1820, in consequence of being ‘ruptured left side’. He subsequently enlisted into the First Royal Regiment of Veterans at Naas, County Kildare, on 28 December 1821, and was discharged from that regiment on 24 April 1826, on disbandment.

Sold with copied discharge papers.