Bombardier John Riddings, Royal Foot Artillery

Waterloo 1815 (John Riddings, Bomb. Royal Foot Artillery.) fitted with original steel clip and bar suspension, light marks, otherwise nearly extremely fine £1400-1600

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Napoleonic War Medals.

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Provenance: Needes Collection, acquired March 1899.

John Riddings was born in Birmingham and enlisted into the Royal Foot Artillery on 1 January 1795. He served in the regiment for 21 years 121 days, plus 2 years service for Waterloo, the last nearly five years as Bombardier, and was discharged from the 3rd Battalion R.A. on 30 April 1816, ‘being judged unfit for service by a Medical Board thro’ a pain in the breast and pensioned at One Shilling & three pence per day’.

Sold with copied discharge papers.