Pair: Private William Paddimore, 13th Light Dragoons

Military General Service 1793-1814, 3 clasps, Albuhera, Vittoria, Toulouse (William Paddimore, 13th Light Dragoons.); Waterloo 1815 (William Paddimore, 13th Reg. Light Dragoons) fitted with original steel clip and silver bar suspension, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine (2) £2,400-£2,800

Provenance: Sotheby’s, March 1888; Glendining’s, June 1908; Sotheby’s, April 1978; Glendining’s, September 1988; Spink N.C., April 1989.

William Paddimore was born in the Parish of Merriot, Somerset, and was enlisted into the 13th Light Dragoons at Crewkerne on 25 September 1805, aged 18, for ‘Life’. He served for 15 years 181 days, including 2 years allowance for Waterloo, and was discharged at Manchester on 24 March 1819, in consequence of ‘rheumatism and being unfit for service in India.’

Sold with copied discharge papers.