Waterloo 1815 (Lieutenant S. Phelps, Royal Foot Artillery) fitted with replacement steel clip and small ring suspension, edge bruising and marks overall, therefore good fine or better £2,600-£3,000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Simon C. Marriage Collection of Medals to the Artillery.

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Samuel Phelps was appointed a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery on 4 April 1808, and 1st Lieutenant on 18 September 1809. He served in the Walcheren expedition in 1809, and was present at Quatre Bras and Waterloo in Major Lloyd’s Brigade (wounded) and with the Army of Occupation. Placed on half-pay on 4 August 1822, he died in 1927 from the effects of Walcheren fever.

There is a memorial tablet to him in St Michael’s Church, Rudbaxton, Wales:

‘Sacred to the memory / of Samuel Phelps / third son of John Martin Esqr of Withy Bush / and a Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery / who after an active service / in different campaigns, / wounded early in the memorable battle of Waterloo / fell a victim to the protracted effects / of the Walcheren fever / on the 13th day of December 1827 / in the 37th year of his age.’ (Wellington’s Men Remembered by Janet & David Bromley refers).