Lot Archive

Lot

№ 30

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21 September 2001

Hammer Price:
£1,350

Waterloo 1815 (Arm. Serj. D. Farnsworth, 3rd Bat. 1st Foot or R. Scot) fitted with replacement silver ball and bar suspension, very fine and a rare rank £1000-1200

No other regiment in the British army suffered greater casualties amongst its officers at Quatre Bras and Waterloo, as a percentage, than the Royal Scots. Of the 42 officers of this regiment at Waterloo, only nine remained unwounded, these including the Paymaster, the Surgeon and the two Assistant Surgeons. Seven officers were killed. Most of these casualties occurred at Quatre Bras where the regiment distinguished itself in a particular manner, receiving repeated attacks from the lancers and cuirassiers whilst formed in square.