Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

The Waterloo medal awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Charles Blois, Bt., who, as a Lieutenant in the 1st Royal Dragoons, was severely wounded on the 18th June 1815

Waterloo 1815 (Lieut. Charles Blois, 1st or Royal Dragoons) fitted with original steel clip and silver bar suspension, contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine £4000-5000

The M.G.S. medal awarded to this officer was sold in these rooms on 4 December 2001 (Lot 15), and the N.G.S. medal for Gaieta 1815 awarded to his brother, Commander J. R. Blois, R.N., was sold in these rooms on 13 September 2012 (Lot 10).

Charles Blois was born on 21 April 1794, eldest son of Sir Charles Blois, 6th Baronet, of Grundisburgh Hall, Suffolk. He entered the Army as Cornet in the 1st Dragoons, by purchase, on 10 December 1812, aged 18; Lieutenant, by purchase, 2 September 1813; Captain, 25 September 1823; Major, 27 October 1829; retired, 1 September 1830, and was subsequently Lieutenant-Colonel of the East Suffolk Militia. He served in Spain, as Lieutenant in the 1st Dragoons, from September 1813 to July 1814 and was present at the battle of Toulouse. He was also present at the battle of Waterloo, where he served in Captain Carden’s Troop, and was severely wounded on 18 June 1815. Sir Charles Blois succeeded his father as 7th Baronet in 1850 and died unmarried in 1855.

Further mention of this officer will be found in Attack the Colour by Sir Alexander Clark-Kennedy.