Orders, Decorations and Medals

Pair: Captain Charles Gregorie, 13th Light Dragoons

Military General Service 1793-1814, 3 clasps, Vittoria, Nivelle, Nive (Capt. 13th Lt. Dgns.) neatly fitted with two additional but removeable tailor’s clasps for ‘Orthez’ and ‘Toulouse’; Waterloo 1815 (Capt., 13th Reg. Light Dragoons) fitted with contemporary silver ball and ring suspension, both medals contained in a contemporary fitted case, the interior silk lining gold-embossed Maison P. Stopin, A. Dupetitbosq, Péristyle Montpensier, Palais-Royal, the first better than very fine, the second with contact marks and edge bruising, otherwise nearly very fine (2) £2500-3000

Charles Gregorie was born circa 1790, and was appointed Ensign in the Coldstream Guards on 1 May 1806; Captain, 2nd Ceylon Regiment, 4 August 1808; 72nd Regiment, 15 September 1808; 6th Dragoon Guards, 10 May 1810; Captain, 13th Light Dragoons, 20 June 1811. Gergorie served in Spain and France with the 13th Light Dragoons, including the battles of Vittoria, Nivelle and Nive. The regimental history states that at Waterloo ‘Captain Gregorie and Lieutenant Mill, though with sabre wounds in their hands, yet were able to continue with the regiment in the field.’

Captain Gregorie exchanged into the 22nd Light Dragoons on 14 October 1819, and left the army shortly afterwards. He died at the Villa Colombaia, Florence, Italy, on 16 October 1858, aged 67.