A Collection of Napoleonic War Medals

Bombardier John Riddings, Royal Foot Artillery

Waterloo 1815 (John Riddings, Bomb. Royal Foot Artillery.) fitted with original steel clip and bar suspension, light marks, otherwise nearly extremely fine £1400-1600

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Napoleonic War Medals.

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Provenance: Needes Collection, acquired March 1899.

John Riddings was born in Birmingham and enlisted into the Royal Foot Artillery on 1 January 1795. He served in the regiment for 21 years 121 days, plus 2 years service for Waterloo, the last nearly five years as Bombardier, and was discharged from the 3rd Battalion R.A. on 30 April 1816, ‘being judged unfit for service by a Medical Board thro’ a pain in the breast and pensioned at One Shilling & three pence per day’.

Sold with copied discharge papers.