The Collection of Medals formed by the late John Darwent

Waterloo 1815 (John Howorth, Royal Artillery Drivers) fitted with steel clip and ring suspension, very fine £700-900

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals formed by the late John Darwent.

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John Howorth was born at Rossendale, Lancashire, circa 1792, and enlisted into the Royal Artillery in 1812. According to research notes accompanying the medal, he served in Holland and at Waterloo where he lost a finger of the left hand by a shell splinter. He was discharged in November 1818, granted a pension in January 1856, and was present at the unveiling of the Wellington Memorial at Piccadilly, Manchester, in August 1856. He died at Bolton on 11 December 1856.