The Collection of Medals formed by the late John Darwent

Waterloo 1815 (Thomas Lacey, 2nd Batt. 30th Reg. Foot) fitted with silver clip and stirrup-ring suspension, minor contact wear, otherwise good very fine £1400-1600

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

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Thomas Lacey enlisted into the 30th Foot on 14 August 1811, and was present at Waterloo in Captain John Powell’s Company. The diarist Ensign Edward Macready served in the same Company and wrote of the inability of the French cavalry to break the British infantry square: “Here come these fools again,” growled the 30th rank and file as they prepared to pour a destructive fire on the advancing French cuirassiers, which invariably emptied many saddles and sent the remainder from whence they came.’ Thomas Lacey transferred to the 1st Battalion in December 1816 and appears to have been discharged sometime in 1817. Sold with some research.