A Collection of Medals to the 23rd Foot Royal Welsh Fusiliers

Military General Service 1793-1814, 3 clasps, Nivelle, Orthes, Toulouse (William Wilkinson, 23rd Foot) edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise very fine £800-£1,000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the 23rd Foot Royal Welsh Fusiliers.

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William Wilkinson was born at Preston, Lancashire, and attested at Plymouth on 1 April 1813, aged 16 years, a weaver by trade. He served in the Peninsula in 1813-14, and was in No. 5 Company at the battle of Waterloo.