Waterloo Casualties

[GFraser]

Hi all,

I am looking for some figures of wounded and killed at Waterloo and wondered if medals came up in this category very regularly. A Google search only lists 2 such medals available:

http://www.warandson.co.uk/campaign-medals/waterloo-medal-to-ralph-surtees-2nd-batt-73rd-reg-foot-wounded-detail.html

http://www.ulricofengland.com/index.php?app=gbu0&ns=prodshow&ref=b000243

[Mervyn Mitton]

Hello GF - welcome to GMIC. When you are dealing with medals of this calibre it is always best to

have professional advice. Because of their potential value there are many 'out there' who are quite happy to

make alterations and re-naming. Speak to one of the leading auction houses who specialise in quality

medals - we have a member on this Forum, with such a background and I will leave it to him to speak to you

privately. Please let us know if we can assist in any other way ? Mervyn

[Aberdeen Medals]

Waterloo medals to confirmed casualties who were 'Wounded-in-Action' are commonly available on the market - albeit trying to find examples to a particular unit might be a lengthy time consuming process taking into account; number of casualties incurred; number of extant medals known to already be held in national, regimental, insitutional & private collections - with latter affecting the overall supply on the market

On the other hand Waterloo medals to casualties who were 'Killed-in-Action' are excessively rare at any time, for the simple reason that medals to that category of casualty were not generally issued to the next of kin of the fallen.

Reference 'British Battles & Medals' (Seventh edition, 2006) for comprehensive tables showing the effective strength and casualties incurred (killed & wounded) for the respective British, Hannover and Brunswick regiments that served under the Duke of Wellington during the Waterloo Campaign.

[Ulsterman]

John Franklin I believe has a complete roll. also, Paul Dawson may have a copy. try them on Facebook via Project Hougomont.

[GFraser]

Thank you for all your replies and assistance

[paul wood]

GF

Sorry for not replying sooner (I did but it got zapped by a fault).

I'm not sure whether you are interested in purchasing Waterloo medals or you are just researching casualty details.

In any sizeable collection of Waterloo medals there is likely to be casualties (although not KIA). KIA medals are occaisionally found awarded to officers, these are very rare and can fetch very high prices, a recent KIA to a colonel in the KGL realised £20,000. Prices for casualties depend very much on a number of things 1 condition of medal 2 nature of wound, someone who had his horse shot under him and was severly wounded wold fetch a lot more than someone who had a gunshot wound to the hand 3 regiment, a Scots Greys casualty is going to fetch quite a bit more than an Artillery casualty.

Things to be wary of, there are a lot,for many reasons, of re-named Waterloos around, most reasonably contemporary, the recipient was broke, pawned his Waterloo, then bought another one from the pawn brokers and had it renamed, also if you walked into a pub wearing a waterloo medal it was likely that someone would buy you a drink, So someone not entitled purchased a Waterloo medal and awarded them to themselves. If you are thinking of buying a Waterloo medal you are advised to either go to a reputable dealer or auction house who guarantee the authenticity of their items, I would be very wary of buying on E-bay or similar sites unless you are 100% sure of the item.

I hope this is helpful.

Paul

Paul