A WATERLOO Medal awarded to a Monmouthshire soldier, who was at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, sold for £2,160 at an auction today.
The silver medal was awarded to Private William Brooks, who lived at Moss Cottage, Windcliff, St Arvans, near Chepstow.
Private Brooks served with the 1st Life Guards, who played a key role at the Battle of Waterloo where the Lifeguards formed the front charging line of the Household Brigade and staged the famous Charge against the French Cuirassiers that saved the British centre from being overrun.
Private Brooks was one of the youngest men at the Battle of Waterloo on June 18, 1815, as he was only 19-years-old at the time.
He was lucky to have survived the battle, because 43,000 men were killed or wounded in the one day battle, which took place nine miles south of Brussels, Belgium.
The sale of Private Brooks’ Waterloo Medal – bought by a mystery bidder at Spink in Bloomsbury, London, coincides with the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo in nine weeks’ time.
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