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| Badges | 1809 - 1815 | Badge: Shako plate as worn by the 28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment, 1809-1815. |  |
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| Clothing (Headgear) | 1899 | Head Dress: White cap cover for other ranks' field service cap. As worn by the 2nd Volunteer Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment. c.1900. | |
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| Clothing (Headgear) | 1880 | Head Dress: White cap cover for officer's field service cap. As worn by the 2nd Volunteer Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment. c.1880-1890. | |
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| Medals | 1809 - 1814 | Medal: Lieutenant-Colonel James Coghlan led the 61st through numerous battles in 1813-1814, before dying upon the field at Toulouse. Here the Regiment earned a new nickname, ‘The Flowers of Toulouse’ due to the number of red coated dead they left on the field. Lord Wellington remarked in despatches that the 61st were ‘highly distinguished throughout the day’. Coghlan was fatally wounded through the body early in the battle. His body, at first hastily interred on the field after the battle and he was laid to rest in the Protestant church at Toulouse, the funeral being attended by the Duke of Wellington himself. Coghlan’s posthumous Gold Cross was awarded for the battles of Talavera, Nive, Orthes and Toulouse, and also features clasps for the Pyrenees and Nivelle. At first, medals for the Peninsular War were only awarded to officers, the magnificent Army Gold Cross being awarded to field and general officers who had been present at four or more battles. It supplemented the Army Gold Medal, and was approved by the Prince Regent in 1813. |
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| Medals | 1809 - 1814 | Medal: Peninsular War Gold Medal for Talavera. Awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel R. J. Coghlan of the 61st (South Gloucestershire) Regiment. 1809-1813. | |
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| Medals | 1810 - 1811 | Medal: Military General Service Medal with clasps for Busaco and Albuhera. Awarded to Job Prideaux of the 28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment. | |
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| Art & Pictures | 1812 - 1814 | Picture: Silhouette of Lieutenant William Thornton Keep of the 28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment. Keep was badly wounded in the mouth at the battle of Bayonne, 1813. His letters, which have been edited and published, are held in the regimental archives. | |
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| Medals | 1809 - 1814 | Medal: Military General Service Medal with clasps for Corunna, Talavera and Toulouse. Awarded to Private Richard Deacon of the 28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment. | |
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| Medals | 1809 - 1810 | Medal: Military General Service Medal with clasps for Corunna and Barrosa. Awarded to William Williy of the 28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment. | |
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| Medals | 1810 - 1814 | Medal: Military General Service Medal with clasps for Barrosa, Vittoria and Toulouse. Awarded to Stephen Hill of the 28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment. | |