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Infantry Officer’s Pattern 1796 presentation sword, Lieutenant Colonel Richard Lloyd, 1808
sword, presentation, infantry officer, pattern 1796, sword, presentation
Accession Number

NAM.1960-10-16-1

Description

Presentation, Pattern 1796 Infantry Officer’s sword; straight blade is decorated with bluing and etching, including the dedication to Lt Col Richard Lloyd, commander of the Goree Island Garrison, from the officers of that garrison; silver and brass gilt hilt, with a knucklebow and shell guard, bearing a crest, possibly of the Williamson family and may originate from a marriage between one Usher Philpott Williamson and Anne Lloyd, their son being Maj Gen Usher Williamson, 27th Regiment of Foot; the decorator or vendor of the sword was Rundell, Bridge and Rundell; Lt Col Richard Lloyd, commanded the Goree Island Garrison, off Senegal, until 1808; the garrison protected British trade routes; after leaving Goree Lloyd became commander of the 2nd Bn 84th (York and Lancaster) Regiment of Foot, and was killed at the Battle of Nivelle, 10 Dec 1813.

Events

Nivelle, Battle of, 1813 (Peninsular War, Southern France 1813-1814)

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