126 RECORDS AND REMINISCENCES OF GOODWOOD 



"Presented, on the 21st of June, 1851 (being the 

 anniversary of the battle of Vittoria), to his Grace 

 the Duke of Richmond, Lennox, and Aubigny, K.G., 

 by the recipients of the war medal, in grateful re- 

 membrance of his long and unwearied exertions on 

 their behalf, as a token of admiration and esteem from 

 his humbler brethren in arms, who successfully aided 

 in defending their island home throughout a long and 

 tedious war, in which they gained a series of re- 

 splendent victories, that led to the capture of Paris, 

 Madrid, and Washington, and finally to our lasting 

 and honourable peace." 



The interview of his Grace with her Majesty is 

 then represented in relief, and in the other compart- 

 ments are the names of the engagements in which the 

 troops were engaged, to whom the medals had been 

 given. On the base are four groups, viz. two naval, 

 consisting of marines, sailors, and boys, and two 

 military ; the first of the military groups shows a 

 light dragoon dismounted, a light infantryman, a 

 rifleman, a British grenadier, and a mounted hussar ; 

 on the second, a horse artilleryman mounted, a foot 

 artilleryman, a soldier of the line, a highlander, and 

 a heavy dragoon dismounted appear. Between the 

 groups are panels containing arms, and the lower base 

 is empanelled with two military and two naval 

 subjects, viz. the battles of Vittoria and Orthez, and 

 those of the Nile and Trafalgar, which are placed 

 beneath the appropriate groups. 



