3rd REGIMENT OF FOOT GUARDS.

(2nd Battalion.)

Rank in the
SECOND MAJOR.Regiment.Army.
[1]Francis Hepburn25July,1814Col., 4 June, 1814
CAPTAINS AND LIEUT.-COLONELS.
H. Willoughby Rooke28Feb.1812
[2]Douglas Mercer20Dec.1813
Hon. Sir Alex. Gordon, K.C.B., K.25Dec.18136 Feb. 1812
[3]Charles Dashwood, W.25Dec.1813
[4]Francis Home15Mar.1814
Charles Fox Canning, K.31Mar.181419 Aug. 1813
[5]Edward Bowater, W.25July,1814
[6]Charles West, W.25July,1814
LIEUTENANTS AND CAPTAINS.
Wm. Stothert, K.4Apr.1811
[7]Wm. Drummond24Oct.1811
[8]Robert B. Hesketh, W.31Oct.1811
[9]Henry Hawkins12Dec.1811
[10]R.H. Wigston19Dec.1811
[11]Charles John Barnet16Apr.1812
[12]Joseph Wm. Moorhouse23Apr.1812
[13]Edward B. Fairfield24Mar.1814
[14]George Evelyn, W.31Mar.1814
[15]Hon. Hastings Forbes, K.5May,1814
[16]John Elrington19May,1814
[17]Hugh B. Montgomerie, W.9June,1814
[18]Thomas Craufurd (sic), K.1Sept.1814
[19]John Ashton, K.2Sept.1814
ENSIGNS.
[20]Charles Lake, W.31Oct.1811
[21]Hon. Edward Stopford7Nov.1811
[22]Barclay Drummond, Acting Adjt.5Mar.1811
[23]George Douglas Standen19Mar.1811
[24]David Baird, W.18June,1811
[25]Wm. James4Mar.1813
[26]Wm. Fred. Hamilton1Apr.1813
[27]Hon. Geo. Anson8Jan.1814
[28]Thos. Wedgwood11Jan.1814
[29]Whitwell Butler12Jan.1814
[30]Andrew Coutts Cochrane13Jan.1814
[31]Jeffery Prendergast2Feb.1814
C. Simpson, K.3Feb.1814
[32]Hugh Seymour Blane31Mar.1814
[33]Henry Montagu21Apr.1814
QUARTERMASTER.
[34]John Skuce22Mar.1810
SURGEON.
[35]Samuel Good25Dec.1813
ASSISTANT-SURGEONS.
[36]J.R. Warde27Apr.180921 Aug. 1806
[37]Fran. Gashry Hanrott10Dec.1812
Facings blue. Lace gold.

[1]. Served in the Pa., and received the gold medal for Vittoria. Distinguished for the share he took in the defence of Hougomont. C.B. 2nd son of Col. David Hepburn, by Bethia, dau. and heiress of Graham, of Damside. M., July, 1820, Henrietta, dau. and heir of Sir Henry Poole, 5th and last bart., of Poole, co. Chester, and had issue. Attained rank of maj.-general, and d. 7th June, 1835.

[2]. Afterwards assumed the surname of Henderson in addition to that of Mercer. 3rd son of Lt.-col. George Mercer, by Jean, eldest dau. of Sir Robert Henderson, Bart. Served in the Pa. C.B. for Waterloo. Attained rank of Lt.-gen. and Col.-in-Chf. 68th Foot. M., 2nd Nov., 1820, Susan, 3rd dau. of Sir Wm. Rowley, Bart., and had issue. D. at Naples 21st March, 1854.

[3]. 2nd son of Sir Henry Walter Dashwood, Bart., by Ellen, dau. of John Graham, of Kernock, Bart. Retd. before 1830. M., 1822, Caroline, 4th dau. of Sir Robert Barlow, Bart. D. 20th April, 1832.

[4]. Gained distinction in the defence of Hougomont, and succeeded Col. Macdonell (who was wounded) in the command within the building late in the afternoon of Waterloo Day.

[5]. Only son of Admiral Bowater. Served in the Pa. Groom in Waiting to Queen Victoria. K.C.B. Col.-in-Chf. of 49th Foot, 1846. Gen. D. at Cannes 14th Dec., 1861.

[6]. Son of Col. West of same regiment. Appointed ensign in his regt. 8th Nov., 1801. Served in Hanover, Denmark, Spain, and Portugal. Was severely wounded in the sortie from Bayonne and again at Waterloo. Quitted the service as col. 1829. D. in 1872.

[7]. Made bt.-maj. for Waterloo. Served in the Pa. from 1809–12 and in the campaign in Holland, 1814, and was present at the bombardment of Antwerp, and storming of Bergen-op-Zoom. Attained rank of col. in 1837. Living in 1855.

[8]. 2nd son of Robert Bamford Hesketh, of Bamford and Upton, co. Chester, by Frances, dau. and heir of Rev. John Lloyd, of Gwyrch Castle, co. Denbigh. Bt.-maj. 4th Dec., 1815. D. unm. before 1820 of a wound received at Waterloo.

[9]. In 1830 this officer was still a lt. and capt., and many of his juniors had purchased over his head.

[10]. “On baggage guard” at the village of Waterloo on 18th June, 1815. Out of the list in 1824.

[11]. Promoted capt. and lt.-col. 26th Oct., 1821. Out of the list in 1830.

[12]. Capt. 65th Foot, 18th Nov., 1819.

[13]. Out of the list in 1830.

[14]. 3rd son of John Evelyn, of Wotton, by Anne, dau. of Anthony Shee, of Castlebar. Quitted the service before 1824. M. Mary, dau. of J.H. Massey Dawson, M.P., of Ballynacourte, Ireland, and had issue. D. 15th Feb., 1829.

[15]. 3rd son of George, 6th Earl of Granard, by Selina, dau. of John, 1st Earl of Moira. Bn. 5th Dec., 1793.

[16]. Promoted capt. and lt.-col. 16th Nov., 1826. D. in London in Nov., 1843. There were several of this family in the army. One of them, Capt. J.H. Elrington, held the appointment of “Major of the Tower,” being so appointed in 1816.

[17]. Descended from a branch of the noble and historic house of Eglinton. 2nd son of the Rev. Hugh Montgomerie, of Grey Abbey, by the Hon. Emilia Ward, youngest dau. of 1st Visct. Bangor. D. 2nd May, 1817, from the after effects of a wound received at Waterloo. A collateral ancestor, Sir Hugh Montgomerie, fell at the battle of Otterburne as far back as 1388. His death is thus recorded in the old ballad of Chevy Chase:

“He had a bow bent in his hand,

Made of a trusty tree;

An arrow of a cloth-yeard long

Unto the head drew he.

“Against Sir Hugh Montgomerie

So right his shaft he set,

The grey goose wing that was therein

In his heart-blood was set.”

[18]. This officer’s name is given as Crawford on the memorial tablet at Waterloo.

[19]. The following in memoriam verses were written soon after Waterloo.

“Hail, youthful Ashton, in thy field of blood!

Thou bloom of honour gathered in the bud!

Thy prime career of martial life began

With spirit fit to shine in glory’s van;

Comrades who groan’d to see thee yield thy breath,

Yet almost envied thy heroic death.

Accept thy country’s praise! thy mother’s tears!

Whose heavenly sorrow Heaven itself reveres!

Kissing in agony affliction’s rod,

She yields her pride unmurm’ring to her God.”

[20]. Promoted lt. and capt. 2nd July, 1815. Out of the list before 1824.

[21]. Acted as A.D.C. to Maj.-gen. Sir John Byng, at Waterloo. His name does not appear in the list of “staff officers in Flanders” in the Army List for June, 1815. 2nd son of the 3rd Earl of Courtown by Lady Mary Scott, eldest dau. of 3rd Duke of Buccleuch. Capt. 3rd July, 1815. Adjt. 4th July, 1822. Capt. and lt.-col. 1826. M., 5th July, 1830, Horatia, only dau. of Thos. Lockwood, and widow of Richard Tibbits. D. 5th July, 1840, leaving issue.

[22]. 3rd son of Charles Drummond (banker) by Frances, 2nd dau. of Rev. Edward Lockwood, of Portman Square. Attained the rank of gen. Groom in Waiting to the Queen. M., 5th April, 1832, Maria, dau. of Wm. Crosbie. D. s. p. 3rd May, 1860.

[23]. D. as lt.-col. 16th Dec., 1840.

[24]. Quitted the service as capt. before 1824. Afterwards Sir David Baird, 2nd Bart. Succeeded his uncle, the famous general, in 1829. Severely wounded whilst defending Hougomont with his company. M., 10th August, 1821, Mary Anne Kennedy, eldest dau. of Archibald, Marquis of Ailsa, and had issue. D. whilst hunting 20th Dec., 1851.

[25]. H. p. 1819. D. at Lillebourne Rectory, Kent, 13th Oct., 1854.

[26]. Lt. and capt. 17th April, 1817. H. p. as lieut. 47th Foot, 1st Feb., 1821.

[27]. Afterwards maj.-gen. and M.P. for Staffordshire. 2nd son of 1st Visct. Anson, by Anne, dau. of Thos. Coke, of Holkham Hall, Norfolk. M., 30th Nov., 1830, Isabella, 3rd dau. of 1st Lord Forester, and had issue. D. 27th May, 1857, at Kurnand, as Comr.-in-Chief in India.

[28]. Afterwards lt.-col. D. at Tenby, 7th Nov., 1860.

[29]. Placed on h. p. 25th Feb., 1819. 4th son of the Rev. Richard Butler, D.D., vicar of Burnchurch, co. Kilkenny. Bn. 1799. M., 1833, Elizabeth, 2nd dau. of John Payne Garnet, of Arch Hall, co. Meath, and had issue.

[30]. 2nd son of Adm. the Hon. Sir Alexander Cochrane, G.C.B., by Maria, dau. of David Shaw, and widow of Sir Jacob Wheate, Bart. Bn. 5th April, 1799. Placed on h. p. 14th Sept., 1820. M., 1835, the eldest dau. of Baron de Strack, col. in the Austrian service, and had issue. D. 22nd June, 1870.

[31]. Lieut. and capt. 9th Aug., 1821. Out of the regt. before 1830.

[32]. Afterwards Sir H.S. Blane, Bart., of Blanefield, co. Ayr. Son of Sir Gilbert Blane, M.D., by Eliz., only dau. of A. Gardiner. Lt. and capt. 15th March, 1821. Retd. as lt.-col. M., 23rd Jan., 1832, Eliza, dau. of John Armit, of Dublin, and had issue. Succeeded as 2nd bart. in 1834. D. 1869.

[33]. The prefix of “Honourable” has been omitted before this officer’s name in the 1815 Army List. The Hon. Henry Robinson Montague was youngest son of Matthew, 4th Lord Rokeby. Fought at Quatre Bras and Waterloo. Attained the rank of gen. Commanded the 1st Division in the Crimea, and served at the siege of Sebastopol. Col.-in-Chf. Scots Gds. 1875. Succeeded his brother as 6th baron, 7th April, 1847. M., 18th Dec., 1826, Magdalen eld. dau. of Lt.-col. Huxley and widow of F. Croft. Left surviving female issue. D. 25th May, 1883.

[34]. Out of the regt. in May, 1819.

[35]. H. p. in 1845.

[36]. Serving with the regt. in 1824.

[37]. Retd. before 1st Jan., 1816.

1st (or the ROYAL SCOTS) REGIMENT OF FOOT.[[F]]

(3rd Battalion.)

Rank in the
MAJOR.Regiment.Army.
[1]Colin Campbell, W.27Sept.1810Lt.-Col., 17 Aug. 1812
CAPTAINS.
[2]Lawrence Arguimbau, W.9Mar.1809Maj., 11 Aug. 1814
[3]Robert Macdonald, W.8Feb.1810Maj., 21 Sept. 1813
[4]Wm. Buckley, K.11Oct.1810
[5]Hugh Massey, W.9May,1811Maj., 4 June, 1811
[6]Wm. Gordon16Jan.1812
[7]Robert Dudgeon, W.30July,1812
LIEUTENANTS.
[8]Archibald Morrison, W.27Oct.18083 Dec. 1806
John Armstrong, K.27Apr.1809
John E. O’Neil, K.8June,180921 Apr. 1808
[9]Wm. Jas. Rea, W.22June,180930 July, 1807
[10]John Ingram, W.12July,180918 Oct. 1808
[11]Wm. Clarke, W.21June,1810
[12]Thomas Gordon18Feb.18132 July, 1812
[13]Allen Cameron, Adjt., W.1July,181326 June, 1812
[14]John Stoyte, W.4July,1813
[15]Robt. Horsman Scott, W.8July,1813
[16]George Lane, W.26July,1813
[17]Joseph Symes, W.23Sept.1813
[18]James Alstone, W.23Sept.1813
Wm. Young, K.4Nov.1813
[19]James Mann18Aug.1814
[20]Wm. Dobbs, W.29Sept.1814
[21]John Fitzwilliam Miller, W.6Oct.1814
[22]George Stewart, W.2Dec.1814
[23]J.L. Black, W.23Feb.181510 Mar. 1814
ENSIGNS.
[24]Alexander Glen21Oct.1813
[25]Charles Mudie4Nov.1813
[26]Jas. Grant Kennedy, K.12Apr.1814
[27]Charles Graham, W.28Sept.18149 June, 1813
[28]Thomas Stevens, W.29Sept.1814
[29]Joseph M’Kay, W.6Oct.1814
[30]Alexander Robertson, K.20Oct.1814
Wm. Anderson, K.27Oct.181414 July, 1814
[31]Leon M. Cooper, W.14Dec.1814
[32]Wm. Thomas15Dec.1814
[33]Richard Blacklin (Volunteer), W.
PAYMASTER.
[34]James Crooke Thomson4May,181531 Jan. 1811
QUARTERMASTER.
[35]Thomas Griffith, W.4Aug.1814
SURGEON.
[36]Wm. Galliers20Apr.180910 Sept. 1807
ASSISTANT-SURGEONS.
[37]Wm. Finnie12Nov.1812
Thos. Bolton9Dec.18135 Mar. 1812
Facings blue. Lace gold.

[F]. The 3rd Batt. of the Royal Scots, which was reduced in 1817, distinguished itself in a particular manner at Quatre Bras. “Being removed from the centre of the 5th Division, it charged and routed a column of the enemy. It was then formed in a square to receive the cavalry, and though repeated attacks were made, not the slightest impression was produced. Wherever the lancers and cuirassiers presented themselves they found a stern and undismayed front which they vainly endeavoured to penetrate.” Mudford’s Historical Account of the Campaign in the Netherlands, in 1815.

[1]. Served throughout the Par. War and recd. the gold medal and one clasp for commanding his battalion at the battles of Vittoria and Salamanca. Severely wounded at Quatre Bras. Made C.B. for Waterloo. Appointed to a h. p. lt.-colonelcy under the War Office Regulations of 25th April, 1826. D. at Inverary 1st Feb., 1833.

[2]. A protégé of H.R.H. the Duke of Kent, the Col.-in-Chf. of the regt. Attained the rank of Lt.-gen. and Col.-in-Chf. 80th Foot. D. 18th Aug., 1854, at Port Mahon.

[3]. Brother to Gen. Sir John Macdonald, Adjt.-Gen. of the British Army, and cousin to Etienne Macdonald, Duke of Tarentum and Marshal of France, whose father fought at Culloden in 1746. Robert Macdonald did good service in the Pa., and was present at five general actions. Was severely wounded at the assault on the Convent of St. Sebastian, “and, although suffering from the effects of his wounds, was present, and engaged, at the assault on town of St. Sebastian, where he commanded two companies ordered to the breach in advance of the 1st Bde. of the 5th Division, and was at the surrender of the castle. Commanded the above regt. at Waterloo until disabled by wounds. C.B. and K.St.A. of Russia, Lt.-col. 44th Foot, 29th Aug., 1829. For many years was British Consul at Belize, Central America, where he was much esteemed. At his death, which occurred 14th Nov., 1860, a very eulogistic paragraph appeared in a Belize newspaper containing these words: “Col. Macdonald’s conversation was like reading a page of history.”

[4]. Killed at Quatre Bras. Left a widow with four young children, the youngest of whom was born at Blackheath, three weeks after her husband’s death. A pension of £60 per annum was granted to Mrs. Mary Buckley.

[5]. There have been “Hugh Masseys” for generations both in the noble Irish families of “Massey, Lord Clarina,” and “Massy, Lord Massy.” The above Hugh Massey was doubtless a cadet of the Limerick Masseys. He was promoted bt.-lt.-col., h. p. list 12th Aug., 1819. M. Mary, sister of Cornelius Rodes, of Barlboro’, co. Derby, and d. before 1855.

[6]. Served with the Portuguese army in the Par. War, and was in command of the 24th Portuguese regt. at the siege of St. Sebastian, for which he recd. the British gold medal. Placed on h. p. 25th Dec., 1816. Living in 1830.

[7]. Severely wounded at Quatre Bras. D. whilst serving in the island of Antigua, 28th Sept., 1827.

[8]. Capt., 21st Sept., 1815. H. p. from York. Light Infantry 25th July, 1816. Living in 1824.

[9]. Capt. 60th Foot 22nd June, 1815. Out of said regt. before 1824.

[10]. John Nelson Ingram served previously in the 15th Foot. Capt. 1st Foot 7th April, 1825. Serving in 1830.

[11]. H. p. 11th March, 1819.

[12]. Capt. in 1831. Out of the regt. before 1842.

[13]. Reduced with the battalion.

[14]. Fought at Badajoz and Salamanca. Capt. 24th Foot 19th May, 1825. Major, 8th Jan., 1841. Lt.-col. 17th Foot, 3rd April, 1846. D. at Bath, 13th Dec., 1854.

[15]. Reduced with the battalion.

[16]. Reduced with the battalion.

[17]. Reduced with the battalion.

[18]. Reduced with the battalion. D. 9th Nov., 1854.

[19]. Reduced with the battalion.

[20]. Reduced with the battalion.

[21]. H. p. 17th Apr., 1817. M., 27th Sept., 1817, at Limerick, Prudence, dau. of Edward Ferreter, R.N.

[22]. H. p. 25th March, 1816.

[23]. Afterwards Lt.-Col. John Lewis Black. Had previously served in the 49th Foot, and was brought in from the h. p. list in Feb., 1815. Became maj. in the 53rd Foot in 1844 and served in the Sutlej campaign with that regiment. He d. 3rd Feb., 1859.

[24]. Lieut. 41st Foot 17th Aug., 1826. Serving in 1830. The “W” is omitted before this officer’s name in several Army Lists.

[25]. Lieut. 48th Foot 4th Oct., 1815. H. p. 25th March, 1817.

[26]. Killed at Quatre Bras whilst carrying the colours. Age 16. 3rd son of Dr. Wm. Kennedy, physician at Inverness.

[27]. Returned as “killed” in the London Gazette of 3rd July. 1815. Placed on h. p., 27th Feb., 1817. Out of the list 1830.

[28]. Lieut. 22nd Foot 3rd Feb., 1820. H. p. 7th Apr. same year. D. 19th Sept., 1849, as barrack-master, Sheerness.

[29]. H. p. 1st Aug., 1816.

[30]. Brother to Lieut. John Robertson, of the 9th Foot, who died of wounds recd. at St. Sebastian. Pens. granted to his mother and two sisters in consideration of their distressed circumstances.

[31]. Afterwards Lt.-col. Leonard Morse-Cooper, J.P. for Berks. Joined the Royal Scots in 1814 as a volunteer from the Rl. Military College. Was wounded in the sortie from Bayonne, and at Waterloo recd. five wounds. Promoted lieut. 23rd Jan., 1817. Exchanged to the 11th Lt. Dgns., and served with that regiment at the siege of Bhurtpore, in 1825-6, where he volunteered for the dismounted cavalry storming party. Maj. on the unattached h. p. list 10th Jan., 1840. Lt.-col. 1851. D. in Paris 24th March, 1862.

[32]. Lieut. 5th Apr., 1820. Serving in 1830.

[33]. A volunteer. Appointed ensign in this regt. 18th July, 1815. Lieut. 13th July, 1820. Capt. 8th Aug., 1833. H. p. unattached 6th Feb., 1846. Col. 1st Nov, 1858. Living in 1860.

[34]. H. p. 1816.

[35]. Left the regt. in 1824.

[36]. Surgeon 7th Sept., 1815. H. p. before 1824.

[37]. Surgeon 25th March, 1836. H. p. D. at Glasgow, Jan., 1863.

4th (OR THE KING’S OWN) REGIMENT OF FOOT.[[G]]

(1st Battalion.)

Rank in the
LIEUT.-COLONEL.Regiment.Army.
[1]Francis Brooke14Feb.1811
CAPTAINS.
[2]Geo. David Wilson, W.7Aug.1804Maj., 21 Sept. 1813
[3]Euseby Stratford Kirwan11Jan.1810
[4]Charles James Edgell, W.5Sept.1805
[5]John Browne, W.25May,1815
LIEUTENANTS.
[6]Benjamin Martin30Oct.18063 June, 1802
[7]G. Richardson, W.26May,1809
[8]Peter Bowlby31May,1809
[9]Hygatt Boyd, W.16Aug.1810
[10]Geo. Henry Hearne29Oct.1810
[11]Benj. Marshall Collins, W.1Nov.1810
[12]Wm. Squire, W.14Feb.1811
[13]John Bushell12May,1812
[14]Richard Mulholland14May,1812
[15]Wm. Lonsdale15May,1812
[16]Edward Bowlby25Feb.1813
[17]Wm. [Henry] Clarke28July,1813
[18]Wm. Richardson, Adjt.20Oct.1813
Fred. Feilde17Nov.1813
[19]Arthur Gerard, W.16Mar.1815
[20]John L. Fernandez3May,1815
ENSIGNS.
[21]Charles Levinge18Nov.1813
[22]Wm. Taylor9Dec.181322 July, 1813
[23]Wm. M’Donald Matthews, W.9Dec.1813
[24]Thos. E.H. Holland9Dec.1813
PAYMASTER.
[25]James Lonsdale20Dec.1798
SURGEON.
[26]Francis Burton9Sept.1813
ASSISTANT-SURGEON.
[27]Wm. Morragh25Jan.1810
Facings blue. Lace gold.

[G]. This regt. had just returned from active service in America and landed at Ostend a few days before Waterloo was fought. In fact, Gen. Lambert’s brigade only reached Waterloo by a forced march just as the battle was commencing. Several captains of the 1st Batt. 4th Foot had been killed in the attack on New Orleans—hence the small number of captains present at Waterloo. Siborne gives the names of six additional captains as present with this regt. at Waterloo, but as the official Army List for 1817 does not credit them with having the Waterloo medal, the Editor has been reluctantly compelled to omit their names.

[1]. Served throughout the Par. War and recd. the gold cross for the battles of Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, and siege of St. Sebastian. C.B. for Waterloo. 2nd son of Francis Brooke, of Colebrooke, by Hannah, dau. of Henry Prittie, of Dunally, co. Tipperary. M. Jane, dau. of George Burdett, M.P., and d. s. p.

[2]. Served with the above regt. on the expedition to the Helder, in 1799. At siege of Copenhagen in 1807. Wounded in the retreat from Corunna. With his regiment in the Walcheren expedition, 1809. Returned to the Pa. and was severely wounded at the storming of Badajoz in leading the advance of the storming party of the 5th Division to the escalade of the St. Vicante bastion, for which he recd. the gold medal, although not a field officer. A.D.C. to Gen. Sir W. Pringle in 1812. C.B. for Waterloo and bt. of lt.-col. Placed on h. p. 21st March, 1822. Lt.-col. unattached list in Dec., 1828. M., 1st July, 1828, Frances, eldest dau. of E. Jud, of Eastbury Lodge, Essex. D. at Romford, Essex, 11th Jan., 1863. His proper name was “George Davis Willson.”

[3]. 2nd son of John Kirwan, K.C., by Anne, only child of Euseby Stratford, elder brother of 1st Earl of Aldborough. Entered the Army in 1804 and joined 4th Foot, 1st Batt.; served in the Pa. and was engaged in the Battles of Corunna, the disastrous Walcheren Expedition, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, St. Sebastian, Nive, Bladensburg, New Orleans, and Waterloo. After the Peace was appointed to the West India Rangers, but never joined the regt. Received the Par. and Waterloo medals. Md. twice; d. in 1852, leaving issue.

[4]. D. in 1821 on passage to Barbados.

[5]. Badly wounded at the assault of Badajoz. “At Waterloo, whilst at the head of his company, Capt. Browne received a fearful wound from a bullet, just over the ear, and fell senseless. He was left on the field for dead and was reported killed. His family in Ireland went into mourning for him. However, he recovered by trepanning, and was made Maj. 92nd Highlanders. Received two pensions for wounds, and d. 21st Nov., 1849.”

[6]. H. p. 35th Foot 11th Nov., 1818.

[7]. Serving in 1817.

[8]. Serving in 1824.

[9]. H. p. 22nd Aug., 1816.

[10]. H. p. 29th Aug., 1816.

[11]. H. p. 30th Dec., 1818. D. Dec., 1854.

[12]. D. before 1st Jan., 1816.

[13]. H. p. from 5th West India Regt. 31st Dec., 1818.]

[14]. H. p. 25th March, 1817.

[15]. H. p. 25th March, 1817.

[16]. H. p. 25th March, 1823.

[17]. Capt. 3rd Aug., 1830.

[18]. Ret. f. p. 10th Rl. Garrison Bat. before 1824.

[19]. H. p. 25th Feb., 1816.

[20]. H. p. 25th Feb., 1816.

[21]. 2nd son of Sir Charles Levinge, Bart., by Eliz., only dau. of Nicholas Reynell, of Reynella, co. Westmeath. Bn. 20th March, 1796. Promoted capt. 24th Oct., 1821. Exchanged to 52nd L.I., 1823. Maj. 71st Highland L.I. 15th Jan., 1829. Quitted the service before 1842. M., 2nd June. 1825, Barbara, dau. of Hugh Johnstone, of St. John’s, New Brunswick, and had issue. K.H. D. 1843.

[22]. Afterwards Lieut. in 37th Foot. Quitted the service before 1824.

[23]. H. p. 62nd Foot 1826. D. Jan., 1856.

[24]. H. p. 83rd Foot, 14th Jan., 1819.

[25]. H. p. 25th Jan., 1819.

[26]. Surgeon 66th Foot 16th Dec., 1819. Out of said regt. in 1826.

[27]. Reduced in 1818.

14th (or the BUCKINGHAMSHIRE) REGIMENT
OF FOOT.[[H]]

(3rd Battalion.)

Rank in the
MAJORS.Regiment.Army.
[1]Francis Skelly Tidy10Sept.1807Lt.-Col., 4 June, 1813
[2]John Keightley13Jan.1814
CAPTAINS.
[3]George Marlay14June,1814Maj., 21 June, 1813
[4]Thos. Ramsay18Oct.181017 May, 1810
[5]Wm. Turnor15Aug.1811
[6]Wm. Ross24Dec.181316 Dec. 1813
[7]Richard Adams13Jan.1814
[8]Christian Wilson4Nov.1814
[9]J.L. White5Nov.1814
[10]Wm. Hewett13Apr.181524 Nov. 1814
LIEUTENANTS.
[11]Wm. Akenside6Aug.18072 Jan. 1807
[12]Charles Myler Brannan3Dec.1807
[13]Samuel Beachcroft28Nov.1811
[14]Wm. Buckle, Adjt.3Nov.1812
[15]George Baldwin9Nov.1814
[16]John Nickelson5Apr.1815
[17]Lyttleton Westwood6Apr.1815
[18]Henry Boldero13Apr.1815
[19]Jas. Campbell Hartley24May,1815
ENSIGNS.
[20]Wm. Reed13Jan.1814
[21]George Mackenzie22Jan.1814
[22]Robert B. Newenham27Jan.1814
[23]C. Fraser10Feb.1814
[24]Aug. Fred. F. Adamson3Mar.1814
[25]Wm. Keowen21Apr.1814
[26]John Manley Wood19May,1814
[27]Arthur Ormsby2June,1814
[28]James Ramsay Smith13Oct.1814
[29]Alfred Cooper, W.1Nov.1814
[30]Joseph Bowlby2Nov.1814
[31]John Powell Matthews3Nov.1814
[32]Richard John Stacpoole8Nov.1814
[33]Richard Birt Holmes10Nov.1814
[34]Hon. George Thos. Keppel4Apr.1815
PAYMASTER.
[35]Robert Mitton17Feb.1814
QUARTERMASTER.
[36]Alexander Ross20Jan.1814
VOLUNTEER.
[37]Montague Burrows
ASSISTANT-SURGEONS.
[38]Alexander Shannon27Jan.1814
[39]Henry Terry21Mar.1814
Facings buff. Lace silver.

[H]. At the close of the Par. War the British Army was reduced to a peace footing. The 3rd Batt. of the 14th Foot survived this general reduction until the spring of 1815, when the dreaded order for its disbanding arrived. Before this became an accomplished fact the escape of Napoleon from Elba, and the consequent war with France, put a stop to further reductions. The 3rd Batt. 14th was ordered to Belgium. Being composed chiefly of very young recruits, the 14th were ordered to Antwerp to join the garrison there, but through their colonel’s personal application to Gen. Lord Hill, this order was countermanded by Wellington himself, who inspected the regt. from the window of his hotel at Brussels. “They are a very pretty little battalion,” said he to Lord Hill; “tell them they may join the grand division as they wish.” And so it came to pass that the “peasants,” as the battalion of young bucks were waggishly styled, took part in the “combat of giants.”

[1]. Youngest son of the Rev. Thomas Holmes Tidy, chaplain to H.M. 26th Foot, and afterwards rector of Red Marshall, co. Durham, by Henrietta Augusta, dau. of the Rev. Wm. Skelly, by Lady Betty Gordon, dau. of Alexander, Duke of Gordon. If “fighting blood” is hereditary, then must “Frank Tidy,” as he was always called, have had a good share, for he was maternally descended from Charles Mordaunt, the “fighting” Earl of Peterborough, and had for his uncle the gallant Francis Skelly, maj. in the 71st Highlanders, who gained renown at the siege of Seringapatam. Joined the 43rd Regt. in Ireland as a volunteer at the age of 16, and was soon gazetted an ensign. When serving with his regt. in the West Indies “a mortality of from ten to thirteen men a day reduced the 43rd to 96 rank and file, and Guadaloupe being disputed inch by inch, the 43rd, at the time of its capture at Berville, did not contain more than two officers and twenty men fit for duty.” Tidy was confined for 15 months on board a hulk, subject to the tyranny and cruelty of Victor Hughes, thence sent to France, and eventually allowed to return to England on parole. Appointed adjt. of the 43rd. Promoted capt. 1st West India Regt. 1798; in 1799 exchanged to the Royal Scots. A.D.C. to Sir George Beckwith in the West Indies. Maj. 8th W.I. Regt., and transferred to the 14th Foot 1807. Served in Spain in 1808; Walcheren expedition 1809. Horse shot at Waterloo. C.B. Served in Burmese War with 1st Batt. Lt.-col. 44th Regt. 1825. D. at Kingston, Canada, while in command of the 24th Regt., 9th October, 1835, leaving issue, several sons and daughters. An interesting memoir of Col. Tidy was published in 1849 (written by his dau., Mrs. Ward) entitled: Recollections of an Old Soldier.

[2]. Bt.-lt.-col. for Waterloo. Was at the taking of St. Lucia in 1796 and served at Walcheren in 1809. Appointed maj. 23rd Fusiliers 25th July, 1816, and lt.-col. of 11th Foot 2nd June, 1825. Afterwards lt.-col. of 35th Foot and Resdt. Gov. of Santa Maura and Zante. D. at Pickhill Hall, near Wrexham, 6th Sept. 1852, aged 74.

[3]. Son of maj. George Marlay, of Twickenham, Mdx., by Lady Catherine Butler, dau. of the Earl of Lanesborough. Bn. 1791. Served in the Pa. as A.A.G., and recd. the gold cross for Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, and Toulouse. C.B. for Waterloo. Placed on h. p. 25th March, 1816. M., 1828, Catherine, dau. of Jas. Tisdall, of Bawn, co. Louth, and had issue. D. 8th June, 1830.

[4]. Served with the 52nd at the siege of Copenhagen and battle of Kioge. In the Pa. from 1808–9 and again from 1810–11 with 47th Regt. Placed on h. p. 25th March, 1816. Living 1855.

[5]. Afterwards Maj.-Gen. Wm. Turnor. Served in Hanover with the 14th in 1805–6 and in the Pa., including battle of Corunna. Was also in the Walcheren expedition. D. 12th Dec., 1860.

[6]. Afterwards maj. 23rd Fusiliers. Lt.-col. unattached 1837. Living 1846.

[7]. Placed on h. p. 25th March, 1816. Bn. 1780. Served in Egypt. At capture of Copenhagen, 1807. Eldest son of Samuel Adams, by Eliz., dau. of Alex. Leslie. M., 1805, Louisa, dau. of N. Peers, and had issue. D. 11th Feb. 1836.

[8]. Exchanged as capt. to 38th Foot, in 1822. Out of the army before 1829.

[9]. Placed on h. p. 5th April, 1816. Afterwards Capt. J.L. White, late of the Ionian Islands Militia, a Military Knight of Windsor (Royal Foundation). Served with the expedition to the Elbe and Weser, under Lord Cathcart, and in numerous battles in the Pa., including Almeida, Ciudad Rodrigo, storming of Badajoz, Salamanca, capture of Madrid. Also served in Flanders and France; was present at the attack on Merxem, the bombardment of Antwerp, and the siege of Bergen-op-Zoom, the storming of Cambray, and capture of Paris. Living 1874.

[10]. 3rd son of the Rt. Hon. Sir George Hewett, Bart., of Nethersall, co. Leicester, by Julia, dau. of the late John Johnson, of Blackheath, Kent. Bn. 1791. Exchanged as capt. to Rifle Brigade 14th Aug., 1823. Retd. as maj. from latter regt. 19th Aug., 1828. Lt.-col. unattached list same date. M. in June, 1826, Sarah, 2nd dau. of Gen. Sir James Duff. D. at his residence, Southampton, in Oct., 1891. He was the last of the Waterloo commissioned officers.

[11]. Capt. 6th Sept., 1821. Serving in 1830.

[12]. Reduced with the battalion in 1816.

[13]. Reduced with the battalion in 1816.

[14]. Reduced with the battalion in 1816.

[15]. Lieut. 31st Foot 18th March, 1822. Capt. 11th June, 1833. Major 23rd Dec., 1842. Out of the regt. before 1850.

[16]. Lieut. John Nicholson was placed on h. p. 25th March, 1816. Living 1846.

[17]. H. p. 25th March, 1816.

[18]. H. p. from 27th Foot 25th June, 1818. Living 1846.

[19]. H. p. 25th March, 1816.

[20]. Lieut. 26th June, 1815. Lieut. 48th Foot 18th July, 1816. Capt. 8th June, 1825. Serving in 1830.

[21]. H. p. 25th March, 1816.

[22]. Robert Burton Newenham quitted the service before 1823. He appears to have been a grandson of Sir Edward Newenham, knt., who m. Grace, dau. of Sir Charles Burton, Bart.

[23]. A certain Charles Fraser, who had served at Waterloo, was appointed Ens. and Lieut. in 3rd Foot Guards, 3rd July, 1815, and was promoted Lieut. and Capt. 25th Feb., 1819.

[24]. Ret. before 1st Jan. 1816.

[25]. Serving in 1817. Out of the regt. before 1824.

[26]. Capt. h. p. 67th Foot 10th Sept., 1825. Bt.-major 28th June, 1838. Major 14th Foot 28th Aug., 1840. H. p. 3rd Apr. 1846. Living 1855.

[27]. Wounded at the taking of Cambray. Lieut. 27th Jan., 1823. Capt. h. p. 1838. D. in 1851.

[28]. Living in 1874 as Lt. J.R. Smith, h. p. 38th Foot. Entered the army in 1814. Was present at the storming of Cambray, and afterwards at the capture of Hattras, in the East Indies. Also served in the Deccan campaign of 1817–18. His commissions are dated: Ensign, Oct. 13th, 1814; lt., March 20th, 1824.

[29]. The only officer of the 14th Foot wounded at Waterloo, and he, strange to say, “was the shortest man in the regiment” (Lord Albemarle’s account of the battle.) A brother ensign, Arthur Ormsby, was wounded at Cambray six days later.

[30]. Capt. 90th Foot 26th Dec., 1826. Serving in 1830.

[31]. 1st Lieut. Rl. Welsh Fusiliers 7th Apr. 1825. Ret. h. p. 10th Foot 31st Dec., 1830. Living 1846.

[32]. H. p. 24th Feb., 1818.

[33]. H. p. 9th May, 1818.

[34]. The 6th Earl of Albemarle, gen. in the army, unattached. Bn. 13th June, 1799. 2nd son of Wm. Charles 4th Earl of Albemarle, by his first wife, the hon. Eliz. Southwell, dau. of Edward Lord de Clifford. England may thank Wm. III. for having given us the Keppels 200 years ago. It was this monarch who brought over Arnold Joost Van Keppel (descended from Walter Van Keppel, Lord of Keppel, 1179) as a page in 1688, and who raised him from one high post to another until he became Earl of Albemarle, a Knight of the Garter, and gen. of the Dutch forces in 1702. This nobleman fought under Marlborough in the wars of Queen Anne, and our last Stuart monarch stood sponsor to Lord Albemarle’s eldest son, who succeeded his father as William Anne 2nd Earl—a general officer and British ambassador to Paris. The two eldest sons of the 2nd earl were equally distinguished in their respective professions—the army and navy. Viscount Bury was A.D.C. to the Duke of Cumberland at Fontenoy and Culloden. He subsequently attained the rank of lt.-gen. and was com.-in-chf. at the reduction of the Havannah, which brought him much renown. His brother Augustus became famous as Adm. Keppel, and for his eminent services was created Visct. Keppel, of Elvedon, Suffolk (extinct). Gen. Visct. Bury succeeded as 3rd Earl, and it was his grandson, the sixth earl, who joined the 3rd Batt. 14th Foot six weeks before Waterloo. The following Waterloo anecdote is given by Mrs. Ward in her memoir of Col. Tidy (already referred to), and is corroborated by Lord Albemarle himself in his interesting autobiography published in 1876:—

“Mr. Keppel was sitting on a drum just in front of my father’s mare when she was shot—he was even stroking the poor thing’s face at the time that the ball struck her down, broke the bit of the bridle and knocked him head over heels, drum and all. The animal plunging in her agony, threw the square into great confusion, and her misery was speedily put an end to by the soldiers’ bayonets.” On the 25th May, 1820, Ensign Keppel (then in 22nd Foot) was promoted lieut. Exchanged to 20th Foot, 1821; Capt. 62nd Foot, 1825; and in 1827 was promoted to an unattached majority. Lt.-Col., 1841; Col., 1854; M.-Gen., 1858; Lieut.-Gen., 1866; and Gen. 1874. M. 4th Aug., 1831, Susan, dau. of Sir Coutts Trotter, Bart., and by her (who d. 3rd Aug., 1885) had issue. D. 21st Feb., 1891.

[35]. Paymaster 47th Foot 2nd May, 1816. Serving in 1824.

[36]. “For some time after the firing had begun,” writes Lord Albemarle in his account of Waterloo, “Mrs. Ross, our quartermaster’s wife, remained with the regt. She was no stranger to a battle-field, and had received a severe wound in Whitelock’s disastrous retreat from Buenos Ayres (1807) at the time her husband was a sergt. in the 95th. She was at length persuaded to withdraw, and retired to the belfry of Waterloo Church.”

[37]. Commissioned ensign 14th Foot 27th June, 1815. Out of the regt. before 1st Jan., 1817.

[38]. Out of the regt. in 1816.

[39]. H. p. 25th March, 1816.

23rd REGIMENT OF FOOT (or ROYAL WELSH
FUSILIERS).

Rank in the
LIEUT.-COLONEL.Regiment.Army.
[1]Sir Henry Walton Ellis, K.C.B., W.23Apr.1807Col., 4 June, 1814
MAJORS.
[2]Thomas Dalmer10Dec.1807Lt.-Col., 17 Aug., 1812
[3]J. Humph. Edw. Hill, W.12Mar.1812Lt.-Col., 21 Sept., 1813
CAPTAINS.
Joseph Hawtyn, K.11Sept.1806Maj., 17 Aug. 1812
[4]Francis Dalmer10Dec.1807Maj., 26 Aug. 1813
[5]Thomas Strangeways6Apr.1809
Wm. Campbell15June,1809Maj., 12 Apr. 1814
[6]Charles Jolliffe, K.18June,1811
Thos. Farmer, K.16Apr.1812
[7]Henry Johnson, W.14May,1812
Henry S. Blanckley6Apr.181521 May, 1812
FIRST LIEUTENANTS.
[8]Francis O’Flaherty6Aug.1807
[9]James Milne21Oct.1807
[10]Wm. Walley10Dec.1807
[11]Evan M. Brown20Apr.1809
G. Fensham, K.4Jan.1810
[12]Ralph Smith22Mar.1810
[13]Harry Palmer11Apr.1811
[14]Isaac Watkins Harris20June,1811
[15]J. Enoch, Adjt.15Aug.1811
[16]Gismond Phillips (sic)5Sept.1811
[17]John Macdonald11Oct.1811
[18]George Fielding7Nov.1811
[19]Robt. Pattison Holmes12Dec.1811
[20]Charles Fryer7May,1812
[21]W.A. Griffiths, W.13May,1812
[22]John Clyde, W.14May,1812
[23]Alexander A. Brice21May,1812
[24]Anthony G. Sidley16July,1812
[25]Alexander Clayhills17Sept.1812
[26]Edward Methold23Mar.1815
SECOND LIEUTENANTS.
[27]Thomas Lilly1Oct.1812
[28]George Dunn15Apr.1813
[29]George Stainforth29July,1813
[30]Gerald FitzGibbon26Aug.1813
Wm. Leebody, K.9Sept.1813
[31]Edward Thomas Ellis (Volunteer)
QUARTERMASTER.
[32]George Sidley14Apr.1808
SURGEON.
[33]John Dunn10Sept.18039 July, 1803
ASSISTANT-SURGEONS.
[34]Thomas Smith2July,1812
[35]John Williams13May,1813
[36]John Monro26May,1814
Facings blue. Lace gold.

[1]. Was sev. wnded. at Waterloo, in the breast, by a shot from a carbine. On his way to the rear he was thrown from his horse, whilst attempting to jump a ditch, and one of his men carried him to a small outhouse, where his wound was dressed. On the night of 19th June the hovel took fire, and he was with difficulty rescued by Assistant-Surgeon Munro, of above regt. He d. next day. This gallant and universally lamented officer was son of Maj.-Gen. John Joyner Ellis, and was a native of Worcester. He had served in Holland, Egypt, America, the West Indies, Spain, Portugal, and France. M.I. in Worcester Cathedral. Bd. at Braine l’Alleud, within a few hundred yards of the place where he fell.

[2]. Afterwards Lt.-Gen. T. Dalmer, C.B., Col-in-Chf. 47th Foot. Horse shot under him at Waterloo. D. 25th Aug., 1854.

[3]. Commanded a Portuguese regt. during the Par. War, and received the gold cross for four general actions. C.B. for Waterloo. Exchanged as maj. to 49th Regt., 2nd Oct., 1823. Out of the list 1829.

[4]. Brother to above T. Dalmer. Bt. lt.-col. for Waterloo. Attained rank of col. and d. 2nd Oct., 1855.

[5]. Retd. on f. p. as capt. in 9th Rl. Veteran Battalion. D. 15th Jan., 1838, at Richmond Place, Dublin. Bro. of Col. Strangeways, of Shapwick, Somerset.

[6]. Youngest son of T.S. Jolliffe, of Ammerdown, co. Somerset, formerly M.P. for the borough of Petersfield, by his 2nd wife, Mary, dau. and heir of Samuel Holden. Served at Copenhagen, in North America, and the West Indies. Served several campaigns in the Pa. Sev. wnded at Orthes. Had not entirely recovered from this wound when the tocsin of war once more summoned him to the field of battle.

[7]. Afterwards Maj. H. Cavendish Johnson. Served at Copenhagen in 1807; the West Indies, and the Pa. At the siege of Badajoz, Johnson fell from the breach pierced with gunshot wounds, which prevented his doing any regimental duty until 1815, when he served at Waterloo and was again wounded. D. in Ireland, 19th Feb., 1853, aged 78.

[8]. Capt. 17th July, 1815. H. p., 15th Foot 3rd Aug., 1820.

[9]. Capt. 18th July, 1815. Out of the regt. before 1824.

[10]. Capt. 19th July, 1815. H. p. 14th Foot, 6th Apr., 1820.

[11]. Capt. 20th July, 1815. Paymaster to his regt. 23rd Oct., 1817. H. p. 16th Oct., 1828.

[12]. H. p. 53rd Foot, 8th May, 1823.

[13]. Out of the regt. before 1824.

[14]. Capt. 7th Apr., 1825. H. p. 9th Apr., 1826. Living 1846.

[15]. Capt. 22nd July, 1830. Maj. 14th Apr., 1846. Lt.-col. unattached 1st Feb., 1851. A.Q.M.G. same date. Col. 28th Nov., 1854. D. in London, 13th July, 1855. He had the Par. medal with four clasps—Badajoz, Ciudad Rodrigo, Albuera, Salamanca.

[16]. Grismond Philipps. 3rd son of George Philipps, of Cwmgaili, Caermarthenshire, who was M.P. for the borough. Served at Albuera, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, and Toulouse (medal with five clasps). Bn. 1792. M. Catherine, dau. of —— Warlow, Esq., and niece of Sir Thos. Picton. H. p. 26th Aug., 1819. D. in 1850. His elder bro., John George, was a midshipman on board H.M.S. Minotaur at the battle of the Nile. Communicated by Lieut. Griffith Philipps, R.N.

[17]. Capt. 28th Aug., 1827. Paymaster 16th Oct., 1828. Out of the regt. in March, 1831.

[18]. Capt. 6th June, 1822. Serving in 1830.

[19]. Capt. 4th Sept., 1823. Maj. 17th Dec., 1830. D. at Quebec, 23rd July, 1849, as col. comg. reserve batt. Rl. Welsh Fusiliers.

[20]. H. p. 17th July, 1817.

[21]. Serving in 1830.

[22]. D. from his wounds.

[23]. H. p. 5th Oct., 1820.

[24]. Lt. Anthony Gardiner Sidley (or Sedley), aftds. of 3rd W.I. Regt. Entered the service in 1811. Served in the Pa. and in the Burmese War. Lt.-col. 63rd Foot 16th Sept., 1845. Living in 1874 as a lt.-col. retd. list and a military Knight of Windsor.

[25]. Placed on h. p. as lt. 67th Regt., 30th May, 1822. 2nd son of James Menzies-Clayhills, of Invergowrie, co. Forfar. M. Elizabeth, dau. of Gen. Hunter, of Burnside, and d. s. p. 18th June, 1865.

[26]. Afterwards capt. on h. p. list of 3rd D.G.

[27]. Capt. in Ceylon Rifles 1839. Distinguished himself in the Kandian Insurrection of 1848, and commanded the only European troops employed on this occasion. Received the special thanks of Lord Torrington, Gov. of Ceylon, for his gallantry. D. as lt.-col. April, 1862.

[28]. H. p. 16th Apr., 1817.

[29]. Placed on h. p. as 1st lt. 25th March, 1817. Of Hutton, co. York. D. at Nivelle, Belgium, 27th April, 1860.

[30]. Afterwards sub-inspector of the Constabulary in Ireland. D. at Plymouth, 7th Sept., 1844.

[31]. Nephew to Sir Henry Walton Ellis, col. of this regt., who fell at Waterloo. Mentioned in Lord Albemarle’s autobiography. In the regt. in 1830.

[32]. Retd. f. p. 1827. D. 1839.

[33]. Out of the regt. 13th July, 1826.

[34]. Afterwards Surgeon-Major Thomas Smith, M.D., h. p. Joined the service in 1812; served in the campaigns of 1813, 1814, and 1815; was present at Vittoria, the Pyrenees, Nivelle, Orthes, and Toulouse. His commissions are dated: Hospital Assistant, March 29, 1812; Assist.-Surgeon, July 2, 1812; Surgeon, July 13, 1826; Surgeon-Major, Jan. 4, 1839. Living in 1874.

[35]. H. p. 1816.

[36]. D. in Apr., 1841, at Glasgow, as Surgeon 58th Foot.

27th (or INNISKILLING) REGIMENT OF FOOT.[[I]]

(1st Battalion.)

Rank in the
CAPTAINS.Regiment.Army.
[1]John Hare, W.9Sept.1805Maj., 17 June, 1813
George Holmes, K.30Apr.1807
[2]John Tucker, W.3Mar.1808
LIEUTENANTS.
[3]George M’Donnell (sic) W.25July,1806
[4]Wm. Henderson, W.8Oct.1806
[5]Richard Handcock, W.5Nov.1806
[6]Wm. Faithful Fortescue, W.4Dec.1806
[7]Thomas Craddock, W.7May,1807
[8]Wm. Talbot7Feb.1808
[9]E.W. Drewe, W.9Feb.1808
[10]Charles Manley, W.28July,1808
[11]John Millar, W.11Sept.1808
[12]John Betty7Mar.1810
[13]Andrew Gardner30Sept.1813
ENSIGNS.
[14]Wm. Kater, W.22Apr.1813
[15]John Ditmas, W.3June,1813
[16]Thos. Smith, W.24June,1813
Samuel Ireland, K.25Aug.1815
[17]Tobias Handcock, W.4May,1815
QUARTERMASTER.
[18]Thomas Taylor26Sept.1805
ASSISTANT-SURGEONS.
[19]Gerald Fitzgerald25Apr.1811
[20]Thomas Mostyn19Dec.1811
Facings buff. Lace gold.

[I]. This regt. had just returned from active service in America. Out of 698 men, this regt. lost 480 at Waterloo, having been almost blown to pieces when standing in square above the sandpit on the Charleroi road.

[1]. Afterwards Maj.-Gen. Hare, C.B. and K.H., Gov. of the Eastern District of the Cape of Good Hope. Began his military career as ensign in the Tarbet Fencibles, when he volunteered with 300 men into the regulars, and joined 69th Regt. Embarked for the Helder, and served in that campaign under the Duke of York. Served under Abercromby in Egypt. Also in Naples, Sicily, Calabria, and the Pa. Bt. lt.-col. for Waterloo. Lt.-col. of this regt. 31st March, 1825. D. on his passage home from the Cape in March, 1847.

[2]. His full name was John Montmorency Tucker. Exchanged as capt. to 8th Foot, 23rd May, 1816. Quitted the service before 1824. D. at Huggens’s Military Asylum, Northfleet, Kent, 22nd Feb., 1852.

[3]. Afterwards Gen. George Macdonald, Col.-in-Chf. 16th Foot, who lived to be “Father of the British Army.” Entered the army in 1805; joined the Expedition to Hanover in 1805; the Army in Sicily in 1806; the Expedition to Naples in 1810, and was present at the capture of Ischia and Procida; returned to Sicily in 1811; was subsequently employed in Spain, and was present at the battle of Castalla and siege of Tarragona; afterwards served in Canada. He was wounded no less than three times at Waterloo. Commissions dated: Ensign, Sept. 5, 1805; Lt., July 25, 1806; Capt., August 17, 1815; Maj., 31st Aug., 1830; Lt.-Col., 1837; Col., 1851; Maj.-Gen., 1855; Lt.-Gen., 1863; Gen., 1871.

[4]. Placed on h. p. 25th April, 1816. Living 1830.

[5]. Capt. 46th Foot, 17th Feb., 1837. Bt.-major same year. Living 1846.

[6]. D. from wounds received at Waterloo. 2nd son of John Fortescue, of 24th Foot, who was at the taking of Quebec. The above m., 1798, Honoria Oliver, and had issue.

[7]. 7th son of Wm. Cradock, of Loughborough, co. Leicester. Bn. 6th Oct., 1786. Served throughout the Par. War with the 27th Foot. At siege of Badajoz Lt. Cradock entered the town in command of his regt. Served at the attack on New Orleans in 1815. At Waterloo a bullet passed right through his cheeks carrying away the roof of his mouth. Appointed a Knight of Windsor in 1842. Retd. as major 73rd Foot. D. 5th April, 1851.

[8]. The “W” is omitted before this officer’s name in the Army List for 1824.

[9]. Capt. 7th Jan., 1824. Capt. 95th Foot 19th May, 1825. Serving in 1830.

[10]. Had a bullet through his thigh at Waterloo. Had served in the Pa. Capt. same regt. 10th Sept., 1829. D. in an apoplectic fit, 5th Nov., 1839, on board the ss. Barretta, jun., when 17 days’ sail from Cape of Good Hope.

[11]. Adjt. 25th Foot 6th November, 1823. H. p. capt. 13th March, 1827. D. about 1840.

[12]. Serving in 1817. Out of the regt. before 1824.

[13]. Living in 1874 as lt. half pay 27th Foot. Entered the Army in 1811. His commissions are dated: Ensign, 14th Nov., 1811; Lt., 30th Sept., 1813.

[14]. Lieut. 17th Aug., 1815. Out of the regt. before 1st Jan., 1817.

[15]. Lieut. 9th Nov., 1815. Lieut. 25th Foot 21st May, 1818. Son of Lt.-Col. Harry Ditmas, of the Garrison Batt. of Invalids.

[16]. Thos. Charlton Smith. Entered the Army in 1813. Served in the Pa., and was present at the affair of Ordal. He was sev. wnded. at Waterloo. Previously to entering the Army he served for a brief period in the Navy, and was three times wounded. His commissions are dated: Ensign, 24th June, 1813; Lt., 5th Aug., 1819; Capt., 27th March, 1835; Maj., 30th Sept., 1842; Lt.-col., 15th Sept., 1848; Col., 28th Nov., 1854; Maj.-gen., 21st Dec., 1862; Lt.-gen., 25th Oct., 1871.

[17]. H. p. 26th March, 1816.

[18]. Left the regt. in 1816.

[19]. Surgeon 69th Foot 7th Sept., 1815.

[20]. Hospital assistant 9th Nov., 1810. Surgeon 6th Oct., 1825. Serving in 1855. This veteran had the Par. medal with eight clasps, and had also served at the battle of Plattsburg, in America.

28th (or the NORTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE) REGIMENT
OF FOOT.[[J]]

Rank in the
LIEUT.-COLONEL.Regiment.Army.
[1]Sir Charles P. Belson, K.C.B.23Nov.1804Col., 4 June, 1812
MAJOR.
[2]Robert Nixon, W.15Dec.1804Lt.-Col., 30 May, 1811
CAPTAINS.
[3]Wm. Prescott Meacham, K.9July,1803Maj., 4 June, 1814
[4]Wm. Irving, W.9July,1803Maj., 4 June, 1814
[5]Richard Llewellyn, W.28Feb.1805Maj., 23 Apr. 1812
[6]Charles Caddell9Mar.1809
[7]Richard Kelly, W.13Apr.1809
[8]John Bowles, W.28July,1809
[9]Thomas English, W.31Jan.1810
[10]Charles Teulon, W.27Sept.1810
LIEUTENANTS.
[11]Jas. Henry Crummer2July,1807
[12]John Fred. Wilkinson, W.8Sept.1808
[13]Matthew Semple6Oct.1808
[14]Roger P. Gilbert, W.27Apr.1809
[15]Robert Prescott Eason, W.17May,1809
[16]Wm. Irwin, W.20July,1809
[17]Henry Hilliard, W.16Nov.1809
[18]Samuel Moore28Jan.1810
[19]John Coen, W.29Jan.1810
[20]Charles B. Carruthers30Jan.1810
[21]J.P. Clarke, K.1Mar.1810
[22]J. Wm. Shelton, W.22Mar.1810
[23]James Deares25Apr.1811
[24]George Ingram, K.6Aug.1812
[25]T. Bridgeland, Adjt., W.15Apr.1813
[26]Edward Embury Hill9Sept.1813
[27]Thos. Wm. Colleton25Nov.1813
[28]James Parry27Jan.1814
ENSIGNS.
[29]Robert Thomson Stuart5Aug.1813
[30]Wm. Serjeantson26Aug.1813
[31]Richard Martin8Sept.1813
[32]James Simkins9Sept.1813
[33]Wm. Mountsteven, W.25Nov.1813
[34]W. Lynam31Mar.1814
PAYMASTER.
[35]John Dewes20June,1799
QUARTERMASTER.
[36]Richard Reynolds9Mar.1809
ASSISTANT-SURGEON.
[37]Patrick H. Lavens24Oct.1811
Facings yellow. Lace silver.

[J]. This regt. was for many years known as the “Slashers.” This name is said to have been first given in the early part of the American War, when the regt. had swords, which they used to some purpose. The 28th might have been appropriately called “Prescott’s Own,” as the Col.-in-Chf., Gen. Robert Prescott, had been closely associated with this regt. for 50 years or longer, and was lt.-col. commanding for about 12 years. From 1789 until his death in Dec., 1815, he was col.-in-chf., and took the deepest interest in all that concerned his old corps. He had more than one godson in the regt., whose fathers had fought under him in America, whom he advanced in their military career by his own personal interest. And the 28th were equally attached to their old colonel, who had seen much service in America and the West Indies, where he held high commands. Like many others, before and since, who have filled responsible situations in countries where the native or “barbarian” element is largely represented, Gen. Prescott was fully imbued with the idea of his own great importance. An amusing instance of this is found in an order issued by him when commanding the troops in Canada:—

Lieut.-General Prescott’s Orders.

“St. Pierres, 16th June, 1794.

“Whereas Vice-Adm. Sir John Jervis has given orders, I am told, frequently here on shore, and particularly by note dated off Point Petre, June 11th, 1794, which must have arisen from great ignorance or great presumption and arrogance.

“If from ignorance, poor man! he is to be pitied, but if from presumption and arrogance, he is to be checked.

“It is, therefore, Lt.-General Prescott’s orders that in future no attention whatever is to be given to such notes or orders, and his signature to such to be as little regarded as that of John Oakes or Peter Styles.”

A martinet he lived and a martinet he died. His last whisper on his death-bed was an inquiry as to whether there was a Hessian sentry at his door. Although he did not die in harness the veteran “Slasher” died under the colours of the 28th, as on the death of the late Robert Prescott (grandson of the above) the old colours of the 28th were found among his effects and returned to the regt. They had doubtless been worked by the fair fingers of the old general’s wife.

[1]. Succeeded to the command of the 8th Brigade after Quatre Bras. Lt.-Col. 56th Regt. 9th May, 1816. Had served throughout the Par. War with above regt., and received the gold cross with two clasps. Maj.-Gen. 1819. D. at Blackheath 5th Nov., 1830, aged 57.

[2]. 7th son of Alexander Nixon, of Mullynesker, High Sheriff of Fermanagh 1761, by Mary, dau. of Alex. Montgomery. Served in Egypt and in the Pa. C.B. for Waterloo. Quitted the service 1816. D. s. p.

[3]. This officer had fought in Egypt and in the Pa. His father had been regimental paymaster.

[4]. Distinguished himself in the Pa., and had a musket-ball through his right arm at Quatre Bras. Bt. lt.-col. for Waterloo. Quitted the service in 1826. Both his arms had been nearly disabled by wounds. D. 14th Jan., 1834.

[5]. Afterwards Gen. Sir Richard Lluellyn, K.C.B., Col.-in-Chf. 39th Regt. Entered the army with temporary rank as capt. in the 52nd, and served in the Mediterranean. In 1801 was placed on h. p. but when the war recommenced he re-entered the army and purchased a company in the 28th Foot in 1805. Fought at Busaco and Albuera, and other actions in the Pa. Was an excellent horseman, and on one occasion in the Pa., when employed on staff duty, he was galloping after the retreating French when he came on an open portmanteau, in which he espied some silver spoons and forks of an antique pattern. As he galloped past he bent in the saddle and made a grab with his right hand at the glittering contents. His dexterity was rewarded with several specimens of old French plate. This anecdote is given on the authority of a relative of the Editor, who used to meet the old general in society, who told the story himself. Made bt. lt.-col. and C.B. for his gallantry at Waterloo. He was son of Richard Lluellyn, of South Witham, co. Lincoln, by a dau. of Warren Maude, of Sunnyside, Northumberland. M., 1831, Eliz., dau. of Lt.-Gen. Raymond. D. 7th Dec., 1867.

[6]. 5th son of John Cadell, of Cockenzie and Tranent, co. Haddington. Bn. 1786. M., 1829, Isabella, dau. of Macdonald of Boisdale. K.H. Promoted major 28th Foot, 1826. Author of Narrative of the Campaigns of the 28th Regiment since their Return from Egypt, from which book the Editor has culled several notes. Served throughout the Par. War. At the close of Waterloo Day commanded the 28th. D. s. p. as lt. col. on retd. list, 1866.

[7]. Quitted the service before 1830, after being a capt. in this regt. for about 20 years.

[8]. Wounded at Quatre Bras. Placed on h. p. in 1817.

[9]. Served in the Pa., and was wounded at Waterloo. Quitted the service before 1824. Believed to have belonged to an Armagh family of this surname.

[10]. Maj. in this regt. 7th Oct., 1819. H. p. 4th Aug., 1825.

[11]. Was severely wounded in the left leg at Albuera. In 1832, when serving as senior capt. in this regt., the old wound broke out afresh and caused much suffering. Applied for a pension for wounds to which he had been entitled, but it was refused on the ground of the lapse of years since the said wound was received.

[12]. Out of the regt. before 1824.

[13]. Capt. 38th Foot, 24th Oct., 1823. Serving in 1830.

[14]. Distinguished himself at the passage of the Douro. 12th May, 1807, in the brigade under the command of Sir Edward Paget. 5th son of the Rev. Edmund Gilbert, vicar of Constantine, co. Cornwall, by Anne, dau. of Henry Garnett, of Bristol. Bn. 1790. Attained rank of maj. unattached 19th Sept. 1826. Living in 1830.

[15]. Distinguished himself at the passage of the Douro. Capt. same regt. 1825. Living 1830.

[16]. “The strongest man in the regt.” Several anecdotes of this officer’s prowess are given in Col. Cadell’s book, referred to above. Wounded at Quatre Bras. Promoted capt. 9th May, 1816. In the regt. 1840, in which year he retd., and d. at Sydney, N.S.W. in 1841.

[17]. Afterwards Paymaster H. Hilliard, h. p., late lt. 68th Foot. Entered the army 1808, served in the Pa., and was present at several engagements, including Busaco, Albuera, and the 1st siege of Badajoz; was also at Quatre Bras. His commissions are dated: Ensign, Feb. 25th, 1808; lt., Nov. 16th, 1809; paymaster, March 22nd, 1821. Living in 1874.

[18]. Capt. 14th Dec., 1826. Serving in 1830.

[19]. Serving as lieut. in 1824. Out of the regt. before 1830.

[20]. Serving as lieut. in 1830.

[21]. Had served in the Pa.

[22]. John Willington Shelton was son and heir of John Shelton, of Rossmore House, Limerick. Served in the Pa. Was four times wounded at Waterloo. Placed on h.p. 1817. M., 14th Aug., 1817, Mary, dau. of John Richards, of Blackdown House, Southampton, and had issue. D. 19th July, 1847.

[23]. Called “Deans” in Col. Cadell’s book. This zealous officer accompanied the cavalry on foot in the pursuit of the enemy, and attacked every Frenchman who came in his way. He was taken prisoner and stripped of all his clothes except his shirt, in which state he joined the regt. next day, severely wounded into the bargain. Quitted the service before 1824.

[24]. Distinguished himself at the battle of Albuera. Had his leg amputated after Waterloo; the tourniquet shifted in the night, and he bled to death. M.I. at Waterloo.

[25]. Had served in the ranks, and was promoted from sergt.-maj. to be adjt. and ensign.

[26]. Capt. 7th March, 1822. H. p. 17th Aug., 1822.

[27]. 2nd son of Sir James Nassau Colleton, 6th Bart., of Ash Park, co. Herts, by Susanna, dau. of William Nixon, of Lincoln. Afterwards lt. in Rl. Staff Corps.

[28]. Living in 1874 as a lt. h. p. 28th Foot.

[29]. Lieut. 18th July, 1815. H. p. 25th March, 1817. Living in 1846.

[30]. Afterwards lt. 40th Foot. Capt. 17th Dec., 1829. Of Hanlith, Tasmania. Eldest son of Robert Serjeantson (a blood relative of Gen. Prescott’s wife), by Isabella, dau. of Wm. Dorman, of Harbour Hill, Kinsale. M. Marion, dau. of Richard Willis. Was murdered at Hobart Town, Tasmania, 30th Nov., 1835.

[31]. Lieut. 4th Oct., 1815. H. p. 25th March, 1817.

[32]. Serving in 1817.

[33]. Lieut. 25th Oct., 1820; capt. 25th June, 1835. Paymaster 79th Highlanders 10th June, 1836. H. p. 1847. Attained rank of major-general retd. list. His full name was Thos. Wm. Blewett Mountsteven.

[34]. Serving in 1817. H. p. 2nd April, 1818.

[35]. H. p. 22nd Aug., 1816.

[36]. Placed on h. p as 2nd lt. from 1st W.I.R. 12th Feb., 1824.

[37]. Surgeon 14th Lt. Dragoons 13th Nov. 1828. Serving in 1842. Out of said regt. 21st July, 1843.