[1]. The name of Sandham has been a household word in the Artillery for nearly 140 years. The above Capt. Sandham came of the Sussex family of this name, who have for long been landholders in that county. “The first shot fired by the allied artillery at Waterloo was fired by Sandham’s brigade.” Retd. on h. p. as bt. maj., 7th June, 1822. D. at Rowdell, Sussex, Feb., 1869.
[2]. Third son of Lt.-Gen. the Hon. Edward Stopford. Assumed the additional surname of Blair on succeeding to the Penninghame estate, co. Wigtown. Retd. on h. p. as bt. col., 20th Dec., 1841. Col. Stopford-Blair m., in 1823, a dau. of Col. R. Bull, C.B. He d. 23rd Sept., 1868, and was succeeded by his eldest son.
[3]. Retired on h. p. as 2nd capt., 13th Nov., 1826, and d. 26th Oct., 1874. In 1814 he served at the attack on Merxem, and the bombardment of the French shipping at Antwerp.
[4]. Served in the Pa. Retd. on h. p. as 2nd capt., 25th Sept., 1834. D. in Guernsey, 28th Oct., 1874. He was nephew of Sir John Macleod, R.A., and brother to Capt. H. Baynes, Bde.-Maj., R.A., at Waterloo.
[5]. Retd. on h. p. as 2nd capt., 6th Jan., 1836. D. 22nd Dec., 1850.
CAPTAIN S. BOLTON’S BRIGADE.
Rank in the | |||||
| CAPTAIN. | Regiment. | Army. | |||
| [1] | Samuel Bolton, K. | 20 | Dec. | 1814 | |
| SECOND CAPTAIN. | |||||
| [2] | Charles Napier, W. | 16 | Mar. | 1812 | |
| FIRST LIEUTENANTS. | |||||
| [3] | George Pringle | 1 | June, | 1806 | |
| [4] | Wm. C. Anderson | 1 | Aug. | 1808 | |
| [5] | Charles Spearman, W. | 30 | Aug. | 1812 | |
| [6] | Wm. Sharpin | 20 | Dec. | 1814 | |
| SECOND LIEUTENANT. | |||||
| [7] | Burke Cuppage | 17 | Dec. | 1812 | |
[1]. This officer was killed towards the close of the battle, when directing the fire of his battery against the Imperial Guards in their historical advance.
[2]. Succeeded Capt. Bolton in the command of the battery, and by Wellington’s orders gave the advancing French column “a salvo of grape and canister” which did terrible execution among their devoted ranks. A few minutes afterwards Capt. Napier recd. eight wounds from the bursting of a shrapnel shell. On 21st Jan., 1819, recd. a tardy bt. of maj. for his services at Waterloo. Retd. by the sale of his commission, 20th March, 1827. D. at Lisburn, 20th June, 1849.
[3]. Retd. on f. p. as bt. maj., 16th May, 1839. D. in Edinburgh, 23rd March, 1842.