Appointed quartermaster to above regt, 8th Aug., 1823. D., at Boulogne in 1869.
PART IV.
A FEW WATERLOO HEROES.
1st Life Guards.
Field-Trumpeter J. Edwards.
Sounded the bugle for the decisive charge of the 1st Life Guards at Waterloo. Was 32 years in the regt., and received a pension in June, 1841 His medal and bugle are still preserved in the regiment.
2nd Life Guards.
| [1] | Corp. John Shaw, k. |
| [2] | Private Samuel Godley. |
| [3] | ” Johnson. |
| ” Dakin. | |
| ” Hodgson. |
[1]. The well-known pugilist and “fancy man” of this regt. His prowess when charging with the Life Guards at Waterloo was exemplified by the number of cuirassiers he slew. The little that is known of his early life, and the account of his death at Waterloo, are given in his biography by Lt.-Col. Knollys, who, out of very scanty material, has compiled a very interesting little book. Shaw was born at Woolaston, co. Notts, in 1789, and enlisted 15th Oct., 1807.
[2]. Known in the regt. as “Marquis of Granby,” from the fact of his having a bald head. Had his horse shot under him in one of the charges at Waterloo, and was thrown. As he got up, minus his helmet, which had fallen off, a cuirassier rode at him and attempted to cut him down. Godley managed to kill his assailant, and mounting the Frenchman’s horse, rode back to his regt. who welcomed him with shouts of “Well done, Marquis of Granby!” Discharged in 1824. D. in 1831. M.I. St. John’s Wood Cemetery.