This list includes the very field officers of whom the Duke wrote afterwards, “They know the reason I have not to recommend them for a favour.” Was it no favour to be recommended for the Order of the Bath?
Again: “It would not do,” wrote the Duke in December, 1815, “to recommend a corps under such circumstances.” Let the reader glance at the following picture of an unrewarded corps.
Out of thirteen troops and brigades, with the requisite staff, the following officers obtained rewards, in addition to the nine appointments to the Order of the Bath, quoted above. It must be remembered that the number eligible excluded subalterns, and was further reduced by the death of Majors Beane, Lloyd, Ramsay, Cairnes, and Captain Bolton.
Brevet promotion, for service at Waterloo:
| Major R. Bull to be Lieut.-Colonel, | dated 18th June, 1815. |
| Major J. Parker to be Lieut.-Colonel, | ” |
| Captain E. Whinyates to be Major | ” |
| Captain T. Dynely to be Major | ” |
| Captain A. Macdonald to be Major | ” |
Brevet promotion for services at Waterloo was also conferred in January 1819 on
| Captain C. Napier, | |
| Captain W. Webber, | |
| Captain W. Brereton, | Subalterns at Waterloo. |
| Captain R. H. Ord, |
Dated Paris, 2 Aug. 1815.
Ibid. 21 Aug. 1815.
At the request, also, of the Duke of Wellington, Sir George Wood obtained permission to accept a knighthood of the Order of Maria Theresa, from the Emperor of Austria; and, a few days later, the Order of St. Wladimir, from the Emperor of Russia.