Chapter X: Introduction: To First Edition (8)

H. p. 25th Apr., 1816. D. Dec., 1853.

Footnote 26:

Qr.-Mr. 92nd Highrs. 3rd Sept., 1830.

51ST (OR THE 2ND YORKSHIRE WEST RIDING)
REGIMENT OF FOOT (LIGHT INFANTRY).[L]

Rank in the

——————

LIEUT.-COLONEL. Regiment.│Army.

[1] Hugh Henry Mitchell 13 June, 1811 │4 June, 1813

MAJOR. │

[2] Samuel Rice 13 July, 1809 │Lt.-Col., 22 Nov.
│1813

CAPTAINS. │

[3] John Thos. Keyt 24 June, 1804 │Maj., 4 June, 1814

[4] James Campbell 1 Aug. 1805 │

[5] William Thwaites 2 Jan. 1807 │Maj., 4 June, 1814

[6] Richard Storer 13 July, 1809 │

[7] Jas Henry Phelps 21 Sept. 1809 │

[8] James Ross 12 Dec. 1811 │

[9] John Ross 15 Apr. 1813 │

[10] Sam. Beardsley, W. 16 Sept. 1813 │

[11] Edward Frederick 28 Apr. 1814 │

LIEUTENANTS. │

[12] Benjamin B. Hawley 10 May, 1809 │

[13] Thos. Brook 18 May, 1809 │

[14] Francis Minchin 12 July, 1809 │

[15] Walter George Mahon 13 July, 1809 │

[16] Wm. Henry Hare 20 July, 1809 │

[17] Oliver Ainsworth 26 July, 1810 │

[18] Henry Read 20 Feb. 1811 │

[19] Francis Kennedy 21 Feb. 1811 │

[20] Joseph Dyas 11 July, 1811 │

[21] John Flamanck 12 Dec. 1811 │

[22] Wm. Henry Elliott 13 Aug. 1812 │

[23] Wm. Davidson Simpson 3 Dec. 1812 │

[24] Frederick Mainwaring 15 Apr. 1813 │

[25] Wm. Jones, Adjt. 16 Apr. 1813 │

[26] Chas. Wm. Tyndale, W. 3 June, 1813 │

[27] Henry Martin 21 Oct. 1813 │

[28] Harry Hervis Roberts 7 Jan. 1814 │

[29] Egerton C.H. Isaacson 14 July, 1814 │

[30] Thos. Troward 29 Sept. 1814 │

[31] John Lintott 25 Dec. 1814 │22 Apr. 1813

ENSIGNS. │

[32] G.F. Berkeley St. John 3 June, 1813 │

[33] Henry Krause 21 Oct. 1813 │

[34] W. Johnstone 6 Jan. 1814 │25 Oct. 1813

[35] Alexander Fraser 21 Apr. 1814 │

[36] John Blair 14 July, 1814 │18 May, 1814

[37] Henry Lock 13 Oct. 1814 │

PAYMASTER. │

[38] John Gibbs 15 Feb. 1810 │

QUARTERMASTER. │

[39] Thos. Askey 18 Mar. 1813 │

SURGEON. │

[40] Richard Webster 14 July, 1808 │26 Oct. 1804

ASSISTANT-SURGEONS. │

[41] John F. Clarke 25 June, 1812 │

[42] Percy FitzPatrick 11 Mar. 1813 │

_Facings grass green._ _Lace gold._

Footnote L:

On the morning of 18th June, 1815, the 51st was composed of 2 field
officers, 9 captains, 26 subalterns, 6 staff officers, 39 sergts., 18
drummers, and 521 privates.

Footnote 1:

Served under Sir Eyre Coote in Egypt, and was present at the taking of
Alexandria. Commanded the 4th British Brigade at Waterloo. C.B. and K.
St. Vladimir. M. in 1804, Lady Harriet Somerset, youngest dau. of the
5th Duke of Beaufort, and had issue. D. in London, 20th April, 1817,
aged 45.

Footnote 2:

Served in the Pa., and had the gold medal for Nivelle. Commanded the
51st at Waterloo. C.B. Lt.-col. of this regt. 1817. D. 7th March,
1840. He belonged to an old family in Carmarthenshire, and was brother
to Ralph Rice, Judge at Bombay, who d. 1850.

Footnote 3:

At Waterloo, Maj. Keyt was appointed by Col. Mitchell to command the
light companies of the 51st, 14th, and 23rd regts. (which three regts.
were under Col. Mitchell’s command), and for this command he was made
bt. lt.-col. and C.B., after Waterloo. Was appointed Lt.-col. of the
84th Regt. in 1828, and d. in Jamaica in 1835.

Footnote 4:

Promoted maj. in this regt., 17th May, 1821; lt.-col. in 1881; and
retired on h. p. 1838. K.H. M.-Gen. 1854. Served in the Pa., and in
1848 received the silver war medal with five clasps. D. at
Breslington, 8th May, 1856.

Footnote 5:

Major 22nd June, 1815. Quitted the service before 1824.

Footnote 6:

Retd. as capt. 1823. D. at Egham, 1844.

Footnote 7:

Lt.-col. 1837. D. at Sydney, 1842.

Footnote 8:

Retd. 1824.

Footnote 9:

Maj. in this regt., 5th Nov., 1825. Lt.-col. on unattached list 1836,
served in the Pa. and in the Walcheren expedition. Was severely
wounded at Waterloo, and is said, “to have lost five brothers in this
battle.” D. at Hardway, Herts, 16th Sept., 1851, aged 61.

Footnote 10:

Retd. 1820 as capt.

Footnote 11:

Edward Henry Frederick was 5th son of Sir John Frederick, Bart., by
Mary, youngest dau. and co-heir of Richard Garth, of Morden, Surrey.
Bn. 6th Aug., 1788. Retired on h. p. as capt. 7th April, 1826. D.
1846.

Footnote 12:

Capt. 7th Apr. 1825. Retd. 1835.

Footnote 13:

H. p. 1825. D. 21st Dec., 1845 at Askham Bryan, Yorkshire.

Footnote 14:

Capt. 22nd June, 1815. Out of the regt. before 1824. Barrack-master at
Sheffield, 1854. D. a military Knight of Windsor, 1865.

Footnote 15:

Capt. 91st Foot 1830. Retd. same year.

Footnote 16:

Capt. 18th Nov., 1819. H. p. 25th July, 1822. Living 1846.

Footnote 17:

Capt. 14th Aug., 1828. Retd. 1843. D. 3rd Dec., 1859, at Launceston,
Australia.

Footnote 18:

Paymaster 68th Foot 8th Oct., 1818. Out of the army, 1836.

Footnote 19:

H. p. 1824. D. at Lincoln, 1857.

Footnote 20:

One of the greatest heroes of the Par. War. Led the Forlorn Hope on
two successive occasions during the siege of Badajoz, in 1811, when
Fort San Christoval was assaulted by the British. The second assault,
on the night of 9th June, is graphically described in _Reminiscences
of a Subaltern_:—“At ten o’clock at night, 200 men moved forward to
the assault, Dyas leading the advance. He made a circuit until he came
exactly opposite to the breach instead of entering the ditch as
before; a sheep-path, which he remembered in the evening while he and
Major MacGeechy made their observations, served to guide them to the
part of the glacis in front of the breach. Arrived at this spot, the
detachment descended the ditch, and found themselves at the foot of
the breach; but here an unlooked-for event stopped their further
progress, and would have been in itself sufficient to have caused the
failure of the attack. The ladders were entrusted to a party composed
of a foreign corps in our pay, called ‘the Chasseurs Britanniques’;
these men, the moment they reached the glacis, glad to rid themselves
of their load, flung the ladders into the ditch, instead of sliding
them between the palisadoes; they fell across them, and so stuck fast,
and being made of heavy green wood, it was next to impossible to
_move_, much less place them upright against the breach, and almost
all the storming party were massacred in the attempt. Placed in a
situation so frightful, it required a man of the most determined
character to continue the attack. Every officer of the detachment had
fallen, Major MacGeechy one of the first; and at this moment Dyas and
about five-and-twenty men were all that remained of the 200.
Undismayed by these circumstances, the soldiers persevered, and Dyas,
although wounded and bleeding, succeeded in disentangling one ladder,
and placing it against what was considered to be the breach, it was
speedily mounted, but upon arriving at the top of the ladder, instead
of the _breach_, it was found to be a _stone wall_ that had been
constructed in the night, and which completely cut off all
communication between the ditch and the bastion, so that when the men
reached the top of this wall, they were, in effect, as far from the
breach as if they had been in their own batteries. From this faithful
detail it is evident that the soldiers did as much as possible to
ensure success, and that failure was owing to a combination of
untoward circumstances over which the troops had no control. Nineteen
men were all that escaped.” The gallantry of Ensign Joseph Dyas was
proclaimed to the world in Wellington’s account of the two assaults of
San Christoval, but for all that a grateful War Office allowed him to
remain a subaltern for ten years longer!

“I know a man of whom ’tis truly said
He bravely twice a storming party led,
And volunteered both times; now here’s the rub,
The gallant fellow still remains a sub.”

In Dec. 1820, owing to the representations of Col. Gurwood and Sir H.
Torrens, the Duke of York promoted Dyas a capt. in the 2nd Ceylon
Regt., but impaired health obliged him to retire on h. p. 9th Aug.,
1821. D. 28th Apr., 1850 at Ballymuir, Ireland.

Footnote 21:

Major 16th Dec., 1836. H. p. 30th June, 1837. Retd. 1849 as bt.-col.
unattached.

Footnote 22:

Commanded the above regiment for many years. Was son of Capt. John
Elliott, R.N., one of Capt. Cook’s circumnavigators. Attained the rank
of Gen. and Col.-in-Chf. 51st Regt. G.C.B. and K.H. M. in 1831 a dau.
of W. Adams, of Ipswich. D. in London, 27th Feb., 1874.

Footnote 23:

Retd. 1821. D. April, 1855.

Footnote 24:

Afterwards maj. in same regt. Promoted lt.-col. unattached list 1849.
Served in the Pa. with the 51st. M. Mary, dau. of Lt.-Col. Popham, and
had issue. D. in Jersey, 25th Sept., 1858. He was 4th son of Edward
Mainwaring, and grandson of Edward Mainwaring, of Whitmore Hall, co.
Stafford—a family co-existent with the Norman Conquest.

Footnote 25:

H. p. 60th Rifles 25th Feb., 1819.

Footnote 26:

Son of Col. Tyndale of 1st Life Guards. He represented the younger
branch of an ancient Gloucestershire family which resided at
Stanchcombe in that county. Retired on h. p. as capt. in 1837, and was
aftds. maj. on unattached list. For a short time held the post of
military sec. to Gen. Sir A. Woodford at Gibraltar. M. in 1845 his
cousin, a dau. of Samuel Phelps. D. s. p. at Gosport, 23rd Dec., 1854.

Footnote 27:

H. p. 1818. D. 1840.

Footnote 28:

H. p. 1818. Retd. 1840.

Footnote 29:

Served in the Pa. Retired on h. p. as lieut. 1823. For some years
previous to that date he was lieut. to the garrison company in the
Bahamas. Was subsequently adjt. to the Brecknock Militia. D. at his
residence, Upper Nutwell, co. Devon, 29th Dec., 1860.

Footnote 30:

H. p. 1818. Retd. 1829. D. 17th June, 1859.

Footnote 31:

Capt. 29th May, 1817. Exchanged to 13th Foot, 9 Apr., 1825. D. at
Dinapore, 9th Aug., 1829.

Footnote 32:

Second son (by a second wife) of Gen. the Hon. Frederick St. John (son
of 3rd Visct. Bolingbroke). Acted as orderly officer to Sir H. Clinton
at Waterloo. Aftds. maj. in the 52nd L.I. Retd. 1840. M. in Jan.,
1836, Henrietta, third dau. of the Rev. John Jephson, and had issue. A
Knight of Windsor. D. 24th July, 1866.

Footnote 33:

H. p. 1818. Retd. 1825. Took Holy Orders and settled in Dublin.

Footnote 34:

Eldest son of the Rev. H. Johnston, of Malherry, co. Dublin. H. p.
25th Dec., 1818. M. 2nd July, 1831, Sarah, dau. of Wm. Mills, of
Cordoxtown, co. Kildare, and granddaughter of Sir John Dillon, Bart.
D. 1836 at Dublin.

Footnote 35:

Lieut. 47th Foot, 14th Sept., 1820. Capt. 1833. Retd. 1839.

Footnote 36:

Lieut. 15th Foot, 8th Apr., 1825. D. at Montreal, 25th May, 1833.

Footnote 37:

H. p. 60th Foot, 30th Sept., 1819. D. at Mominabad, East Indies, 16th
May, 1824.

Footnote 38:

H. p. 1846. D. same year.

Footnote 39:

H. p. 97th Foot 18th Feb., 1819. Retd. 1830.

Footnote 40:

Surgeon 4th D.G. 3rd Aug., 1826. D. at Piershill Barracks, Edinburgh,
14th Feb., 1831.

Footnote 41:

Inspector-Gen. of Hospitals, 1843. H. p. 1847. D. 29th Oct., 1848.

Footnote 42:

H. p. 1818.

52ND (OR THE OXFORDSHIRE) REGIMENT OF FOOT
(LIGHT INFANTRY).
(_1st Battalion._)

Rank in the

——————

LIEUT.-COLONEL. Regiment.│Army.

[1] Sir John Colborne, K.C.B. 18 July, 1811 │Col., 4 June, 1814

MAJOR. │

[2] Charles Rowan, W. 9 May, 1811 │Lt.-Col., 27 Apr.
│1812

CAPTAINS. │

[3] Patrick Campbell 16 Aug. 1804 │Maj., 21 June,
│1813

[4] Wm. Chalmers 27 Aug. 1807 │Maj., 26 Aug. 1813

[5] Wm. Rowan, W. 19 Oct. 1808 │Maj., 3 Mar. 1814

[6] Charles Diggle, W. 24 May, 1810 │

[7] John Shedden 9 May, 1811 │

[8] James Fred. Love, W. 11 July, 1811 │Maj.,16 Mar. 1815

[9] James McNair 11 May, 1812 │

[10] Edward Langton 12 May, 1812 │

[11] John Cross 31 Dec. 1812 │

_Charles, Earl of March_ 8 Apr. 1813 │9 July, 1812

_Charles Yorke_ 24 Dec. 1813 │

LIEUTENANTS. │

[12] John Winterbottom, Adjt., 28 Feb. 1810 │
W. │

[13] Charles Dawson, W. 21 June, 1810 │

[14] Mathew Anderson, W. 19 July, 1810 │12 Oct. 1809

[15] Charles Kenny 13 Sept. 1810 │

[16] George Harley Love 18 Apr. 1811 │

[17] Wm. Ripley 2 May, 1811 │

[18] J.C. Barrett 9 May, 1811 │

[19] Wm. Henry Clerke 19 Sept. 1811 │29 July, 1811

[20] George Hall 9 May, 1812 │

[21] Wm. Richmond Nixon 11 May, 1812 │

[22] George Gawler 12 May, 1812 │

[23] George Whichcote 8 July, 1812 │

[24] Wm. Ogilvy 17 Sept. 1812 │

[25] Edward Richard Northey 1 Oct. 1812 │

[26] Hon. Wm. Browne 26 Nov. 1812 │

[27] Edward Scoones 24 Dec. 1812 │

[28] George Campbell, W. 25 Feb. 1813 │

[29] Wm. Austin 6 Apr. 1813 │

[30] John J. Snodgrass 7 Apr. 1813 │

[31] Jas. Stewart Cargill 8 Apr. 1813 │

[32] Wm. Crawley Yonge 29 Apr. 1813 │

[33] Thos. Cottingham, W. 5 Aug. 1813 │

[34] Charles Holman 11 Nov. 1813 │

[35] George Moore 6 Dec. 1813 │

[36] Edward Mitchell 8 Dec. 1813 │

[37] Charles Shaw 9 Dec. 1813 │

[38] John Hart 20 Jan. 1814 │

[39] Geo. Ewing Scott 10 Feb. 1814 │

[40] Henry Thos. Oakes 11 Feb. 1814 │

[41] John Rogers Griffiths 12 Apr. 1815 │

[42] John Burnet 8 May, 1815 │

[43] Ronald Stewart 9 May, 1815 │

[44] George Robson 10 May, 1815 │

[45] Fred. Wm. Love 11 May, 1815 │

ENSIGNS. │

[46] Joseph Jackson 7 Dec. 1813 │

[47] Thos. Massie 8 Dec. 1813 │

[48] Wm. Nettles, K. 9 Dec. 1813 │

[49] Duncan Macnab 16 Dec. 1813 │

[50] John Montague 10 Feb. 1814 │

[51] James Frere May 28 Apr. 1814 │

[52] Eaton Monins 1 Dec. 1814 │

[53] Wm. Leeke 4 May, 1815 │

PAYMASTER. │

James Clark 17 Apr. 1814 │

QUARTERMASTER. │

Benjamin Sweeten 22 Apr. 1813 │

SURGEON. │

J.B. Gibson 20 Dec. 1810 │7 Dec. 1809

ASSISTANT-SURGEONS. │

Pryce Jones 20 Apr. 1809 │

Wm. Macartney 3 Sept. 1812 │

[54] Thos. Brisbane 3 June, 1813 │

_Facings buff._ _Lace silver._

Footnote 1:

Afterwards F.-M. Lord Seaton, G.C.B., G.C.H., &c., and Col.-in-Chf.
2nd Life Guards. Only son of Samuel Colborne, of Lyndhurst, Hants, by
Cordelia, dau. of John Garstin, of Castle Leiragh, co. Westmeath. Bn.
16th Feb., 1778. Educated at Christ’s Hospital and Winchester College.
Ensign 20th Foot, 1794. Served in Egypt and at the battle of Maida.
Was military sec. to Sir John Moore. Commanded a brigade in Portugal,
Spain, and France (gold cross and three clasps). “Of his own accord he
led the forward movement at Waterloo which determined the fortune of
the day. When the column of the Imperial Guard was gaining the summit
of the British position, and was forcing back one of the companies of
the 95th, Colborne, seeing his left endangered, started the 52nd on
its advance. Wellington saw the movement, and instantly sent to desire
him to continue it.” Col. Chesney, the able author of _Waterloo
Lectures_ in commenting on the steadfast manner in which the British
Guards faced the advancing Imperial Guards on the summit of the hill,
says: “While on their left, Colborne, peerless among all the brave men
who led Wellington’s battalions, coolly formed in line the 52nd, and
without other prompting than that of his own genius for battle,
advanced against their flank.” Created Baron Seaton, of Seaton, Devon,
14th Dec., 1839. F.-M. in 1860. M. 21st June, 1814, Eliz., eld. dau.
of Rev. James Yonge, rector of Newton Ferrers, and had issue. D. 17th
April, 1863.

Footnote 2:

Afterwards Sir Charles Rowan, K.C.B. Chief Commissioner of the
Metropolitan Police. Served as A.A.G. to the Light Division in the Pa.
(gold medal and two clasps). 5th son of Robert Rowan, of Mullans, co.
Antrim, by Eliza, dau. of Hill Wilson, of Purdysburn, co. Down. C.B.
for Waterloo. Retired as bt. lt.-col. D. s. p. 8th May, 1852.

Footnote 3:

Commanded the 52nd at Nive (gold medal). Placed on h. p. 4th May 1818;
lt.-col. h. p. 1830. C.B. Living 1842.

Footnote 4:

Afterwards Gen. Sir W. Chalmers. C.B. and K.C.H. Col.-in-Chf. 78th
Highlanders. Served in Sicily, in the Walcheren expedition, and
throughout the Par. War; being present at seventeen engagements.
Commanded a wing of the 52nd at Waterloo and had three horses shot
under him. Bt. lt.-col., 18th June, 1815. Eldest son of Wm. Chalmers,
of Glenericht, Perthshire. Bn. 1787. D. at Dundee, 2nd June, 1860.

Footnote 5:

Younger brother to Sir Charles Rowan. Aftds. F.-M. Sir Wm. Rowan,
G.C.B., and Col.-in-Chf. 52nd L.I. Saw much active service all over
Europe, and was a highly distinguished officer. M., 1811, Martha, dau.
of John Spong, of Mill Hall, Kent, and d. s. p. at Bath, 26th Sept.,
1879.

Footnote 6:

Saw much service in the Pa. Severely wounded at Waterloo. Bt. maj.
Aftds. maj.-gen., and K.H. D. at Cheltenham, 18th Sept., 1862.

Footnote 7:

Probably son of Lt.-Col. John Shedden, h. p. 114th Regt. Quitted the
service before 1824 as bt. maj.

Footnote 8:

Afterwards Gen. Sir James Love. K.C.B. and K.H. Inspector-Gen. of
Infantry and Col.-in-Chf. 57th Regt. Served in Sweden, Spain,
Portugal, and America, and received four severe wounds at Waterloo.
Aftds. British Resident at Zante, and Lt.-Gov. of Jersey. Bn. 1789.
Son of James Love by Mary Wyse. M., 1825, Mary, dau. of Thos.
Heavyside. D. 13th Jan., 1866.

Footnote 9:

Maj. in same regt. 1822. Lt.-Col. of 73rd Regt., 1830. K.H. Of
Greenfield, near Glasgow. D. there, 15th April, 1836.

Footnote 10:

Elder son of Wm. Gore Langton, of Combe Hay, by Jacintha, only child
of Henry Powell Collins. Bn. 1789. Served at Corunna. H. p. 1817. D.
3rd March, 1860, at Stapleton Park, Bristol.

Footnote 11:

Bn. 1787, son of Wm. Cross, of Dartan, co. Armagh, by Mrs. Mary
Stratford (_née_ Irwin). Served with the 52nd in Sweden, Spain, and
Portugal (medal with ten clasps). Subsequently commanded the 68th
Regt., and retired as col. in 1843. K.H. Lt.-Gov. comg. forces in
Jamaica. D. 27th Sept. 1850.

Footnote 12:

Bn. in the parish of Saddleworth, Yorkshire, in 1781. Previous to
enlisting in the 52nd, in 1799, worked as a cloth weaver. Corporal,
1801; sergt., 1803; sergt.-major, 1805; ensign and adjt., 1808; lieut.
and adjt., 1810; paymaster, 1821. D. of yellow fever at St. Anne’s,
Barbados, 26th Nov., 1838. Served all through the Par. War, and was
wounded on several occasions.

Footnote 13:

Serving in 1817. Out of the regt. before 1824.

Footnote 14:

Retd. 1821.

Footnote 15:

Capt. 19th Foot 10th Jan., 1834. Out of the said regt. before 1842.

Footnote 16:

Adjt. 29th May, 1823. Out of said regt. in 1829.

Footnote 17:

H. p. 1st Aug., 1816.

Footnote 18:

H. p. 18th Feb., 1819.

Footnote 19:

Eldest son of the Rev. Sir W.H. Clerke, Bart., rector of Bury, in
Lancashire, by Byzantia, eldest dau. of Thos. Cartwright, of Aynho,
co. Northampton. Succeeded 1818. M., 1820, Mary, dau. of Geo. Kenrick,
of Mertyn, co. Flint, and had issue. D. 1861.

Footnote 20:

Afterwards Maj. 72nd Regt. Living 1830.

Footnote 21:

H.p. 1819.

Footnote 22:

Son. of Capt. Samuel Gawler, 73rd Regt., who was killed at the
storming of Fort Muggerall, 24th Dec., 1804. Bn. 21st July, 1795.
Educated at R.M. College, Great Marlow. A commission was given to him
in 1810 in recognition of his father’s services. Served in the Pa.,
and led the ladder party of the stormers of the 52nd at Badajoz. An
extract from his journal is given in Moorsom’s _Records of the 52nd
Regiment_, and graphically describes _the_ crisis of Waterloo. If Col.
Gawler claims the whole credit for the 52nd, he is at one with the
rest of the officers of that gallant regt. The truth seems to be that
there were two distinct columns of Napoleon’s Guards launched against
our troops at the close of Waterloo, and that whilst one was met and
routed by our Guards in the centre, the other was attacked in flank by
the 52nd and hurled back. Promoted from the 52nd to an unattached
lt.-colonelcy, 12th Aug, 1834. K.H. Col. 1846. Appointed Governor and
Resident Commissioner of South Australia, April, 1838. Superseded,
15th May, 1841. M., 21st Sept., 1820, Maria, eldest dau. of John Cox,
of Derby, and had issue. D. 7th May, 1869. Bd. at Southsea,
Portsmouth. Miss Gawler (daughter of Col. Gawler) supplied part of the
above information.

Footnote 23:

Ensign 10th Jan., 1811. Bn. 21st Dec., 1794. 4th son of Sir Thos.
Whichcote, Bart., by Diana, dau. of Edward Turnor, of Stoke Rochford,
co. Lincoln. Whichcote joined the 52nd as a volunteer in Dec., 1810,
and served with the regt. in the Pa., France, and Flanders, and was
present in the actions of Sabugal, El Bodon, and Alfayetes, siege and
storm of Ciudad Rodrigo and of Badajoz, battle of Salamanca, retreat
from Burgos, battle of Vittoria, action at Vera, battles of the
Pyrenees, Nivelle, the Nive, Orthes, Tarbes, and Toulouse (medal with
nine clasps). Capt. 22nd June, 1818. Exchanged to 4th D.G. 25th July,
1822. Attained the rank of General 5th Dec., 1871. At the time of his
death, which occurred 26th Aug., 1891, he was “Father of the British
Army.”

Footnote 24:

Afterwards the Hon. Wm. Ogilvy, of Loyal, Perthshire. 4th son of
Walter Ogilvy, _de jure_ Earl of Airlie, by Jane, dau. of John Ogilvy,
of Murkle. Saw much service in the Pa. Previous to entering the army
served in the navy. Capt. 5th Oct., 1815. Exchanged to the Cape Corps.
H. p. 1816. His eldest brother, in 1826, was, by Act of Parliament,
recognised as Earl of Airlie with the other dignities appertaining to
that title. M.P. for St. Andrews and the eastern burghs. D. in April,
1871.

Footnote 25:

Afterwards in the 3rd Foot Guards. Served in the Pa. and the South of
France. Of Woodcote House, Epsom, Surrey. Bn. 8th Feb., 1795. Eldest
son of the Rev. Edward Northey, Canon of Windsor, by Charlotte Taylor
(sister of Gen. Sir Herbert Taylor). High Sheriff for Surrey, 1856.
Was twice md., and by his wife (Charlotte, dau. of Gen. Sir George
Anson, G.C.B.) had issue. D. in Dec., 1878.

Footnote 26:

3rd son of Valentine, 5th Viscount Kenmare. M., 26th April, 1826,
Anne, dau. of Thos. Segrave. H. p. 1817.

Footnote 27:

Afterwards Maj. 81st Regt. Quitted the service with that rank. Living
1876.

Footnote 28:

H. p. 49th Foot 7th Aug., 1823.

Footnote 29:

Served at the siege of Ciudad Rodrigo. Lieut. 97th Foot 25th March,
1824. Capt. 51st Foot 26th Sept., 1834. Retd. on h. p. as major 42nd
Highlanders 25th July, 1845.

Footnote 30:

Afterwards Lt.-Col. Snodgrass. M. Maria, dau. of Maj.-Gen. Sir
Archibald Campbell, Bart. D. in Nova Scotia, April, 1841, whilst
holding the appointment of D.Q.M.G. in that colony.

Footnote 31:

H. p. 25th July, 1816.

Footnote 32:

Afterwards Colonial Sec. at Cape of Good Hope. Son of the Rev. Duke
Yonge. Served in the Pa. Retired on h. p. as lieut. in 1823. D. 26th
Feb., 1854.

Footnote 33:

Placed on h. p. 1818. Served in the Pa., and in 1848 received the war
medal with eight clasps. D. in Apr., 1861.

Footnote 34:

H. p. 25th Dec., 1818.

Footnote 35:

Lieut. 32nd Foot 29th Sept., 1817. Paymaster, 19th Oct., 1826. Serving
in 1846.

Footnote 36:

H. p. 1816. Lieut. 47th Foot, 10th Apr., 1818.

Footnote 37:

Afterwards Sir Charles Shaw, K.T.S. Served in the Pa. In 1831 joined
the Liberation Army of Portugal, in the Azores, as Col. of Marines on
board the fleet of Sir George Sartorius, and commanded a regt.
throughout the civil war in Portugal. Served in the Spanish Legion
from 1835. 3rd son of Charles Shaw, of Ayr, North Berwick. M. Louisa,
only dau. of Major Martin Curry, 67th Regt. D. at Homburg in 1871, and
was buried there with military honours.

Footnote 38:

Lieut. 4th Lt. Dns., 5th July, 1821. Capt. 16th June, 1825. H. p.
1827.

Footnote 39:

Lieut. 25th Foot 13th Dec., 1821. Serving 1824.

Footnote 40:

Placed on h. p. 1817. Eldest son of Sir Henry Oakes, Bart., by
Dorothea, dau. of George Bowles, of Mount Prospect, co. Cork. M., 1st
May, 1817, Frances, 5th dau. of Wm. Douglas, of Teddington, Middlesex,
and had issue. Succeeded his father in 1827. D. 30th Sept., 1850.

Footnote 41:

Adjt. to the 52nd after the battle of Waterloo, _vice_ Winterbottom
wounded. H. p. 1816. Living 1830.

Footnote 42:

H. p. 1816.

Footnote 43:

H. p. 1816.

Footnote 44:

H. p. 1816.

Footnote 45:

H. p. 1816. D. 1829.

Footnote 46:

Retd. before 1st Jan., 1816.

Footnote 47:

Lieut. 28th Sept., 1815. Retd. before 1st Jan., 1817.

Footnote 48:

One of the five sons of Capt. Robert Nettles, of Nettleville, co.
Cork, by Esther, dau. of John Conran, of Dublin. Killed whilst
carrying the King’s colours, which were aftds. found under his body on
the field of battle.

Footnote 49:

Lieut. 17th July, 1817. H. p. 25th Dec., 1818.

Footnote 50:

The following creditable conduct of this young officer is narrated by
Capt. Moorsom in the _History of the 52nd_:—“Ensign John Montague was
ordered to the rear with a detachment of invalids a few days before
Waterloo, and had gone back a day’s march, when he met a party
proceeding to the front to join the 52nd. As an engagement was daily
expected he asked the date of commission of the young officer
proceeding to Waterloo, and, finding himself the senior, assumed
command of the whole—directed the junior to proceed with the invalids,
while he (Montague) returned to his regt. By so doing he was able to
be present at the great conflict.” Capt. in 40th Regt. 7th Aug., 1823.
Living 1830.

Footnote 51:

Younger bro. of Sir John May, R.A. Bn. 31st March, 1898. Lieut. 29th
Jan., 1818. Capt. 57th Foot, 1st Aug., 1826. Exchanged to 41st Foot
10th Aug. same year. Major of last-named regt. at time of his death,
which occurred on board the _Orontes_, near the Cape of Good Hope, 2nd
June, 1837.

Footnote 52:

Afterwards Maj.-Gen. Eaton Monins, younger brother to Wm. Monins of
18th Hussars. D. at Walmer 16th June, 1861.

Footnote 53:

Son of Samuel Leeke, of Havant, Hants. Promoted lieut. 20th Nov.,
1823. Quitted the service 1824. Entered as fellow commoner at Queen’s
College, Cambridge, 1825. Ordained Jan., 1829, to curacy of West Ham,
Pevensey. Curate of Brailsford, Derby, 1831. Incumbent of Holbrooke,
co. Derby, 1840. M., in Oct., 1828, to Mary Anne, dau. of John Cox, of
Derby. D. at Holbrooke 6th June, 1879. (Communicated by Miss Gawler.)
Mr. Leeke wrote and published _Lord Seaton’s Regiment at Waterloo_, a
book that attracted considerable attention at the time.

Footnote 54:

H. p. 1830. D. 1855.

69TH (OR THE SOUTH LINCOLNSHIRE) REGIMENT
OF FOOT.
(_2nd Battalion._)

Rank in the

——————

LIEUT.-COLONEL. Regiment.│Army.

[1] Charles Morice, K. 4 June, 1813 │Col. 4 June, 1814

MAJOR. │

[2] George Muttlebury 28 Nov. 1811 │Lt.-Col., 17 Mar.
│1814

CAPTAINS. │

[3] J. Lewis Watson 9 July, 1803 │Maj., 4 June, 1813

[4] Henry Lindsay, W. 9 July, 1803 │Maj., 4 June, 1814

_Hon. Wm. Curzon_, K. 17 Dec. 1812 │

[5] Geo. Sackville Cotter 3 June, 1813 │

[6] Charles Cuyler 10 June, 1813 │

[7] Benjamin Hobhouse, K. 12 Aug. 1813 │

[8] George Ulrick Barlow 30 Dec. 1813 │

[9] Robert Blackwood, K. 8 Nov. 1813 │

LIEUTENANTS. │

[10] Wm. Harrison 27 Jan. 1808 │

[11] Roger Franklyn 18 Apr. 1810 │

[12] Stephen Parker 11 Apr. 1811 │

[13] Brooke Pigot, W. 9 May, 1811 │

[14] Christopher Busteed, W. 25 Jan. 1813 │15 Jan. 1813

[15] Neil Roy 1 July, 1813 │

[16] Chas. Wm. Ingle 1 Feb. 1814 │

[17] Joseph Hill 2 Feb. 1814 │

[18] Henry Oldershaw, Adjt. 3 Feb. 1814 │

[19] Charles Lenox Dickson 21 Apr. 1814 │

[20] Edm. Martin Wightwick, K. 5 May, 1814 │

[21] John Stewart, W. 10 Nov. 1814 │

[22] Henry Anderson, W. 15 June, 1815 │

ENSIGNS. │

[23] Edward Hodder, W. 29 July, 1813 │

[24] Wm. Bartlett 3 Feb. 1814 │

[25] Charles Seward 24 Feb. 1814 │

[26] Henry Duncan Keith 21 Apr. 1814 │

[27] Geo. S.H. Ainslie 10 Nov. 1814 │

[28] Christopher Clarke, W. │
(Volunteer). │

PAYMASTER. │

[29] Philip Vyvian 28 Jan. 1813 │

QUARTERMASTER. │

[30] Matthew Stevens 6 Dec. 1810 │

SURGEON. │

Clement Banks 5 June, 1806 │

ASSISTANT-SURGEON. │

James Bartlett 16 July, 1812 │

_Facings green._ _Lace gold._

Footnote 1:

Had been wounded in the previous year in the night attack on
Bergen-op-Zoom. Killed at Quatre Bras. His death, and that of many of
the men of the 69th, was entirely due to the inexperience of the
Prince of Orange, who stopped Col. Morice from forming square, and
ordered him to re-form column.

Footnote 2:

C.B. for Waterloo. “Section after section of the 69th was swept off by
the enemy’s artillery at Waterloo, whilst the French cavalry
repeatedly surrounded the devoted regt.; but whenever the smoke
cleared off, there it stood firm and undaunted.” Lt.-Col. of this
regt. in July, 1817. M., 31st October, 1828, Mrs. Brown, of Cavendish
Place, Bath. D. 11th Jan., 1854.

Footnote 3:

Bt. lt.-col. for Waterloo. Maj. 71st Highlanders, 1819. Retd. on h.
p., 1829. D. at Leasingham Hall, Lincoln, 12th April, 1842.

Footnote 4:

Severely wounded at Quatre Bras in defending the colours. H. p. 16th
Dec., 1819. His name disappeared from the _Army List_ after 1827.

Footnote 5:

2nd son of the Rev. George Sackville Cotter, by Margaret, dau. of
Bayly Rogers, of Cork. Placed on h. p. 1st Dec., 1816. Aftds. settled
in Canada, where he held the rank of col. in the volunteers. His
experiences at Quatre Bras and Waterloo are given in Capt. (aftds.
Gen. Sir Wm.) Butler’s _Historical Events Connected with the 69th
Regiment_. D. in Canada, 9th April, 1869, leaving issue by his wife,
Jane, dau. and co-heir of Wm. Crofts, of Danesfort, co. Cork.

Footnote 6:

Afterwards Sir Charles Cuyler, Bart. Eldest son of Gen. Sir Cornelius
Cuyler, Bart., by Anne, dau. of Maj. Grant. M., 6th Feb., 1823,
Catherine, dau. of the Rev. Fitzwilliam Halifax, and had issue.
Lt.-Col. 69th Regt., 1826. D. 23rd July, 1862.

Footnote 7:

2nd son of Sir Benjamin Hobhouse, Bart., by his first wife, Charlotte,
dau. and heir of Samuel Cam, of Chantry House, Wilts. Acted as orderly
officer to Sir Colin Halkett at Waterloo, and being a conspicuous
figure on a fine horse, was a mark for the enemy’s bullets.

Footnote 8:

Eldest son of Sir George Barlow, Bart., of Fort William, Bengal, by
Eliz., dau. of Burton Smith. Bn. 8th Oct., 1791. Exchanged to the 4th
Lt. Dns., 5th April, 1821. M., 27th Feb., 1817, Hilare, 3rd dau. of
Capt. Sir R. Barlow, R.N., K.C.B. D. s. p. in India, 1824. His widow
remarried, 1829, Wm., Earl Nelson.

Footnote 9:

Eldest son of the Hon. and Rev. Hans Blackwood, who succeeded his
brother, in 1836, as Baron Dufferin. Bn. 13th July, 1788. Buried in
the orchard at Hougomont.

Footnote 10:

Capt. 13th Aug., 1815. H. p. 25th Nov., 1816.

Footnote 11:

H. p. 25th March, 1826.

Footnote 12:

Capt. 62nd Foot, 25th June, 1830. D. at Pau in May, 1853.

Footnote 13:

Capt. 29th Aug., 1826. Retd. f. p. Nov., 1840.

Footnote 14:

D. at Mullingar as lieut. in above regt., 4th Nov., 1828. His Waterloo
medal was formerly in the Tancred collection.

Footnote 15:

Serving in 1824. Out of the regt. before 1830.

Footnote 16:

H. p. 25th April, 1826.

Footnote 17:

Retd. 1835 as capt.

Footnote 18:

Qr.-mr. 33rd Foot 3rd Aug., 1832. Serving 1842.

Footnote 19:

H. p. 7th Sept., 1826. D. May, 1860.

Footnote 20:

D. 17th June, 1815, from wounds received at Quatre Bras; 5th son of
Wm. Wightwick, of New Romney, Kent.

Footnote 21:

H. p. 1816.

Footnote 22:

“Bn. in co. Kilkenny. Obtained his ensigncy through the interest of
the Marquis of Ormonde. Served at the bombardment of Antwerp and at
Bergen-op-Zoom. Slightly wounded at Quatre Bras by a ricochetting
bullet; served as a lieut. of the light company at Waterloo, and near
the close of the battle was shot through the left lung, the ball
making its exit at the back, breaking the scapula. He aftds. served in
the 75th Foot. Was for 26 years commandant of the Invalid Depôt at
Chatham, and d. in 1860, having attained the rank of colonel.”
Communicated by above officer’s son Major-Gen. E.A. Anderson.

Footnote 23:

7th son of Geo. Hodder, of Fountainstown, co. Cork. H. p. lieut.,
1826. Living in 1855.

Footnote 24:

Lieut. 10th Aug., 1815. H. p. 25th April, 1826.

Footnote 25:

Lieut. 11th Aug., 1815. H. p. 25th Nov., 1816.

Footnote 26:

Lieut. 14th Aug., 1815. Exchanged to 2nd Foot, 25th Jan., 1825.
Serving 1830.

Footnote 27:

Afterwards served in the 1st Dragoons. Assumed the surname of
Harcourt. Placed on h. p. as cornet, 1822. D. at Bedford, 29th Dec.,
1867, aged 72.

Footnote 28:

A cadet from the Military College. Greatly distinguished himself at
Quatre Bras, where the 69th was badly cut up by Kellermann’s
Cuirassiers. He killed three cuirassiers before he himself fell
covered with 22 sabre cuts. Recovered from his wounds, and was
rewarded with an ensigncy in the 42nd Highlanders. He d. in 1831 as a
subaltern in 33rd Foot. Sir W. Butler’s _Records of 69th Regt._
(London, 1870).

Footnote 29:

Assumed the surname of Robinson. H. p. 88th Foot, 28th June, 1827.

Footnote 30:

This was “the same man who, eighteen years before, at St. Vincent, had
broken the stern galley window of the _San Nicholas_, and led the way
for Nelson to the quarter-deck of the Spanish vessel.” He appears to
have been a Scotchman, with a keen sense of humour, as, when a man was
killed by his side, by a long shot from the enemy, on the morning of
Waterloo Day, he quietly remarked, “Aweel, it is time for a
respectable non-combatant to gang awa’!”—Sir W. Butler’s _Records of
69th Regt._ D. as Qr.-mr. 69th Foot, at Cannanore, India, 1821.

71ST (HIGHLAND) REGIMENT OF FOOT (LIGHT INFANTRY).

Rank in the

——————

LIEUT.-COLONEL. Regiment.│Army.

[1] Thomas Reynell, W. 5 Aug. 1813 │Col., 4 June, 1813

MAJORS. │

[2] Arthur Jones, W. 22 June, 1809 │Lt.-Col., 4 June,
│1814

[3] Leslie Walker 2 Sept. 1813 │

CAPTAINS. │

[4] Samuel Reed 29 Sept. 1808 │29 Nov. 1806

[5] Joseph T. Pidgeon 1 Dec. 1808 │

[6] Archibald Armstrong 10 May, 1809 │

[7] Donald Campbell, W. 22 June, 1809 │

_Edmund L’Estrange_, K. 6 July, 1809 │Maj., 12 Apr. 1814

[8] Wm. Alex. Grant, W. 12 Oct. 1809 │

[9] James Henderson, W. 19 Oct. 1809 │

[10] Augustus J. MʻIntyre 17 May, 1810 │

[11] Charles Johnstone, W. 10 Dec. 1812 │Maj., 4 June, 1814

[12] Alexander Grant 15 Apr. 1813 │

LIEUTENANTS. │

[13] Joseph Barailler, W. 7 Feb. 1808 │

[14] Loftus Richards 21 Apr. 1808 │

[15] John Raleigh Elwes, W. 12 May, 1808 │

[16] Charles Stewart 29 Dec. 1808 │

[17] Robert Baldwin 11 May, 1809 │

[18] Wm. Crosbie Hanson 6 July, 1809 │

[19] Robert Lind, W. 10 Oct. 1809 │

[20] John Roberts, W. 12 Oct. 1809 │

[21] James Coates, W. 13 Oct. 1809 │

[22] John Fraser 17 Oct. 1809 │

[23] Edward Gilborne 18 Oct. 1809 │

[24] John Witney 19 Oct. 1809 │

[25] William Long 14 June, 1810 │

[26] Robert Law, W. 27 May, 1811 │

[27] Charles T. Cox 29 May, 1811 │

[28] Carique Lewin, W. 27 June, 1811 │

[29] Wm. Woolcombe 9 Sept. 1811 │

[30] Wm. Torriano 12 Dec. 1811 │

[31] George Wm. Horton 23 Jan. 1812 │25 July, 1811

[32] John Coote, W. 27 May, 1812 │

[33] Wm. Anderson, Adjt., W. 7 Aug. 1812 │

[34] Chas. Moorhead 3 Sept. 1812 │

[35] David Soutar 24 Sept. 1812 │

[36] Norman Campbell 14 Apr. 1814 │

ENSIGNS. │

[37] Abraham Moffatt 5 Aug. 1813 │

[38] Wm. Smith 1 Sept. 1813 │

[39] Henry Walker Thompson 16 Sept. 1813 │

John Todd, K. 18 Nov. 1813 │

[40] John Barnett 25 Nov. 1813 │

[41] Archibald M. Henderson 25 Dec. 1813 │

[42] John Spalding 28 Jan. 1814 │

[43] John Impett 14 Apr. 1814 │

[44] Anthony R. L’Estrange 7 Dec. 1814 │

[45] Rob. Copley (Volunteer) │

PAYMASTER. │

[46] Hugh Mackenzie 8 Nov. 1798 │

QUARTERMASTER. │

Wm. Gavin 2 Apr. 1812 │

SURGEON. │

[47] Arthur Stewart 3 Sept. 1812 │

ASSISTANT-SURGEONS. │

John Winterscale 8 Feb. 1810 │

Samuel Hill 22 Mar. 1810 │

_Facings buff._ _Lace silver._

Footnote 1:

Afterwards Gen. Sir T. Reynell, Bart., K.C.B., Col.-in-Chf. 71st L.I.
3rd son of Thomas Reynell (who was killed at the battle of Saratoga,
in America, in 1777), by Anne, dau. of Samuel Coutty, of Kinsale.
Served in Egypt in 1801. Recd. the orders of St. George of Russia and
Maria Theresa of Austria for his services at Waterloo, in addition to
the C.B. Commanded a division at the siege of Bhurtpore, and received
the thanks of both Houses of Parliament. M., 12th Feb., 1831, Lady
Eliz. Pack, widow of Maj.-Gen. Sir Denis Pack, and d. s. p.

Footnote 2:

The following memoir of Col. Jones’s services appeared in the _United
Service Journal_ for 1837:—“Nov. 12th, on Lake Erie, Upper Canada,
Lt.-Col. Arthur Jones, C.B., late of the 71st Highland L.I. This
officer was appointed Ensign 36th Foot, 1st Jan., 1795; Lt. 71st Foot
5th Oct., 1795; Capt., 24th March, 1803; Maj., 22nd June, 1809; and
Bt. Lt.-Col., 4th June, 1814. He served at Madras from his first
appointment to October, 1797, when his regiment embarked for Europe.
In August, 1805, he sailed, with the expedition under Lt. Gen. Sir D.
Baird, for the Cape of Good Hope; he was present with the regt. at the
action on the 8th Jan., 1806; and also at the surrender of the town
and castle of Cape Town on the 10th. He embarked at the Cape in April
following, with his regt., on the expedition to South America, under
Gen. Beresford. On the 25th June, the landing of this small force was
effected at the point of Quilmes, up the River Plate, without
opposition. He was present in the affairs of the 26th and 27th, which
terminated in the surrender of the city of Buenos Ayres to the
British; and was with the troops employed in dispersing the enemy from
the vicinity of the city, on the 1st August; at the defending of the
city on the 10th, 11th, and 12th, when the British were obliged to
capitulate, and become prisoners of war; and was marched, as such, a
considerable distance into the interior of the country. He next served
with the army in Portugal, and was present at the action of Roleia,
and battle of Vimiero. He served under the late Sir John Moore in
Spain; was present the whole of that campaign, and at the battle of
Corunna. He embarked in July, 1809, on the expedition to the Scheldt,
and was present at the siege of Flushing; he returned with his regt.
to England in December, and in May, 1810, was ordered to join the 2nd
batt. in Scotland; and shortly after the command of the batt. devolved
on him. In Jan., 1814, he proceeded to join the 1st batt. in Spain,
landed at St. Sebastian, and marched in charge of a detachment for the
2nd division of the army, which he joined in Aire on the 10th of
March, and served with it in the different operations that took place
against the enemy from that period until a short time after the battle
of Toulouse, 10th April, 1814. In Feb., 1815, he embarked with the
71st Light Infantry for North America, but was countermanded, and they
proceeded in April to Belgium, and he was present with it at the
battle of Waterloo. He remained with the regt., which formed part of
the Army of Occupation, until October, 1818, when he embarked with it
for England, and for Ireland in May, 1822. The command of the regt.
devolved on him in May, 1824, when he embarked with it for North
America, and was promoted lt.-col., 2nd June, 1825; he remained in
command of the regt. till June, 1831. Lt.-Col. Jones was wounded when
capt. at the battle of Vimiero; and wounded severely when bt. lt.-col.
at the battle of Waterloo, late in the evening. For his services, and
particularly for his conduct at Waterloo, stated by Maj.-Gen. Sir F.
Adam (then Commander of the 3rd British Light Brigade) in a letter to
the Duke of Wellington, and from his Grace’s recommendation in
consequence, Lt.-Col. Jones was appointed a Companion of the Bath.”

Footnote 3:

C.B. for Waterloo. Exchanged in 1819 to 54th Regt. Bt. lt.-col., 31st
Aug., 1815. Lt.-col., unattached, 1st July, 1828. Living 1830.

Footnote 4:

Bt.-maj. for Waterloo. Retd. on h. p. 1821. Lt.-col., h. p. 1837. D.
13th July, 1842.

Footnote 5:

Retd. as lt.-col. in 1841 by the sale of his commission. He held the
Par. medal with 8 clasps. D. in Oct., 1850.

Footnote 6:

Serving in 1817. Out of the regt. before 1824.

Footnote 7:

Retd. f. p. 2nd Rl. Veteran Batt., 1821.

Footnote 8:

Serving in 1817. Out of the regt. before 1824.

Footnote 9:

Serving as senior capt. in 1830. Out of the regt. before 1842.

Footnote 10:

H. p. 56th Foot 31st Dec., 1818.

Footnote 11:

Capt. and bt.-major h. p. Rifle Brigade, 6th Apr., 1820.

Footnote 12:

Serving in 1830. Out of the regt. before 1842.

Footnote 13:

Capt. in 37th Foot in 1820. Living 1825.

Footnote 14:

Belonged to the family of “Richards of Macmine,” co. Wexford. Placed
on h. p. 25th Feb., 1816. Living 1825.

Footnote 15:

D. a few days after Waterloo from his wounds. Youngest son of Col.
Elwes, and brother of Sir W. Elwes, Bart. He had been only ten months
married to a dau. of Col. Aird, Rl. Waggon Train.

Footnote 16:

Capt. 27th July, 1820. Major 24th May, 1836. H. p. 24th Apr., 1838. D.
24th Dec., 1851, as lt.-col.

Footnote 17:

H. p. 7th Fusiliers, 6th June, 1816.

Footnote 18:

Capt. 16th May, 1822. Serving 1830.

Footnote 19:

Belonged to a respectable family in the county of Antrim. “He received
a grape shot at Waterloo, weighing 10 oz., which he kept as a relic,
hooped in silver. The shot entered at the breast, and was cut out at
the shoulder three days after.” D. at Waterloo Cottage, Cookstown, co.
Antrim, 3rd July, 1851, aged 70.

Footnote 20:

Capt. 7th Apr., 1825. H. p. 6th June, 1827. D. as bt.-major 16th Jan.,
1854.

Footnote 21:

Was fifteen years a lt. in this regt. M. the only dau. of John Wilson
town clerk of Lanark; she d. at Lanark in Dec., 1815.

Footnote 22:

Joined the 71st Regt. as a private when sixteen years of age. Eight
years after he received an ensign’s commission for distinguished
gallantry. At the taking of the Cape of Good Hope was one of a party
of thirty who volunteered to storm a battery. John Fraser was the only
man of this Forlorn Hope who lived to return, and he was not
unwounded. At Buenos Ayres he was publicly complimented by Sir Denis
Pack for his conspicuous gallantry. Placed on h. p. before 1820, and
d. at Edinburgh, 20th June, 1824.

Footnote 23:

H. p. 1818.

Footnote 24:

Serving in 1817. Out of the regt. before 1824.

Footnote 25:

Capt. 31st Oct., 1822. Retd. as h. p. maj. 9th Foot, 1838. D. in
March, 1860.

Footnote 26:

Capt. 18th Oct., 1821. Exchanged to 33rd Foot 20th March, 1823. Capt.
Ceylon Rifles 25th Sept., 1824. Serving 1830.

Footnote 27:

Afterwards Lt. C.T. Cox, h. p. 71st Highland Light Infantry. Entered
the Army in 1809. Was engaged in numerous battles during the campaigns
from 1810 to 1815, including the retreat to and the occupation of the
lines of Torres Vedras, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes,
Tarbes, and Toulouse. At Vittoria he was sev. wnded, a musket ball
having passed through the lungs and lodged in the body. He was taken
prisoner, but the enemy being hard pressed, he was left on the field.
He was present at the capture of Paris. Commissions dated: Ensign,
June 29, 1809; Lt., May 29, 1811. D. 1875.

Footnote 28:

3rd son of James Lewin, of Cloghans, co. Mayo. Retd. on h. p. as a lt.
from 19th Lt. Dns. in 1822. D. s. p. 1844.

Footnote 29:

H. p. 25th Oct., 1821.

Footnote 30:

Son of Capt. Torriano, 30th Foot, who was killed in action at Toulon,
15th Oct., 1793, and grandson of Capt. C. Torriano, R.A., wounded and
disabled for life at the battle of Laffeldt, 1st July, 1747. Lieut.
Wm. Torriano joined the 1st Batt. 71st in 1811 and proceeded to
Portugal. Promoted lieut. into 2nd Batt. at home, but remained with
1st Batt. in the field until the return of the army from France. Was
present at Arroyos des Molinos, Almaraz, with covering army before
Badajoz; severely wounded at Vittoria and taken prisoner, but shortly
after retaken at Nive; Bayonne (twice wounded); Orthes, and Toulouse,
besides many minor affairs. A French reserve battery was captured by
the 71st towards the close of the battle of Waterloo, and Siborne
(Vol. II., p. 234) narrates how “some men of the right flank company
of the 71st, under Lieut. Torriano, immediately turned round one of
the guns, which was then discharged into the retiring columns of the
Imperial Guard by Capt. Campbell, A.D.C. to Major-General Adam, and
was, there is reason to believe, the last French gun fired on that
day.” Adjt. 18th Oct., 1821. Retd. 1824 by the sale of his commission.
D. at Budleigh Salterton, Devonshire, 1862. Above information
communicated by Col. C. Torriano, late R.A.

Footnote 31:

2nd son of Thomas Horton, of Howroyde, co. York, by Lady Mary Gordon,
dau. of George, 3rd Earl of Aberdeen. Served in the Pa. Capt. 81st
Regt. 1820; Bt.-maj. 1821; Lt.-col., unattached, 1826; Col. 1842. M.,
1826, Frances, dau. of Rev. Wm. Garnier, rector of Rookesbury, Hants,
and had issue. Living 1876.

Footnote 32:

Retd. f. p. 1821. D. at Halifax, N.S., 1st Oct., 1852.

Footnote 33:

H. p. 25th Dec., 1818.

Footnote 34:

H. p. 25th Dec., 1818.

Footnote 35:

Lieut. Connaught Rangers 7th Jan., 1819. Capt. 2nd Feb., 1830.
Paymaster 71st Foot 1843. D. 16th Dec., 1849.

Footnote 36:

H. p. 25th Dec., 1818.

Footnote 37:

H. p. 1816.

Footnote 38:

H. p. 1816. D. in Apr., 1860.

Footnote 39:

Lieut. h. p. 74th Foot, 1822.

Footnote 40:

Lieut. 23rd Nov., 1815. H. p. 61st Foot 12th Sept., 1822. D. as
lt.-col. 3rd West York Militia, at Dublin, 24th Feb., 1855.

Footnote 41:

H. p. 27th Foot 22nd May, 1817.

Footnote 42:

Lieut. 25th Foot 30th March, 1826. Serving 1830.

Footnote 43:

Capt. 6th Feb., 1835. H. p. Jan., 1841.

Footnote 44:

Afterwards maj. in this regt., and retired on f. p. in 1852. Youngest
brother to Maj. L’Estrange, of same regt., who fell at Waterloo. D. at
Edinburgh, 1873.

Footnote 45:

Commissioned ensign in above regt. 22nd June, 1815. H. p. 1816. Living
1830.

Footnote 46:

H. p. 1824. D. 25th June, 1854.

Footnote 47:

Inspector-Gen. of Hospitals 1845. H. p. same year. D. 1854.

73RD (HIGHLAND) REGIMENT OF FOOT.
(_2nd Battalion._)

Rank in the

——————

LIEUT.-COLONEL. Regiment.│Army.

[1] Wm. George Harris, W. 29 Dec. 1806 │Col., 4 June, 1814

MAJORS. │

_Dawson Kelly_ 31 Oct. 1811 │

[2] Arch. John Maclean, W. 28 May, 1812 │

CAPTAINS. │

[3] Henry Coane, W. 8 Mar. 1810 │8 Feb. 1810

Alexander Robertson, K. 21 Nov. 1810 │

[4] Wm. Wharton, W. 13 Aug. 1812 │

John M. Kennedy, K. 8 Oct. 1812 │

[5] John Garland, W. 26 Nov. 1813 │

LIEUTENANTS. │

[6] Richard Leyne 2 Feb. 1809 │

[7] Jos. Wm. H. Strachan, K. 11 Oct. 1810 │26 Oct. 1809

John R. McConnell, W. 8 Aug. 1811 │

John Acres, K. 20 Nov. 1811 │

Matthew Hollis, K. 12 Dec. 1811 │

[8] Joseph Dowling 13 Aug. 1812 │

[9] Thos. Reynolds, W. 10 Mar. 1814 │

[10] Donald Browne, W. 24 Mar. 1814 │

[11] John Y. Lloyd, W. 4 Aug. 1814 │

[12] Robert Stewart (_sic_) 11 Aug. 1814 │

ENSIGNS. │

[13] Robert Greville Hesilrige, 17 Sept. 1810 │
W. │

[14] Wm. MacBean, W. 1 Apr. 1813 │

[15] Thomas Deacon, W. 5 Apr. 1813 │

[16] Chas. Bedford Eastwood, W. 6 Apr. 1813 │

[17] George Dandridge Bridge, 7 Apr. 1813 │
W. │

[18] George Hughes 29 Apr. 1813 │

Wm. Lawson Lowe, K. 19 Aug. 1813 │

[19] Aldworth Blennerhassett 23 Mar. 1814 │

[20] Charles Page, K. 10 Aug. 1814 │

[21] Patrick Hay, Adjt., W. 19 Jan. 1815 │

PAYMASTER. │

John Williams 31 May, 1810 │

SURGEON. │

[22] Duncan McDearmid 5 Sept. 1811 │24 Jan. 1811

ASSISTANT-SURGEONS. │

[23] John Riach 2 July, 1812 │

[24] Frederick B. White 23 Mar. 1815 │

_Facings dark green._ _Lace gold._

Footnote 1:

Afterwards Lt.-Gen. Lord Harris, K.C.H. and C.B., Col.-in-Chf., 73rd
Regt. Son of the famous Gen. Sir George Harris, of Seringapatam
renown, who was created a baron in Aug., 1815. Bn. 17th Jan., 1782.
Served under his father in India, and was one of the first to enter
the breach at Seringapatam. At Waterloo the 73rd were literally cut to
pieces, and at the close of the battle only fifty unwounded men were
left out of a total of from 500 to 600 men. “Once, and once only,
during the dreadful carnage at Waterloo did the stern 73rd hesitate to
fill up a gap which the relentless iron had torn in their square.
Their Colonel, at once pushing his horse lengthwise across the space,
said, with a smile, ‘Well, my lads, if you won’t, I must.’ Immediately
his horse was led back to his proper place and the ranks closed up by
men still more devoted than before.” C.B. and K.W. for Waterloo. Was
twice md., and left issue by both wives. D. 30th May, 1845.

Footnote 2:

D. from his wounds at Brussels. Bn. 16th June, 1778. 4th son of
Gilbert Maclaine, of Scalasdale, in the island of Mull.

Footnote 3:

There were two capts. of this name in the 73rd in 1815, Anthony and
Henry. The former d. at Kandy, Ceylon, as maj., 5th Jan., 1819. The
latter quitted the service in 1820. The Coanes are Irish, but a branch
was settled at Bath in 1815.

Footnote 4:

Served in the Pa., and was present at Fuentes d’Onor and siege of
Badajoz. Was with the 85th in the Walcheren expedition, and with the
73rd during the campaigns of 1813 and 1814 in Swedish Pomerania,
Hanover, and the Netherlands. Severely wounded at Waterloo, being shot
through both thighs by a musket ball. Retired on h. p. 1st June, 1820.
D. in 1855.

Footnote 5:

Son of John Garland, of Dorchester. Was desperately wounded at
Waterloo. After the battle he was carried to Brussels, and after
months of suffering was able to return to Dorchester. He was not then
expected to recover, and by some error his death was reported in the
papers in the autumn of 1816. Here is the _first_ obituary notice in
the _Gentleman’s Magazine_:—“At his father’s, Dorchester, Capt. John
Garland, 73rd Foot. He was in most of the Peninsular battles, and was
desperately wounded at Waterloo at the close of the action, only two
men of his company being then left, and was confined at Brussels until
his recent return to England.” But John Garland did _not_ die in 1816,
and lived to become a bt. maj. on unattached list in 1825, and a bt.
lt.-col. in 1838. His _second_ obituary notice is given in the _Annual
Register_ for 1851:—“Jan. 17. At Lille, Lt.-Col. John Garland, K.H.,
late of Quatre Bras Cottage, Dorchester, who was severely wounded at
Waterloo.”

Footnote 6:

Capt. 2nd Aug., 1815. Eldest son of Dr. Maurice Leyne, of Tralee, by
Agnes, dau. of Cornelius the McGillicuddy of the Reeks. Bn. 1790.
Served first in the Kerry Militia comded. by Col. Crosbie. Joined the
73rd with 400 volunteers from his militia regt., the latter being
induced to join the regular army by Leyne. His zeal was rewarded with
a lieutenancy in the 73rd. At Waterloo succeeded to the command of the
regt. and kept it as long as the regt. was in France. Placed on h. p.
5th July, 1817. Subsequently joined the 58th Foot for a few years and
served in New South Wales. Md., in 1817, Eliz., dau. of James Connor,
of Tralee, Clerk of the Peace for Kerry. Capt. Leyne was for some
years a stipendiary magistrate. Above information communicated by Mr.
Leyne, son of Capt. R. Leyne.

Footnote 7:

Serving in 1817. Out of the regt. before 1824.

Footnote 8:

Lieut. 1st Rl. Veteran Batt. 27th Nov., 1823. Barrack-master at
Coventry in 1830.

Footnote 9:

H. p. 12th Foot 1824.

Footnote 10:

Had his left arm amputated after the battle, and d. shortly after.