Chapter VIII: Introduction: To First Edition (6)

[8] Robert B. Hesketh, W. 31 Oct. 1811 │

[9] Henry Hawkins 12 Dec. 1811 │

[10] R.H. Wigston 19 Dec. 1811 │

[11] Charles John Barnet 16 Apr. 1812 │

[12] Joseph Wm. Moorhouse 23 Apr. 1812 │

[13] Edward B. Fairfield 24 Mar. 1814 │

[14] George Evelyn, W. 31 Mar. 1814 │

[15] Hon. Hastings Forbes, K. 5 May, 1814 │

[16] John Elrington 19 May, 1814 │

[17] Hugh B. Montgomerie, W. 9 June, 1814 │

[18] Thomas Craufurd (_sic_), 1 Sept. 1814 │
K. │

[19] John Ashton, K. 2 Sept. 1814 │

ENSIGNS. │

[20] Charles Lake, W. 31 Oct. 1811 │

[21] Hon. Edward Stopford 7 Nov. 1811 │

[22] Barclay Drummond, Acting 5 Mar. 1811 │
Adjt. │

[23] George Douglas Standen 19 Mar. 1811 │

[24] David Baird, W. 18 June, 1811 │

[25] Wm. James 4 Mar. 1813 │

[26] Wm. Fred. Hamilton 1 Apr. 1813 │

[27] Hon. Geo. Anson 8 Jan. 1814 │

[28] Thos. Wedgwood 11 Jan. 1814 │

[29] Whitwell Butler 12 Jan. 1814 │

[30] Andrew Coutts Cochrane 13 Jan. 1814 │

[31] Jeffery Prendergast 2 Feb. 1814 │

C. Simpson, K. 3 Feb. 1814 │

[32] Hugh Seymour Blane 31 Mar. 1814 │

[33] Henry Montagu 21 Apr. 1814 │

QUARTERMASTER. │

[34] John Skuce 22 Mar. 1810 │

SURGEON. │

[35] Samuel Good 25 Dec. 1813 │

ASSISTANT-SURGEONS. │

[36] J.R. Warde 27 Apr. 1809 │21 Aug. 1806

[37] Fran. Gashry Hanrott 10 Dec. 1812 │

_Facings blue._ _Lace gold._

Footnote 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.

Footnote 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.

Footnote 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.

Footnote 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.

Footnote 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.

Footnote 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.

Footnote 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.

Footnote 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.

Footnote 9:

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

Footnote 10:

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

Footnote 11:

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

Footnote 12:

Capt. 65th Foot, 18th Nov., 1819.

Footnote 13:

Out of the list in 1830.

Footnote 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.

Footnote 15:

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

Footnote 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.

Footnote 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.”

Footnote 18:

This officer’s name is given as _Crawford_ on the memorial tablet at
Waterloo.

Footnote 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.”

Footnote 20:

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

Footnote 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.

Footnote 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.

Footnote 23:

D. as lt.-col. 16th Dec., 1840.

Footnote 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.

Footnote 25:

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

Footnote 26:

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

Footnote 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.

Footnote 28:

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

Footnote 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.

Footnote 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.

Footnote 31:

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

Footnote 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.

Footnote 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.

Footnote 34:

Out of the regt. in May, 1819.

Footnote 35:

H. p. in 1845.

Footnote 36:

Serving with the regt. in 1824.

Footnote 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. 27 Sept. 1810 │Lt.-Col., 17 Aug.
│1812

CAPTAINS. │

[2] Lawrence Arguimbau, W. 9 Mar. 1809 │Maj., 11 Aug. 1814

[3] Robert Macdonald, W. 8 Feb. 1810 │Maj., 21 Sept.
│1813

[4] Wm. Buckley, K. 11 Oct. 1810 │

[5] Hugh Massey, W. 9 May, 1811 │Maj., 4 June, 1811

[6] Wm. Gordon 16 Jan. 1812 │

[7] Robert Dudgeon, W. 30 July, 1812 │

LIEUTENANTS. │

[8] Archibald Morrison, W. 27 Oct. 1808 │3 Dec. 1806

John Armstrong, K. 27 Apr. 1809 │

John E. O’Neil, K. 8 June, 1809 │21 Apr. 1808

[9] Wm. Jas. Rea, W. 22 June, 1809 │30 July, 1807

[10] John Ingram, W. 12 July, 1809 │18 Oct. 1808

[11] Wm. Clarke, W. 21 June, 1810 │

[12] Thomas Gordon 18 Feb. 1813 │2 July, 1812

[13] Allen Cameron, Adjt., W. 1 July, 1813 │26 June, 1812

[14] John Stoyte, W. 4 July, 1813 │

[15] Robt. Horsman Scott, W. 8 July, 1813 │

[16] George Lane, W. 26 July, 1813 │

[17] Joseph Symes, W. 23 Sept. 1813 │

[18] James Alstone, W. 23 Sept. 1813 │

Wm. Young, K. 4 Nov. 1813 │

[19] James Mann 18 Aug. 1814 │

[20] Wm. Dobbs, W. 29 Sept. 1814 │

[21] John Fitzwilliam Miller, 6 Oct. 1814 │
W. │

[22] George Stewart, W. 2 Dec. 1814 │

[23] J.L. Black, W. 23 Feb. 1815 │10 Mar. 1814

ENSIGNS. │

[24] Alexander Glen 21 Oct. 1813 │

[25] Charles Mudie 4 Nov. 1813 │

[26] Jas. Grant Kennedy, K. 12 Apr. 1814 │

[27] Charles Graham, W. 28 Sept. 1814 │9 June, 1813

[28] Thomas Stevens, W. 29 Sept. 1814 │

[29] Joseph M’Kay, W. 6 Oct. 1814 │

[30] Alexander Robertson, K. 20 Oct. 1814 │

Wm. Anderson, K. 27 Oct. 1814 │14 July, 1814

[31] Leon M. Cooper, W. 14 Dec. 1814 │

[32] Wm. Thomas 15 Dec. 1814 │

[33] Richard Blacklin │
(Volunteer), W. │

PAYMASTER. │

[34] James Crooke Thomson 4 May, 1815 │31 Jan. 1811

QUARTERMASTER. │

[35] Thomas Griffith, W. 4 Aug. 1814 │

SURGEON. │

[36] Wm. Galliers 20 Apr. 1809 │10 Sept. 1807

ASSISTANT-SURGEONS. │

[37] Wm. Finnie 12 Nov. 1812 │

Thos. Bolton 9 Dec. 1813 │5 Mar. 1812

_Facings blue._ _Lace gold._

Footnote 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_.

Footnote 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.

Footnote 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.

Footnote 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.”

Footnote 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.

Footnote 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.

Footnote 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.

Footnote 7:

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

Footnote 8:

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

Footnote 9:

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

Footnote 10:

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

Footnote 11:

H. p. 11th March, 1819.

Footnote 12:

Capt. in 1831. Out of the regt. before 1842.

Footnote 13:

Reduced with the battalion.

Footnote 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.

Footnote 15:

Reduced with the battalion.

Footnote 16:

Reduced with the battalion.

Footnote 17:

Reduced with the battalion.

Footnote 18:

Reduced with the battalion. D. 9th Nov., 1854.

Footnote 19:

Reduced with the battalion.

Footnote 20:

Reduced with the battalion.

Footnote 21:

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

Footnote 22:

H. p. 25th March, 1816.

Footnote 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.

Footnote 24:

Lieut. 41st Foot 17th Aug., 1826. Serving in 1830. The “W” is omitted
before this officer’s name in several _Army Lists_.

Footnote 25:

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

Footnote 26:

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

Footnote 27:

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

Footnote 28:

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

Footnote 29:

H. p. 1st Aug., 1816.

Footnote 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.

Footnote 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.

Footnote 32:

Lieut. 5th Apr., 1820. Serving in 1830.

Footnote 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.

Footnote 34:

H. p. 1816.

Footnote 35:

Left the regt. in 1824.

Footnote 36:

Surgeon 7th Sept., 1815. H. p. before 1824.

Footnote 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 Brooke 14 Feb. 1811 │

CAPTAINS. │

[2] Geo. David Wilson, W. 7 Aug. 1804 │Maj., 21 Sept.
│1813

[3] Euseby Stratford Kirwan 11 Jan. 1810 │

[4] Charles James Edgell, W. 5 Sept. 1805 │

[5] John Browne, W. 25 May, 1815 │

LIEUTENANTS. │

[6] Benjamin Martin 30 Oct. 1806 │3 June, 1802

[7] G. Richardson, W. 26 May, 1809 │

[8] Peter Bowlby 31 May, 1809 │

[9] Hygatt Boyd, W. 16 Aug. 1810 │

[10] Geo. Henry Hearne 29 Oct. 1810 │

[11] Benj. Marshall Collins, W. 1 Nov. 1810 │

[12] Wm. Squire, W. 14 Feb. 1811 │

[13] John Bushell 12 May, 1812 │

[14] Richard Mulholland 14 May, 1812 │

[15] Wm. Lonsdale 15 May, 1812 │

[16] Edward Bowlby 25 Feb. 1813 │

[17] Wm. [Henry] Clarke 28 July, 1813 │

[18] Wm. Richardson, Adjt. 20 Oct. 1813 │

Fred. Feilde 17 Nov. 1813 │

[19] Arthur Gerard, W. 16 Mar. 1815 │

[20] John L. Fernandez 3 May, 1815 │

ENSIGNS. │

[21] Charles Levinge 18 Nov. 1813 │

[22] Wm. Taylor 9 Dec. 1813 │22 July, 1813

[23] Wm. M’Donald Matthews, W. 9 Dec. 1813 │

[24] Thos. E.H. Holland 9 Dec. 1813 │

PAYMASTER. │

[25] James Lonsdale 20 Dec. 1798 │

SURGEON. │

[26] Francis Burton 9 Sept. 1813 │

ASSISTANT-SURGEON. │

[27] Wm. Morragh 25 Jan. 1810 │

_Facings blue._ _Lace gold._

Footnote 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.

Footnote 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.

Footnote 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.”

Footnote 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.

Footnote 4:

D. in 1821 on passage to Barbados.

Footnote 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.”

Footnote 6:

H. p. 35th Foot 11th Nov., 1818.

Footnote 7:

Serving in 1817.

Footnote 8:

Serving in 1824.

Footnote 9:

H. p. 22nd Aug., 1816.

Footnote 10:

H. p. 29th Aug., 1816.

Footnote 11:

H. p. 30th Dec., 1818. D. Dec., 1854.

Footnote 12:

D. before 1st Jan., 1816.

Footnote 13:

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

Footnote 14:

H. p. 25th March, 1817.

Footnote 15:

H. p. 25th March, 1817.

Footnote 16:

H. p. 25th March, 1823.

Footnote 17:

Capt. 3rd Aug., 1830.

Footnote 18:

Ret. f. p. 10th Rl. Garrison Bat. before 1824.

Footnote 19:

H. p. 25th Feb., 1816.

Footnote 20:

H. p. 25th Feb., 1816.

Footnote 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.

Footnote 22:

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

Footnote 23:

H. p. 62nd Foot 1826. D. Jan., 1856.

Footnote 24:

H. p. 83rd Foot, 14th Jan., 1819.

Footnote 25:

H. p. 25th Jan., 1819.

Footnote 26:

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

Footnote 27:

Reduced in 1818.

14TH (OR THE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE) REGIMENT
OF FOOT.[H]

(_3rd Battalion._)

Rank in the

——————

MAJORS. Regiment.│Army.

[1] Francis Skelly Tidy 10 Sept. 1807 │Lt.-Col., 4 June,
│1813

[2] John Keightley 13 Jan. 1814 │

CAPTAINS. │

[3] George Marlay 14 June, 1814 │Maj., 21 June,
│1813

[4] Thos. Ramsay 18 Oct. 1810 │17 May, 1810

[5] Wm. Turnor 15 Aug. 1811 │

[6] Wm. Ross 24 Dec. 1813 │16 Dec. 1813

[7] Richard Adams 13 Jan. 1814 │

[8] Christian Wilson 4 Nov. 1814 │

[9] J.L. White 5 Nov. 1814 │

[10] Wm. Hewett 13 Apr. 1815 │24 Nov. 1814

LIEUTENANTS. │

[11] Wm. Akenside 6 Aug. 1807 │2 Jan. 1807

[12] Charles Myler Brannan 3 Dec. 1807 │

[13] Samuel Beachcroft 28 Nov. 1811 │

[14] Wm. Buckle, Adjt. 3 Nov. 1812 │

[15] George Baldwin 9 Nov. 1814 │

[16] John Nickelson 5 Apr. 1815 │

[17] Lyttleton Westwood 6 Apr. 1815 │

[18] Henry Boldero 13 Apr. 1815 │

[19] Jas. Campbell Hartley 24 May, 1815 │

ENSIGNS. │

[20] Wm. Reed 13 Jan. 1814 │

[21] George Mackenzie 22 Jan. 1814 │

[22] Robert B. Newenham 27 Jan. 1814 │

[23] C. Fraser 10 Feb. 1814 │

[24] Aug. Fred. F. Adamson 3 Mar. 1814 │

[25] Wm. Keowen 21 Apr. 1814 │

[26] John Manley Wood 19 May, 1814 │

[27] Arthur Ormsby 2 June, 1814 │

[28] James Ramsay Smith 13 Oct. 1814 │

[29] Alfred Cooper, W. 1 Nov. 1814 │

[30] Joseph Bowlby 2 Nov. 1814 │

[31] John Powell Matthews 3 Nov. 1814 │

[32] Richard John Stacpoole 8 Nov. 1814 │

[33] Richard Birt Holmes 10 Nov. 1814 │

[34] Hon. George Thos. Keppel 4 Apr. 1815 │

PAYMASTER. │

[35] Robert Mitton 17 Feb. 1814 │

QUARTERMASTER. │

[36] Alexander Ross 20 Jan. 1814 │

VOLUNTEER. │

[37] Montague Burrows │

ASSISTANT-SURGEONS. │

[38] Alexander Shannon 27 Jan. 1814 │

[39] Henry Terry 21 Mar. 1814 │

_Facings buff._ _Lace silver._

Footnote 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.”

Footnote 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_.

Footnote 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.

Footnote 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.

Footnote 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.

Footnote 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.

Footnote 6:

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

Footnote 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.

Footnote 8:

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

Footnote 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.

Footnote 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.

Footnote 11:

Capt. 6th Sept., 1821. Serving in 1830.

Footnote 12:

Reduced with the battalion in 1816.

Footnote 13:

Reduced with the battalion in 1816.

Footnote 14:

Reduced with the battalion in 1816.

Footnote 15:

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

Footnote 16:

Lieut. John _Nicholson_ was placed on h. p. 25th March, 1816. Living
1846.

Footnote 17:

H. p. 25th March, 1816.

Footnote 18:

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

Footnote 19:

H. p. 25th March, 1816.

Footnote 20:

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

Footnote 21:

H. p. 25th March, 1816.

Footnote 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.

Footnote 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.

Footnote 24:

Ret. before 1st Jan. 1816.

Footnote 25:

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

Footnote 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.

Footnote 27:

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

Footnote 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.

Footnote 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.

Footnote 30:

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

Footnote 31:

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

Footnote 32:

H. p. 24th Feb., 1818.

Footnote 33:

H. p. 9th May, 1818.

Footnote 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.

Footnote 35:

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

Footnote 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.”

Footnote 37:

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

Footnote 38:

Out of the regt. in 1816.

Footnote 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, 23 Apr. 1807 │Col., 4 June, 1814
K.C.B., W. │

MAJORS. │

[2] Thomas Dalmer 10 Dec. 1807 │Lt.-Col., 17 Aug.,
│1812

[3] J. Humph. Edw. Hill, W. 12 Mar. 1812 │Lt.-Col., 21
│Sept., 1813

CAPTAINS. │

Joseph Hawtyn, K. 11 Sept. 1806 │Maj., 17 Aug. 1812

[4] Francis Dalmer 10 Dec. 1807 │Maj., 26 Aug. 1813

[5] Thomas Strangeways 6 Apr. 1809 │

_Wm. Campbell_ 15 June, 1809 │Maj., 12 Apr. 1814

[6] Charles Jolliffe, K. 18 June, 1811 │

Thos. Farmer, K. 16 Apr. 1812 │

[7] Henry Johnson, W. 14 May, 1812 │

_Henry S. Blanckley_ 6 Apr. 1815 │21 May, 1812

FIRST LIEUTENANTS. │

[8] Francis O’Flaherty 6 Aug. 1807 │

[9] James Milne 21 Oct. 1807 │

[10] Wm. Walley 10 Dec. 1807 │

[11] Evan M. Brown 20 Apr. 1809 │

G. Fensham, K. 4 Jan. 1810 │

[12] Ralph Smith 22 Mar. 1810 │

[13] Harry Palmer 11 Apr. 1811 │

[14] Isaac Watkins Harris 20 June, 1811 │

[15] J. Enoch, Adjt. 15 Aug. 1811 │

[16] Gismond Phillips (_sic_) 5 Sept. 1811 │

[17] John Macdonald 11 Oct. 1811 │

[18] George Fielding 7 Nov. 1811 │

[19] Robt. Pattison Holmes 12 Dec. 1811 │

[20] Charles Fryer 7 May, 1812 │

[21] W.A. Griffiths, W. 13 May, 1812 │

[22] John Clyde, W. 14 May, 1812 │

[23] Alexander A. Brice 21 May, 1812 │

[24] Anthony G. Sidley 16 July, 1812 │

[25] Alexander Clayhills 17 Sept. 1812 │

[26] Edward Methold 23 Mar. 1815 │

SECOND LIEUTENANTS. │

[27] Thomas Lilly 1 Oct. 1812 │

[28] George Dunn 15 Apr. 1813 │

[29] George Stainforth 29 July, 1813 │

[30] Gerald FitzGibbon 26 Aug. 1813 │

Wm. Leebody, K. 9 Sept. 1813 │

[31] Edward Thomas Ellis │
(Volunteer) │

QUARTERMASTER. │

[32] George Sidley 14 Apr. 1808 │

SURGEON. │

[33] John Dunn 10 Sept. 1803 │9 July, 1803

ASSISTANT-SURGEONS. │

[34] Thomas Smith 2 July, 1812 │

[35] John Williams 13 May, 1813 │

[36] John Monro 26 May, 1814 │

_Facings blue._ _Lace gold._

Footnote 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.

Footnote 2:

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

Footnote 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.

Footnote 4:

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

Footnote 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.

Footnote 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.

Footnote 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.

Footnote 8:

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

Footnote 9:

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

Footnote 10:

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

Footnote 11:

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

Footnote 12:

H. p. 53rd Foot, 8th May, 1823.

Footnote 13:

Out of the regt. before 1824.

Footnote 14:

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

Footnote 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.

Footnote 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.

Footnote 17:

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

Footnote 18:

Capt. 6th June, 1822. Serving in 1830.

Footnote 19:

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

Footnote 20:

H. p. 17th July, 1817.

Footnote 21:

Serving in 1830.

Footnote 22:

D. from his wounds.

Footnote 23:

H. p. 5th Oct., 1820.

Footnote 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.

Footnote 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.

Footnote 26:

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

Footnote 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.

Footnote 28:

H. p. 16th Apr., 1817.

Footnote 29:

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

Footnote 30:

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

Footnote 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.

Footnote 32:

Retd. f. p. 1827. D. 1839.

Footnote 33:

Out of the regt. 13th July, 1826.

Footnote 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.

Footnote 35:

H. p. 1816.

Footnote 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. 9 Sept. 1805 │Maj., 17 June,
│1813

George Holmes, K. 30 Apr. 1807 │

[2] John Tucker, W. 3 Mar. 1808 │

LIEUTENANTS. │

[3] George M’Donnell (_sic_) 25 July, 1806 │
W. │

[4] Wm. Henderson, W. 8 Oct. 1806 │

[5] Richard Handcock, W. 5 Nov. 1806 │

[6] Wm. Faithful Fortescue, W. 4 Dec. 1806 │

[7] Thomas Craddock, W. 7 May, 1807 │

[8] Wm. Talbot 7 Feb. 1808 │

[9] E.W. Drewe, W. 9 Feb. 1808 │

[10] Charles Manley, W. 28 July, 1808 │

[11] John Millar, W. 11 Sept. 1808 │

[12] John Betty 7 Mar. 1810 │

[13] Andrew Gardner 30 Sept. 1813 │

ENSIGNS. │

[14] Wm. Kater, W. 22 Apr. 1813 │

[15] John Ditmas, W. 3 June, 1813 │

[16] Thos. Smith, W. 24 June, 1813 │

Samuel Ireland, K. 25 Aug. 1815 │

[17] Tobias Handcock, W. 4 May, 1815 │

QUARTERMASTER. │

[18] Thomas Taylor 26 Sept. 1805 │

ASSISTANT-SURGEONS. │

[19] Gerald Fitzgerald 25 Apr. 1811 │

[20] Thomas Mostyn 19 Dec. 1811 │

_Facings buff._ _Lace gold._

Footnote 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.

Footnote 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.

Footnote 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.

Footnote 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.

Footnote 4:

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

Footnote 5:

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

Footnote 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.

Footnote 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.

Footnote 8:

The “W” is omitted before this officer’s name in the _Army List_ for
1824.

Footnote 9:

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

Footnote 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.

Footnote 11:

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

Footnote 12:

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

Footnote 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.

Footnote 14:

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

Footnote 15:

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

Footnote 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.

Footnote 17:

H. p. 26th March, 1816.

Footnote 18:

Left the regt. in 1816.

Footnote 19:

Surgeon 69th Foot 7th Sept., 1815.

Footnote 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, 23 Nov. 1804 │Col., 4 June, 1812
K.C.B. │

MAJOR. │

[2] Robert Nixon, W. 15 Dec. 1804 │Lt.-Col., 30 May,
│1811

CAPTAINS. │

[3] Wm. Prescott Meacham, K. 9 July, 1803 │Maj., 4 June, 1814

[4] Wm. Irving, W. 9 July, 1803 │Maj., 4 June, 1814

[5] Richard Llewellyn, W. 28 Feb. 1805 │Maj., 23 Apr. 1812

[6] Charles Caddell 9 Mar. 1809 │

[7] Richard Kelly, W. 13 Apr. 1809 │

[8] John Bowles, W. 28 July, 1809 │

[9] Thomas English, W. 31 Jan. 1810 │

[10] Charles Teulon, W. 27 Sept. 1810 │

LIEUTENANTS. │

[11] Jas. Henry Crummer 2 July, 1807 │

[12] John Fred. Wilkinson, W. 8 Sept. 1808 │

[13] Matthew Semple 6 Oct. 1808 │

[14] Roger P. Gilbert, W. 27 Apr. 1809 │

[15] Robert Prescott Eason, W. 17 May, 1809 │

[16] Wm. Irwin, W. 20 July, 1809 │

[17] Henry Hilliard, W. 16 Nov. 1809 │

[18] Samuel Moore 28 Jan. 1810 │

[19] John Coen, W. 29 Jan. 1810 │

[20] Charles B. Carruthers 30 Jan. 1810 │

[21] J.P. Clarke, K. 1 Mar. 1810 │

[22] J. Wm. Shelton, W. 22 Mar. 1810 │

[23] James Deares 25 Apr. 1811 │

[24] George Ingram, K. 6 Aug. 1812 │

[25] T. Bridgeland, Adjt., W. 15 Apr. 1813 │

[26] Edward Embury Hill 9 Sept. 1813 │

[27] Thos. Wm. Colleton 25 Nov. 1813 │

[28] James Parry 27 Jan. 1814 │

ENSIGNS. │

[29] Robert Thomson Stuart 5 Aug. 1813 │

[30] Wm. Serjeantson 26 Aug. 1813 │

[31] Richard Martin 8 Sept. 1813 │

[32] James Simkins 9 Sept. 1813 │

[33] Wm. Mountsteven, W. 25 Nov. 1813 │

[34] W. Lynam 31 Mar. 1814 │

PAYMASTER. │

[35] John Dewes 20 June, 1799 │

QUARTERMASTER. │

[36] Richard Reynolds 9 Mar. 1809 │

ASSISTANT-SURGEON. │

[37] Patrick H. Lavens 24 Oct. 1811 │

_Facings yellow._ _Lace silver._

Footnote 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.