A History of the Coldstream Guards, from 1815 to 1895Ross, J. (John)
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A History of the Coldstream Guards, from 1815 to 1895
Ross, J. (John)
Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901; Great Britain. Army. Coldstream Guards
Colonel MacKinnon, _Origin and Services of the Coldstream Guards_ , i.
190, 211, and ii. 368 (London, 1833). The Prince Regent also conferred
upon the First Guards the title of Grenadier Guards, “in commemoration
of their having defeated the Grenadiers of the French Imperial Guard
upon this memorable occasion” (_ibid._, ii. 368).
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During the halt which was made at Le Cateau on the 23rd of June, a
return was ordered, giving the number of killed, wounded, and missing,
casualties of the fighting that took place between the 16th and 18th
inclusive.[31]
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Footnote 31:
A return, dated Adjutant-General’s Office, April 13, 1816, was
transmitted to the Duke of Wellington from the Horse-Guards on July
16th of that year, showing the number of sergeants, trumpeters,
drummers, farriers, and rank and file of the British army, who were
killed, wounded, or missing in the actions fought in Flanders on the
15th, 16th, and 18th of June, 1815. The following concerns the
Division of Guards:—
┌────────────────────────────┬─────────┬───────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ │ │ Wounded. │
├────────────────────────────┼─────────┼─────────┬───────────┬───────────┬─────────────┤
│ │ │ Died of │ Suffered │ │ Transferred │
│ │ Killed│ Wounds. │Amputation.│Discharged.│ to Vet. or │
│ │ │ │ │ │Garr. Battns.│
│ │ │ │ │ │ │
├────────────────────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼───────────┼───────────┼─────────────┤
│Grenadier Guards, 2nd Battn.│ 61 │ 29 │ 6 │ 44 │ —— │
│ ” ” 3rd ” │ 71 │ 30 │ 14 │ 48 │ —— │
│Coldstream ” 2nd ” │ 47 │ 26 │ 6 │ — │ —— │
│Third ” ” ” │ 39 │ 47 │ 12 │ 21 │ —— │
├────────────────────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼───────────┼───────────┼─────────────┤
│Total Guards Division │ 218 │ 132 │ 38 │ 113 │ —— │
├────────────────────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼───────────┼───────────┼─────────────┤
│Total British Army │ 1715 │ 856 │ 236 │ 506 │ 167 │
├────────────────────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼───────────┼───────────┼─────────────┤
│ │ │ │ │ │ │
├────────────────────────────┼─────────┴─────────┴───────────┴───────────┴─────────────┤
│ │ Wounded (cont’d). │
├────────────────────────────┼─────────┬─────────┬───────────┬───────────┬─────────────┤
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