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
│ │Rejoined │ Remain │ │ Rejoined │ Not since │
│ │Regiment.│ in │ Total. │ Regiment.│ heard of; │
│ │ │Hospital.│ │ │ supposed │
│ │ │ │ │ │ dead. │
├────────────────────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼───────────┼───────────┼─────────────┤
│Grenadier Guards, 2nd Battn.│ 197 │ 26 │ 302 │ 10 │ 38 │
│ ” ” 3rd ” │ 361 │ 33 │ 486 │ 3 │ 32 │
│Coldstream ” 2nd ” │ 208 │ 1 │ 241 │ 4 │ —— │
│Third ” ” ” │ 96 │ 19 │ 195 │ 17 │ 2 │
├────────────────────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼───────────┼───────────┼─────────────┤
│Total Guards Division │ 862 │ 79 │ 1224 │ 34 │ 72 │
├────────────────────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼───────────┼───────────┼─────────────┤
│Total British Army │ 5068 │ 854 │ 7687 │ 482 │ 353 │
└────────────────────────────┴─────────┴─────────┴───────────┴───────────┴─────────────┘
_Supplementary Despatches, etc._ , xiv. 632, 633.
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Some changes took place in the army during the six months that followed
the battle of Waterloo.
The Prince of Orange, having to return to Holland, on the 22nd of June,
Major-General Sir John Byng assumed temporarily the command of the First
Army-Corps until the 12th of July, when he reverted to his position of
Commander of the Division of Guards until the 23rd; he was then replaced
by Major-General Sir Kenneth Howard (late Coldstream Guards), and he
re-assumed the command of the 2nd Guards Brigade, the 1st being still
under Major-General Maitland. Owing to the absence of the Prince of
Orange, the command of the First Army-Corps devolved upon Sir Kenneth
Howard on the 22nd of August, when Sir J. Byng again reverted to the
Guards Division, and remained at their head till further orders;
thereupon Colonel Hepburn (Third Guards) became Brigadier of the 2nd
Guards Brigade. On the 2nd of October, Sir J. Byng having obtained leave
of absence to proceed to England, Major-General Maitland took command of
the Division until his return.
On the 20th of June, Captain Walton, Coldstream Guards, was temporarily
appointed Brigade-Major of the 2nd Guards Brigade, vice Stothert, Third
Guards, who was severely wounded, and who subsequently died. On the 6th
of November, Captain Prince was appointed Adjutant of the 2nd Battalion
Coldstream Guards vice Major C. Bentinck, who, upon the death of Captain
Lascelles, was posted to the 1st Battalion as Senior Adjutant.[32]
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Footnote 32:
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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