Historical Record of the Fourteenth, or, the Buckinghamshire Regiment of Foot: Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1685, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1845Cannon, Richard
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Historical Record of the Fourteenth, or, the Buckinghamshire Regiment of Foot: Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1685, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1845
Cannon, Richard
Great Britain. Army -- History; Great Britain. Army. Regiment of Foot, 14th (Buckinghamshire)
In congratulating the regiments of the fourth brigade, in the
share they had in achieving the glorious victory at Waterloo,
Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Colville observed,--"the
Twenty-third and Fifty-first Regiments fully maintained their
former high character, whilst the very young THIRD BATTALION OF THE
FOURTEENTH, in this its first trial, displayed a steadiness and
gallantry becoming of veteran troops." The loss of the battalion
was seven rank and file killed; Ensign Alfred Cooper, four
serjeants, and sixteen rank and file, wounded.
The royal authority was afterwards given for the regiment to bear
the word "WATERLOO" on its colors, to commemorate the share it
had in gaining this splendid victory. Lieutenant-Colonel Tidy was
rewarded with the dignity of Companion of the Bath; and every
officer and soldier received a silver medal, with the privilege of
reckoning two years' service for that day.
The names of the officers of the FOURTEENTH Regiment of Foot, who
received medals, for the battle of Waterloo, on the 18th of June,
1815, are contained in the following list:
Major FRANCIS S. TIDY, (_Lieut.-Colonel_,) commanding the battalion.
Major KEIGHTLEY.
_Captains._
Wm. Turnor.
George Marlay.
Richard Adams.
Wm. Ross.
Thomas Ramsay.
J. L. White.
Christian Wilson.
_Lieutenants._
Wm. Akenside.
Wm. Buckle.
L. Westwood.
Ch. M. Brannan.
Geo. Baldwin.
Jas. C. Hartley.
Samuel Beachcroft.
John Nicholson.
_Ensigns._
Geo. Mackenzie.
Jas. Ramsay Smith.
Richard J. Stacpoole.
Robert B. Newenham.
Alfred Cooper.
Richard B. Holmes.
Wm. Keowen.
Joseph Bowlby.
Hon. G. T. Keppel.
John Manley Wood.
John P. Matthews.
Montague Burrows.
Arthur Ormsby.
_Adjutant._--William Buckle.
_Assistant-Surgeons._--Alexander Shannon; Henry Terry.
On the morning of the 19th of June, the British troops advanced
in pursuit of the wreck of the French army; and on entering
France, the Duke of Wellington invited Louis XVIII. to repair
to Cateau Cambresis. Being desirous of not exposing the King's
person, the British commander directed _Cambray_ to be summoned;
but this fortress refused to surrender, and repulsed the troops
which approached the town on the 23rd of June. On the following
day orders for attacking the place by escalade were issued, and
the third battalion of the FOURTEENTH, with the Twenty-third and
Fifty-first Regiments, were directed to make a feint attack on the
Paris gate; but the gallantry of the officers and soldiers turned
the feint into a real attack, and they were in possession of the
town before the other brigades of the fourth division could force
an entrance. The citadel of Cambray surrendered on the 25th of June.
The army continued its advance upon Paris, which city surrendered
in the early part of July, and the war was terminated with the
restoration of Louis XVIII. to the throne of France.
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