The Waterloo Roll Call: With Biographical Notes and AnecdotesDalton, Charles
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The Waterloo Roll Call: With Biographical Notes and Anecdotes
Dalton, Charles
Great Britain. Army -- Registers; Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815
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
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