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
was lying fast asleep, and coupling his appearance with the daring
duty he had been called on to perform but a few hours before in front
of the Forlorn Hope, I thought that I had never set my eyes upon a
nobler picture of a soldier! His whole appearance, even in sleep,
showed exactly as it had been in the execution of that duty; his
splendid figure was so disposed as if he was taking the first step in
the breach—his eyebrows were elevated—his nostrils still distended,
and altogether he looked as if he would clutch the castle in his
remaining hand! No one could have seen him at that moment without
saying—There lies a hero!’” Johnstone was wounded both at Quatre Bras
and Waterloo. Promoted maj. 24th Dec., 1829. Quitted the service in
1831. Was Colonial Sec. at Cape of Good Hope, and d. at sea 6th April,
1836.
Footnote 7:
H. p. 21st May, 1818.
Footnote 8:
Capt. 5th Aug., 1824. H. p. 28th May, 1829. Lt.-col. unatt. 11th May,
1851. Had the Par. medal with 8 clasps. See account of this officer in
the _Cornhill Magazine_ for Dec., 1897.
Footnote 9:
Afterwards Maj.-Gen. John Cox, K.H. Was present at eleven general
actions in the Pa. Had a compound fracture of his left arm at the
storming of Ciudad Rodrigo. Defended a battery with his company at
Waterloo. D. at Cheltenham, 7th Feb., 1863. There were two officers of
this name in the Rifles in 1815, who appear to have been brothers, and
of the same family as Sir Richard Cox, Bart., Lord Chancellor of
Ireland.
Footnote 10:
Attained the rank of major 17th Dec., 1829. Retd. 1835.
Footnote 11:
H. p. 1819. D. at Leamington 12th Feb., 1854.
Footnote 12:
Appointed barrack-master at Tobago, 1830. D. there 1832.
Footnote 13:
Wounded at Quatre Bras and d. in a house there next day.
Footnote 14:
Afterwards Capt. and Bt.-Maj. 82nd Regt. D. at Jock’s House, Kinnoull,
18th June, 1852—“On the anniversary, and at the same hour, on which he
was carried severely wounded from the field of Waterloo.”
Footnote 15:
Bn. at Dalbeath, near Falkirk, in Jan., 1787. Served in the Pa. and
was one of the leaders of the storming party of the Light Division at
Ciudad Rodrigo. Received the silver war medal in 1848, with nine
clasps. Had his horse shot under him at Waterloo. Was aftds. knighted
and appointed an exon in the Yeomen of the Guard. D. at Hastings 22nd
April, 1862. Author of _Adventures in the Rifle Brigade_.
Footnote 16:
Served through the Par. War. Was shot through the liver at Waterloo;
likewise had two ribs broken and a bullet in his chest. Wrote a
narrative of the Waterloo campaign. Quitted the service as bt. maj.,
and d. in Jersey, 5th March, 1858.
Footnote 17:
H. p. 1819. Retd. 1827.
Footnote 18:
Adjt. at Waterloo. Exchanged as lieut. to 11th Foot 3rd Aug., 1820. H.
p. 14th Feb., 1828.
Footnote 19:
Aftds. major-general and K.H. D. 24th Dec., 1865.
Footnote 20:
H. p. 1826, 3rd Vet. Batt. D. 1827.
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