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
[21] Edward Madden 13 July, 1812 │
[22] Vere Webb, W. 9 Dec. 1813 │
[23] Chas. Gordon Urquhart 27 Oct. 1814 │
[24] J. Lynam, W. 22 Mar. 1815 │
[25] Charles Rochfort 15 June, 1815 │
SECOND LIEUTENANTS. │
[26] Wm. Shaw 25 Apr. 1813 │
[27] Richard Fowler 22 Oct. 1813 │22 Feb. 1813
[28] Thos. Bowen Sheean 25 Dec. 1813 │
[29] Richard Cocks Eyre, W. 22 Apr. 1814 │
[30] John Prendergast Walsh, W. 5 May, 1814 │
[31] R.J.N. Kellett (Volunteer) │
PAYMASTER. │
Angus McDonald 15 Feb. 1810 │
QUARTERMASTER. │
Donald Ross 3 Apr. 1806 │
SURGEON. │
Francis Scott 25 Jan. 1810 │
ASSISTANT SURGEONS. │
John Armstrong 11 Mar. 1813 │
Robert Scott 5 Sept. 1814 │5 Nov. 1812
Footnote 1:
Afterwards Maj.-Gen. Norcott, C.B. Served in the Pa., and had the gold
medal for Corunna. K. St. A. for Waterloo. D. at Cork in 1838 whilst
commanding the southern district.
Footnote 2:
C.B. for Waterloo. Served in the Pa., and had the gold medal for
Salamanca. Retd. as bt. lt.-col. in 1817. K.H. D. at Shirley,
Southampton, 8th Nov., 1862.
Footnote 3:
C.B. and bt. lt.-col. for Waterloo. Served in the Pa., and had the
gold medal for Nivelle. Lt.-Col. unattached list, 25th May, 1826. D.
1843.
Footnote 4:
Appointed lt.-col. of 63rd Foot in 1829, and d. at Dover, 1st Sept.,
1844, when in command of that regt.
Footnote 5:
Quitted the service as capt. Served in the Pa., and in the Buenos
Ayres expedition. Was a J.P. for the counties of Cork, Waterford, and
Limerick. D. at Cork, 7th Jan. 1832.
Footnote 6:
“MʻCullock had been wounded in the shoulder on Massena’s retreat from
Portugal in March, 1811, and this wound deprived him of the use of the
arm. At Waterloo, by a shot fired very late in the day, he lost the
other arm. He was promoted, ‘having no longer an arm to wield for his
country,’ as he told the Duke of Wellington, ‘but being anxious to
serve it,’ to a majority in the 2nd Garrison Battalion in Dec., 1815,
and d. in London in 1818.” Sir W. Cope’s _History of the Rifle
Brigade_.
Footnote 7:
Retired on h. p. as capt., 11th Aug., 1823. Served through the Par.
War, and had the silver medal with seven clasps. Living in 1860.
Footnote 8:
Afterwards Lt.-Col. 46th Regt. M., 10th April, 1828, Eliz., 2nd dau.
of Thomas Porter, of Rockbeare House, Devon. Col. 23rd Nov., 1841.
Retd. in 1845. Living 1879.
Footnote 9:
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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