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
to Ramsay’s memory on the field of Waterloo. The hero’s remains were
subsequently interred in Inveresk Churchyard.
Footnote 2:
Brother to Gen. Sir John Macdonald, Adjt.-Gen., and to Col. Robert
Macdonald, 1st Foot. Aftds. Lt.-Gen., C.B., and K.St.A. Served at the
capture of the in 1806, and was taken prisoner at Buenos Ayres in
1807. Served in the Pa. and distinguished himself at Busaco and San
Sebastian. Was sev. wnded. at Waterloo. Bt. Maj. D. at
Aix-la-Chapelle, 31st May, 1856.
Footnote 3:
Aftds. Lt.-Gen. and K.C.B. Also K.H. and col.-comdt. R.A. Served in
the Pa., and was sev. wounded at Waterloo (bt.-maj. in Jan., 1819.)
Served as maj.-gen., and was second in command of the expedition under
M.-Gen. D’Aguilar, who assaulted and took the forts of the Bocca
Tigris in the Canton River. Served with the fleets off Sebastopol in
Oct., 1854, and directed the rockets fired from the _Britannia_
against the city and forts. D. 27th July, 1864.
Footnote 4:
Retired on f. p. 23rd June, 1846. D. as lt.-gen. at Hythe, Oct., 1869.
Footnote 5:
Son of Col. Sir Wm. Robe, R.A., a distinguished officer. He obtained
his first commission 3rd Oct., 1807, and in the same year accompanied
the expedition to Gothenburg. Served throughout the Par. War with much
distinction. “He had the singular honour, as a subaltern, to be
mentioned for his distinguished conduct by Wellington, and in
consequence the gold medal and clasp for the battles of Nivelle and
Nive were forwarded to his family after his death.” An account of his
death at Waterloo is given in a letter from Capt. Alex. Macdonald, of
Ramsay’s battery, to Sir Wm. Robe. (_See_ Appendix.)
LIEUT.-COLONEL SIR HEW D. ROSS’S TROOP.
(_The historical “Chestnut Troop.”_)
Rank in the
——————
CAPTAIN. Regiment.│Army.
[1] Sir Hew Dalrymple Ross, 24 July, 1806 │Lt.-Col., 21 June,
K.C.B. │1813
SECOND CAPTAIN. │
[2] John B. Parker, W. 5 June, 1808 │Maj., 21 June,
│1813
FIRST LIEUTENANTS. │
[3] _Richard Hardinge_ 19 Dec. 1806 │
[4] James Day, W. 1 Feb. 1808 │
[5] Phipps Onslow 16 Dec. 1808 │
[6] Francis Warde 8 Mar. 1812 │
Footnote 1:
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