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 present at the capture of the colony of Surinam in 1804. Served
through the Par. War, and saw active service in Canada in 1814.
Bt.-maj. 21st Jan., 1819; Maj., h. p., unattached, 1826; Lt.-col.,
1837. D. at Hexworth House, Cornwall, 1st March, 1847.
Footnote 3:
Retired on h. p. as 2nd capt., 1826. D. 20th Nov., 1869.
Footnote 4:
Afterwards Sir James Robertson Bruce, Bart. 2nd son of the Rev. Sir
Henry Bruce, Bart., by Letitia, dau. of the Rev. Dr. Henry Barnard.
Retd. on h. p. as 1st lt., 16th June, 1820. M., 20th Sept., 1819,
Ellen, youngest dau. of Robert Bamford Hesketh, of Gwyrch Castle, co.
Denbigh, and had issue. D. 1836.
Footnote 5:
Had both his legs taken off by one shot, and d. two days after, while
undergoing amputation.
ROYAL ARTILLERY.
CAPTAIN SANDHAM’S BRIGADE.[P]
Rank in the
——————
CAPTAIN. Regiment.│Army.
[1] Charles F. Sandham 14 Feb. 1814 │1 June, 1806
SECOND CAPTAIN. │
[2] Wm. H. Stopford 1 Apr. 1815 │
FIRST LIEUTENANTS. │
[3] George Foot 1 Feb. 1808 │
[4] George M. Baynes 1 Feb. 1808 │
SECOND LIEUTENANT. │
[5] Darell Jago 5 July, 1813 │
Footnote P:
This and all the other Field Brigades were each armed with five
9-pounders and one 5–1/2-inch howitzer.
Footnote 1:
The name of Sandham has been a household word in the Artillery for
nearly 140 years. The above Capt. Sandham came of the Sussex family of
this name, who have for long been landholders in that county. “The
first shot fired by the allied artillery at Waterloo was fired by
Sandham’s brigade.” Retd. on h. p. as bt. maj., 7th June, 1822. D. at
Rowdell, Sussex, Feb., 1869.
Footnote 2:
Third son of Lt.-Gen. the Hon. Edward Stopford. Assumed the additional
surname of Blair on succeeding to the Penninghame estate, co. Wigtown.
Retd. on h. p. as bt. col., 20th Dec., 1841. Col. Stopford-Blair m.,
in 1823, a dau. of Col. R. Bull, C.B. He d. 23rd Sept., 1868, and was
succeeded by his eldest son.
Footnote 3:
Retired on h. p. as 2nd capt., 13th Nov., 1826, and d. 26th Oct.,
1874. In 1814 he served at the attack on Merxem, and the bombardment
of the French shipping at Antwerp.
Footnote 4:
Served in the Pa. Retd. on h. p. as 2nd capt., 25th Sept., 1834. D. in
Guernsey, 28th Oct., 1874. He was nephew of Sir John Macleod, R.A.,
and brother to Capt. H. Baynes, Bde.-Maj., R.A., at Waterloo.
Footnote 5:
Retd. on h. p. as 2nd capt., 6th Jan., 1836. D. 22nd Dec., 1850.
CAPTAIN S. BOLTON’S BRIGADE.
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