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
Footnote 1:
“The man who let Boney go.” This distinguished officer was second son
of Capt. Neil Campbell, of Duntroon. Bn. 1st May, 1776. Joined 6th
West India Regt. as ensign in 1797. After three years’ service in West
Indies returned to England and joined 95th Rifles as a lieut., and in
following year purchased a company in same regt. In 1805 was promoted
major in 43rd Foot, and in 1806 was removed to 54th Foot. Served with
this regt. in Jamaica, and in 1808 returned home. Again sent to West
Indies as a bt. lt.-col. on the staff, and in that capacity was
present at the capture of Guadaloupe. Commanded a Portuguese regt.
during the Par. War. In Feb., 1813, was sent to Russia by the British
Government, and was employed by Gen. Lord Cathcart, British Ambassador
at St. Petersburg, to accompany a corps of the Russian army and report
on its force and military operations. In the autumn of 1813 was
detached to the siege of Dantzig, where a corps of 30,000 men was
employed under Prince Alexander of Wurtemberg. On the 24th March,
1814, was severely wounded at Fere Champenoise, in France, in a
cavalry charge, by a Cossack, who mistook him for a French officer and
struck him to the ground. In April, 1814, was chosen by the British
Government to accompany Napoleon from Fontainebleau to Elba. Author of
_Napoleon at Fontainebleau_. In the following spring, whilst Col.
Campbell was at Florence, having left Elba for a few days on pressing
business, Napoleon formed and carried out his plan of escape.
Commanded the 54th in 1815, and was at the storming of Cambray. C.B.
Gold cross for the capture of Martinique and Guadaloupe, siege of
Ciudad Rodrigo, and battle of Salamanca. A knight bachelor, maj.-gen.,
Governor of Sierra Leone, where he died of fever, 14th Aug., 1827.
Footnote 2:
Bt. lt.-col. 12th Aug., 1819. D. in 1829.
Footnote 3:
Retd. as bt. lt.-col. 1845. D. 1850.
Footnote 4:
Lt.-col. unatt. 23rd Nov., 1841. D. in Edinburgh in Feb., 1853.
Footnote 5:
Son of Lt.-Gen. Sir Gonville Bromhead, 1st Bart., by Jane, youngest
dau. of Sir Charles Ffrench, Bart. In 1830 was a maj. on the h. p.
list. Bn. 22nd Jan., 1791. M., 1823, Judith Coriston, youngest dau. of
James Wood, of Woodville, co. Sligo.
Footnote 6:
Son of Alderman Evanson, of Cork. D. as capt. in this regt. in Jan.
1827.
Footnote 7:
Paymaster Nov., 1818. Retd. 1825. D. in Feb., 1854.
Footnote 8:
Capt. 30th Jan., 1823. D. at Trichinopoly, 30th June, 1836.
Footnote 9:
Capt. 3rd Jan., 1822. H. p., capt. 78th Foot, 6th Feb., 1823.
Footnote 10:
Lieut. 64th Foot 9th Dec., 1819. Capt. h. p., 3rd Foot, 24th Oct.,
1821. Given the local rank of major while serving in Africa, 22nd
Nov., 1821.
Footnote 11:
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