Immediately after the first charge of his regt. at Waterloo, when the French cavalry were being pursued by ours, Johnson pursued three cuirassiers who, with a view of escaping, turned down a narrow lane. “There proved to be no thoroughfare at the end of the road, when Johnson, though alone, attacked the three, and, after a slight resistance, they surrendered themselves prisoners.” ------------------ 1ST DRAGOON GUARDS. [1] Troop Sergt.-Maj. Thos. Nicholson, W. [2] Sergt. John Hodgkins. Footnote 1: Received a sabre wound through his body when charging at Waterloo. After being discharged he resided at York, and kept the “Light Horseman” Inn, Fulford Road. D. there, 28th Sept., 1850, aged 66. Footnote 2: Served at Salamanca in a dragoon regt. Aftds. exchanged to 1st D.G. as sergt., and was present at Waterloo. Bought his discharge after 17 years’ service, and recd. a pens. of 6_d._ a day for two years! He was a native of Tipperary, but spent the latter part of his life at Penrith, where he was a well-known figure, being “29 stone in weight, 6 feet 2 inches in height, and 2 feet 4 inches across the shoulders.” D., at Penrith, in 1867, aged 80. ------------------ 2ND DRAGOONS. [1] Troop Sergt.-Maj. Wm. Robertson. [2] Sergt. John Weir, K. [3] Private Thos. Stobo. Footnote 1: A native of Renfrewshire. Aftds. sergt.-major of the Rl. Fifeshire Yeomanry. Was in every charge made by his regt. at Waterloo. D., at Kirkcaldy, in Dec., 1825. Footnote 2: “Sergeant Weir of the Scots Greys was pay-sergt. of his troop, and as such might have been excused serving in action, and perhaps he should not have been forward; but, on such a day as Waterloo, he requested to be allowed to charge with the regt. In one of the charges he fell mortally wounded, and was left on the field. Corporal Scott of the same regt. (who lost a leg) asserts that when the field was searched for the wounded and slain, the body of Sergt. Weir was found with his name written on his forehead by his own hand, dipped in his own blood. This, his comrade said, he was supposed to have done that his body might be found and known, and that it might not be imagined he had disappeared with the money of the troop. John Weir joined the Greys about 1798, and was a native of Mauchline, Ayrshire.”—Copied from a MS. in possession of the regt., and communicated by Capt. G. Tancred. Footnote 3: The oldest soldier in the Greys at Waterloo. Served at Dunkirk under the Duke of York. D. 1852. His brother was aftds. a capt. in the same regt. ------------------ 6TH DRAGOONS.