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
[3] Montague Lind, K. 22 June, 1810 │
[4] Edward Kelly, W. 2 Aug. 1810 │13 Sept. 1805
[5] John Berger 20 May, 1813 │Maj., 4 June, 1814
LIEUTENANTS. │
[6] George Randall 15 Apr. 1811 │
[7] William Mayne 26 Sept. 1811 │
CORNETS AND │
SUB-LIEUTENANTS. │
[8] William Stewart 23 Feb. 1813 │
Richardson, W. │
[9] Samuel Cox, W. 1 June, 1814 │
[10] George Story 3 Apr. 1815 │4 Aug. 1814
QUARTERMASTERS. │
[11] [Wm.] Dobson, W. │
—— Towers, K. │
—— Slingsby, K. │
ASSISTANT SURGEONS. │
[12] Richard Gough 22 Sept. 1812 │
[13] John Haddy James 27 Oct. 1812 │
VETERINARY SURGEON. │
[14] Francis Dalton 20 May, 1813 │
_Scarlet._ _Facings blue._ _Lace gold._
Footnote 1:
Is said to have led his regt. to the charge no less than eleven times,
“And most of the charges were not made till after his head had been
laid open by the cut of a sabre and his body was pierced with a
lance.”
Footnote 2:
Exchanged to 16th Dgns. as maj. (commission dated 18th June, 1815).
Quitted the service before 1st March, 1817.
Footnote 3:
Only son of Edward George Lind, of Stratford Place.
Footnote 4:
Bn. at Portarlington, Queen’s County, 1771. At Waterloo he encountered
and killed the col. of the 1st Regt. of French Cuirassiers, stripped
him of his epaulettes, and carried them off as a trophy. Made
brevet-maj. for Waterloo and Knight of St. Anne of Russia. Exchanged
into 23rd Light Dgns. and served as A.D.C. to Gen. Lord Combermere at
the siege of Bhurtpore. D. at Mullye, 6th Aug., 1828, as col. on
staff. His widow d. 22nd Nov., 1860.
Footnote 5:
Quitted the service 14th Dec., 1815.
Footnote 6:
Promoted capt. 18th June, 1815. H. p. 13th Oct., 1825. Living in 1847.
Footnote 7:
Promoted capt. 14th Dec., 1815. Out of the regt. before 1824.
Footnote 8:
Promoted lieut. 5th June, 1815. Lieut. in the 55th Foot, 24th Oct.,
1822. Capt. 24th Dec., 1825. H. p. same date.
Footnote 9:
Afterwards Capt. Samuel Fortnam Cox, of Sandford Park, Oxfordshire.
M., 1820, Mary Emily, dau. of Sir Robert Sheffield, Bart. R. h. p.
1829. D. 22nd Nov., 1849.
Footnote 10:
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