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
ancient family, on every page of whose eventful career in the navy the
word “Hero” is plainly visible.
Footnote 3:
“A most scientific and dexterous swordsman.” Did good work in the
famous charge of his regt. at Waterloo. A musket ball lodged in his
knee, which could never be extracted, and helped to shorten his life.
Made bt.-lt.-col. for Waterloo. H. p. list 1820. Appointed maj. of
brigade to the Inspector-Gen. of Cavalry in Great Britain. D. 24th
Feb., 1827.
Footnote 4:
Aftds. Lt.-Gen. Sir Alexander Clark-Kennedy, of Knockgray, co.
Kirkcudbright, A.D.C. to the Queen, K.C.B., and K.H. Served in the Pa.
It was this officer, and not Corporal Stiles, who _personally_
captured the French eagle of the 105th Regt. at Waterloo, after a
desperate fight, in which he was severely wounded, and handed it over
to Corporal Stiles (of whom see memoir in Part III.), to convey it to
the rear. Bn. 1782. Son of John Clark, of Nunland, by Anne, dau. and
co-heir of Alex. Kennedy, of Knockgray. M., 21st Dec., 1816, Harriet,
dau. and co-heir of John Randall and had issue. D. in Jan., 1864.
Footnote 5:
3rd son of Thos. Phipps, of Leighton House, Wilts, by Penelope, dau.
of Lewis Clutterbuck, of Widcombe House, Bath. Bn. 18th Jan., 1789.
Served in the Pa. Aftds. lt.-col., h. p. 1829, and K.H. M. Mrs.
Kingston (_née_ Saunders), widow of Benjamin Kingston, and had issue.
D. 22nd Nov., 1858.
Footnote 6:
Son of Edward Windsor, of Shrewsbury. A pen. of £50 per ann. was
granted to his mother, Dorothy Windsor, she having expended all her
fortune in buying her son’s commission.
Footnote 7:
Bn. 8th Feb., 1789. 2nd son of Col. Sir John Carden, 1st Bart. of
Templemore, co Tipperary, who raised and commanded the 30th Regt. of
Lt. Dgns., which regt. was reduced at the Peace of Amiens. Succeeded
his brother as 3rd Bart. in 1822. M., 10th March, 1818, Louisa, only
child of Frederick Thomson, of Dublin, and had issue. Was placed on h.
p. as Capt. 1st Dgns. in 1816. D. in March, 1847.
Footnote 8:
Eldest son of George Gunning, of Frindsbury, J.P. and D.L. for Kent.
Ensign 17th Foot, 1804. Served in the Pa., and commanded the Grenadier
Company of the 9th Foot at battle of Vimiera. Exchanged to 1st Dgns.
1809. Commanded his troop at Waterloo in the famous charge, where he
was sev. wnded. He always claimed that he gave the order to Corporal
Stiles to seize the eagle of the 105th French regt. from the officer
who held it. (See Part III.) H. p. 1822. D. at Brighton, 5th Jan.,
1849.
Footnote 9:
Capt. h. p. 19th Jan., 1826. D. 5th April, 1854.
Footnote 10:
Eldest son of Sigismund Trafford, of Wroxham Hall, Norfolk. Half-pay
in 1816. Capt., h. p. in 1842. D. 14th Feb., 1852, at his residence,
Rue de Lille, Paris.
Footnote 11:
_Wyndowe._ Capt. 11th July, 1822. Serving in 1825. Out of the regt.
before 1830.
Footnote 12:
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