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
Knighted by the Prince Regent in 1816. Lt.-Col. of the regt. 11th
Oct., 1821. D. at the cavalry barracks, Norwich, 20th Oct., 1825, aged
59. By his wife Sarah, dau. of John Reade, he had no issue, she having
d. with her child in her first confinement.
Footnote 4:
Commanded the regt. for the last three hours of the battle, and in
twenty minutes’ time had five horses killed under him. C.B. Col.
Eldest son of Robert Cheney, of Meynell Langley, co. Derby, by his
second marriage with Bridget Leacroft. D. at Gaddesby, co. Leicester,
3rd March, 1847, leaving issue by his marriage with Elizabeth Ayre.
Footnote 5:
Taken prisoner at Waterloo. Quitted the service in consequence of
mental derangement, 17th Feb., 1817, with the bt. rank of lt.-col.
Footnote 6:
This officer’s name is erroneously spelt “Vernon” in the Army Lists.
Left the service in 1817, and afterwards resided at Musselburgh.
Footnote 7:
2nd son of Henry Barnard, of Cave Castle, co. York, whose family had
long been settled in Yorkshire, by Sarah Eliz., eldest dau. and
co-heir of Roger Gee, of Bishop Burton, in the same county. Formerly
served in the 38th Foot, and was placed on h. p. 1st Dgn. Gds. 1814.
Footnote 8:
Brought into the regt. from h. p. 4th Lt. Dgns. Quitted the service
1819. M., 1817, Harriet, dau. of George Rooke. Resided at Chepstow. D.
5th Feb., 1841.
Footnote 9:
Quitted the service a few months after Waterloo.
Footnote 10:
Promoted capt. 18th July, 1815. Placed on h. p. 19th Sept., 1816.
Living in 1842.
Footnote 11:
Promoted capt. 19th July, 1815.
Footnote 12:
Promoted capt. 20th July, and placed on h. p. 25th March, 1816.
Footnote 13:
There is some doubt as to whether this officer was actually present at
Waterloo, as in a contemporary list of officers of the Scots Greys who
served at this battle, in the handwriting of Lieut. J.R.T. Graham of
this regt., Lieut. Falconar is noted as being “on baggage guard at
Brussels.” It is noticeable, however, that Falconar’s name appears in
the original “Waterloo Muster-roll” of the regt. given in Part II.;
and it may be that he re-joined the Greys before the close of the
battle. Placed on h. p. 25th March, 1816. D. at Woodcot, co.
Haddington, 15th Sept., 1820.
Footnote 14:
Promoted capt. 10th Oct., 1816, and Maj. 10th June, 1826. H. p. 1827.
It fell to his lot to command his troop in the final charge at
Waterloo, and, though severely wounded in the arm, led his men into
the midst of the conflict. Afterwards held the appointment of High
Constable of Durham, and d. at Durham 1st Oct., 1847.
Footnote 15:
A scion of the ancient family of Carruthers, in Annandale. The late
head of this family, who d. 1878, was formerly an officer in the Scots
Greys.
Footnote 16:
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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