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
[20] John Wallace 17 May, 1815 │
[21] Jacob Æ. Irving, W. 18 May, 1815 │
Geo. Lloyd Hodges 19 Jan. 1815 │7 Jan. 1808
[22] Geo. Pym, K. │
CORNET. │
[23] Joseph Wakefield 26 May, 1814 │
PAYMASTER. │
[24] Alexander Strange 11 Apr. 1811 │
QUARTERMASTER. │
[25] Wm. Minchin 10 Sept. 1812 │
SURGEON. │
[26] Thos. Galbraith Logan 9 Sept. 1813 │24 Dec. 1812
ASSISTANT-SURGEON. │
[27] Abraham Armstrong 18 May, 1809 │
VETERINARY SURGEON. │
[28] John Constant 3 Mar. 1814 │
_Blue._ _Facings buff._ _Lace gold._
Footnote 1:
Col. Patrick Doherty belonged to a good old Irish family which has
done good service to its country, both in the army and on the judicial
bench. In the two great wars in which Great Britain played a leading
part during the 19th century, the 13th Regt. of Lt. Dgns. (Hussars)
has been commanded by a Doherty; and three generations of this family
have been closely associated with this same regt. In 1796 Patrick
Doherty embarked for the West Indies with his regt. on active service.
It is on record that no less than twenty-two officers of the 13th Lt.
Dgns. fell victims to “Yellow Jack” when serving in St. Domingo; and
the skeleton of the regt., with two or three surviving officers,
returned to England. This fatality brought rapid promotion to Doherty,
and in 1813 he succeeded to the command of the 13th. For his services
in the Pa. he was made bt.-col. The editor of the _Military Calendar_
states that on Waterloo Day Col. Doherty was lying ill at Brussels,
suffering from a most severe attack of West Indian fever and ague; but
as it is probable that he took part in the operations of the 16th or
17th June, it does not debar him from being added to the roll of
Waterloo officers. He undoubtedly received the medal for Waterloo, as
well as the C.B. in 1816. Col. Doherty was subsequently made K.C.H.
Quitted the service in Dec., 1818, and d. at Bath, 20th Jan., 1837. He
was uncle to John Doherty, of Dublin, who held the high post of Chief
Justice of Ireland, and dying, in 1850, left, with other male issue,
the present Maj. H. Doherty, of the Artillery Militia, who formerly
commanded a troop in the 3rd Hussars.
Footnote 2:
Made C.B. for Waterloo. Served in the Pa. 2nd son of Samuel Boyse, of
Barrow, New Ross, co. Wexford, by Dorothea, dau. of Shapland Carew, of
Castleboro, same county. D., unm., 1833.
Footnote 3:
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