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The Waterloo Roll Call / With Biographical Notes and Anecdotes

Chapter 5: THE WATERLOO ROLL CALL.
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This work presents a detailed account of the British Army's participants in the Battle of Waterloo, featuring annotated tables that list names, ranks, and dates of service. It includes biographical sketches of key figures and a comprehensive muster roll of regiments involved in the battle. The text is organized into several parts, covering the staff, medical officers, and non-commissioned personnel who later received commissions. Additionally, it highlights notable heroes from the battle, providing context and anecdotes that enrich the historical narrative surrounding this pivotal event in British military history.

THE WATERLOO ROLL CALL.


STAFF.
COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF.
  • F.-M. Arthur, Duke of Wellington, K.G., G.C.B., &c.
MILITARY SECRETARY.
  • Lt.-Col. Lord Fitzroy Somerset, 1st Ft. Gds., W.
AIDES-DE-CAMP.
  • Lt.-Col. J. Fremantle, 2nd Ft. Gds.
  • Lt.-Col. C.F. Canning, 3rd Ft. Gds., K.
  • Hon. Sir Alexander Gordon, K.C.B., 3rd Ft. Gds., K.
  • Lt. Lord George Lennox, 9th Lt. Dns.
  • Hered. Prince of Nassau-Usingen.
EXTRA AIDES-DE-CAMP.
  • Maj. Hon. Henry Percy, 14th Lt. Dns.
  • Capt. Lord Arthur Hill, h. p.
  • Lt. Hon. George Cathcart, 6th Dn. Gds.

GENERAL.
  • H.R.H. The Prince of Orange, W.
AIDES-DE-CAMP.
  • Lt.-Col. Baron Tripp, 60th Foot.
  • Capt. Lord John Somerset, h. p.
  • Capt. Hon. Francis Russell, h. p.
EXTRA AIDES-DE-CAMP.
  • Capt. The Earl of March, 52nd Foot.
  • Capt. Viscount Bury, 1st Ft. Gds.
  • Lt. H. Webster, 9th Lt. Dns.

LIEUTENANT-GENERAL.
  • The Earl of Uxbridge, G.C.B., W.
AIDES-DE-CAMP.
  • Major W. Thornhill, 7th Hussars, W.
  • Capt. H.B. Seymour, 18th Hussars, W.
EXTRA AIDES-DE-CAMP.

LIEUTENANT-GENERAL.
  • Lord Hill, G.C.B.
AIDES-DE-CAMP.
  • Lt.-Col. C. Hill, R.H. Gds., W.
  • Major R. Egerton, 34th Foot.
  • Major C.H. Churchill, 1st Ft. Gds.
  • Capt. D. Mackworth, 7th Foot.
EXTRA AIDE-DE-CAMP.
  • Capt. Hon. O. Bridgeman, 1st Ft. Gds., W.

LIEUTENANT-GENERAL.
  • Sir Thomas Picton, G.C.B., K.
AIDES-DE-CAMP.
  • Capt. Algernon Langton, 61st Foot, W.
  • Capt. J. Tyler, 93rd Foot, W.
  • Capt. N. Chambers, 1st Ft. Gds., K.
EXTRA AIDE-DE-CAMP.
  • Capt. B. Price, h. p.

LIEUTENANT-GENERAL.
  • Sir Henry Clinton, G.C.B.
AIDES-DE-CAMP.
  • Capt. F. Dawkins, 1st Ft. Gds.
  • Capt. J. Gurwood, 10th Hussars, W.

LIEUTENANT-GENERAL.
  • Charles, Count Alten, K.C.B.
AIDES-DE-CAMP.
  • Lt. W. Havelock, 43rd Foot, W.
  • Bt. Maj. A. Heise, 2nd Lt. Batt. K.G.L.

LIEUTENANT-GENERAL.
  • Sir Charles Colville, G.C.B.
AIDES-DE-CAMP.
  • Capt. J. Jackson, 37th Foot.
  • Lt. F.W. Frankland, 2nd Ft. Gds.
EXTRA AIDE-DE-CAMP.
  • Capt. Lord James Hay, 1st Ft. Gds.

MAJOR-GENERAL.
  • V. Count Alten.
AIDE-DE-CAMP.
  • Lt. Baron Estorff, 2nd Dns. K.G.L.
MAJOR OF BRIGADE.
  • Capt. Einem, K.G.L.

MAJOR-GENERAL.
  • Sir John Vandeleur, K.C.B.
AIDE-DE-CAMP.
  • Capt. W. Armstrong, 19th Lt. Dns.
MAJOR OF BRIGADE.
  • Maj. M. Childers, 11th Lt. Dns.

MAJOR-GENERAL.
  • Maj.-Gen. Cooke, W.
AIDE-DE-CAMP.
  • Capt. G. Disbrowe, 1st Ft. Gds.
EXTRA AIDE-DE-CAMP.
  • Ensign Augustus Cuyler, 2nd Ft. Gds.

MAJOR-GENERAL.
  • Sir James Kempt, K.C.B., W.
AIDE-DE-CAMP.
  • Capt. Hon. Charles Gore, 85th Foot.
MAJOR OF BRIGADE.
  • Capt. Charles Eeles, 95th Foot, K.

MAJOR-GENERAL.
  • Hon. Sir Wm. Ponsonby, K.C.B., K.
AIDE-DE-CAMP.
  • Lt. B. Christie, 5th Dn. Gds.
EXTRA AIDE-DE-CAMP.
  • Maj. D. Evans, 5th W.I. Regt.
MAJOR OF BRIGADE.
  • Maj. T. Reignolds, 2nd Dns., K.

MAJOR-GENERAL.
  • Sir John Byng, K.C.B.
AIDE-DE-CAMP.
  • Capt. H. Dumaresq, 9th Foot, W.
MAJOR OF BRIGADE.
  • Capt. Wm. Stothert, 3rd Ft. Gds., K.

MAJOR-GENERAL.
  • Sir Denis Pack, K.C.B., W.
AIDE-DE-CAMP.
  • Maj. E. L’Estrange, 71st Foot, K.
MAJOR OF BRIGADE.
  • Bt.-Maj. Charles Smyth, 95th Foot, K.

MAJOR-GENERAL.
  • Lord Edward Somerset, K.C.B.
AIDE-DE-CAMP.
  • Lt. H. Somerset, 18th Hussars.

MAJOR-GENERAL.
  • Sir John Lambert, K.C.B.
AIDE-DE-CAMP.
  • Lt. T. Baynes, 39th Foot.
MAJOR OF BRIGADE.

MAJOR-GENERAL.
  • Sir Colquhoun Grant, K.C.B., W.
AIDE-DE-CAMP.
  • Lt. R. Mansfield, 15th Hussars, W.
EXTRA AIDE-DE-CAMP.
  • Capt. W. Moray, 17th Lt. Dns., W.
MAJOR OF BRIGADE.
  • Capt. Jones, h. p.

MAJOR-GENERAL.
  • Sir James Lyon, K.C.B.
AIDE-DE-CAMP.
  • Lt. Jas. McGlashan, 2nd Lt. Batt. K.G.L.
MAJOR OF BRIGADE.
  • Capt. Richter, 1st Ceylon Regt.

MAJOR-GENERAL.
  • Maj.-Gen. P. Maitland.
AIDE-DE-CAMP.
  • Ensign Lord Hay, 1st Ft. Gds., K.
MAJOR OF BRIGADE.
  • Capt. J. Gunthorpe, 1st Ft. Gds.

MAJOR-GENERAL.
  • Maj.-Gen. G. Johnstone.
AIDE-DE-CAMP.
  • Capt. C.G. Gray, 95th Foot.
MAJOR OF BRIGADE.
  • Capt. S. Holmes, 78th Foot.

MAJOR-GENERAL.
  • Maj.-Gen. F. Adam, W.
AIDE-DE-CAMP.
  • Lt. R.P. Campbell, 7th Foot.
EXTRA AIDE-DE-CAMP.
  • Capt. C. Yorke, 52nd Foot.
MAJOR OF BRIGADE.
  • Maj. Thos. Hunter-Blair, 91st Foot, W.

MAJOR-GENERAL.
  • Sir Colin Halkett, K.C.B., W.
AIDES-DE-CAMP.
  • Capt. H. Marschalk, 1st Lt. Batt., K.G.L., K.
  • Capt. A. Home, 2nd Lt. Batt., K.G.L.
MAJOR OF BRIGADE.
  • Capt. W. Crofton, 54th Foot, K.

MAJOR-GENERAL.
  • Sir Hussey Vivian, K.C.B.
AIDE-DE-CAMP.
  • Capt. Edward Keane, 7th Hussars.
EXTRA AIDE-DE-CAMP.
  • Lt. C.A. Fitzroy, R.H. Gds.
MAJOR OF BRIGADE.
  • Capt. Thos. Noel Harris, h. p., W.

ADJUTANT-GENERAL.
  • Maj.-Gen. Sir Edward Barnes, K.C.B., W.
AIDE-DE-CAMP.
  • Maj. Andrew Hamilton, 4th W.I. Regt.
DEPUTY ADJUTANT-GENERAL.
  • Col. Sir John Elley, K.C.B., R.H. Gds., W.
ASSISTANT ADJUTANTS-GENERAL.
  • Lt.-Col. J. Waters, Unattached, W.
  • Lt.-Col. Sir George H. Berkeley, K.C.B., 35th Foot, W.
  • Lt.-Col. Sir Guy Campbell, Bt., 6th Foot.
  • Lt.-Col. Sir Noel Hill, K.C.B., 1st Ft. Gds.
  • Lt.-Col. D. Barclay, 1st Ft. Gds.
  • Lt.-Col. H. Rooke, 3rd Ft. Gds.
  • Lt.-Col. E. Currie, 90th Foot, K.
  • Maj. A. Wylly, 7th Foot.
  • Maj. G. Evatt, 55th Foot.
  • Maj. W. Darling, h. p.
  • Maj. F. Breymann, 2nd Lt. Batt., K.G.L.
DEPUTY ASSISTANT ADJUTANTS-GENERAL.
  • Capt. Hon. E.S. Erskine, 60th Foot, W.
  • Capt. Lord Charles Fitzroy, 1st Ft. Gds.
  • Capt. C.A.F. Bentinck, 2nd Ft. Gds.
  • Capt. George Black, 54th Foot.
  • Capt. H. Blanckley, 23rd Foot.
  • Capt. Hon. Wm. Curzon, 69th Foot, K.
  • Lt. Jas. Henry Hamilton, 46th Foot, W.
  • Lt. John Harford, 7th Rl. Veteran Batt.
  • Lt. E. Gerstlacher, 3rd Hussars, K.G.L.
  • Lt. Jas. Rooke, h. p.
DEPUTY JUDGE ADVOCATE.
  • Lt.-Col. Stephen Arthur Goodman, h. p.
DEPUTY QUARTERMASTER-GENERAL.
  • Col. Sir Wm. Howe de Lancey, K.C.B., K.
ASSISTANT QUARTERMASTERS-GENERAL.
DEPUTY-ASSISTANT QUARTERMASTERS-GENERAL.
  • Capt. E.T. Fitzgerald, 25th Foot, W.
  • Capt. Richard Brunton, 60th Foot.
  • Capt. Thos. Wright, Rl. Staff Corps, W.
  • Capt. H. MacLeod, 35th Foot, W.
  • Capt. J.J. Mitchell, 25th Foot, W.
  • Capt. W. Moore, 1st Ft. Gds.
  • Capt. Geo. Hillier, 74th Foot.
  • Capt. W.G. Cameron, 1st Ft. Gds.
  • Capt. F. Read, Rl. Staff Corps.
  • Lt. P. Barrailler, 33rd Foot.
  • Lt. Basil Jackson, Rl. Staff Corps.
  • Lt. A. Brauns, Rl. Staff Corps.
COMMANDANT AT HEAD-QUARTERS.
  • Col. Sir Colin Campbell, K.C.B., 2nd Ft. Gds.