The Waterloo Roll Call / With Biographical Notes and Anecdotes

9.  H. p. 1st June, 1816. D. at Fakenham, 29th Nov., 1854.

10.  H. p. 1st Nov., 1822. D. at Spa, 29th Aug., 1848.

11.  H. p. 31st Dec., 1824. D. 6th Apr., 1858.

12.  H. p. 30th March, 1825. D. in London, 9th July, 1861.

13.  D. at Montreal, 24th March, 1825.

14.  D. 28th Jan., 1824.

15.  H. p. 1st May, 1816. D. in Ireland, 20th Jan., 1825.

16.  Retd. 8th Nov., 1832.

17.  Sen. surgeon 18th June, 1846. H. p. 8th Nov., 1852. Staff surgeon, 1st class, 20th July, 1855. D. at Inverness, 30th Sept., 1862.

1.  Served through the whole of the Par. war, and in 1848 recd. the medal with fourteen clasps. He also recd. the Waterloo medal. H. p. 6th Aug., 1816. An interesting memoir of this veteran, with his portrait, appeared in The Regiment, 29th Aug., 1896.

2.  H. p. 27th March, 1816. D. in 1818. His Waterloo medal was for long in the Seaforth collection.

1.  Afterwards Sir Randal Routh, K.C.B., commissary-gen. Son of Richard Routh, Chief Justice of Newfoundland. Bn. at Poole, co. Dorset, 1787. Served in the Pa. M. in Paris, in 1815, the niece of the French Bishop of Canada. D. in Jersey, 29th Nov., 1858.

2.  Reed, the Par. medal with eleven clasps in 1848. Retd. h. p. as commissary-gen. 30th Aug., 1833. Living 1846.

3.  H. p. commissary-gen. 24th Dec., 1844. Recd. the Par. medal with seven clasps in 1848. See mention of this officer in the paper on “Waterloo” in the Cornhill Mag., 1897.

4.  Dep. commissary-gen. 22nd Oct., 1816. Served with the Walcheren expedition and in the Pa. He wrote a MS. journal of his services which came into the Editor’s possession a few years ago, and is now in the R.A. Institution Library.

5.  Afterwards the Rev. A.R.C. Dallas, Rector of Wonston, Hants. “He left a distinguished name behind him as a clergyman, particularly in Ireland, where his work was well recognised.” Eldest son of Robert Dallas, of Dallas Castle.

6.  Afterwards commissary-gen. D. in London, 10th March, 1862.

V.  The col.-in-chf. of this regt. was Charles, 4th Duke of Richmond, K.G., a gen. and gov. of Plymouth. He was present at Waterloo as a spectator, and although Wellington, his personal friend, implored him early in the day to retire to Brussels, the Duke did not beat a retreat until the battle was half over. He was accompanied by his son, Lord William Lennox (a boy of 15), a cornet in the Horse Guards, and extra A.D.C. to Gen. Maitland. By an unfortunate accident, a few days before the battle, Lord William fractured his right arm, and had the sight of one of his eyes destroyed, and although he left his sick bed at Brussels to proffer his services to Gen. Maitland, the latter felt himself obliged to decline them, so the disappointed youth followed his father and another brother to the field, en amateur. Gen. Mercer records in his Waterloo Journal how surprised he was to see “a fine, tall, upright old gentleman, in plain clothes, followed by two young ones, come across our front at a gallop, from the Brussels road, and press forward to so hot a fight.” This fine old veteran died from hydrophobia, while holding the appointment of Gov.-Gen. of Canada, 28th Aug., 1819.

1.  Probably a son of Gen. Archibald Macalister, who for many years commanded this regt. D. at Axminster in Aug., 1869.

2.  Served for many years in the Rl. Irish Artillery, and was transferred to above regt. Retd. on f. p., Rl. Irish Artillery, in 1817, and d. at Sidmouth, 11th Oct., 1850. For an account of his family see the Editor’s English Army Lists and Commission Registers, 1661–1714, Vol. V., p. 227, note 2.

3.  H. p. 27th Feb., 1818. Adjt. 3rd West York Militia, 1827. D. 18th July, 1850.

4.  Appointed ens. in the 35th Foot, 20th Feb., 1800. Served at the blockade of Malta. Lieut. 82nd Foot 1803. Served at the siege of Copenhagen, and was wounded at Windmill Battery; recd. the thanks of Col. Sir Geo. Smith for his heroism while employed at that post. Capt. in the army 8th Sept., 1808. Capt. 74th Foot 2nd Nov., 1809. Was with Sir John Moore’s army during the whole of its operations until its returning from Madrid and Burgos to the north of Portugal. Employed on recruiting service 1810-Sept., 1812. Exchanged back to 35th Foot in 1813. Served with Lord Lynedoch’s army in the Netherlands. Recd. the medal for Waterloo. Transferred to 7th Veteran Battalion, 3rd Aug., 1815. Retd. f. p. 24th May, 1816. D. 23rd Sept., 1839. The above information was communicated by Capt. McNeil’s nephew, the late Major-Gen. McNeil, of the Indian Army.

5.  H. p. 1817. D. in 1863.

6.  Capt. 24th Aug., 1815. H. p. 25th June, 1817.

7.  H. p. 34th Foot 1837.

8.  H. p. 27th Foot 1825.

9.  H. p. 25th Feb., 1816.

10.  H. p. 25th June, 1817.

11.  Lieut. 25th Sept., 1815. H. p. 1817.

12.  Lieut. 28th Sept., 1815. H. p. 25th Apr., 1817.

13.  Lieut. 30th Nov., 1815. Exchanged to 20th Foot, 24th July, 1823. Exchanged to 98th Foot, 5th July, 1827.

14.  Lieut. 26th July, 1821. H. p. in Oct. same year. Restored to full pay as ensign 47th Foot, 8th June, 1826. Serving in 1830.

15.  H. p. 2nd Apr., 1818.

1.  “The man who let Boney go.” This distinguished officer was second son of Capt. Neil Campbell, of Duntroon. Bn. 1st May, 1776. Joined 6th West India Regt. as ensign in 1797. After three years’ service in West Indies returned to England and joined 95th Rifles as a lieut., and in following year purchased a company in same regt. In 1805 was promoted major in 43rd Foot, and in 1806 was removed to 54th Foot. Served with this regt. in Jamaica, and in 1808 returned home. Again sent to West Indies as a bt. lt.-col. on the staff, and in that capacity was present at the capture of Guadaloupe. Commanded a Portuguese regt. during the Par. War. In Feb., 1813, was sent to Russia by the British Government, and was employed by Gen. Lord Cathcart, British Ambassador at St. Petersburg, to accompany a corps of the Russian army and report on its force and military operations. In the autumn of 1813 was detached to the siege of Dantzig, where a corps of 30,000 men was employed under Prince Alexander of Wurtemberg. On the 24th March, 1814, was severely wounded at Fere Champenoise, in France, in a cavalry charge, by a Cossack, who mistook him for a French officer and struck him to the ground. In April, 1814, was chosen by the British Government to accompany Napoleon from Fontainebleau to Elba. Author of Napoleon at Fontainebleau. In the following spring, whilst Col. Campbell was at Florence, having left Elba for a few days on pressing business, Napoleon formed and carried out his plan of escape. Commanded the 54th in 1815, and was at the storming of Cambray. C.B. Gold cross for the capture of Martinique and Guadaloupe, siege of Ciudad Rodrigo, and battle of Salamanca. A knight bachelor, maj.-gen., Governor of Sierra Leone, where he died of fever, 14th Aug., 1827.

2.  Bt. lt.-col. 12th Aug., 1819. D. in 1829.

3.  Retd. as bt. lt.-col. 1845. D. 1850.

4.  Lt.-col. unatt. 23rd Nov., 1841. D. in Edinburgh in Feb., 1853.

5.  Son of Lt.-Gen. Sir Gonville Bromhead, 1st Bart., by Jane, youngest dau. of Sir Charles Ffrench, Bart. In 1830 was a maj. on the h. p. list. Bn. 22nd Jan., 1791. M., 1823, Judith Coriston, youngest dau. of James Wood, of Woodville, co. Sligo.

6.  Son of Alderman Evanson, of Cork. D. as capt. in this regt. in Jan. 1827.

7.  Paymaster Nov., 1818. Retd. 1825. D. in Feb., 1854.

8.  Capt. 30th Jan., 1823. D. at Trichinopoly, 30th June, 1836.

9.  Capt. 3rd Jan., 1822. H. p., capt. 78th Foot, 6th Feb., 1823.

10.  Lieut. 64th Foot 9th Dec., 1819. Capt. h. p., 3rd Foot, 24th Oct., 1821. Given the local rank of major while serving in Africa, 22nd Nov., 1821.

11.  Afterwards Maj.-Gen. M.S.H. Lloyd, h. p. unattached. Entered the army in 1813. He was present at the taking of Cambray and Paris, also served in India against the Rajah of Kolapore (1826), and in the campaign in the southern Mahratta country (1844). His commissions are dated: Ensign, Dec. 16th, 1813; Lieut. March 2nd, 1815; Capt. Sept. 13th, 1835; Maj. Nov. 9th, 1846; Lt.-col. June 20th, 1854; Col. May 14th, 1859; Maj.-Gen. March 6th, 1868. Son of Richard Bateman Lloyd, by Eliz., widow of Capt. Trant. Living 1876.

12.  Capt. 5th Jan., 1826. Bt.-major 23rd Nov., 1841. Retd. Nov., 1846, on full pay. D. 1852.

13.  Lieut. 27th Nov., 1821. Capt. 29th Aug., 1826. Major 25th Dec., 1829. Lt.-col. 23rd Nov., 1841. Col. 20th June, 1854. Major-Gen. 26th Oct., 1858. Served the campaign of 1824–5 in Ava, including the taking of Rangoon. Led the attack upon the fortified heights of Aracan, and was sev. wounded. K.H. and medal. At the time of his death, 22nd March, 1865, was hon. colonel of 59th Foot.

14.  Lieut. 18th Apr., 1822. H. p. 30th Aug., 1826.

15.  Lieut. 27th June, 1822. Adjt. 25th Oct., 1827. Capt. 16th July, 1833. Paymaster 92nd Highrs. 23rd July, 1844. D. or retd. 9th June, 1846.

16.  Retd. f. p. 1827.