K.  In 1793 the Hon. Arthur Wellesley was appointed lt.-col. of this regt. and commanded it for nearly ten eventful years. Wellington never forgot his old regiment, and it is recorded that he honoured Sir Colin Halkett’s brigade with several visits on Waterloo Day. In one visit late in the afternoon of that eventful day, he inquired “How they were?” The answer was that two-thirds of their number were down, and that the rest were so exhausted that leave to retire, even for a short time, was most desirable, some of the foreign corps, who had not suffered, to take their place. Gen. Halkett was told that the issue of the battle depended on the unflinching front of the British troops, and that even a change of place was hazardous in the extreme. Halkett impressively said, “Enough, my lord; we stand here until the last man falls.”

1.  Afterwards Maj.-Gen. W. Keith Elphinstone, C.B., Com.-in-Chf. in Bengal. 3rd son of the Hon. Wm. Fullerton Elphinstone, and grandson of the 10th Baron Elphinstone. C.B. and K.S.A. for Waterloo. Served in Afghanistan, and in the retreat from Cabul was taken captive by Akhbar Khan, and fell a sacrifice to bodily fatigue, 23rd April, 1842.

2.  Made bt. lt.-col. for Waterloo. Served with the 33rd in India, and was on the staff of the expedition which captured the island of Bourbon. Served in the campaign in Holland in 1814. Was severely wounded at Quatre Bras. Attained rank of lt.-gen. and col.-in-chf. 93rd Highlanders. C.B. D. 14th Jan., 1858.

3.  Promoted maj. 30th Dec., 1818. Exchanged to 1st W.I. Regt. 15th Feb., 1821. D. 23rd April, 1828.

4.  A native of Charleville. Succeeded to the command of the above regt. after 1830, and d. 21st July, 1841, on board the ss. Pandora, at St. Thomas’s, on his way home from Barbados.

5.  Afterwards Col. Joseph M. Harty, K.H., retired f. p. Entered the army in 1807. He served at the capture of Bourbon and the Isle of France (1810), the campaigns in Germany and Holland, including the attacks on Merxem and the assault of Bergen-op-Zoom (1813–14). His commissions are dated: Ensign, April 23rd, 1807; Lt., May 1st, 1807; Capt., March 11th, 1813; Maj., Dec. 20th, 1827; Lt.-Col., July 22nd, 1841; Col., Nov. 28th, 1854. Living 1874.

6.  Quitted the service as capt. in this regt.

7.  Bt.-major 1st Nov., 1821. H. p. unattached, 1st May, 1827.

8.  Capt. 16th June, 1815. Retd. f. p. 10th Jan., 1837. Living in 1846.

9.  Capt. 7th April, 1825. H. p. 25th May, 1826.

10.  Afterwards K.H. and lt.-col. of 59th Regt. Inspecting Field Officer Recruiting Staff, 1855. Maj.-Gen. 1858. Living 1860.

11.  Left the regt. in 1817.

12.  Placed on h. p. as lt. 18th May, 1821. Fifty years later he published for private circulation a short account of his Waterloo experiences, which the Editor had the pleasure of perusing a few years ago when staying at Oban, N.B., where the Veteran’s son resided on his own property.

13.  Eldest son of Lt.-Col. Ralph Gore, of the 33rd, by Sarah, dau. of George Wynne, Mayor of Plymouth, 1791.

14.  Became major in this regt. 1840, and retired on f. p. in 1842 with rank of lt.-col. Living in 1865.

15.  Belonged to an Irish family. D. as lt. in the regt., at Hull, 12th Sept., 1817, aged 26, and was buried with military honours in Trinity Church, Hull.

16.  H. p. 55th Foot, 14th Feb., 1822.

17.  Capt. 19th Sept., 1821. Exchanged to 58th Foot, 30th Jan., 1823. Out of the regt. before 1830.

18.  Lieut. 54th Foot 27th Nov. 1822. Out of the regt. before 1830.

19.  H. p. 1817.

20.  This officer’s Waterloo medal was many years in the Editor’s collection of war-medals. Lieut. 11th Aug., 1815. H. p. 1817.

21.  Major 43rd L.I. 1st July, 1828. Lt.-col. 7th May, 1841. Retd. 17th Oct. 1851. K.H. D. at Toronto.

22.  Lieut. 13th Aug., 1815. H. p. 1817.

23.  Lieut. 14th Aug., 1815. H. p. 1817. D. in Feb., 1860.

24.  Lieut. 10th Aug., 1815. H. p. 1817.

25.  Capt. 17th Nov., 1825. Exchanged to 21st Foot, and was promoted bt.-major in 1838. Serving in 1842.

26.  Lieut. 24th Foot, 18th June, 1818. H. p. 1823. Living in 1879.

27.  Lieut. 14th Aug., 1815. H. p. 1817.

28.  Lieut. 19th Aug., 1815. H. p. 1817.

29.  D. or left the regt. in 1816.

30.  Lieut. 23rd Nov., 1815. H. p. 1817.

31.  H. p. 1817.

32.  Fazackerley. Lieut. 1st Rl. Veteran Batt. 19th Oct., 1815. Retd. f. p. 1816.

1.  Eldest son of Rowland Heyland, of Castle Roe, co. Derry, by his 2nd wife (née MacDonald). M. Mary Kyffin, and had issue. His eldest son distinguished himself in the Crimea, and the youngest lost an arm at the battle of the Alma.

2.  C.B. and bt. lt.-col. for Waterloo, where he commanded his regt. during the latter part of the battle. Promoted major in Rifle Brigade. Placed on h. p. 1820. Col. 1837. Served throughout the Par. War, and commanded the regt. at the assault of Badajoz, for which he received the gold medal. In 1848 he received the silver war medal with 7 clasps. Served also at New Orleans. For some years he held the appointment of barrack-master at the Regent’s Park Barracks, and d. in London 22nd July, 1864.

3.  Afterwards Lt.-Col. S. Stretton, C.B., of Lenton Priory, Notts. Lt.-col. 21st June, 1817. Retired on h. p. 1824. M., 3rd March, 1821, the Hon. Catherine Massey, dau. of Nathaniel, 2nd Baron Clarina. (She d. 3rd July same year.) D. 6th Feb., 1842. M.I. in Athlone parish church. The tablet gives Col. Stretton’s services in the Pa. as follows:—“He was present in the following battles, in several of which he had the honour to command the above distinguished corps, viz., Vittoria, Pampeluna, Roncevalles, the several actions in the Pyrenees [gold medal] heights of St. Antonio, the passage of the Bidassoa, and heights above Vera in Spain. The battle of Sara and passage of the Nivelle, Bayonne, and passage of the Nive, Orthes, and Toulouse.”

4.  Made bt.-major for Waterloo. D. 1817.

5.  Serving as senior capt. in 1830.

6.  Serving in 1817. Out of the regt. before 1824.

7.  This officer had his head taken off by a cannon ball in the afternoon of Waterloo Day, when standing near the colours. “There goes my best friend,” exclaimed a private of Capt. Fisher’s company. “I will be as good a friend to you,” said the subaltern, who immediately took the deceased’s place in the square. This produced a grim laugh among the men, as they knew what the subaltern did not—that the private had spoken ironically, for he was an old offender, and had constantly been punished by Capt. Fisher.—(Autobiography of Sergt. W. Lawrence.)

8.  Retd. in 1823.

9.  Of Bishop’s Court, Waterford. Major 7th Sept., 1828. Unattached list 1829. K.H. M., 7th Sept., 1815, Julia, dau. of Wm. Talbot, of Castle Talbot, and had issue. Living 1830.

10.  Retired on h. p. 19th Sept., 1823. Served at Monte Video, Buenos Ayres, and in the Pa. D. at Thorpe-le-Soken 3rd Nov., 1857.

11.  Capt. 19th July 1815. Exchanged to 37th Foot 3rd May, 1821. Bt.-major in 1837. Serving in 1842.

12.  Capt. 20th July, 1815. Paymaster 10th June. 1824. D. in 1845.

13.  H. p., 27th Foot, 28th June, 1821.

14.  H. p., 21st Foot, 30th May, 1822.

15.  Capt. 25th June, 1827. Serving in 1830.

16.  Capt. 17th Nov., 1831. Exchanged to 83rd Foot in 1833. Retd. in 1840.

17.  H. p. 18th Nov., 1819.

18.  Was struck by a spent ball in his right eye, which was seriously impaired for life. (Pension.) Major 8th Apr., 1826. H. p. 7th May, 1829.

19.  H. p. 1816. This officer lived to receive the Par. medal with nine clasps in 1849.

20.  Capt. 63rd Foot 16th Aug., 1831. Sold out 1833. D. 1864. He recd. the Par. medal with nine clasps.

21.  H. p., 22nd Foot, 21st March, 1822. D. in 1827.

22.  H. p. 1818. D. in 1861.

23.  H. p., 58th Foot, 26th Oct., 1820.

24.  H. p. 1817.

25.  H. p. 1817. D. 10th Feb., 1854.

26.  H. p. 1817.

27.  H. p. 1816. 4th son of Valentine, 5th Visct. Kenmare. D. 1825.

28.  Superseded soon after Waterloo.

29.  H. p. 25th Feb., 1816.

30.  Shot through the spine, but lived a few hours.

31.  Capt. 6th March, 1823. Major 13th Nov., 1835. C.O. during first Afghan War. (C.B., bt. lt.-col. and medal). Lt.-col. 22nd July, 1845. D. 12th Nov., 1847.

32.  H. p. 25th Feb., 1816.

33.  H. p. 28th Foot, 1822. D. at Chapel House, Ealing, 6th March, 1855.

34.  H. p. 1816.

35.  H. p. 1816.

36.  H. p. 1816.

37.  Lieut. 1st March, 1821. H. p. 25th Oct., 1821.

38.  Served as a volunteer at Waterloo. Lieut. 15th Aug., 1822. Serving in 1825.

39.  Served as a volunteer at Waterloo. Ens. 47th Foot 26th July, 1820. Lieut. 60th Rifles 1827.

40.  D. in Aug., 1862, at Burton on Trent.