L.  On the morning of 18th June, 1815, the 51st was composed of 2 field officers, 9 captains, 26 subalterns, 6 staff officers, 39 sergts., 18 drummers, and 521 privates.

1.  Served under Sir Eyre Coote in Egypt, and was present at the taking of Alexandria. Commanded the 4th British Brigade at Waterloo. C.B. and K. St. Vladimir. M. in 1804, Lady Harriet Somerset, youngest dau. of the 5th Duke of Beaufort, and had issue. D. in London, 20th April, 1817, aged 45.

2.  Served in the Pa., and had the gold medal for Nivelle. Commanded the 51st at Waterloo. C.B. Lt.-col. of this regt. 1817. D. 7th March, 1840. He belonged to an old family in Carmarthenshire, and was brother to Ralph Rice, Judge at Bombay, who d. 1850.

3.  At Waterloo, Maj. Keyt was appointed by Col. Mitchell to command the light companies of the 51st, 14th, and 23rd regts. (which three regts. were under Col. Mitchell’s command), and for this command he was made bt. lt.-col. and C.B., after Waterloo. Was appointed Lt.-col. of the 84th Regt. in 1828, and d. in Jamaica in 1835.

4.  Promoted maj. in this regt., 17th May, 1821; lt.-col. in 1881; and retired on h. p. 1838. K.H. M.-Gen. 1854. Served in the Pa., and in 1848 received the silver war medal with five clasps. D. at Breslington, 8th May, 1856.

5.  Major 22nd June, 1815. Quitted the service before 1824.

6.  Retd. as capt. 1823. D. at Egham, 1844.

7.  Lt.-col. 1837. D. at Sydney, 1842.

8.  Retd. 1824.

9.  Maj. in this regt., 5th Nov., 1825. Lt.-col. on unattached list 1836, served in the Pa. and in the Walcheren expedition. Was severely wounded at Waterloo, and is said, “to have lost five brothers in this battle.” D. at Hardway, Herts, 16th Sept., 1851, aged 61.

10.  Retd. 1820 as capt.

11.  Edward Henry Frederick was 5th son of Sir John Frederick, Bart., by Mary, youngest dau. and co-heir of Richard Garth, of Morden, Surrey. Bn. 6th Aug., 1788. Retired on h. p. as capt. 7th April, 1826. D. 1846.

12.  Capt. 7th Apr. 1825. Retd. 1835.

13.  H. p. 1825. D. 21st Dec., 1845 at Askham Bryan, Yorkshire.

14.  Capt. 22nd June, 1815. Out of the regt. before 1824. Barrack-master at Sheffield, 1854. D. a military Knight of Windsor, 1865.

15.  Capt. 91st Foot 1830. Retd. same year.

16.  Capt. 18th Nov., 1819. H. p. 25th July, 1822. Living 1846.

17.  Capt. 14th Aug., 1828. Retd. 1843. D. 3rd Dec., 1859, at Launceston, Australia.

18.  Paymaster 68th Foot 8th Oct., 1818. Out of the army, 1836.

19.  H. p. 1824. D. at Lincoln, 1857.

20.  One of the greatest heroes of the Par. War. Led the Forlorn Hope on two successive occasions during the siege of Badajoz, in 1811, when Fort San Christoval was assaulted by the British. The second assault, on the night of 9th June, is graphically described in Reminiscences of a Subaltern:—“At ten o’clock at night, 200 men moved forward to the assault, Dyas leading the advance. He made a circuit until he came exactly opposite to the breach instead of entering the ditch as before; a sheep-path, which he remembered in the evening while he and Major MacGeechy made their observations, served to guide them to the part of the glacis in front of the breach. Arrived at this spot, the detachment descended the ditch, and found themselves at the foot of the breach; but here an unlooked-for event stopped their further progress, and would have been in itself sufficient to have caused the failure of the attack. The ladders were entrusted to a party composed of a foreign corps in our pay, called ‘the Chasseurs Britanniques’; these men, the moment they reached the glacis, glad to rid themselves of their load, flung the ladders into the ditch, instead of sliding them between the palisadoes; they fell across them, and so stuck fast, and being made of heavy green wood, it was next to impossible to move, much less place them upright against the breach, and almost all the storming party were massacred in the attempt. Placed in a situation so frightful, it required a man of the most determined character to continue the attack. Every officer of the detachment had fallen, Major MacGeechy one of the first; and at this moment Dyas and about five-and-twenty men were all that remained of the 200. Undismayed by these circumstances, the soldiers persevered, and Dyas, although wounded and bleeding, succeeded in disentangling one ladder, and placing it against what was considered to be the breach, it was speedily mounted, but upon arriving at the top of the ladder, instead of the breach, it was found to be a stone wall that had been constructed in the night, and which completely cut off all communication between the ditch and the bastion, so that when the men reached the top of this wall, they were, in effect, as far from the breach as if they had been in their own batteries. From this faithful detail it is evident that the soldiers did as much as possible to ensure success, and that failure was owing to a combination of untoward circumstances over which the troops had no control. Nineteen men were all that escaped.” The gallantry of Ensign Joseph Dyas was proclaimed to the world in Wellington’s account of the two assaults of San Christoval, but for all that a grateful War Office allowed him to remain a subaltern for ten years longer!

In Dec. 1820, owing to the representations of Col. Gurwood and Sir H. Torrens, the Duke of York promoted Dyas a capt. in the 2nd Ceylon Regt., but impaired health obliged him to retire on h. p. 9th Aug., 1821. D. 28th Apr., 1850 at Ballymuir, Ireland.

21.  Major 16th Dec., 1836. H. p. 30th June, 1837. Retd. 1849 as bt.-col. unattached.

22.  Commanded the above regiment for many years. Was son of Capt. John Elliott, R.N., one of Capt. Cook’s circumnavigators. Attained the rank of Gen. and Col.-in-Chf. 51st Regt. G.C.B. and K.H. M. in 1831 a dau. of W. Adams, of Ipswich. D. in London, 27th Feb., 1874.

23.  Retd. 1821. D. April, 1855.

24.  Afterwards maj. in same regt. Promoted lt.-col. unattached list 1849. Served in the Pa. with the 51st. M. Mary, dau. of Lt.-Col. Popham, and had issue. D. in Jersey, 25th Sept., 1858. He was 4th son of Edward Mainwaring, and grandson of Edward Mainwaring, of Whitmore Hall, co. Stafford—a family co-existent with the Norman Conquest.

25.  H. p. 60th Rifles 25th Feb., 1819.

26.  Son of Col. Tyndale of 1st Life Guards. He represented the younger branch of an ancient Gloucestershire family which resided at Stanchcombe in that county. Retired on h. p. as capt. in 1837, and was aftds. maj. on unattached list. For a short time held the post of military sec. to Gen. Sir A. Woodford at Gibraltar. M. in 1845 his cousin, a dau. of Samuel Phelps. D. s. p. at Gosport, 23rd Dec., 1854.

27.  H. p. 1818. D. 1840.

28.  H. p. 1818. Retd. 1840.

29.  Served in the Pa. Retired on h. p. as lieut. 1823. For some years previous to that date he was lieut. to the garrison company in the Bahamas. Was subsequently adjt. to the Brecknock Militia. D. at his residence, Upper Nutwell, co. Devon, 29th Dec., 1860.

30.  H. p. 1818. Retd. 1829. D. 17th June, 1859.

31.  Capt. 29th May, 1817. Exchanged to 13th Foot, 9 Apr., 1825. D. at Dinapore, 9th Aug., 1829.

32.  Second son (by a second wife) of Gen. the Hon. Frederick St. John (son of 3rd Visct. Bolingbroke). Acted as orderly officer to Sir H. Clinton at Waterloo. Aftds. maj. in the 52nd L.I. Retd. 1840. M. in Jan., 1836, Henrietta, third dau. of the Rev. John Jephson, and had issue. A Knight of Windsor. D. 24th July, 1866.

33.  H. p. 1818. Retd. 1825. Took Holy Orders and settled in Dublin.

34.  Eldest son of the Rev. H. Johnston, of Malherry, co. Dublin. H. p. 25th Dec., 1818. M. 2nd July, 1831, Sarah, dau. of Wm. Mills, of Cordoxtown, co. Kildare, and granddaughter of Sir John Dillon, Bart. D. 1836 at Dublin.

35.  Lieut. 47th Foot, 14th Sept., 1820. Capt. 1833. Retd. 1839.

36.  Lieut. 15th Foot, 8th Apr., 1825. D. at Montreal, 25th May, 1833.

37.  H. p. 60th Foot, 30th Sept., 1819. D. at Mominabad, East Indies, 16th May, 1824.

38.  H. p. 1846. D. same year.

39.  H. p. 97th Foot 18th Feb., 1819. Retd. 1830.

40.  Surgeon 4th D.G. 3rd Aug., 1826. D. at Piershill Barracks, Edinburgh, 14th Feb., 1831.

41.  Inspector-Gen. of Hospitals, 1843. H. p. 1847. D. 29th Oct., 1848.

42.  H. p. 1818.

1.  Afterwards F.-M. Lord Seaton, G.C.B., G.C.H., &c., and Col.-in-Chf. 2nd Life Guards. Only son of Samuel Colborne, of Lyndhurst, Hants, by Cordelia, dau. of John Garstin, of Castle Leiragh, co. Westmeath. Bn. 16th Feb., 1778. Educated at Christ’s Hospital and Winchester College. Ensign 20th Foot, 1794. Served in Egypt and at the battle of Maida. Was military sec. to Sir John Moore. Commanded a brigade in Portugal, Spain, and France (gold cross and three clasps). “Of his own accord he led the forward movement at Waterloo which determined the fortune of the day. When the column of the Imperial Guard was gaining the summit of the British position, and was forcing back one of the companies of the 95th, Colborne, seeing his left endangered, started the 52nd on its advance. Wellington saw the movement, and instantly sent to desire him to continue it.” Col. Chesney, the able author of Waterloo Lectures in commenting on the steadfast manner in which the British Guards faced the advancing Imperial Guards on the summit of the hill, says: “While on their left, Colborne, peerless among all the brave men who led Wellington’s battalions, coolly formed in line the 52nd, and without other prompting than that of his own genius for battle, advanced against their flank.” Created Baron Seaton, of Seaton, Devon, 14th Dec., 1839. F.-M. in 1860. M. 21st June, 1814, Eliz., eld. dau. of Rev. James Yonge, rector of Newton Ferrers, and had issue. D. 17th April, 1863.

2.  Afterwards Sir Charles Rowan, K.C.B. Chief Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police. Served as A.A.G. to the Light Division in the Pa. (gold medal and two clasps). 5th son of Robert Rowan, of Mullans, co. Antrim, by Eliza, dau. of Hill Wilson, of Purdysburn, co. Down. C.B. for Waterloo. Retired as bt. lt.-col. D. s. p. 8th May, 1852.

3.  Commanded the 52nd at Nive (gold medal). Placed on h. p. 4th May 1818; lt.-col. h. p. 1830. C.B. Living 1842.

4.  Afterwards Gen. Sir W. Chalmers. C.B. and K.C.H. Col.-in-Chf. 78th Highlanders. Served in Sicily, in the Walcheren expedition, and throughout the Par. War; being present at seventeen engagements. Commanded a wing of the 52nd at Waterloo and had three horses shot under him. Bt. lt.-col., 18th June, 1815. Eldest son of Wm. Chalmers, of Glenericht, Perthshire. Bn. 1787. D. at Dundee, 2nd June, 1860.

5.  Younger brother to Sir Charles Rowan. Aftds. F.-M. Sir Wm. Rowan, G.C.B., and Col.-in-Chf. 52nd L.I. Saw much active service all over Europe, and was a highly distinguished officer. M., 1811, Martha, dau. of John Spong, of Mill Hall, Kent, and d. s. p. at Bath, 26th Sept., 1879.

6.  Saw much service in the Pa. Severely wounded at Waterloo. Bt. maj. Aftds. maj.-gen., and K.H. D. at Cheltenham, 18th Sept., 1862.

7.  Probably son of Lt.-Col. John Shedden, h. p. 114th Regt. Quitted the service before 1824 as bt. maj.

8.  Afterwards Gen. Sir James Love. K.C.B. and K.H. Inspector-Gen. of Infantry and Col.-in-Chf. 57th Regt. Served in Sweden, Spain, Portugal, and America, and received four severe wounds at Waterloo. Aftds. British Resident at Zante, and Lt.-Gov. of Jersey. Bn. 1789. Son of James Love by Mary Wyse. M., 1825, Mary, dau. of Thos. Heavyside. D. 13th Jan., 1866.

9.  Maj. in same regt. 1822. Lt.-Col. of 73rd Regt., 1830. K.H. Of Greenfield, near Glasgow. D. there, 15th April, 1836.

10.  Elder son of Wm. Gore Langton, of Combe Hay, by Jacintha, only child of Henry Powell Collins. Bn. 1789. Served at Corunna. H. p. 1817. D. 3rd March, 1860, at Stapleton Park, Bristol.

11.  Bn. 1787, son of Wm. Cross, of Dartan, co. Armagh, by Mrs. Mary Stratford (née Irwin). Served with the 52nd in Sweden, Spain, and Portugal (medal with ten clasps). Subsequently commanded the 68th Regt., and retired as col. in 1843. K.H. Lt.-Gov. comg. forces in Jamaica. D. 27th Sept. 1850.

12.  Bn. in the parish of Saddleworth, Yorkshire, in 1781. Previous to enlisting in the 52nd, in 1799, worked as a cloth weaver. Corporal, 1801; sergt., 1803; sergt.-major, 1805; ensign and adjt., 1808; lieut. and adjt., 1810; paymaster, 1821. D. of yellow fever at St. Anne’s, Barbados, 26th Nov., 1838. Served all through the Par. War, and was wounded on several occasions.

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

14.  Retd. 1821.

15.  Capt. 19th Foot 10th Jan., 1834. Out of the said regt. before 1842.

16.  Adjt. 29th May, 1823. Out of said regt. in 1829.

17.  H. p. 1st Aug., 1816.

18.  H. p. 18th Feb., 1819.

19.  Eldest son of the Rev. Sir W.H. Clerke, Bart., rector of Bury, in Lancashire, by Byzantia, eldest dau. of Thos. Cartwright, of Aynho, co. Northampton. Succeeded 1818. M., 1820, Mary, dau. of Geo. Kenrick, of Mertyn, co. Flint, and had issue. D. 1861.

20.  Afterwards Maj. 72nd Regt. Living 1830.

21.  H.p. 1819.

22.  Son. of Capt. Samuel Gawler, 73rd Regt., who was killed at the storming of Fort Muggerall, 24th Dec., 1804. Bn. 21st July, 1795. Educated at R.M. College, Great Marlow. A commission was given to him in 1810 in recognition of his father’s services. Served in the Pa., and led the ladder party of the stormers of the 52nd at Badajoz. An extract from his journal is given in Moorsom’s Records of the 52nd Regiment, and graphically describes the crisis of Waterloo. If Col. Gawler claims the whole credit for the 52nd, he is at one with the rest of the officers of that gallant regt. The truth seems to be that there were two distinct columns of Napoleon’s Guards launched against our troops at the close of Waterloo, and that whilst one was met and routed by our Guards in the centre, the other was attacked in flank by the 52nd and hurled back. Promoted from the 52nd to an unattached lt.-colonelcy, 12th Aug, 1834. K.H. Col. 1846. Appointed Governor and Resident Commissioner of South Australia, April, 1838. Superseded, 15th May, 1841. M., 21st Sept., 1820, Maria, eldest dau. of John Cox, of Derby, and had issue. D. 7th May, 1869. Bd. at Southsea, Portsmouth. Miss Gawler (daughter of Col. Gawler) supplied part of the above information.