The Waterloo Roll Call
Capt. Thos. Wright, Rl. Staff Corps, W.
Promoted maj., 25th June, 1830. Placed on h. p. 5th Nov. same year.
Alive in 1846.
Capt. H.G. MacLeod, 35th Foot, W.
Aftds. Sir Henry George MacLeod, K.H. Col. h. p. 1838. Was knighted
by William IV., on being appointed Lt.-Gov. of St. Christopher’s.
Had previously served in Canada as A.D.C. to the Duke of Richmond.
D. at his residence, near Windsor, 20th Aug., 1847. He was 4th son
of Gen. Sir John MacLeod, G.C.H., R.A., and had served six years in
the R.A.
Capt. J.J. Mitchell, 25th Foot, W.
This officer was for some years capt. in the 1st Royals. None of the
Army Lists give his Christian names—only the enigmatical initials
“J.J.”
He was placed on the Irish Half Pay List, in 1816, as capt. in the
25th Foot, and his name disappeared altogether from the Army List
soon after that date.
Capt. W.G. Moore, 1st Ft. Gds.
Aftds. Lt.-Gen. Sir Wm. George Moore, K.C.B. Col.-in-Chf. 60th
Rifles. Eldest son of Francis Moore, Under-Sec. of War, by Frances,
Countess of Eglinton (dau. of Sir Wm. Twysden, Bart.). This Francis
Moore was youngest brother of the famous Sir John Moore “of Corunna
celebrity.” Bn. 1795. Educated at Harrow. Served as A.D.C. to Sir
John Hope at siege of Bayonne, and was severely wounded and taken
prisoner while attempting to assist his general when dismounted and
wounded in the sortie of 14th April, 1814. D. at Petersham, 23rd
Oct., 1862.
Capt. Geo. Hillier, 74th Foot.
Aftds. lt.-col. of the 62nd Regt. Served in Canada as A.D.C. to Sir
P. Maitland, and, subsequently, as D.Q.M.G. in Jamaica. Of Devizes,
Wilts. M. before 1820, and left, with other issue, the present
Lt.-Col. G.E. Hillier. D. in Bengal, 15th June, 1840.
Capt. W.G. Cameron, 1st Ft. Gds.
Son of Lt.-Gen. Wm. Neville Cameron, H.E.I.C.S., by Charlotte, dau.
of Sir Wm. Gordon, 7th Bart. of Embo, co. Sutherland. Capt. Wm.
Gordon Cameron lost his right arm at Waterloo and had other severe
wounds. K.H., made bt. lt.-col., 7th July, 1825, and placed on h. p.
the following day. D. at Christchurch, Hants, 26th May, 1856.
Capt. F. Read, Rl. Staff Corps.
Francis Read d. a capt. in the same regt., 4th June, 1829. He
appears to have been a relative of Lt.-Col. Wm. Read, who d. at
Madras, 21st Aug., 1827, whilst holding the appointment of D.Q.M.G.
Another of the same family (Constantine) was a Lieut. in Rl. Staff
Corps, 1830.
Lt. P.T. de Barrailler, 33rd Foot.
Peter Toussaint de Barrailler was, as his name implies, of Gallic
origin. The irony of fate decreed that he should use his sword
against the Gallic army in 1815. His name disappeared from the Army
List a few years after Waterloo.
Lt. Basil Jackson, Rl. Staff Corps.
The following memoir of this distinguished veteran appeared in the
_Illustrated London News_ of 9th Nov., 1889:—“A gallant military
veteran, who has died at the great age of ninety-four, was reckoned
one of the four surviving officers of the British Army present at
the battle of Waterloo. Colonel Basil Jackson, born at Glasgow on
June 27, 1795, was son of Major Basil Jackson; he entered the
Military College in 1808, and, having received his commission as
ensign, did not join a Line regiment, but was transferred to the
Royal Staff Corps, where he learned the duties of the
Quartermaster-General’s Department and engineering. In that branch
of the Army he was employed in Holland and Belgium, in 1814 and
1815, and in the Waterloo campaign did good service in clearing the
roads, and on the Duke of Wellington’s Staff. He accompanied the
army to Paris, and was afterwards selected to go to St. Helena with
Napoleon. In that island he remained till about a year and a half
before Napoleon’s death. At a later period he was employed in Nova
Scotia and in Canada, taking part in the construction of the Rideau
Canal. He held the Professorship of Military Surveying in the East
India Company’s Military College at Addiscombe during twenty years.
After retiring from the army he lived at Hillsborough, near Ross, in
Herefordshire.” M. 28th March, 1828, the dau. of Col. Muttlebury,
C.B.
Lt. A. Brauns, Rl. Staff Corps.
Probably a son of the Col. John Brauns, of the German Legion, who
was killed at the battle of Talavera. The above officer bore the
names of “Augustus Christ. Gotleib.” Was placed on h. p. as lieut.,
in 1819. Living 1846.
COMMANDANT AT HEAD-QUARTERS.
Col. Sir Colin Campbell, K.C.B., 2nd Ft. Gds.
5th son of John Campbell, of Melfort, by Colina, dau. of John
Campbell, of Auchalader. In 1792 he ran away from Perth Academy, and
entered himself on the books of a ship bound for the West Indies. He
was met in the fruit market at Kingston, Jamaica, by his brother
Patrick (aftds. an admiral), a lieut. on board a man-of-war, who
brought him home. In 1793 became a midshipman on board an East
Indiaman. Two years later we find him serving as a lieut. in the 3rd
Batt. Breadalbane Fencibles, and in 1799 he was appointed ens. in a
West India Regt. Exchanged to the Ross-shire Buffs, and as capt.,
served under Sir A. Wellesley at the storming of Ahmednuggur, where
his distinguished gallantry won him a brevet majority. At Assaye he
had two horses shot under him, and was severely wounded. He
accompanied Sir A. Wellesley to the Peninsula, and was for a
considerable time on the staff of the army. For his services in
Spain he obtained the gold cross with six clasps, and in Jan., 1815,
was made K.C.B. He was a splendid soldier, but a bad French scholar.
“When he wished his dinner to be arranged on the table, he used, as
it were, to address the dishes, ‘_Bif-teck venez içi! Petits pâtés
allez là!_’” (anecdote by Wellington). Was Governor of Ceylon from
1840–7. During his residence there he frequently heard from his
great chief, Wellington, his attached friend. “We are both growing
old,” wrote the Duke to Campbell; “God knows if we shall ever meet
again. Happen what may, I shall never forget our first meeting under
the walls of Ahmednuggur.” Sir Colin returned to England in June,
1847, and d. on the 13th of same month, in London, aged seventy-one,
and was buried in St. James’s Church, Piccadilly.
BRITISH AND HANOVERIAN ARMY
AT
WATERLOO,
_As formed in Divisions and Brigades on the 18th June, 1815._
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CAVALRY.
Commanded by Lieut.-Gen. the Earl of UXBRIDGE, G.C.B.
_1st Brigade._—Commanded by Major-Gen. Lord EDWARD SOMERSET, K.C.B.
1st Life Guards Lieut.-Col. Ferrior.
2nd ” Lieut.-Col. the Hon. E.P. Lygon.
Royal Horse Guards (Blue) Lieut.-Col. Sir Robert Hill.
1st Dragoon Guards Lieut.-Col. Fuller (Col.).
_2nd Brigade._—Major Gen. Sir WILLIAM PONSONBY, K.C.B.
1st, or Royal Dragoons Lieut.-Col. A.B. Clifton.
2nd (or Royal N.B.) Dragoons Lieut.-Col. J.I. Hamilton.
6th, or Inniskilling Dragoons Lieut.-Col. J. Muter (Col.).
_3rd Brigade._—Major-Gen. W.B. DORNBERG.
23rd Light Dragoons Lieut.-Col. the Earl of
Portarlington (Col.).
1st ” K.G.L. Lieut.-Col. J. Bulow.
2nd ” ” Lieut.-Col. C. de Jonquiera.
_4th Brigade._—Major-Gen. Sir JOHN O. VANDELEUR, K.C.B.
11th Light Dragoons Lieut.-Col. J.W. Sleigh.
12th ” Lieut.-Col. the Hon. F.C. Ponsonby
(Col.).
16th ” Lieut.-Col. J. Hay.
_5th Brigade._—Major-Gen. Sir COLQUHOUN GRANT, K.C.B.
7th Hussars Col. Sir Edward Kerrison.
15th ” Lieut.-Col. L.C. Dalrymple.
2nd ” K.G.L. Lieut.-Col. Linsingen.
_6th Brigade._—Major-Gen. Sir HUSSEY VIVIAN, K.C.B.
10th Royal Hussars Lieut.-Col. Quentin (Col.).
18th Hussars Lieut.-Col. the Hon. H. Murray.
1st ” K.G.L. Lieut.-Col. A. Wissell.
_7th Brigade._—Col. Sir F. ARENSCHILDT, K.C.B.
13th Light Dragoons Lieut.-Col. P. Doherty.
3rd Hussars, K.G.L. Lieut.-Col. Meyer.
Col. BARON ESTORFF.
Prince Regent’s Hussars Lieut.-Col. Count Kielmansegge.
Bremen and Verden Hussars Col. Busche.
BRITISH HORSE ARTILLERY.
{ Major Bull’s (Howitzers).
{ Lieut.-Col. Webber Smith’s.
{ Lieut.-Col. Sir Robert Gardiner’s.
Batteries { Capt. Whinyates’s (with rockets).
{ Capt. Mercer’s.
{ Major Ramsay’s.
* * * * *
INFANTRY.
_First Division._
Major-Gen. GEORGE COOKE.
_1st Brigade._—Maj.-Gen. P. MAITLAND.
1st Foot Guards, 2nd Batt. Major H. Askew (Col.).
” ” 3rd ” Major Hon. Wm. Stewart.
_2nd Brigade._—Major-Gen. Sir J. BYNG.
Coldstream Guards, 2nd Batt. Major A.G. Woodford (Col.).
3rd Regt. Foot Guards, 2nd Major F. Hepburn (Col.).
Batt.
ARTILLERY.
Lieut.-Col. ADYE.
Batteries { Capt. Sandham’s Foot Battery.
{ Major Kuhlman’s Horse ”
(K.G.L.)
_Second Division._
Lieut.-Gen. Sir H. CLINTON, G.C.B.
_3rd Brigade._—Major-Gen. F. ADAM.
62nd Foot, 1st Batt. Lieut.-Col. Sir J. Colborne, K.C.B.
71st ” ” Lieut.-Col. T. Reynell.
95th ” 2nd Rifles Major J. Ross (Lieut.-Col.).
95th ” 3rd ” Major A.G. Norcott (Lieut.-Col.).
_1st Brigade, K.G.L._—Col. DU PLAT.
1st Line Batt., K.G.L. Major W. Robertson.
2nd ” ” Major G. Muller.
3rd ” ” Lieut.-Col. F. de Wissell.
4th ” ” Major F. Reb.
_3rd Hanoverian Brigade._—Col. HALKETT.
Mil^a Batt. Bremervorde. Lieut.-Col. Schulenberg.
Duke of York’s, 2nd Batt. Major Count Munster.
” 3rd ” Major Baron Hunefeld.
Mil^a Batt., Salzgitter Major Hammerstein.
ARTILLERY.
Lieut.-Col. GOLD.
Batteries { Capt. Bolton’s Foot Battery
(British).
{ Major A. Sympher’s Horse ditto
(K.G.L.).
_Third Division._
Lieut.-Gen. Baron ALTEN.
_5th Brigade._—Major-Gen. Sir COLIN HALKETT, K.C.B.
30th Foot, 2nd Batt. Major W. Bailey (Lieut.-Col.).
33rd ” Lieut.-Col. W.K. Elphinstone.
69th ” 2nd Batt. Lieut.-Col. C. Morice (Col.).
73rd ” ” Lieut.-Col. W.G. Harris (Col.).