The Waterloo Roll Call
D. a capt. in this regt., at Berhampore, 26th Nov., 1821.
Footnote 8:
Placed on h. p. from same regt., 12th Aug., 1819. Son of Sir James
Duberly, Knt., of Gaynes Hall, co. Huntingdon, by his 1st wife,
Rebecca Howard. Served in the Pa. M., 21st Sept., 1837, the 3rd dau.
of the Hon. Wm. Grey, and had issue. D. 3rd March, 1864.
Footnote 9:
H. p. 30th July, 1818. Appointed a Knight of Windsor. D. 17th Jan.,
1848.
Footnote 10:
H. p. 25th March, 1817. Living in 1846.
Footnote 11:
Promoted capt. same regt. 30th Oct., 1817. 2nd son of Ferdinando
Smith, of Halesowen Grange, co. Worcester, by Eliz., dau. of Humphrey
Lyttelton. Bn. 24th June, 1785. D. unmarried in India, 4th May, 1824.
Footnote 12:
H. p. 24th July, 1817. Living in 1836.
Footnote 13:
H. p. in 1817. Adjt. N. Somerset Y.C. in 1821. The Lyes are a
Wiltshire family, and have served their country on many notable
occasions. At Inkermann a son of Capt. Richard Leigh Lye, and a nephew
of the above, met a soldier’s death.
Footnote 14:
Son of Rev. Charles Phelips (4th son of Edward Phelips, of Montacute,
co. Somerset), by Mary, dau. of Thos. Blackmore, of Briggins Park,
Herts.
Footnote 15:
Afterwards Lt.-Col. J.R. Rotton, J.P. for Sussex. D. at Chichester,
13th Feb., 1855.
Footnote 16:
James Stewart-Moore, of Ballydivity, co. Antrim, J.P. and D.L.; High
Sheriff 1849. Eldest son of J. Stewart-Moore, by Margaret, dau. of
Ven. Wm. Sturrock, Archdeacon of Armagh. Served in the Pa. and in
India. Pierced in three places at Genappe by a Polish lancer. Bn.
1793. M., 1845, Frances Richardson, and had issue. Retired on h. p. as
capt., 25th Dec., 1819. D. 1870.
Footnote 17:
Promoted capt. 24th April, 1816. Exchanged to 2nd Life Gds. 10th Oct.,
1816. Quitted the service in 1822.
Footnote 18:
This officer’s second name is omitted in the Army Lists. He appears to
be the Wm. Henry Stewart who is described in Burke’s _Peerage and
Baronetage_ as “Major 19th Lancers.” 2nd son of Sir James Stewart,
Bart., M.P. for Donegal in 1802. D., unmarried, 6th June, 1820, aged
27.
Footnote 19:
Afterwards Capt. 3rd Foot Gds. Retd. as lt.-col. h. p. 1829. 4th son
of Sir Charles des Vœux, 1st Bart., by Mary Anne, dau. of Dean
Champagne. M., firstly, 1833, Georgina, dau. of Richard Streatfield,
and had issue. D. 30th Nov., 1864.
Footnote 20:
Subsequently served in India, and was at the capture of Bhurtpore.
Commissions dated: cornet, April 8th, 1813; lt., June 22nd, 1815;
capt., May 5th, 1824; maj., June 28, 1838. Lt.-col., retd., 1851. D.
16th June, 1889.
Footnote 21:
The last of an ancient family. Son and heir of Walden Orme. Quitted
the service as Capt. 6th Dgns., 1829. D. at Hale, near Stamford, 6th
Oct., 1860.
Footnote 22:
6th son of Wm. Schreiber and Mary his wife. Twin brother of Rev. Thos.
Schreiber, Rector of Bradwell, in Essex. Bn. at Wickham Market 19th
Oct., 1794. Educated at Dalham Grammar School. Had his horse shot
under him at Waterloo. Afterwards A.D.C. to Sir John Cameron.
Exchanged to 18th Lt. Dgns., and was placed on h. p., as capt., 1821.
M. Anne, dau. of — Hume of Colchester. Lt.-col. h. p. 1851. Resided
latterly at Cheltenham, where the Editor had the pleasure of knowing
him in 1867.
Footnote 23:
4th son of Jonathan Watson (who assumed, in 1810, the surname of
Bullock), of Faulkbourn Hall, Witham, Essex. Appointed capt. in 1st
Life Gds. 26th Dec., 1821. Maj. h. p. 23rd July, 1831. M., 1825,
Charlotte, 2nd dau. of John Hall, of Weston Colville, Cambridgeshire,
and had issue. D. at Bury St. Edmunds, 9th July, 1855.
Footnote 24:
Quitted the service in 1818.
Footnote 25:
Afterwards in 3rd Dgn. Gds. D. at Broxbourne 6th June, 1841.
Footnote 26:
H. p. 1819 from 6th West India Regt.
Footnote 27:
6th son of George O’Malley, of Gornsay, Castlebar, co. Mayo, by Eliz.
Clarke. D. at Cawnpore, 11th Sept., 1821. See notes to 44th Foot for
account of his brother George.
Footnote 28:
D. at Meerut in 1825.
12TH (OR THE PRINCE OF WALES’S) REGIMENT OF LIGHT DRAGOONS.
[12TH LANCERS.]
Rank in the
——————
LIEUT.-COLONEL. Regiment.│Army.
[1] Hon. F.C. Ponsonby, W. 11 June, 1811 │Col., 4 June, 1814
MAJOR. │
[2] James Paul Bridger 10 Dec. 1811 │
CAPTAINS. │
[3] Samson Stawell 29 Jan. 1806 │28 Feb. 1805
[4] George F. Erskine 19 May, 1808 │
[5] Edwin W.T. Sandys, W. 30 Mar. 1809 │19 Aug. 1808
[6] Houston Wallace 10 Jan. 1811 │11 Jan. 1810
[7] Alexander Barton 17 Jan. 1811 │
[8] Henry Andrews 9 July, 1812 │
[9] Alexander Charles Craufurd 9 June,│1814
(Volr.) │
LIEUTENANTS. │
[10] Wm. Heydon 13 June, 1805 │
[11] James Chatterton 6 June, 1811 │
[12] John Vandeleur 10 July, 1811 │
[13] Wm. Hay 11 July, 1811 │
[14] Wm. H. Dowbiggen, W. 31 Dec. 1811 │8 Aug. 1811
[15] Albert Goldsmid 20 Feb. 1812 │
[16] Abraham Lane 30 Mar. 1815 │15 Oct. 1812
Lindsey James Bertie, K. 30 Mar. 1815 │7 May, 1812
[17] John Henry Slade 6 Apr. 1815 │
[18] Thomas Reed 2 May, 1815 │
[19] John Griffiths (_sic_) 4 May, 1815 │
Adjt. │
CORNET. │
[20] John Elliott(_sic_) 28 Apr. 1814 │
Lockhart, K. │
PAYMASTER. │
[21] Wm. [Loftus] Otway 14 Feb. 1811 │
QUARTERMASTER. │
[22] Richard Sidley 10 June, 1813 │
SURGEON. │
[23] Benjamin Robinson 15 Oct. 1803 │2 Feb. 1795
ASSISTANT-SURGEON. │
[24] John G. Smith 28 Oct. 1813 │11 Mar. 1813
VETERINARY SURGEON. │
[25] James Castley 17 Aug. 1809 │18 June, 1807
_Blue._ _Facings yellow._ _Lace silver._
Footnote 1:
Aftds. Maj.-Gen. Sir Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby, K.C.B. and K.M.T.,
Gov. of Malta. 2nd son of Frederick, 3rd Earl of Bessborough, by Lady
Henrietta, 2nd dau. of 1st Earl Spencer. Bn. 6th July, 1783. Cornet
10th Lt. Dgns. 1800. Maj. 23rd Lt. Dgns. 1807. At head of this regt.
distinguished himself at Talavera, in 1809. Lt.-col. of the regt.
1810. At Barossa, with a squadron of German dragoons, he charged the
French cavalry covering the retreat, overthrew them, and took two
guns. Lt.-Col. 12th Lt. Dgns. 1811. Again signally distinguished
himself at the battles of Salamanca and Vittoria. His experiences at
Waterloo were almost unique, as when lying grievously wnded. on the
field, after a most gallant charge, in the French lines, a lancer who
was passing by and saw Ponsonby move, exclaimed: “_Tu n’est pas mort,
coquin_,” and struck his lance through the English officer’s back. “My
head dropped” (wrote Ponsonby in his subsequent narrative of his
experiences), “the blood gushed into my mouth, a difficulty of
breathing came on, and I thought all was over.” But the bitterness of
death was not yet past. Soon after, a tirailleur came up and roughly
searched him all over, robbing Ponsonby of what money he had about
him. He was hardly quit of this scoundrel before another appeared with
the same intent. At last a good Samaritan appeared in the shape of a
French officer, who administered brandy to the apparently dying
Englishman, and then passed on “to pursue the retreating British”!
What followed is best given in Ponsonby’s own words: “Presently
another tirailleur appeared, who came and knelt and fired over me,
loading and firing many times, and conversing with great gaiety all
the while. At last he ran off.” The evening came, and with it the
Prussians. “Two squadrons of Prussian cavalry, both of them two deep,
passed over me in full trot, lifting me from the ground and tumbling
me about cruelly. A German soldier, bent on plunder, came and pulled
me about roughly before he left me.” An English private next appeared,
and on Ponsonby telling him who he was, the soldier picked up a sword
and stood sentry over him. Next morning Ponsonby was removed in a cart
to a farmhouse, and laid in a bed from which poor Sir A. Gordon had
just been carried out dead. Col. Ponsonby had received seven wounds; a
surgeon slept in his room, and he was saved by continual bleeding—120
ounces in two days, besides the great loss of blood on the
field.—_Narrative._ M., 1825, Emily, youngest dau. of 3rd Earl
Bathurst, and had issue. D. 11th Jan., 1837.
Footnote 2:
Bt.-lt. col. for Waterloo, and C.B. Retd. in 1821. M., 1831, Jane, 4th
dau. of John Copeland. D. 17th May, 1841.
Footnote 3:
Appears to have been a son of Sampson Stawell, of Kilbrittain, co.
Cork. Lt.-col. of same regt. 1827. Present with his regt. at Queen
Victoria’s coronation, and received a special gold medal. D. 21st Aug.
1849.
Footnote 4:
George Francis Erskine. Was 2nd son of Hon. Hy. Erskine (2nd son of
5th Earl of Buchan), the eminent Scotch advocate. Maj. same regt. 24th
Oct., 1821. Retd. as lt.-col.
Footnote 5:
Had served with distinction in the Pa. D. of his wounds soon after
Waterloo. There have been generations of the name of Edwin Sandys, and
this “Edwin W—— T—— Sandys” may have been a cadet of the noble house
of Sandys, now extinct.
Footnote 6:
Quitted the service in 1822.
Footnote 7:
Promoted bt.-maj. 21st Jan., 1819, for distinguished conduct in the
field while on service in the Pa. In 1826 a body of British troops was
sent to Lisbon to aid the Portuguese Govt. Four troops of the 12th
Lancers (so styled since 1817), commanded by Maj. Barton, embarked at
Portsmouth in December for Portugal, where they remained for two
years. Living in 1830.
Footnote 8:
Retd. on h. p. as maj. 25th Jan., 1828. Restored to full pay as Maj.
3rd Lt. Dgns. D. in Bengal, 1838.
Footnote 9:
A volunteer from the 2nd Ceylon Regt. Was transferred to 12th Lancers
as capt. 26th Oct., 1820, and received a bt. majority in Aug., 1821.
His Waterloo medal was for long in the Seaforth collection. Only son
of Sir James Craufurd, Bart., of Kilbirney, co. Stirling. M., 1818,
Barbara, 4th dau. of 7th Earl of Coventry, and d. s. p. 1838.
Footnote 10:
This unfortunate officer was twenty years a lieut. in this regt.
Promoted capt. 2nd June, 1825, and placed on h. p. 22nd Dec. same
year. Living 1830.
Footnote 11:
2nd son of Sir Jas. Chatterton, Bart., by Rebecca, dau. of Abraham
Lane, of Cork. Bn. 1792. Saw much service in the Pa. Aftds. held high
commands. K.C.B. and K.H. M., 1825, Annetta, dau. of James Atkinson,
of York. Succeeded to the baronetcy in 1855. On the occasion of the
Queen’s coronation, commanded the 4th Dgn. Gds., and received a
special gold medal. At the Duke of Wellington’s funeral carried the
“Great Banner,” by Her Majesty’s request, “in consideration of his