The Waterloo Roll Call
Living in 1874 as Lt. J.R. Smith, h. p. 38th Foot. Entered the army in
1814. Was present at the storming of Cambray, and afterwards at the
capture of Hattras, in the East Indies. Also served in the Deccan
campaign of 1817–18. His commissions are dated: Ensign, Oct. 13th,
1814; lt., March 20th, 1824.
Footnote 29:
The only officer of the 14th Foot wounded at Waterloo, and he, strange
to say, “was the shortest man in the regiment” (Lord Albemarle’s
account of the battle.) A brother ensign, Arthur Ormsby, was wounded
at Cambray six days later.
Footnote 30:
Capt. 90th Foot 26th Dec., 1826. Serving in 1830.
Footnote 31:
1st Lieut. Rl. Welsh Fusiliers 7th Apr. 1825. Ret. h. p. 10th Foot
31st Dec., 1830. Living 1846.
Footnote 32:
H. p. 24th Feb., 1818.
Footnote 33:
H. p. 9th May, 1818.
Footnote 34:
The 6th Earl of Albemarle, gen. in the army, unattached. Bn. 13th
June, 1799. 2nd son of Wm. Charles 4th Earl of Albemarle, by his first
wife, the hon. Eliz. Southwell, dau. of Edward Lord de Clifford.
England may thank Wm. III. for having given us the Keppels 200 years
ago. It was this monarch who brought over Arnold Joost Van Keppel
(descended from Walter Van Keppel, Lord of Keppel, 1179) as a page in
1688, and who raised him from one high post to another until he became
Earl of Albemarle, a Knight of the Garter, and gen. of the Dutch
forces in 1702. This nobleman fought under Marlborough in the wars of
Queen Anne, and our last Stuart monarch stood sponsor to Lord
Albemarle’s eldest son, who succeeded his father as William Anne 2nd
Earl—a general officer and British ambassador to Paris. The two eldest
sons of the 2nd earl were equally distinguished in their respective
professions—the army and navy. Viscount Bury was A.D.C. to the Duke of
Cumberland at Fontenoy and Culloden. He subsequently attained the rank
of lt.-gen. and was com.-in-chf. at the reduction of the Havannah,
which brought him much renown. His brother Augustus became famous as
Adm. Keppel, and for his eminent services was created Visct. Keppel,
of Elvedon, Suffolk (extinct). Gen. Visct. Bury succeeded as 3rd Earl,
and it was his grandson, the sixth earl, who joined the 3rd Batt. 14th
Foot six weeks before Waterloo. The following Waterloo anecdote is
given by Mrs. Ward in her memoir of Col. Tidy (already referred to),
and is corroborated by Lord Albemarle himself in his interesting
autobiography published in 1876:—
“Mr. Keppel was sitting on a drum just in front of my father’s mare
when she was shot—he was even stroking the poor thing’s face at the
time that the ball struck her down, broke the bit of the bridle and
knocked him head over heels, drum and all. The animal plunging in her
agony, threw the square into great confusion, and her misery was
speedily put an end to by the soldiers’ bayonets.” On the 25th May,
1820, Ensign Keppel (then in 22nd Foot) was promoted lieut. Exchanged
to 20th Foot, 1821; Capt. 62nd Foot, 1825; and in 1827 was promoted to
an unattached majority. Lt.-Col., 1841; Col., 1854; M.-Gen., 1858;
Lieut.-Gen., 1866; and Gen. 1874. M. 4th Aug., 1831, Susan, dau. of
Sir Coutts Trotter, Bart., and by her (who d. 3rd Aug., 1885) had
issue. D. 21st Feb., 1891.
Footnote 35:
Paymaster 47th Foot 2nd May, 1816. Serving in 1824.
Footnote 36:
“For some time after the firing had begun,” writes Lord Albemarle in
his account of Waterloo, “Mrs. Ross, our quartermaster’s wife,
remained with the regt. She was no stranger to a battle-field, and had
received a severe wound in Whitelock’s disastrous retreat from Buenos
Ayres (1807) at the time her husband was a sergt. in the 95th. She was
at length persuaded to withdraw, and retired to the belfry of Waterloo
Church.”
Footnote 37:
Commissioned ensign 14th Foot 27th June, 1815. Out of the regt. before
1st Jan., 1817.
Footnote 38:
Out of the regt. in 1816.
Footnote 39:
H. p. 25th March, 1816.
23RD REGIMENT OF FOOT (OR ROYAL WELSH
FUSILIERS).
Rank in the
——————
LIEUT.-COLONEL. Regiment.│Army.
[1] Sir Henry Walton Ellis, 23 Apr. 1807 │Col., 4 June, 1814
K.C.B., W. │
MAJORS. │
[2] Thomas Dalmer 10 Dec. 1807 │Lt.-Col., 17 Aug.,
│1812
[3] J. Humph. Edw. Hill, W. 12 Mar. 1812 │Lt.-Col., 21
│Sept., 1813
CAPTAINS. │
Joseph Hawtyn, K. 11 Sept. 1806 │Maj., 17 Aug. 1812
[4] Francis Dalmer 10 Dec. 1807 │Maj., 26 Aug. 1813
[5] Thomas Strangeways 6 Apr. 1809 │
_Wm. Campbell_ 15 June, 1809 │Maj., 12 Apr. 1814
[6] Charles Jolliffe, K. 18 June, 1811 │
Thos. Farmer, K. 16 Apr. 1812 │
[7] Henry Johnson, W. 14 May, 1812 │
_Henry S. Blanckley_ 6 Apr. 1815 │21 May, 1812
FIRST LIEUTENANTS. │
[8] Francis O’Flaherty 6 Aug. 1807 │
[9] James Milne 21 Oct. 1807 │
[10] Wm. Walley 10 Dec. 1807 │
[11] Evan M. Brown 20 Apr. 1809 │
G. Fensham, K. 4 Jan. 1810 │
[12] Ralph Smith 22 Mar. 1810 │
[13] Harry Palmer 11 Apr. 1811 │
[14] Isaac Watkins Harris 20 June, 1811 │
[15] J. Enoch, Adjt. 15 Aug. 1811 │
[16] Gismond Phillips (_sic_) 5 Sept. 1811 │
[17] John Macdonald 11 Oct. 1811 │
[18] George Fielding 7 Nov. 1811 │
[19] Robt. Pattison Holmes 12 Dec. 1811 │
[20] Charles Fryer 7 May, 1812 │
[21] W.A. Griffiths, W. 13 May, 1812 │
[22] John Clyde, W. 14 May, 1812 │
[23] Alexander A. Brice 21 May, 1812 │
[24] Anthony G. Sidley 16 July, 1812 │
[25] Alexander Clayhills 17 Sept. 1812 │
[26] Edward Methold 23 Mar. 1815 │
SECOND LIEUTENANTS. │
[27] Thomas Lilly 1 Oct. 1812 │
[28] George Dunn 15 Apr. 1813 │
[29] George Stainforth 29 July, 1813 │
[30] Gerald FitzGibbon 26 Aug. 1813 │
Wm. Leebody, K. 9 Sept. 1813 │
[31] Edward Thomas Ellis │
(Volunteer) │
QUARTERMASTER. │
[32] George Sidley 14 Apr. 1808 │
SURGEON. │
[33] John Dunn 10 Sept. 1803 │9 July, 1803
ASSISTANT-SURGEONS. │
[34] Thomas Smith 2 July, 1812 │
[35] John Williams 13 May, 1813 │
[36] John Monro 26 May, 1814 │
_Facings blue._ _Lace gold._
Footnote 1:
Was sev. wnded. at Waterloo, in the breast, by a shot from a carbine.
On his way to the rear he was thrown from his horse, whilst attempting
to jump a ditch, and one of his men carried him to a small outhouse,
where his wound was dressed. On the night of 19th June the hovel took
fire, and he was with difficulty rescued by Assistant-Surgeon Munro,
of above regt. He d. next day. This gallant and universally lamented
officer was son of Maj.-Gen. John Joyner Ellis, and was a native of
Worcester. He had served in Holland, Egypt, America, the West Indies,
Spain, Portugal, and France. M.I. in Worcester Cathedral. Bd. at
Braine l’Alleud, within a few hundred yards of the place where he
fell.
Footnote 2:
Afterwards Lt.-Gen. T. Dalmer, C.B., Col-in-Chf. 47th Foot. Horse shot
under him at Waterloo. D. 25th Aug., 1854.
Footnote 3:
Commanded a Portuguese regt. during the Par. War, and received the
gold cross for four general actions. C.B. for Waterloo. Exchanged as
maj. to 49th Regt., 2nd Oct., 1823. Out of the list 1829.
Footnote 4:
Brother to above T. Dalmer. Bt. lt.-col. for Waterloo. Attained rank
of col. and d. 2nd Oct., 1855.
Footnote 5:
Retd. on f. p. as capt. in 9th Rl. Veteran Battalion. D. 15th Jan.,
1838, at Richmond Place, Dublin. Bro. of Col. Strangeways, of
Shapwick, Somerset.
Footnote 6:
Youngest son of T.S. Jolliffe, of Ammerdown, co. Somerset, formerly
M.P. for the borough of Petersfield, by his 2nd wife, Mary, dau. and
heir of Samuel Holden. Served at Copenhagen, in North America, and the
West Indies. Served several campaigns in the Pa. Sev. wnded at Orthes.
Had not entirely recovered from this wound when the tocsin of war once
more summoned him to the field of battle.
Footnote 7:
Afterwards Maj. H. Cavendish Johnson. Served at Copenhagen in 1807;
the West Indies, and the Pa. At the siege of Badajoz, Johnson fell
from the breach pierced with gunshot wounds, which prevented his doing
any regimental duty until 1815, when he served at Waterloo and was
again wounded. D. in Ireland, 19th Feb., 1853, aged 78.
Footnote 8:
Capt. 17th July, 1815. H. p., 15th Foot 3rd Aug., 1820.
Footnote 9:
Capt. 18th July, 1815. Out of the regt. before 1824.
Footnote 10:
Capt. 19th July, 1815. H. p. 14th Foot, 6th Apr., 1820.
Footnote 11:
Capt. 20th July, 1815. Paymaster to his regt. 23rd Oct., 1817. H. p.
16th Oct., 1828.
Footnote 12:
H. p. 53rd Foot, 8th May, 1823.
Footnote 13:
Out of the regt. before 1824.
Footnote 14:
Capt. 7th Apr., 1825. H. p. 9th Apr., 1826. Living 1846.
Footnote 15:
Capt. 22nd July, 1830. Maj. 14th Apr., 1846. Lt.-col. unattached 1st
Feb., 1851. A.Q.M.G. same date. Col. 28th Nov., 1854. D. in London,
13th July, 1855. He had the Par. medal with four clasps—Badajoz,
Ciudad Rodrigo, Albuera, Salamanca.
Footnote 16:
_Grismond Philipps._ 3rd son of George Philipps, of Cwmgaili,
Caermarthenshire, who was M.P. for the borough. Served at Albuera,
Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, and Toulouse (medal with five clasps). Bn.
1792. M. Catherine, dau. of —— Warlow, Esq., and niece of Sir Thos.
Picton. H. p. 26th Aug., 1819. D. in 1850. His elder bro., John
George, was a midshipman on board H.M.S. _Minotaur_ at the battle of
the Nile. Communicated by Lieut. Griffith Philipps, R.N.
Footnote 17:
Capt. 28th Aug., 1827. Paymaster 16th Oct., 1828. Out of the regt. in
March, 1831.
Footnote 18:
Capt. 6th June, 1822. Serving in 1830.
Footnote 19:
Capt. 4th Sept., 1823. Maj. 17th Dec., 1830. D. at Quebec, 23rd July,
1849, as col. comg. reserve batt. Rl. Welsh Fusiliers.
Footnote 20:
H. p. 17th July, 1817.
Footnote 21:
Serving in 1830.
Footnote 22:
D. from his wounds.
Footnote 23:
H. p. 5th Oct., 1820.
Footnote 24:
Lt. Anthony Gardiner Sidley (or Sedley), aftds. of 3rd W.I. Regt.
Entered the service in 1811. Served in the Pa. and in the Burmese War.
Lt.-col. 63rd Foot 16th Sept., 1845. Living in 1874 as a lt.-col.
retd. list and a military Knight of Windsor.
Footnote 25:
Placed on h. p. as lt. 67th Regt., 30th May, 1822. 2nd son of James
Menzies-Clayhills, of Invergowrie, co. Forfar. M. Elizabeth, dau. of
Gen. Hunter, of Burnside, and d. s. p. 18th June, 1865.