The Waterloo Roll Call
71st Light Infantry for North America, but was countermanded, and they
proceeded in April to Belgium, and he was present with it at the
battle of Waterloo. He remained with the regt., which formed part of
the Army of Occupation, until October, 1818, when he embarked with it
for England, and for Ireland in May, 1822. The command of the regt.
devolved on him in May, 1824, when he embarked with it for North
America, and was promoted lt.-col., 2nd June, 1825; he remained in
command of the regt. till June, 1831. Lt.-Col. Jones was wounded when
capt. at the battle of Vimiero; and wounded severely when bt. lt.-col.
at the battle of Waterloo, late in the evening. For his services, and
particularly for his conduct at Waterloo, stated by Maj.-Gen. Sir F.
Adam (then Commander of the 3rd British Light Brigade) in a letter to
the Duke of Wellington, and from his Grace’s recommendation in
consequence, Lt.-Col. Jones was appointed a Companion of the Bath.”
Footnote 3:
C.B. for Waterloo. Exchanged in 1819 to 54th Regt. Bt. lt.-col., 31st
Aug., 1815. Lt.-col., unattached, 1st July, 1828. Living 1830.
Footnote 4:
Bt.-maj. for Waterloo. Retd. on h. p. 1821. Lt.-col., h. p. 1837. D.
13th July, 1842.
Footnote 5:
Retd. as lt.-col. in 1841 by the sale of his commission. He held the
Par. medal with 8 clasps. D. in Oct., 1850.
Footnote 6:
Serving in 1817. Out of the regt. before 1824.
Footnote 7:
Retd. f. p. 2nd Rl. Veteran Batt., 1821.
Footnote 8:
Serving in 1817. Out of the regt. before 1824.
Footnote 9:
Serving as senior capt. in 1830. Out of the regt. before 1842.
Footnote 10:
H. p. 56th Foot 31st Dec., 1818.
Footnote 11:
Capt. and bt.-major h. p. Rifle Brigade, 6th Apr., 1820.
Footnote 12:
Serving in 1830. Out of the regt. before 1842.
Footnote 13:
Capt. in 37th Foot in 1820. Living 1825.
Footnote 14:
Belonged to the family of “Richards of Macmine,” co. Wexford. Placed
on h. p. 25th Feb., 1816. Living 1825.
Footnote 15:
D. a few days after Waterloo from his wounds. Youngest son of Col.
Elwes, and brother of Sir W. Elwes, Bart. He had been only ten months
married to a dau. of Col. Aird, Rl. Waggon Train.
Footnote 16:
Capt. 27th July, 1820. Major 24th May, 1836. H. p. 24th Apr., 1838. D.
24th Dec., 1851, as lt.-col.
Footnote 17:
H. p. 7th Fusiliers, 6th June, 1816.
Footnote 18:
Capt. 16th May, 1822. Serving 1830.
Footnote 19:
Belonged to a respectable family in the county of Antrim. “He received
a grape shot at Waterloo, weighing 10 oz., which he kept as a relic,
hooped in silver. The shot entered at the breast, and was cut out at
the shoulder three days after.” D. at Waterloo Cottage, Cookstown, co.
Antrim, 3rd July, 1851, aged 70.
Footnote 20:
Capt. 7th Apr., 1825. H. p. 6th June, 1827. D. as bt.-major 16th Jan.,
1854.
Footnote 21:
Was fifteen years a lt. in this regt. M. the only dau. of John Wilson
town clerk of Lanark; she d. at Lanark in Dec., 1815.
Footnote 22:
Joined the 71st Regt. as a private when sixteen years of age. Eight
years after he received an ensign’s commission for distinguished
gallantry. At the taking of the Cape of Good Hope was one of a party
of thirty who volunteered to storm a battery. John Fraser was the only
man of this Forlorn Hope who lived to return, and he was not
unwounded. At Buenos Ayres he was publicly complimented by Sir Denis
Pack for his conspicuous gallantry. Placed on h. p. before 1820, and
d. at Edinburgh, 20th June, 1824.
Footnote 23:
H. p. 1818.
Footnote 24:
Serving in 1817. Out of the regt. before 1824.
Footnote 25:
Capt. 31st Oct., 1822. Retd. as h. p. maj. 9th Foot, 1838. D. in
March, 1860.
Footnote 26:
Capt. 18th Oct., 1821. Exchanged to 33rd Foot 20th March, 1823. Capt.
Ceylon Rifles 25th Sept., 1824. Serving 1830.
Footnote 27:
Afterwards Lt. C.T. Cox, h. p. 71st Highland Light Infantry. Entered
the Army in 1809. Was engaged in numerous battles during the campaigns
from 1810 to 1815, including the retreat to and the occupation of the
lines of Torres Vedras, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes,
Tarbes, and Toulouse. At Vittoria he was sev. wnded, a musket ball
having passed through the lungs and lodged in the body. He was taken
prisoner, but the enemy being hard pressed, he was left on the field.
He was present at the capture of Paris. Commissions dated: Ensign,
June 29, 1809; Lt., May 29, 1811. D. 1875.
Footnote 28:
3rd son of James Lewin, of Cloghans, co. Mayo. Retd. on h. p. as a lt.
from 19th Lt. Dns. in 1822. D. s. p. 1844.
Footnote 29:
H. p. 25th Oct., 1821.
Footnote 30:
Son of Capt. Torriano, 30th Foot, who was killed in action at Toulon,
15th Oct., 1793, and grandson of Capt. C. Torriano, R.A., wounded and
disabled for life at the battle of Laffeldt, 1st July, 1747. Lieut.
Wm. Torriano joined the 1st Batt. 71st in 1811 and proceeded to
Portugal. Promoted lieut. into 2nd Batt. at home, but remained with
1st Batt. in the field until the return of the army from France. Was
present at Arroyos des Molinos, Almaraz, with covering army before
Badajoz; severely wounded at Vittoria and taken prisoner, but shortly
after retaken at Nive; Bayonne (twice wounded); Orthes, and Toulouse,
besides many minor affairs. A French reserve battery was captured by
the 71st towards the close of the battle of Waterloo, and Siborne
(Vol. II., p. 234) narrates how “some men of the right flank company
of the 71st, under Lieut. Torriano, immediately turned round one of
the guns, which was then discharged into the retiring columns of the
Imperial Guard by Capt. Campbell, A.D.C. to Major-General Adam, and
was, there is reason to believe, the last French gun fired on that
day.” Adjt. 18th Oct., 1821. Retd. 1824 by the sale of his commission.
D. at Budleigh Salterton, Devonshire, 1862. Above information
communicated by Col. C. Torriano, late R.A.
Footnote 31:
2nd son of Thomas Horton, of Howroyde, co. York, by Lady Mary Gordon,
dau. of George, 3rd Earl of Aberdeen. Served in the Pa. Capt. 81st
Regt. 1820; Bt.-maj. 1821; Lt.-col., unattached, 1826; Col. 1842. M.,
1826, Frances, dau. of Rev. Wm. Garnier, rector of Rookesbury, Hants,
and had issue. Living 1876.
Footnote 32:
Retd. f. p. 1821. D. at Halifax, N.S., 1st Oct., 1852.
Footnote 33:
H. p. 25th Dec., 1818.
Footnote 34:
H. p. 25th Dec., 1818.
Footnote 35:
Lieut. Connaught Rangers 7th Jan., 1819. Capt. 2nd Feb., 1830.
Paymaster 71st Foot 1843. D. 16th Dec., 1849.
Footnote 36:
H. p. 25th Dec., 1818.
Footnote 37:
H. p. 1816.
Footnote 38:
H. p. 1816. D. in Apr., 1860.
Footnote 39:
Lieut. h. p. 74th Foot, 1822.
Footnote 40:
Lieut. 23rd Nov., 1815. H. p. 61st Foot 12th Sept., 1822. D. as
lt.-col. 3rd West York Militia, at Dublin, 24th Feb., 1855.
Footnote 41:
H. p. 27th Foot 22nd May, 1817.
Footnote 42:
Lieut. 25th Foot 30th March, 1826. Serving 1830.
Footnote 43:
Capt. 6th Feb., 1835. H. p. Jan., 1841.
Footnote 44:
Afterwards maj. in this regt., and retired on f. p. in 1852. Youngest
brother to Maj. L’Estrange, of same regt., who fell at Waterloo. D. at
Edinburgh, 1873.
Footnote 45:
Commissioned ensign in above regt. 22nd June, 1815. H. p. 1816. Living
1830.
Footnote 46:
H. p. 1824. D. 25th June, 1854.
Footnote 47:
Inspector-Gen. of Hospitals 1845. H. p. same year. D. 1854.
73RD (HIGHLAND) REGIMENT OF FOOT.
(_2nd Battalion._)
Rank in the
——————
LIEUT.-COLONEL. Regiment.│Army.
[1] Wm. George Harris, W. 29 Dec. 1806 │Col., 4 June, 1814
MAJORS. │
_Dawson Kelly_ 31 Oct. 1811 │
[2] Arch. John Maclean, W. 28 May, 1812 │
CAPTAINS. │
[3] Henry Coane, W. 8 Mar. 1810 │8 Feb. 1810
Alexander Robertson, K. 21 Nov. 1810 │
[4] Wm. Wharton, W. 13 Aug. 1812 │
John M. Kennedy, K. 8 Oct. 1812 │
[5] John Garland, W. 26 Nov. 1813 │
LIEUTENANTS. │
[6] Richard Leyne 2 Feb. 1809 │
[7] Jos. Wm. H. Strachan, K. 11 Oct. 1810 │26 Oct. 1809
John R. McConnell, W. 8 Aug. 1811 │
John Acres, K. 20 Nov. 1811 │
Matthew Hollis, K. 12 Dec. 1811 │
[8] Joseph Dowling 13 Aug. 1812 │
[9] Thos. Reynolds, W. 10 Mar. 1814 │
[10] Donald Browne, W. 24 Mar. 1814 │
[11] John Y. Lloyd, W. 4 Aug. 1814 │
[12] Robert Stewart (_sic_) 11 Aug. 1814 │
ENSIGNS. │
[13] Robert Greville Hesilrige, 17 Sept. 1810 │
W. │
[14] Wm. MacBean, W. 1 Apr. 1813 │
[15] Thomas Deacon, W. 5 Apr. 1813 │
[16] Chas. Bedford Eastwood, W. 6 Apr. 1813 │
[17] George Dandridge Bridge, 7 Apr. 1813 │
W. │
[18] George Hughes 29 Apr. 1813 │
Wm. Lawson Lowe, K. 19 Aug. 1813 │
[19] Aldworth Blennerhassett 23 Mar. 1814 │
[20] Charles Page, K. 10 Aug. 1814 │
[21] Patrick Hay, Adjt., W. 19 Jan. 1815 │
PAYMASTER. │
John Williams 31 May, 1810 │
SURGEON. │
[22] Duncan McDearmid 5 Sept. 1811 │24 Jan. 1811
ASSISTANT-SURGEONS. │
[23] John Riach 2 July, 1812 │
[24] Frederick B. White 23 Mar. 1815 │
_Facings dark green._ _Lace gold._
Footnote 1:
Afterwards Lt.-Gen. Lord Harris, K.C.H. and C.B., Col.-in-Chf., 73rd
Regt. Son of the famous Gen. Sir George Harris, of Seringapatam
renown, who was created a baron in Aug., 1815. Bn. 17th Jan., 1782.
Served under his father in India, and was one of the first to enter
the breach at Seringapatam. At Waterloo the 73rd were literally cut to
pieces, and at the close of the battle only fifty unwounded men were
left out of a total of from 500 to 600 men. “Once, and once only,
during the dreadful carnage at Waterloo did the stern 73rd hesitate to
fill up a gap which the relentless iron had torn in their square.
Their Colonel, at once pushing his horse lengthwise across the space,
said, with a smile, ‘Well, my lads, if you won’t, I must.’ Immediately
his horse was led back to his proper place and the ranks closed up by
men still more devoted than before.” C.B. and K.W. for Waterloo. Was
twice md., and left issue by both wives. D. 30th May, 1845.
Footnote 2:
D. from his wounds at Brussels. Bn. 16th June, 1778. 4th son of
Gilbert Maclaine, of Scalasdale, in the island of Mull.
Footnote 3:
There were two capts. of this name in the 73rd in 1815, Anthony and
Henry. The former d. at Kandy, Ceylon, as maj., 5th Jan., 1819. The
latter quitted the service in 1820. The Coanes are Irish, but a branch
was settled at Bath in 1815.
Footnote 4:
Served in the Pa., and was present at Fuentes d’Onor and siege of