The Waterloo Roll Call
Badajoz. Was with the 85th in the Walcheren expedition, and with the
73rd during the campaigns of 1813 and 1814 in Swedish Pomerania,
Hanover, and the Netherlands. Severely wounded at Waterloo, being shot
through both thighs by a musket ball. Retired on h. p. 1st June, 1820.
D. in 1855.
Footnote 5:
Son of John Garland, of Dorchester. Was desperately wounded at
Waterloo. After the battle he was carried to Brussels, and after
months of suffering was able to return to Dorchester. He was not then
expected to recover, and by some error his death was reported in the
papers in the autumn of 1816. Here is the _first_ obituary notice in
the _Gentleman’s Magazine_:—“At his father’s, Dorchester, Capt. John
Garland, 73rd Foot. He was in most of the Peninsular battles, and was
desperately wounded at Waterloo at the close of the action, only two
men of his company being then left, and was confined at Brussels until
his recent return to England.” But John Garland did _not_ die in 1816,
and lived to become a bt. maj. on unattached list in 1825, and a bt.
lt.-col. in 1838. His _second_ obituary notice is given in the _Annual
Register_ for 1851:—“Jan. 17. At Lille, Lt.-Col. John Garland, K.H.,
late of Quatre Bras Cottage, Dorchester, who was severely wounded at
Waterloo.”
Footnote 6:
Capt. 2nd Aug., 1815. Eldest son of Dr. Maurice Leyne, of Tralee, by
Agnes, dau. of Cornelius the McGillicuddy of the Reeks. Bn. 1790.
Served first in the Kerry Militia comded. by Col. Crosbie. Joined the
73rd with 400 volunteers from his militia regt., the latter being
induced to join the regular army by Leyne. His zeal was rewarded with
a lieutenancy in the 73rd. At Waterloo succeeded to the command of the
regt. and kept it as long as the regt. was in France. Placed on h. p.
5th July, 1817. Subsequently joined the 58th Foot for a few years and
served in New South Wales. Md., in 1817, Eliz., dau. of James Connor,
of Tralee, Clerk of the Peace for Kerry. Capt. Leyne was for some
years a stipendiary magistrate. Above information communicated by Mr.
Leyne, son of Capt. R. Leyne.
Footnote 7:
Serving in 1817. Out of the regt. before 1824.
Footnote 8:
Lieut. 1st Rl. Veteran Batt. 27th Nov., 1823. Barrack-master at
Coventry in 1830.
Footnote 9:
H. p. 12th Foot 1824.
Footnote 10:
Had his left arm amputated after the battle, and d. shortly after.
Footnote 11:
Capt. 3rd Feb. 1820. Major 20th March, 1828. Serving in 1830.
Footnote 12:
Eldest son of Robt. Steuart, of Brownlee, Lanarkshire. H. p. 25th
Dec., 1818. Restored to full pay 1819. Capt. 91st Foot, 3rd March,
1825. H. p. unat. 19th June, 1826. D. 5th Nov., 1849. Above
information was communicated by Capt. Alex. Steuart, Queensland
Defence Force, great nephew to Capt. Robt. Steuart.
Footnote 13:
3rd son of Col. Grey Haselrigge, by Bridget, dau. of Rev. Richard
Buckley, and a direct descendant of Col. Sir Arthur Haselrigge, Bart.,
the Parliamentary commander, whose regt. of cuirassiers, known us the
“Lobsters,” performed some signal service during the Civil Wars. Bn.
23rd Oct., 1796. Quitted the service as lieut. D. unm.
Footnote 14:
D. as lieut. in 1819.
Footnote 15:
Lieut. 3rd Aug., 1815. Lieut. 16th Foot 6th Feb., 1822. 1st Lieut.
Ceylon Rifles 12th Jan., 1824. Capt. 29th Apr., 1836. H. p. 7th Sept.,
1836. Living 1846. Sergt. Thos. Morris, of the 73rd, in his
_Recollections of Military Service_, records that Ensign Deacon was
shot through an arm at Quatre Bras and conveyed by the baggage-train
to Brussels. “The officer’s wife, who with her three children had been
left with the baggage guard, passed the whole night in searching for
her husband among the wounded. At length she was informed he had been
conveyed to Brussels.... Conveyances there were none to be had, and
she was in the last state of pregnancy. She made the best of her way
on foot with her children, exposed to the terrific storm of thunder,
lightning, and rain, which continued without intermission for about
ten hours. Faint, exhausted, and wet to the skin, having no other
clothes but a black silk dress and light shawl, she yet happily
surmounted all these difficulties, reached Brussels on the morning of
the 18th, and found her husband in very comfortable quarters, where
she also was accommodated, the next day giving birth to a fine girl,
who was afterwards christened ‘Waterloo Deacon.‘”
Footnote 16:
Lieut. 4th Aug., 1815. Exchanged to 3rd Ceylon Regt., and was placed
on h. p. 11th June, 1818.
Footnote 17:
Lieut. 3rd Oct., 1815. H. p. 1817.
Footnote 18:
Lieut. 4th Oct., 1815. H. p. 3rd Aug., 1822.
Footnote 19:
Lieut. 5th Oct., 1815. Lieut. 38th Foot 1st Dec., 1823. Capt. 26th
Aug., 1834. H. p. 1838. Living 1846.
Footnote 20:
Son of Mr. Wm. Page, of Fitzroy Square, London. An autograph letter
from aforesaid gentleman, written in Nov., 1815, addressed to “Capt.
Leyne, commanding H.B.M. 73rd Regt., Camp near Boulogne, France,” is
still in possession of the Leyne family, and bears testimony to the
writer’s appreciation of Capt. Leyne’s expressions of deep sympathy
with the bereaved father on the death of his brave son.
Footnote 21:
Lieut. 13th Feb., 1816. Capt. 7th Feb., 1822. Serving 1824.
Footnote 22:
D. in Oct., 1830.
Footnote 23:
Retd. as surgeon h. p. 67th Foot in 1841. Living 1846.
Footnote 24:
H. p. 25th June, 1817. Living 1830.
79TH REGIMENT OF FOOT (OR CAMERON HIGHLANDERS).[M]
Rank in the
——————
LIEUT.-COLONEL. Regiment.│Army.
[1] Neil Douglas, W. 3 Dec. 1812 │
MAJORS. │
[2] Andrew Brown, W. 15 Oct. 1812 │Lt.-Col., 26 Aug.
│1813
[3] Duncan Cameron, W. 29 Oct. 1812 │Lt.-Col., 12 Apr.
│1814
CAPTAINS. │
[4] Thomas Mylne, W. 24 Apr. 1805 │
[5] Peter Innes 4 Sept. 1805 │
[6] James Campbell, W. 5 Sept. 1805 │
[7] Neil Campbell, W. 8 Apr. 1806 │
[8] William Marshall, W. 19 July, 1806 │
[9] Malcolm Fraser, W. 29 Nov. 1806 │
[10] Wm. Bruce, W. 14 Mar. 1811 │
[11] John Sinclair, W. 4 May, 1811 │
Robert Mackay, K. 2 Apr. 1812 │
[12] John Cameron, W. 26 May, 1814 │
LIEUTENANTS. │
[13] Alexander Cameron, W. 12 May, 1807 │
Donald Cameron, K. 13 May, 1807 │
[14] Thomas Brown, W. 15 Dec. 1807 │
[15] Wm. Maddocks, W. 21 Apr. 1808 │25 July, 1801
[16] Wm. Leaper, W. 15 Dec. 1808 │
[17] James Fraser, W. 16 Mar. 1809 │
Duncan MʻPherson, K. 19 July, 1810 │
[18] Donald MʻPhee, W. 29 Nov. 1810 │
[19] Fulton Robertson 21 Feb. 1811 │
[20] Ewen Cameron, W. 29 May, 1811 │
John Kynock, Adjt., K. 13 June, 1811 │
[21] Alexander Forbes, W. 8 Aug. 1811 │
[22] Charles McArthur, W. 17 Oct. 1811 │
[23] Kewan Izod Leslie 1 Apr. 1812 │
[24] John Powling, W. 15 Oct. 1812 │
[25] James Cameron 25 Jan. 1813 │11 July, 1811
Ewen Kennedy, K. 25 Feb. 1813 │
[26] W.A. Riach, W. 17 June, 1813 │
[27] John Thompson 18 Nov. 1813 │
[28] George Harrison 2 Mar. 1815 │
ENSIGNS. │
[29] John Mackenzie 24 Dec. 1812 │
[30] Chas. Jas. McLean 17 June, 1813 │
[31] John Nash, W. 18 Nov. 1813 │
[32] James Robertson, W. 6 Jan. 1814 │
[33] Archibald Cameron 13 Jan. 1814 │
[34] Alex. Spiers Crawford, W. 18 May, 1814 │
[35] James Campbell 19 May, 1814 │
[36] Alex. Cameron (Volr.), W. │
PAYMASTER. │
[37] John McArthur 21 Nov. 1811 │
QUARTERMASTER. │
[38] Angus Cameron 13 Feb. 1812 │
SURGEON. │
George Ridesdale 9 Sept. 1813 │
ASSISTANT-SURGEONS. │
Wm. G. Burrell 14 Dec. 1809 │13 July, 1809
David Perston 18 Oct. 1810 │1 Feb. 1810
_Facings dark green._ _Lace gold._
Footnote M:
The Cameron Highlanders were raised in Jan., 1794, by Lt.-Gen. Sir
Alan Cameron, K.C.B. (then Maj. Cameron), who was their first colonel.
The officers were mostly selected from the half-pay list, and had
served, like their colonel, in the American war. The regt. served
during the campaign in Holland, and the mortality was so great that,
in 1799, this Scotch regt. had to be again raised. The call for
officers and men was nobly responded to by the Clan Cameron:—
“And wild and high the Cameron’s gathering rose,
The war-note of Lochiel, which Albyn’s hills have heard,
And heard, too, have her Saxon foes.”
How the “Cameron men” fought at Waterloo is testified to by the number
of their killed and wounded in that battle, and it is also recorded
that, when all the field officers and captains of this regt. had been
disabled, the regt. was led on to victory by Lieut. Cameron, a nephew
of Sir Alan Cameron, the col.-in-chf.; but which of the _four_
lieutenants of this name cannot now be traced. On the evening of 18th
June, 1815, 9 officers, 21 sergts., 7 drummers and 260 rank and file
remained unwounded out of a total of 41 combatant officers, 40
sergts., 11 drummers, and 684 rank and file—the effective strength of
the regt. at Quatre Bras.
Footnote 1:
Afterwards Lt.-Gen. Sir Neil Douglas, K.C.B. and K.C.H. Col.-in.-Chf.,
78th Highlanders. 5th son of John Douglas, of Glasgow, and a
descendant of the Earls of Angus. Wounded in the knee at Quatre Bras.
C.B. for Waterloo. Had served with the 79th at the siege of
Copenhagen, in Sweden, in the Walcheren expedition, and in the Pa.
Received the gold cross for the Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, and Toulouse.
Also the silver war medal with two clasps for Corunna and Busaco. D.
in Sept., 1853.
Footnote 2:
C.B. for Waterloo. Retd. in 1831. D. 1835.
Footnote 3:
C.B. for Waterloo. Quitted the service in 1819. D. at Toronto, Oct.
1842.
Footnote 4:
Bt.-maj. for Waterloo. Quitted the service in 1821. D. at Edinburgh,
1832.
Footnote 5:
H. p. 20th Nov., 1816. D. at Tunnach, near Wick, 1822.
Footnote 6:
Maj. unattached 1826. Retd. same year.
Footnote 7:
D. from his wounds. A pension of £50 per ann. was granted to his
mother, Catherine Campbell.
Footnote 8:
Maj. 1824. Bt. lt.-col. and inspecting f. o. of militia, Nova Scotia,
1830. Retd. as lt.-col. 17th Sept., 1839.
Footnote 9:
D. in Ireland, 1822.
Footnote 10:
Exchanged to 82nd Foot 10th July, 1817. Maj. 31st Dec. 1827. H. p.
27th Nov., 1828. Retd. as bt.-col. 1849. D. 1868.
Footnote 11:
D. from his wounds.
Footnote 12:
D. from his wounds.
Footnote 13: