The Waterloo Roll Call
MAJOR. │
[2] Alexander Cameron, W. 14 May, 1812 │Lt.-Col., 27 Apr.,
│1812
CAPTAINS. │
[3] Jonathan Leach, W. 1 May, 1806 │Maj., 21 June,
│1813
_Charles Beckwith_, W. 28 July, 1808 │Maj., 3 Mar. 1814
_Charles Smyth_, K. 4 Oct. 1809 │16 June, 1808
[4] Henry Lee 20 Sept. 1810 │
_Henry George Smith_ 28 Feb. 1812 │Maj., 29 Sept.,
│1814
[5] Edward Chawner, W. 14 May, 1812 │
[6] Wm. Johnstone, W. 22 Oct. 1812 │
FIRST LIEUTENANTS. │
[7] Jonathan Layton 3 June, 1809 │
[8] John Molloy, W. 5 June, 1809 │
[9] John Cox 8 June, 1809 │
[10] Archibald Stewart 2 Oct. 1809 │
[11] Wm. Chapman 26 Apr. 1810 │
[12] Richard B. Frere 21 Aug. 1810 │
[13] Wm. Lister, K. 23 Aug. 1810 │
[14] John Gardiner, W. 30 Aug. 1810 │
[15] John Kincaid, Adjt. 23 May, 1811 │
[16] George Simmons, W. 25 July, 1811 │
John Stilwell, K. 26 Sept. 1811 │
[17] J.P. Gairdner, W. 12 May, 1812 │
[18] Wm. Haggup 13 May, 1812 │
[19] John G. Fitzmaurice, W. 14 Jan. 1813 │
[20] George Drummond 28 Jan. 1813 │
[21] Elliott Dunkin Johnston, 7 Dec. 1813 │
K. │
[22] Orlando Felix, W. 4 May, 1815 │10 Nov. 1814
SECOND LIEUTENANTS. │
[23] Allen Stewart, W. 10 Dec. 1812 │
[24] Wm. Wright, W. 11 Mar. 1813 │
[25] James Church, W. 26 Aug. 1813 │30 July, 1813
[26] Wm. Shenley, W. 21 Apr. 1814 │
PAYMASTER. │
John Mackenzie 27 June, 1805 │
QUARTERMASTER. │
— Bagshaw 13 Oct. 1814 │
SURGEON. │
Joseph Burke 29 June, 1809 │
ASSISTANT-SURGEONS. │
James Robson 21 Nov. 1811 │22 Feb. 1810
Robert Heyt $1 $2 $3 │
VOLUNTEER. │
[27] Charles Smith. │
_Regimentals green._ _Facings black._
Footnote 1:
Bn. at Fahan, co. Donegal, in 1773. Son of Rev. Henry Barnard, D.D.,
and grandson of the Bishop of Derry. He received the Russian order of
St. George for Waterloo; also the Austrian order of Maria Theresa. Was
made commandant of the British division occupying Paris after the
capitulation. D. Lt.-Governor of Rl. Hospital, Chelsea, 17th Jan.,
1855.
Footnote 2:
“A pupil of Sir John Moore.” Bn. 1781. Younger son of Alexander
Cameron, of Inverallert, co. Argyll. Served in Holland in 1799 and in
Egypt in 1801. Was severely wounded in the arm and side at the battle
of Alexandria. Served through most of the Par. War, until severely
wounded at the battle of Vittoria. Severely wounded in the throat at
Waterloo. Received a gold medal for Egypt and a gold medal with two
clasps for Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, and Salamanca. C.B. for Waterloo.
Maj.-Gen. 1838. Col.-in-Chf. 74th Regt. 1846. D. 26th July, 1850.
Footnote 3:
At Waterloo the command of the battalion devolved upon Leach when his
two senior officers were wounded. C.B. and bt. lt.-col. In 1831
published _Rough Recollections of an Old Soldier_. D. as lt.-col. 14th
Jan., 1855, at Worthing, aged 70.
Footnote 4:
According to the _Army List_ of 1st Jan., 1820, this officer was
“superseded.” His name appears, however, in the h. p. list of this
regt. in 1821 and for some years after.
Footnote 5:
Afterwards capt. retired f. p. 4th Rl. Vet. Batt. D. 1826.
Footnote 6:
An interesting memoir of this gallant soldier appeared in the _United
Service Journal_ for 1837. He was a native of Dumfriesshire, where his
father had a small property of his own. In 1805 he joined the 52nd
L.I. as an ensign, and in the year following was appointed to a
lieutenancy in the Rifle Brigade (as the old 95th is now styled). As a
lieut. he had the good fortune to command one of the four companies of
the Rifles which, under Sir S. Beckwith, at the Pass of Barba del
Puerco, on 19th March, 1810, so gallantly repulsed 600 chosen French
troops who attempted to surprise them at midnight. I extract the
following from the above memoir:—“On the 19th Jan., 1812, he was one
of the officers who volunteered and led the stormers at the taking of
Ciudad Rodrigo, and was fortunate enough to come out unscathed,
although one of the first to enter that deadly pass. At the storming
of Badajoz on the 6th April, 1812, his name again stood on the list of
volunteers for the Forlorn Hope, but as it was claimed by a senior
officer of the division, he was obliged to limit his expectations to
one of the posts of honour with the storming party. Sir Andrew
Barnard, however, who commanded the Light Division, knowing how
peculiarly well qualified he was for desperate enterprise, assigned
him a post in front of the Forlorn Hope, in the command of a party
carrying ropes prepared with nooses to throw over the sword-blades
which formed the chevaux-de-frise, in the hope of being able to
displace it by dragging it down the breach, but Johnstone and all his
party were stricken down before they got within throwing distance. His
appearance next morning is thus described by a brother officer, Capt.
Kincaid, in _Random Shots from a Rifleman_, page 287:—‘The first tent
that I entered was Johnstone’s. With his shattered arm bandaged, he
was lying fast asleep, and coupling his appearance with the daring
duty he had been called on to perform but a few hours before in front
of the Forlorn Hope, I thought that I had never set my eyes upon a
nobler picture of a soldier! His whole appearance, even in sleep,
showed exactly as it had been in the execution of that duty; his
splendid figure was so disposed as if he was taking the first step in
the breach—his eyebrows were elevated—his nostrils still distended,
and altogether he looked as if he would clutch the castle in his
remaining hand! No one could have seen him at that moment without
saying—There lies a hero!’” Johnstone was wounded both at Quatre Bras
and Waterloo. Promoted maj. 24th Dec., 1829. Quitted the service in
1831. Was Colonial Sec. at Cape of Good Hope, and d. at sea 6th April,
1836.
Footnote 7:
H. p. 21st May, 1818.
Footnote 8:
Capt. 5th Aug., 1824. H. p. 28th May, 1829. Lt.-col. unatt. 11th May,
1851. Had the Par. medal with 8 clasps. See account of this officer in
the _Cornhill Magazine_ for Dec., 1897.
Footnote 9:
Afterwards Maj.-Gen. John Cox, K.H. Was present at eleven general
actions in the Pa. Had a compound fracture of his left arm at the
storming of Ciudad Rodrigo. Defended a battery with his company at
Waterloo. D. at Cheltenham, 7th Feb., 1863. There were two officers of
this name in the Rifles in 1815, who appear to have been brothers, and
of the same family as Sir Richard Cox, Bart., Lord Chancellor of
Ireland.
Footnote 10:
Attained the rank of major 17th Dec., 1829. Retd. 1835.
Footnote 11:
H. p. 1819. D. at Leamington 12th Feb., 1854.
Footnote 12:
Appointed barrack-master at Tobago, 1830. D. there 1832.
Footnote 13:
Wounded at Quatre Bras and d. in a house there next day.
Footnote 14:
Afterwards Capt. and Bt.-Maj. 82nd Regt. D. at Jock’s House, Kinnoull,
18th June, 1852—“On the anniversary, and at the same hour, on which he
was carried severely wounded from the field of Waterloo.”
Footnote 15:
Bn. at Dalbeath, near Falkirk, in Jan., 1787. Served in the Pa. and
was one of the leaders of the storming party of the Light Division at
Ciudad Rodrigo. Received the silver war medal in 1848, with nine
clasps. Had his horse shot under him at Waterloo. Was aftds. knighted
and appointed an exon in the Yeomen of the Guard. D. at Hastings 22nd
April, 1862. Author of _Adventures in the Rifle Brigade_.
Footnote 16:
Served through the Par. War. Was shot through the liver at Waterloo;
likewise had two ribs broken and a bullet in his chest. Wrote a
narrative of the Waterloo campaign. Quitted the service as bt. maj.,
and d. in Jersey, 5th March, 1858.
Footnote 17:
H. p. 1819. Retd. 1827.
Footnote 18:
Adjt. at Waterloo. Exchanged as lieut. to 11th Foot 3rd Aug., 1820. H.
p. 14th Feb., 1828.
Footnote 19:
Aftds. major-general and K.H. D. 24th Dec., 1865.
Footnote 20:
H. p. 1826, 3rd Vet. Batt. D. 1827.
Footnote 21:
Killed by a cannon ball. 3rd son of Lt.-Gen. Johnston, H.E.I.C.S.
Footnote 22:
Wounded at Quatre Bras. Attained rank of maj. gen. “He was the first
to decipher the names and titles of the Pharaohs, and an epitome he
drew up was translated into French and Italian.” D. at Geneva, 5th
April, 1860.
Footnote 23:
A chivalrous and daring Highlander. Singled out a French officer at
Waterloo and had a duel with him. When Stewart’s sword broke off at
the hilt he instantly closed with the Frenchman, “whom he finished in
an instant.” In later _Army Lists_ his name is spelled “Stuart.”
Aftds. Capt. in the 3rd Buffs. H. p. 1836. D. in the Norwich Military
Lunatic Asylum 6th July, 1847.
Footnote 24:
Entered the army in 1813. Served in Holland in 1813 and 1814, and was
present at the attack on Merxem and bombardment of the French fleet at
Antwerp. H. p. 1st lieut. 1818. Living 1876.
Footnote 25:
H. p. 1816. D. 1824.
Footnote 26:
H. p. 31st Jan., 1828.
Footnote 27:
2nd Lieut. 19th July, 1815. H. p. 25th Dec., 1817. Col. of the
Whittlesea Yeomanry Cavalry 1831. Retd. 1837. Younger bro. of Henry
George (aftds. Sir Henry) Smith and of Thos. Smith, both of the 95th.
D. at Whittlesea 24th Dec., 1854. Bd. in St. Mary’s Church.
Communicated by Mr. George Moore Smith.
95TH REGIMENT OF FOOT (RIFLEMEN).
(_2nd Battalion._)
Rank in the
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MAJORS. Regiment.│Army.
[1] Amos Godsill Norcott, W. 22 Dec. 1808 │Lt.-Col., 25 July,
│1810
[2] George Wilkins, W. 10 May, 1809 │Lt.-Col., 4 June,
│1814
CAPTAINS. │
[3] George Miller, W. 21 Jan. 1808 │Maj., 3 Mar. 1814
[4] Joseph Logan 2 Feb. 1809 │
[5] Thos. MacNamara 26 Aug. 1813 │
[6] John Garlies McCullock, W. 21 Oct. 1813 │
[7] Charles Eaton 21 Apr. 1814 │
[8] Francis le Blanc 1 Dec. 1814 │
FIRST LIEUTENANTS. │
[9] Wm. Humbley, W. 13 Oct. 1808 │
[10] John Charles Hope 2 Feb. 1809 │
[11] Thos. Cochrane 22 Feb. 1809 │