The Waterloo Roll Call
[5] Thos. Draper 1 Sept. 1808
M.A. Burmeister 4 Jan. 1810
Robert Grant 22 Aug. 1811
John Maling 3 Sept. 1812
[6] John Callander 25 Mar. 1813
[7] Andrew Halliday 29 Apr. 1813
[8] Jas. Matthews, M.D. 9 Sept. 1813
[9] J. Gideon Van Millingen, M.D. 26 May, 1814
[10] Samuel Barwick Bruce 25 May, 1815
ASSISTANT-SURGEONS.
[11] J.W. McAuley 8 Feb. 1810
James Dease 11 Mar. 1813
Wm. Twining 10 Mar. 1814
[12] George Evers 3 June, 1815
APOTHECARY.
Wm. Lyons 9 Sept. 1813
Footnote 1:
This distinguished physician was son of Duncan Grant, of Lingeston,
N.B., and brother to that equally distinguished soldier, Col.
Colquhoun Grant (_see_ Staff). Bn. at Forres, Morayshire, in 1771.
Served as assistant-surgeon and surgeon in the 11th Regt. of Foot, and
was one of the very few officers who served through the whole of the
war with France, viz., from 1793 to 1815. C.B. and K.H. In 1814 he
recd. the order of St. Anne of Russia from the Emperor for his
services when with the Russian army in France. Aftds. Inspector-Gen.
of Hospitals. Retd. on f. p. about 1847. Resided in Cumberland, and d.
10th Jan., 1864. (Communicated by the late Major Walter McGregor,
nephew of the above.)
Footnote 2:
Wellington’s friend and physician for many years. “AFTER
WATERLOO.—After the battle Wellington rode to Brussels, and the first
person who entered his room on the morning of the 19th was Dr. Hume.
‘He had, as usual,’ says the doctor, ‘taken off his clothes, but his
face was covered with the dust and sweat of the previous day. He
extended his hand to me, which I held in mine while I told him of
Alexander Gordon’s death. He was much affected. I felt his tears
dropping fast upon my hand, and, looking towards him, saw them chasing
one another in a stream over his dusty cheeks. He brushed them
suddenly away with his left hand, and said to me, in a voice tremulous
with emotion—“Well, thank God, I don’t know what it is to lose a
battle, but certainly nothing can be more painful than to gain one
with the loss of so many of one’s friends.”’”—_Fifty Years’
Biographical Reminiscences_, by Lord William Lennox.
Footnote 3:
Slightly wounded at Quatre Bras, and his horse sev. wnded.
Footnote 4:
Served in the Pa. “Was the first surgeon to amputate with success at
the hip joint.” D. in Dublin in Nov., 1836.
Footnote 5:
Served in Egypt, at Maida, and in the Pa. Was surgeon to Sir John
Moore. Recd. the thanks of the Govt. for his services at Waterloo.
Inspector-Gen. of Hospitals. D. 28th June, 1850, at Instow,
Barnstaple.
Footnote 6:
Surgeon to the 7th Hussars, 7th May, 1816. H. p. 25th June, 1829, from
Rl. Waggon Train. Living 1846.
Footnote 7:
Afterwards Sir Andrew Halliday, Knt., M.D., F.R.S., and K.H. Was
educated for the Church, but finding he had a medical turn, adopted
the latter profession. Served on the medical staff both in Spain and
Portugal, and aftds. at Waterloo. Was of humble parentage, but of good
blood, being descended from “Thom Halliday, my sister’s son, so dear,”
mentioned by the great Sir William Wallace. D. at Dumfries, 7th Sept.,
1839.
Footnote 8:
Hospital assistant 8th July, 1799. Assist.-surgn. Dec., 1799. H. p.
before 1824.
Footnote 9:
D. Sept., 1852.
Footnote 10:
Entered the medical dept. 1804, but saw some of his earliest service
afloat under Lord Nelson in 1805. Present at the capture of St.
Thomas, St. Croix, and St. John in 1807. Subsequently served at Fort
Dessaix, Martinique, and Guadaloupe. Proceeded to the Pa. in 1813 and
America 1814–15. Present at the attack on New Orleans and Fort Bowyer.
Joined the army in the Netherlands in May, 1815. Present at Waterloo
and capture of Paris. H. p. 1816. Retd. in Jan., 1833. D. in London
24th Dec., 1852. Left issue a son, Lt.-Col. Robt. C.D. Bruce, h. p.
8th Foot, to whom there is a tablet in Ripon Minster.
Footnote 11:
H. p. 5th Foot 22nd Aug., 1816. Living 1852.
Footnote 12:
Assist.-Surgn. 14th Foot 23rd Dec., 1824. H. p. 15th Dec., 1825.
Living 1846.
ORDNANCE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.[S]
SURGEONS.
Date of Commission.
[1] Edward Simpson 5 Aug. 1813
[2] John Morgan 16 Feb. 1814
[3] James Powell 28 May, 1814
[4] T. Macmillan Fogo, M.D. 26 Sept. 1814
ASSISTANT-SURGEONS.
[5] Richard Hichins 11 Nov. 1811
[6] James Ambrose 11 Nov. 1811
[7] Alex. Macdonald, M.D. 5 Aug. 1813
SECOND ASSISTANT-SURGEONS.
[8] Matthias Kenny 1 Dec. 1810
[9] Edward Rudge 3 Dec. 1812
[10] Thos. Beard 5 Aug. 1813
[11] Henry Gatty 20 Nov. 1813
[12] Edward Donovan Verner 29 Nov. 1813
[13] Henry Peter Loedel 1 Feb. 1814
[14] Wm. Barker Daniel 16 Apr. 1814
[15] John Bingham 26 Sept. 1814
[16] Walter Raleigh, M.D. 12 Oct. 1814
[17] Stewart Chisholm 20 Oct. 1814
Footnote S:
The notes given below are taken from Kane’s _R.A. List_:—
Footnote 1:
Sen. surgeon 16th Jan., 1841. Retd. f. p. 24th Jan., 1844. D. at
Jessfield, 23rd Sept., 1854.
Footnote 2:
H. p. 1st Sept., 1817. D. at Dover, 4th Sept., 1849.
Footnote 3:
H. p. 1st Oct., 1817.
Footnote 4:
H. p. as sen. surgeon 25th July, 1849. D. at Tiverton, 28th Sept.,
1850.
Footnote 5:
H. p. 1st Apr., 1816. D. at St. Ives, 17th Jan., 1866.
Footnote 6:
H. p. 1st Oct., 1816. D. at Westport, Ireland, 17th Apr., 1824.
Footnote 7:
H. p. 11th Sept., 1838. D. at Aberdeen, 8th March, 1860.
Footnote 8:
H. p. 1st Feb., 1819. D. in Dublin, 24th Sept., 1874.
Footnote 9:
H. p. 1st June, 1816. D. at Fakenham, 29th Nov., 1854.
Footnote 10:
H. p. 1st Nov., 1822. D. at Spa, 29th Aug., 1848.
Footnote 11:
H. p. 31st Dec., 1824. D. 6th Apr., 1858.
Footnote 12:
H. p. 30th March, 1825. D. in London, 9th July, 1861.
Footnote 13:
D. at Montreal, 24th March, 1825.
Footnote 14:
D. 28th Jan., 1824.
Footnote 15:
H. p. 1st May, 1816. D. in Ireland, 20th Jan., 1825.
Footnote 16:
Retd. 8th Nov., 1832.
Footnote 17:
Sen. surgeon 18th June, 1846. H. p. 8th Nov., 1852. Staff surgeon, 1st
class, 20th July, 1855. D. at Inverness, 30th Sept., 1862.
FIELD TRAIN DEPARTMENT OF THE ORDNANCE.[T]
Footnote T:
The Editor has no means of tracing the war services of the officers of
this department, and can only give two Waterloo representatives of the
above.
ASSISTANT-COMMISSARIES.
Date of Commission.
[1] Samuel J. Tibbs 1 June, 1814
[2] Richard Bant 1 June, 1815
Footnote 1:
Served through the whole of the Par. war, and in 1848 recd. the medal
with fourteen clasps. He also recd. the Waterloo medal. H. p. 6th
Aug., 1816. An interesting memoir of this veteran, with his portrait,
appeared in _The Regiment_, 29th Aug., 1896.
Footnote 2:
H. p. 27th March, 1816. D. in 1818. His Waterloo medal was for long in
the Seaforth collection.
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COMMISSARIAT DEPARTMENT.[U]
Footnote U:
The Commissariat officers who served at Waterloo were not granted the
Waterloo medal, and none of them ever appeared in any _Army List_ with
the glorious “W” before their names, although, in after years, those
who had served in the Pa. had the “P” before their names in the _Army
Lists_, and they recd. the Par. medal in 1848. It is, therefore,
impossible, to give any correct list of officers belonging to the
above department, but the Editor gives the names of six officers who
were undoubtedly at Waterloo.
DEPUTY-COMMISSARIES-GENERAL.
Date of Commission.
[1] Randal Isham Routh 9 Mar. 1812
[2] Gregory Haines 25 Dec. 1814
ASSISTANT-COMMISSARIES-GENERAL
[3] Tupper Carey 10 Aug. 1811
[4] Chas. Purcell 10 Aug. 1811
[5] Alex. R.C. Dallas 1 July, 1814
DEPUTY-ASSISTANT-COMMISSARY-GENERAL.
[6] Gilbert Dinwiddie 5 Sept. 1814
Footnote 1:
Afterwards Sir Randal Routh, K.C.B., commissary-gen. Son of Richard
Routh, Chief Justice of Newfoundland. Bn. at Poole, co. Dorset, 1787.
Served in the Pa. M. in Paris, in 1815, the niece of the French Bishop
of Canada. D. in Jersey, 29th Nov., 1858.
Footnote 2:
Reed, the Par. medal with eleven clasps in 1848. Retd. h. p. as
commissary-gen. 30th Aug., 1833. Living 1846.
Footnote 3:
H. p. commissary-gen. 24th Dec., 1844. Recd. the Par. medal with seven
clasps in 1848. See mention of this officer in the paper on “Waterloo”
in the _Cornhill Mag._, 1897.
Footnote 4:
Dep. commissary-gen. 22nd Oct., 1816. Served with the Walcheren
expedition and in the Pa. He wrote a MS. journal of his services which
came into the Editor’s possession a few years ago, and is now in the
R.A. Institution Library.
Footnote 5:
Afterwards the Rev. A.R.C. Dallas, Rector of Wonston, Hants. “He left
a distinguished name behind him as a clergyman, particularly in
Ireland, where his work was well recognised.” Eldest son of Robert
Dallas, of Dallas Castle.
Footnote 6:
Afterwards commissary-gen. D. in London, 10th March, 1862.
RESERVE FORCES.
The 35th, 54th, 59th, and 91st British Foot Regts., with two brigades of
Rl. Artillery, were not engaged at Waterloo, but being in the vicinity
(at Hal), and forming part of Wellington’s army, on 18th June, 1815,
they were granted the Waterloo medal, and were also allowed the grant of
two years’ service, but the word “Waterloo” is not to be found on the
colours of the above four regts.
35TH (OR THE SUSSEX) REGIMENT OF FOOT.[V]
(_2nd Battalion._)
Rank in the
——————
LIEUT.-COLONEL. Regiment.│Army.
_Sir George H.F. 13 June, 1811 │
Berkeley_, K.C.B., W. │
MAJORS. │
[1] Charles Macalister 13 June, 1811 │
[2] John Slessor 7 Oct. 1813 │Lt.-Col., 4 June,