The Military Knights of Windsor who fought at Waterloo

Published in Windlesora 31 (2015)

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Between 1830 and 1880, twenty of the one hundred Military Knights admitted at Windsor, had been veterans of the Battle of Waterloo, of which six had been wounded, and nine were awarded medals for bravery. They are named here, in order of enrolment, with their enrolment number first, followed by the years they served as Military Knights in Windsor:

4241830-1834Lieutenant William Jones50th or West Kent Regiment: served throughout the Peninsula and was wounded at Vitoria.
4281831-1841Quarter-Master Thomas VarleyRoyal Horse Guards, The Blues; severely wounded at Waterloo.
4311835-1840Paymaster Alexander Strange15th East Riding Regiment: awarded a medal for bravery
4361837-1861Lieutenant Andrew HeartleyRoyal Horse Guards, The Blues; also served throughout the Peninsula.
4381838-1848Lieutenant George Sicker11th, Light Dragoons: carried the regimental standard during the Battle, they charged down the fleeing French troops, rode through the soldiers before turning around and herding them back as prisoners.
4421841-1864Major Robert Cochrane95th, The Rifle Brigade: was slightly wounded at Waterloo and held a war medal with two clasps.
4451842-1851Captain Tomas Cradock7th, Enniskilling Regiment of Foot: was seriously wounded at Waterloo, and shot through the nose.
4521848-1848 Quarter-Master James WightmanRoyal Artillery: was wounded during the Peninsula campaign, lost an arm at Waterloo (as Sergeant Major), and held a war medal with seven clasps. He was known to have laid the gun which wounded Marshal Marmont at Salamanca, and caused the loss of his arm. The two men met twice in later years.
4531848-1852Lieutenant Henry Griffiths15th, Kings Light Dragoons: received a medal for bravery.
4681856-1869Quarter-Master Samuel Goddard14th or Buckinghamshire Regiment: served in India after Waterloo.
4721862-1865Captain Francis Minchin51st, or 2nd Yorkshire West Riding Regiment : was at the retreat to Corunna and served in the Peninsula before Waterloo. He held a war medal with four clasps.
4731862-1865Quarter-Master Alexander HendryRegiment unknown: fought at Quatre Bras and Waterloo.
4741862-1865Lieutenant Colonel Park Percy Neville30th or 1st Cambridge Regiment: served throughout the Peninsula and was wounded at Badajos. He served in India after Waterloo, and had a war medal with four clasps.
4751862-1876Lieutenant Colonel Anthony G.Sedley63rd, West Suffolk Regiment of Foot: he was wounded at Waterloo, and had a war medal with two clasps. He later served in Burma.
4801865-1866Major George Frederick Berkley St John52nd or Oxfordshire Regiment of Foot: acted as orderly officer to Lt. General Sir Henry Clinton and was responsible for supervising food supplies and cleanliness in the regiment.
4811865-1867Colonel Richard Blacklin3rd Bn. 1st or Royal Scots: took on the dangerous task of carrying the King’s colours, after four officers had already been killed while carrying it during the battle; he was wounded. He was one of only five surviving officers of his regiment out of 39.
4821865-1867Quarter-Master George CopelandScots Fusilier Guards: he fought in the Peninsula, at Quatre Bras as well as Waterloo, and held a war medal with two clasps.
4851866-1879Captain Loraine White55th, Westmoreland Regiment: also fought in the Peninsula before Waterloo.
4861866-1869Lieutenant Colonel William Rainforth35th, or Sussex Regiment: served in the West Indies afterwards.
4891867-1875Lieutenant Alexander Innes42nd (The Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot: also fought in the Peninsula as well as Waterloo. He had a war medal with one clasp.

Brigitte Mitchell

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