Local Waterloo men.
I was asked if it was known if any local men were at Waterloo and if so, where they stood.
There were 25 in total, the units and hence location of 19 are known. 4 were in the Heavy Cavalry, 5 in the Artillery (3 in the Horse Artillery, 1 in the Foot and 1 in the Rocket Troop) and 10 in the Infantry (2 in the Guards, 3 in the Rifles and 5 in the Line).
Interestingly all 10 Infantry men also fought at the battle of Quatre Bras on the 16th and all the Cavalry and 4 of the Artillery were present at the Rearguard action at Genappe on the 17th.
Heavy Cavalry.
1st King's Dragoon Guards.
William Cully. Hinckley.
Pte William Chapman. Hinckley.
Thomas Bray. Sapcote.
Royal Horse Guards.
Pte John Bingley. Cosby.
Artillery.
Horse.
Mercer's Troop.
Bm Samuel, Bm Nathaniel and Gnr George Almey all brothers from Earl Shilton.
Foot.
Sinclair's Company.
Gnr George Chapman. Earl Shilton.
Whinyate's Rocket Troop.
Gnr Jacqueline Raven. Earl Shilton.
Infantry.
Guards.
3/1st. Sgt John Forryan, Sharnford.
2/3rd. Pte Matthew Kirkland, Stoke Golding. Cpt Dashwood's Light Coy.
Line.
2/30th. Nathaniel Smith, Hinckley. Wounded. Cpt Sinclair's Coy.
C/Sgt Josh Scotton, Claybrooke. Grenadier Coy.
33rd.
William Beale, Hinckley. Wounded.
Michael Goldsby, Hinckley. Wounded.
2/73rd.
John Lower, Hinckley. Cpt Lynch's Coy.
1/95th Rifles.
John Moore, Beckwith's No10 Coy in the reserve.
Joseph Tomlinson, Leach's No2 Coy in the gravel pit, Hinckley
and John Pratt, Lee's No8 Coy in the reserve, Sapcote.
The following maps show 3 of the major phases of the battle.
The first French attack.
