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the 95‘h Rifles early on 15 June, and later that day accompanied Major General Pack to the Duchess of Richmond’s Ball at Brussels which Welli …
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Orlando Bridgeman commissioned into the 1St Foot Guards four months before he left the Royal Military College in June 1811 after having reac …
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effective to gain the enthusiastic commendation of the Quartermaster General, Sir William De Lancey. Indeed, it goes without saying that had …
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this charge Major General Le Marchant was killed at the head of his brigade, and I have to lament the loss of a most able officer. ’99 Le Mar …
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The Authors Dr Anthony Morton is Curator of the Sandhurst Collection. From 1997 to 2004 Anthony worked as the Archivist for the Royal Logist …
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drill, or extra academic work or confinement to the college grounds requiring reporting to the guardroom at regular intervals. More serious …
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Cavalry Brigade).155 These fresh cavalry formations helped prevent the last remnants of French cavalry still operational fiom taking advantag …
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During the Waterloo campaign Armstrong was again ADC78 to Major General Vandeleur, now commander of the 4'h British Cavalry Brigade that was …
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Son of George Chambers!“ Ensign 28/1/1809 (vice Burrard deceased), 1“ Foot Guards. 187 Served in the Peninsula March 1810-November 1810, Sep …
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Positioned out on the extremity of Wellington’ s left flank also made it difficult to know what was happening elsewhere on the battlefield. Viv …
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Quartermaster General August 1808-January 1809, and as Deputy Quartermaster General May 1809-April 1814. Mentioned in Despatches by Wellingt …
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at the Battle of Barossa/03 Studied in the Senior Department of the RMC 1812-1814/04 Lieutenant and Captain 10/6/1813 (vice De Courcy deceas …
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THE IMPACT OF ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE-TRAINED OFFICERS ON THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO: PART ONE-WELLINGTON’S STAFF By Dr Anthony Morton
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James Hamilton Stanhope of the 3rd Battalion, 1St Foot Guards, who was not an RMC-trained officer and who was suffering from exhaustion and a …
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Dragoons of the 2““ Light Brigade, Netherlands Cavalry Divisionm) after they had been routed by French cavalry south of the crossroads. Duri …
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soldier.105 To give just one example, at the battle of Barrosa in Spain on 5 March 1811 twenty five out the seventy six officers in one Brit …
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British officers who served with Wellington’s army during the Waterloo campaign and nineteen per cent of its staff officers. In addition to …
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infantry battalions of the 3rd Division into oblong formations (still referred to as ‘squares’ although actually rectangular in shape) in a …
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regiments that played important roles in crucial phases of the Waterloo campaign. Examples include the charges of the 7th Hussars and lSt Li …
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Each brigade was authorized one brigade major.10 The duties of a brigade major were similar to that of an ADC except that the former appoint …
