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General => Armed Forces => Topic started by: nedda on Tuesday 23 February 10 02:59 GMT (UK)
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Hi,
Just wondering if anybody could advise if there is a list of soldiers names who fought in the Battle of Waterloo?
Our family "legend" has it that somebody fought there. I have looked under the medals of the Battle of Waterloo and can't see anything.
Thanks
Nedda
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Medals for the earlier campaigns in the Penisular, France and the Americas were not authorised until 1847, and you had to be alive then, and claim it, to receive it. The Waterloo medal was however issued just after the battle. So if he is not listed on the roll he did not take part.
Ken
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Thanks Ken,
I relooked over the list and he's not listed there, so I can now mark that one down as a family urban legend.
Regards
Nedda
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I have an ancestor who family legend states that he was a soldier having fought at the Battle of Waterloo, and that after he emigrated to South Australia, he used to travel to the city of Adelaide in a cart to collect his Chelsea Pension which was 6pence per day. Is there a searchable list on the internet for these soldiers, or is someone able to do a look up for me.
Thanks
Isobelle
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Some detail re Chelsea here http://www.victorianlondon.org/publications4/peopled-02.htm
And TNA on British Army: Soldiers' Pensions, (1702-1913
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/RdLeaflet.asp?sLeafletID=15
I think they have something on Waterloo somewhere also
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Hi Isobelle
You are really asking the same question as Nedda. The only list is the Waterloo medal roll, which is a book. But as you do not give a name you are not really allowing people to help you.
You could also try searching for his name on the NA Catalogue - http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/search.asp - using WO as the series code. If you get a hit in either WO97 or WO121 it means there is some information on microfilm in Kew, which you can then order.
Ken
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Thankyou Ron and Ken for your help. The name is WILLIAM BROTHERHOOD and we have been told he was a member of the 1st Dragoon Guards.
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This link shows he was discharged the year before Waterloo - http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATID=-4591194&CATLN=7&Highlight=%2CBROTHERHOOD&accessmethod=0&Summary=True
It refers to a pension record on microfilm in Kew.
Ken
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Ken,
Thanks so much for your help here. I will be able to contact Kew for a copy, a cousin is travelling to UK from Australia in July, so she may be able to collect it then for me.
Your assistance is much appreciated.
Isobelle.
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HI Isobelle,
If you don't want to wait you can "request this" and send off to the Archives for a quote and they can send it through to you via email.
The only thing that I would confirm is that what they will send you is only information on your listed person.
I did this recently with the surgeon's journal put her name etc, unfortunately when they sent it they only sent me the first 10 pages (that's all the payment allowed for) and the person I listed wasn't even in there. If I wanted to get the rest of the journal it was going to end up costing about A$45.00 and couldn't even guarantee that she was there - oh well, learning curve.
Nedda
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I tried about a month ago to get a copy of soldiers docs through the online request a copy feature (got some this way last year) only to be told they have now discontinued that service. The Chelsea pensioner files will be coming online though, later this year, at Findmypast.
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Thanks for your replies,
I think I will just wait now, until they come on line later in the year,
Isobelle.
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I know that my ancestor John Warnock from Scotland fought in the Battle of Waterloo. This is all I know.....
Is someone able to provide me with more information about his military history? Or sites for more information.
Thank you.
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The Waterloo Medal roll is on Ancestry and I cannot find him.
Since this question first appeared the surviving pension records have been put on Findmypast. If a soldier was at Waterloo he would receive an extra pension of one half-penny a day, and this will be stated on his discharge form.
Ken
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You might like to check out this link
https://archive.org/details/waterloorollcall00daltuoft
Good hunting bowman
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I have recently finished a three year project
of recording all 600 soldiers of the 1st (or) Kings Dragoon Guards that served at Waterloo. There is no one names Brotherhood on the list
Clive
curator QDG Heritage Trust
Ken,
Thanks so much for your help here. I will be able to contact Kew for a copy, a cousin is travelling to UK from Australia in July, so she may be able to collect it then for me.
Your assistance is much appreciated.
Isobelle.
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Hi Clive. Welcome to Rootschat. ;D
The original post is from 2010 so you may not receive a reply. But I am sure our regulars will find your information helpful.
Please do stick around as there are always lots of interesting discussions going on.
Milly (Armed Forces Moderator)