69th (or the South Lincolnshire) Regiment of Foot. (2nd Battalion.)
| Rank in the | |||||
| LIEUT.-COLONEL. | Regiment. | Army. | |||
| 1 | Charles Morice, K. | 4 | June, | 1813 | Col. 4 June, 1814 |
| MAJOR. | |||||
| 2 | George Muttlebury | 28 | Nov. | 1811 | Lt.-Col., 17 Mar. 1814 |
| CAPTAINS. | |||||
| 3 | J. Lewis Watson | 9 | July, | 1803 | Maj., 4 June, 1813 |
| 4 | Henry Lindsay, W. | 9 | July, | 1803 | Maj., 4 June, 1814 |
| Hon. Wm. Curzon, K. | 17 | Dec. | 1812 | ||
| 5 | Geo. Sackville Cotter | 3 | June, | 1813 | |
| 6 | Charles Cuyler | 10 | June, | 1813 | |
| 7 | Benjamin Hobhouse, K. | 12 | Aug. | 1813 | |
| 8 | George Ulrick Barlow | 30 | Dec. | 1813 | |
| 9 | Robert Blackwood, K. | 8 | Nov. | 1813 | |
| LIEUTENANTS. | |||||
| 10 | Wm. Harrison | 27 | Jan. | 1808 | |
| 11 | Roger Franklyn | 18 | Apr. | 1810 | |
| 12 | Stephen Parker | 11 | Apr. | 1811 | |
| 13 | Brooke Pigot, W. | 9 | May, | 1811 | |
| 14 | Christopher Busteed, W. | 25 | Jan. | 1813 | 15 Jan. 1813 |
| 15 | Neil Roy | 1 | July, | 1813 | |
| 16 | Chas. Wm. Ingle | 1 | Feb. | 1814 | |
| 17 | Joseph Hill | 2 | Feb. | 1814 | |
| 18 | Henry Oldershaw, Adjt. | 3 | Feb. | 1814 | |
| 19 | Charles Lenox Dickson | 21 | Apr. | 1814 | |
| 20 | Edm. Martin Wightwick, K. | 5 | May, | 1814 | |
| 21 | John Stewart, W. | 10 | Nov. | 1814 | |
| 22 | Henry Anderson, W. | 15 | June, | 1815 | |
| ENSIGNS. | |||||
| 23 | Edward Hodder, W. | 29 | July, | 1813 | |
| 24 | Wm. Bartlett | 3 | Feb. | 1814 | |
| 25 | Charles Seward | 24 | Feb. | 1814 | |
| 26 | Henry Duncan Keith | 21 | Apr. | 1814 | |
| 27 | Geo. S.H. Ainslie | 10 | Nov. | 1814 | |
| 28 | Christopher Clarke, W. (Volunteer). | ||||
| PAYMASTER. | |||||
| 29 | Philip Vyvian | 28 | Jan. | 1813 | |
| QUARTERMASTER. | |||||
| 30 | Matthew Stevens | 6 | Dec. | 1810 | |
| SURGEON. | |||||
| Clement Banks | 5 | June, | 1806 | ||
| ASSISTANT-SURGEON. | |||||
| James Bartlett | 16 | July, | 1812 | ||
| Facings green. Lace gold. | |||||
Notes
1. Had been wounded in the previous year in the night attack on Bergen-op-Zoom. Killed at Quatre Bras. His death, and that of many of the men of the 69th, was entirely due to the inexperience of the Prince of Orange, who stopped Col. Morice from forming square, and ordered him to re-form column.
2. C.B. for Waterloo. “Section after section of the 69th was swept off by the enemy’s artillery at Waterloo, whilst the French cavalry repeatedly surrounded the devoted regt.; but whenever the smoke cleared off, there it stood firm and undaunted.” Lt.-Col. of this regt. in July, 1817. M., 31st October, 1828, Mrs. Brown, of Cavendish Place, Bath. D. 11th Jan., 1854.
3. Bt. lt.-col. for Waterloo. Maj. 71st Highlanders, 1819. Retd. on h. p., 1829. D. at Leasingham Hall, Lincoln, 12th April, 1842.
4. Severely wounded at Quatre Bras in defending the colours. H. p. 16th Dec., 1819. His name disappeared from the Army List after 1827.
5. 2nd son of the Rev. George Sackville Cotter, by Margaret, dau. of Bayly Rogers, of Cork. Placed on h. p. 1st Dec., 1816. Aftds. settled in Canada, where he held the rank of col. in the volunteers. His experiences at Quatre Bras and Waterloo are given in Capt. (aftds. Gen. Sir Wm.) Butler’s Historical Events Connected with the 69th Regiment. D. in Canada, 9th April, 1869, leaving issue by his wife, Jane, dau. and co-heir of Wm. Crofts, of Danesfort, co. Cork.
6. Afterwards Sir Charles Cuyler, Bart. Eldest son of Gen. Sir Cornelius Cuyler, Bart., by Anne, dau. of Maj. Grant. M., 6th Feb., 1823, Catherine, dau. of the Rev. Fitzwilliam Halifax, and had issue. Lt.-Col. 69th Regt., 1826. D. 23rd July, 1862.
7. 2nd son of Sir Benjamin Hobhouse, Bart., by his first wife, Charlotte, dau. and heir of Samuel Cam, of Chantry House, Wilts. Acted as orderly officer to Sir Colin Halkett at Waterloo, and being a conspicuous figure on a fine horse, was a mark for the enemy’s bullets.
8. Eldest son of Sir George Barlow, Bart., of Fort William, Bengal, by Eliz., dau. of Burton Smith. Bn. 8th Oct., 1791. Exchanged to the 4th Lt. Dns., 5th April, 1821. M., 27th Feb., 1817, Hilare, 3rd dau. of Capt. Sir R. Barlow, R.N., K.C.B. D. s. p. in India, 1824. His widow remarried, 1829, Wm., Earl Nelson.
9. Eldest son of the Hon. and Rev. Hans Blackwood, who succeeded his brother, in 1836, as Baron Dufferin. Bn. 13th July, 1788. Buried in the orchard at Hougomont.
10. Capt. 13th Aug., 1815. H. p. 25th Nov., 1816.
11. H. p. 25th March, 1826.
12. Capt. 62nd Foot, 25th June, 1830. D. at Pau in May, 1853.
13. Capt. 29th Aug., 1826. Retd. f. p. Nov., 1840.
14. D. at Mullingar as lieut. in above regt., 4th Nov., 1828. His Waterloo medal was formerly in the Tancred collection.
15. Serving in 1824. Out of the regt. before 1830.
16. H. p. 25th April, 1826.
17. Retd. 1835 as capt.
18. Qr.-mr. 33rd Foot 3rd Aug., 1832. Serving 1842.
19. H. p. 7th Sept., 1826. D. May, 1860.
20. D. 17th June, 1815, from wounds received at Quatre Bras; 5th son of Wm. Wightwick, of New Romney, Kent.
21. H. p. 1816.
22. “Bn. in co. Kilkenny. Obtained his ensigncy through the interest of the Marquis of Ormonde. Served at the bombardment of Antwerp and at Bergen-op-Zoom. Slightly wounded at Quatre Bras by a ricochetting bullet; served as a lieut. of the light company at Waterloo, and near the close of the battle was shot through the left lung, the ball making its exit at the back, breaking the scapula. He aftds. served in the 75th Foot. Was for 26 years commandant of the Invalid Depôt at Chatham, and d. in 1860, having attained the rank of colonel.” Communicated by above officer’s son Major-Gen. E.A. Anderson.
23. 7th son of Geo. Hodder, of Fountainstown, co. Cork. H. p. lieut., 1826. Living in 1855.
24. Lieut. 10th Aug., 1815. H. p. 25th April, 1826.
25. Lieut. 11th Aug., 1815. H. p. 25th Nov., 1816.
26. Lieut. 14th Aug., 1815. Exchanged to 2nd Foot, 25th Jan., 1825. Serving 1830.
27. Afterwards served in the 1st Dragoons. Assumed the surname of Harcourt. Placed on h. p. as cornet, 1822. D. at Bedford, 29th Dec., 1867, aged 72.
28. A cadet from the Military College. Greatly distinguished himself at Quatre Bras, where the 69th was badly cut up by Kellermann’s Cuirassiers. He killed three cuirassiers before he himself fell covered with 22 sabre cuts. Recovered from his wounds, and was rewarded with an ensigncy in the 42nd Highlanders. He d. in 1831 as a subaltern in 33rd Foot. Sir W. Butler’s Records of 69th Regt. (London, 1870).
29. Assumed the surname of Robinson. H. p. 88th Foot, 28th June, 1827.
30. This was “the same man who, eighteen years before, at St. Vincent, had broken the stern galley window of the San Nicholas, and led the way for Nelson to the quarter-deck of the Spanish vessel.” He appears to have been a Scotchman, with a keen sense of humour, as, when a man was killed by his side, by a long shot from the enemy, on the morning of Waterloo Day, he quietly remarked, “Aweel, it is time for a respectable non-combatant to gang awa’!”—Sir W. Butler’s Records of 69th Regt. D. as Qr.-mr. 69th Foot, at Cannanore, India, 1821.