granted to them, will have completed their term of service on or before the 24th of June last." Addressed to the Paymaster. Officers commanding Regiment of "His Royal Highness the Prince Regent has conferred upon Lieut.-general Sir Charles Alten, K.C.B., and to his descendants, the title of Count, as a recompense for his distinguished services in the war in Spain, and in the battle of Waterloo. "His Royal Highness has been further pleased to testify his high satisfaction with the Hanoverian troops who were present in this last battle, and to permit them to bear, like the English troops, on their colours and on their uniform, the word Waterloo."" "War Office, Dec. 23. "The Prince Regent has been pleased to approve of the undermentioned Regiments being permitted to bear on their colours and appointments the word Waterloo,' in commemoration of their distinguished services on the 18th of June, 1815: -1st and 2d Life Guards, Royal Horse Guards, 1st Dragoon Guards, Royal Dragoons, 2d Royal North British Dragoons, 6th Regiment of Dragoons, 7th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 15th, 16th, 18th, and 23d Regiments of Light Dragoons, Royal Waggon Train, Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers, 1st and 2d German Light Dragoons, 1st and 3d German Hussars, 2d and 3d batt. Grenadier Guards, 2d batt. Coldstream Guards, 2d batt. 3d Foot Guards, 3d batt. Royal Scots, 1st batt. 4th, 3d batt. 14th, 23d; 1st batt. 27th, 28th; 2d batt. 30th, 32d, 33d; 1st batt. 40th, 42d; 2d batt. 44th, 51st, 52d; 2d batt. 69th; 1st batt. 71st; 2d batt. 73d; 1st batt. 79th, 92d; 1st batt. 95th; 6 companies 2d batt. 95th, and 2 comps. 3d batt. 95th Regiments of Foot; Royal Staff Corps; 1st and 2d German Light Battalion; 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th, and 8th German Line Battalions, and the German Artillery. "MEMORANDUM. "Horse Guards, 10th of March, 1816. "The Prince Regent has been graciously pleased, in the name and on the behalf of his Majesty, to command, that in commemoration of the brilliant and decisive victory of Waterloo * Vide List of Regiments, p. 431. a medal shall be conferred upon every officer, non-commissioned officer, and soldier of the British Army present upon that memorable occasion. "His Royal Highness has further been pleased to command, that the ribbon issued with the medal shall never be worn but with the medal suspended to it. "By command of his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, "H. Torrens, Major-general and Military Secretary.” [LIEUT.-GENERAL LORD HILL'S Order is introduced in p. 215.] Copy of Division Order of Sir CHARLES COLVILLE'S Brigade. "June 20th, 1815. "Lt.-gen. Sir Charles Colville cannot deny himself the satisfaction of adding to those of Lord Hill his own most hearty congratulations to Colonel Mitchell and the brigade of the 4th division under his command, in the share they so fortunately had in the glorious and for ever-memorable battle of the 18th instant. By every statement, the 23d or Royal Welsh Fusiliers, and 51st Regiment, acted most fully up to their former high character, while the very young 3d battalion 14th Regiment, in this their first trial, showed a gallantry and steadiness becoming of veteran troops." "Division Order, Arneville, July 5th, 1815. "The 32d Regiment will join the 6th Division this day, agreeably to the General Order of the 3d instant. Major-general Sir James Kempt feels that he cannot part with this regiment without again expressing the very high sense he entertains of its very distinguished conduct in the battles of the 16th and 18th of June: it was quite impossible for troops to behave more nobly than the 32d did on these glorious occasions; and he begs that Lieutenant-col. Hicks, the officers and men, will accept of his thanks for their distinguished services while under his command. "As the late 2d battalion of the 44th Foot bore a part in the memorable battle of Waterloo, and on that occasion received the Prince Regent's permission to bear on its colours and appointments the word Waterloo;' and as that battalion has been reduced, and the men have been transferred to the 1st battalion; his Royal Highness has been pleased to approve of permission being granted to the 44th Regiment to bear on its colours and appointments, in addition to any other badges or devices which may have been heretofore granted to the regiment, the word Waterloo,' in commemoration of the distinguished gallantry displayed by the 2d battalion of that regiment in the action of the 18th of June, 1815. "War Office, 26th July, 1816.” "SIR, "Shooter's Hill, Jan. 21, 1816. "As Commanding Officer of the 9th battalion, I beg to acknowledge the favour of your letter of the 7th instant, acquainting me with the conduct of the company which devolved to your command towards the close of the battle of Waterloo. "Deeply do I regret that the excellent and lamented officer who commanded your brigade at the commencement of that memorable day should not have lived to perform the pleasing duty of recording the cool and intrepid bravery of his brother officers and men: yet the wounds that you received are testimonies which cannot be mistaken, and which entitle you in a peculiar degree to that consideration, which is also due to Lieuts. Pringle and Sharpin, and the non-commissioned officers and men, who contributed so essentially to the greatest victory our arms had ever achieved. Although I cannot doubt that the Commanding Officer of Artillery has already done complete justice to the services which you, and the company under your command, have rendered their country; yet I have felt it to be my duty to transmit your letter, through General Macleod, to the MasterGeneral. "Permit me to add, that I shall ever be proud to have had in the battalion under my command officers who have so highly distinguished themselves; and in the hope that your wounds may soon admit of your return to England, and that you may long enjoy the laurels which you have so dearly gained, "I remain, dear Sir, "Your very faithful humble Servant, (Signed) "THOMAS BLOOMFIELD, "Lieut.-Gen. and Colonel Commandant, "Royal Regiment of Artillery." "To Captain Napier, Royal Artillery.” PENSIONS TO OFFICERS HAVING LOST (OR HAVING SUSTAINED AN INJURY EQUAL TO LOSING) AN EYE OR A LIMB ON SERVICE. From the Date of the Battle of Waterloo, 18th June, 1815, the Premiums increase with the Rank. Field-Marshal, General, or Lieut.-General, commanding in chief at the time To be specially considered. PER ANN. £400 350 300 Lieutenant-General Lieutenant-Adjutant-Deputy-Assistant-Commissary-General Cornet-Ensign-Second Lieutenant-Regimental Quarter-Master-As sistant-Surgeon-Apothecary-Hospital Assistant-Veterinary Surgeon -Deputy Purveyor 250 200 100 70 50 The Officers marked thus to have the Allowance according to their Army Rank, if they prefer it. The Payments are made half-yearly, at the Pay Office, Whitehall. PENSIONS TO OFFICERS' WIDOWS, REGIMENTAL, NOT BREVET. N.B. The above pensions are payable every four months, viz. April, August, and December, at the Pay Office, Whitehall, except those that relate to the Commissariat Department, which are payable every three months at the Office of the Commissary-in-Chief. 30 90 50 No. 35 Great George Street, Westminster. PRECEDENCY OF RELATIVES.-1. Widow-2. Child-3. Father -4. Mother-5. Brother or Sister-6. Grandfather or Grandmother-7. Uncle, Aunt, Nephew, or Niece-8. Cousin Germain-9. Ditto once removed-10. Second Cousin. The Departments of Military Accounts are transmitting the following instructions on the Waterloo Grant: "Lieutenants of Cavalry and Infantry, who had served more than five years on the 18th of June, to receive one shilling per day for every day beyond five years' service, provided the retrospect be not beyond two years; non-commissioned officers and privates also to benefit proportionately from the same retrospect. "The charge for officers to be made in their ordinary accounts. Those for men distinct in a pay-list supplementary, according to a prescribed form. "Sums issued upon a return, to take effect from the 25th of June, and no reference to the 97th Section of the Mutiny Act. |