The regiment first fought at the Battle of Quatre Bras, arriving about 3 pm on 16 June 1815 just in time to help halt the French advance. Two days later at the Battle of Waterloo the regiment was stationed opposite the French main attacks, standing their ground before attacking Napoleon's assaulting troops. The 1st Battalion of the regiment was part of the 8th British Brigade commanded by Major-General James Kempt, which was in turn part of the 5th British Infantry Division under Lieutenant-General Thomas Picton. The regiment was commanded on the field by Lieutenant-Colonel John Hicks and numbered at 503 men at the battle of Waterloo having suffered casualties at Quatre Bras. The Regiment suffered the greatest loss of all the British Regiments, losing 516 men in two days out of a total of 662. It was two men of the Grenadier Company that brought Pictons's body away from the battlefield after he was fatally wounded in the head.
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Great to see your Airfix figures (en-masse) Steve—with a couple of mates from Hat. A fine sight.
ReplyDeleteThanks James for your kind comments. I still have loads of these Airfix figures to paint, but am painting a Prussian Hat set at the moment for a change of colour.
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