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  Index

  Page numbers refer to the print edition but are hyperlinked to the appropriate location in the e-book.

  Numbered military units appear first in this index. Numbered entries and subentries are listed in numerical order. Non-numbered entries are arranged alphabetically.

  1st Dragoon Guards, 106–108

  1st Dragoons, 194, 277, 284

  1st Foot, 11–12, 49, 315n51; Third Battalion, 14, 106, 305; Fourth battalion, 16, 88, 106, 156–157

  1st Foot Guards, 11, 191, 209; First Battalion, 124, 137, 305; Second Battalion, 138–139, 161; Third Battalion, 120, 124–125, 137, 139, 305

  1st Foreign Veteran Battalion, 11, 117

  1st KGL Dragoons, 277, 279, 281–282

  1st KGL Hussars, 196, 273, 277–279, 281, 283–284

  1st KGL Light Battalion, 157, 306

  1st KGL Line Battalion, 133, 140, 157

  1st Life Guards, 18, 107–108, 277

  1st Royal Veteran Battalion, 162–163

  2nd Dragoons, 56, 315n51

  2nd Foot, 49, 73–79, 94, 147–148, 155, 208, 225, 289, 305

  2nd KGL Dragoons, 134, 277–279, 281

  2nd KGL Hussars, 120, 273, 277–279, 281

  2nd KGL Light Battalion, 157, 306

  2nd KGL Line Battalion, 140, 157

  2nd Life Guards, 18, 107–108, 277

  3rd Dragoon Guards, 277, 284

  3rd Dragoons, 73, 77, 277, 282

  3rd Foot, 314n17; First Battalion, 49, 54, 80, 90, 144, 254–255

  3rd Foot Guards, 53, 264; First Battalion, 137; Second Battalion, 138, 161

  3rd KGL Hussars, 133, 157, 276–277

  4th Dragoon Guards, 51–52, 196, 277, 280–281, 315n51

  4th Dragoons, 196, 272, 277, 284

  4th Foot, 171; First Battalion, 186, 227, 305; Second Battalion, 120, 173

  4th Royal Veteran Battalion, 125

  5th Dragoon Guards, 260, 272, 277

  5th Dragoons, 18

  5th Foot, 171; First Battalion, 104, 231, 305; Second Battalion, 100, 171–173

  5th KGL Line Battalion, 140, 157, 224–225

  6th Dragoons, 315n51

  6th Foot, 136

  7th Fusiliers, 58, 102, 104, 314n8; First Battalion, 46, 53, 84, 150, 177, 256; Second Battalion, 84, 100, 188, 237

  7th Hussars, 107, 277

  7th KGL Line Battalion, 140, 331n73

  7th Royal Veteran Battalion (disbanded 1814), 125. See also 13th Royal Veteran Battalion (renumbered as 7th in 1815)

  8th Foot,
136; Second Battalion, 100, 141; Second Battalion, 100, 141–142

  9th Foot, 17, 171; First Battalion, 17, 125, 133, 305; Second Battalion, 17, 119, 125, 133, 173

  9th Light Dragoons, 231, 277, 279, 281–282

  10th Hussars, 62, 72, 77, 109, 277

  10th Royal Veteran Battalion, 117–118

  11th Foot: First Battalion, 125, 150, 207; Second Battalion, 125

  11th Light Dragoons, 49, 62, 73, 272, 277, 314n19

  12th Foot, 135–36

  12th Light Dragoons, 61–62, 271–272, 277–278, 318n44

  13th Light Dragoons, 194, 272, 277

  13th Royal Veteran Battalion (renumbered as 7th in 1815), 11, 117, 231

  14th Foot, 11, 58, 158, 171; Second Battalion, 158, 305; Third Battalion, 63, 88, 158, 171–173

  14th Light Dragoons, 268, 277, 280–281, 284

  15th Foot, 135–136; Second Battalion, 173

  15th Hussars, 50, 55, 109, 277, 283–285

  16th Foot, 58

  16th Light Dragoons, 109–112, 268, 272, 277, 280, 284

  17th Foot, 73

  18th Foot, 315n51; Second Battalion, 88

  18th Hussars, 196, 270, 277, 279, 284

  19th Foot, 135–136, 171, 173

  20th Foot, 48, 86–87, 89, 94, 96, 98, 251, 305

  20th Light Dragoons, 107, 277

  21st Fusiliers, 314n8, 315n51; Second Battalion, 164

  22nd Foot, 135–136, 158, 171; 1st battalion, 159; Second Battalion, 158–160, 171–174

  23rd Fusiliers, 58–59, 290, 296, 314n8; 1st battalion, 59, 177, 225; Second Battalion, 141–142, 153, 305

  23rd Light Dragoons, 217, 268, 276–277, 297

  24th Foot, Second Battalion, 145, 147

  26th Foot, 315n51; 1st battalion, 114, 227, 230, 305

  27th Foot, 11, 59, 100, 315n51; First Battalion, 100, 106, 177, 255–256; Second Battalion, 100; Third Battalion, 14, 88, 100, 106, 114, 209

  28th Foot, 46, 83; First Battalion, 104, 120, 186, 305; Second Battalion, 100

  29th Foot, 91, 94–98, 136, 144, 152, 154, 173, 217, 234

  30th Foot, 290, 315n64; Second Battalion, 119–121, 147, 155–156, 164, 175, 211

  31st Foot: First Battalion, 154; Second Battalion, 95, 144–147, 153–155, 167