The 27th (Inniskilling) Foot

The second part in this look at Lambert's Brigade at Waterloo, the story of the 27th (Inniskilling) Foot at Waterloo is well-known as one of carnage, bravery, and devastating losses. If you enjoy this podcast, you can support it for just the price of a coffee buymeacoffee.com/waterloopodcastMany thanks to: Andrew McGrath, Stuart Lyon, Captain Harry Lin, Peter Molloy, Andrew Baillie, Jonathan Durbin, Diogo Vasconcellos, Special thanks also to Mark Bois, Peter Molloy, and Lt-Col. Simon Stanford-Tuck for their help in putting this episode togetherContact: [email protected] note on company numbers: 25 years ago I thought I had it all clear – three companies – the Grenadiers and two others arrived too late to participate and thus there were just seven companies at Waterloo and I was certain I knew which officers commanded which companies Now however, I feel the picture is far less clear – as is often the case, the more research you do, the more confusing and contradictory the data seems to be. There were men from all 10 companies present at Waterloo – but just a handful from 2 and 7, so we can count these among the “absent” companies. I believe No.7 was the Grenadier Company and No.9. The company numbers listed in this episode are how the men appear on the pay musters of March-June 1815. These often vary from the company numbers on the WO25 series listing casualties - why this is, remains a mystery to me, but is frequently the case in many regiments. After years of (fruitlessly) trying to solve the puzzle, I'm now just resolved to using the company numbers from the pay musters. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.