Waterloo orders of battle:
British-Allied Cavalry

18 June, 1815

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Commander: The Duke of Wellington.
Deputy Quartermaster General:
Col Sir William de Lancey.
Army strength:
54,000 infantry, 13,000 cavalry, 157 cannons.

Cavalry Corps
Lord Uxbridge
12,000 men, 30 guns
British & KGL
1st Brigade
Gen Lord Somerset
1st & 2nd Life Guards, Royal Horse Guards, 1st Dragoon Guards.
2nd Brigade
Gen Sir William Ponsonby
1st Dragoons, 2nd Dragoons, 6th Dragoons.
3rd Brigade
Gen Sir Wilhelm Dornberg
1st & 2nd KGL Lt Dragoons, 23rd Lt Dragoons.
4th Brigade
Gen Sir John Vandeleur
11th, 12th & 16th Lt Dragoons.
5th Brigade
Gen Sir Colquhoun Grant
7th & 15th Hussars.
6th Brigade
Gen Sir Richard Vivian
1st KGL Hussars, 10th & 18th Hussars.
7th Brigade
Col Sir F von Arentschild
3rd KGL Hussars, 13th Lt Dragoons.
British Horse Artillery
Bull's 1st Howitzer's, Webber-Smith's 2nd, Gardiner's 3rd, Whinyate's 4th Rockets, Mercer's 5th, Ramsay's 6th.
1st Hanoverian Brigade
Col von Estorff
Cumberland Hussars, Brunswick Hussars, Uhlan squadron.
1st Dutch Belgian Div.
1st Brigade
Gen Trip
1st (D), 2nd & 3rd (B) Caribiniers,
2nd Brigade
Gen de Ghingy
4th (D) Lt Dragoons, 8th (B) Hussars.
2nd Brigade
Gen Van Merlen
5th (B) Lt Dragoons, 6th (D) Hussars.
Artillery
One horse battery.

 

 
 
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