Samuel Ferrior Explained

Samuel Ferrior (177218 June 1815) was a British soldier killed at the Battle of Waterloo on 18June 1815.

Career

Born in Pembrokeshire, he was promoted to Captain in the 1st Life Guards on 1August 1802.[1] On 30June 1810 he was promoted from captain to major by purchase[2] and subsequently to lieutenant-colonel.

At the Battle of Waterloo, the 1st Life Guards formed part of the 1st (or household) brigade of heavy cavalry under Major-General Lord Edward Somerset.[3]

Records suggest that during the battle, as major and Lieutenant-colonel he led his regiment in eleven charges, most of which were not made until after "his head had been laid open by the cut of a sabre and his body was pierced with a lance".[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: British Cavalry Regiments and the Men Who Led Them 1793-1815: 1st Regiment of Life Guards. 2 October 2015.
  2. Book: The London Gazette. 1810. T. Neuman. 936.
  3. Book: William. Siborne. William Siborne. History of the War in France and Belgium, in 1815: Containing Minute Details of the Battles of Quatre-Bras, Ligny, Wavre, and Waterloo. 1845. Lea & Blanchard. 180.
  4. Book: Dalton, Charles . 1904 . The Waterloo roll call. With biographical notes and anecdotes . London . Eyre and Spottiswoode . 47.