_Ibid._ , xi. 35, 121. _Wellington Despatches_ (Gurwood), viii. 249.
On the 29th of July, H.R.H. the Prince Regent granted to all Ensigns of the three Regiments of Foot Guards then serving, and afterwards to be appointed, the rank of Lieutenant, as a mark of Royal approbation of the distinguished gallantry of the Brigade of Guards in the important battle which had just taken place. Thereby was completed the system of the “double rank” which had existed in the Household Infantry for many years. Captains of the First and Coldstream Guards had been given the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in 1687, and four years later, in 1691, Captains of the Scots Guards received the same privilege; while all Lieutenants of the three Regiments of Foot Guards were upon that occasion given commissions of Captains in the army.[30]
Colonel MacKinnon, _Origin and Services of the Coldstream Guards_ , i. 190, 211, and ii. 368 (London, 1833). The Prince Regent also conferred upon the First Guards the title of Grenadier Guards, “in commemoration of their having defeated the Grenadiers of the French Imperial Guard upon this memorable occasion” (_ibid._, ii. 368).
During the halt which was made at Le Cateau on the 23rd of June, a return was ordered, giving the number of killed, wounded, and missing, casualties of the fighting that took place between the 16th and 18th inclusive.[31]
A return, dated Adjutant-General’s Office, April 13, 1816, was transmitted to the Duke of Wellington from the Horse-Guards on July 16th of that year, showing the number of sergeants, trumpeters, drummers, farriers, and rank and file of the British army, who were killed, wounded, or missing in the actions fought in Flanders on the 15th, 16th, and 18th of June, 1815. The following concerns the Division of Guards:—
┌────────────────────────────┬─────────┬───────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ Wounded. │ ├────────────────────────────┼─────────┼─────────┬───────────┬───────────┬─────────────┤ │ │ │ Died of │ Suffered │ │ Transferred │ │ │ Killed│ Wounds. │Amputation.│Discharged.│ to Vet. or │ │ │ │ │ │ │Garr. Battns.│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├────────────────────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼───────────┼───────────┼─────────────┤ │Grenadier Guards, 2nd Battn.│ 61 │ 29 │ 6 │ 44 │ —— │ │ ” ” 3rd ” │ 71 │ 30 │ 14 │ 48 │ —— │ │Coldstream ” 2nd ” │ 47 │ 26 │ 6 │ — │ —— │ │Third ” ” ” │ 39 │ 47 │ 12 │ 21 │ —— │ ├────────────────────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼───────────┼───────────┼─────────────┤ │Total Guards Division │ 218 │ 132 │ 38 │ 113 │ —— │ ├────────────────────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼───────────┼───────────┼─────────────┤ │Total British Army │ 1715 │ 856 │ 236 │ 506 │ 167 │ ├────────────────────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼───────────┼───────────┼─────────────┤ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├────────────────────────────┼─────────┴─────────┴───────────┴───────────┴─────────────┤ │ │ Wounded (cont’d). │ ├────────────────────────────┼─────────┬─────────┬───────────┬───────────┬─────────────┤ │ │Rejoined │ Remain │ │ Rejoined │ Not since │ │ │Regiment.│ in │ Total. │ Regiment.│ heard of; │ │ │ │Hospital.│ │ │ supposed │ │ │ │ │ │ │ dead. │ ├────────────────────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼───────────┼───────────┼─────────────┤ │Grenadier Guards, 2nd Battn.│ 197 │ 26 │ 302 │ 10 │ 38 │ │ ” ” 3rd ” │ 361 │ 33 │ 486 │ 3 │ 32 │ │Coldstream ” 2nd ” │ 208 │ 1 │ 241 │ 4 │ —— │ │Third ” ” ” │ 96 │ 19 │ 195 │ 17 │ 2 │ ├────────────────────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼───────────┼───────────┼─────────────┤ │Total Guards Division │ 862 │ 79 │ 1224 │ 34 │ 72 │ ├────────────────────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼───────────┼───────────┼─────────────┤ │Total British Army │ 5068 │ 854 │ 7687 │ 482 │ 353 │ └────────────────────────────┴─────────┴─────────┴───────────┴───────────┴─────────────┘