Hunt For British Waterloo Ancestors for Anniversary

Best I can do is the Crimean War on mum's side.
"AN unprecedented search for up to a million Britons whose ancestors fought at Waterloo is being launched ahead of the 200th anniversary of the battle.

Hundreds of thousands of people living in the UK are estimated to have forefathers who took part in the fighting in 1815.

Experts believe many are “totally unaware” of their relatives’ involvement in the battle and are calling on people to research their family histories to see if there is a link.

The campaign is part of a number of events planned to commemorate the battle in the months before the anniversary in June.

Waterloo saw the final defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte and marked one of the most crucial events in European history.

Those with verified family connections will be given the chance to appear at one of the highest-profile events later this year.

James Morrow, honorary secretary of Waterloo 200, which is overseeing the commemorations, said there are thought to be a total of between one and two million people around the world who are descended from those involved in the battle. A large proportion of them are believed to be living in Britain.

He added: “A very, very large number of people are totally unaware that they had an ancestor at Waterloo.”"
http://www.scotsman.com/news/uk/hunt-for-brits-whose-ancestors-fought-at-waterloo-1-3657915

 

They should look in Holland an Belgium too. Many of Wellington troops came from the Low countries. I suppose the respective governments are doing so already.

 

The lack of historic awareness of Dutch politics (other than that of the royals/orangists) I assume quite the opposite.

 

That's a fair point, Skip.

 

Prince of Orange, commander of the Anglo-allied corps


At about 13:30, d'Erlon started to advance his three other divisions, some 14,000 men over a front of about 1,000 metres (1,100 yards), against Wellington's left wing. At the point they aimed for they faced 6,000 men: the first line consisted of the Dutch 1st "Brigade van Bylandt" of the 2nd Dutch division, flanked by the British brigades of Kempt and Pack on either side. The second line consisted of British and Hanoverian troops under Sir Thomas Picton, who were lying down in dead ground behind the ridge. All had suffered badly at Quatre Bras. In addition, the Bijlandt brigade had been ordered to deploy its skirmishers in the hollow road and on the forward slope. The rest of the brigade was lying down just behind the road.[62]
At the moment these skirmishers were rejoining their parent battalions, the brigade was ordered to its feet and started to return fire. On the left of the brigade, where the 7th Dutch Militia stood, a "few files were shot down and an opening in the line thus occurred."[63] The battalion had no reserves and was unable to close the gap.[j] D'Erlon's troops pushed through this gap in the line and the remaining battalions in the Bylandt brigade (8th Dutch Militia and Belgian 7th Line Battalion) were forced to retreat to the square of the 5th Dutch Militia, which was in reserve between Picton's troops, about 100 paces to the rear. There they regrouped under the command of Colonel Van Zuylen van Nijevelt.[k][l] A moment later the Prince of Orange ordered a counterattack, which actually occurred around 10 minutes later. Bylandt was wounded and retired off the field, passing command of the Brigade to Lt. Kol. De Jongh.[64]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Waterloo


Then it would be about time to include this in British history books .