Anyone else got ancestors who fought at Waterloo?

[Riklet]

One of my relatives was marshal of the royal air force. Armed forces for the lose......

 

[ericjarvis]

I come from a family with a long and distinguished military tradition. We've never actually dodged military service so far as records are available, but equally no member of the family has ever been involved in any war except as an engineer, medic or cook. The only recorded killing by any of my antecedents is one on the Cornish side of my family who was hung for shooting an excise man.

 

[Mungy]

my dad was in the engineers during WW2 but i have no idea about what he did.

 

[Ponyutd]

This fells didn't stand much of a chance did he?

http://www.nam.ac.uk/waterloo200/200-object/antoine-fauveau-cuirass/

 

[Belushi]

That must have smarted.

 

[Skin1]

Today is the anniversary of the 'Battle of Waterloo' which my gt, gt, gt grandfather (and ancestor of many Bristolians) Henry Houghton ( a Labourer from Wootton Wawen, Warwickshire) was wounded... His grave still exists at Wootton Wawen, documenting his time at the Battle (I believe)
Henry Houghton Portsmouth Evening News - Saturday 06 March 1880

 

[two sheds]

Posted this in the Map Porn thread but suitable here too I think:

 

[andysays]

Posted this in the Map Porn thread but suitable here too I think:

Is that Sasaferrato arriving top left at about 15.00?

 

[tim]

My uncle got very pissed and head-butted a ticket inspector at Charing Cross. But we try not to mention it.

My grandfather got mugged down Villiers Street which runs down the side of Charing Cross. That was in 1911, but he spent the next 65 years castigating anyone foolish enough to walk down there. My grandmother's previous fancy man was killed in the Great War. My father always said we should be grateful as otherwise we wouldn't exist. As the fancy man was a soldier from Canada, the chances are that without the conflict my grandparents would have married anyway.

 

[Pickman's model]

Most of my family seem to have been too sensible to get caught up in this sort of thing, even my cousin who joined the usmc in ww2, fortunately missing action by joining up toward the end but used the gi bill to get a degree

 

[Serge Forward]

My paternal great grandfather's mug shot is in the book, The Gangs of Manchester. He got sentenced to hard labour for scuttling (gang violence in Salford). As far as I know, no one was at Waterloo.

 

[MickiQ]

Both of my grandfathers fought in WW2 and ar least 2 of my great-grandfathers fought in WW1, one of them went with his brothers and he was the only one who came back.
One of my great great-grandfathers was deported back to Ireland in the1880's but further back than that I don't know. Most of my ancestors were illerate and didn't write much down

 

[ruffneck23]

My great great great...grandfather kicked the French out of Boston ages ago, then the revolution came and kicked us out.

I 'think' a few of us became pirates after that

So I don't think we were around for waterloo

I'm not sure of how much of it is true.

Some of it definitely is recorded and I like the pirate bit, and it is something I have tried to keep up in my own little way.

Sorry to digress a bit.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

great grandfather (b. 1864) and great great grandfather (b. 1834) were career soldiers, both ended up as warrant officers, but don't think there was anyone in the military before that.

this came up on teh tweeter yesterday, though