Chapter75
‘Tall’ Stories 11
1815
THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO
Sodens at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815
After much research results show that there are at least 5 Sodens present at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 at which the British and German forces under Wellington and Blucher beat the French under Napoleon.
3 were German with the forces of Blucher
1815
Ensign Lewis Soden,4th Battalion of the Line,King’s German Legion
Lieut. Christian de Soden,3rd Battalion of the Line,King’s German Legion
Ensign C.A. von der Soden,3rd Battalion of the Line,King’s German Legion]
and
1 was Irish with the Duke of Wellington
[1811
SODEN,Terence;Drumgoon,Cavan
1811 – 1831
38 yrs; 11th Foot,
WO97/330 (see documents)]
[from the WATERLOO DATABASE of David Milner
and
1 was English with the Duke of Wellington
[Private Thomas Soden,
Coldstream
(or 2nd) Regiment of Foot Guards
in Lt.Col.Hon.H.R.Pakenham?s Company
Source: David Milner?s Waterloo Database
& Beckett’s Chelsea Pensioners’ list ]
With the help of military history researcher, Barbara Chambers [1998] I have been able to establish Thomas Soden of the Coldstream Guards was the same one as the Thomas Soden listed in Col. Pakenhams Company. In all the muster rolls from December 1811 – 18i5 [WO12/1710 – 1712] he is enrolled as Thomas Soden but in the Waterloo company pay and muster he is listed as Thomas Sowden.
The Coldstream Guards played a crucial roll in the defence of a chateau called Hougoumont at Waterloo
Sources: –
Waterloo
L.W. Metzner ,research 9/1/1997
Garnison Kirchenbuch Hannover 6190-1811, volumes 1,2,3,
And
Garnison Kirchenbuch Hannover 1816 – 1867
And
Barbara Chambers, researcher, Index Foot Guards; The Coldstream Guards,
1st & 2nd Battalions, WO12/1709-1712 from year 1811 to 1815
And WO97 and WO121; 1760-1854, Kew Archives
Beckett’s List of Chelsea Pensioners
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Thomas Soden of Stoneleigh’s demob papers
