5.12.06
Hi there,
For those of you who asked for me to look up KGL soldiers in the list
at the National Record Office,
I went up today, as I found that I had some other things to research,
and have gone through the book on the Kings German Legion in the
library there.
Before I list what I found, I should explain that there are 3 lists in
the book, which was produced by Len Metzner of the Anglo-German Family
History Society.
I'll number them A B and C so that you can see where the entries that I
found came from.
A was the list of soldiers present at Waterloo on 18th June 1815.
[record reference WO12/11949 and W100/15b]
B was the list of soldiers taken from Muster rolls mostly it seems from
1808, except for the Hussars, which were from 1814. [WO25 and WO 42]
C is a list from Hanover Archive. It is a shorter list, and does not
explain its origin in any more detail.
Most of the following come from list B.
I could find no Gansberg in any of the lists. Nor Morlot or Morlo. In
list A, there was a Josephus Morro Pte 3rd Line Battalion KGL
Nor could I find a Wolfien in any of the lists.
There were no Brummunds either. There were Brummers, and if that would
be any good, Ron, I could go back some time and list those.
Lott There were two entries ;
List B George Lott Sgt 8th
Company, 7th Line Battalion KGL
List A Frederick Lott Pte 3rd
Line Battalion KGL
Haultaufderhyde I could find no members of this family name listed,
and I tried looking for variants but couldn't find any either.
Hattorf however, was there, with variants:
List A Hans Hattorf Capt 1st Light
Dragoons KGL
Geo. Hattorff Severely
wounded 1st Light Dragoons KGL
List B Hattorf George Cornet 8th Troop
1st Heavy Dragoons KGL
George Lieut 8th
Troop 1st Heavy Dragoons KGL
Hans Capt
3rd Troop 2nd Heavy Dragoons KGL
Hattorff August Sgt 1st
Troop 1st Light Dragoons KGL
August Sgt Major
10th Troop 1st Hussars
and I thought I would include this as it might be an error in
transcription:
List B Hastorff John Pte 3rd
Company 3rd Line Battalion
Burgdorf No sign of a Julius Wilhelm, I'm afraid, Max, but I have
listed the names that were there, with variants.
List C Burgdorf Peter age 22 of Luneburg
List B Burgdorff Henry Pte 6th Company 2nd
Line Battalion KGL
Peter Pte 5th
Company 5th Line Battalion KGL
List A Burgdorff John, Bugler, 1st Light
Battalion KGL
Fehlig There were no Fehligs, but there were FEHLINGS . I wrote them
down Bob, even though you thought it too early for your ancestor, and
this may not be relevant. But it was only four names. For reference
List B Fehling Johan Pte 1st Troop 2nd
Light Dragoons KGL
John Pte 1st
Troop 2nd Hussars KGL
Jno Pte 1st
Company 1st Light Infantry Battalion
List A Fehling John Pte 1st Light
Battalion KILLED
Finally Hillmer in various variants, had 11 entries.
List A Hillmer, Hans Wm Pte 3rd
Hussars KGL
Henry Sgt
3rd Hussars KGL
List B Hillmer Christian Pte 4th
Troop 1st Light Dragoons KGL
Francies Farrier
4rd Company KGL Art ( I copied what this said, I guess Art means
"Artillery")
H Wilh Pte
4th Troop 3rd Hussars KGL
Heinr. Cpl
4th Troop 3rd Hussars KGL
Henry Pte
5th Company 1st Light Infantry Battalion KGL
Hillmers Heinrich Pte 4th
Troop 3rd Light Dragoons KGL
Hillwers John Pte 1st
Company 4th Line Battalion KGL
Hilmers Johann Pte 5th
Troop 1st Heavy Dragoons KGL
Hilmker Christopher Pte 5th
Troop 1st Heavy Dragoons KGL
I hope that something here is of some use to any or all of you. I also
hope that I haven't missed anybody's request out.
Terry