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The Common Room / Re: Robert Gann Brompton Cemetery :
« on: Sunday 26 October 25 12:14 GMT (UK)  »
PS - FYI:  Robert Gann was one of Wellingtons' servants.  He also participated with the defence of Hougoumont at Waterloo.
 

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The Common Room / Re: Robert Gann Brompton Cemetery :
« on: Sunday 26 October 25 10:10 GMT (UK)  »
Rosie..., a hundred thanks.   :)
Have a nice week end..., Iain. 

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The Common Room / Re: Robert Gann Brompton Cemetery :
« on: Saturday 25 October 25 16:48 BST (UK)  »
Thanks Rosie..., very kind of you.
However, I seem to remember a map of the cemetry with references to the plots..., ie..., AK,11.3x59.0 - 219838546.

Darned if I can find it.  Now in the belief that the page in question has since been eliminated. 

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The Common Room / Robert Gann Brompton Cemetery :
« on: Saturday 25 October 25 14:28 BST (UK)  »
Good afternoon All... 
I have the coordinates of a certain Robert Gann, including his 'Find a Grave' details. (annexed) 
Try as I may, I just can't find it on their website, and when I enter the details, it comes up zero info.
I know that Robert shared a comunal grave.  Can anyone tell me where it is exactly ?  I will then use 'Google Walk' for an image ? 
Thanks in advance..., Iain. 

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Family name Assistant Surgeon :
« on: Monday 13 October 25 13:22 BST (UK)  »
Absolutely fascinating…   Thank you everyone.  And all I asked for was a spelling verification.

I have been researching Hougoumont for about 15 years, and stories like this just keep ‘popping up’ from nowhere, like daisies on a freshly cut lawn.   
When I was on active service and on manoeuvres, I was always attached to Left Flank, the 2nd Battalion Scots Guards. (the Light Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Regiment of Foot Guards)   Hence my interest in a scapegoat Courts-Martial for an incident, during this operation in the cidery room.  The 105-minute screenplay is finished, and I have a Netflix Producer who wants it.  However, I prefer to publish the 8-episode streamer, as it holds all the finer details…, lol…, like a needle maker.  It’s unfortunate that feature had to be slashed.  Pity !

The non-fiction story behind Good and Hanrott concerns a Captain by the name of George Evelyn.  Evelyn was the Company Commander at Quatre-Bras two days earlier.  Following the retreat to Waterloo, he relinquished command to Lt. Col. Charles Dashwood, who was wounded alongside Lt. Col. Henry Wyndham. (who would develop PTSD, and never close another door for the remainder of his life)
That, plus the death of another Lieutenant Colonel William Milne Grenadier Guards…, the affair needed a cover-up by the infamous Lt. Col. James Macdonell. (Coldstream)

Anyway, during the second breach of the Northgate, (10-yards away from Hanrott in the cidery room)  Evelyn was wounded in the arm.  Following the fascinating but unsuccessful breach by the French, Evelyn’s servant whisked him off to the surgery.   
And here’s another one of those ‘pop-up’ discoveries…  To get access to the arm, it was probably Hanrott who cut away the sleeve then threw it in a corner. (because John Ward was in Bruxelles  :))   Samuel Good then cleaned the wound, and Hanrott would have passed him the needle. (Oh My Goodness…, who needs a crystal ball with friends like you on RootsChat ?)
And its not finished.  Evelyns’ buttons and gold braid was unearthed by Waterloo Uncovered in 2022.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_J4tRwCyaU 

Lol…, little did Phill know that the Scots Guards well outnumbered the Coldstream at Hougoumont. (the Coldstream held the garden, not the buildings)

In the meantime, if you know of a Producer who wants an 8-episide streamer…, just let me know.  ;)
LOGLINE
A mass Courts-Martial of 34 innocent Waterloo soldiers. 
A miscarriage of justice shrouded in secrecy for over two hundred years,
unveils a scandal that will reshape the Waterloo legacy for the Brigade of Guards.

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Family name Assistant Surgeon :
« on: Saturday 11 October 25 17:04 BST (UK)  »
 ;)

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Family name Assistant Surgeon :
« on: Saturday 11 October 25 14:10 BST (UK)  »
Amazing...  Thank you everyone. 
As it was the family name that was bothering me, I didn't go into any detail concerning the text.  This is an extract from the Roll Call of the 3rd Regiment of Foot Guards (Scots Guards) at Waterloo.  Makes me wonder if this was an army error.  Most unusual. 

FYI (lol)  At about 11h00 on the 18th of June 1815..., I know exactly where he was.  In a small cidery room at Hougoumont, caring for the first of the wounded.  Trying to find what he was wearing.  Lol..., checked out Burke and Hare in Edinburgh, but that didn't work.   ;) 

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Family name Assistant Surgeon :
« on: Saturday 11 October 25 04:35 BST (UK)  »
Thank you everyone…, that’s what I thought.  But wanted to make sure.  I’m working on a Waterloo screenplay and have him as part of the cast.  Can’t afford to make an error.

Most curious…  I’d be inclined to say that Gashry was a publication error. 
Have a great day…, Iain.   :)

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Family name Assistant Surgeon :
« on: Friday 10 October 25 16:43 BST (UK)  »
Hi All...
Can somone confirm the name 'Hanrott'?  Thanks in advance... 

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