George Wouldhave - Corporal in 5th Foot during Napoleonic Wars

Although there are no Wouldhaves on the Waterloo List of Honour, there were some soldiers with this surname in the military during this time.

George Wouldhave was transferred from the 2^nd Battalion to the 1^st Battalion of the 5^th (Northumberland ) Regiment of Foot during the quarter from 25^th March - 24th June 1814.  He was transported by sea from Hilsea depot to the Camp at Chamblain for the next quarter (25^th June – 24^th September). He was reported as absent sick for the third muster of that quarter.  George had the rank of corporal and was in company 8; the commander of the battalion was William Wynyard.  By December they were in Johnstown, Upper Canada, returning to France for the quarter 25^th March – 24^th June 1815.  The Battalion did not fight at Waterloo (some sources have it that they were too late fro the battle) but were in France for the remainder of 1815 as part of the army of occupation.  George was demoted to private 18^th November 1815. 

We haven’t yet found a birth/marriage or death for George and will continue with research into his career in the Army.