HORSE ARTILLERY OFFICERS OF THE NETHERLANDS

(Serving from 1813 to 1815)

A - Z

By Geert van Uythoven

Abel, Jan Jacob Gideon Eduard

born:

in service:

2nd lieutenant: 22 June 1815

1st lieutenant: 25 April 1821 died: 2 September 1821

Anguerand, Theodor François Joseph d’

born: killed:

in service: honourable discharge:

2nd lieutenant: 13 April 1803 pensioned:

1st lieutenant: died:

2nd captain: 22 July 1813

captain-company-commander: 22 January 1814

major: 1 January 1815 MWO:

lieutenant-colonel: Orde Ned. Leeuw:

colonel: Eerv. verm.:

* 1805 with the horse artillery in the Donau campaign; 1806 with the army in Prussia; On 1 January 1815 appointed major of the artillery of the Dutch East-Indies.

Augustijns, Eymert

born: killed:

in service: honourable discharge:

2nd lieutenant: 13 October 1813 pensioned:

1st lieutenant: 18 February 1814 died:

captain:

major: MWO:

lieutenant-colonel: Orde Ned. Leeuw:

colonel: Eerv. verm.:

* 1805 as sergeant with the horse artillery embarked on the roads of Texel for the invasion of Britain; 1805 blockade of Ulm and Donau campaign as sergeant with the horse artillery; On 1 June 1823 appointed magazijnmeester (‘storekeeper’) of the artillery in Utrecht.

Bode, Johan Frederik Godlieb

born: killed:

in service: honourable discharge:

2nd lieutenant: 1 January 1815 pensioned:

1st lieutenant: 22 June 1817 died:

captain:

major: MWO:

lieutenant-colonel: Orde Ned. Leeuw:

colonel: Eerv. verm.:

* Appointed plaatselijk artillerie commandant (‘local artillery commander’) 20 October 1825.

Bijleveld, Adriaan

born: 12 March 1787

in service: 25 May 1804 died: 's Hertogenbosch (NL), 14 March 1852

Clement, Hendrik Cornelis

born: killed:

in service: honourable discharge:

2nd lieutenant: 9 August 1815 pensioned:

1st lieutenant: 25 December 1821 died:

captain:

major: MWO:

lieutenant-colonel: Orde Ned. Leeuw:

colonel: Eerv. verm.:

* Transferred to the foot artillery before 1822; Transferred 1 February 1822 as 1st lieutenant to the 1ste Bataljon (Artillerie?) Nationale Militie

Couvreu van Dekkersberg, Julius Hendrik

born: killed:

in service: honourable discharge:

2nd lieutenant: 5 March 1814 pensioned:

1st lieutenant: 14 April 1815 died:

captain:

major: MWO:

lieutenant-colonel: Orde Ned. Leeuw:

colonel: Eerv. verm.:

* Served with Half Horse Artillery Battery ‘Petter’ during the Waterloo campaign, present at Waterloo.

Dibbetz, Frederik Wilhelm

born: 1787 killed:

in service: honourable discharge:

2nd lieutenant: 12 February 1814 pensioned:

1st lieutenant: died:

captain:

major: MWO: 4th Class Knight 18 July 1815 (for Quatre Bras and Waterloo)

lieutenant-colonel: Orde Ned. Leeuw:

colonel: Eerv. verm.:

* Gunner 3 November 1803; corporal 11 October 1805; 1805 campaign in Austria; 1806 campaign in Prussia; Served with Horse Artillery Battery ‘Bijleveld’ during the Waterloo campaign; wounded at Waterloo, 18 June 1815; Transferred 14 October 1815 as a 1st lieutenant to the 1ste Bataljon Artillerie Nationale Militie.

Gey, Adrianus Rudolph Willem

born: Willemstad (NL), 25 November 1787

2nd lieutenant: 28 June 1805 died: Zutphen (NL), 6 March 1865

Grijsbach, Jan Willem

born: killed:

in service: honourable discharge:

2nd lieutenant: 24 June 1814 pensioned:

1st lieutenant: 5 January 1815 died:

captain:

major: MWO:

lieutenant-colonel: Orde Ned. Leeuw:

colonel: Eerv. verm.:

* Transferred 8 December 1815 as a 2nd captain to the 1ste Bataljon Artillerie-trein (‘artillery-train’).

Heeckeren van de Cloese, Frederik Florent Jacques Henri baron van

born: killed:

in service: honourable discharge:

2nd lieutenant: 12 July 1815 pensioned:

1st lieutenant: 25 April 1821 died:

captain-company-commander: 8 January 1832

major: MWO:

lieutenant-colonel: Orde Ned. Leeuw:

colonel: Eerv. verm.:

Heitman, Johan Coenraad

born:

in service: honourable discharge:

2nd lieutenant: pensioned: 27 June 1815

1st lieutenant: 22 January 1814 died:

Huygens Tholen, Willem

born: killed:

in service: honourable discharge: 12 August 1814

2nd lieutenant: pensioned:

1st lieutenant: 20 May 1814 died:

Kempers, Johannes WIlhelmus

born: killed:

in service: honourable discharge:

2nd lieutenant: 15 December 1813 pensioned:

lieutenant-adjutant: 22 January 1814 died:

MWO:

Orde Ned. Leeuw:

Eerv. verm.:

* Transferred 5 January 1815 as a 1st lieutenant to the 4de Bataljon Artillerie Landmilitie.

Kikkert, Isaac

born: Amsterdam (NL) 23 March 1789

in service: 1 October 1807 died: The Hague (NL), 7 August 1822

Kohl, Johan Adam

born: killed:

in service: honourable discharge:

2nd lieutenant: 22 May 1815 pensioned:

1st lieutenant: 17 June 1816 died:

captain-company-commander: 23 October 1830

major: MWO:

lieutenant-colonel: Orde Ned. Leeuw:

colonel: Eerv. verm.:

* 1805 as corporal in the horse artillery with the Armée du Nord; On 27 April 1842 appointed kapitein magazijnmeester (‘store-keeper’) of the artillery in Groningen.

Koopman, Wijnand

born:

in service: honourable discharge:

2nd lieutenant: 31 December 1814 pensioned: 30 October 1843

1st lieutenant: died:

captain-company-commander: 5 January 1830

major: MWO:

lieutenant-colonel: Orde Ned. Leeuw:

colonel: Eerv. verm.:

* Served with Horse Artillery Battery ‘Bijleveld’ during the Waterloo campaign, present at Quatre Bras and Waterloo.

Kops, Isaac

born:

in service: honourable discharge:

2nd lieutenant: 8 March 1814 pensioned:

1st lieutenant: died: 11 June 1839

captain-company-commander: 15 January 1826

major: MWO:

lieutenant-colonel: Orde Ned. Leeuw:

colonel: Eerv. verm.:

Krahmer (de Bichin), Carel Frederik

born: Corbach (Ge), 28 June 1787 killed: Brussels (Be), 23 September 1830

in service: 1804

Kursteiner, Johannes Ferdinand

born: killed:

in service: honourable discharge:

2nd lieutenant: pensioned:

1st lieutenant: died:

2nd captain: 3 December 1814

captain-company-commander: 3 December 1814

major: MWO:

lieutenant-colonel: Orde Ned. Leeuw:

colonel: Eerv. verm.:

* Transferred 20 September 1820 to the 4de Bataljon Veldartillerie.

Kuytenbrouwer, Martinus Antonius

born: Venlo (NL), 9 June 1777

in service: died: The Hague (NL), 1 August 1850

List, Frederik Carel

born: 1784

in service: 24 June 1797 died: 1868

Loecker, Cornelis de

born: killed:

in service: honourable discharge: 19 December 1820

2nd lieutenant: 22 October 1814 pensioned:

1st lieutenant: 17 February 1818 died:

captain:

Lux, Johannes Hendrik

born: The Hague (NL), 12 February 1787

in service: 18 December 1799 (Batavian army) died: Bergen op Zoom (NL), 12 August 1865

Meijer, jonkheer Carel Hendrik

born: killed:

in service: honourable discharge:

2nd lieutenant: 9 August 1815 pensioned: 30 October 1843

1st lieutenant: 14 December 1818 died:

captain-company-commander: 23 October 1830

major: MWO:

lieutenant-colonel: Orde Ned. Leeuw:

colonel: Eerv. verm.:

Meijer, Gerardus

born: killed:

in service: honourable discharge:

2nd lieutenant: 22 January 1814 pensioned:

1st lieutenant: 5 August 1814 died:

captain:

major: MWO:

lieutenant-colonel: Orde Ned. Leeuw:

colonel: Eerv. verm.:

* Transferred 1 April 1815 to the Bataljon Artillerie van Linie No.5.

Meyl, Franciscus Anthonie Ernst

born: killed:

in service: honourable discharge:

2nd lieutenant: pensioned:

1st lieutenant: 22 January 1814 died:

captain-company-commander: 8 December 1815

major: 21 February 1833 MWO:

lieutenant-colonel: 3 January 1839 Orde Ned. Leeuw:

colonel: Eerv. verm.:

* Transferred 1 August 1826 to the 1ste Bataljon Veldartillerie; returned to the horse artillery 1833; lieutenant-colonel-commander of the horse artillery 9 January 1841; commander of the 3de Regiment Artillerie te Voet 22 March 1841.

Muller, Joachim Frederik

born: killed:

in service: honourable discharge:

2nd lieutenant: pensioned:

1st lieutenant: 14 February 1814 died:

captain-company-commander: 8 December 1815

major: 5 January 1830 MWO:

lieutenant-colonel: Orde Ned. Leeuw:

colonel: Eerv. verm.:

* ADC of Lt-Col H.R. Trip during the Waterloo campaign;Transferred 1 August 1826 to the 1ste Bataljon Veldartillerie

Overbeek, G.

born: killed:

in service: honourable discharge:

2nd lieutenant: 22 January 1814 pensioned:

1st lieutenant: died:

captain:

major: MWO:

lieutenant-colonel: Orde Ned. Leeuw:

colonel: Eerv. verm.:

* Saw apparently no active service with the horse artillery.

Petter, Abraham

born: 's Hertogenbosch (NL), 7 July 1776

in service: 1 August 1792 died: Kampen (NL), 1 June 1865

Ramaer, Pieter Anthonie

born: killed:

in service: honourable discharge:

sous-lieutenant:

2nd lieutenant adjoint: 28 January 1807 pensioned: 17 July 1834

1st lieutenant: 8 August 1808 died:

captain-company-commander: 12 April 1814

major: 21 June 1828 MWO:

lieutenant-colonel: 13 February 1834 Orde Ned. Leeuw:

colonel: Eerv. verm.:

* 1805 in Germany with the Dutch contingent as sergeant with the horse artillery; Prisoner of war 26 August 1813.

Reichard, Johan george

born: killed:

in service: honourable discharge:

lieutenant pikeur: 22 January 1814 pensioned:

lieutenant instructor: 14 April 1815 died:

captain:

major: MWO:

lieutenant-colonel: Orde Ned. Leeuw:

colonel: Eerv. verm.:

* 1805 Donau campaign as sergeant with the horse artillery; Transferred 1 May 1821 to the Bataljon van Luxemburg.

Reijntjes, Hendrik Willem

born: killed:

in service: honourable discharge:

2nd lieutenant: 5 August 1814 pensioned:

1st lieutenant: 9 August 1814 died:

captain:

major: MWO:

lieutenant-colonel: Orde Ned. Leeuw:

colonel: Eerv. verm.:

* Served with Half Horse Artillery Battery ‘Gey’ during the Waterloo campaign, present at Quatre Bras and Waterloo; Transferred 7 May 1821 to the 4de Bataljon Artillerie Nationale Militie.

Rengers, Wiggert Wiggerts

born: killed:

in service: honourable discharge:

2nd lieutenant: 31 December 1814 pensioned:

1st lieutenant: died:

captain:

major: MWO:

lieutenant-colonel: Orde Ned. Leeuw:

colonel: Eerv. verm.:

* Transferred 26 July 1817 to the 5de Bataljon Artillerie Nationale Militie.

Scholl, Gabriël Frederik

born: killed:

in service: honourable discharge:

2nd lieutenant: 6 April 1815 pensioned:

1st lieutenant: died:

captain:

major: MWO:

lieutenant-colonel: Orde Ned. Leeuw:

colonel: Eerv. verm.:

* Transferred 1 January 1820 as 1st lieutenant to the 2de Bataljon Veldartillerie.

Seyff, Pieter Franciscus de

born: killed:

in service: honourable discharge:

2nd lieutenant: 6 August 1811 pensioned:

1st lieutenant: died:

captain-company-commander: 9 March 1814 (French army); 24 June 1814 (Netherlands army)

major: MWO:

lieutenant-colonel: Orde Ned. Leeuw:

colonel: Eerv. verm.:

* 1800-’01 campaign in Germany; 1805 as bombardier with the horse artillery embarked on the roads of Texel for the invasion of Britain; 1805 campaign in Austria; Appointed 5 January 1830 major plaatselijk artillerie commandant (‘local artillery commander’).

Smissen, Jacob Lodewijk Dominicus / Jacques-Louis-Dominique baron van der

born: Brussels (Be), 21 October 1788

in service: 1 July 1809 (French service) died: 1856

Smissen, Jacobus Lambertus van der

born: 1796 killed:

in service: honourable discharge:

2nd lieutenant: 16 March 1814 pensioned:

1st lieutenant: died: 1850

2nd captain: 17 February 1817

major: MWO: 4th Class Knight 11 August 1815 (for Waterloo)

lieutenant-colonel: Orde Ned. Leeuw:

colonel: Eerv. verm.:

* Served with Horse Artillery Battery ‘Krahmer’ during the Waterloo campaign, present at Waterloo; Transferred 1822 to the 2de Bataljon Veldartillerie.

Steen, Jan Baptist van der

born: 1789 killed:

in service: honourable discharge: 17 October 1818

2nd lieutenant: 22 October 1814 pensioned:

1st lieutenant: 14 October 1815 died:

captain:

MWO: 4th Class Knight 11 August 1815 (for Waterloo)

* Served with Horse Artillery Battery ‘Krahmer’ during the Waterloo campaign, present at Waterloo.

Swaan-Hazelhof, A.E. de

born: killed:

in service: honourable discharge:

2nd lieutenant: 22 January 1814 pensioned:

1st lieutenant: died:

captain:

* Saw apparently no active service with the horse artillery.

Sydow, Frederik Christiaan van

born: Westhausen (Ge), 1774

in service: 9 December 1790 (Dutch Republic) honourable discharge: 1795

2nd lieutenant: 22 February 1793 pensioned: 23 July 1814

1st lieutenant: died:

captain-company-commander: 22 January 1814

* 1794 with the 1st company of the 1ste Brigade Rijdende Artillerie.

Trip, Hendrik Rudolph

born: ‘s Hertogenbosch (NL), 2 April 1779

in service: 9 April 1791 died: The Hague (NL), 7 January 1865

Velden, Carel Willem Cornelis van der

born:

in service: honourable discharge:

2nd lieutenant: 11 July 1814 pensioned:

1st lieutenant: died: 14 August 1829

captain: 15 January 1826

Villers du Dufourneau, Nicolas Jean de

born: 1792 killed:

in service: honourable discharge:

2nd lieutenant: pensioned:

1st lieutenant: 22 October 1814 died:

captain-company-commander: 14 April 1815

major: MWO: 4th Class Knight 11 August 1815 (for Waterloo)

lieutenant-colonel: Orde Ned. Leeuw:

colonel: Eerv. verm.:

*Served with Horse Artillery Battery ‘Krahmer’during the Waterloo campaign, present at Waterloo; Transferred 1 August 1828 to the 5de Bataljon Artillerie Nationale Militie.

Walland, Jan

born: killed:

in service: honourable discharge: 3 October 1820

2nd lieutenant: 5 January 1815 pensioned:

1st lieutenant: died:

captain:

Wassenaar van St.-Pancras, Willem Hendrik Jacob baron van

born: 1796 killed:

in service: honourable discharge:

2nd lieutenant: 20 March 1815 pensioned:

1st lieutenant: 19 February 1819 died: 1856

captain:

major: MWO: 4th Class Knight 18 July 1815 (for Quatre Bras and Waterloo)

lieutenant-colonel: Orde Ned. Leeuw:

colonel: Eerv. verm.:

* Served with Half Horse Artillery Battery ‘Gey’ during the Waterloo campaign, present at Quatre Bras and Waterloo; Transferred 5 August 1822 to the 4de Bataljon Artillerie Nationale Militie.

Wasseroth de Vincy, Alfred Henri

born: killed:

in service: honourable discharge: (placed on non-activity 12 September 1830)

2nd lieutenant: pensioned:

1st lieutenant: 1 April 1815 died:

captain-company-commander: 13 February 1817 / 20 September 1820???

major: MWO:

lieutenant-colonel: Orde Ned. Leeuw:

colonel: Eerv. verm.:

* Served with Horse Artillery Battery ‘Bijleveld’ during the Waterloo campaign; wounded at Waterloo, 18 June 1815.

Worbert, Lodewijk jan

born: killed:

in service: honourable discharge:

2nd lieutenant: 16 June 1805 pensioned:

1st lieutenant: died:

captain-company-commander: 13 February 1813 (French army); 5 August 1814 (Netherlands army)

major: MWO:

lieutenant-colonel: Orde Ned. Leeuw:

colonel: Eerv. verm.:

* 1805 with the Dutch contingent in Germany; 1805-’06 in Prussia and Swedish Pommern; Transferred 21 September 1823 as major to the artillery train.

Zehelein, Hendrik Christiaan

born: killed:

in service: honourable discharge:

2nd lieutenant: 1 March 1815 pensioned: March 1851 (fl. 1,400), living in Deventer (NL).

1st lieutenant: ??? died:

captain: ???

major: ??? MWO:

lieutenant-colonel: ??? Orde Ned. Leeuw:

colonel: ??? Eerv. verm.:

* Transferred 1 January 1820 as 1st lieutenant to the 3de Bataljon Veldartillerie; still alive in 1865.