Waterloo Lieutenant 91st also served in the Peninsula but without MGS (deceased 1823)

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Waterloo 1815

Lieut. William Smith, 1st Batt. 91st Reg. Foot.

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William Smith,  Ensign in the 91st Foot, June 1810, Lieutenant  July 1813. He served in the Peninsula  1812 -1814, and was present at the battles of the Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive and Toulouse, and also at the battle of Waterloo. H.P. April 1817, and died either in 1823 (Challis) or at Dumfries in 1840 (Regimental History).

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