John Lucie Blackman
John Lucie Blackman(4 October 1793 – 18 June 1815) was a British soldier who fought in thePeninsular War,and is notable for being one of the 47,000 casualties of theBattle of Waterloo,[1]where he died on 18June 1815, at age 21.
Early life[edit]
Blackman was born on 4October 1793 at Bridewell Hospital Chapel, London. He was the son ofGeorge Blackman,who would later change his name toHarnageon his elevation to thepeerageand Mary Harnage, daughter of Lieutenant Colonel Henry Harnage. His parents were cousins and Blackman was christened on 30October 1793 at Bridewell Hospital Chapel, London.[2][3]He was educated atWestminsterschool until 1808, whereafter he joined the British Army.[4]
Military career[edit]
Having joined theColdstream Guardsas anensignby purchaseon 10April 1810,[5]he arrived in Spain in early 1812 as part ofSir Arthur Wellesley's army. He fought at theBattle of Salamancain 1812 and was present at theSiege of Burgosfrom 19September to 21October the same year. He marched into France in 1813, where he took part in theBattle of Vitoriaon 21June 1813 and the subsequentSiege of San Sebastiánfrom July until September.[4]
Blackman was promoted to lieutenant on 22January 1814[6]and during theHundred Daystook part in conflicts including theBattle of Quatre Brason 16 June 1815.[4]
Death and legacy[edit]
Blackman spent the day of theBattle of Waterloodefending the Château ofHougoumontagainst the French. As the last of the enemy fled the field, a musket bull struck him in the temple, killing him instantly.
Although the grounds of Château Hougoumont contain a stone marking Blackman's grave, his remains were moved to the Waterloo monument inBrussels Cemeteryin 1889.[4]
Blackman's name is inscribed on one of the panels in theGuards Chapel, Wellington Barracks,London.[7]
References[edit]
- ^Clodfelter, Micheal (2008).Warfare and Armed Conflicts: A Statistical Encyclopedia of Casualty and Other Figures, 1492-2007(3rd ed.).Jefferson, North Carolina:McFarland & Company.p. 183.ISBN978-0-7864-3319-3.Retrieved2 August2023– viaInternet Archive Book Reader.
- ^"The Blackman Family".Retrieved27 September2015.
- ^Burke, John(1832).A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire, Volume 1.London: Colburn & Bently. p. 581.
- ^abcd"It all culminated at Hougoumont The letters of Captain John Lucie Blackman 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards, 1812-15".The Gareth Glover Collection. Archived fromthe originalon 2 April 2009.Retrieved27 September2015.
- ^"Military Promotions".Perthshire Courier.19 April 1810.Retrieved21 September2015– viaBritish Newspaper Archive.
- ^"War Office".Caledonian Mercury.14 February 1814.Retrieved21 September2015– viaBritish Newspaper Archive.
- ^Bromley & Bromley 2015,p. 586.
- Bibliography
- Bromley, Janet; Bromley, David (2015).Wellington's Men Remembered Volume 2: A Register of Memorials to Soldiers who Fought in the Peninsular War and at Waterloo- Volume II: M to Z.Pen and Sword.ISBN978-1-4738-5768-1.
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