serviceyears branch relations death_place death_date birth_place allegiance unit awards battles birth_date rank article_title name
1807 -- 1815 united kingdom william robe -lrb- father -rrb- near waterloo , belgium 19 june 1815 woolwich , england united kingdom royal horse artillery mention -rrb- waterloo medal -lrb- posthumous -rrb- in despatches army gold medal -lrb- 2 clasps peninsular war waterloo campaign 1791 lieutenant william livingstone robe
 william livingstone robe
william livingstone robe

lieutenant william livingstone robe -lrb- 1791 -- 19 june 1815 -rrb- was a british army officer of the royal horse artillery who was noted for his distinguished conduct in battles of the peninsular war , and died at the battle of waterloo .
robe was born in 1791 in woolwich , the son of then-first lieutenant william robe and his wife sarah .
he became a cadet at the royal military academy at woolwich on 9 april 1805 , and obtained a commission as second lieutenant in the royal horse artillery on 3 october 1807 .
that year , he accompanied the royal navy fleet that wintered in gothenburg .
he then went to gibraltar , whence he volunteered for service in portugal , and joined his father during the battle of vimeiro on 21 august 1808 .
he was promoted to be lieutenant on 28 june 1808 .
he took part in sir john moore 's retreat to coruña , was engaged at the actions of pombal , sabugal , fuentes d'onore , el boden , badajos , tarifa , salamanca and the preceding attacks , madrid , burgos , nivelle , nive , adour , and bayonne .
he was in no fewer than thirty-three actions as a subaltern , and was mentioned by wellington for his distinguished conduct at nivelle and nive , where he commanded a mountain battery of artillery carried on mules .
he was one of the four officers of william norman ramsay 's troop of horse artillery struck down near la haye sainte , at the battle of waterloo , and died from the effects of his wounds on the following day , 19 june 1815 .
just before his death he sent a message to his father to assure him that he died like a soldier .
the army gold medal he had already been authorised , with clasps for the battles of nivelle and nive , and the posthumous waterloo medal , were sent after his death to his family .
his fellow officers erected a monument to his memory in the church at waterloo .
an howitzer -lrb- one of 3 -rrb- , portuguese in origin , taken by the french in the peninsular , were carried off by lt. robe at nive -lrb- 1813 -rrb- , was engraved by his fellow officers and presented to his father by the mgo , lord musgrave , and now resides in a private collection in england .
