Francis D'Oyly (junior)

Sir Francis D'Oyly K.C.B.
Born	1776
Died	18 June 1815
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Rank	Lieutenant colonel
Battles/wars	Napoleonic Wars Walcheren Campaign Peninsular War Battle of Salamanca Battle of Vitoria Battle of the Pyrenees Battle of Nivelle Battle of Orthez Waterloo Campaign Waterloo

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Francis D'Oyly KCB (1776 – 18 June 1815) was a British Army officer. He was the third son of Matthias and Mary D'Oyly.^[1]

Commissioned into the 1st Regiment of Guards, D'Oyly served with them during the 1799 Anglo-Russian expedition to the Netherlands in 1799. He returned to the Netherlands in the Walcheren Campaign of 1809. On 2 July 1811, both he and his brother Henry were promoted from captains to majors in the army.^[2] On 6 October 1812, he was given command of a company in the Guards as a brevet major after the death of Lt-Col. Colquitt.^[3] He then served under the Duke of Wellington in the British Army's campaign in the Spanish Peninsula and France,^[1] after which he was made a KCB.^[4][5] He again served under Wellington during the Hundred Days and was killed at the battle of Waterloo.^[1]

References

1. War Memorials Archive http://www.ukniwm.org.uk/server/show/conMemorial.58535/fromUkniwmSearch/1
2. The London Gazette: no. 16500. p. 1203. 29 June 1811.
3. The London Gazette: no. 16654. p. 2018. 3 October 1812.
4. The London Gazette: no. 16972. p. 20. 4 January 1815.
5. The London Gazette: no. 16977. p. 103. 21 January 1815.