Charles Morice (British Army officer)

Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Morice (1775 – 18 June 1815) was a British Army officer killed at the Battle of Waterloo.

Educated at Eton, he joined the 15th (The Yorkshire East Riding) Regiment of Foot as an ensign on 1 June 1793.

[3] [2] Morice had been ordered to form his battalion of the 69th into square by Maj-General Sir Colin Halkett, commander of the 5th Brigade, when the Prince of Orange rode up and asked him why.

Moments later the French cavalry charged, whereupon Morice and a number of others were killed and the king's colour lost.

His death is commemorated in a memorial tablet in St Mary the Virgin Church in Langley near Slough, Berkshire.