Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Aird (21 December 1760 – 1 November 1839) was a British Army officer of the Napoleonic era who was present at the Battle of Waterloo on 18 June 1815.
Born in Maybole, South Ayrshire, Scotland, Aird joined the 2nd Dragoons as a cornet on 20 August 1784.
[2] He served during the Peninsular War and in Flanders and commanded the Royal Waggon Train at the Battle of Waterloo.
[3][2] On 25 December 1818 he was placed on half pay[3] and died on 1 November 1839 in Sunderland, North East England.
[1] Aird had a daughter who in 1814 married Lieutenant John Raleigh Elwes of the 71st (Highland) Regiment of Foot who died of wounds received at Waterloo a few days after the battle.