Cuirassier Regiments

 I've been working on the 12 Cuirassiers regiments, all of which fought at Waterloo, along side the two Carabinier, two dragoon and all the Guard cavalry regiments in the Reserve Cavalry charges which are, arguably, the most iconic moment of the battle.

The strength of these regiments varied hugely:

Horse Grenadiers             796

Empress Dragoons           816

1^st Polish Lancers             200

2^nd Red Lancers               1,134

Horse Chasseurs             1,223

Mamelukes                           26

1^st Cuirassiers                     485

2^nd  Cuirassiers                   311

3^rd  Cuirassiers                   480

4^th Cuirassiers                     314

5^th  Cuirassiers                   518

6^th  Cuirassiers                   285

7^th  Cuirassiers                   180

8^th  Cuirassiers                   459

9^th  Cuirassiers                   412

10^th  Cuirassiers                 359

11^th  Cuirassiers                 332

12^th  Cuirassiers                 258

1^st Carabiniers                    434

2^nd  Carabiniers                  413

2^nd Dragoons                      593

7^th Dragoons                       517

Total                                    10,545

The area to be covered by the regiments is as follows:

The Cuirassier regiments were distinguished by their facing colours:  1-3rd Regiments -red; 4-6 Regiments Aurore; 7-9th regiments yellow; 10-12th regiments pink.  They are currently in plastic boxes and even though they look quite clinical and compressed in this environment, I thought you would be interested to see what all 12 regiments look like.  Casualty figures are among them.  Another 100 charging figures for the 11th Regiment are still to come, plus many more casualties.

1st Regiment

2nd Regiment

3rd Regiment

4th Regiment

5th Regiment

6th Regiment

7th Regiment

8th Regiment

9th Regiment

10th Regiment

11th Regiment

12th Regiment - not yet sorted out

The figures are a mixture of metal and plastic of all makes.  I will show the Carabiniers, Dragoons and Guard cavalry separately.