Waterloo

Been trawling one of the ancestry sites on the internet (http://www.findmypast.com) and happened upon a link to check the roll of honour for the Battle of Waterloo.
My granddad (Harry Essex) always said that his granddad had fought at this historic battle, but no-one has ever been able to link him to it, would have been a bit difficult really, he wasn't even born until 1816 (the year after the battle!).
However, I made the trawl, and lo and behold, an Essex was returned - along with a christian name I recognised! Levi!
Levi Essex was Harry Essex's great granddad, not as thought. Now we understand why it was marked on the census's that he was a Chelsea Pensioner, a driver with the Royal Horse Artillery no less.