Netherlands Artillery
in the Waterloo Campaign
Part II:
The Netherlands Artillery Officers
Adrianus Rudolf Willem Gey
reviewed by Geert van Uythoven, The Netherlands
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Gey took part in the 1812 campaign in Russia, as an ADC of General Baltus de Pouilly who commanded the artillery of the 1st Army Corps (Marshal Davout). He was promoted 2nd captain on 15 June 1813. Gey became a knight in the Légion d’Honneur. On 22 January 1814, by decree Gey was appointed captain with the Horse artillery corps of the Netherlands army. The exploits of Gey during the Waterloo campaign will be described in part 3 of this series. Gey was ap-pointed a knight 3th class of the Militaire Willemsorde (‘Military order of William’) on 18 July 1815. On 16 April 1820 he transferred to the army in the Dutch East Indies, taking part In fighting on Java island. He finally became a colonel. By royal decree of 21 November 1837, his name was changed in ‘Gey van Pittius’. He died in Zutphen on 6 March 1865. Netherlands Artillery in the Waterloo Campaign 1815 Part II: Artillery Officers
Adriaan Bijleveld David Esaias Bode (Boode) Lodewijk Hendrik Du Bois A.Willem Du Pont Adrianus Rudolf Willem Gey Carel August Gunkel (Gunckel) Godfried Jacob Holsman Nicolaas Lodewijk Kaempfer Carel Frederik Krahmer de Bichin Martinus Antonius Kuytenbrouwer Frederik Carel List Johannes Hendrik Lux Prince (William) Frederick Carl van Oranje-Nassau (Willem Frederik Karel, Prins der Nederlanden) Abraham Petter Carel Jan Riesz Johan George Hendrik Scheffer Jacques-Louis-Dominique, Baron van der Smissen Johannes Nicolaas Spies Maximilian-Henry Steenberghe Emmanuel-Joseph Stevenart Hendrik Rudolph Trip Pieter Wijnands Leopold Winssinger Netherlands Artillery in the Waterloo Campaign 1815 Part I [FE71]
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Gey was born in Willemstad (present day Netherlands, the city I live!) on 25 November 1787. He was appointed to the Foot artillery battery no.1, promoted 2nd lieutenant on 28 January 1805. Took part in the 1805 campaign in Germany. In 1806 the company, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel A.J.J. de la Passières, was assigned to the 3rd (Dutch) Division (Lieutenant-General Jean Baptiste Dumon-ceau), taking part in the capture of the fortresses Hameln and Nienburg. He was present at the siege of Stralsund 1807. On 8 August 1808 he was promoted to 1st lieutenant and appointed with the horse artillery by King Louis Bonaparte.