article_snippet: Corporal Richard Coulter Corporal Richard Coulter was part of the 'glorious' charge of the Household Heavy Brigade in the famous battle which left British swords 'reeking with French blood'.
article_snippet: Days after the battle, which brought to an end the French dictator's plans to rule Europe, Corporal Richard Coulter wrote home to a cousin, giving a graphic account of the fighting.
article_snippet: The soldier, who was a cabinet maker from Northumberland before Corporal Richard Coulter joined the army in 1809 and served in the Life Guards, described how Corporal Richard Coulter survived being stabbed in the shoulder.
article_snippet: Corporal Richard Coulter then told how Corporal Richard Coulter had fled on foot from 1,500 bayonet-wielding enemy soldiers after Corporal Richard Coulter horse was cut down 20 yards from 1,500 bayonet-wielding enemy soldiers position.
article_snippet: Corporal Richard Coulter wrote: 'We had very hard fighting and with men of no despicable size or appearance. '
article_snippet: Corporal Richard Coulter's letter described being part of the 'glorious' charge of the household heavy brigade in the famous battle which left the British swords 'reeking with French blood' '
article_snippet: Cpl Coulter  joined the army in 1809 and served in the Life Guards.
highlights_snippet: Corporal Richard Coulter described a pivotal moment in Battle of Waterloo .
  
highlights_snippet: Corporal Richard Coulter was part of the Household Heavy Brigade's 'glorious' charge in 1815 .
  