author
Charles Dalton
1850–1913
Best known for vivid military reference works like The Waterloo Roll Call, this English historian spent years digging through records to bring soldiers and officers back into view. His books mix careful research with the kind of detail that makes history feel peopled and alive.
1 Audiobook
The Waterloo Roll Call With Biographical Notes and Anecdotes
by Charles Dalton
About the author
A Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, Charles Dalton was an English historian and biographer whose work focused mainly on British military history. He is especially associated with detailed reference books and edited records, including The Waterloo Roll Call, English Army Lists and Commission Registers, 1661–1714, and studies of figures such as General Sir Edward Cecil and Captain John Dalton.
What makes his writing stand out is its patient, documentary approach. Rather than telling history only through big events, he gathered names, careers, service records, and biographical notes that helped preserve the lives of officers and soldiers who might otherwise have been forgotten.
Dalton died in 1913, but his books have remained useful to readers interested in the British Army, genealogy, and the human stories behind military campaigns. For audiobook listeners, he offers a window into a style of history writing built on meticulous research and a clear affection for the record of individual lives.