H. p. 25th March, 1817. D. 1855.
Footnote 28:
H. p. 25th March, 1817.
Footnote 29:
H. p. 25th March, 1817. H. p. as adjt. to a recruiting district Dec.,
1842. Had the Par. medal with three clasps. D. in Kensington, 18th
March, 1860.
Footnote 30:
Was severely wounded at Quatre Bras (right leg amputated). Lieut. 18th
July, 1815. H. p. 1817. Living 1876.
Footnote 31:
Lieut. 19th July, 1815. H. p. 31st Foot 12th Aug., 1824.
Footnote 32:
Lieut. 20th July, 1815. Placed on h. p. 1817, but restored as lieut.
in same regt. 15th March, 1821. Out of the regt. before 1830.
Footnote 33:
Held the colours of the 92nd at Waterloo until disabled by wounds.
Lieut. 24th Aug., 1815. H. p. 25th March, 1817. D. at Whinnyhall,
Fifeshire, 3rd Feb., 1832.
Footnote 34:
Lieut. 61st Foot 3rd Nov., 1819. H. p. 16th Dec., 1819. Appointed
barrack-master at Clonmel in 1854.
Footnote 35:
Lieut. 22nd Oct., 1818. Capt. 22nd Sept., 1825. H. p. April, 1826.
Footnote 36:
A close and personal friend of Col. Cameron, whose funeral he attended
on 17th June, 1815. H. p. 2nd March, 1820. Had the Par. medal with
seven clasps. Living 1855.
95TH REGIMENT OF FOOT (RIFLEMEN).
(_1st Battalion._)
Rank in the
——————
LIEUT.-COLONEL. Regiment.│Army.
[1] Sir Andrew F. Barnard, 29 Mar., 1810 │Col., 4 June, 1813
K.C.B., W. │
MAJOR. │
[2] Alexander Cameron, W. 14 May, 1812 │Lt.-Col., 27 Apr.,
│1812
CAPTAINS. │
[3] Jonathan Leach, W. 1 May, 1806 │Maj., 21 June,
│1813
_Charles Beckwith_, W. 28 July, 1808 │Maj., 3 Mar. 1814
_Charles Smyth_, K. 4 Oct. 1809 │16 June, 1808
[4] Henry Lee 20 Sept. 1810 │
_Henry George Smith_ 28 Feb. 1812 │Maj., 29 Sept.,
│1814
[5] Edward Chawner, W. 14 May, 1812 │
[6] Wm. Johnstone, W. 22 Oct. 1812 │
FIRST LIEUTENANTS. │
[7] Jonathan Layton 3 June, 1809 │
[8] John Molloy, W. 5 June, 1809 │
[9] John Cox 8 June, 1809 │
[10] Archibald Stewart 2 Oct. 1809 │
[11] Wm. Chapman 26 Apr. 1810 │
[12] Richard B. Frere 21 Aug. 1810 │
[13] Wm. Lister, K. 23 Aug. 1810 │
[14] John Gardiner, W. 30 Aug. 1810 │
[15] John Kincaid, Adjt. 23 May, 1811 │
[16] George Simmons, W. 25 July, 1811 │
John Stilwell, K. 26 Sept. 1811 │
[17] J.P. Gairdner, W. 12 May, 1812 │
[18] Wm. Haggup 13 May, 1812 │
[19] John G. Fitzmaurice, W. 14 Jan. 1813 │
[20] George Drummond 28 Jan. 1813 │
[21] Elliott Dunkin Johnston, 7 Dec. 1813 │
K. │
[22] Orlando Felix, W. 4 May, 1815 │10 Nov. 1814
SECOND LIEUTENANTS. │
[23] Allen Stewart, W. 10 Dec. 1812 │
[24] Wm. Wright, W. 11 Mar. 1813 │
[25] James Church, W. 26 Aug. 1813 │30 July, 1813
[26] Wm. Shenley, W. 21 Apr. 1814 │
PAYMASTER. │
John Mackenzie 27 June, 1805 │
QUARTERMASTER. │
— Bagshaw 13 Oct. 1814 │
SURGEON. │
Joseph Burke 29 June, 1809 │
ASSISTANT-SURGEONS. │
James Robson 21 Nov. 1811 │22 Feb. 1810
Robert Heyt $1 $2 $3 │
VOLUNTEER. │
[27] Charles Smith. │
_Regimentals green._ _Facings black._
Footnote 1:
Bn. at Fahan, co. Donegal, in 1773. Son of Rev. Henry Barnard, D.D.,
and grandson of the Bishop of Derry. He received the Russian order of
St. George for Waterloo; also the Austrian order of Maria Theresa. Was
made commandant of the British division occupying Paris after the
capitulation. D. Lt.-Governor of Rl. Hospital, Chelsea, 17th Jan.,
1855.
Footnote 2:
“A pupil of Sir John Moore.” Bn. 1781. Younger son of Alexander
Cameron, of Inverallert, co. Argyll. Served in Holland in 1799 and in
Egypt in 1801. Was severely wounded in the arm and side at the battle
of Alexandria. Served through most of the Par. War, until severely
wounded at the battle of Vittoria. Severely wounded in the throat at
Waterloo. Received a gold medal for Egypt and a gold medal with two
clasps for Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, and Salamanca. C.B. for Waterloo.
Maj.-Gen. 1838. Col.-in-Chf. 74th Regt. 1846. D. 26th July, 1850.
Footnote 3:
At Waterloo the command of the battalion devolved upon Leach when his
two senior officers were wounded. C.B. and bt. lt.-col. In 1831
published _Rough Recollections of an Old Soldier_. D. as lt.-col. 14th
Jan., 1855, at Worthing, aged 70.
Footnote 4:
According to the _Army List_ of 1st Jan., 1820, this officer was
“superseded.” His name appears, however, in the h. p. list of this
regt. in 1821 and for some years after.
Footnote 5:
Afterwards capt. retired f. p. 4th Rl. Vet. Batt. D. 1826.
Footnote 6:
An interesting memoir of this gallant soldier appeared in the _United
Service Journal_ for 1837. He was a native of Dumfriesshire, where his
father had a small property of his own. In 1805 he joined the 52nd
L.I. as an ensign, and in the year following was appointed to a
lieutenancy in the Rifle Brigade (as the old 95th is now styled). As a
lieut. he had the good fortune to command one of the four companies of
the Rifles which, under Sir S. Beckwith, at the Pass of Barba del
Puerco, on 19th March, 1810, so gallantly repulsed 600 chosen French
troops who attempted to surprise them at midnight. I extract the
following from the above memoir:—“On the 19th Jan., 1812, he was one
of the officers who volunteered and led the stormers at the taking of
Ciudad Rodrigo, and was fortunate enough to come out unscathed,
although one of the first to enter that deadly pass. At the storming
of Badajoz on the 6th April, 1812, his name again stood on the list of
volunteers for the Forlorn Hope, but as it was claimed by a senior
officer of the division, he was obliged to limit his expectations to
one of the posts of honour with the storming party. Sir Andrew
Barnard, however, who commanded the Light Division, knowing how
peculiarly well qualified he was for desperate enterprise, assigned
him a post in front of the Forlorn Hope, in the command of a party
carrying ropes prepared with nooses to throw over the sword-blades
which formed the chevaux-de-frise, in the hope of being able to
displace it by dragging it down the breach, but Johnstone and all his
party were stricken down before they got within throwing distance. His
appearance next morning is thus described by a brother officer, Capt.
Kincaid, in _Random Shots from a Rifleman_, page 287:—‘The first tent
that I entered was Johnstone’s. With his shattered arm bandaged, he
was lying fast asleep, and coupling his appearance with the daring
duty he had been called on to perform but a few hours before in front
of the Forlorn Hope, I thought that I had never set my eyes upon a
nobler picture of a soldier! His whole appearance, even in sleep,
showed exactly as it had been in the execution of that duty; his
splendid figure was so disposed as if he was taking the first step in
the breach—his eyebrows were elevated—his nostrils still distended,
and altogether he looked as if he would clutch the castle in his
remaining hand! No one could have seen him at that moment without
saying—There lies a hero!’” Johnstone was wounded both at Quatre Bras
and Waterloo. Promoted maj. 24th Dec., 1829. Quitted the service in
1831. Was Colonial Sec. at Cape of Good Hope, and d. at sea 6th April,
1836.
Footnote 7:
H. p. 21st May, 1818.
Footnote 8:
Capt. 5th Aug., 1824. H. p. 28th May, 1829. Lt.-col. unatt. 11th May,
1851. Had the Par. medal with 8 clasps. See account of this officer in
the _Cornhill Magazine_ for Dec., 1897.
Footnote 9:
Afterwards Maj.-Gen. John Cox, K.H. Was present at eleven general
actions in the Pa. Had a compound fracture of his left arm at the
storming of Ciudad Rodrigo. Defended a battery with his company at
Waterloo. D. at Cheltenham, 7th Feb., 1863. There were two officers of
this name in the Rifles in 1815, who appear to have been brothers, and
of the same family as Sir Richard Cox, Bart., Lord Chancellor of
Ireland.
Footnote 10:
Attained the rank of major 17th Dec., 1829. Retd. 1835.
Footnote 11:
H. p. 1819. D. at Leamington 12th Feb., 1854.
Footnote 12:
Appointed barrack-master at Tobago, 1830. D. there 1832.
Footnote 13:
Wounded at Quatre Bras and d. in a house there next day.
Footnote 14:
Afterwards Capt. and Bt.-Maj. 82nd Regt. D. at Jock’s House, Kinnoull,
18th June, 1852—“On the anniversary, and at the same hour, on which he
was carried severely wounded from the field of Waterloo.”
Footnote 15:
Bn. at Dalbeath, near Falkirk, in Jan., 1787. Served in the Pa. and
was one of the leaders of the storming party of the Light Division at
Ciudad Rodrigo. Received the silver war medal in 1848, with nine
clasps. Had his horse shot under him at Waterloo. Was aftds. knighted
and appointed an exon in the Yeomen of the Guard. D. at Hastings 22nd
April, 1862. Author of _Adventures in the Rifle Brigade_.
Footnote 16:
Served through the Par. War. Was shot through the liver at Waterloo;
likewise had two ribs broken and a bullet in his chest. Wrote a
narrative of the Waterloo campaign. Quitted the service as bt. maj.,
and d. in Jersey, 5th March, 1858.
Footnote 17:
H. p. 1819. Retd. 1827.
Footnote 18:
Adjt. at Waterloo. Exchanged as lieut. to 11th Foot 3rd Aug., 1820. H.
p. 14th Feb., 1828.
Footnote 19:
Aftds. major-general and K.H. D. 24th Dec., 1865.
Footnote 20:
H. p. 1826, 3rd Vet. Batt. D. 1827.
Footnote 21:
Killed by a cannon ball. 3rd son of Lt.-Gen. Johnston, H.E.I.C.S.
Footnote 22:
Wounded at Quatre Bras. Attained rank of maj. gen. “He was the first
to decipher the names and titles of the Pharaohs, and an epitome he
drew up was translated into French and Italian.” D. at Geneva, 5th
April, 1860.
Footnote 23:
A chivalrous and daring Highlander. Singled out a French officer at
Waterloo and had a duel with him. When Stewart’s sword broke off at
the hilt he instantly closed with the Frenchman, “whom he finished in
an instant.” In later _Army Lists_ his name is spelled “Stuart.”
Aftds. Capt. in the 3rd Buffs. H. p. 1836. D. in the Norwich Military
Lunatic Asylum 6th July, 1847.
Footnote 24:
Entered the army in 1813. Served in Holland in 1813 and 1814, and was
present at the attack on Merxem and bombardment of the French fleet at
Antwerp. H. p. 1st lieut. 1818. Living 1876.
Footnote 25:
H. p. 1816. D. 1824.
Footnote 26:
H. p. 31st Jan., 1828.
Footnote 27:
2nd Lieut. 19th July, 1815. H. p. 25th Dec., 1817. Col. of the
Whittlesea Yeomanry Cavalry 1831. Retd. 1837. Younger bro. of Henry
George (aftds. Sir Henry) Smith and of Thos. Smith, both of the 95th.
D. at Whittlesea 24th Dec., 1854. Bd. in St. Mary’s Church.
Communicated by Mr. George Moore Smith.
95TH REGIMENT OF FOOT (RIFLEMEN).
(_2nd Battalion._)
Rank in the
——————
MAJORS. Regiment.│Army.
[1] Amos Godsill Norcott, W. 22 Dec. 1808 │Lt.-Col., 25 July,
│1810
[2] George Wilkins, W. 10 May, 1809 │Lt.-Col., 4 June,
│1814
CAPTAINS. │
[3] George Miller, W. 21 Jan. 1808 │Maj., 3 Mar. 1814
[4] Joseph Logan 2 Feb. 1809 │
[5] Thos. MacNamara 26 Aug. 1813 │
[6] John Garlies McCullock, W. 21 Oct. 1813 │
[7] Charles Eaton 21 Apr. 1814 │
[8] Francis le Blanc 1 Dec. 1814 │
FIRST LIEUTENANTS. │
[9] Wm. Humbley, W. 13 Oct. 1808 │
[10] John Charles Hope 2 Feb. 1809 │
[11] Thos. Cochrane 22 Feb. 1809 │
[12] John Robert Budgen 4 May, 1809 │
[13] Thomas Smith, Adjt. 7 June, 1809 │
[14] Francis Bennett 1 Oct. 1809 │
[15] Francis Dixon 4 Jan. 1810 │
[16] Edward Coxen, W. 28 June, 1810 │
[17] Dugald Cameron, W. 1 May, 1811 │
[18] Robert Cochrane, W. 8 May, 1812 │
[19] John Allen Ridgeway, W. 9 May, 1812 │
[20] John Fry, W. 10 May, 1812 │
[21] Edward Madden 13 July, 1812 │
[22] Vere Webb, W. 9 Dec. 1813 │
[23] Chas. Gordon Urquhart 27 Oct. 1814 │
[24] J. Lynam, W. 22 Mar. 1815 │
[25] Charles Rochfort 15 June, 1815 │
SECOND LIEUTENANTS. │
[26] Wm. Shaw 25 Apr. 1813 │
[27] Richard Fowler 22 Oct. 1813 │22 Feb. 1813
[28] Thos. Bowen Sheean 25 Dec. 1813 │
[29] Richard Cocks Eyre, W. 22 Apr. 1814 │
[30] John Prendergast Walsh, W. 5 May, 1814 │
[31] R.J.N. Kellett (Volunteer) │
PAYMASTER. │
Angus McDonald 15 Feb. 1810 │
QUARTERMASTER. │
Donald Ross 3 Apr. 1806 │
SURGEON. │
Francis Scott 25 Jan. 1810 │
ASSISTANT SURGEONS. │
John Armstrong 11 Mar. 1813 │
Robert Scott 5 Sept. 1814 │5 Nov. 1812
Footnote 1:
Afterwards Maj.-Gen. Norcott, C.B. Served in the Pa., and had the gold
medal for Corunna. K. St. A. for Waterloo. D. at Cork in 1838 whilst
commanding the southern district.
Footnote 2:
C.B. for Waterloo. Served in the Pa., and had the gold medal for
Salamanca. Retd. as bt. lt.-col. in 1817. K.H. D. at Shirley,
Southampton, 8th Nov., 1862.
Footnote 3:
C.B. and bt. lt.-col. for Waterloo. Served in the Pa., and had the
gold medal for Nivelle. Lt.-Col. unattached list, 25th May, 1826. D.
1843.
Footnote 4:
Appointed lt.-col. of 63rd Foot in 1829, and d. at Dover, 1st Sept.,
1844, when in command of that regt.
Footnote 5:
Quitted the service as capt. Served in the Pa., and in the Buenos
Ayres expedition. Was a J.P. for the counties of Cork, Waterford, and
Limerick. D. at Cork, 7th Jan. 1832.
Footnote 6:
“MʻCullock had been wounded in the shoulder on Massena’s retreat from
Portugal in March, 1811, and this wound deprived him of the use of the
arm. At Waterloo, by a shot fired very late in the day, he lost the
other arm. He was promoted, ‘having no longer an arm to wield for his
country,’ as he told the Duke of Wellington, ‘but being anxious to
serve it,’ to a majority in the 2nd Garrison Battalion in Dec., 1815,
and d. in London in 1818.” Sir W. Cope’s _History of the Rifle
Brigade_.
Footnote 7:
Retired on h. p. as capt., 11th Aug., 1823. Served through the Par.
War, and had the silver medal with seven clasps. Living in 1860.
Footnote 8:
Afterwards Lt.-Col. 46th Regt. M., 10th April, 1828, Eliz., 2nd dau.
of Thomas Porter, of Rockbeare House, Devon. Col. 23rd Nov., 1841.
Retd. in 1845. Living 1879.
Footnote 9:
This officer had been present at almost every battle and action in the
Pa., and when the long-looked-for silver war medal was given, in 1848,
he received one with thirteen clasps. Sev. wnded. at Waterloo.
Attained the rank of lt.-col. unattached, 1851, and d. 26th Oct.,
1857, at Eyresbury.
Footnote 10:
Recommended for promotion by Gen. Sir H. Clinton for gallantry at
Waterloo. Capt. 9th Nov., 1820. Eventually succeeded to the command of
the 1st batt. D. 12th Oct., 1842.
Footnote 11:
D. as lt. in this regt. 1823 at Kinsale.
Footnote 12:
Born 1st Dec., 1791. Eldest son of Thomas Budgen (of the family of
Budgen, of Ballindoney, co. Wexford). J.P. and D.L. for Surrey, and
J.P. for co. Wexford. M., 13th Jan., 1823, Williamza Caroline Mary,
3rd dau. of Col. Lorenzo Moore, of the “Battle-axe Guards,” by
Henrietta, only dau. of Sir S.T. Janssen, Bart. Had the Par. War medal
with eight clasps. H. p. 1818. D. 1866.
Footnote 13:
Brother to Gen. Sir Harry Smith (_see under_ Staff). His full name was
Thos. Lawrence Smith. Served through the Par. War, for which in 1848
he received the silver medal and ten clasps. Recommended for promotion
for gallantry at Waterloo, by Sir H. Clinton. H. p. 1819.
It is stated in Cope’s _History of the Rifle Brigade_: “On July 7th,
1815, the army marched into Paris, and the 2nd Batt. had the honour of
being the first corps which entered, Lieut. and Adjt. Thos. Smith
riding in front of the Battalion, being the first British officer who
entered Paris on that famous day.” Was aftds. principal barrack-master
at Aldershot. Recd. a special pension and was made a C.B. D. 6th Apr.,
1877. Bd. in the military cemetery, Aldershot.
Footnote 14:
D. in May, 1817.
Footnote 15:
H. p. 80th Foot 11th Dec., 1817. D. in Jersey, 1832.
Footnote 16:
Capt. 8th Apr., 1825. Paymaster 60th Rifles 9th Feb., 1826. Served in
last-named regt. 31 years. Served in the Punjaub campaign. Had the
Par. medal with 10 clasps.
Footnote 17:
H. p. 1817 89th Foot. D. in Aug., 1846.
Footnote 18:
Capt. 22nd May, 1828. Major retd. f. p. 1841. Knight of Windsor. D. at
the Lower Ward, Windsor Castle, and was buried in the catacombs there,
with military honours, all the naval and military knights attending,
in May, 1864.
Footnote 19:
Afterwards Lt.-Col. Ridgeway. Adjt. N. Devon Militia, 1831. D. 11th
June, 1856, at Newton St. Cyres, Exeter.
Footnote 20:
Capt. Rifle Bde., 22nd July, 1830. D. 1840.
Footnote 21:
H. p. 1818. D. at Chichester, 1819.
Footnote 22:
H. p. 1831.
Footnote 23:
Probably one of the Urquharts of Meldrum, Perthshire. Adam Urquhart,
of this family, married Lady Mary Gordon, sister of 1st Duke of
Gordon. Retd. on h. p. 30th Jan., 1823. D. 1827.
Footnote 24:
H. p. 1818. D. 1821.
Footnote 25:
7th son of Gustavus Rochfort, M.P. for Westmeath, by Frances, dau. of
John Bloomfield, of Redwood. Retd. on h. p. 25th Aug., 1821. M., 1832,
Hannah, eldest dau. of Col. Pratt, of Cabra Castle, and had issue. Of
Rochfort Lodge, co. Donegal. D. 1844.
Footnote 26:
D. as lt. on h. p. in 1829.
Footnote 27:
Assumed the surname of Butler on succeeding to the Barton estate, co.
Stafford. 2nd son and eventual heir of Thomas Fowler, of Pendeford
Hall, by Harriet Fowler. Served in the Pa. Placed on h. p. 25th Dec.,
1818. Was thrice married, and had issue. D. 14th March. 1864.
Footnote 28:
Retd. 1830.
Footnote 29:
H. p. 1817.
Footnote 30:
Lost right leg at Waterloo. Retd. 1833 as lieut. h. p. 6th Foot. Took
Holy Orders.
Footnote 31:
2nd Lieut. 18th July, 1815. Retd. as capt. in 1838. D. at Florence in
Nov. 1853.
95TH REGIMENT OF FOOT (RIFLEMEN).
(_Two companies of the 3rd Battalion._)
Rank in the
——————
MAJOR. Regiment.│Army.
[1] John Ross, W. 11 May, 1809 │Lt.-Col., 6 Mar.
│1811
CAPTAINS. │
_Charles Geo. Gray_ 6 May, 1809 │
[2] James Fullerton, W. 7 May, 1809 │Maj., 7 Apr. 1814
[3] Wm. Eeles 7 Dec. 1813 │
_Charles Eeles_, K. 20 July, 1814 │
FIRST LIEUTENANTS. │
[4] Gentle Vickers 14 May, 1812 │
[5] Thos. Taylor Worsley, 2 Oct. 1812 │
Adjt., W. │
[6] Godfrey H. Shenley, W. 17 Mar. 1814 │
SECOND LIEUTENANTS. │
[7] Alexander Milligan 25 Nov. 1813 │
[8] Charles Probart 25 Nov. 1813 │
ASSISTANT-SURGEON. │
[9] Thos. P. McCabe 19 Aug. 1813 │
Footnote 1:
Afterwards Maj.-Gen. Sir John Ross, K.C.B. Lt.-Col. Cape Corps (1824).
Served in the Pa., and received the gold cross for Barossa, Vittoria,
Orthes, and Toulouse. D. 21 April, 1835.
Footnote 2:
Son of Lewis Fullarton, of Kilmichael, Isle of Arran. C.B. and bt.
lt.-col. for Waterloo. M., 7th Aug., 1817, Jane, dau. of Colin
MʻCleverty, M.D., of Chestervale, Jamaica. Lt.-col. 96th Regt. 1827.
K.H. D. at Halifax, N.S., 8th March, 1834.
Footnote 3:
Afterwards lt.-col. 1st Batt. (_see_ under Capt. Charles Eeles, of
Staff). H. p. 1850.
Footnote 4:
D. in South America, 1823.
Footnote 5:
Belonged to the old Yorkshire family of Worsley, of Hovingham. Served
through the Par. War, and in 1848 received the silver medal with nine
clasps. “He was wounded, at the siege of Badajoz, under one of his
ears. The ball made the circuit of his neck, and was taken out on the
opposite side. He was again wounded at Waterloo under the other ear,
the ball, as before, making the circuit of the neck.” Kincaid relates
that the wound Worsley received at Badajoz had the effect of turning
his head to the right, and that the wound he received at Waterloo
restored his head to its original position. Placed on h. p. 11th Feb.,
1816. M. Rose, dau. of the Rev. James Stovin, D.D., Rector of
Rossington, co. York, and d. s. p. 25th Oct., 1851.
Footnote 6:
H. p. 25th Dec., 1818.
Footnote 7:
H. p. 1826. D. in Scotland, 1828.
Footnote 8:
D. at Skibereen in March, 1822.
Footnote 9:
H. p. 1818.
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ROYAL STAFF CORPS.
(_Attached to the Quartermaster-General’s Department._)
Rank in the
——————
LIEUT.-COLONEL. Regiment.│Army.
[1] Wm. Nicolay 4 Apr. 1805 │Col., 4 June, 1813
CAPTAINS. │
_Thomas Wright_, W. 23 Dec. 1813 │
[2] Wm. Staveley 12 Jan. 1815 │Maj., 15 Dec. 1814
_Francis Read_ 16 Mar. 1815 │
LIEUTENANTS. │
[3] George D. Hall, W. 28 Nov. 1811 │
_Basil Jackson_ 6 May, 1813 │
_A.C.G. Brauns_ 17 Feb. 1814 │
ENSIGNS. │
[4] John Sumner Sedley 6 May, 1813 │
[5] John James Milliken 10 June, 1813 │
_Facings blue._ _Lace silver._
Footnote 1:
C.B. for Waterloo. Maj.-Gen. 1819. Gov. of Mauritius 1832. K.C.H. and
Col.-in-Chf. 1st W.I. Regt. D. 1844.
Footnote 2:
C.B. and bt. lt.-col. for Waterloo. Aftds. Com.-in-Chf. at Madras.
Lt.-Gen. and Col.-in-Chf. 24th Foot. D. whilst on a journey in his
carriage, after leaving Tippicadoo, in March, 1854.
Footnote 3:
Afterwards Col. George Dry Hall. Retd on h. p. in 1839. D. at Hythe,
25th Feb., 1852.
Footnote 4:
Afterwards Maj. J.S. Sedley, first-class barrack-master at the
Mauritius. Retd. in Aug., 1860, on a pension of £145 13_s._ 9_d._ per
annum. D. 21st Aug., 1867.
Footnote 5:
Placed on h. p. 11th March, 1819.
ROYAL WAGGON TRAIN.[N]
(_Attached to the Quartermaster General’s Department._)
Rank in the
——————
LIEUT.-COLONEL. Regiment.│Army.
[1] Thomas Aird 4 May, 1815 │2 June, 1814
CAPTAINS. │
[2] Thomas Pardoe 1 Oct. 1812 │
[3] Basil Jackson 3 Dec. 1812 │
LIEUTENANTS. │
[4] Wm. Aitkin 9 Feb. 1809 │
[5] Edward Smith 23 Feb. 1815 │
[6] Joseph McDowall 16 Mar. 1815 │4 July, 1811
[7] Henry O’Neil 27 Apr. 1815 │
[8] Robert Parkinson 4 May, 1815 │
[9] Charles Bott 25 May, 1815 │22 Apr. 1813
[10] Robert Kerr 25 May, 1815 │
CORNETS. │
[11] Thos. Glendinning │9 Dec. 1813
[12] John Fenn 4 May, 1815 │
SURGEON. │
Thomas Wynne 6 Oct. 1808 │20 June, 1799
VETERINARY-SURGEON. │
[13] Frederick Cherry 16 July, 1807 │
_Blue._ _Facings red._ _Lace silver._
Footnote N:
In 1816 the Rl. Waggon Train took up a new position in the _Army
List_, viz., after the cavalry and newly-raised corps, the “Staff
Corps of Cavalry,” so called to distinguish it from the “Royal Staff
Corps,” which followed in the wake of the Rifle Brigade. The Waggon
Train was reduced about twenty years after Waterloo, and after the
Crimean War a corps called “The Military Train” sprung into existence,
which, like its predecessor, was chiefly officered by old soldiers who
had won their commissions while serving in the ranks. The Military
Train was reduced in its turn, and “The Army Service Corps” may be
said to be its present equivalent.
Footnote 1:
Placed on h. p. 25th Dec., 1818. D. 1839. (_See_ note to Lieut. Elwes,
71st Regt.)
Footnote 2:
In 1830 this unfortunate officer was still a capt. in the corps.
Footnote 3:
Quitted the service after 1830, with rank of maj. D. 10th Sept., 1849,
aged 92. His son, Basil Jackson (_see_ Staff notes), wrote the
military life of the Duke of Wellington, and several scientific works.
Footnote 4:
Serving in 1817. H. p. 1818.
Footnote 5:
H. p. 28th Aug., 1823.
Footnote 6:
Serving in same corps in 1830.
Footnote 7:
Adjt. 20th July, 1815. Serving in 1830.
Footnote 8:
H. p. 1817.
Footnote 9:
H. p. 1816.
Footnote 10:
Lieut. 60th Rifles 28th Nov., 1816. H. p. 1817.
Footnote 11:
Lieut. 20th July, 1815. Exchanged to 60th Rifles 18th Apr., 1816. H.
p. 27th Sept., 1817. Living 1855.
Footnote 12:
H. p. 25th Dec., 1818.
Footnote 13:
Principal vet.-surgeon at Maidstone depôt 17th Sept., 1839. Serving in
1846.
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ROYAL REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY.
STAFF.
[1] Col. Sir George Adam Wood, Kt., commanding.
[2] Lt.-Col. Sir Augustus Frazer, K.C.B., commanding Royal Horse
Artillery.
[3] Lt.-Col. A. Macdonald, commanding six troops of Horse Artillery
attached to the Cavalry.
[4] Adjt. Capt. Wm. Pakenham, R.H.A.
[5] Lt.-Col. Sir John May, A.A. General.
[6] Capt. H. Baynes, W., Brigade Major.
[7] Lieuts. John Bloomfield and [8]George Coles, Staff-Adjts. to
Sir George Wood.
[9] Lieut. Wm. Bell, Staff-Adjt. to Sir A. Frazer.
[10] Lt.-Cols. S.G. Adye, [11] C. Gold, [12] J.S. Williamson,
and [13] J. Hawker, field officers commanding two batteries of
Foot Artillery attached to each division of the army.
[14] Major P. Drummond, field officer commanding Reserve Artillery.
[15] Lt.-Col. Sir Alexander Dickson, K.C.B., commanding Battering
Train.
Footnote 1:
Son of Adam Wood, Lt. of Capt. Coote’s Independent Company of Foot at
Landguard Fort, who d. 1773. Commanded the R.A. in Holland during the
campaign of 1814, and led one of the attacking columns at
Bergen-op-Zoom. Was knighted when proxy to Sir J.C. Sherbrooke at the
installation of the Bath. 22nd May, 1812. C.B., K.M.T., K.St.V., and
K.W. for Waterloo. A.D.C. to George IV., and K.C.H. D. a maj.-gen.,
22nd April, 1831.
Footnote 2:
Son of Col. Andrew Frazer, R.E., by Charlotte, dau. of Stillingfleet
Durnford, of the Ordnance Office. Bn at Dunkirk, 5th Sept., 1776, and
educated at the High School, Edinburgh, where he was a contemporary of
Lord Brougham. Joined the Military Academy at Woolwich in August,
1790, and became 2nd lt. R.A., 18th Sept., 1793. Served in Holland in
1794. In 1795 was appointed to the Royal Horse Artillery, and in 1799
again embarked for active service in Holland. Commanded the artillery
of the expedition against Buenos Ayres, and was present at the assault
of that city in July, 1807. In June 1811, was made bt. maj., and in
Nov., 1812, joined the British army in the Pa. Five months later was
appointed to command the Horse Artillery of Wellington’s army, and
served in this capacity until the conclusion of the war, winning for
himself, and his branch of the service, a high reputation. K.C.B. and
the gold cross, with one clasp. In the Waterloo campaign, Frazer again
commanded the R.H.A., and “his high reputation as an artillery
officer, combined with his firmness of character, prevailed on the
Duke of Wellington, who was at first not favourable to the exchange,
to permit him to substitute 9-pounders for 6-pounders in the troops of
Horse Artillery serving with the army. To this exchange, which
preceded the battle of Waterloo, may justly be ascribed much of the
success of that memorable day.” Another instance of Frazer’s firmness
of character is exhibited in the speedy way in which he made the
Prussians, two days after Waterloo, surrender all the French guns
which had been captured by the British, and which the rapacious
Prussians had annexed, and “regularly parked with Prussian sentries.”
Frazer’s interesting letters from the Pa. and the Netherlands were
published in 1859. These letters stamp the writer as a thorough
soldier, a perfect gentleman, a delightful companion, and a modest and
unassuming man, possessing a heart that could feel for others’ woes.
He m., in 1809, Emma, youngest dau. of James Lynn, of Woodbridge, in
Suffolk, and had issue two sons. He d. as col., 11th June, 1835, at
Woolwich, whilst holding the appointment of Director of the Royal
Laboratory.
Footnote 3:
One of the “Macdonalds of Glencoe.” Commanded a troop of R.H.A. in the
Pa. C.B. for Waterloo. Was entertained at a public banquet at
Edinburgh on 18th June, 1816. Maj.-gen. 1837. D. at Leamington 21st
May, 1840.
Footnote 4:
Retired on h. p. as 2nd capt., 1st July, 1822. 3rd son of Edward
Pakenham, M.P. for co. Donegal, by Catherine, dau. of Chambre
Ponsonby-Barker. Bn. 3rd Feb., 1789. D. about 1863.
Footnote 5:
Son of John May, Esq., storekeeper of the Ordnance, Fort George,
Guernsey; lineally descended from Thos. May, the poet (of the family
of Mays, of Mayfield, county Sussex). Bn. 1778. Md. 1819 the only
child of Robt. Broff, Esq., formerly governor of Bencoolen, Sumatra.
Major-Genl. in the army 1838. Was a colonel in the R.A., in which he
served from 1795. Recd. the gold cross and three clasps for his
services at Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, San Sebastian, Nivelle,
Nive, and Toulouse. Was given the order of St. Anne of Russia, 2nd
class, for his services at Quatre Bras and Waterloo, also nominated a
knight of the Tower and Sword of Portugal, in 1815, for his services
in the Peninsula. K.C.B. 1815. K.C.H. 1822. Sir John was employed
afloat in bomb service from 1st Dec., 1797, to the 16th April, 1801.
Present at Copenhagen in 1807. He recd. two musket balls through the
left thigh when charging the French rearguard on the morning after the
battle of Salamanca, and a violent contusion at Vittoria. D., 8th May,
1847, in London. Above information communicated by Mrs. Gibbons,
great-niece of Sir John May, K.C.B.
Footnote 6:
Afterwards bt. maj. and K.H. Maj., unattached list, 12th Dec., 1826.
D. in Guernsey, 15th July, 1844.
Footnote 7:
A scion of the Tipperary family, and cousin of the late Baron
Bloomfield, the diplomatist. Was attaché at Stockholm for some years.
G.C.B. Gen. and col.-commandant R.H.A. D. 1st Aug., 1880, in London,
unm.
Footnote 8:
Retired by sale of his commission, as 2nd capt., 9th April, 1825,
after being some years on temporary h. p.
Footnote 9:
Afterwards Gen. Sir Wm. Bell, K.C.B. Col.-comdt. R.H.A. His father was
Wm. Bell, a native of Tanfield, Yorkshire, a cornet in the Yeomanry,
but a surgeon by profession, who had a good practice in Ripon, and was
twice mayor of that town. His mother was Ann Atkinson, one of the
daughters of Henry Atkinson, town clerk of Ripon. The way W. Bell
became an artilleryman was as follows:—“Old Col. Quist of the R.A.,
head of the riding establishment (who belonged to a Dutch family),
came to Ripon to buy horses when Bell was a boy in his teens, and
happening to meet the youth in Ripon society, he took a fancy to him.”
Col. Quist used his interest in obtaining for Bell a nomination to a
cadetship at Woolwich Academy. In due course Bell obtained a
commission in the R.A., and soon evinced that he had a talent for “the
music of war.” He served in the West Indies from 1807–1810, and was
present at the capture of several of the West Indian islands. Served
in the Pa. from July, 1813, to 1814, and was present at five general
actions. Slightly wounded at Toulouse. His duties were very onerous
both at Quatre Bras and Waterloo, where he was employed in conveying
instructions and orders to officers commanding batteries in all parts
of the field. He had the narrowest escape of being crushed to death,
in after life, that ever befell anyone. “He fell from his horse in
front of a battery of R.H.A. at Norwich (or Ipswich), and the battery
going over him at a gallop, the drag-shoe of one of the guns knocked
his ear off!” Sir W. Bell resided during the latter part of his life
at Ripon, and d. there, unm., 28th March, 1873. Buried at Tanfield.
M.I. (The above is from information supplied by the late Gen. W.H.
Askwith, R.A.)
Footnote 10:
Afterwards Maj.-Gen. Stephen Galway Adye, C.B. Superintendent of the
Rl. Laboratory. 2nd son of Maj. Stephen P. Adye, R.A. Served under
Abercromby in Egypt, and took part in the Walcheren Expedition. Served
also in the Pa. D. 13th Sept., 1838.
Footnote 11:
Afterwards Col. Charles Gold, C.B. Sold his commission 31st Dec.,
1827. D. at Leamington, 17th April, 1842.
Footnote 12:
C.B. for Waterloo. M., 30th April, 1817, Miss Maclean, of Giese, co.
Caithness. Was an officer of considerable ability, and his scientific
knowledge of gunnery was most beneficial to his corps. D. at Woolwich,
26th April, 1836.
Footnote 13:
Afterwards Col. James Hawker, C.B., Lt.-Gov. of Tilbury Fort. Brother
to Capt. Edward Hawker, of the _Britannia_, and to John Hawker, of
Plymouth. D. at Woolwich, 12th Oct., 1827, leaving a widow and three
daughters.
Footnote 14:
Afterwards Maj.-Gen. Percy Drummond, C.B. Son of Duncan Drummond,
R.A., Director-Gen. of the Field Train. Lt.-Gov. of the R.M. Academy,
1829. Director-Gen. of Artillery, 1840. D. at Woolwich, 1st Jan.,
1843.
Footnote 15:
Afterwards Maj.-Gen. Sir A. Dickson, G.C.B. and K.C.H., &c. 3rd son of
Adm. Wm. Dickson, by his 1st wife, Jane, dau. of Alexander
Collingwood, of Unthank, in Northumberland. The eminent war services
of this distinguished soldier are too well known to need
recapitulation. From 1798 to 1815 Sir A. Dickson was “on the
war-path,” in Europe, North and South America. He commanded the allied
artillery at Vittoria, San Sebastian, the passage of Bidassoa,
Nivelle, Nive, and Toulouse. Recd. the gold cross and six clasps.
K.T.S. The Portuguese medal, and Spanish gold cross for Albuera. Good
service pens. of £365 per ann. M. Miss Briones, and had issue. D. 22nd
April, 1840, and was bd. at Plumstead.
ROYAL HORSE ARTILLERY.
MAJOR BULL’S TROOP.
Rank in the
——————
CAPTAIN. Regiment.│Army.
[1] Robert Bull, W. 28 June, 1805 │Maj., 31 Dec. 1811
SECOND CAPTAIN. │
[2] Robert M. Cairnes, K. 1 Feb. 1808 │12 Apr. 1814
FIRST LIEUTENANTS. │
[3] Matthew Louis 28 Dec. 1805 │
[4] Wm. Smith, W. 1 Feb. 1808 │
[5] John Townsend 1 Dec. 1811 │
Footnote 1:
Afterwards Lt.-Col. R. Bull, C.B. and K.H. Bn. at Stafford, 3rd March,
1778. Entered the R.A. in 1794, and saw service in the West Indies in
1796–1798. Commanded I troop of Horse Artillery in the Pa. At Waterloo
“his troop effected the greatest possible service throughout the early
part of the battle; but owing to the loss sustained both in men and
horses, together with the disabled condition of the guns (through
incessant firing) it was obliged to retire before the close.” Bt.
lt.-col. for Waterloo. Retd. on f. p. in 1834. D. at Bath, 17th Aug.,
1835.
Footnote 2:
2nd son of Maj. W. Cairnes, of 39th Foot, who served all through the
defence of Gibraltar, and d. in India. On the female side he was of
the elder branch of the same family to whom a baronetcy was granted by
Queen Anne (extinct). Killed by a cannon ball. Had seen much service
in the Pa. M.I. in Canterbury Cathedral.
Footnote 3:
3rd son of Rear.-Adm. Sir Thomas Louis, Bart., by Jacquetta, dau. of
Samuel Belfield. M., in 1825, Mary, eldest dau. of the Rev. A.
Mallock, of Cockington Court. Retd. on f. p. as lt.-col., 1st April,
1852. D. in Jersey, 19th March, 1853.
Footnote 4:
Afterwards Sir W. Smith, Knt. 2nd capt. 1825. Killed by a carriage
accident in Dublin, 3rd April, 1835. His son, a cadet at the R.M.A.
Woolwich, met with a violent death in May, 1836.
Footnote 5:
Retired on h. p. 6th Feb., 1826.
LIEUT.-COLONEL WEBBER SMITH’S TROOP.
Rank in the
——————
CAPTAIN. Regiment.│Army.
[1] James Webber Smith 1 June, 1806 │Lt.-Col., 21 Sept.
│1813
SECOND CAPTAIN. │
[2] Edmund Y. Walcot 23 Mar. 1809 │
FIRST LIEUTENANTS. │
[3] Donald Craufurd, W. 2 Nov. 1805 │
[4] David J. Edwards 1 June, 1806 │
[5] Henry Forster, W. 16 Oct. 1807 │
Footnote 1:
Afterwards lt.-gen. and C.B. Commanded a troop of Horse Artillery in
the Pa., and recd. the gold medal and one clasp for Vittoria and San
Sebastian. C.B. for Waterloo. M. Eleanora, eldest dau. of Sir John
Simeon, Bart. Director-Gen. of Artillery 1844–1848. Col.-Comdt. 1848.
D. at Brighton, 21st March, 1853.
Footnote 2:
Retired on f. p., 10th April, 1845, as lt.-col. D. at Winkton, Hants
28th Feb., 1847.
Footnote 3:
4th son of Patrick Craufurd, by Jean, dau. of Lt.-Col. Donald
Macdonald of the 84th Regt. D. in Perthshire, 21st Oct., 1819.
Footnote 4:
Retired on h. p. 29th July, 1825, as 2nd capt., and d. at Kerryside,
near Carmarthen, 14th April, 1866.
Footnote 5:
Severely wounded in the foot by a grape shot. Served at Copenhagen in
1807, and in the Corunna campaign. Retd. on h. p. as 2nd capt., 7th
Feb., 1832, and d. at Aix-la-Chapelle, 24th Oct., 1855.
LIEUT.-COLONEL SIR R. GARDINER’S TROOP.[O]
Rank in the
——————
CAPTAIN. Regiment.│Army.
[1] Sir Robert Gardiner, 18 Nov. 1811 │Lt.-Col., 3 Mar.
K.C.B. │1814
SECOND CAPTAIN. │
[2] Thos. Dyneley 22 May, 1808 │
FIRST LIEUTENANTS. │
[3] Robert Harding 6 Apr. 1807 │
[4] Wm. Swabey 13 Aug. 1807 │
[5] Wm. Ingilby 9 Apr. 1812 │
Footnote O:
This troop had the old 6-pounders.
Footnote 1:
Youngest son of Capt. John Gardiner (3rd Buffs), and brother of
Lt.-Gen. Sir John Gardiner, Col.-in-Chf. 61st Regt. Bn. 2nd May, 1781.
Joined the R.A. 7th April, 1797. In Oct. of same year was sent to
Gibraltar, then partially blockaded by the French fleet. In Nov.,
1798, was present at the capture of Minorca. Served under Lord
Cathcart, in North Germany, in 1805, and in the Pa., and was made bt.
maj. for his services in the trenches before Badajoz. Commanded a
field battery at Salamanca, and at the capture of Madrid. At the siege
of Burgos he volunteered with several of his men for the trenches. Was
soon after appointed to the command of a troop of Horse Artillery,
with which he served until the conclusion of the war. K.C.B. “His
troop was most severely pressed in covering the left of the army on
the retreat from Quatre Bras on the 17th, and took part in the great
battle of the 18th June.” Appointed principal equerry to Prince
Leopold of Saxe-Coburg, on the latter’s marriage with Princess
Charlotte. A.D.C. to George IV., William IV., and her late Majesty
Queen Victoria. In 1848 was appointed Gov. and Col.-in-Chf. of
Gibraltar. G.C.B. K.St.A. and Grand Cross of Charles III. of Spain. D.
as gen. and col.-comdt. R.A. at Claremont, 26th June, 1864. He m., in
1816, Caroline, eldest dau. of Lt.-Gen. Sir John MacLeod, and had
issue.
Footnote 2:
Afterwards Lt.-Gen. Dyneley, C.B. Served at the battle of Maida, and
in the Pa. Was taken prisoner at Majalahonda, when engaged with the
rearguard of the French army, 11th Aug., 1812, but escaped from the
enemy. Bt.-maj. for Waterloo. D. 21st June, 1860.
Footnote 3:
4th son of John Harding, of Old Springs, co. Stafford, by Sarah Booth,
Bn. 1791. Retd. on h. p. 8th April, 1825, as 2nd capt., and d. 12th
Nov., 1849.
Footnote 4:
Retired on h. p. as 2nd capt., 1825. D. 6th Feb., 1872. There is a
short memoir of this officer’s services in the _Gentleman’s Magazine_
for 1872.
Footnote 5:
Afterwards Gen. Sir Wm. Bates Ingilby, K.C.B., col.-comdt. R.A. 2nd
son of the Rev. Henry Ingilby, of Ripley, and aftds. of Kirkleatham,
co. York, by Isabella, eldest dau. of Ralph Bates, of Milbourne, co.
Northumberland. Bn. 30th April, 1791. Served in the Pa., and was
present at the sieges of Ciudad Rodrigo, forts of Salamanca (wounded)
and Burgos. Also at the battles of Busaco, Fuentes d’Onor, and
Salamanca. This Sir Wm. Ingilby, who d. in 1879, unm., must not be
confounded with his cousin and namesake, Sir Wm. Ingilby, of Ripley
Castle, a baronet of the second creation, of whom many amusing
anecdotes are still remembered in Yorkshire, and whose appearance
cannot have been martial.
CAPTAIN EDWARD C. WHINYATES’S TROOP.
(_Rocket Troop—reduced in 1816._)
Rank in the
——————
CAPTAIN. Regiment.│Army.
[1] Edward C. Whinyates, W. 24 Jan. 1813 │8 July, 1805
SECOND CAPTAIN. │
[2] Charles C. Dansey, W. 10 Oct. 1809 │
FIRST LIEUTENANTS. │
[3] Robert H. Ord 7 Apr. 1806 │
[4] Amherst Wright, W. 1 Feb. 1808 │
[5] Thos. Fox Strangways, W. 1 Feb. 1808 │
[6] Adam Ward 9 Sept. 1810 │
Footnote 1:
Afterwards Gen. Sir E.C. Whinyates, K.C.B. and K.H. Col.-Comdt. R.H.A.
This distinguished officer was 3rd son of Maj. Thomas Whinyates, of
Abbotsleigh, co. Devon. His mother was Catherine, dau. of Adm. Sir
Thomas Frankland, 5th Bart., representative of the historic family of
“Frankland of Thirkleby,” co. York, which has a direct descent from
Oliver Cromwell. Bn. 6th May, 1782. Joined the R.A. 1st March, 1798.
Accompanied the expedition, under Abercromby, to the Helder in 1799.
Aftds. joined the army under the Duke of York, and took part in the
campaign in North Holland. Served at the capture of Madeira in 1801.
In 1807 was appointed adj. to the artillery of the army which, under
Lord Cathcart, was employed in the attack on Copenhagen, and where he
commanded, throughout the siege, one of the principal batteries, which
went by the expressive name of the “Churchyard” battery. On his return
home was appointed 2nd capt. of Capt. Lefebure’s troop of horse
artillery (D troop), and in Feb., 1810, embarked for the Pa. The
_Camilla_, of 200 tons, having on board Capt. Whinyates, two officers,
and 36 horses, nearly foundered in the Bay of Biscay, and was at last
driven back to Cork, almost a wreck. This troop, arriving in the Pa.
by detachments, was prevented from taking the field for some time.
During the interval Whinyates served on the artillery staff, and was
present at the battle of Busaco. His troop took the field before the
battle of Albuera, where Whinyates commanded the half-troop which was
attached to the cavalry on the right. It was here that some of the
severest fighting took place. He was mentioned in public despatches
for his conduct in the brilliant attack and defeat of Lallemand’s
cavalry at Ribera, 24th July, 1812. Promoted 1st capt. in Jan., 1813,
which occasioned his return to England. At Waterloo he had three
horses shot under him, was struck by a round shot on the leg, and sev.
wnded. in the left arm towards the close of the day. Bt. maj., and a
permanent pens. for wounds. The eminent services of Maj. Whinyates
were recognised by his being promoted bt. maj. for Waterloo, and
re-appointed to a troop of horse artillery by the Duke of Wellington
in 1823, and nominated K.H. same year. C.B., 1831. K.C.B. 1860. Gen.
and col.-comdt. of Brigade R.H.A., 1864. D. at Cheltenham 25th Dec.,
1865. He had m., 22nd May, 1827, Eliz., only dau. of Samuel Crompton,
of Wood End, co. York. An interesting memoir of Gen. Whinyates’s
military life was published by the R.A. Institution in 1867, from
which the above notice is extracted. The Editor is indebted to
Maj.-Gen. Whinyates, nephew of Sir Edward, for the loan of the said
memoir.
Footnote 2:
Afterwards Col. Dansey, C.B. Served in the Pa. Sev. wnded. at
Waterloo. D. 21st July, 1853.
Footnote 3:
Afterwards Maj. Ord. K.H. Placed on temporary h. p. 1st April, 1817,
and again from 1st Feb., 1819, to 1823. D. 4th Dec., 1828.
Footnote 4:
Was attached to the Swedish army in 1813–1814, and saw much service.
Recd. a gold medal from the Prince Royal of Sweden for the siege of
Gluckstadt, and made a Knt. of the Rl. Order of the Sword in 1814.
Retd. on f. p. as maj. 15th June, 1840. D. at Malta, 27th Sept., 1840.
Footnote 5:
Afterwards Brig.-Gen. in the Crimea, where he met a soldier’s death at
Inkermann by the bursting of a shell. Served as a subaltern with the
Rocket Troop sent to Germany, and was present at the battles of Goerde
and Leipsic in 1813. K.St.A. of Russia, and the Swedish Order of the
Sword. Dangerously wounded at Waterloo, and his recovery was
miraculous. Eldest son of the Hon. Charles Strangways, by Jane, dau.
of Rev. Dr. Haines. Bn. 28th Dec., 1790. M., 20th July, 1833, Sophia,
eldest dau. of Benjamin Harenc, and had issue.
Footnote 6:
Lost a leg at Tarbes. D. in Dublin, 28th Feb., 1827.
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CAPTAIN MERCER’S TROOP.
Rank in the
——————
SECOND CAPTAINS. Regiment.│Army.
[1] Alexander Cavalié Mercer 3 Dec. 1806 │
[2] Robert Newland 20 Dec. 1814 │
FIRST LIEUTENANTS. │
[3] Henry M. Leathes 1 June, 1806 │
[4] John Hincks 1 Feb. 1808 │
[5] John F. Breton 15 Mar. 1811 │
Footnote 1:
Came of a military race. 2nd son of Gen. Mercer, R.E. Bn. 1783. Served
in South America in 1807–1808. His troop came in for the hottest part
of the battle on Waterloo Day, and suffered considerably in loss of
men and horses. Sir George Wood, R.A., paid the battery a visit on
that memorable afternoon, and was surprised to find so many cannon
balls whizzing round his ears. “D——n it, Mercer,” he exclaimed, “you
seem to be having a hot time of it here.” Hot it was for all parties
concerned, but the gallant way in which the gunners worked their guns
kept the French cavalry from reaching the infantry squares behind
Mercer’s battery. In after years Gen. Mercer published his _Journal of
the Waterloo Campaign_, which is a delightful book in every respect.
Attained the rank of gen. and col.-comdt., and d. at Cowley Cottage,
Exeter, 9th Nov., 1868.
Footnote 2:
Retired by the sale of his commission 5th April, 1831.
Footnote 3:
Of Herringfleet Hall, Suffolk. 3rd son and eventual heir of Maj.
George Leathes, by Mary, dau. of J. Moore. Served in the Pa. Resigned
his commission in 1819. Was distinguished through life for his
benevolence and philanthropy, and was equally beloved by rich and
poor, young and old, soldiers and civilians. He d. at Lowestoft, 16th
Dec., 1864. An interesting obituary notice appeared in the
_Gentleman’s Magazine_ soon after his lamented death. He left issue by
his marriage with Charlotte, dau. of Thos. Fowler, of Gunton Hall,
Suffolk.
Footnote 4:
2nd son of Capt. Thos. Hincks, of Marfield, co. Leicester, by Joanne,
eldest dau. of Lt.-Col. Roger Morris, of York. Retd. as capt. on h. p.
1826. M., 31st May, 1826, Henrietta, dau. of Henry Pulleine, of Crake
Hall, co. York and d. s. p. 14th Oct., 1842.
Footnote 5:
The following anecdote is taken from Gen. Mercer’s _Waterloo Journal_:
“Lt. Breton, who had already lost two horses and had mounted a troop
horse, was conversing with me during a leisure moment. As his horse
stood at right angles to mine, the poor jaded animal dozingly rested
his muzzle on my thigh; whilst I, the better to hear amidst the
infernal din, leant forward, resting my arm between his ears. In this
attitude a cannon ball smashed the horse’s head to atoms, and the
headless trunk sank to the ground!” Retd. on h. p. 1st Oct., 1820, and
d. at Lyndhurst, 17th March, 1852.
MAJOR RAMSAY’S TROOP.
Rank in the
——————
CAPTAIN. Regiment.│Army.
[1] Wm. Norman Ramsay, K. 17 Dec. 1813 │Maj., 22 Nov. 1813
SECOND CAPTAIN. │
[2] Alexander Macdonald, W. 1 Oct. 1812 │
FIRST LIEUTENANTS. │
[3] Wm. Brereton, W. 1 June, 1806 │
[4] Philip Sandilands 1 Feb. 1808 │
[5] Wm. L. Robe, K. 28 June, 1808 │
Footnote 1:
This officer’s name has been immortalised by Napier in his _Peninsular
War_. He came of a Scottish family, and was the eldest of three sons
of a retired naval officer who resided in Edinburgh. He was the pride
and glory of the branch of the army to which he belonged, and the
beau-ideal of what a Horse Artilleryman should be. He served with
great credit in Maj. Bull’s troop of R.H.A., in the Pa., from 1811 to
1813. It was in the campaign of 1811 that he performed the brilliant
action which Napier’s facile pen has so strikingly illustrated. This
happened on 5th May, 1811, when, the British cavalry out-guards being
far outnumbered near Fuentes d’Onor, were driven in upon their
supports, and Capt. Ramsay found himself cut off. It is a matter of
history how Ramsay, at the head of his battery, charged like a
whirlwind through the French squadrons who intervened between his
handful of men and the British troops, and rejoined the latter in
safety when given up for lost. And at the battle of Vittoria, Ramsay
again distinguished himself, but, by an unfortunate act of
disobedience to Wellington’s orders, he incurred the Iron Duke’s iron
displeasure. The story has been told as follows by a well-known
author, and differs somewhat from the account given by Col. Duncan in
his _History of the Royal Artillery_:—“I remember hearing a striking
instance of what, perhaps, might be called severe justice, which he
exercised on a young and distinguished officer of artillery in Spain;
and though one cannot help pitying the case of the gallant young
fellow who was the sacrifice, yet the question of strict duty, to the
very word, was set at rest for ever under the Duke’s command, and it
saved much after trouble, by making every officer satisfied, however
fiery his courage or tender his sense of being suspected of the white
feather, that implicit obedience was the course he must pursue. The
case was this: The army was going into action. The Duke posted an
officer, with his six guns, at a certain point, telling him to remain
there until he had orders from him. Away went the rest of the army,
and the officer was left doing nothing at all, which he didn’t like;
for he was one of those high-blooded gentlemen who are never so happy
as when they are making other people miserable, and he was longing for
the head of a French column to be hammering away at. In half an hour
or so he heard the distant sound of action, and it approached nearer
and nearer, until he heard it close beside him; and he wondered rather
that he was not invited to take a share in it, when, pat to his
thought, up came an aide-de-camp at full speed, telling him that Gen.
Somebody ordered him to bring up his guns. The officer asked, ‘Did not
the order come from Lord Wellington?’ The aide-de-camp said ‘No,’ but
from the gen., whoever he was. The officer explained that he was
placed there by Lord Wellington, under command not to move unless by
an order from himself. The aide-de-camp stated that the general’s
entire brigade was being driven in, and must be annihilated without
the aid of the guns, and asked, ‘Would he let a whole brigade be
slaughtered?’ in a tone which wounded the young soldier’s pride,
savouring, as he thought it did, of an imputation on his courage. He
immediately ordered his guns to move, and joined battle with the
general; but while he was away an aide-de-camp from Lord Wellington
rode up to where the guns had been posted, and, of course, no gun was
to be had for the service which Lord Wellington required. Well, the
French were repulsed, as it happened; but the want of those six guns
seriously marred a pre-concerted movement of the Duke’s, and the
officer in command of them was immediately put in arrest. Almost every
general officer in the army endeavoured to get this sentence revoked,
lamenting the fate of a gallant fellow being sent away for a slight
error in judgment while the army was in full action; but Lord
Wellington was inexorable, saying he must make an example to secure
himself in the perfect obedience of officers to their orders, and it
had the effect.”—Mr. Lover’s _Handy Andy_. To a man of Norman Ramsay’s
highly honourable and sensitive nature the circumstances of his
arrest, coupled with the omission of his name from the Vittoria
despatches, and the loss of a brevet he had well earned, may be said
to have inflicted a wound which neither time nor subsequent honours
could heal. Three weeks after his arrest he was restored to the
command of his battery, to the great joy of the whole army in Spain,
and after the battle of the Bidassoa he was promoted bt. maj. At
Waterloo he commanded the H Troop R.H.A., and his forward gallantry in
that battle attracted the fatal bullet which put an end to his noble
life. He was buried on the field by his great friend Sir Augustus
Frazer, during a momentary lull in the battle, but three weeks later
was disinterred and his body sent to Edinburgh, as the only
consolation to his aged father, half-demented with grief, who was
fated to lose his three gallant sons in the short space of eight
months. Norman Ramsay m., 14th June, 1808, Mary Emilia, eldest dau. of
Lt.-Gen. MacLeod, of Macleod. Sir Augustus Frazer erected a monument
to Ramsay’s memory on the field of Waterloo. The hero’s remains were
subsequently interred in Inveresk Churchyard.
Footnote 2:
Brother to Gen. Sir John Macdonald, Adjt.-Gen., and to Col. Robert
Macdonald, 1st Foot. Aftds. Lt.-Gen., C.B., and K.St.A. Served at the
capture of the in 1806, and was taken prisoner at Buenos Ayres in
1807. Served in the Pa. and distinguished himself at Busaco and San
Sebastian. Was sev. wnded. at Waterloo. Bt. Maj. D. at
Aix-la-Chapelle, 31st May, 1856.
Footnote 3:
Aftds. Lt.-Gen. and K.C.B. Also K.H. and col.-comdt. R.A. Served in
the Pa., and was sev. wounded at Waterloo (bt.-maj. in Jan., 1819.)
Served as maj.-gen., and was second in command of the expedition under
M.-Gen. D’Aguilar, who assaulted and took the forts of the Bocca
Tigris in the Canton River. Served with the fleets off Sebastopol in
Oct., 1854, and directed the rockets fired from the _Britannia_
against the city and forts. D. 27th July, 1864.
Footnote 4:
Retired on f. p. 23rd June, 1846. D. as lt.-gen. at Hythe, Oct., 1869.
Footnote 5:
Son of Col. Sir Wm. Robe, R.A., a distinguished officer. He obtained
his first commission 3rd Oct., 1807, and in the same year accompanied
the expedition to Gothenburg. Served throughout the Par. War with much
distinction. “He had the singular honour, as a subaltern, to be
mentioned for his distinguished conduct by Wellington, and in
consequence the gold medal and clasp for the battles of Nivelle and
Nive were forwarded to his family after his death.” An account of his
death at Waterloo is given in a letter from Capt. Alex. Macdonald, of
Ramsay’s battery, to Sir Wm. Robe. (_See_ Appendix.)
LIEUT.-COLONEL SIR HEW D. ROSS’S TROOP.
(_The historical “Chestnut Troop.”_)
Rank in the
——————
CAPTAIN. Regiment.│Army.
[1] Sir Hew Dalrymple Ross, 24 July, 1806 │Lt.-Col., 21 June,
K.C.B. │1813
SECOND CAPTAIN. │
[2] John B. Parker, W. 5 June, 1808 │Maj., 21 June,
│1813
FIRST LIEUTENANTS. │
[3] _Richard Hardinge_ 19 Dec. 1806 │
[4] James Day, W. 1 Feb. 1808 │
[5] Phipps Onslow 16 Dec. 1808 │
[6] Francis Warde 8 Mar. 1812 │
Footnote 1:
Afterwards F.-M. and G.C.B. He was grandson of Alexander Ross, of
Balkail, co. Wigtown, and cousin to Capt. Sir James Ross. R.N., the
distinguished Polar navigator. Commanded the A Troop, A Brigade,
R.H.A., during the Par. War, and was dangerously wounded at the siege
of Badajoz. K.C.B. and K.T.S., also the gold cross and two clasps.
K.St.A. of Russia for Waterloo. He was the first artilleryman who was
made a F.-M. D. lt.-gov. of Chelsea Hospital in Dec., 1868, aged 90.
Footnote 2:
Afterwards maj.-gen. and C.B. Served in the Pa. and at Walcheren. Lost
his left leg at Waterloo. Bt. lt.-col. 18th June, 1815. Was lt.-gov.
of the R.M.A. at Woolwich, from 1st April, 1848, up to the time of his
death in March, 1851. He was 2nd son of Adm. Sir Hyde Parker, by Anne,
dau. of John Boteler, of Henley. M., in 1814, Anne, dau. of Adm. Home
Popham, and had issue.
Footnote 3:
Brother to Henry, Viscount Hardinge. Was not at Waterloo, being
otherwise employed that day, but was present both at Ligny and Quatre
Bras on the eventful 16th June, 1815. Had served in the Pa. Aftds.
maj.-gen. and K.H. Bn. 14th April, 1790. D. 20th July, 1864. He was
twice md., and left issue by both wives.
Footnote 4:
Served in the Pa. Retd. on h. p. as 2nd capt., 3rd Feb., 1828, and d.
in Jersey, 1st Aug., 1843.
Footnote 5:
3rd son of the Rev. Arthur Onslow, Archdeacon of Berks and Dean of
Worcester, by Frances, dau. of Constantine Phipps. He was distantly
related to the noble family of Onslow, one of whom was satirised in
the lines:—
“What can Tommy Onslow do?
He can drive a curricle and two.
Can Tommy Onslow do no more?
Yes, he can drive a curricle and four.”
Retd. on h. p. as lt. 9th Dec., 1824. D. 10th May, 1867. He was twice
md., and left issue.
Footnote 6:
Afterwards Gen. Sir Francis Warde, K.C.B., col.-comdt. R.A. D. at
Winchfield, 4th May, 1879. He was 4th son of Charles Warde, of
Squerryes Court, Kent. M. Annabella, eldest dau. of Robert Adeane, of
Babraham, Cambs. D. at Reading in May, 1879.
MAJOR BEANE’S TROOP.
(_Reduced in 1816._)
Rank in the
——————
CAPTAIN. Regiment.│Army.
[1] George Beane, K. 1 Feb. 1808 │Maj., 12 Apr. 1814
SECOND CAPTAIN. │
[2] Wm. Webber, W. 17 Apr. 1812 │
FIRST LIEUTENANTS. │
[3] John E. Maunsell 1 June, 1806 │
[4] James R. Bruce 1 June, 1806 │
[5] Michael T. Cromie, W. 25 Jan. 1809 │
Footnote 1:
This officer was appointed to the command of D Troop R.H.A. in 1813.
Capt. Mercer succeeded to the command after Waterloo. Served in the
Pa., and was present at Corunna, Vittoria, San Sebastian, Orthes, and
Toulouse.
Footnote 2:
Was present at the capture of the colony of Surinam in 1804. Served
through the Par. War, and saw active service in Canada in 1814.
Bt.-maj. 21st Jan., 1819; Maj., h. p., unattached, 1826; Lt.-col.,
1837. D. at Hexworth House, Cornwall, 1st March, 1847.
Footnote 3:
Retired on h. p. as 2nd capt., 1826. D. 20th Nov., 1869.
Footnote 4:
Afterwards Sir James Robertson Bruce, Bart. 2nd son of the Rev. Sir
Henry Bruce, Bart., by Letitia, dau. of the Rev. Dr. Henry Barnard.
Retd. on h. p. as 1st lt., 16th June, 1820. M., 20th Sept., 1819,
Ellen, youngest dau. of Robert Bamford Hesketh, of Gwyrch Castle, co.
Denbigh, and had issue. D. 1836.
Footnote 5:
Had both his legs taken off by one shot, and d. two days after, while
undergoing amputation.
ROYAL ARTILLERY.
CAPTAIN SANDHAM’S BRIGADE.[P]
Rank in the
——————
CAPTAIN. Regiment.│Army.
[1] Charles F. Sandham 14 Feb. 1814 │1 June, 1806
SECOND CAPTAIN. │
[2] Wm. H. Stopford 1 Apr. 1815 │
FIRST LIEUTENANTS. │
[3] George Foot 1 Feb. 1808 │
[4] George M. Baynes 1 Feb. 1808 │
SECOND LIEUTENANT. │
[5] Darell Jago 5 July, 1813 │
Footnote P:
This and all the other Field Brigades were each armed with five
9-pounders and one 5–1/2-inch howitzer.
Footnote 1:
The name of Sandham has been a household word in the Artillery for
nearly 140 years. The above Capt. Sandham came of the Sussex family of
this name, who have for long been landholders in that county. “The
first shot fired by the allied artillery at Waterloo was fired by
Sandham’s brigade.” Retd. on h. p. as bt. maj., 7th June, 1822. D. at
Rowdell, Sussex, Feb., 1869.
Footnote 2:
Third son of Lt.-Gen. the Hon. Edward Stopford. Assumed the additional
surname of Blair on succeeding to the Penninghame estate, co. Wigtown.
Retd. on h. p. as bt. col., 20th Dec., 1841. Col. Stopford-Blair m.,
in 1823, a dau. of Col. R. Bull, C.B. He d. 23rd Sept., 1868, and was
succeeded by his eldest son.
Footnote 3:
Retired on h. p. as 2nd capt., 13th Nov., 1826, and d. 26th Oct.,
1874. In 1814 he served at the attack on Merxem, and the bombardment
of the French shipping at Antwerp.
Footnote 4:
Served in the Pa. Retd. on h. p. as 2nd capt., 25th Sept., 1834. D. in
Guernsey, 28th Oct., 1874. He was nephew of Sir John Macleod, R.A.,
and brother to Capt. H. Baynes, Bde.-Maj., R.A., at Waterloo.
Footnote 5:
Retd. on h. p. as 2nd capt., 6th Jan., 1836. D. 22nd Dec., 1850.
CAPTAIN S. BOLTON’S BRIGADE.
Rank in the
——————
CAPTAIN. Regiment.│Army.
[1] Samuel Bolton, K. 20 Dec. 1814 │
SECOND CAPTAIN. │
[2] Charles Napier, W. 16 Mar. 1812 │
FIRST LIEUTENANTS. │
[3] George Pringle 1 June, 1806 │
[4] Wm. C. Anderson 1 Aug. 1808 │
[5] Charles Spearman, W. 30 Aug. 1812 │
[6] Wm. Sharpin 20 Dec. 1814 │
SECOND LIEUTENANT. │
[7] Burke Cuppage 17 Dec. 1812 │
Footnote 1:
This officer was killed towards the close of the battle, when
directing the fire of his battery against the Imperial Guards in their
historical advance.
Footnote 2:
Succeeded Capt. Bolton in the command of the battery, and by
Wellington’s orders gave the advancing French column “a salvo of grape
and canister” which did terrible execution among their devoted ranks.
A few minutes afterwards Capt. Napier recd. eight wounds from the
bursting of a shrapnel shell. On 21st Jan., 1819, recd. a tardy bt. of
maj. for his services at Waterloo. Retd. by the sale of his
commission, 20th March, 1827. D. at Lisburn, 20th June, 1849.
Footnote 3:
Retd. on f. p. as bt. maj., 16th May, 1839. D. in Edinburgh, 23rd
March, 1842.
Footnote 4:
Afterwards maj.-gen. D. in Edinburgh, 30th Aug., 1865.
Footnote 5:
D. at Brussels, 27th June, 1815, of wounds recd. at Waterloo. Eldest
son of Charles Spearman, of Thornley Hall, co. Durham, by Sarah, dau.
and heir of Samuel Brooke, of Birchington, Kent.
Footnote 6:
Retd. on h. p. 1st July, 1823. D. 23rd July, 1857.
Footnote 7:
Afterwards Gen. Sir Burke Cuppage, K.C.B., and col.-comdt. R.A. Son of
Lt.-Gen. Wm. Cuppage, R.A., by the widow of Maj. Cairnes, 39th Foot,
whose son’s death has already been recorded. D. 19th April, 1877.
MAJOR W. LLOYD’S BRIGADE.
(_Reduced in 1817._)
Rank in the
——————
CAPTAIN. Regiment.│Army.
[1] Wm. Lloyd, W. 13 June, 1807 │Maj., 4 June, 1814
SECOND CAPTAIN. │
[2] Samuel Rudyerd 24 Mar. 1809 │
FIRST LIEUTENANTS. │
[3] Fortescue Wells 1 Feb. 1808 │
[4] Samuel Phelps 18 Sept. 1809 │
SECOND LIEUTENANT. │
[5] Wm. H. Harvey, W. 13 Dec. 1813 │
Footnote 1:
This gallant soldier was son of Maj. John Lloyd, 46th Foot, A.D.C. to
Sir H. Clinton during the American War, by Corbetta, dau. of the Ven.
George Holcombe, Archdeacon of Carmarthen. Bn. 2nd Dec., 1778. D. at
Brussels 29th July, 1815, of a wound recd. at Waterloo.
Footnote 2:
Son of Lt.-Gen. Henry Rudyerd, R.E. Attained rank of col. in 1846, and
d. at Whitby, 29th July, 1847.
Footnote 3:
Probably son of Adm. Wells, one of whose sons, in 1815, was a
subaltern in the R.E. Retd. on h. p. 27th Oct., 1826. D. at Slade,
29th Dec., 1861.
Footnote 4:
Appears to have been the 7th son of Joseph Phelps, of Moyallon, co.
Down. Retd. on h. p. 4th Aug., 1822. D. unm., 13th Dec., 1827.
Footnote 5:
Second son of John Harvey, of Mount Pleasant, co. Wexford, by Mary,
dau. of Wm. Harrison, of Castle Harrison, co. Cork. “Left his bride
(Eliz., dau. of Col. Paulet Colebrooke, R.A.) at the church door to
join his battery in the Netherlands.” Lost his right arm at Waterloo.
Recd. a pens. of £70 per ann., and was appointed to the Invalid Batt.
in 1817. Retd. on f. p. in 1819, and d. at Eltham, 18th Aug., 1826,
leaving issue.
CAPTAIN J. SINCLAIR’S BRIGADE.
Rank in the
——————
SECOND CAPTAINS. Regiment.│Army.
[1] James Sinclair 14 Feb. 1814 │
[2] Forbes Macbean 20 Dec. 1814 │
FIRST LIEUTENANTS. │
[3] John A. Wilson 20 Dec. 1814 │
[4] Wm. H. Poole, W. 10 May, 1815 │
SECOND LIEUTENANT. │
[5] Richard B. Burnaby 17 Dec. 1812 │
Footnote 1:
Retd. on f. p. as lt.-col., 23rd Dec., 1841. D. in Jersey, 15th May,
1851.
Footnote 2:
Served at the siege of Copenhagen in 1807, expedition to Sweden 1808,
Corunna campaign same year, Walcheren expedition and siege of Flushing
1809. Served in Canada during the rebellion in 1837–1838, and for his
services at Prescott, in Upper Canada, in Nov., 1838, received the
thanks of the lt.-gov. and a bt. lt.-colonelcy. The Editor is indebted
to this officer’s son, the late Col. Forbes Macbean, formerly comg.
92nd Highlanders, Sergt.-at-Arms to Her late Majesty, for the
following interesting particulars regarding his family: “My
great-great-grandfather was minister of the High Church (Presbyterian)
at Inverness for upwards of forty years. One of his sons (Forbes) was
a maj.-gen. of R.A.; two of his sons were—one (Frederick) col.-comg.
6th Foot, the other maj. of the 14th and 71st Regts. The eldest had
six sons, all in the army, viz.: Sir William, K.C.B. and K.T.S., gen.
and col.-in-chf. 92nd Highlanders; Frederick, K.H., col. 84th Regt.;
Forbes, col. R.A.; Archibald, lt.-gen. R.A.; Alfred, capt. 93rd
Highlanders; Alexander, lt. 83rd Regt. The last two died young. When
their father took the youngest to the Duke of York, C.-in-C., to ask
for a commission for him, the duke replied, ‘Yes, and if you had six
more sons they should all have commissions.’ In the retreat on
Corunna, my uncle Archibald, then in the Horse Artillery, picked up
his brother Frederick off the roadside, very seriously wounded, and
carried him on a gun-carriage into Corunna, and so saved his life.”
Forbes Macbean attained the rank of bt. col., and d. (on f. p. retd.
list) in Cleveland, co. York, 19th June, 1853.
Footnote 3:
D. as col. R.A. at Dinan, France, 20th July, 1857.
Footnote 4:
Retd. on h. p. as 2nd capt., 22nd Jan., 1834. D. at Terrick Hall,
Whitechurch, 20th Jan., 1859.
Footnote 5:
Afterwards lt.-gen. on the retd. f. p. list. D. in 1871.
MAJOR T. ROGERS’S BRIGADE.[Q]
Rank in the
——————
CAPTAIN. Regiment.│Army.
[1] Thos. Rogers 1 June, 1806 │Maj., 4 June, 1814
SECOND CAPTAIN. │
[2] Thos. Scott 20 June, 1812 │
FIRST LIEUTENANT. │
[3] Robert Manners, W. 13 Mar. 1811 │
SECOND LIEUTENANT. │
[4] Richard Goodwin Wilson 17 Dec. 1812 │
Footnote Q:
This list is imperfect, but is an improvement on the list given in
Col. Duncan’s _History of the R.A._ in so far that the Editor has been
able to add two officers to his list.
Footnote 1:
Major Rogers’s battery was hotly engaged at Quatre Bras, and rendered
valuable service. C.B. for Waterloo. D. as col., 9th Aug., 1839, at
Woolwich.
Footnote 2:
Had his horse killed under him at Quatre Bras. D. as bt.-maj. at
Fordwich, Canterbury, 28th Dec., 1834.
Footnote 3:
Was attached to Capt. Cleeves’s German battery at the battle of Ligny,
and recd. a wound, which proved mortal, on 18th June, 1815.
Footnote 4:
Was near Picton when the latter was killed at Waterloo, and was the
last survivor of Rogers’s Waterloo Battery. Was superintendent at
Shoeburyness during the Crimean War. D. as maj.-gen., retd. f. p.,
24th Oct., 1876.
ROYAL ARTILLERY OFFICERS AT WATERLOO WHO WERE UNATTACHED.
FIRST LIEUTENANTS.
[1] Wm. Lemoine.
[2] Edward Trevor.
Footnote 1:
Afterwards maj. retd. p., 1840. D. 21st Oct., 1874.
Footnote 2:
“Belonged to Capt. Tyler’s Company (6 Co. 5th Batt.) in 1815. The co.
was at Antwerp in June, 1815, but Lieut. Trevor was unattached at
Waterloo.” (Communicated by Lieut. Hubert Trevor, grandson of above
officer.) Aftds. major-gen. retd. f. p. Md., 11th June, 1827, Anne,
2nd dau. of G. Goulding. D. at Plymouth, 22nd Nov., 1878.
The following R.A. officers received the Waterloo medal, but “chaotic
confusion” has left a doubt as to whether they served at Waterloo, or
were with the reserve forces on 18th June, 1815:—
FIRST LIEUTENANTS.
[1] Edward Wm. Wood.
[2] George Silvester Maule.
SECOND LIEUTENANTS.
[3] Henry Dunnicliffe.
[4] Thos. Watkis.
[5] Wm. How Hennis.
[6] Chas. Geo. Kett.
[7] Gustavus T. Hume.
Footnote 1:
In Capt. Ilbert’s company at Brussels in June, 1815. D. at Gibraltar,
25th Nov., 1826.
Footnote 2:
In Capt. Ilbert’s company at Brussels in June, 1815. Served on board a
gunboat in the Adriatic 1812. Served in Spain 1813. 2nd capt. 31st
July, 1832. D. at Greenwich, 18th Oct., 1839.
Footnote 3:
Retd. h. p. 1st Apr., 1819. D. at Richmond, 8th Apr., 1866.
Footnote 4:
1st Lieut. 1st Aug., 1815. D. at the Cape of Good Hope 29th Apr.,
1828.
Footnote 5:
Retd. on f. p. as lt.-col. 1851. Attained rank of lt.-gen. retd. list
1868, and d. at Boulogne 14th Dec., 1872.
Footnote 6:
1st Lieut. 30th Sept., 1816. Retd. f. p. 4th March, 1835. D. 14th
Sept., 1841.
Footnote 7:
In Capt. Ilbert’s company at Brussels in June, 1815. 1st Lieut. 21st
Nov., 1816. Purchased a cornetcy in 15th Lt. Dragoons, 16th Dec.,
1819. Lieut. 7th Aug., 1823. Capt. 10th June, 1824. H. p. 1829.
Probably belonged to a collateral branch of “Hume, of Castle Hume,”
co. Fermanagh.
CORPS OF ROYAL ARTILLERY DRIVERS.[R]
Rank in the
——————
CAPTAIN-COMMISSARY. Regiment.│Army.
[1] Wm. H. Humphreys 21 May, 1806 │
FIRST LIEUT.-COMMISSARIES. │
[2] George Fiske 5 June, 1804 │
[3] Matthew Evans 1 Jan. 1807 │
[4] Wm. Carthew 14 Jan. 1807 │
[5] George Wilkinson 1 Sept. 1808 │
[6] Edward Philpot 1 Sept. 1808 │
[7] Thomas Reid 1 May, 1809 │
[8] John Roberts 1 Dec. 1809 │
SECOND LIEUT. COMMISSARY. │
[9] Joseph Jagger 16 July, 1813 │
ADJUTANT. │
[10] Moore Jordan 1 Jan. 1813 │First Lieut., 7
│June, 1804
Footnote R:
“The corps of R.A. Drivers was gradually reduced after the peace of
1814—four troops on 1st Jan., 1815, two on 1st July, 1816, and two on
1st Aug., 1816—the officers being placed on half-pay. In 1822 the
corps ceased to exist.”—Kane’s _R.A. List_, from which the following
notes are taken:—
Footnote 1:
Retd. 1st Aug., 1816. D. at Paris, 17th Feb., 1837.
Footnote 2:
Retd. 1st Dec., 1816. D. 6th Sept., 1824.
Footnote 3:
Retd. 1st Aug., 1816. D. 7th April, 1854.
Footnote 4:
Retd. 1st Aug., 1816.
Footnote 5:
Served at Copenhagen and in the Pa. Also in the Walcheren expedition.
H. p. 1st Aug., 1816. Appointed barrack-master at Rutland barracks. D.
1831.
Footnote 6:
Retd. 1st Aug., 1816. D. 12th May, 1855.
Footnote 7:
Retd. 1st July, 1816. D. 1855.
Footnote 8:
Retd. 1st July, 1816. D. 20th Aug., 1858.
Footnote 9:
Retd. 1st Aug., 1816. D. 28th Sept., 1862.
Footnote 10:
Retd. on f. p., 11th March, 1817.
CORPS OF ROYAL ENGINEERS.
Rank in the
——————
LIEUT.-COLONEL. Regiment.│Army.
[1] Jas. Carmichael Smyth 20 Oct. 1813 │
CAPTAINS. │
[2] Sir George Hoste, Kt. 21 May, 1812 │Maj., 17 Mar. 1814
[3] John Oldfield 26 Jan. 1815 │
SECOND CAPTAINS. │
[4] Frank Stanway 21 July, 1813 │
[5] Alexander Thomson 21 July, 1813 │
LIEUTENANTS. │
[6] John Wm. Pringle, W. 1 May, 1811 │
[7] Marcus Anton Waters 1 May, 1811 │
[8] Francis Bond Head 13 May, 1811 │
[9] Francis Yarde Gilbert 10 June, 1811 │
[10] John Sperling, Adjt. 1 July, 1812 │
[11] Andrew Douglas White 21 July, 1813 │
Footnote 1:
C.B. for Waterloo. The admirable position which Wellington chose for
his army on 18th June, 1815, had been surveyed by the Duke’s
directions in 1814, and it was Col. Smyth’s plan of the ground which
enabled Wellington to place his troops so rapidly and advantageously
that day. Created a bart. 25th Aug., 1821. Eldest son of James
Carmichael Smyth, M.D., F.R.S., the intimate friend and contemporary
of Sir Robert Strange, the great engraver. Bn. 22nd Feb., 1780. M.,
28th May, 1816, Harriet, only surviving child of Gen. Robert Morse,
and had issue. Gov. of British Guiana. D. there 4th March, 1838.
Footnote 2:
2nd son of Dixon Hoste, by Margaret, dau. of Henry Stanforth, of
Salthouse, co. Norfolk. M., in 1812, Mary, only dau. of James
Borroughes, of Burlingham Hall, Norfolk, and had issue. Lt.-Col. 29th
July, 1825. C.B. D. 1845.
Footnote 3:
Brigade-Maj. at Waterloo. An interesting extract from his journal of
the Waterloo campaign is given in Maj.-Gen. Porter’s _History of the
Corps of Royal Engineers_. D. as gen. and K.H. 2nd Aug., 1863.
Footnote 4:
Served in Sweden and in the Pa. Capt. 23rd March, 1825. D. at
Limerick, 9th Dec., 1832.
Footnote 5:
Wounded at the taking of Cambray in June, 1815. D. as maj. 20th June,
1830, in Edinburgh.
Footnote 6:
Served in the Pa. D. as maj., 12th Oct., 1861, at Bath.
Footnote 7:
Retd. on f. p. as col., and d. in London, 14th Jan., 1868.
Footnote 8:
Afterwards lt.-gov. of Upper Canada, and K.C.H. Retd. in 1828 as maj.
Created a bart. in 1837. Son of James Head, by Frances, dau. of George
Burges. M., 20th May, 1816, Julia Valenza, sister of Mark, Lord
Somerville, and had issue. D. 20th July, 1875.
Footnote 9:
Mentioned in Sir C. Colville’s despatch for his services at the taking
of Cambray, in June, 1815. 6th son of the Rev. Edmund Gilbert, Vicar
of Constantine, co. Cornwall. Retd. as capt. 1825. M. Eliz., widow of
Wm. Burroughs. D. at Killaloe, 30 Nov., 1871.
Footnote 10:
Led the Forlorn Hope at Bergen-op-Zoom in 1814. Some extracts from his
Waterloo diary are given in Maj.-Gen. Porter’s _History of the R.E._
One of the sons of Henry Piper Sperling, of Norbury Park, Surrey, by
Sarah, dau. and co-heir of Henry Grace, of Tottenham, Middlesex. Retd.
on h. p. as lt. 1824. M. Harriet, dau. of John Hanson. D. 14th Feb.,
1877.
Footnote 11:
2nd capt. 6th Dec., 1826. H. p. 6th Oct., 1831. D. at Paramatta,
N.S.W. 24th Nov., 1837.
MEDICAL STAFF.
INSPECTOR.
Date of Commission.
[1] Sir James Robert Grant, M.D. 14 July, 1814
DEPUTY-INSPECTORS.
Wm. Taylor 25 July, 1811
John Gunning 17 Sept. 1812
Stephen Woolriche 26 May, 1814
[2] John R.H.me 26 May, 1814
PHYSICIAN.
[3] George Denecke, M.D., W. 17 June, 1813
SURGEONS.
[4] David Brownrigg 18 June, 1807
Henry Gresley Emery, M.D. 11 Aug. 1808
[5] Thos. Draper 1 Sept. 1808
M.A. Burmeister 4 Jan. 1810
Robert Grant 22 Aug. 1811
John Maling 3 Sept. 1812
[6] John Callander 25 Mar. 1813
[7] Andrew Halliday 29 Apr. 1813
[8] Jas. Matthews, M.D. 9 Sept. 1813
[9] J. Gideon Van Millingen, M.D. 26 May, 1814
[10] Samuel Barwick Bruce 25 May, 1815
ASSISTANT-SURGEONS.
[11] J.W. McAuley 8 Feb. 1810
James Dease 11 Mar. 1813
Wm. Twining 10 Mar. 1814
[12] George Evers 3 June, 1815
APOTHECARY.
Wm. Lyons 9 Sept. 1813
Footnote 1:
This distinguished physician was son of Duncan Grant, of Lingeston,
N.B., and brother to that equally distinguished soldier, Col.
Colquhoun Grant (_see_ Staff). Bn. at Forres, Morayshire, in 1771.
Served as assistant-surgeon and surgeon in the 11th Regt. of Foot, and
was one of the very few officers who served through the whole of the
war with France, viz., from 1793 to 1815. C.B. and K.H. In 1814 he
recd. the order of St. Anne of Russia from the Emperor for his
services when with the Russian army in France. Aftds. Inspector-Gen.
of Hospitals. Retd. on f. p. about 1847. Resided in Cumberland, and d.
10th Jan., 1864. (Communicated by the late Major Walter McGregor,
nephew of the above.)
Footnote 2:
Wellington’s friend and physician for many years. “AFTER
WATERLOO.—After the battle Wellington rode to Brussels, and the first
person who entered his room on the morning of the 19th was Dr. Hume.
‘He had, as usual,’ says the doctor, ‘taken off his clothes, but his
face was covered with the dust and sweat of the previous day. He
extended his hand to me, which I held in mine while I told him of
Alexander Gordon’s death. He was much affected. I felt his tears
dropping fast upon my hand, and, looking towards him, saw them chasing
one another in a stream over his dusty cheeks. He brushed them
suddenly away with his left hand, and said to me, in a voice tremulous
with emotion—“Well, thank God, I don’t know what it is to lose a
battle, but certainly nothing can be more painful than to gain one
with the loss of so many of one’s friends.”’”—_Fifty Years’
Biographical Reminiscences_, by Lord William Lennox.
Footnote 3:
Slightly wounded at Quatre Bras, and his horse sev. wnded.
Footnote 4:
Served in the Pa. “Was the first surgeon to amputate with success at
the hip joint.” D. in Dublin in Nov., 1836.
Footnote 5:
Served in Egypt, at Maida, and in the Pa. Was surgeon to Sir John
Moore. Recd. the thanks of the Govt. for his services at Waterloo.
Inspector-Gen. of Hospitals. D. 28th June, 1850, at Instow,
Barnstaple.
Footnote 6:
Surgeon to the 7th Hussars, 7th May, 1816. H. p. 25th June, 1829, from
Rl. Waggon Train. Living 1846.
Footnote 7:
Afterwards Sir Andrew Halliday, Knt., M.D., F.R.S., and K.H. Was
educated for the Church, but finding he had a medical turn, adopted
the latter profession. Served on the medical staff both in Spain and
Portugal, and aftds. at Waterloo. Was of humble parentage, but of good
blood, being descended from “Thom Halliday, my sister’s son, so dear,”
mentioned by the great Sir William Wallace. D. at Dumfries, 7th Sept.,
1839.
Footnote 8:
Hospital assistant 8th July, 1799. Assist.-surgn. Dec., 1799. H. p.
before 1824.
Footnote 9:
D. Sept., 1852.
Footnote 10:
Entered the medical dept. 1804, but saw some of his earliest service
afloat under Lord Nelson in 1805. Present at the capture of St.
Thomas, St. Croix, and St. John in 1807. Subsequently served at Fort
Dessaix, Martinique, and Guadaloupe. Proceeded to the Pa. in 1813 and
America 1814–15. Present at the attack on New Orleans and Fort Bowyer.
Joined the army in the Netherlands in May, 1815. Present at Waterloo
and capture of Paris. H. p. 1816. Retd. in Jan., 1833. D. in London
24th Dec., 1852. Left issue a son, Lt.-Col. Robt. C.D. Bruce, h. p.
8th Foot, to whom there is a tablet in Ripon Minster.
Footnote 11:
H. p. 5th Foot 22nd Aug., 1816. Living 1852.
Footnote 12:
Assist.-Surgn. 14th Foot 23rd Dec., 1824. H. p. 15th Dec., 1825.
Living 1846.
ORDNANCE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.[S]
SURGEONS.
Date of Commission.
[1] Edward Simpson 5 Aug. 1813
[2] John Morgan 16 Feb. 1814
[3] James Powell 28 May, 1814
[4] T. Macmillan Fogo, M.D. 26 Sept. 1814
ASSISTANT-SURGEONS.
[5] Richard Hichins 11 Nov. 1811
[6] James Ambrose 11 Nov. 1811
[7] Alex. Macdonald, M.D. 5 Aug. 1813
SECOND ASSISTANT-SURGEONS.
[8] Matthias Kenny 1 Dec. 1810
[9] Edward Rudge 3 Dec. 1812
[10] Thos. Beard 5 Aug. 1813
[11] Henry Gatty 20 Nov. 1813
[12] Edward Donovan Verner 29 Nov. 1813
[13] Henry Peter Loedel 1 Feb. 1814
[14] Wm. Barker Daniel 16 Apr. 1814
[15] John Bingham 26 Sept. 1814
[16] Walter Raleigh, M.D. 12 Oct. 1814
[17] Stewart Chisholm 20 Oct. 1814
Footnote S:
The notes given below are taken from Kane’s _R.A. List_:—
Footnote 1:
Sen. surgeon 16th Jan., 1841. Retd. f. p. 24th Jan., 1844. D. at
Jessfield, 23rd Sept., 1854.
Footnote 2:
H. p. 1st Sept., 1817. D. at Dover, 4th Sept., 1849.
Footnote 3:
H. p. 1st Oct., 1817.
Footnote 4:
H. p. as sen. surgeon 25th July, 1849. D. at Tiverton, 28th Sept.,
1850.
Footnote 5:
H. p. 1st Apr., 1816. D. at St. Ives, 17th Jan., 1866.
Footnote 6:
H. p. 1st Oct., 1816. D. at Westport, Ireland, 17th Apr., 1824.
Footnote 7:
H. p. 11th Sept., 1838. D. at Aberdeen, 8th March, 1860.
Footnote 8:
H. p. 1st Feb., 1819. D. in Dublin, 24th Sept., 1874.
Footnote 9:
H. p. 1st June, 1816. D. at Fakenham, 29th Nov., 1854.
Footnote 10:
H. p. 1st Nov., 1822. D. at Spa, 29th Aug., 1848.
Footnote 11:
H. p. 31st Dec., 1824. D. 6th Apr., 1858.
Footnote 12:
H. p. 30th March, 1825. D. in London, 9th July, 1861.
Footnote 13:
D. at Montreal, 24th March, 1825.
Footnote 14:
D. 28th Jan., 1824.
Footnote 15:
H. p. 1st May, 1816. D. in Ireland, 20th Jan., 1825.
Footnote 16:
Retd. 8th Nov., 1832.
Footnote 17:
Sen. surgeon 18th June, 1846. H. p. 8th Nov., 1852. Staff surgeon, 1st
class, 20th July, 1855. D. at Inverness, 30th Sept., 1862.
FIELD TRAIN DEPARTMENT OF THE ORDNANCE.[T]
Footnote T:
The Editor has no means of tracing the war services of the officers of
this department, and can only give two Waterloo representatives of the
above.
ASSISTANT-COMMISSARIES.
Date of Commission.
[1] Samuel J. Tibbs 1 June, 1814
[2] Richard Bant 1 June, 1815
Footnote 1:
Served through the whole of the Par. war, and in 1848 recd. the medal
with fourteen clasps. He also recd. the Waterloo medal. H. p. 6th
Aug., 1816. An interesting memoir of this veteran, with his portrait,
appeared in _The Regiment_, 29th Aug., 1896.
Footnote 2:
H. p. 27th March, 1816. D. in 1818. His Waterloo medal was for long in
the Seaforth collection.
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COMMISSARIAT DEPARTMENT.[U]
Footnote U:
The Commissariat officers who served at Waterloo were not granted the
Waterloo medal, and none of them ever appeared in any _Army List_ with
the glorious “W” before their names, although, in after years, those
who had served in the Pa. had the “P” before their names in the _Army
Lists_, and they recd. the Par. medal in 1848. It is, therefore,
impossible, to give any correct list of officers belonging to the
above department, but the Editor gives the names of six officers who
were undoubtedly at Waterloo.
DEPUTY-COMMISSARIES-GENERAL.
Date of Commission.
[1] Randal Isham Routh 9 Mar. 1812
[2] Gregory Haines 25 Dec. 1814
ASSISTANT-COMMISSARIES-GENERAL
[3] Tupper Carey 10 Aug. 1811
[4] Chas. Purcell 10 Aug. 1811
[5] Alex. R.C. Dallas 1 July, 1814
DEPUTY-ASSISTANT-COMMISSARY-GENERAL.
[6] Gilbert Dinwiddie 5 Sept. 1814
Footnote 1:
Afterwards Sir Randal Routh, K.C.B., commissary-gen. Son of Richard
Routh, Chief Justice of Newfoundland. Bn. at Poole, co. Dorset, 1787.
Served in the Pa. M. in Paris, in 1815, the niece of the French Bishop
of Canada. D. in Jersey, 29th Nov., 1858.
Footnote 2:
Reed, the Par. medal with eleven clasps in 1848. Retd. h. p. as
commissary-gen. 30th Aug., 1833. Living 1846.
Footnote 3:
H. p. commissary-gen. 24th Dec., 1844. Recd. the Par. medal with seven
clasps in 1848. See mention of this officer in the paper on “Waterloo”
in the _Cornhill Mag._, 1897.
Footnote 4:
Dep. commissary-gen. 22nd Oct., 1816. Served with the Walcheren
expedition and in the Pa. He wrote a MS. journal of his services which
came into the Editor’s possession a few years ago, and is now in the
R.A. Institution Library.
Footnote 5:
Afterwards the Rev. A.R.C. Dallas, Rector of Wonston, Hants. “He left
a distinguished name behind him as a clergyman, particularly in
Ireland, where his work was well recognised.” Eldest son of Robert
Dallas, of Dallas Castle.
Footnote 6:
Afterwards commissary-gen. D. in London, 10th March, 1862.
RESERVE FORCES.
The 35th, 54th, 59th, and 91st British Foot Regts., with two brigades of
Rl. Artillery, were not engaged at Waterloo, but being in the vicinity
(at Hal), and forming part of Wellington’s army, on 18th June, 1815,
they were granted the Waterloo medal, and were also allowed the grant of
two years’ service, but the word “Waterloo” is not to be found on the
colours of the above four regts.
35TH (OR THE SUSSEX) REGIMENT OF FOOT.[V]
(_2nd Battalion._)
Rank in the
——————
LIEUT.-COLONEL. Regiment.│Army.
_Sir George H.F. 13 June, 1811 │
Berkeley_, K.C.B., W. │
MAJORS. │
[1] Charles Macalister 13 June, 1811 │
[2] John Slessor 7 Oct. 1813 │Lt.-Col., 4 June,
│1814
CAPTAINS. │
Charles Wm. Wall 19 May, 1805 │
[3] Wm. Rawson 4 May, 1809 │
Henry Rutherford 3 Aug. 1809 │
[4] Thos. McNeil 11 Mar. 1813 │8 Sept. 1808
[5] Nich. F. Dromgoole 29 July, 1813 │
_Henry G. Macleod_, W. 10 Dec. 1813 │29 Sept. 1813
LIEUTENANTS. │
[6] Samuel Scarfe 28 Nov. 1805 │
J.W. Amos 13 Apr. 1809 │
Francis Stenton 18 May, 1809 │
John Osbourne 3 Aug. 1809 │
[7] Thos. McDonough 30 Oct. 1809 │
[8] Christ. Spencer Breary, 2 Nov. 1809 │
Adjt. │
[9] Robert Thoburn 18 Oct. 1810 │12 Jan. 1809
[10] Wm. Farrant 29 Jan. 1812 │
Aylmer Barnewell 10 Dec. 1812 │
John Hildebrand 23 Sept. 1813 │
Peter Murdoch 8 Dec. 1813 │
James Wilder 9 Dec. 1813 │
Newland R. Tompkins 10 Dec. 1813 │
Edward Shewell 22 Dec. 1813 │
Wm. Rainsforth 23 Dec. 1813 │
George Wilkins 1 Sept. 1814 │
H. Middleton 1 Dec. 1814 │7 Oct. 1813
ENSIGNS. │
[11] Wm. Levitt Hedding 7 Jan. 1813 │
[12] John Hewetson 13 May, 1813 │
[13] Wm. Macalister 10 June, 1813 │
[14] John Barwis Wyatt 22 Dec. 1813 │
[15] Anthony Macdonell 7 Apr. 1814 │
Herbert Potenger 7 July, 1814 │
Alex. Duke Hamilton 27 Oct. 1814 │
John Thomas 22 Dec. 1814 │
PAYMASTER. │
Wm. Bury 7 Jan. 1808 │
QUARTERMASTER. │
Robert Foote 2 Dec. 1813 │
SURGEON. │
Chas. Simon Doyle 31 Mar. 1808 │
ASSISTANT-SURGEONS. │
Wm. Keoghoe 22 Feb. 1810 │
John Purcell 28 July, 1814 │
_Facings orange._ _Lace silver._
Footnote V:
The col.-in-chf. of this regt. was Charles, 4th Duke of Richmond,
K.G., a gen. and gov. of Plymouth. He was present at Waterloo as a
spectator, and although Wellington, his personal friend, implored him
early in the day to retire to Brussels, the Duke did not beat a
retreat until the battle was half over. He was accompanied by his son,
Lord William Lennox (a boy of 15), a cornet in the Horse Guards, and
extra A.D.C. to Gen. Maitland. By an unfortunate accident, a few days
before the battle, Lord William fractured his right arm, and had the
sight of one of his eyes destroyed, and although he left his sick bed
at Brussels to proffer his services to Gen. Maitland, the latter felt
himself obliged to decline them, so the disappointed youth followed
his father and another brother to the field, _en amateur_. Gen. Mercer
records in his _Waterloo Journal_ how surprised he was to see “a fine,
tall, upright old gentleman, in plain clothes, followed by two young
ones, come across our front at a gallop, from the Brussels road, and
press forward to so hot a fight.” This fine old veteran died from
hydrophobia, while holding the appointment of Gov.-Gen. of Canada,
28th Aug., 1819.
Footnote 1:
Probably a son of Gen. Archibald Macalister, who for many years
commanded this regt. D. at Axminster in Aug., 1869.
Footnote 2:
Served for many years in the Rl. Irish Artillery, and was transferred
to above regt. Retd. on f. p., Rl. Irish Artillery, in 1817, and d. at
Sidmouth, 11th Oct., 1850. For an account of his family see the
Editor’s _English Army Lists and Commission Registers_, 1661–1714,
Vol. V., p. 227, note 2.
Footnote 3:
H. p. 27th Feb., 1818. Adjt. 3rd West York Militia, 1827. D. 18th
July, 1850.
Footnote 4:
Appointed ens. in the 35th Foot, 20th Feb., 1800. Served at the
blockade of Malta. Lieut. 82nd Foot 1803. Served at the siege of
Copenhagen, and was wounded at Windmill Battery; recd. the thanks of
Col. Sir Geo. Smith for his heroism while employed at that post. Capt.
in the army 8th Sept., 1808. Capt. 74th Foot 2nd Nov., 1809. Was with
Sir John Moore’s army during the whole of its operations until its
returning from Madrid and Burgos to the north of Portugal. Employed on
recruiting service 1810-Sept., 1812. Exchanged back to 35th Foot in
1813. Served with Lord Lynedoch’s army in the Netherlands. Recd. the
medal for Waterloo. Transferred to 7th Veteran Battalion, 3rd Aug.,
1815. Retd. f. p. 24th May, 1816. D. 23rd Sept., 1839. The above
information was communicated by Capt. McNeil’s nephew, the late
Major-Gen. McNeil, of the Indian Army.
Footnote 5:
H. p. 1817. D. in 1863.
Footnote 6:
Capt. 24th Aug., 1815. H. p. 25th June, 1817.
Footnote 7:
H. p. 34th Foot 1837.
Footnote 8:
H. p. 27th Foot 1825.
Footnote 9:
H. p. 25th Feb., 1816.
Footnote 10:
H. p. 25th June, 1817.
Footnote 11:
Lieut. 25th Sept., 1815. H. p. 1817.
Footnote 12:
Lieut. 28th Sept., 1815. H. p. 25th Apr., 1817.
Footnote 13:
Lieut. 30th Nov., 1815. Exchanged to 20th Foot, 24th July, 1823.
Exchanged to 98th Foot, 5th July, 1827.
Footnote 14:
Lieut. 26th July, 1821. H. p. in Oct. same year. Restored to full pay
as ensign 47th Foot, 8th June, 1826. Serving in 1830.
Footnote 15:
H. p. 2nd Apr., 1818.
54TH (OR THE WEST NORFOLK) REGIMENT OF FOOT.
Rank in the
——————
LIEUT.-COLONEL. Regiment.│Army.
John, Earl Waldegrave 26 Nov. 1812 │
MAJORS. │
[1] Sir Neil Campbell, Kt. 20 Feb. 1806 │Col., 4 June, 1814
[2] Allan Kelly 31 Oct. 1811 │
CAPTAINS. │
[3] Thos. Cox Kirby 25 Sept. 1806 │
Richard Blakeman 15 Mar. 1809 │
_Walter Crofton_, K. 16 Mar. 1809 │
[4] James Leslie 3 Jan. 1811 │
Gilhow J. Tappenham 12 Dec. 1811 │
_George Black_ 9 July, 1812 │
Thos. Chartres 28 Apr. 1814 │
LIEUTENANTS. │
George Fraser 11 Dec. 1806 │
[5] Gonville Bromhead 23 Mar. 1809 │
[6] Edward Alleyne Evanson 20 Apr. 1809 │
[7] John Pillon 11 May, 1809 │20 Mar. 1807
Robert Woodgate 28 Sept. 1809 │
Wm. Claus 22 Feb. 1810 │
Richard Kelly 14 June, 1810 │
John Grey 19 Sept. 1811 │
[8] Philip Mandilhon 7 Nov. 1811 │
Joseph Henry Potts 12 Dec. 1811 │
Robert Leacroft 21 Aug. 1812 │
Francis Taylor 10 Sept. 1812 │
[9] Edward Marcon 20 May, 1813 │
John Reid 22 Oct. 1813 │
Richard Stacpoole 15 Dec. 1813 │
Francis Burgess 16 Dec. 1813 │
Wm. Pilkington 12 May, 1814 │
Wm. Nich. Persse 2 June, 1814 │
[10] Dixon Denham 1 Dec. 1814 │7 Sept. 1813
Francis Hutchinson 8 Dec. 1814 │
[11] M. Stoughton H. Lloyd 2 Mar. 1815 │
ENSIGNS. │
Edward Nugent 23 Dec. 1813 │
Thos. Fraser 5 May, 1814 │
[12] Charles Hill 12 May, 1814 │
[13] John Clark 2 June, 1814 │
[14] C.W. Thomas 17 Nov. 1814 │15 July, 1814
Alexander Mathewson 8 Dec. 1814 │
[15] Pryce Clarke 2 Mar. 1815 │
PAYMASTER. │
Henry Irwin 11 Feb. 1813 │18 June, 1801
QUARTERMASTER. │
[16] Wm. Coates 1 Aug. 1811 │
SURGEON. │
George Redmond 11 Sept. 1806 │
ASSISTANT-SURGEONS. │
Moore F. Fynan 28 Feb. 1811 │
George Leech 25 Nov. 1813 │
_Facings green._ _Lace silver._
Footnote 1:
“The man who let Boney go.” This distinguished officer was second son
of Capt. Neil Campbell, of Duntroon. Bn. 1st May, 1776. Joined 6th
West India Regt. as ensign in 1797. After three years’ service in West
Indies returned to England and joined 95th Rifles as a lieut., and in
following year purchased a company in same regt. In 1805 was promoted
major in 43rd Foot, and in 1806 was removed to 54th Foot. Served with
this regt. in Jamaica, and in 1808 returned home. Again sent to West
Indies as a bt. lt.-col. on the staff, and in that capacity was
present at the capture of Guadaloupe. Commanded a Portuguese regt.
during the Par. War. In Feb., 1813, was sent to Russia by the British
Government, and was employed by Gen. Lord Cathcart, British Ambassador
at St. Petersburg, to accompany a corps of the Russian army and report
on its force and military operations. In the autumn of 1813 was
detached to the siege of Dantzig, where a corps of 30,000 men was
employed under Prince Alexander of Wurtemberg. On the 24th March,
1814, was severely wounded at Fere Champenoise, in France, in a
cavalry charge, by a Cossack, who mistook him for a French officer and
struck him to the ground. In April, 1814, was chosen by the British
Government to accompany Napoleon from Fontainebleau to Elba. Author of
_Napoleon at Fontainebleau_. In the following spring, whilst Col.
Campbell was at Florence, having left Elba for a few days on pressing
business, Napoleon formed and carried out his plan of escape.
Commanded the 54th in 1815, and was at the storming of Cambray. C.B.
Gold cross for the capture of Martinique and Guadaloupe, siege of
Ciudad Rodrigo, and battle of Salamanca. A knight bachelor, maj.-gen.,
Governor of Sierra Leone, where he died of fever, 14th Aug., 1827.
Footnote 2:
Bt. lt.-col. 12th Aug., 1819. D. in 1829.
Footnote 3:
Retd. as bt. lt.-col. 1845. D. 1850.
Footnote 4:
Lt.-col. unatt. 23rd Nov., 1841. D. in Edinburgh in Feb., 1853.
Footnote 5:
Son of Lt.-Gen. Sir Gonville Bromhead, 1st Bart., by Jane, youngest
dau. of Sir Charles Ffrench, Bart. In 1830 was a maj. on the h. p.
list. Bn. 22nd Jan., 1791. M., 1823, Judith Coriston, youngest dau. of
James Wood, of Woodville, co. Sligo.
Footnote 6:
Son of Alderman Evanson, of Cork. D. as capt. in this regt. in Jan.
1827.
Footnote 7:
Paymaster Nov., 1818. Retd. 1825. D. in Feb., 1854.
Footnote 8:
Capt. 30th Jan., 1823. D. at Trichinopoly, 30th June, 1836.
Footnote 9:
Capt. 3rd Jan., 1822. H. p., capt. 78th Foot, 6th Feb., 1823.
Footnote 10:
Lieut. 64th Foot 9th Dec., 1819. Capt. h. p., 3rd Foot, 24th Oct.,
1821. Given the local rank of major while serving in Africa, 22nd
Nov., 1821.
Footnote 11:
Afterwards Maj.-Gen. M.S.H. Lloyd, h. p. unattached. Entered the army
in 1813. He was present at the taking of Cambray and Paris, also
served in India against the Rajah of Kolapore (1826), and in the
campaign in the southern Mahratta country (1844). His commissions are
dated: Ensign, Dec. 16th, 1813; Lieut. March 2nd, 1815; Capt. Sept.
13th, 1835; Maj. Nov. 9th, 1846; Lt.-col. June 20th, 1854; Col. May
14th, 1859; Maj.-Gen. March 6th, 1868. Son of Richard Bateman Lloyd,
by Eliz., widow of Capt. Trant. Living 1876.
Footnote 12:
Capt. 5th Jan., 1826. Bt.-major 23rd Nov., 1841. Retd. Nov., 1846, on
full pay. D. 1852.
Footnote 13:
Lieut. 27th Nov., 1821. Capt. 29th Aug., 1826. Major 25th Dec., 1829.
Lt.-col. 23rd Nov., 1841. Col. 20th June, 1854. Major-Gen. 26th Oct.,
1858. Served the campaign of 1824–5 in Ava, including the taking of
Rangoon. Led the attack upon the fortified heights of Aracan, and was
sev. wounded. K.H. and medal. At the time of his death, 22nd March,
1865, was hon. colonel of 59th Foot.
Footnote 14:
Lieut. 18th Apr., 1822. H. p. 30th Aug., 1826.
Footnote 15:
Lieut. 27th June, 1822. Adjt. 25th Oct., 1827. Capt. 16th July, 1833.
Paymaster 92nd Highrs. 23rd July, 1844. D. or retd. 9th June, 1846.
Footnote 16:
Retd. f. p. 1827.
59TH (OR THE 2ND NOTTINGHAMSHIRE) REGIMENT OF FOOT.
(_2nd Battalion._)
Rank in the
——————
LIEUT.-COLONEL. Regiment.│Army.
[1] Henry Austen 23 Sept. 1813 │25 Jan. 1812
MAJORS. │
[2] Fred. W. Hoysted 17 June, 1813 │Lt.-Col., 26 Dec.
│1813
[3] Charles Douglas 20 Apr. 1815 │
CAPTAINS. │
[4] Francis Fuller 5 Oct. 1809 │
James Cockburn 4 Sept. 1812 │
[5] Abraham Pilkington 17 June, 1813 │
Jas. Arch. Crawford 22 July, 1813 │
[6] Jas. MacGregor 25 Sept. 1813 │
John Fawson 11 Nov. 1813 │
LIEUTENANTS. │
Robert Preedy 15 June, 1808 │
Wm. F. Mayne 4 Sept. 1808 │
[7] Abraham Dent 4 June, 1809 │
[8] John Cowper 7 June, 1809 │
Henry Brown 26 Oct. 1809 │
[9] Alexander Macpherson 21 Dec. 1809 │
[10] Edward Duncan 28 Feb. 1811 │
Archibald Campbell, Adjt. 28 Mar. 1811 │
[11] Nicholas Chadwick 5 Dec. 1811 │
Nicholas Hovenden 12 Dec. 1811 │
[12] Lewis Carmichael 7 Mar. 1812 │
[13] Henry Hartford 12 Mar. 1812 │
[14] Paterson O’Hara 2 Sept. 1812 │
[15] Wm. Veall 23 Sept. 1813 │
[16] Wm. Pittman 27 Sept. 1813 │
Wm. Henry Hill 25 May, 1814 │
Gilmour Robinson 1 Sept. 1814 │
ENSIGNS. │
[17] Andrew Clark Ross 23 Sept. 1813 │
[18] Henry Keane Bloomfield 30 Sept. 1813 │
[19] Rowley F. Hill 25 May, 1814 │
[20] Charles Makepeace 13 Apr. 1815 │
PAYMASTER. │
[21] Charles Marr 7 Mar. 1805 │
QUARTERMASTER. │
[22] Wm. Baird 31 May, 1810 │
SURGEON. │
[23] James Hagan 25 Nov. 1813 │9 Sept. 1813
ASSISTANT-SURGEONS. │
[24] Peter K. Lambe 8 Feb. 1810 │
Andrew Colvin 9 Sept. 1813 │
_Facings white._ _Lace gold._
Footnote 1:
Placed on h. p. in March, 1816.
Footnote 2:
Saw service in the Pa. Transferred to 1st Batt. in 1816. Serving in
1817.
Footnote 3:
Drowned in Tramore Bay, near Waterford, when the _Seahorse_ transport
was wrecked in a storm, 30th Jan., 1816. Son of Capt. Wm. Douglas 11th
Foot.
Footnote 4:
Major 17th July, 1817. Bt. lt.-col. 19th Jan. 1826. Lt.-Col. 59th Foot
25th Nov., 1828. Recd. the gold medal for San Sebastian. Distinguished
himself at the siege of Bhurtpore. C.B. D. in Jersey 19th Apr., 1868.
Footnote 5:
Placed on h. p. in May, 1816. 9th son of Thos. Pilkington (of the
Westmeath family), by Bridget, dau. of the Rev. Ephraim Harpur. D.
24th May, 1843.
Footnote 6:
Lost in the wreck of the _Seahorse_. Brother to Col. George MacGregor
of 1st batt. same regt. Had served at Corunna and Vittoria, where he
was severely wounded.
Footnote 7:
Afterwards adjt. Lost in the _Seahorse_.
Footnote 8:
Saved when the _Seahorse_ was wrecked.
Footnote 9:
Saved when the _Seahorse_ was wrecked. This officer’s Waterloo medal
was for some years in the Editor’s collection of war medals.
Footnote 10:
Capt. 48th Foot 19th May, 1837. Retd. as maj. in 1840.
Footnote 11:
Capt. 13th Foot 3rd Aug., 1826. Serving 1830.
Footnote 12:
Capt. 5th Dec., 1826. Major of a corps raised for “particular service”
1st Jan., 1838, and bt. lt.-col. serving in aforesaid regt. in 1842.
Footnote 13:
Saved when the _Seahorse_ was wrecked.
Footnote 14:
H. p. 1816. D. in Dublin 1850.
Footnote 15:
Lost in the _Seahorse_. A native of Portsmouth and son of a
master-builder of that town.
Footnote 16:
Capt. 49th Foot 12th Apr., 1831. H. p. 10th Jan., 1834. D. 17th Nov.,
1853.
Footnote 17:
Lost in the _Seahorse_.
Footnote 18:
Capt. 11th Foot 1st Apr., 1824. Lt.-col. 11th Foot 27th June, 1845.
Living 1860.
Footnote 19:
Lost in the _Seahorse_.
Footnote 20:
Capt. 4th D.G. 24th July, 1823. Retd. as major 1841.
Footnote 21:
H. p. 1816.
Footnote 22:
Lost in the _Seahorse_ with his wife and two children.
Footnote 23:
Lost in the _Seahorse_.
Footnote 24:
Lost in the _Seahorse_.
91ST REGIMENT OF FOOT.
Rank in the
——————
LIEUT.-COLONEL. Regiment.│Army.
[1] Sir Wm. Douglas, K.C.B. 25 Nov. 1808 │Col., 4 June, 1814
CAPTAINS. │
[2] James Walsh 28 Aug. 1804 │Maj., 12 Apr. 1814
_Thos. Hunter-Blair_, W. 28 Mar. 1805 │Maj., 30 May, 1811
[3] Wm. Steuart 17 Apr. 1806 │
[4] Archibald Campbell (1st 1 Oct. 1807 │
Batt.) │
[5] Dugald Campbell 23 Nov. 1809 │
[6] James C. Murdoch 29 Nov. 1810 │
[7] Alexander Jas. Callander 10 Oct. 1811 │Maj., 4 June, 1814
[8] Archibald Campbell (2nd 15 Jan. 1812 │
Batt.) │
[9] Robert Anderson 30 Apr. 1812 │
LIEUTENANTS. │
[10] John Campbell 24 Aug. 1807 │
[11] John Russell 11 May, 1808 │
[12] Alexander Campbell (1st 12 May, 1808 │
Batt.) │
[13] Robert Stewart 13 May, 1808 │
[14] Andrew McLachlan 14 May, 1808 │
[15] Carberry Egan 19 May, 1808 │
[16] Andrew Cathcart 11 May, 1809 │
[17] John McDougall 15 June, 1809 │
[18] James Hood 3 Aug. 1809 │
[19] Alexander Smith 30 Aug. 1810 │22 Feb. 1810
[20] Thos. Lisle Fenwick 13 Sept. 1810 │3 Nov. 1808
[21] Thomas Murray 11 July, 1811 │
[22] Robert Spencer Knox 2 Jan. 1812 │
[23] Charles Stuart 16 Jan. 1812 │
[24] John McDonald 30 Apr. 1812 │
[25] Eugene Browne 9 July, 1812 │
[26] Alex. Campbell (2nd Batt.) 20 July, 1813 │
[27] George Scott, Adjt. 21 July, 1813 │
[28] Wm. Smith 21 July, 1813 │
[29] James Black 22 July, 1813 │
[30] Alexander Sword 2 Mar. 1815 │
ENSIGNS. │
[31] Norman Lamont 26 Aug. 1813 │
[32] Wm. Trimmer 18 Nov. 1813 │
[33] James Paton 30 Dec. 1813 │
[34] Dugald Ducat 24 Feb. 1814 │
[35] Patrick Cahill 31 Mar. 1814 │
[36] Andrew Smith 14 Apr. 1814 │
[37] Lawrence Lind 9 June, 1814 │
PAYMASTER. │
Dugald Campbell 16 May, 1808 │
QUARTERMASTER. │
[38] James Stewart 16 Apr. 1807 │
SURGEON. │
Robert Douglas 6 June, 1805 │
ASSISTANT-SURGEONS. │
Geo. M. McLachlan 26 Mar. 1812 │
Wm. H. Young 4 Feb. 1813 │
_Facings yellow._ _Lace silver._
Footnote 1:
Served in the Pa. and recd. the gold cross and two clasps for six
general actions. Commanded the second column of attack at the assault
of Cambray in June, 1815. D. at Valenciennes in Aug., 1818, and was
interred there.
Footnote 2:
Bt. lt.-col. 21st Jan., 1819. Retd. 1825.
Footnote 3:
D. 1825.
Footnote 4:
H. p. 1816.
Footnote 5:
D. 1825.
Footnote 6:
H. p. 1819. This officer’s Waterloo medal was many years in the
Tancred collection.
Footnote 7:
Eldest son of James Callander of Craigforth. H. p. 1821.
Footnote 8:
D. 1822.
Footnote 9:
Major 23rd Sept., 1824. Lt.-Col. 91st Foot 2nd Dec., 1831.
Footnote 10:
Capt. 7th Sept., 1815. H. p. 1816.
Footnote 11:
H. p. 1816.
Footnote 12:
H. p. 1821. D. 1835.
Footnote 13:
Retd. 1823. D. in Mar., 1851.
Footnote 14:
D. as capt. in 1822.
Footnote 15:
Serving in 1817. Out of the regt. before 1824.
Footnote 16:
H. p. 1821.
Footnote 17:
H. p. 39th Foot 1820.
Footnote 18:
Retd. f. p. 9th Rl. Veteran Batt. 1821. D. in Jersey 1853.
Footnote 19:
H. p. Lieut. 42nd Highrs. 30th Sept., 1819.
Footnote 20:
Capt. 55th Foot 26th Nov., 1830.
Footnote 21:
Capt. 1824. D. 1826.
Footnote 22:
H. p. 1817.
Footnote 23:
H. p. 1817.
Footnote 24:
H. p. 1817.
Footnote 25:
H. p. 1817.
Footnote 26:
Lieut. 38th Foot 28th Nov., 1821. Serving 1830.
Footnote 27:
H. p. 1821.
Footnote 28:
D. 1823.
Footnote 29:
H. p. 1817. Appointed Lieut. 100th Foot (Rl. Canadian Rifles) in 1841.
Footnote 30:
H. p. 1816.
Footnote 31:
A scion of the ancient family of Lamont, of Lamont, co. Argyll. Capt.
7th Apr., 1825. Major 2nd Dec., 1831. K.H. D. in 1845 at the Cape of
Good Hope.
Footnote 32:
Lieut. 2nd Mar., 1820. H. p. 17th Foot 6th Aug., 1823.
Footnote 33:
Lieut. 27th Apr., 1820. Out of the regt, before 1830.
Footnote 34:
Capt, 4th Aug, 1828. Major 2nd. July, 1841. Lt.-Col. in Oct., 1842. D.
1844 at Colesberg, South Africa.
Footnote 35:
Lieut, 11th Aug., 1822. Adjt. 23rd Aug., 1823. D. in Jamaica, 1827.
Footnote 36:
D. 1825.
Footnote 37:
H. p. 1816. Living 1830.
Footnote 38:
H. p. 36th Foot 1821.
ROYAL ARTILLERY.[W]
MAJOR JOSEPH BROME’S BRIGADE.
Rank in the
——————
CAPTAIN. Regiment.│Army.
[1] Joseph Brome 13 Aug. 1804 │Maj., 4 June, 1813
SECOND CAPTAIN. │
[2] John E.G. Parker 20 Dec. 1814 │
FIRST LIEUTENANTS. │
[3] Robert J. Saunders 11 Aug. 1811 │
[4] Thos. O. Cater 16 Apr. 1812 │
SECOND LIEUTENANT. │
[5] Anthony O. Molesworth 17 Dec. 1812 │
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MAJOR GEORGE W. UNETT’S BRIGADE.
Rank in the
——————
CAPTAIN. │
[6] George W. Unett 1 Feb. 1808 │Maj., 4 June, 1814
SECOND CAPTAIN. │
[7] Thos. Gore Browne 1 Feb. 1808 │
FIRST LIEUTENANTS. │
[8] Douglas Lawson 28 Oct. 1808 │
[9] Willoughby Montagu 11 Aug. 1811 │
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CAPTAIN THOMAS HUTCHESSON’S FOOT BATTERY.
Rank in the
——————
CAPTAIN. │
[10] Thomas Hutchesson 24 Oct. 1812 │10 Apr. 1805
Footnote W:
Major Brome’s Brigade was at Hal with Sir Charles Colville’s Division.
Major Unett’s was attached to the 6th Division, and Capt. Hutchesson’s
is said to have been at Ostend.
Footnote 1:
Lt.-col. 24th June, 1823. Served at Copenhagen in 1807 and at
Walcheren in 1809. D. in Jamaica, 4th Jan., 1825.
Footnote 2:
Capt. 30th Dec., 1828. Succeeded as 4th Bart. of Basingbourn, Essex.
D. 1835 without issue.
Footnote 3:
H. p. 1st Apr., 1821.
Footnote 4:
Served with distinction in the Pa. Retd. f. p. major-gen. 26th May,
1857. D. 1862.
Footnote 5:
2nd Capt. 10th July, 1834. H. p. 1835. D. 10th July, 1848.
Footnote 6:
Sold his commission 1825. D. same year.
Footnote 7:
Served at the siege of Flushing, 1809. Attained rank of col. 9th Nov.,
1846. D. 23rd Jan., 1854.
Footnote 8:
D. 10th Aug., 1823.
Footnote 9:
2nd Capt, 6th Nov., 1827. H. p. same year. D. 2nd Dec., 1872.
Footnote 10:
Served in the Pa. and France. Attained the rank of lt.-gen. 14th June,
1856. D. at Dover, 28th Aug., 1857.
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PART II
2ND OR R.N. BRITISH REGIMENT OF DRAGOONS.
WATERLOO MUSTER ROLL.[X]
Footnote X:
Taken presumably on 19th June, 1815.
A TRUE COPY OF THE LIST TRANSMITTED FROM THE
HORSE GUARDS.
_Those wounded have the letter_ “W” _placed after their names._
FIELD AND STAFF OFFICERS.
Major Isaac B. Clarke, W.
” T.P. Hankin, W.
Adjutant Henry Macmillan.
Surgeon Robert Dunn.
Asst.-Surgeon James Alexander.
Vet.-Surgeon John Trigg.
Reg. Quartermast.. John Lennox.
Paymaster William Dawson.
CAPTAIN (late) BARNARD’S TROOP.