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H0BSE.GUABD8, lit January, 1836. His Majesty has been pleased to command, that, with a view of doing the fullest justice to Regi- ments, as well as to Individuals who have distin- guished themselves by their Bravery in Action with the Enemy, an Account of the Services of every Regiment in the British Army shall be published under the superintendence and direction of the Adjutant-General ; and that this Account shall con- tain the following particulars, viz., The Period and Circumstances of the Ori- ginal Formation of the Regiment ; The Stations at which it has been from time to time employed ; The Battles, Sieges, and other Military Operations, in which it has been engaged, particularly specifying any Achievement it may have performed, and the Colours, Trophies, &c., it may have captured from the Enemy. The Names of the Officers and the number of Non-Oommissioned Officers and Privates, Killed or Wounded by the Enemy, specifying the place and Date of the Action. « 2 IV GENERAL ORDERS. The Names of those Officers, who, in con- sideration of their Gallant Services and Meritorious Conduct in Engagements with the Enemy, have been distinguished with Titles, Medals, or other Marks of His Majesty's gracious favour. The Names of all such Officers, Non-Com- missioned Officers and Privates as may have specially signalized themselves in Action. And, The Badges and Devices which the Eegiment may have been permitted to bear, and the Causes on account of which such Badges or Devices, or any other Marks of Distinction, have been granted. By Command of the Bight Honourable GENERAL LORD HILL. Commanding-in- Chief. John Macdonald, Adjutant-General. ORIGINAL PREFACE TO THI SERIES OF HISTORICAL RECORDS. The character and credit of the British Army must chiefly depend upon the zeal and ardour, by which all who enter into its service are animated, and consequently it is of the highest importance that any measure calculated to excite the spirit of emulation, by which alone great and gallant actions are achieved, shoaTd be adopted. Nothing can more fully tend to the accomplishment of this desirable object, than a full display of the noble deeds with which the Military History of our country abounds. To hold forth these bright examples to the imitation of the youthful soldier, and thus to incite him to emulate the meritorious conduct of those who have preceded him in their honourable career, are among the motives that have given rise to the present publication. The operations of the British Troops are, indeed, an- nounced in the "London Gazette," from whence they are transferred into the pubb'c prints : the achievements of our armies are thus made known at the time of their occuvrec :% and receive the tribute of praise and admiration to which they are entitled. On extraordinary occasions, the Houses of Parliament have been in the habit of conferring on the Commanders, and the Officers and Troops acting under their orders, expressions of approbation and of thanks for their skiU and bravery, and these testimonials, confirmed by the high honour of their Sovereign's Approbation, constitute the reward which the soldiei most highly prizes. VI ORIGINAL PREFACE TO SERIES. It has not, however, until late years, been the practice (which appears to have long prevailed in some of the Con- tinental armies) for British Begiments to keep regular records of their services and achievements. Hence some difficulty has been experienced in obtaining, particularly from the old Begiments, an authentic account of their origin and subsequent services. This defect will now be remedied, in consequence of His Majesty having been pleased to command, that every Begi- ment shall in future keep a full and ample record of its services at home and abroad. From the materials thus collected, the country will henceforth derive information as to the difficulties and privations which chequer the career of those who embrace the military profession. In Great Britain, where so large a number of persons are devoted to the active concerns of agriculture, manufactures, and commerce, and where these pursuits have, for so long a period, been imdisturbed by the presence of toar, which few other countries have escaped, comparatively little is known of the vicissitudes of active service, and of the casualties of climate, to which, even during peace, the British Troops are exposed in every pait of the globe, with little or no interval of repose. ' In their tranquil enjoyment of the blessings which the country derives from the industry and the enterprise of the agriculturist and the trader, its happy inhabitants may be supposed not often to reflect on the perilous duties of the soldier and the sailor, — on their sufferings, — and on the sacrifice of valuable life, by which so many national benefits are obtained and preserved. The conduct of the British Troops, their valour and endurance, have shone conspicuously under great and trying ORIGINAL PKKiAOE TO SEKIES. vii difficulties ; and their character haa been established in Con- tinental warfare by the irresistible spirit with which they have effected debarkations in spite of the most formidable opposition, and by the gallantry and steadiness with which they have maintained their advantages against superior numbers. In the official Reports made by the respective Com- manders, ample justice has generally been done to the gallant exeitions of the Corps employed; but the details of their services, and of acts of individual bravery, can only be fully given in the Annals of the various Regiments. These records are now preparing for publication, under His Majesty's special authority, by Mr. Richard Cannon, Principal Clerk of the Adjutant-General's Office ; and while the perusal of them cannot fail to be useful and interesting to militaiy men of every rank, it is considered that they will also afford entertainment and information to the general reader, particularly to those who may have served in the Army, or who have relatives in the Service. There exists in the breasts of most of those who have served, or are serving, in the Army, an Esprit de Corps — an attachment to everything belonging to their Regiment; of such persons a narrative of the services of their own Corps cannot fail to prove interesting. Authentic accounts of the actions of the great, — the valiant,— the loyal, have always been of paramount interest with a brave and civilized people. Great Britain has produced a race of heroes who, in mo- ments of danger and terror, have stood, " firm as the rocks of their native shore ;" and when half the World has been arrayed against then:, they have fought the battles of their Country with unshaken fortitude. It is presumed that a record of achievements in war, — victories so complete and vUi UUIUINAL PltKFAOK TO HKUIKS. surprising, gained by our oountr}inAn, — our brothers,— our fellow-citizens in arms,— a record which revives the memory of the brave, and brings their gallant deeds before us, will certainly prove acceptable to the public. Biographical memoirs of the Colonels and other distin- guished Officers, will be introduced in the Becords of their respective Regiments, and the Honorary Distinctions which have, from time to time, been conferred upon each Begi- ment, as testifying the value and importance of its services, will be faithfully set forth. As a convenient mode of Publication, the Becord of each Begiment will be printed in a distinct number, so that when the whole shall be completed, the Parts may be bound up in numerical succession. \v HISTORICAL R£COKD THE KING'S, LIVERPOOL REGIMENT OP FOOT, OOVTAIHIirO AX AOOOVHT Of THE FOKMATION OF THE REGIMENT IN 1685, AVD OV ITS SUBSEQUENT SERVICES TO 1881 ; AUd, SUCCESSION USTS OF THE OFFICERS WHO SERVED IN EACH OF THE REGIMENTAL RANKS, WITH BIOORAPHICAL NOTICES AND SUMMARIES OF THEIR WAR SERVICES. m ILLUSTBATBD WITH PLATMt. SaOOND BDXTION. LONDON: HARRISON AND SONS, 69, PALL MALL, SoohMlIni to iftt 4iuitt snb i.ft.l. \\t frina of HrIm. 1883. Previous to 1751, and for some jears afterwards, when re- ferred to by cotemporaries, the regiment was generally desig- nated by the name of its Colonel, and was called first Lord Ferrars', then in succession the Duke of Berwick's, Beaumont's, Webb's, Morrison's, Hotham's, Pocock's, Lenoe's, Onslow's, Wolfe's, and Barrington's Regiment. It was also sometimes called the " King's Royal Hanoverian White Horse Regiment," and in the Gazette of 1755 it is styled "His Majesty's Own Regiment of Foot." In a volume of army uniforms, called " A Representation of the Clothing of H.M. Household and of Great Britain " (quarto, London, 1742, press mark in the British Museum p ,^ j» the Kino's Regiment is numbered " the Ninth Regiment of Foot." The regiment which immediately precedes it, and which H numbered " the Eighth," has yellow facings : the succession list of its Colonels contains the following names: — Colonel Cornwall, 1685; Nicholas, 1688; Cuningham, 1688; General Stuart, 1689; Colonel Campbell, 1715; Cathcart, 1716; Otway, 1718; Kane, 1725; Brigadier- General Hargrave, 1737; Colonel Read, 1739. In the printed 4rmy List of 1740 also "Read's" precedes "Onslow's" regiment, but about the year 1751 the order of precedence of these two regiments was reversed ; the King's became the Eighth, and the regiment raised by Colonel Cornwall became the Ninth. Vj' V Zhc IRegiment, WHICH FOB THE F1TTUBB IB TC BBAB THB NAKB OV THE KING'S (LIVEEPOOL REGIMENT), WAS DESIGNATBD, 7BOM 1685 TO 1702, THE PKINCESS ANNE OF DENMARK'S REGIMENT; PBOM 1702 TO 1716, THE QUEEN'S REGIMENT; FBOM 1716 TO 1751, THE KING'S REGIMENT; FHOM 1751 TO 1881, EIGHTH (THE KING'S REGIMENT). ^be 1?edimental Colour BBABS THE WHITE HORSE, OM A BED FIELD WITHIN THE GABTEB, AND ABOUND A CBIUSOK CIBCLB "LIVEBPOOL BEOIHENT/' ENCIBCLED BT THE UNION WBEATH AND SUEMOUNTED BT THB IMPERIAL CROWN; THE MOTTO "NEC ASPERA. TERRENT" ON A SCBOLL CTEB THE EI;DS OF THE UNION WBBATH ; IN THB FIBST COBNEB THE BATTALION NUHBEB, IN THE bECONO, THIBD, AND FOUBTH, THE ROYAL CYPHER AND CROWN; ON EITHEB SIDE A LAUBEL BBANCH WITH SCBOLLS, ON WHICH ABB IN8CBIBED THB NAMES OF THE FOLIiOWINO TICTOBIBB : — " BLENHEIM, RAMILLIES, OUDENARDE, MALPLAQUET ;" " DETTINGEN," ( [n commemoration of the battle fought at that place on the 27th June, 1743 ;) "MARTINIQUE," (For the capture of that Island in 1809 ;) » NIAGARA," (For distinguished conduct on the Frontiers of Canada in 1814 ;) " DELHI AND LUCKNOW," (In commemoration of services in restoring order in Her Majesty's Indian Dominions in 1857-58.) " PEIWAR KOTAL, AFGHANISTAN, 1878-80," (In commemoration of gallant behaviour in the Afghan Campaigns.) AND UNDEBNEATH THE SPHINX, WITH THE WORD " EGYPT," (To commemorate seivices in Egypt in the year IbUl.) V < \ ! V's PREFATORY NOTICE. This edition consists, first, of a reprint of Mr. Cannon's Kecord of the services of the Regiment from its formation in June, 1685, until April, 1843 ; second, of a continuation, bringing down the record to Ist July, 1881.* No alterations have been made in the text of the first edition, but it has been divided into sections corresponding to the periods of home and foreign service, and those paragraphs which refer to the services of the Second Bat- talions, borne on the establishment of the Beguuent from 1756 to 1758, and from 1804 to 1815, have been extracted and placed at the commencement of Part II of the new edition. A few footnotes have been also added, principaUy derived from some folio volumes belonging to the library of the Boyal United Service Institution, containing MS. notes and newspaper cuttings, which record a multitude of in- cidents illustrative of the services and histoiy of every regi- ment of the Army. I am indebted to the late Mr. Sullivan, the Assistant-Secretary of the Institution, for directing my attention to these volumes, and for valuable advice and assistance, having reference not only to researches connected with the preparation, but also to the arrangements for the publication of the new edition. The continuation of Mr. Cannon's Becord embraces an * In the Chronological Summaiy prefixed to the Becords (p. xxi), the chronology is continued to 9th October, 1882 ; and at p. 208 a sbeet has been reprinted, in order to insert a footnote recording certain incidents which occurred after the printing of Appendices I and II was completed. XIV PREFATORY NOTICE. account of the services perfonned by the Regiment during the great Sepoy Mutiny of 1857-58, and of its Second Bat- talion during the Afghan Campaigns of 1878-79-80. The narrative of those incidents of the Sepoy Mutiny in which the Eegiment took part was contributed by Lieutenant- Colonel J. Millar Bannatyne and Major Beginald Whitting. Lieutenant-Colonel Bannatyne's narrative embraces the period from 13th May, 1857, when a detachment of the King's secured the Fort and Magazine of Phillour, until 9th Feb- ruaiy, 1858, when the Eegiment, which had been reducec' to a skeleton, was withdrawn from the Field Force under Sir Colin Campbell, and sent to occupy the cantonment of Agra (vide p. 103 to p. 143). Lieutenant-Colonel Bannatyne served with the Regiment as a captain from the outbreak of the Mutiny to the conclusion of the Siege of Delhi ; during the subsequent operations he held the appointment of Major of Brigade, first to Colonel Greathed's force, and afterwards to the Third Infantry Brigade ; he was therefore thoroughly acquainted with all the details of the incidents he describes. Moreover, the proof-sheets of his MS. were submitted for revision to the following officers : — Generals J. Longfield and Sir E. Greathed ; Lieutenant-Generals A. C. Robertson and R. S. Baynes ; Major- Generals J. Hinde and E. N. Sandi- lands ; Colonels G. E. Baynes, Webb, Walker, and A. Ross ; Lieutenant-Colonels Daniell, Bannatyne, and Beere ; Majors McCrea and Stebbing, and Deputy-Inspector General of Hospitals F. Annesley; all these officers served with the Regiment during the Mutiny campaigns. General Sir H. Norman was also good enough to read over these proof- sheets, and to contribute several interesting notes to this portion of the Record. The narrative of Major R. Whitting describes the sequel PREFATORY NOTICE. XV of the field services of the Eegiment during the Mutiny cam- paigns ; it embraces the period between 9th February, 1858, and 28th February, 1859 (p. 143 to p. 148). The account of the services of the Second Battalion during the Afghan campaigns of 1878-79-80, was contri- buted by Captain F. J. Whalley who, during these cam- paigns, held the appointment of Adjutant of the Battalion ; the proof-sheets of his MS. were revised by Colonels F. Barry Drew and E. Tanner. The four plates representing the uniforms worn at dif- ferent periods by the officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates of the Eegiment, were lithographed from coloured drawings made by Mr. S. M. Milne.* The Eegiment is also indebted to this gentleman for the very interesting notes on its costume and equipment given in Appendix No. IV. The sketch plans vreve compiled by Lieutenant James Dallas, Royal Engineers. The abstract of the services of the Second Eoyal Lan- cashire Militia (now the Third and Fourth Battalions of the King's), vide Appendix No. VI, was made from a copy of the Eecords of the Eegiment given me by its Colonel Com- mandant, Nicholas Blundell. The proof-sheets of the abstract were submitted for revision to liim, and to his Adjutant, Major John James Hamilton. In superintending the preparation of this edition I have been in constant communication with the officers command- ing the two battalions ; from them I have received copies of the MS. Eecords of each battalion, and to one or other of them the proof of each of the printed sheets was submitted for revision and approval. * Of Calrerley House, near Leeds. XVI PREFATORY NOTICE. The completed volume is now presented to those for whom it has been prepared ; to readera whom, whatever may be its defects, it is sure to interest ; to the sui-vivors of the officers, non-commissioned officers, and soldiers of the Kino's (many of them my friends and former comrades), whose ser- vices it records ; to their successors, now serving and who shall hereafter serve in the Begiment ; may they often look back on the two centuries of noble achievements which this volume commemorates ; may it be their good fortune to add many glorious pages to the unwritten uinals of the years which are to come. - A. CUNINGHAM ROBERTSON, (Lieutenant-General, formerly lieutenant-Colonel, Eighth, the King's Regiment). Felruarif, 1888. .CONTENTS. FAOia Chronological Summary xxi Epitome of the Story of the King's Begiment . , . . . . zxxiii Fart I. Beoord of the Serrioes of the First Battalion . . . . 1 — 171 Part II. Beoord of the Services of the Second Battalion. . . . 172 — 204 Postacript 204 APPENDICES. No. I. Succession Lists of the officers who have serred in each of the Begimental Banks 207—256 No. II. Biographical Notices and Abstracts of War Services of oUcers who have served in the regiment . . . . £67 — 335 No. Ill A. Establishment of the non-commissioned offlcers, drummers, and privates of the King's Begiment at various periods from 1802 to 1881, extracted from War Office Betums 336 B. Extracts from Annual Beports of the Inspector- General of Musketry, showing the results of the musketry instruction of both battalions from 1859 to 1881 838 No. rV. Notos on the Costume and Equipment of the Begiment (oontributod by S. M. Milne, Esq.) 839 No. y. Description of the Memorial Cross, erected at Chelsea Hospital to commemorate the services and death of the officers, non-commissioned officers and privates lost by the regiment during the Indian Mutiny Cam- paigns of 1857-68-59 : also of the tablet erected at Delhi, in the cemetery near the Cashmere Gate .. 352, "- No. YI. Alatract of the services of the 2nd Boyal Lauoashiro - Militia (The Duke of Lancaster's Own) .. .. 354 \ t LIST OF PLATES. I. The Colours of the Regiment. Presented by Otiptain W. Hunter Baillie. For description eide p. xv . . Fbowthpisce II. The Portsmouth Captains — from a line engraving in the British Museum; dated 1683. Presented by Major Beginald Whitting to face page 7 *I II. FreMnted by Lieutenant-Oeneral B. S. and Colonel G. E. Baynes to face page 41 Fig. 1. Private 1742, from a quarto volume of phtes of Regi- mental ^Jniforms in the British Museum, dated 1742. Fig. 2. Private 1768, from Prince Consort's I -brary, Aldershot. Fig. 3. Private 1792, from a print by Dayea. '. Fig. 4. Officer 1792, from do. do. •IV. Presented by Major W. Bannatyne Fig. 1. Officer 1800, from" to face page (15 Fig. 2. Officer 1827, from Fig. 3. Private 1812, from Fig. 4. Officer 1812, from Original drawings designed from > cotemporary records and other evidences of various kinds. *y. Presented by Major-G«ncral E. Ximmo Sandilands to face page 91 Fig. 1. Serjeant 1827, from" Fig. 2. Officer 1831, from Fig. 3, Officer 1843, from Fig. 4. Private 1864, from _^ Original drawings designed from cotemporary records and other evidences of various kinds. fVI. Sketch Plan of Assault and Capture of Delhi, 14th to 20th September, 1857. Presented by Major-General Erskine Nimmo Sandilands to face page 107 tVII. Sketch Plan of Battle of Agra, 10th October, 1857. Presented by General Sir E. II. Greathed, K.C.B. . . to face page 131 U8T OF PLATES. XIX tVTII. Sketoh Plan. Belief of Luoknow, NoTember, 1857. Presented by General Sir E. H. Qroathed, K.C.B. . . to face page 187 fix. Sketch Plan of the^Battle of the Peiwar Eotal, 2nd December, 1878. Presented by Colonel F. Barry Drew, C.B. to face page 191 *X. Presented by Colonel C. E. Orogan Fig, 1. OOIeer, 1880, undress Fig. 2. Corporal, 1880. Fig. 8. Pri,:\te, 1880. Fig. 4. Officer, 1880. to iace page 201 Original drawings. XI. Photograph of General Sir E. H. Greathed, enlarged from ;. smaller photograph taken by Messrs. Melhuish in 1865. Pre- sented by ten oillcers of the regiment who served under hi-Ji during the Mutiny Campaign^ . . . . to face page 286 XII. Ph( tograph of the Memorial Cross erected at Chelsea Hospital. I'resented by Lieutenant-General A. Cuninghnm Bobertson, C.B , . . . . . to face page 862 - ON THE COVER. , Front. — Officer's helmet-plate, worn from 1877 to July, 1881. Back. — Officer's chaco-plate, worn from 1856 to 1R60. Presented by Lieut.- General A. Cuningham Bobertson, C.B. * Plates III, LV, Y, and X ore lithographed from coloured drawings made by S. M. Milne, Fsq. t Sketch Plans VI, VII, VTII, and IX wore compiled and reduced from plans in possession of the Boyal Engineers by Lieutenant J. Dallas, B.E., and were Uthographed under his superintendence at the School of MiUtary Engineering, Chatham. J The names of these officers are : — Lieutonant-Generals A. C. Bcbertson, B. S. Baynes; Major-General E. N. Sandilands; Colonels G. E Baynes, G. F. Walker; Lieutenant-Colonels D. Beere, J. M. Bannatyue, F. Long- field ; Major F. A. Stebbing, and F. C. Annesley, Esq., Inspector-General of Hospitals. Besides this and other photographs of Sir E. Greathed, there is a portrait painted in oils by George Bichmond, B.A., in 1859, the property of Miss Greathed, of 10, Portugal Street, Mayfair. b 2 CORRIGENDA. Page. Line. 32 28 for 1711 read 1709. 36 8 yt Dumblain It Dunblane. 86 6 from bottom n Dumblain p Dunblane. 42 2 and 14 from bottom „ Keithley It Keightley. 4A 4 It Keitliley It Keightley. 44 5 •1 Atkina >i Ekius. 60 6 »» 1787 ti 1767. 66 15 i» 1772 i> 1771. 67 21 M Eaton >> Eason. 70 Foot note (b) ii Houghton 19 Hoghtou. 80 6 from bottom 11 Hooper » Hooker. 88 7 from bottom 1) £ar8ton )l Barstow. 97 18 II Frederick McNeill t) Boderiok. 98 6 *) Holms tt Holmes. 101 16 II Arrived from Agra >• Arrived at Agra. Lieutenant W. 114 2 from bottom II Ensign W. Webb tt Webb. 117 8 II Captain Sandilands )l Lieutenant. 120 3 and 19 >» Ensign W. Webb tt Lieutenant W. Webb. 120 6 II Captain Sandilands »» Lieutenant. 133 Foot note ») 23rd October )) 28th October. 143 18 »> Ensigns Whelan and Moynihan )) Lieutenants. 172 5 £rom bottom l» Houghton )l Hoghton. 289 l> 1845 1» 1875. 326 1 (No. 194) 11 Nephew ,, Grand Nephew. 327 4 (No. 201) i» 1861 )) 1881 CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY. TMr. 1685. 1686. 1687. 1688. 1689. 1690. 1691. 1692. 1693. 1694. 1696. 90th June. Formation of the Regiment, which is styled the PrinceM Anne of Denmark's Regiment August. Encamped on Hounslow Heath, and twice re* viewed by King James II September. Quartered at Chester February. Changes Quarters from Chester to Berwiclc. James Fitz-Jaraes (Duke of Berwick) appointed Colonel June. Encamped at Hounslow Heath August. Quartered at Portsmouth September. The Lieutenant-Colonel and five Captains refuse to receive Roman Catholics into their Com- panies, and are tried by Court-Martiol 13th June. Inspected at Carlisle by the Commissioners appointed to remodel the Army Ifoves to Chester, embarks at Highlake, and anchors in the Bay of Carrickfergus on 13th August August. Siege of Carrickfergus September. Encamped near Dundalk Winter Quarters, Green Castle and Roetrevor In the Spring stationed at Londonderry 1st July. Battle of the Boyne 7th July. Reviewed by King William at Finglasa Limerick unsuccessfully besieged September and October. Sieges of Cork and Kinsale. Winter Quarters, Cork September. Siege and Surrender of Limerick 16th February. Embarks for England Expedition to the Coast of France disembarks at Ostend in the beginning of September Returns to England early in the year, and is quartered at Portsmonth April. Changes Quarters to Canterbury and Dover Quartered in Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire Embarks for the Netherlands, and garrisons Dender- monde Joins the Army encamped at Gembloura under the com* maud -J King William Page 3 3 3 3 4 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 10 10 11 12 li 12 13 13 r 11 i xxu Year. 1GJ)6, 1697. THE king's regiment OF FOOT. 1698 1701, 1702, Detached to Ghent, where it winters In the Spring marches to Brabant 20th September. Treaty of Eyswick. Regiment returns to England during the "Winter to 1701. Quartered in Ireland .... 15th June. Embarks at the Cove of Cork 8th July. Arrives at HeJvoetsluys 2l8t September. Eeviewed by King William on Breda Heath. Winter Quarters, Geitruydenberg March. Leaves Winter Quarters, and encamps near Eosendael 8th March. Death of William III, and Accession of Queen Anne. The Regiment is designated " The Queen's Regiment " 24th April. Leaves Rosendael and encamps at Cra- nenburg, covering Siege of Kayserswerth 10th June. Retires to Nimeguen September. Siege of Venloo 18th September. Storming of Fort St. Michael October. Siege of Ruremonde and Liege 23rd October. Grenadiers engaged in storming Citadel of Liege. Winter Quarters in Holland 1703. April. The Duke of Marlborough reviews the Regi- ment 7th May. The Regiment joins Camp at Maeswyck August. Siege of Huy September. Siege of Limburg. Winter Quarters, Breda 1704. Early in May Regiment leaves Breda, arrives at Mayence in the beginning of June, and joins Army about end of month 2nd July. Battle of Schellenberg 13th August. Battle of Blenheim October and November. Encamped at Croon- Weissen- berg, covering the Siege of Landau. Winter Quartere at Breda 1705. Early in May the Duke of Marlborough reviews the Regi- ment in Camp near Limburg July. Siege of Huy 18th July. Forcing the French Lines of Mehaigne, neai' Helixem October. Siege of Sandvliet, Winter Quarters, Breda.... 17^10. Regiment leaves Breda early in May, and joins Army at Bilsen — — 23rd May. Battle of Ramilies August. Siege of Menin Page 13 13 14 14 14 14 14 15 15 15 15 16 16 18 18 18 18 19 20 20 20 21 23 23 23 24 25 25 25 26 CHRONOLOGICAL 8UMMAKY. XXUl Yenr. 1706. 1707. 1708. 1709. 1710. 1711. 1713. 1714. 1715. 1716. 1717. 1721. 1722. September. Siege of Aeth. Winter Quartera, Ghent .... 16th May. Leaver Ghent and joins Army near Brussels ; in the Autumn again returns to Ghent for Winter Quarters March and April. Begiment embarks at Ostend ; arrives at Tynemouth ; returns to the Netherlands, and again disembarks at Ostend The Duke of Marlborough reviews Begiment at Ghent early in May 22nd May. Leaves Ghent and joins Army near Brussels 11th July. Battle of Oudenarde After the Battle the Begiment was engaged in covering the Siege of Lisle, and in the Belief of Brussels. Winter Quarters, Ghent 28th September. Battle of Wynendale July and August. Siege of Toumay 11th September. Battle of Malplaquet After Battle, covering Siege of Mous. Winter Quarters, Ghent 14th April Leaves Ghent and rejoins Army 2l8t April. Passage of French Lines at Pont-a-Vendin.... May and Jime. Covering the Siege of Douay 15th July to 9th November. Encamped at Villers Brulin. Covering Sieges of Bethune, Aire, and St. Yenant .... 6th August. Passage of the French Lines at Arleux Siege of Bouchain 14th April. Peace of Utrecht. During Winter Begi- ment quartered at Ghent Garrisons the Citadel of Ghent 23rd August. Betums to England and is quartered at Berwick April. Is sent to Ireland October. Embarks for Scotland, and is quartered in Glasgow 11th November. Joins the Army of the Duke of Argyle, near Stirling 13th November. Battle of Dunblane Beceives the title of "The King's Begiment," and authorised to bear as a Begimental Badge the White Horse Is sent to Ireland Betums to England, lands near Chester, and marches to Berwick In the Spring marches south, and encamps on Salisbury Plain Page 20 26 27 27 27 27 30 30 31 32 33 33 33 33 34 34 34 34 35 36 36 3U 36 37 39 39 40 40 XXIV THE king's regiment OF FOOT. Year. 1722. 1727. 1739. 1742. 1743. 1745. 1746. 1747. 1748. 1750. 1752. 1756. 1757. 1758. 1760. 1761. 1762. 1763. 1765. Pago 30th Aup;u8t Eeviewed by Kiug George I 40 September. Marches to Worcester and afterwards to Bristol 40 During the Winter is sent to Ireland 40 Beturns to England, but in the Autumn is sent back to Ireland 40 In the Autumn arrives in England 41 Diving the Winter embarks for Flanders and lands at L/Stenu .... ••.. .... .... •••■ •••• •••• 41 26th June. Battle of Dettingen 42 11th May. Battle of Fontenoy 43 Beturns to England, and joins Army of Field-Marshal Wade, near Newcastle 44 24th December. Leaves Newcastle and marches to Edin- burgh 44 17th JjHMiary. Battle of Falkirk 45 16th April. Battle of CuUoden 45 During the Summer embarks for Holland 46 9th October. Arrives at Maestricht 46 nth October. Battle of Roucoux 46 ,1st July, Battle of Val 47 18th October. Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle. During the Winter the Begiment returns to England 49 Is sent to Gibraltar 49 Beturns to England 50 Is augmented by a Second Battalion 50 Both Battalions are encamped near Dorchester, and are afterwards sent to the Isle of Wight 50 September. Both Battalions embark to make a descent on the Coast of France. Island of Aix captured .... .... 60 The Second Battalion constituted the Sixty-third Foot.... 50 May. The Begiment embarks for Germany 51 June. Lands at Bremen .... 51 20th June. Joins Camp near Fritzlar of Allied Armies, commanded by Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick .... 51 10th July. Battle of Corbach 52 31st July. Battle of Warbourg 52 December. Cantoned in villages near the Biver Weser.... 52 5th September. Action of Zirenberg 52 16th October. Action of Campen 52 15th-16th July. Battle of Kirch-Denkern 53 24th June. Battle of Groebenstein 53 Siege of Cassel 53 8th November. Treaty of Fontainebleau 54 Begiment returns to England, and is quartered in Scotland 54 Quartered in England 54 CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY. XXV Year. 1766. Reviewed in Hyde Park by King George III 1766-8. Quartered at Dover Castle 1768. May. Embarks for Canada, and is quartered at Quebec, Montreal, &c. 1773. Proceeds to Upper Canada, and is quartered at Niagara, Detroit, &c 1776. 19th May. Captain G. Foster captures the American Fort of the Cedars 1777. August. A Detachment assists in the Siege of Fort Stanwix 1785. September. The Regiment returns to England .... 1786-87. Quartered at Plymouth 1790-91-92. Quartered in Jersey 1793. Quartered in Ireland June-July. The Flank Companies employed at the Cap- ture of Martinique and Guadaloupe 1794. ApriL The Regiment returns to England June. Embarks for Ostend Evacuates Ostend, and joins Army of the Duke of York in Holland November. Assists in Defence of Nimeguen 1795. January. Evacuation of Holland and Retreat to Germany May. Embarks at Bremen-Lee, and arrives in England.... November. Embarks for the West Indie& Six Com- panies are driven back by a Storm 1796. March. Six Companies at Newport 24th March. Four Companies land at Grenada, and are present at Capture of Port Royal — — April. Six Companies quartered at Basingstoke July. Six Companies quartered in Scotland, where they are joined in October by Four Companies from the West Indies 1799. Quartered in Guernsey 6th May. Embarks for Portsmouth loth May. Arrives at Spithead 27th May. Sets sail for Minorca 18th June. Disembarks at Port Mahon, and is quar- tered there until August, 1800 1800. 12th August. Inspected by Sir Ralph Abercrombie 28th August to 7th October. Expedition to Cadiz 22nd October to 4th November. On Board Ship at Gib- raltar Page 54 54 55 55 57 59 61 61 61 61 61 61 62 63 63 63 63 64 63 63 « « * * * 65 * 65 * 65 * These dates are taken from MS. Journal of the late General Tlioirias Erans, colonel Eiglity-first.then a lieutenant in the King's (vrWe Appendix 11 .So. 72). ' XXVI THE king's regiment OF FOOT. Year. 1800. 1801. Page 1802. 1803. 1804. 1805. 1806. 1807. 1808. 1809. to 21st December. On Board Ship at On Board Ship in Bay * 65 * 65 66 67 67 68 * 68 68 68 69 69 70 2l8t November Malta Ist January to 22nd February, of Marmorice 8th March. Lands in Egypt. Battle of Aboukir 13th March. Battle of Mandora 2lBt March. Battle of Alexandria 19th April to 5th May. Encamped near Eosetta 9th May. Action of Rahmanie 27th June. Surrender of Cairo 30th August. Surrender of Alexandria In Garrison at Gibraltar August. Eeturns to England, and lands at Portsmouth.... 27th August. Beviewed at a Caiup near Eastbourne by the Duke of York 25th December. Establishment augmented by a Second Battalion 70 and 172 January. Firat Battalion quartered at Colchester, Second Battalion at Doncaster 70 and 172 29th October. First Battalion embarks for the Continent, and lands at Cuxhaven 11th February. Embarks for England at Bremen-Lee .... 26th February. Disembarks at Bamsgate March. Second Battalion marches from York to Scot- idiUCi •••• (••• •■(• •••• •••• •••• ••(• ffl»« March. First Battalion embarks at Liverpool for Ireland December. Second Battalion returns to England 23rd July. The First Battalion embarks at Dublin 27th July. It disembarks at Liverpool 16th August. First Battalion having been detailed for expedition against Copenhagen, lands at Wisbech 14th October. Embarks at Copenhagen, and disembarks at Portsmouth in November January. Fii-st Battalion embarks for North America .... April. Lands at Halifax November. Embarks for the West Indies 29th January. Expedition against Martinique leaves Car- lisle Bay 2nd February. Action of the Heights of Surirey 24th February. Surrender of Fort Bourbon 17th April. First Battalion returns to Halifax May. Second Battalion quartered at Pevensey 70 71 71 172 71 172 71 71 71 72 72 72 72 72 72 73 74 173 * These dates are taken from MS. Journal of the late General Thomas Evans, colonel Eighty-first, then a lieutenant in the King's (mW0 Appendix II, No. 72). CH140N0L0GICAL SUMMARY. XXVll Page It .. * 65 y .. *65 .. 66 .. 67 .. 67 .. 68 . * 68 . 68 . 68 . 69 . 69 3 . 70 I id 172 70 71 71 172 71 172 71 71 71 72 72 72 72 72 72 73 74 173 Year. 1809. 1810. 1812. 1813. 1814. 1815. 1816. 1818. 1819. 1824. 1826. 1827. 1830. 1833. 1835. Page 16th July. Its flank companies embark at Portsmouth, and laud at Walcheren 173 September. Flank companies return to Portsmouth .... 173 December. Second Battalion sent to Jersey 173 28th May. First Battalion lands at Quebec 74 2l8t June. Second Battalion lands at Portsmouth .... 173 August. Six companies (Second Battalion) embark for Nova Scotia and New Bninswick 173 In the Summer First Battalion moved from Quebec to Montreal 74 In the Autumn moved to Upper Canada 74 13th February. Attack on Ogdenberg 75 27th April. Defence of York 76 27th May. Defence of Fort George 77 29th May. Attack on Sackett's Harbour 78 5th June. Surprise of American Camp at Stoney Creek.... 80 29th December. Attack on Black Eock 82 February. Winter March of Second Battalion from St. John's, New Brunswick, to Quebec 173 5th July. Action near Chippawa (First Battalion) .... 84 23rd July. Battle of Lund/s Lane (First Battalion) .... 85 August. Siege of Fort Erie commenced (First Battalion) 67 6th September. Battle of Plattsburg (Second Battalion) 174 21st September. Siege of Fort Erie abandoned. First Battalion sent to Montreal 88 Jime. Both Battalions embark for England at Quebec 89 and 175 89 89 89 89 89 90 90 90 90 91 91 91 91 91 91 July. First Battalion lands at Portsmouth 24th December. Second Battalion reduced February. Eegiment sent to Ireland January. Embarks at Cork for Malta 19th January. Leaves Malta and disembarks at Cojfv June. Embarks at Cephalonia 3rd August. Disembarks at Portsmouth March. Embarks at Plymouth, and disembarks Glasgow January. Embarks for Ireland, and disembarks Belfast Service Companies embark for Nova Scotia and disembark at Halifax in July Dep6t Companies embark for England and disembark at Liverpool May. Service Companies embark at Nova Scotia June. Disembark at Bermuda July. Are sent to Jamaica 30th June. Dep6t Companies disembark at Cork at at XXVlll THE king's regiment OF FOOT. Year. 1838. 1839. 1841. 1842. 1843. 1844. 1845. 1846. 1848. 1850. 1853. 1854. 1855. 1857. Pago August. Depdt Companies change Quarters from Ireland to Guernsey 91 April. Service Companies embark at Jamaica 91 May. Disembark at Halifax 91 In the Autumn Depdt Companies change Quarters from Guernsey to Ireland 91 2nd December. Service Companies embark at Halifax .... 92 27th December. Disembark at Cork 92 In the Spring Begiment moves to Dublin 92 ApriL Changes Quarters from Dublin to Manchester .... 92 October. Changes Quarters from Manchester to Bolton.... 93 3rd to 9th December. Changes Quarters from Bolton to Chester 94 2tith to 30th December. Changes Quarters from Chester to Weedon 94 13th June. Changes Quarters from Weedon to Ports- mouth 95 25th to 30th ApriL Embarks for India 96 1st to 29th August. Disembarks at Bombay, and is quartered at Poona 97 29th September to 18th October. Changes Quarters from Poona to Kurrachee 97 11th November to 19th December. Changes Quarters from Kurrachee to Deesa 99 1st and 4th December. Eegiment leaves Deesa 100 20th and 24th January. Arrives at Agra 101 24th November to 30th December. Changes Quarters from Agra to Jellundiu- 103 10th May. Sepoy Mutiny breaks out at Meerut 104 13th May. Fort of Phillour secured 104 7th June. Sepoy troops at Jellundur mutiny 104 14th Juue. Eegiment leaves Jellundur 106 28th June. Joins the Army before Delhi 106 9th July. Action of Subzee Mundee 108 14th July. Sortie repulsed 110 18th July. Sortie repulsed 110 23rd July. Sortie repulsed Ill 12th August. Attack on post at Ludlow CastJe 112 7th September. Ludlow Cattle and the Khoodsia-Bagh seized 113 14th September. Assault of the City H3 15th to 20th September. Operations in the City.... 12.3 — 127 24th September. Colonel Greathed's Column crosses the Jumna 128 28th September. Action of Bulandshahr 128 5th October. Action of Alighur 129 CHttONOLOaiOAL 8UMM\ftY. XXIX Year. P««o 1857. 10th October. Battle of Agra 130 — — 28th October. Establishmeut augmented by a Second Battalion 133 and 175 30th October. First Battalion crosses the Ganges at Ca wn - pore 3rd November. Action at Marigunj 14th November. Action of Dilkoosha 16th to 22nd November. Belief of Lucknow 29th November. First Battalion recrosses the Ganges .... 2 ad to 5th December. Actions near Cawnpore 6th December. Gwalior Contingent attacked and dis- persed 1858. 2nd January. Action of Khuda Gunj 23rd January to 9th February. First Battalion detached to Agra 142—3 23rd March. Second Battalion changes Quarters from Buttevant to Kinsale 1st and 2nd July. Changes Quarters from Kinsale to the Curragh Camp 19th to 28th July. First Battalion changes Quarters from Agi'a to Futtehghur 7th September. Service Companies of Second Battalion embark at Kingstown. Dep6t Companies quaitered at Templemore 13th September. Service Companies Second Battalion land at Gibraltar 18ch October. First Battalion crosses Ganges at Futteh- ghur, and joins Column of Brigadier Hale 24th October. Capture of Sandee 1859. 16th January. Becrosses Ganges and Beoccupies Fut- tehghur 16th November. Reviewed by Loi-d Clyde, and Ball given to Lady Canning 2nd and 24th December. Leaves Futtehghur 1860. 31st January, 1st and 13th February. Arrives at Cal- CUtta.a.a ..•• *... •••• .... .,«, «,,« ,,,, 5th May. Headquarters embark at Calcutta 5th September, Disembai-k at Gosport 1861. 8th August. 1st Battalion changes Quarters from Gosport to Aldershot 1862. 2nd September. Changes Quarters from Aldershot to Sheffield 1863. 25th September. Second Battalion embarks at Gibraltai* Ist October. Lands at Malta 1864. 12th March. Bursting of Reservoir and Inundation at Sheffield 153 13S 135 136 137 139 139 140 141 176 176 144 176 177 145 146 147 149 149 149 149 151 152 152 177 177 XXX THE king's regiment of foot. Year. 1864. 1865. 1866. 1868. 1869. 1870. 1872. 1873. 1874. 1875. Page 22nd July. First Battalion changes Quarters from Shef- field to Manchester 153 Dep6t from Templemore joins Headquarters 153 16t>i March. First Battalion embarks at Liverpool .... 154 17th March. Disembarks at Kingstown and maiches to the Curragh 154 20th and 26th July. Changes Quarters from Curragh to Dublin 154 9th March. Embarks at Eingstovm 155 19th March. Lands at Malta 155 24th February. Second Battalion embarks at MaHa .... 179 6th March. Disembarks at Portsmouth, and ie i oved by Eail to Aldershot 179 10th October. First Battalion embarks at Malta 157 3rd November. Disembarks at Bombay, and is moved to Poona by Eail 157 1st April. Second Battalion is moved by Rail from Aider- shot to Portsmouth, and there embarks 180 10th April. Disembarks at Liverpool and is moved to Bury 180 17th and 18th November. Firat Battalion leaves Poona.... 158 26th January. Arrives at Nusaeerabad 158 18th October. Second Battalion changes Quarters from Bury to Manchester 181 24th October. The Viceroy, Lord Mayo, reviews the First Battalion 159 25th January. First Battalion leaves Nusseerabad .... 159 3rd and 4th March. Arrives at Cawnpore 159 17th July. Second Battalion changes Quarters from Man- chester to Preston 182 1st April. The United Kingdom divided into Military Districts and Sub-districts, and the King's Regiment assigned to the 13th or Liverpool Sub-district .... 160 11th August to 12th September. Second Battalion en- camped at Cannock Chase 182 12th September. It embarks at Birkenhead 183 13th September. Lands at Kingstown, and is moved by Rail to the Curragh Camp 183 30th September, Is moved by Rail to Cork 183 24th October. First Battalion leaves Cawnpore 161 27th November. Joins Camp of Exercise at Bhugwan- poor near Roorkee 161 16th March. Leaves Camp 161 25th and 29th March. Ai-rives at Chakrata 161 20th April. Second Battalion is moved by Rail from Cork to Fermoy 184 20th May. Is -daoved by Rail from Fermoy to the Curragh 184 CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY. XXXI Year. 1875. 1876. 1877. 1877. 1878. 1879. 1880. 1881. Pago 20th September. Returns to Fermoy 184 16th, 10th, and 17th November. First Battalion leaves Chakrata 162 1 1th December. Joins Camp of Exercise at Bussai neai' Delhi 1 62 7th January. Reviewed by the Prince of Wales 162 18th January. Leaves Camp of Exercise 163 17th March. Arrives at Peshawur 163 29th May. Second Battalion embarks at Queenstown .... 185 31st May. Disembarks at Portsmouth, and is moved by Rail to Camp at Aldershot 185 1st January. The Queen Proclaimed Empress of India.... 164 14th February. First Battalion leaves Peshawur 164 15th February. Arrives at Nowshera 164 10th July. Second Battalion Reviewed in Windsor Great Park by Queen Victoria 18(5 21st September. Embarks at Portsmouth 186 26th October. Disembarks at Bombay 187 19th November. The First Battalion leaves Nowshera .... 164 29th November. The two Battalions meet on the March at Camp Mundra near Rawal Pindi 165 — 187 3rd December. Second Biittalion arrives at Rawal Pindi 187 3rd January. First Battalion embarks at Bombay .... 165 11th January. Disembarks at Aden 165 17th April. Warrington Barracks occupied by Depfit Companies of both Battalions 186 15th October. Second Battalion leaves Rawal Pindi .... 188 21st November. Crosses Afghan Frontier at Thull .... 189 2nd December. Battle of the Peiwar Kotal 191 28th December. First Battalion embarks at Aden ..„ 166 23rd January. Disembai'ka at Poi-tsmouth, and is moved by Rail to Wailey 167 24th March. Second Battalion Inspected by General Sir F. Paul Haines, Commander-in-Chief 196 27th May. Peace of Gundamuck 197 3rd September. Massacre at Cabul of the Envoy Sir Louis Cavagnari and Suite 197 14th October. Attack on Camp at Ali Kheyl repulsed .... 198 21st October. Second Battalion Recrosses Afghan Fron- tier at Thull 202 29th November. Arrives at Meean Meet 203 7th December. First Battalion moved by Train from Warley to Manchester 169 1st July. The two Battalions of the 2nd Royal Lancashire Militia incorporated with the two of The King's, and the four Battalions designated The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 204 f. m i ' 1 M IV^ xxxu Year. 1881. THE kino's REOIMKNT OF FOOT. 7th December. First Battalion moved by Rail from Man- chester to Bradford with detachments of two Companies at Tynemouth, one Company at Liverpool, and one Company at the Isle of Man. 1882. 29th April. Her Majesty's commands given to inscribe on the colours the victories of Blenheim, Ramilies, Oudenarde, and Malplaquet*. 29th July. First Battalion moved by Rail from Bradford, em- barked at Liverpool, and on .31st landed at Queenstown ; Headquarters and six Companies were quartered at Cork, and • t' o at Haulbowline. 23rd August. Two Com))anies detached to Fort Carlisle. 20th September. Her Majesty's approval intimated of the Regiment being permitted to bear on its colours the word Dettingent. 9th October. Detachment at Fort Carlisle rejoins Headquarters at Cork. 20 Gen. No. 1M». Horse Oiiardt, War Office, 8.W., Sib, 29th April, 1882. By desire of H.B.H. the Field Marshal Connnanding-in-Chief, 1 have the honour to acquaint you that Her Majesty has been gnicinusly pleased to command that the victories of Blenheim, Bamilies, Oudenarde, and Mal- plaquet, shall be inscribed on the colours of the LiTerpool l'?.oi;imGnt, and the same shall be recorded in the next issue of the " Queen's ] .cgidations and Orders for the Army," in addition to the present achierenieuts. I have the honour to be, &o., (Signed) G-. J. Wolsblbt, A.-0. The Officer Commanding let Battalion Liverpool Regiment, Bradford. t 20 Qen. No. 1470. Horse Guards, War Office, 8.W., Sib, 20th September, 1882. By desire of H.B.H. the Field Marshal Commanding-in-Chief, I have the honour to acquaint you that Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to approve of the Liverpool Begiment being permitted to bear on its colours the word Dettingen in commemoration of the battle fought at that place on the 27th June, 1743. I have the honour to be, &c., (Signed) B. G. H. Tatlob, A.-G. The Officer Commanding 1st Battalion Liverpool Begiment, Cork. XXXIU AN EPITOME OF THE STORY OF THE 8th THE KING'S EEGIMENT.* A regiment (p«at in history bears so far a retemblance to the immortal gods as to be old in power and glory, yet to have always the freshness of yoMth.—Kinylake (Vol. V, Chap. I, sec. 6, p. 114). Not alone in their military details, but apart from and beyond these in their wider associations, the careers of our older regiments are replete with meaning to whoever can discern the full scope and reach of British history during the last two hundred years ; and of none may this be said more truly than of the brave old corps that forms the subject of the present brief sketch. The EioHTH (the Kino's) Regiment, which is now localized at War- rington, and has become the King's (Liverpool Reqihent), dates its origin from the days of the Duke of Monmouth's rebellion, having been raised by one of King James's courtiers, Robert, Lord Ferrars of Chartley, on 19th June, 1685. It consisted originally of ten companies, which, in the fashion of the day, were composed partly of musketeers, partly of pikemen. Of these, one company was raised by Lord Ferrara personally, in Hertfordshire ; another at Derby, by Colonel John Beaumont, a veteran officer who had fought in the wars of Charles I's. reign, and afterwards commanded the regiment at the Battle of the Boyne ; a third in the neighbourhood of London, having its quarters in the suburban villages of Islington and Holloway ; while the remaining seven were raised in Derbyshii-e and the country round about. The rendezvous was at Derby. This same year a camp was formed on Hounslow Heath, where were high revels and much licence, and withal, " divers jealousies and * This skilfully constructed narrative was contributed to the Warrington Ouardian of 11th June, 1881, br Mr. H. Manners Chichester, a contributor of long standing to military and scientific periodicals, and is reprinted by liis kind permission, and that of the editor of the Ouardian. In it the most notable incidents of the good, faithful, and gallant serTices performed by the regiment during a period of nearly two hundred years, the many arduous campaigns, the many memorable Tictories, the many glorious achievements with which the name of the King's Begiment will for ever be associated, are presented in a very interesting and attractive form, and are grouped together in a manner which renders them, easy to be remembered. It therefore seemed to me that Mr. Chichester's narrative would be a most suitable introduction to prefix to the detailed records of the incidents (many of them trivial and uninteresting) of each year of the regimental history.— A. C. B. 'I XXXIV AN EPITOME OF THE STORY OP diMcourses as to the meaning of the array." Amoag Ihe troopa there collected wu My Lord Ferrara', now known as the " Princefm Anne of Denmark's regiment," making a brave show, we are told, in lic Stuart colours — red coats with bright yellow facings, yellow vests and knicker- bockers, and cavalier hats tied up with yellow ribbons. The regiment afterwards returned northwards, and was augmented by a company of grenadiers, raised by Sir John Reresby, M.P., at York.* In November, 1686, Fitzjames, Duke of Berwick, a natural son of the King, lately returned from the wars in Hungary, was appointed colonel of the regiment, whence arose an incident that caused much stir at the time, although Macaulay accords it but casual mention. Berwick proposed to introduce a certain number of Irish Papists into the regi- ment as recruits. Colonel Beaumont and five other captains present with the regiment, which then laid at Portsmouth, refused to receive them, and memorialized the King, stating that their companies were at full strength ; that they could not discharge good men and English- men to make room for " foreigners ;" and they claimed the right of choosing their own men or resigning their commissions. Much in- censed, the King despatched a troop of the Blues, to bring the contu- macious "Portsmouth captains," as they were hencefoi*th styled, to Windsor, where they were arraigned before a general court-martial, and found guilty of disobedience ; one member of the court, Churchill, afterwards Duke of Marlborough, voting for sentence of death — with the Machiavellian design, some contemporaries alleged, of further increasing the King's unpopularity. The sentence actually passed was that of dismissal from the service, the King refunding, or promising to refund, the sums disbursed by the prisoners in raising their companies. In the next reign one at least of their officers was restored— Beaumont, who fought at the head of the regiment, as before stated, at the passage of the Boyne in 1690. This first page of the regimcutal history closes with the Revolution of 1688. With the wiser rule of King William came many innovations and improvements in army discipline. The regiment served through King William's Irish campaigns, from the siege of Carrickfergus to the fall of Limerick. In 1696-97 it was in Flanders. And thither it was sent again in 1701. When the Princess Anne succeeded to the throne, the regiment, which heretofore had been called after her, was directoc ^o style itself " the Queens,"t under which designation it appears in the narratives of Marl- borough's campaigns, through which it served with the greatest distinc- * Some interesting details, military as well as political, will be found in Sir John Reresby's Diary, a new and revised edition of which has recently been published. t This title was also conferred at the same time on the present 4th (King's Own), but that corps was sprving as marines in the Mediterranean and in Spain, and was not with the Duke of Marlborough. THE EinilTH THE KINO's HEOIMEKT. XXXV tioQ, The grenatliera uf the regiment nignalizeii thnmNelvoH much nt the atorniiug of the citjulel of Liege nt a vt>ry early Mtage of the war, in 1702, and the regiruunt Hubuequently nharud in the glories of Blenheim, of Oudenarde, of Il;iniilii)8, and of Mulploquet.* Under itH colonel, Webb, it greatl} diHtingiiinhp(l itaelf in the wood of Wynendale during the siege of Liale, and lal >)ured and fought at many a Htubborn uiege and in many a hurdly-oonteated field, the namea whereof have now well nigh lost the meaning they once had to fingliah eara. During theae campaigns the ancient pike finally gave place to the modern musket ; and the flank-aections of pikenieu had disappeared from its comjuinies when the regiment returned home in 1714. In 1715 the regiment was engaged in suppressing the Eebelliou in Scotland. At the battle of Dunblane, while changing front, it was sur- priaed by the furioua onset of an immei>:>to bo>)y of Ilighlaudera armed with claymore and target, the ilite of the insurgent clans. Before the soldiers had time to level their muskets, the ranks were broken, and all formation and order were lost ; tha soldiers and Highlanders became a confused crowd of combatants, struggling with desperation for mastery, amongst whom, in some places, might be seen a veteran of the £iaHTii contending successfully against four or five mountaineers. Brigadier- General the Earl of Forfar, riding at the head of the regiment, was wounded and taken prisoner ; Lieutenant-Colonel Hanmer, wlio com- manded it, was surrounded ; he held several opponents at bay for a short time, but woa overpowered and killed. Six other officers, four Serjeants, and ninety-seven privates were likewise slain ; many others were wounded, and many taken prisonera. The regiment would have been utterly destroyed had not a very gallant charge of di-agoous enabled the survivors to fall back and reform their ranks. After the suppression of the rebellion, while stationed at Glasgow, King George L was graciously 'cased to reward the regiment with the distinguished title, which it at present bears, The Kino's Beoiment • The following list of ofHeers of tlie King's Regiment who were pre- sent at the battle of Blenheim, and memorandum of castualties, is extracted from an article contrihut" I to the Broad Arrow, of 2l8t January, 1882, by Mr. H. Manners Chich. ster. It was copied by him from a MS., pre- served in the public recortU, which it is believed has hitherto escaped the researches of regimental historians*. — A. C. R. The King's (afterwards Eighth the King's), then P'-'gadier-General Webb's. — Survivors : Brigadier-General Webb, colonel ; Lieutenant-Colonel Sutton ; Major Ramsey ; Captains Coulombier, Ra. Congreve, — Hammers, W. Congreve, — Napper, Fielding, Kater, Farcey ; Lieutenants E. Loyd, Walker, De Cosne, Adams, Rupton, Balfoure, Clavers, Morton, Goudet, Whitney, Cuttle, Kerr, Bozier (wounded) ; Ensigns Smith, Paul Lewis, Fletcher, Barton, Hobart, Mason (wounded), Loyd (wounded) ; Chaplain Reverend George Powell ; Adjutant H. Whitney ; Quartermaster B. Cuttle ; Surgeon John Chambers ; Mate Charles Lowndes ; thirty-six Serjeants, thirty-nine corporals ; six hundred and twenty-nine drummers and soldiers. Officers killed : None. i i xxxv; AN EPITOME OF THE STORY OF I! ■ r OF Foot. The facings were at the same time changed from jellow to blue, and the regiment was authorized to bear as its regimental badge the White House, within the garter. This badge was copied from the reverse of a medal struck at Hanover, to com- memorate the accession to the electorate of George Lewis, Duke of Hanover, afterwards George I. of England. The White Horse on a field gules has for many centuries been the armorial bearing of the illustrious House of Brunswick. It was assumed by Henry the Proud in 1123, on his marnage with Gertrude, daughter and heiress of the Emperor Lothaire II., and lineal descendant of Wittekend, the first of the Kings of ancient Saxony or Westphalia. The banner of Witte- kend bore a Black Hon.e, wliich, on his conversion to Christianity by Chai'lemagne, was altered to White, as the emblem of the pure faith he had embraced. It is worthy of notice thit a proposal was made about this time to localize particular regiments, on the principle recently adopted, but was negatived on the ground that the system would prevent the em- ployment of the troops in case of insurrections. There was even a plan for erecting barracks for six thousand men in Hyde Park, the designs for which, strangely at variance with modem notions, have lately been disentombed. And now followed a long interval of twenty-seven years passed at home in the duty of " aiding and abetting the civil magistrates when thereunto required," as the War Office books of the time have it, which appears to have been pretty frequently, although a growing reliance on civil authority is plainly traceable from year to year, in the evident desire to avoid recurring to force. In a collection of carefully executed drawings of British uniforms about the year 1742, which is preserved in the British Museum, the King's is depicted with facings of a bright lively blue, the veritable heraldic azure, but whether this was a fancy of the artist's or the hue really adopted at first we know not. The regiment went to the Low Countries in 1742, and made the campaigns in Flai^rdingly arrested and sent under the charge ft' a guard of ciurassiers to London, from whence they wero removed to Windsor, and on the 10th of September they were brought to trial before a general court- martial, held at Windsor Castlef . Being found guilty of violating the fifteenth article of the regulations established by the King for the government of the army, a distinguished member of the court (Lord Churchill, afterwards Duke of Marlborough), is reported to have voted, from motives which have been variously represented, for passing a sentence of death against the prisoners f; but the Eoman Catholic party * Official Records. t " My T.ord, " Windsor, 8th September, 1688. " Lieutenant-Colonel Beamont, Captain Paston, Captain Packe, " Captain Orme, Captain Port, and Captain Cook, of the Princess of Denmark's " regiment of foot, are to be tried here, monday next, bj a GEall Court- " Martial, for refusing to take forty Irishmen into their companies, as they " were directed by their colonel, the Duke of Berwick, and for behaving " themselves disrespectfully, both by writing and otherwise, towards His " Grace. " I am, &c., " William Blathwayt." " To the Lord Langdale." X The following account of this occurrence is copied from the Life of King James II., compiled from the memoirs written with his own hand. " The Duke of Berwick having directed his Lieftenant-Col. Beamont, to " admit some Irish Soldiers for reerutes, he being already engaged in the " Prince of Orange's interest, was unwilling to have so many spy's upon him ; " so refused it, imder a pretense that it was a dishonour to the subjects of " England, to have recurs to forreigners (as he termed them) to fill up their " Company's, and proffered to lay down their commissions rather than " comply : this refusal was too insolent to go Cipunished ; the Col., therefore, " and such as join'd vrith him were tried at a Council of war and cashired [1688 September, )mmand, .TUWAYT*." id and sent ndon, from he 10th of leral court- [ guilty of established 3tinguished Is Duke of tives which lentence of iholic party ptember, 1688. aptain Packe, I of Denmark's GBall Court - >anies, as they , for behaving towards His Blathwatt." )m the Life of >\m hand. 1. Beamont, to ngaged in the jy's upon him ; the subjects of to fill up their 18 rather than Col., therefore, Eir and cashired BcsmuU of thflnqravuy? in IheBrUisk Museum. FresenM liyMu/crJict/ma/dWhiltm// Ptoio'-l.iUio' tl-iiTifon t-tions:. 1G88] SKUVICKH l»F THE FIK8T DATTAI-loN. v*'^-»; had heconic alanniHl lit the nuw.s of an arinameiit pvojiariti;,' in Holland, for tho support of thu I'rotestant interest in Great Britain, and, fearinj,' to exusiuirate the people further by an act of cruel severity, the more lenient sentence of being dismissed tho service was passed. The King himself had iHJcome sensiljle of the danger of proceeding to extremities, and when ho commanded the sentence to be put into execu- tion, he informed the six othcers that they should be repaid the expense incurred in raising their companies, or in the purchase of their commissions. These six gentlemen were viewed by the public as cham- pions for the civil and religious liberties of their country, and as sufTerhig for pure patriotic princii)leH ; they were styled the " Six I'outsmuutii Cai'TAINS ;" ballads were composed in their commendation and sung publicly ; and their portraits were engraved and circulated among the zealous opposers of the proceedings of the Jesuitical councils which prevailed at court. The conduct of tho Komau Catholics generally had given rise to feelings of disgust among the Protestants ; the soldiers of the regiment appear to have been filled with in- dignation at the treatment experienced by their otiicers, and a number of men deserted rather than serve with the lioman Catholic recruits, who had been forced into the regiment. No second attempt of a like character was, however, made; the regiment became more tranquil; Colonel Eamsay was ap- pointed to the lieut.-colonelcy ; and Lieutenants Barnes, Fielding, Southern, Mackarty, and Fletcher, were promoted captains. The appearance of the Prince of Orange with a powerful land force to support the Protestant interest, put an end to all further usurpations ; the King discovered that his soldiers " accordingly : but it was observed and wondered at afterwards, when peoplen " intentions came to light, that amongst those officers who sat upon them, " some, who soon after appear'd to be in tho same interest with those they " condemn'd, were nevertheless the most severe against them ; particularly " My Ld. Churchil moved to have them suffer death for their disobedience, " foreseeing that such a piece of boverity would reflect upon the King and " inflame the people." ?.>n 4 ill IdWkilim} a THE KING S REGIMENT OF FOOT. [1689 would not fight in the cause of papacy, and fled to France, accompanied by the Duke of Berwick. The Prince of Orange having assumed the powers of the government, promoted the patriotic Lieutenant-Colonel Beaumont to the colonelcy of the regiment, by commission dated the 31st of December, 1688. 1689. A convention having conferred the crown on Wil- liam and Mary, Prince and Princess of Orange, some resistance to their Majesties' authority was experienced in Scotland, and the Princess Anne's Eegiment was ordered to the north from its quarters at Southampton, where it was stationed after the flight of King James to France. It halted at Carlisle, and was there inspected on the 13th of June by the commissioners appointed to re-model the army. Edinburgh Castle having surrendered to the forces of King WUliam, the regiment did not continue its march to Scotland ; but nearly all Ireland having been preserved in the Eoman Catholic interest by the lord-lieutenant, the Earl Tyrconnel, this was one of the corps selected to proceed thither with the army commanded by the Duke of Schom- berg. After encamping a short time near Chester, the several regiments embarked at Higlilake, and anchoring in the Bay of Carrickfergus in thf> afternoon of the 13th of August, landed immediately and pitched their tents in the fields, near the shore. The siege of Carrickfergus was afterwards com- menced ; the Princess Anne's Eegiment was one of the corps employed in this service, and, before the end of the month, the garrison surrendered. Advancing from Carrickfergus to Dimdalk, the army formed an intrenched camp at that place, on low wet ground : and the weather proving particularly rainy, the health of the soldiers suffered considerably. On the morning of the 21st of September, the camp was suddenly alarmed at the approach of the French and Irish forces, under King James, display- ing their royal standard. The British troops stood to their arms, and the regiment was ordered to the trenches beyond 1690] SERVICES OF THE FIRST BATTALION. 9 the town ; but the enemy withdrew without venturing an attack. After losing a number of men at the unhealthy camp at Dundalk, the regiment marched into winter quarters, and was stationed at the frontier garrisons of Green Castle and Rosstrovor. 1690. In the spring of this year the Princess Anne's Eegiment was stationed at Londonderry ; in June, King Wil- liam arrived in Ireland to command the troops in person, and the officers and soldiers rejoiced at the prospect of having an opportunity of evincing their innate bravery and zeal for the Protestant interest under the eye of their sovereign. At the forcing of the passage of the Boyne, on the 1st of July, the regiment was brought in contact with the troops of King James, whose army was overpowered and driven from the field with loss. The Irish forces fled in dismay; but the French and Swiss retired in good order. The British pur- sued several miles, and afterwards encamped near the field of battle. The immediate result of this victory was the capture of Dublin, and the flight of King James to France. The Prin- cess Anne's Eegiment was one of the corps reviewed by King William, at Finglass, on the 7th of July, on which occasion it mustered five hundred and twenty-six rank and file, exclusive of officers and non-commissioned officers. From Dublin the regiment proceeded to Limerick, and was engaged in the siege of this important fortress. Several unfortunate occurrences prevented the capture of the city of Limerick on this occasion ; and when the siege was raised, the regiment went into quarters. Towards the end of September, the Earl of Marlborougli arrived with several additional corpj from England, and besieged Cork. The Princess Anne's Eegiment was called from its quarters to take part in this enterprise, and the city was taken before the end of the month. The siege of Kinsale was afterwards resolved upon, and the attack on the forts was immediately commenced. The old fort was speedily taken, 4: w f 10 THE king's EEGIMENT OF FOOT. [1690 — 92 but the new fort held out uutil the middle of October, when everything being ready for an attack by storm, the garrison surrendered. After the surrender of Finsale, the Princess Anne's Eegi- ment was placed in garrison at that town. About the begin ning of November, a French ship, of thirty tons, laden with brandy and salt, sailed into the harbour, and anchored under the old fort, supposing the place to be in the hands of King James's adherents ; but she was soon boarded and taken. The garrison of Kinsale was well supplied with provisions ; but the soldiers having been in the field in severe weather in September and October, their health suffered severely. On the regiment being removed to Cork, it left two hundred sick men behind ; and soon after its arrival at Cork, nearly one hundred men were unfit for service ; it, however, received recruits from England, and had above five hundred men fit for garrison duty throughout the winter. 1691. In the spring of this year, when the army took the field under General De GinkeU (afterwards Earl of Atlilone), the Princess Anne's Eegiment was left in quarters in the county of Cork, to hold the enemy in check on that side, and to secure several small garrisons from the attacks of the enemy ; it was, consequently, prevented sharing in the cap- ture of Ballymore and Atlilone, in the victory of Aughrim, and in the reduction of Galway and in other places of less note. The wreck of King James's army having rallied at Limerick, where it was resolved to make a final effort to preserve Ire- land in his interest, in the hopes of receiving succours from France, the regiments left in quarters in the county of Cork were ordered to join the army. The victorious English army directed its march towards Limerick ; the siege of this very important fortress was commenced, and before the end of September the garrison was forced to surrender. 1692. The reduction of Limerick terminated the contest in Ireland, and on the 16th of February the Princess Anne's Eegiment embarked for England. Shortly after its return from Ireland, the regiment em- 1692] SERVICES OF THE FIRST BATTALION. barked for the Netherlands, to serve with the army com- manded by King William in person, against the forces of Louis XIV. ; but the order was countermanded, the shipping returned to port, and the regiment landed at Gravesend, in consequence of the receipt of info?-mation that King James Iiad collected above fourteen thousand English and Irish, to whom the King of France had added several thousand men^ under Marshal Belfonds, who were designed to sail from Cherbourg, La Hogue, and some othe- places in Normandy, under convoy of the French fleet, to land in Sussex, where they expected to be joined by a number of c'isaffected per- sons, and advancing immediately to London, to overturn the existing government, and replace King James on the throne. To insure success to their designs, a conspiracy was formed on the continent for the assassination of King William. The regiment was consequently detained in England, and prepara- tions were made to repel the invaders ; but while the public mind was agitated with various emotions, the French fleet was defeated off La Hogue, by the British and Dutch, and the d" ri;er instantly passed away. «ua Section II.— ABEOAD, 1692. Expedition to Coast of France. Field Service in the Low Countries. The destruction of a great part of the French fleet, gave the British and their allies the uncontrolled dominion of the sea ; a descent on the coast of France was contemplated ; and the Princess Anne's Eegiment marched to Portsmouth, where it embarked for this service, under the command of Lieutenant-Geneial the Duke of Leinster. The French coast was menaced for many miles, and considerable alarm and consternation was produced ; but a lauding was found im- practicable, and the fleet sailing to Ostend, the troops disem- barked in the beginning of September, 1692, and encamped several days about a league from that place, in the direction fl 1 , 12 THE king's KEGIMENT OF FOOT. [1692 — 95 of Nieuport, to refresh themselves after being so long on board of ship. They were subsequently joined by a detach- ment from the confederate army, commanded by Lieutenant- General Talmash, and having taken possession of Fumes, fortified it against any sudden attack, for a winter canton- ment. They afterwards repaired the works of Dixmude; and while this was in progress, the Princess Anne's Eegi- ment was encamped within the ramparts ; but on the arrival of five Dutch regiments to garrison the town, this corps marched out; and was subsequently placed in cantonments. Section III.— AT HOME, 1692—1696. Quartered in England. 1693. The regiment returned to England during the winter, and was employed in garrison duty at Portsmouth, from whence it was removed in April to Canterbury and Dover. The army in the Netherlands having suffered severely at the battle of Landen, the regiment sent a draft of a hundred men to one of the regiments which had sustained a heavy loss. 1894. During this year the regiment was stationed in Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire. 1695. In December Colonel Beaumont was succeeded in the command of the regiment by Colonel John Eich- raond Webb, a most zealous and meritorious officer, who afterwards acquired considerable reputation in the wars of Queen Anne. During the campaign of 1695, the French lost Namur, in the Spanish Netherlands, and Cazal in Italy, and these disasters, with their weakness on the Rhine, and in Catalonia, proved that the confederates had obtained a superiority. Louis XIV. resolved on extraordinary efforts, and issued, at the end of the campaign, commissions for raising between forty and fifty additional regiments. The extensive prepara- tions of the French monarch induced His Britannic Majesty 1696 — 97] SERVICES of the first battalion. 13 to augment the number of his forces in the Netherlands, and the Princess Anne's was one of the regiments ordered to the seat of war.* Section IV.— ABROAD, 1696—1697. Field Service in Flanders and Brabant. 1696. The regiment embarked in February ; after its arrival in F]and« rs it was placed in garrison at Dender- monde, a strong town sii.uate in a district of uncommon fertility, at the confluence of the rivers Scheldt and Dender, eighteen miles south of Antwp.rp. Here it remained in com- • fortable quarters until the beginning of June, when it joi^ied the troops under the Duke of Wirtemberg encamped on the banks of the Scheldt, from whence it proceeded to the main army, commanded by King William in person ; and arriving at the camp at Gemblours, it was formed in brigade with the Royal Fusiliers, and the regiments of Mackay, Stanley, and Seymour, commanded by Brigadier-General Fitzpatrick. After serving the campaign of this year, which was passed in marching and manoeuvring without any fighting, excepting a few slight skirmishes between detachments, the regiment was detached from the camp at Gammont, on the 21st of August, towards Ghent, in which city it afterwards passed the wintei. 1697. From Ghent, the regiment marched, in the spring to Brabant ; and was formed in brigade with a battalion of the (First) Royals, Prince George of Denmark's regiment (now lliivd Foot), the Royal Fusiliers, and Seymour's regi- ment, under ihe command of Brigadier-General O'Hara, after- wards Lord Tyrawley. The contending powers, had, however, tj:] ti * The establisliment of the regiment at this time was forty-four officers, one hundred and four non-commissioned officers, sixty-nine grenadiers, seven hundred and eighty privates. — MS. Records, R.U.S.T. 14 THE king's regiment OF FOOT. [1698 — 1701 became weary of the war; and in September a treaty of peace was signed at Eyswick. Section V.— AT HOME, 1697—1701. Quartered in England and Ireland. 1698. The Princess Anne's regiment returned to Eng- land during the winter; and soon afterwards proceeded to Ireland : at the same time its numbers were reduced to a peace establishment.* 1700 — 1701. On the decease of Charles II., king of Spain, without issue, in November, 1700, Louis XIV. pro- cured the accession of his grandson, the Duke of Anjou, to the throne of Spain, to the prejudice of the house of Austria. Hostilities were determined upon ; but before any declaration of war was made, a body of British troops was sent to Hol- land, under Brigadier-General Ingoldsby ; the Dutch fron- tiers being menaced by the French, who detained the Dutch garrisons of the barrier towns of the Spanish Netherlands. Section VI.— ABEOAD, 1701—1714. Field Service in the Low Countries, Germany and France. Battles of Blenheim, Eamilies, Oudenarde, Malplaquet, &c., &c. The Princess Anne's regiment was selected to proceed abroad ; and, having embarked at the Cove of Cork, on the 15th of June, 1701, on board of ships of war, arrived at Helvoetsluys, in South Holland, on th? 8th of July, where the officers and men were removed on board of Dutch vessels, and proceeded up the river Maese to Gertruydenberg. Leav- ing this station in the middle of September, the regiment pitched its tents on Breda heath, where it was reviewed by * Strength, forty-one officers, sixty-eight non-commissioned officers, fifty- four grenadiers, four hundred and sixty-six privates. — MS. Records R.U.S.I. 1702] SERVICES OF THE FIRST BATTALION. 15 King William, on the 2l8t of that month, and subsequently returned to its former quarters. 1702. Great Britain oot being then at war with France, the regiment received orders to take the field in the character of a corps of imperialists. It left its winter quarters in March, and traversing the country to Rosendael, encamped on the west bank of the Demer, beyond that town, where information was received of the decease of King William, on the 8th of March, and the accession of Queen Anne. The elevation of the Princess ii.me of Denmark to the throne, was followed by the royal authority for this regiment to be desiguated " The Queen's Regiment*." On the morning of the 24th oi April, the regiment struck its tents, and traversing the country to the duchy of Cleves, encamped at Cranenbarg ; forming part of the covering army during the siege of Kayserswerth, on the Lower Rhine, by the Germans. In May, Lord Cutts arrived at the camp with information that Great Britain and Holland had declared war against France and Spain. While the regiment lay at this camp, a French force of "^prv superior numbers, commanded by the Duke of Burgundy and Marshal Boufflers, attempted, by a forced march, to cut oflF the communication of the small army at Cranenburg with Grave and Nimeguen. The allies, in consequence, struck their tents a little before sunset on the 10th of June, and, marching all night, arrived about eight o'clock on the following morning within sight of Nimeguen ; at the same time the French columns appeared on both flanks, marching with all possible expedition to surround the allies. The main body of the army continued its retreat, and went into position under the walls of Nimeguen. The leading French corps were assailed with a sharp fire of musketry, and the Queen's Regiment (now the King's) was one of the corps which displayed signal intrepidity and firm- • The r.'urth Foot having been designated "The Queen's Regiment" by King James II,, continued to hold that title ; and during the reign of Queen Aane, two corps were styled "Queen's Regiments." The Fourth served as marines in that reign. ■f\ ;i I 10 THE KING'S REGIMENT OF I'OOT. [1702 ; ness on this occasion, holding the enemy in check until the army was safe vmder the walls of Nimeguen. The movement was effected without much loss ; but the commander of the allied army, the Earl of Athlone, was censured for not having better intelligence, as another half hour's delay would have occasioned '- most serious loss. The Dutch were alarmed at seeing their frontiers menaced by a powerful French force ; but the Earl of Marlborough on arriving to assume the command of the allied army, and having assembled additional troops, he advanced boldly against his opponents, and, by skilful movements, forced them to retire. The enemy avoiding a general engagement, the Queen's Regiment was detached with a considerable body of troops from the main army to besiege Venloo, a strong fortress in the duchy of Guelderland, situate on the east side of the river Maese. This regiment formed part of the force under Lieutenant-General Lord Cutts, which besieged Fort St. Michael, situate on the west side of the Maese, and connected with the town by a bridge of boats. The trenches were opened on the 7th of September, the batteries commenced firing on the 16th ; and on the 18th the grenadier company, with a small detachment from the battalion companies of the Queen's Eegiment, formed part of a storming party designed to make a lodgment on the top of the glacis of Fort St. Michael. The storming party was commanded by Colonel Hamilton, and consisted of the Royal Irish (now Eighteenth) and Hukelom's (Dutch) regiments, with the grenadiers of the Eighth and several other corps, a detachment of musketeers, and three hundred and twenty workmen, under Colonel Blood. Lord Lome (afterwards Duke of Argyle), the Earl of Huntingdon, Lord Mark Kerr, Sir Richard Temple (afterwards Viscount Cobham), Colonel Webb, of the Eighth, and several other noblemen and officers, served as volunteers on this occasion. About four in the afternoon, the batteries fired a volley, and the grenadie i ^ musketeers sprang forward witli a I K « (( <( (( "( " ( (( « 1702] SERVICES OF THE FIRST BATTAUON. shout, and rushing up the covered way, sword in hand, carried it in gallant style. The enemy gave one scattering fire, and fled ; Lord Cutts ordered the soldiers to pursue, let the con- sequence be what it might ; and, with an ardour and intre- pidity almost unrivalled in the annals of war, they leaped into the covered way, and chased their opponents to a ravelin, which they carried with astonishing resolution, notwithstand- ing the explosion of a mine. The garrison fled to the ram- part, from whence a tremendous fire of musketry was opened on the stonning party; but the undaunted British threw forward a shower of hand-grenades, and rushing to a bridge which connected the ravelin with the interior works, they were opposed by rtinks of pikemen and a storm of musketry, which they speedily overcame, and forced the bridge before the enemy had time to cut or break it down. " Here," (observes Captain Parker, of the Royal Irish, who was one oi the storming party,) " like madmen, without fear or wit, we " pursued the enemy over the tottering bridge, exposed to the " fire of the great and small shot of the body of the fort. " However, we got over the fausse braye, and then our situa- " tion was such that we might take the fort or die. They " that fled before us climbed up by the long grass that grew " out of the fort, so we climbed after them. Here we were " hard put to it to pull out the pallisades, which pointed " down upon us from the parapet ; and was it not for the " surprise and consternation of those within, we could never " have surmounted this difficulty ; but as soon as they saw " us at this work, they quitted the rampart and retired down " to the parade in the body of the fort, where they laid down " their arms. Part of the garrison in attempting to escape " across the Maese, was drowned in tlie river. Thus were the " unaccountable orders of Lord Cutts as unaccountably ex- " ecuted, to the great surprise of the whole army, and even " of ourselves, when we came to reflect on what we had done ; " however, had not several unforeseen accidents concurred, " not a man of us could have escaped*." li fi 11 r'.- a * Paekek's Memoirs. It THE king's regiment OF FOOT. [1702—03 Thus was Fort St. Michael raptured with the loss of one hundred and thirty-six officers and soldiers killed, and one hundred and sixty-one wounded ; and the progress of the siege of Venloo was facilitated. While the Queen's Itegiment was before Venloo, the Germans, under Prince Eugene of Savoy, took Landau, and the regiment was called out, with the remainder of the be- sieging army, to fire three volleys for this event. Tb • garri- son and inhabitants imagining the troops were assembling to attack the town by storm, were panic-stricken, and the magistrates ^'egged of the governor to surrender; the first volley augmented the terror and consternation, and the governor immediately capitulated. Leaving Venloo on the 29th of September, the regiment crossed the Maese, and advancing up the river to Ruremonde, was employed in the siege of that fortress ; at the same time, a detachment from the main army besieged Stevenswaert. These two places were captured in the early part of October. After the capture of Ruremonde, the regiment rejoined the main army, under the Earl of Marlborough, and advanced against the city of Liege. The French retired into the Citadel and Chartreuse, which fortresses were besieged. On the 23r(l of October, the grenadiers of the Queen's Regiment were engaged in storming the citadel of Liege, and higldy distin- guished themselves. The Chartreuse surrendered a few days afterwards. 1703. These important conquests having been achieved, the regiment marched back to Holland, where it passed the winter. In the spring a body of recruits arrived from England ; the establishment at this period was twelve battalion com- panies, of sixty private men each, and one company of grenadiers, of seventy men ; and in April, when the Duke of Marlborough visited the quarters and reviewed the regi- ment, he complimented the officers on the efficient and soldier-like appearance of the several companies. The regiment quitted its cantonments on the 30th of sp wl so: of ii 1703] SKUVIOKS OF THK FIRST BATTALION. 19 April, and on the 7tli of May pitched its tents at Maeswyck, where a division of the army was assembled, while the Duke of Marlborouf,']i was carryinj? on the siege of Jionn, with the Dutcli and (fcrmans. On the evening of the 8th of May, soon after sunset, the camp was alarmed with the news, that the French army under Marshals Villeroy and Bouflflers was advancing to attack the allies in their dispersed quarters ; the soldiers instantly struck their tents, and, marching all n'.ght, arrived at the famous city of Maestricht about noon on the following day. The French marshals were delayed by the steady valour of the British regiments, the present Second Foot, and Elst's, (since disbanded), which held Tongres twenty-four hours against the French army, and gave time for the allies to assemble at Maestricht, where a line of battle was formed, and the Quekn's (now the KiNc/s) Regiment was stationed at Lonakin, a village of great strength, situated on a height which commanded the whole plain. From this summit the soldiers looked down on the plain beneath, and espying the French army approach, in order of battle, they stood to their arms and prepared for action ; but, after a short cannonade, the enemy withdrew to Tongres. Bonn having surrendered, the allied army was united, and the Queen's (Eighth) Regiment was formed in brigade witli Barrymore's (Thirteenth), Bridge's (Seventeenth), Hamilton's (Eighteenth), and Leigh's (afterwards disbanded), under the command of Brigadier-Generol Frederick Hamilton. The British commander advanced against his opponents, who withdrew behind their fortiiied lines, and the Duke being unable to bring on a general engagement, detached a body of troops to besiege Huy, a strong fortress situate in the valley of the Maese, above the city of Liege. The Qi^een's Regi- ment was employed on this service, and took part in the attacks against Fort Picard. The town and forts were speedily reduced, and on the afternoon of the 2oth of August, while ladders were being raised against the castle, the garri- son beat a parley, and, after some delay, surrendered prisoners of war. c 2 li M I It 20 TlIK KINd'S IIEGIMKNT OF FOOT. [1703 — 04 After this success the city of Limburg, in the Spanish Netherlands, was besieged and captured, and the Queen'b Regiment subsequently marched to Breda, where it was stationed during the winter. In the meantime the Elector of Bavaria had taken arms against the Emperor of Germany, and being joined by a French force under Marshal Yillars, ho was making con- siderable progress in the heart of the empire. To uphold th» Imperial throne, on wliich the safety of Europe appeared to depend, the Duke of Marlborough resolved to lead his Britisli bands into Germany, and the Queen's Regiment of Foot was one of the corps which had the honour to be employed on this splendid enterprise. 1704. Before commencing this bold and magnificent undertaking, the regiment detached three hundred men to Maestricht, where extensive works were forming on the heights of Petersburg. In the early part of May, 1704, the regiment traversed the country towards the Rhine, and was joined at Bedburg by the detachment from Maestricht. From Bedburg the troops moved along the course of the Rhine ; crossed that river, and also the Moselle, at Coblentz, and proceeding towards the Maine, arrived at the suburbs of Mayence, in the beginning of June : the route was continued, and before the end of June the British were at the seat of war in Germany. At three o'clock on the morning of the 2nd of July the regiment marched in the direction of Donawerth : after traversing many miles of difficult country it arrived opposite the heights of Schellenberg, where a strong division of French and Bavarians, commanded by the Count d'Arco, occupied a formidable intrenched position ; and about six in the evening a body of troops, of which a detachment of the Queen's Eighth Regiment formed part, moved forward under a heavy and destructive fire, to storm the enemy's work. This was one of the numerous occasions in which the valour and patient endurance of the British soldier was put to a severe test. The struggle was firm and determined ; tlie result was 1704] SERVICES OF THE FIH8T BATTALION. 21 for sorao time doubtful ; but, the protracted contest having shaken the strength and weakened the resistance of the enemy, at the name time a body of Imperialists arrived to co- operate ; the intrenchments were forced, the French and Bavarians were overpowered, and sixteen pieces of cannon, with a number of standards and colours, and the tents and camp-equipage of the enemy, including the Count d'Arco's plate, were the trophies of this victory. The Queen's Regiment lost on this occasion Ensign Savage and five private men killed ; Ensigns Bezier and Mason, two Serjeants and thirty-one private soldiers wounded. The conduct of the several corps engaged was highly com- mended ; the Emperor of Germany, in a letter to the British commander, spoke in the warmest terms of " the wwUrfnl bravery and canstancy " of the troops, which liad fought under his (Jrace's command. The possession of Donawerth was the immediate rest ' t of tills victory ; and the regiment crossed the Danube and was engaged in operations in Bavaria, which country the Impe- rialists enveloped in tiames, reducing many towns and vil- lages to ashes. After penetrating as far as the city of Augs- burg, where the Elector had formed an intrenched camp, which it was found impossible to force, the army retired a few stages, and the Germans, under the Margrave of Baden, commenced the siege of Ingolstadt. Louis XIV. had, in the meantime, sent additional troops to Germany under Marshal Tallard, and the united forces pitched their tents in the valley of the Danube near the village of Blenheim. The British and Dutch, with the Ger- mans under rrince Eugene of Savoy, encamped near the village of Minster, and on the morning of the e' '^ntful 13th of August, 1704, they advanced in columns to Li^^iick their opponents. On this memorable day, so glorious to the British arms, and so important to the dynasties of Europe, the soldiers of the Eighth Foot had another opportunity of signalizing their innate valour and steady resolution. They were first engaged. J h'-.l 22 THE king's regiment OF FOOT. [1704 under Lieutenant-General Lord Cutis, in supporting the attack on the village of Blenheim, where the enemy had stationed a considerable body of troops, and they took part in the capture of two water-mills on the little river Nebel. Afterwards crossing the river they opened their fire on the French line with such perseverance and effect that their opponents gave way and fell back in confusion. The thunder of the artillery, the steady and well-directed fire of the infantry, and the charges of the cavalry were continued until the main body of the French army was overpowered and chased from the field with great slaughter, many standards, colours, and guns being captured, also a number of officers and soldiers taken prisoners, among whom was the French commander. Marshal Tallard. The French troops in the village of Blenheim were afterwards surrounded, and twelve squadrons of cavalry, with twenty-four battalions of infantry, were made prisoners of war. Thus was a victory gained over the flower of those powerful French armies which had marched from conquest to conquest ; the legions of the most powerful monarch in the world were vanquished ; the wreath of fame was transferred from the French standard to that of the allies, and the house of Austria was preserved on the Imperial throne. The recol- lection of the field of Blenheim depressed the French soldiers ; the name of Marlborough became a watchword of fear among the ranks of the enemy, and the achievements of the British troops were lauded by the sovereigns of Christendom. The Queen's Regiment of Foot had a number of men killed and wounded ; Major Frederick Cornwallis* was among the killed : and Captain Leonard Lloyd and Lieutenant Bezier were among the wounded. The results of this victory were of a most stupendous character ; the 16th of August was kept by the army as a * Major Frederick Cornwallis's name is omitted among the killed and wounded in the Annals of Queen Anne ; but it is contained in the list of killed in the London Gazette; he was omitted by mistake in ' list of killed and wounded in the Record of the First, the Royal Regiment. 1704 — 05] SERVICES OF THE FIRST BATTALION. 23 day of solemn thanksgiving ; the troops were reviewed, and a triple discharge of cannon and small arms was fired. Bavaria was subdued, cities and towns submitted to the conquerors, and the army traversed the country to Philips- burg, where it passed the Rhine, and the British troops were encamped at Croon- Weissenberg to cover the siege of Landau, which was undertaken by the Germans. At this camp the Queen's Eegiment remained until the middle of November, when. Landau having surrendered, it embarked in skiffs near Philipsburg, and sailing down the Ehine (a river remarkable for the romantic scenery on its banks) ; it passed thirty cities and towns, and arrived in twelve days at Nimeguen, from whence it marched to Breda, to form part of the garrison of that fortress during the winter ; having travelled a distance of about one thousand one hundred and seventy miles in this one campaign. 1705. A hundred and forty young men from England, who thirsted for the honour of gaining laurels under the renowned Marlborough, replaced the losses of the Queen's Eegiment in Germany; and when this distinguished corps took the field, it proceeded to the province of Limburg, and pitched its tents on the left bank of the Maese, where it was reviewed by the Duke of Marlborough, in the early part of May. Having struck its tents on the 15th of May the regiment proceeded to Juliers, from whence it continued its route through a barren and mountainous country, to that part of the valley of the Moselle where stands the ancient city of Treves. The regiment subsequently crossed the Moselle and the Saar, and was employed in the movements made with a design to carry on the war in Alsace. When the British commander found his views frustrated by the tardiness of the Germans, he marched back to the Netherlands. While the troops were employed up the Moselle, the French had captured Huy ; on the 4th of July the Queen's Eegiment was detached from the main army, with several other corps, to retake this fortress, which was accomplished before the middle of the month. I ! tl 24 THE KING S EEGIMENT OF FOOT. [1705 After remaining a few days at Huy, the regiment was directed to rejoin the army, in order to take part in the difficult enterprise of forcing a stupendous line of intrench- ments and forts which the enemy had constructed to cover the Spanish Netherlands ; the Queen's constituted part of the leading column on this occasion, and was formed in brigade with Prince George or Denmark's Regiment (now Third Foot, or the Bufifs), and a Dutch battalion, commanded by Briga- dier-General Welderen. Having menaced the lines on the south of the Mehaine to draw the French troops from the point designed to be attacked, the allies advanced, during the night of the 17th of July, with great secrecy, in the direction of Neer-Hespen and Helixem, and about four o'clock on the following morning the Queen's Regiment, and other corps in advance, approached the lines, at the moment when the French army was assem- bled to resist an expected assault many miles from the real point of attack. Being favoured by a thick fog, one column speedily cleared the villages of Neer-Winden and Neer- Hespen, another gained the bridge and village of Helixem, and the third carried the castle of Wange, which covered the passage of the Little Gheet. The British and Dutch soldiers rushed through the inclosures and marshy grounds ; forded the river, and, crowding with enthusiastic ardour over the works, surprised and overpowered the French guards, and drove a detachment of dragoons from its post in a panic. The lines were thus forced ; and while the British pioneers were levelling a passage for the cavalry, the Marquis d'Allegre hurried to the spot with twenty battalions of infantry and fifty squadrons of French and Bavarian cavalry. Some sharp fighting took place, and the enemy was repulsed with the loss of many standards, colours, and cannon, and of officers and soldiers taken prise iicrs. The Queen's Regiment was afterwards engaged in several movements ; but the enemy, having taken a strong position behind the Dyle, near Louvain, the Dutch generals refused to co-operate in forcing the passage of the river, and the 'A 1706] SERVICES OF THE FIRST BATTALION. 25 plans of the British commander were frustrated. In October the fortress of Sandvliet was besieged and captured ; and in the early pari of November the British infantry marched back to Holland, and were stationed at Breda, Warcum, Gor- cum, &c. 1706. Every campaign was thus marked by success, which added new lustre to the British arms, and the summer of 1706 was distinguished by the acquisition of additional honours. The Queen's Eegiment left Breda in the early part of May, and the army, having assembled at Bilsen, advanced, on the 23rd of May, in the direction of Mount St. Andre. While on the march, the French, Spaniards, and Bavarians, commanded by Marshal ViUeroy, and the Elector of Bavaria, were discovered forming in order of battle, with their centre at the village of Eamilies; the British commander made dispositions for attacking the enemy, and the Queen's Eegi- ment was posted on an eminence, near the right of the front line of infantry. Descending from this height, the British infantry made a demonstration of attacking the enemy's left at the villages of Offuz and Autreglize; when the enemy weakened his centre to support his flank : and the Duke of Marlborough, suspending the attack of the French left, in- stantly assailed their centre with all the weight and power of infantry, cavalry, and artillery, he could bring to bear on the point : by which bold a:id masterly movement he succeeded in forcing the centre, and the village of Eamilies was carried. Disorder and confusion became manifest in the French army : the Queen's Eegiment, and several other corps, advanced against the enemy's left, which was speedily broken and routed ; and a decisive victory was gained. The pursuit was continued during the night ; the enemy's cannon, many standards and colours, and a number of officers and men, were captured. A splendid French army was thus annihilated, and the officers and men who had escaped from the field, with the garrisons of the fortified towns, were so amazed, confounded, and panic-stricken, that fortresses of the greatest importance. t '! r I.? r» '1, 26 THE king's EEGIMENT OF FOOT. [1706 — 08 which had resisted powerful armies for m'^nths, were at once delivered up. When the magistrates of Antwerp presented the keys of their city to the British commander, they stated, " These keys have never been delivered up since they were presented to the great Duke of Parma, and then after a siege of twelve months." Even tlie port of Ostend, which once withstood a siege of three j oars*, held out only three days and a few hours after the hi ct* i^s commenced firing. After taking part in several mo mcxits, the Queen's regiment was detached under Lieutenant-General Lumley, Major- General the Earl of Orkney, and Brigadier-General the Duke of Argyle, from the main army, to engage in the siege of Menin ; a fortress of great strength, and considered the key of the French conquests in the Netherlands. Some sharp fighting took place at the opening of the trenches, and at the storming of the counterscarp, in which the British soldiers evinced their native courage and intrepidity ; and Ingoldsby's Eegi- ment (Eighteenth) suffered severely. Before the end of August the srarrison surrendered. In September Aeth was besieged and taken, which was the last important event of this astonishing campaign ; and the British infantry took up their winter quarters at Brussels, Ghent, and Bruges, the Queen's Regiment occupying quarters at Ghent. 1707. On the 16th of May the regiment marched out of Ghent ; and, proceeding to the vicinity of Brussels, where the army was assembled, it was united in brigade with the secoi d battalion of the Eoyals (First) and the regiments of Ingoldsby (Eighteenth), Tatton (twenty-fourth), and Temple (afterwards disbanded), under the orders of Brigadier- General Sir Richard Temple. The campaign was, however, passed without any engagement of importance ; and in the autumn the regiment returned to Ghent. 1708. The French monarch, finding his armies beaten and dispirited, and his fortresses wrested from him, meditated • See the Record of the Third Foot, or Buffs, from page 66 to 74. 1708] SERVICES OF THE FIRST BATTALION. 27 the separation of England from the allies, by placing the Pretender on the throne ; and an expedition was prepared for this purpose at Dunkirk. The Queen's Eighth Kegiraent was one of the corps ordered to return to England, to repel the invaders ; and having embarked at Ostend, on the 26tli of March, arrived at Tynemouth in the beginning of April.* Meanwhile, the French fleet, with the Pretender on board, had been chased from the British coast, by the English men- of-war, and forced back to Dunkirk ; the Queen's Kegiment was, consequently, ordered back to Flanders, and landing at Ostend, proceeded in boats along the canal to Ghent. Although this project was frustrated, tuc French court anticipated gaining a decided superiority on the Continent ; but the campaign of 1708 proved equally glorious to the British and tb^^ir allies, as that of preceding years. The Queen's EiCrHTH Eegiment was reviewed at Ghent, in the early part of May, by the Duke of Marlborough, and on the 22nd of that mouth, commenced its march for the ren- dezvous of the army near Brussels. Shortly afterwards the French obtained possession of Ghent and Bruges, by trea- chery ; and these acquisitions were preparatory to an attempt on Oudenarde, which fortress, being situated on the Scheldt, and at the verge of the frontier, was a connecting link for the alternate defence of Flanders and Brabant. Oudenarde was invested on the 9th of July, and the French commanders, the Duke of Burgundy, and Marshal Vendome, designed to occupy the strong camp of Lessines, on the Dender, to cover the siege : but they were opposed by a general, whose promptitude and alacrity have seldom been paralleled, and whose resources were called forth by the mag- nitude of the stake for which he was contending. By a forced march, the Duke of Marlborough gained the position at Lessines before the French, and disconcerted their plans. Being thus foiled, v. '>y relinquished their designs on Oude- • A board of general officers assembled on 8th March of this year allotted the cout!ties of Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, and Cambridge as the recruiting dis- trict of the King's Regiment. — MS. Records, R. U.S.I. i M ■;*fe!?% h' i . 23 THE king's RE'MMENT OF FOOT. [1708 raarde, and proc-eeded in the direction of Gavre, where they had prepared bridges for passing the Scheldt. In order to meet the enemy or the march, and bring on a general engage- ment, the Queen's Regiment was detached, with a number of other corps, under Major-Geitoral Cadogan, to throw bridj-os over the Scheldt near Oudenaivle, for the army to pass. Leaving the camp at dawn, on the l^th of July, tiie Queen's Regiment arrived at the right l>ank of the Scheldt, at half -past ten in the morning : the bridges wore completed by mid-day, the detachment pi'-Sded tliH K'leam, and the QlfEEN's, with eleven other regiments, formed line on the nigh i-^ound, between the villages of Eyne and Bevoro. The French were, at the same time, passing tlie river tvv'o leagues bulow: their .advance-guard was, soon afterwards, d«)scyied on the further si*i.' of t)ie plain, and the appearance of tiie van of the allied arniy m position in their front, with the re- mainder hurrying r or tlie river, created a general sensation throughout the Fj iincn ranl-iH. Seven battalions of the Swiss liegiments of Pfeli'er, ViUiers, and Guedar, took post at Eyne, with a support of cavalry in their rear, and the main body was put in order for the battle. While the main body of the allied army was passing the river, Majoi'-General Cadogan seized a favourable momeni to strike the first blow at the seven battalions in Eyne; the Queen's (now " the King's), with Ingoldsby's (Eighteenth), Sabine's (TweuLy-third), and Meredith's (Thirty-seventh) regiments, led by Brigadj ;r-General Sabine, and supported by two other brigades, descended the hill, forded a rivulet, and, raising a loud British shout, rushed upon their opponents. The Queen's, being on the right of the brigade, led the attack in gallant style; plunging into the village, they assailed the Swiss battalions with a destructive fire of mus- ketry, and pressed upon their opponents with the character- istic energy and firmness of British soldiers ; while a few squadrons of Hanoverian cavalry made a short detour to gain the rear of the village. The conflict was of short dura- tion ; the Swiss were unable to withstand the fury of the 1708] SERVICES OF THE FIKST BATTATION. 29 British soldiers, and Brigadier-General Pfeffer, and three entire battalions, were taken prisoners : the officers and men of the other four battalions were either killed, or intercepted and made prisoners, in their attempt to escape. The Queen's stood triumphant in the village of Eyne, their commanding officer received the colours of the Swiss battalions ; the cap- tive soldiers were disarmed, and placed in charge of a guard ; ind thus an important body of the enemy's infantry was put hors de combat. Aftei this gallant exploit, the regiment halted a short time in the village : it was afterwards ordered to reinforce four battalions, which had taken post behind the hedges near Groenevelde, where the first attack of the enemy was ex- pected ; and the officers and soldiers, being elated with their previous success, hurried to the aid of their companions in arms. The attack had commenced before they could gain their station : the four battalions boldly disputed the edge of the streamlet, and the Queen's, and other corps ordered to this point, threw themselves into the hedges near Herlehem, and opened a heavy fire against the enemy's centre. The Duke of Argyle brought forward twenty battalions of infantry, and prolonged the line, and the combat of musketry became tremeud(.;us : each regiment being engaged separately in the inclosures which border the rivulet. The Queen's was engaged with the elite of the French infantry, and occupying a kind of focus in the centre of the hostile position, they were assailed by very superior numbers, and forced to withdraw, fighting, out of the coverts and avenues near Herlehem, into the plain. Being reinforced, they renewed the conflict, and gained some advantage : the fighting was continued until the shades of evening gathered over the scene, and the combatants could only be discerned by the flashes of musketry. The French were driven from hedge to hedge ; their right wing was nearly surrounded ; and the streams of fire, indicating the attack of the alliesi, were seen gathering round the legions of France, whose destruction .if- i if 30 THE KING S REGIMENT OF FOOT. [1708 appeared inevitable. Darkness having rendered it impossible to distinguish friends from foes, the troops were ordered to cease firing. Crowds of Frenchmen were made prisoners witliout resistance ; others ."^ctiped from the field ; and before the following morning, the w . '^k of the French army had retreated in disorder towards Ghent. Such were the results of the battle of Oudenarde, in which the Queen's, now Eighth, or, The King's Kegiment of Foot, performed so distinguished a part. Thus the daring Marlborough, having ventured to outstep the rules of military science, was enabled, by the extraordi- nary exertions of a brave, experienced, and toil- enduring body of men, to surprise and defeat his antagonists by efforts beyond the calculations of ordinary experience. Soon after the victory of Oudenarde, the arrival of a body of Germans, under Prince Eugene of Savoy, enabled the allied army to undertake the siege of the strong fortress of Lisle, which was the key to the country watered by the Lys and the Scheldt. The Queen's Regiment formed part of the covering army under the Duke of Marlborough, while the siege was carried on by the troops under Prince Eugene and the Prince of Orange : and it was in position when a powerful French army advanced to relieve the place, which was prevented by the superior skill of the British commander. The Queen's were repeatedly employed in escorting supplies to the besieging army, and their grenadier company was eventually employed in the siege. The colonel of the regiment, Major-Generii John Richmond Webb, was detached from the main army, with several regiments of foot and a troop of cavalry, to escort an immense quantity of militaiy stores from Ostend to the besieging army ; and being attacked in the woods of Wynendale, by a very superior body of the enemy, under Count de la Motte, he made so excellent a disposition of his troops, and displayed so much skill and valour in repulsing the assaults of the enemy, that he brought off the convoy in safety, and received the thanks of parliament for his distin- guished conduct. 1708 — 09] SERVICES OF THE FIRST BATTALION. 31 "When the Elector of Bavaria besieged Brussels, the Queen's were employed iu forcing the enemy's strong posi- tions behind the Scheldt, and in compelling the elector to raise the siege and make a precipitate retreat. After the surrender of the citadel of Lisle, the siege of Ghent was undertaken, and this place was captured in a few days. Bruges was afterwards delivered up ; and the Queen's passed the remainder of the winter in quarters at Ghent. 1709. The arrival of new clothing for the regiment, with a supply of accoutrements, and a hundred and fifty recruits, occasioned the Queen's, when they took the field in June, to present so efficient and warlike an appearance, as to elicit the commendations of the Duke of Marlborough, at the general review of the army. The French were commanded by Marshal Villars, who took post behind a line of intrench- ments; but he was iinable to cope with the British com- mander, who menaced his lines, which induced him to weaken the garrison of Tournay ; afterwards the British invested that fortress. The Queen's Regiment formed part of the covering army, while the siege of the town of Tournay was in progress ; and when the siege of the citadel was commenced, the regiment left the covering army to engage in this service. In carrying the attacks against the citadel of Tournay, the troops had to encounter dangers of a character to which they were not accustomed, from the multiplicity of the subterraneous works, which were more numerous than those above ground. The approaches were carried on by sinking pits several fathoms deep, and working from thence underground, until the soldiers came to the enemy's casemates and mines, which extended a great distance from the body of the citadel ; several mines were discovered, and the powder removed. The British and French soldiers frequently met underground, where they fought with sword, pistol, and bayonet. On several occasions the allies were suffocated with smoke in these dismal labyrinths ; and the troops, mistaking friends for foes, sometimes killed their fellow-soldiers. The enemy H 32 THE KIN(}'S UEOIMENT OF FOOT. [1709 ii' sprang several mines, which blew up some of the besiegers' batteries, guns, and many men. On one occasion a captain, lieutenant, nnd thirty mou of Ingoldsby's (Eighteenth) regi- ment were blown up ; and on the 26th of August, four hun- dred officers and men were blown into tlie air, and their limbs scattered to a distance. Tlie working parties under- ground, with the guards wh'ch attended them, were some- times inundated with water ; many men were buried alive in the mvities by explosions; and a number of veterans of the Queer's, who had triumphed at Blenheim, Eamilies, and Oudeuarde, lost their lives in these subterraneous attacks. The siege was prosecuted with vigour, and some of the works having been demolished by the batteries, the garrison hoisted a white flag on the 31st of August, and agreed to surrender. The possession of Tournay, a rich and populous city, was rendered more valuable by the acquisition of a province in the French Netherlands, remarkable for tlie fertility of its soil; it was also impcrtant in a military point of view, as it covered Spanish Flanders ; and the British commander, pur- suing his career of conquest, resolved to imdertake the siege of Mons, the capital of the province of Hainault. As the allied army traversed the country in the direction of Mons, it was brought into contact with the forces of the King of France, under the cnmmand of Marshals Villars and Boufflers, who took up a position near the village of Malpla- quet, where they threw up intrenchnients and constructed defences, until their camp resembled a fortified citadel. On the morning of the eventful 1 ih of September, 1711, as the first dawn of light appeared, tlie Queen's Eegiment assembled under arms, and the chaplain performed divine service ; it afterwards took its post in brigade with the regiments of Lalo (Twenty-first), and Primrose (Twenty- fourth), under Brigadier-Oeneral Lalo; Ingoldsby's (Eigh- teenth) was numbered in this brigade, but did not arrive from Tournay in time to take its post in line. When a thick fog, which concealed both armies from each other, cleared, the batteries opened their fire, and the troops moved to the 1709] SERVICES OF TrrF, FIRST nATTALIOX. 3.". attack with a firm and steady pace ; treble intrenchments, studded with cannon and bristling with bayonets, were before them ; but their previous successes under their favourite chief, led them to indulge in anticipations of victory, and to view the formidable works they had to storm, without dis- may. The Queen's was commanded on this occasion by Lieutenant-Colonel Louis de Ramsey, an officer of distin- guished merit, who had served with the regiment several years, and had given repeated proofs of his valour and ability. They were engaged in the attack of the enemy's intrench- ments, in the woods of Taisniere, and when the French were driven from their works, a shai-p fire of musketry was kept up among the trees. Several French brigades, fluctuating through the marshy grounds and the thickest parts of the wood, became mingled together in considerable disorder ; the British, dashing forward among the trees, kept up a sharp fire, and the conflict was maintained among the thick foliage with varied success. The commanding officer of the Eighth, Lieutenant-Colonel de Eamsey, was killed ; and their Colonel, Lieutenant-General Webb, was dangerously wounded. The shout of victory was alternately raised by both parties, and the woods re-echoed the din of battle. The British gained ground ; the Dutch, under the Prince of Orange, and the Germans, under Prince Eugene of Savoy, were victorious at their points of attack ; and the French were overpowered and forced to retreat with the loss of sixteen pieces of cannon, twenty colours, twenty-six standards, and an immense num- ber of officers and men. After this victory, the Queen's formed part of the covering army during the siege of Mons, and on the surrender of this fortress, it returned to its former winter station at Glieiit, from whence several officers and non-commissioned officers were sent to England to procure recruits. 1710. Leaving Ghent on the 14th of April, the regi- ment once more took the field, and was engaged in the movements by which the French lines were forced at Pont-i\- Vendin, on the 21st of April. The Queen's were also engaged D il % ! , 34 THE KINO'b regiment OF FOOT. [1710 — 12 III in covering the siege of Douay, and in the movements by which the relief of this fortress was prevented. After the surrender of Douay, on the 27th of June, the siege of llethune was undertaken. The Queen's formed part ol' the army en- camped at Villers-Brulin, and a detachment was employed in draining the inundations near the town. Bethune surren- dered in August ; the French army kept behind a series of intrenchments, to avoid a general engagement, and the allies invested Aire and St. Venant, which were both captured before the army retired into winter quarters. Thus four additional fortresses were wrested from the French monarch. 1711< Numerous and well-appointed armies, headed by experienced generals, had proved ineffectual against the British commander and his warlike bands ; and, before the campaign of 1711, the French had prepared a line of in- trenchments to cover their country, so strong, that Marshal Villars vauntingly styled it Marlborough's ne plus ultra ; but the English general, by a series of movements, which evinced the most consummate skill, passed these stupendous works at Arleux, and besieged Bouchain, a fortified town of Hainault, situate on the Scheldt. The Eighth was formed in brigade with the regiments of Erie, Sybourg, and Pocock (afterwards disbanded), and took part in these services. The siege of Bouchain proved a most difficult undertaking ; but by extra- ordinary efforts of skill, valour, and perseverance, this fortress was reduced. 1712. The French monarch saw his generals overmatched, his fortresses and provinces captured, and a victorious army ready to penetrate into the heart of his kingdom ; and soon after the Queen's (Eighth) Kegiment had taken the field to serve the campaign of 1712, under the Duke of Ormond, a suspension of arms was proclaimed, which was followed by a treaty of peace. The regiment retired from the frontiers of France, and after encamping a short time near Ghent, went into quarters in that city. During this war the pikes had been laid aside, and every soldier was armed with a musket, bayonet, and sword j about 1713 — 14] SERVICES OF THE PIliaT llATTALION. 3". tho same period the gronailier coiupauiea ceased to carry hand-yreiuvdes. 1713. When tho treaty of Utrecht was sigtied, the British regiments were withdrawn from Flanders excepting tlio QuEEN'a and Stearne's (Eighth and Eighteenth), which were selected to garrison the citadel of Ghent, until the burner treaty was concluded. 1714. Previous to this period, the Puke of Slarlborough, not coinciding in political views with Queen Anne's new ministry, had been removed from all his appointments de- pendent on tlie British crown, and he was residing on the Continent. In July, while the Eighth and Eighteenth Regi- ments were in garrison in the citadel of Ghent, informa- tion was received that his Grace would pass that city on a named day ; and such was the attachment of the officers of the two regiments to this distinguished commander, who had so often led them to battle and to victory, that they could not forego the gratification of meeting him on the road, and showing that respect which was due to his talents and virtues, although they were almost certain to incur the displeasure of Queen Anne, and of the government in England, by so doing. They were accompanied by the magistrates and other civil authorities of Ghent, and a handsome breakfast was prepared at a viUage on the road. Captain Parker, of the Eighteenth Foot, who was one of the officers, observes in his Memoirs — " He " (the Duke of Marlborough) "and his Duchess came " up to us on horseback ; they stopped and talked to us about " half an hour, seeming very well pleased with the compli- " ment we had paid them." The Duchess stated, in a letter published in the Duke's Memoirs — " I was so much surprised " and touched with their kindness, that I could not speak to " the officers without a good deal of concern." Towards the end of July, his Grace embarked at Ostend for England, and on approaching the coast near Dover, on the evening of the 1st of August, the vessel was hailed by a messenger from the postmaster-general, who conveyed the tidings of the Queen's death, and of the quiet accession of King George I. r 2 36 THE king's regiment OF FOOT, [1714 — 15 i Section VII.— AT HOME, 1714—1742. Quartered in England and Ireland. 1715 — Field Ser- vice IN Scotland, Battle of Dumblain. — (1717 — 1742), Quartered in England and Ireland. Soon after this event, the Queen's was ordered to return to England, and having landed on the 23rd of August it was directed by the regency (the King not having arrived from Hanover) to march to Berwick. 1715. The accession of the house of Hanover to the throne being followed by a short period of tranquillity, the regiment was sent to Ireland, in the month of April, and reduced to a peace establishment. Lieutenant-General Webb having incurred the displeasure of King George I. and of the government, was required to dispose of the colonelcy of the regiment, and was succeeded by Colonel Henry Morrison, by commission, dated the 5th of August, 1715. While the regiment was in Ireland, an insurrection was organized in England, by the partisans of the house of Stuart; at the same time, the Earl of Mar summoned the Scottish Highland clans to arms, and proclaimed the Pretender kin;,' of Great Britain. The Queen's was ordered to embark fui" Scotland, to aid in suppressing the rebellion* ; and on arriving at Glasgow, towards the end of October it was stationed at that city a few days. In the early part of November it marched for Stirling, and on the 11th of that month, it joined the army commanded by the Duke of Arcyle. On the following day, the king's forces advanced towards Dumblain, to oppose the rebel army in its design to pass the Firth, and penetrate southward; and during tlie night the two armies occupied positions within a few miles of each other. The Queen's was on the right of the second brigade, commanded by Brigadier-General the Earl of Forfar. * The establishment consisted of ten companies of fifty men each. — MS. Eecorda, le.U.S.I. 1715] SERVICES OF THE FIRST BATTALION. 37 \[ On the morning of Sunday, the 13th of November, the troops stood to their arms : they had passed a very cold night in the open air; and looked with anxious glance for the enemy. At length the rebel army of ten thousand men was seen approaching in order of battle ; and the royal forces, not four thousand strong, formed line. When the formation of the rebels, and the direction of their march, were discovered, it was found necessary to change front, and to alter the is- position of the royal army. This was delayed too long, and as the Queen's and several other corps, were in the act of performing a diflQcult evolution, they were charged by an immense body of Highlanders, the Mite of the insurgent host. An elevation of the ground had concealed the Highlanders from the view of the troops until the instant when the assault was made : the soldiers had no time to level their muskets before they were charged by the clans with sword and target ; and the Queen's, being thus attacked, at a critical moment, and in the act of changing front, when the advantages of discipline and experience were of little avail, it was unable to oppose effectual resistance to the very superior numbers by whom it was assailed. The ranks were instantly broken, and all formation and order were lost ; the soldiers and Highlanders became a confused crowd of combatants, struggling with desperation for the mastery ; and a series of single combats followed, in which individual acts ox gallantry were performed : in some places a veteran of the Queen's was seen contending manfully against four or five mountaineers. The Earl of Forfar was at the head of the regiment ; he evinced signal valour and intrepidity, and was wounded and taken prisoner. Lieutenant-Colonel Hanmer was surrounded ; he held several opponents at bay for a short time, but was overpowered and killed. Ensign Justine Holdman, a young oflicer of great promise, was conspicuous for personal bravery, and was mortally wounded and taken prisoner. The soldiers were unable to withstand the very superior numbers of their opponents ; ten officers and a hun- dred men of the Queen's had fallen, when the remainder. 'n i I .it 38 THE king's regiment OF FOOT. [1715 — 16 being favoured by a very gallant charge of the dragoons, on the left of the line, fell back to re-form their ranks. The left wing was separated from the remainder of the army, and retired beyond Dumblain to gain possession of the passes leading to Stirling. In the mean time, the right wing of the royal army had overpowered the left wing of the rebel host ; and thus, one wing of each army was triumphant, and one wing defeated. The fighting ceased ; both armies remained in the field until night, and afterwards retired. The loss of the regiment on this trying occasion was very severe : — one field-officer, two captains, four lieutenants, three ensigns, four Serjeants, and ninety-seven men, were killed ; one captain and thirteen men wounded ; Ensigns Holdman and Glenkennedy, and ten men, were taken prisoners. Ensign Holdman died of his wounds while in the enemy's custody*. Brigadier-General the Earl of Forfar, who commanded the brigade of wliich the Queen's formed part, and was at the head of the regiment when it was at- tacked, was severely wounded and taken prisoner ; when the Highlanders found they could not carry him oif, they in- flicted seven wounds and left him for dead ; he was afterwards found lying among the killed, and survived several days. 1716. After the battle of Dumblain, the regiment en- camped near Stirling for several weeks, during which time reinforcements joined the army ; and in January the Duke of Argyle advanced towards Perthf. The Pretender ?nd the Earl of Mar, being unable to op- pose effectual resistance, withdrew from their army privately, and escaped to France, and the Highlanders dispersed. After the suppression of this rebellion, the Queen's was stationed a short time at Glasgow : and King George I. was , ■ * A letter from General Wriglit, dated 14tli November, 1715, gives one other name. He says : — " General Webb's regiment, now Morrison's (the King's), was one of the unfortunate regiments on the left that was not formed, and suffered most. Major Hanmer is killed, and young Uullary and many other olllcers are wounded." — MS. Records, R. U.S.I, t During this year the establishment of the regiment was ten companies of sixty-one men. — MS. Records, R. U.S.I. y 1716 — 21] SERVICES OF THE FIRST BATTALION. 39 graciously pleased to reward its good conduct on all occa- sions with the distinguished title of " The King's Eegiment OF Foot." On obtaining the distinguislied title of the King's Regi- ment, the facing was changed from yellow to j^lue, and the regiment was authorised to bear the White H(>rse as a regi- mental badge*, with the motto " Nee aspera terretit." 1717. When the rebellion in Scotland was suppressed, the commotions in England subsided, and a reduction of ten thousand men was made in the strength of the army, at which time the King's Kegiment was ordered to proceed to Ireland, where it arrived in May, to replace a newly-raised corps, which was directed to be disbandedf. 1720. In October of this year Brigadier-Geieral Morri- son died, and was succeeded in the colonelcy by Brigadier- General Sir Charles Hotham, Baronet, from the Thirty-sixth liegimcnt. 1721. This year Sir Charles Hotham was removed to the Eoyal Dragoons, and was succeeded by Colonel John Pocock, • Tlio White Ilorse, on a red field, was the armorial bearing of ancient Saxony, or Westphalia, and has for many centuries been borne by the illus- trious House of Brunswick. Historians state that Henry the i'roud, Duke of BaTaria (father of Henry the Lion, Duke of Bavaria and Saxony,) married in 1126 Gertrude, daughter and heiress of the Emperor Lothaire the Second, by his consort, the Empress R-'ohenza, who was the daughter i.n '^ ' V *v \ ^ V i ■^ », "<; >. 'V.«H'V -^ rt- •\ I N I i W: , *■ \.- li' . ' ;. ■si •1« V- V \ ■■■:^io. ^ , ; ■. ■^ ?, 1732 — 42] SERVICES of the first battalion. 41 manding the regiment eleven years, died on the 25th of April, 1732 ; and King George II. conferred the colonelcy on Major- General Charles Lenoe, from the Thirty-sixth Foot. This officer commanded the regiment six years, and died in 1738 ; and the colonelcy remained vacant until the summer of 1739, when it was conferred on Colonel Richard Onslow, from the Thirty-ninth Eegiment. In this year the British monarch became involved in another war with Spain, and the King's Regiment was with- drawn from Ireland and placed on the British establishment. It arrived in England in the autumn of 1739 ; at the same time it was augmented to seventy men per company. 1740, 1741, 1742. An expedition was fitted out, in 1740, to attack the Spanish settlements in the West Indies ; but the King's was detained on home service. The decease of Charles VI., emperor of Germany, in the autumn of this year, was followed by war between the Archduchess Maria Theresa and the Elector of Bavaria. France took part with the Elector, and the British monarch took part with the House of Austria, and sent, in the summer of 1742, an army to Flanders, under Field-Marshal the Earl of Stair. Section VIII.— ABROAD, 1742—1745. Field Service in Flanders and Germany. Battles of Dettingen and Fontenoy. The King's did not form part of the first embarkation ; but it proceeded to Flanders during the winter, and, after landing in Ostend, was placed in cantonments. In a series of coloured prints representing the costume of the British army, published at this period, the uniform of the lieutenant-colonelcy of the regiment. This officer received his first commis- sion of ensign on 2nd May, 1/03. -■'- /■.■>-4i^'- J%i^ 'i\\ 1 i ijit / X v \ 42 THE KING 8 REGIMENT OF FOOT. [1743 Kino's Eegiment is three-cornered cocked hats, bound with white lace, and ornamented with a black cockade ; scarlet coats, the cuffs, facing, and turn-backs of royal blue, and ornamented with white lace ; scarlet waistcoats, reaching below the hip;i ; blue breeches, and white linen gaiters reach- ing above the knee. 1743. From Flanders, the regiment marched, in the early part of this year, through Brabant, the principality of Liege, and province of Limburg, to Lower Germany, and was engaged in operations on the river Maine; while encamped near Aschaffenburg, King George II. and his Koyal Highness the Duke of Cumberland joined the army. On the 2tith of June, the British, Hanoverians, and Austrians, under His Majesty's command, marched in the dii'ection of Hanau, where they expected to be joined by a body of Hanoverian and Hessian Lxoops, in British pay. On arriving near Dettingen, a French force was discovered in position to oppose the march; and the British formed in order of battle, the King's Eegiment having its post in the front line. The action was commenced by the cavalry ; the infantry was speedily engaged, and the King's had an opportunity of signalising itself under the eye of its sove- reign. Its commanding officer, Lieutenant-Colonel Keith- ley, and the second in command, Major Barry, were both wounded, and the command devolved on Captain Gray. The regiment forced the French corps opposed to it to fall back, and continued gaining ground until the fortune of the day was decided in favour of the British. The French were forced to re-pass the Maine with precipitation, and with the loss of many ofl&cers and men kiUed, wounded, and takeu prisoners, besides a number of standards, colours, and kettle- drums, which remained in possession of the victorious allied army. The regiment had one Serjeant find five private soldiers killed on this occasion ; Major Barry died two days after the battle : Lieutenant-Colonel Keitlilev and Lieutenant Eobin- son recovered of their wounds ; two Serjeants and twenty- 1743 — 45] SERVICES of the first battalion. 43 eight ^jrivate soldiers were also wounded, and several of tbem died within a few days after the battle. After passing the night on the field, the army resumed its march, and the regiment was subsequently encamped several weeks near Hanau ; and Captain Gray was rewarded for his gallant conduct with the majority of the regiment. From Hanau, the regiment marched towards Mayence, and, having crossed the Ehine, was employed in operations in West Germany. In the autumn, the army returned to Mayence, from whence it marched, by divisions, for Brabant and Flanders, for winter quarters ; the King's forming part of the seventh division, under Major-General Howard. 1744. Having passed the winter among the Flemish peasantry, the regiment took the field, and served the cam- paign of 1744, under Field-Marshal Wade ; but no engage- ment occurred. 1745. In April, Major General Onslow was removed to the first troop of Horse Grenadier Guards ; and the colonelcy of the King's was conferred on Colonel Edward Wolfe, from the First Regiment of Marines. The regiment formed part of the army assembled at Bnissels, under liis Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland, and afterwards advanced to the relief of Tournay, which fortress was besieged by an immense force, commanded by the French monarch in person. The covering army took up a position near the village of Fontenoy, where it was attacked by the allies on the 11th of May, 1745. The British infantry evinced on this occasion the most astonishing intrepidity and firmness, and the soldiers of the King's had an opportunity of proving that the same valour and constancy inspired their breasts, as were so nobly displayed by their predecessors, under the great Duke of Marlborough. The French lines were forced, their intrenchments were carried; and a thirst for glory, with the most sanguine expectations of gaining a complete victory, urged the soldiers to deeds of heroism ; but the Dutch failed at their point of attack, and this, with other circiunstances, rendered the brilliant success of the British I. i I I I 44 THE KINO 8 KEOIMENT OF FOOT. [1745 (I / \1 IJ infantry unavailing. A retreat was ordered, and the army proceeded to Aeth. The King's Ilegiment had sixteen private men kilh.d : Lieutenant-Colonel Keithley, Major Gray, Captains Dallons, Loftus, and Atkins, Lieutenants Cook and Thompson, two Serjeants, and eighty-one private men wounded ; one Serjeant and thirty men missing. From Aeth the regiment proceeded to the plains of Les- sines, and after taking part in several movements, it was encamped near Brussels. Section IX.— AT HOME, 1745—1746. Field Service in Scotland. Battles of Falkirk and culloden. In the mean time, Charles Edward, eldest son of the Pretender, had arrived in Scotland; and bing joined by a number of the Highland clans, he obtained possession of Edinburgh, and per.etrated into England. The King's was immediately ordeTed to return home : it formed part of the army t ssenibied at Newcastle, under Field-Marshal Wade ; and was employed in several movements designed to cover Yorkshire : being formed in brigade with the second battalion of the Koyals (First), and the regiments of Blakeney (Twenty- seventh), and Munro (Thirty-seventh). On the flight of the insurgent clans from England, the regiment returned to New- castle, where it arrived on the 24th of December, and after- wards marched to Edinburgh, and was placed under the orders of Lieutenant-General Hawley, the Commander of the Forces in North Britain. 1746. *The insurgents, having obtained a re-inforcement, and a supply of ammunition and artillery, besieged Stirling castle. Lieutenant-General Hawley advanced to raise the * In 1746 the total strength of the regiment, all ranks included, wiu nine hundred and eeventy-seven men. — MS. Records, B.U.S.I. 17461 SERVICES OF THE FIRST BATTALION. siege, and an encampment was formed near the village of Falkirk. During the for*' lOon of the 17th of January, the rebel army was discovered advancing towards some higli grounds on Falkirk-moor ; the King's regiments innnediately stood to their arms, and after a short pause, they advanced towards the moor to confront the Highland host. After tra- versing the rugged grounds between themselves and their opponents, they formed in two lines oii the moor, tlie King's being on the left of the first line, next the airy on that flank. A little before four o'clock in the the first line advanced to attack the clans ; at this lieavy storm of wind and rain beat in the faces ol rs, and nearly blinded them : at the same time it beat upon the backs of the Highlanders and caused them but little annoyance. The soldiers could not see to take aim, more than half the muskets would not give fire, and the powder became wet and useless : but the Highlanders, having their backs to the wind, were enabled to keep up a heavy fire of musketry. Being thus blinded and confounded by the pelting storm, the soldiers became disheartened : several corps faced about and retreated, in some confusion, while others maintained their ground. At night both parties withdrew from the field of battle ; and the King's troops proceeded to Edinburgh. His Eoyal Highness the Duke of Cumberland arrived in Scotland to command the army: and on the 31st of January, the troops were again in motion towards the enemy, who instantly raised the siege of Stirling castle and made a pre- cipitate retreat. The King's was engaged in the operations of the army until the battle of Culloden, on the 16th of April ; on which occasion it was posted on the left of the second line, under Major-General Huske. After a sharp cannonade had been kept up a short time, several select clans rushed forward and attacked the left of the King's forces. The Fourth Foot sustained the brunt of this attack with signal gallantry : the King's moved forward in support of the Fourth ; and a furious struggle ensued, in which the High- landers were overpowered, and driven from the field, with i IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-S) 1.0 1.1 LiU2.e 12.5 m ^^ Ins £ la 120 IL25 IN 1.4 m 1.6 Photographic .Sciences Corporation ^ 1 3>^ V <^ ^. ^-V 23 WBT MAIN STMIT WnSTIR,N.Y. 145M (716)t7a-4S03 v\ '^ 5 46 THE king's regiment OP FOOT. [1746 dreadful carnage. Several regiments higlily distinguished themselves, and the King's had their share in the honour of the victory*. Ensign Bruce of the regiment was severely wounded ; several private men also received slight wounds ; but not one of them was rendijred unfit for duty. This victory proved decisive : the wreck of the rebel army dispersed, and the young Pretender escaped to France. The Kh'g's Eegiment was encamped a short time near Perth ; it subsequently marched southward in charge of prisoners : and during the summer it was ordered to return to the Nether- lands, where the war between France and the allies was continued. Section X.-ABEOAD, 1746—1748. Ill Field Service in the Netherlands. andVal. Battles op Roucoux After landing in Holland, the regiment traversed the country to Maestricht, where it arrived on the 9th of October, and was formed in brigade with the Thirteenth aT>d Twenty- fifth Regiments, under the command of Brigadier-General Houghton. This brigade marched to join the army under Prince Charles of Lorraine, and arrived in the vicinity of Liege on the afternoon of the 11th of October, at the moment when about fifty French battalions had commtjnced a furious attack on three villages, which were occupied by eight batta- lions of English, Dutch, and Hessians. The King's formed line and advanced to the left of the allied army, and formed an angle with the Scots Greys, facing the left flank, not far from the village of Roucoux. The allies being unable to maintain the villages, a retreat * Qeneral Wolfe's regiment (the King's) behaved with great gallantry. H.B.H. came and thanked both officers and men at the head or the regiment, sajing, " Wolfe's boys, I thank you ; you have done the buiineu." — lUH. Extracti, Vol. 11,^7, B.U.S.L 1747] SERVICES OF THE FIRST BATTALION. 47 was ordpr^d: the King's was warmly engaged in covering the retrograde movement, and had five men killed ; Lieute- nants Bickson and Trollop, one Serjeant, and five private men wounded*. The regiment was afterwards employed in the province of limburg ; and passed the winter in quarters near the banks of the Lower Maese. 1747. During the campaign of 1747, the regiment served with the army commanded by his Eoyal Highness the Duke of Cumberland, and was employed on the Scheldt, the Grand Nethe, and the Demerj-. On the 1st of July, it was in posi- tion near the village of Val ; the French army was in sight, and the soldiers passed the night under arms. On the fol- lowing day an immvinse French column of about ten batta- lions in front, and ten deep, advanced against the village of Val, which was occupied by the Thirteenth, Twenty-fifth, and Thirty-seventh English regiments. The British artillery raked the French brigades as they advanced, and made great havoc ; but they continued to advance, and bringing their cannon to bear on the village, the second shot killed one of the Duke of Cumberland's aides-de-camp. The French at- tacked the village : the British stood their ground manfully, and successively repulsed four French brigades ; but a fifth brigade coming up, the village was carried. The King's, Nineteenth, and Fifty-ninth, (now Forty-eighth,) with a foreign corps, were ordered to aid in retaking the village. They stormed the avenues in gallant style, and though assailed by volleys of musketry, they raised a loud shout, and rushing along the street, cleared it of opponents at the point of the bayonet : the King's, led by Lieutenant- Colonel Martin, highly distinguishing itself. The French * In the MS. Volume of Records belonging to the Royal United Service Institution, the casualties are stated to be kUled six priTates, wounded two subalterns, and fifty-eight privates. t Seven hundred and eighty men of the King's formed part of the quota furnished for service in the Low Countries. Two companies remained at home to recruit. — MS. Records, R.U.S.I. 48 THE KUJO'S REGIMENT OF FOOT. [1747 * r commander was, however, determined to carry this post: he ordered forward fresh brigades ; and the village was lost and won several times. The Duke of Cumberland highly commended the British regiments in his despatch : and stated, " That they rallied and charged into the village four " or five times each : the French but onco, as they could not " be rallied ; but were always replaced by fresh troops." The Irish brigade in the French servica was nearly annihilated ; also the brigades of Navarre, La Marque, Monaco, Boyal des Vaisseaux, and others. This protracted contest tried the fortitude and endurance of the British soldiers ; but their innate qualities were con- spicuous ; and the Fre i ich infantry gave way so fast that cavalry was posted on their flanks and rear, to drive them to the charge with their swords. For some time the fortune of the day was in favour of the allies ; but five Dutch squad- rons giving way, produced some confusion, and the enemy broke the centre of the allied army. The British cavalry performed astonishing feats of valour and heroism ; but were unable to retrieve the fortune of the day, and a retreat was ordered. Thus ended a battle in which the British acquired great honour. The French lost seven standards, eight pair of colours, and about ten thousand men killed, wounded, and prisoners. The loss of the King's on this occasion, was Captain Magott, and nine men killed; Lieutenant-Colonel Martin, Major La Fausille, Captain Catherwood, Lieutenant Conway, Ensigns Wilson, Webb, and Hamilton, three Serjeants, one drummer, and eighty-five men wounded ; 'enty-five men prisoners of war and missing. After withdrawing from the field c!: battle, the army con- tinued its retreat to Maestricht, whert; it amved on the same evening. The King's was subsequently employed in various parts of the provinces of limburg and North Brabant*. * At this time the establishment, all ranks included, was nine hundred and seventy-seTen men, while at Gibraltar the establishment was eight him- dred and iifteen. — MS. Becordx, B.U.S.I. I V 1748 — 51] SERVICES OF THE FIRST BATTALION. 40 1748. Having passed the winter among the Dutch pea- santry, and received a body of recruits from England, the regiment again took the field, in the spring of 1748, and was employed in several' operations : but no general engagement occurred. Section XL— AT HOME, 1748—1750. Quartered in England. Hostilities were terminated by a treaty of peace, which was concluded at Aix-la-Chapelle, and during the winter th(! regiment returned to England. 1749. *0n its arrival from Holland, the establishment of the regiment was reduced. • Section XII.— ABROAD, 1750— 1752. ' Stationed AT Gibraltar. 1750. The King's was ordered to proceed to Gibraltar, in which fortress it was stationed during the three succeedinf,' years. 1751. In the Royal warrant, dated the 1st of July, 1751, the regiment is designated. The Eighth, or the King's Regiment : its regimental costume was scarlet, faced and turned up with blue ; scarlet waistcoats, blue breeclies ; and cocked hats. Its first colour was directed to be the great union ; and the regimental colour to be of blue silk, with the union in the upper canton. The regimental distinctions were : — " In the centre of the colour the White Horse on a " red ground within the garter, and crown over it : in the " three corners of the second colour, the King's cypher and " crown. On the grenadier caps, the white horse, as on the '■■ colours ; the white horse and motto, ' Nee aspcra terrent ' 11 n * On 27tli April, 1749, (Major ?) John Lafausille Hucceeded to the lieu- tenant-colonelcy of the regiment. 50 THE king's regiment OF FOOT. [1752 — 57 " on the flap. The same device of the white horse within the " garter, on the drums and bells of arms, rank of the regiment "underneath." : 1 HI Section XIII.— AT HOME, 1752— 1760. Quartered in England. 1787, — Expedition to Coast of France. 1752. In 1752, the regiment ^/as again stationed in Great Britain, where it remained several years. 1755. When the seven years' war commenced, in 1755, the regiment was stationed in England. The first act of aggression was committed by the French in North America, and Europe soon became the theatre of war. 1756 — 1757. In 1756, the regiment was augmented to twenty companies, and divided into two battalions. Both battalions were encamped, during the summer of 1757, near Dorchester, under the command of Lieutenant-General Sir John Mordaunt, and were held in readiness co repel a threatened invasion by the French ; but the formidable pre- parations in England, and other causes, deterred the enemy from making the attempt*. From Dorchester, both batta- lions were removed to the Isle of Wight, and, embarking on board of transports, formed part of the land force under Sir John Mordaunt, which, being accompanied by a division of the royal navy, under Admiral Sir Edward Hawke, was designed to make a descent on the coast of France. Aix, a small island on the western coast of France, between the isle of Oleron and the continent, twelve miles north-west of Eochfort, was captured ; and an attack on Rochfort was contemplated ; but unfavourable weather and other circum- stances rendered this design impracticable, and the troops returned to Englandf. * In the month of May of that jeux two companies were detached and were engaged in quelling a riot at Frome, in Somersetshire. — MS. Recordu, R.U.S.I. t The number of men engaged in tliis expedition was seven hundred. — MS. Records, R.U.S.I. n o Id I I 1758 — 60] SERVICES OF THE FIRST BATTALION. 51 1758. In 1758, the second battalion was constituted a regiment, and numbered the Sixty-third Foot; the com- mand of this corps was conferred on Colonel David Watson, who had held, for several years, the appointment of quarter- master-general in North Britain; the lieutenant-colonelcy was conferred on Major Peter Desbrisay, from the Fiftieth Foot, and the majority on Captain John Trollop of the Eighth, who was wounded at Roucoux, in 1746. Lieutenant- Colonel La Fausille, of the King's, who was woimded at Val, in 1747, was promoted to the colonelcy of the Sixty-sixth Regiment*. 1759. Lieutenant-General Edward Wolfe died in March, 1759 ; the colonelcy remained vacant until October following, when it was conferred on Major-General the Honorable John Barrington, from the Fortieth Foot, who had, a few months before, signalized himself in the West Indies, particularly in the capture of Guadaloupe. • 1760. In the mean time a British army had proceeded to Germany, to aid in rescuing the electorate of Hanover from the power of the French ; and the King's, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel John Mompesson, having been selected to reinforce the troops on the continent, embarked for Ger- many in May, 1760. ! Section XIV.— ABROAD, 1760— 17G3. Field Service in Germany. Battles of Waebourg, Campen, Kirch-Denkern and Groebenstein. The Regiment landed at Bremen in June, and on the 20th of that month, it joined the camp of the allied army, com- manded by Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick, near the banks of the Eder, in the vicinity of Fritzlar, in the principality of Lower Hesse. * He was succeeded in the Lieutenant-Colonelcy of " the King's " by John Mompesson, who, on 24th August, 1768, was transferred from the Fiftictli, in which regiment the date of his commission wns T6th December, 1755. K 2 11 • r)2 TlIK king's RF.OIMKNT OF F(t()T. [17G0 — Gl '/ The regiment took part in tlie movements and skir- mishes of the main army, previous to the battle of Warboiirg, on the 31st of July, on which occasion the grenadier company was sharply engaged, and highly distinguished itself ; but the French were driven from their position with severe loss, before the main body of the British infantry arrived at the scene of conflict. The grenadier company had one Serjeant and two private soldiers killed; Captain Wilkenson and thirteen private men wounded, and one man missing. The French having been driven through Warbourg, and chased across the river Dymel, where a number of men were drowned in their haste to escape, the King's was subse- quently encamped behind the Dymel ; and while in this portion, the grenadier company was detached, with several corps of cavalry and infantry, across the river, and engaged, during the night of the 5th of September, in surprising a body of French in the town of Zierenberg. After some sharp fighting in the streets, about forty French officers and three hundred soldiers were made prisoners, and the allies returned to their camp at Warbourg. The grenadier company of the King's was subsequently detached to the Lower Ehine, and was engaged, on the 16th of October, in an attack on the French troops at the convent of Campen, near Ehineberg. It formed part of the grenadier battalion, under Lord George Lennox, and had Lieutenant Morrison wounded, also several private soldiers killed and wounded. In December, the regiment went into cantonments, in villages near the river Weser. 1761. From its village cantonments the regiment was withdrawn in February, and proceeding through a deep snow into Hesse Cassel, was engaged in several operations. The French were forced to surrender several fortified towns and extensive magazines, and the allies returned in March to their former quarter's. In June, the regiment again took the field ; it was formed in brigade with the Twentieth, Twenty-fifth, and Fiftieth riogiments, under Mnjor-General Townshend, in the division 1761 — 62] SERVICES OF THE FIRST IJATTAUOX. 53 commanded by Lieutenant-General Conway ; the grenadier company was in the division under the Marquis of Granby, On the 15th of July, tlie Frencli attacked tlie Marquis of Granby's division at Kirch-Uenkern, a nd were repulsed. They renewed the attack on the following day; the King's was posted on the high grounds between Illingen and Hohenover, and a detachment stationed in front had a slight skirmish with the enemy, and had one private soldier killed and one taken prisoner. The French wera repulsed, and the grena- dier battalion, of which the company of the King's formed part, took the regiment of Rougd (formerly Belsuiice) prisoners, together with its cannon and colours. The regiment was subsequently employed in numerous operations in the bishopric of raderborn, and on the river Weser, and took part in several skirmishes. In November, it was engaged at Eimbeek, in the electorate of Hanover ; it was subsequently encamped on the banks of the Have, near Eimbeek, and in December marched into cantonments in the bishopric of Osnaburgh. 1762. During the campaign of 1762, the King's was formed in brigade with the Twentieth and Fiftieth Eegimeuts, under Major-General Mompesson, and it took part in the surprise and discomfiture of the French army at Groebenstein, on the 24th of June, on which occasion it formed part of the centre column, under Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick. It crossed the Dymel at four o'clock in the morning, and, after a long march, gained the front of the French camp, and opened a sharp fire. The enemy made a precipita rotreat to Cassel, and one division was surrounded and made pri' oners in the woods of Wilhelmsthal*. This success was followed by other advantages, and the King's Eegiment was actively engaged in numerous opera- tions, and in several skirmishes. The campaign concluded with the siege and capture of Cassel. This event was followed * The cnsnalties of Barrington's regiment (the King's) was one non-eom- niissioned officer wounded. — London, Gazette, 20th June, 1762. u THE KING'b KEtilMENT 0¥ FUOT. [1763—68 by a suspension uf arms, and a treaty of peace was afterwards concluded at Fontainebleau. Section XV.— AT HOME, 1763—1768. Quartered in Enoland and Scotland. 1763. The regiment commenced its march from Ger- many in January, and proceeding through Holland to Wil- liamstadt, embarked for England ; at the same time its num- bers were reduced to a peace establishment. From England, the regiment proceeded to Scotland, where it was stationed two years. 1764. Major-General the Honorable John Barrington died at Paris on the 2nd of April, 1764 ; and King George III. conferred the colonelcy of the regiment on Major-General John Stanwix, from the Forty-ninth Regiment. 1765. Leaving Scotland in the spring, the regiment re- turned to England, where it remained three years. 1766. In 1766, the Eighth lost their colonel, Lieutenant- General John Stanwix. This distinguished officer embarked from Dublin in the " Eagle," with his lady, and only daughter, and four servants ; the ship was lost at sea, and they all perished. He was succeeded by Major-General Daniel Webb, from the Forty-eighth Foot*. Section XVI.— ABROAD, 1768—1785. Quartered in Lower and Upper Canada. 1775-82 — Field Service against American Colonists. 1768. After five years of home service, the King's Regi- ment embarked, in May, for North America, to relieve the • In 1766 the regiment was reviewed in Hyde Park by His Majesty King Q-eorge the Third. In 1767-8 it was quartered at Dover Castle, under orders for Canada. Its strength was thirty-two officers, twenty-seven Ser- jeants, four hundred and seven effective rank and file ; sick, fifteen ; wanting to complete, nineteen. Establishment, five hundred. — MS, Records, R.U.S.L r 1768 — 74] SERVICES ov the hrst battauon. 55 ' L Fifteenth. It proceeded to Canada, and was stationed at Quebec, Montreal, &c *. By the royal warrjint, of the 19th December, 1768, con- taining regulations for the colours, clothing, &c., of the marching regiments of foot, it was directed that the " VIII., " or King's Reoiment, should bear in the centre of their " colours the White Horse, on a red ground, within the garter, " and crown over it. In the three corners of the second " colour, the King's cypher and crown. " On the grenadier caps, the King's crest ; also, the White " Horse, as in the colours. " The same device of the white horse within the garter, " on the drums and bells of arras. Rank of the regiment " underneath." 1772. On the 20th of October, Lieutenant - Genui-al Webb was removed to the Fourteenth Dragoons, and His Majesty conferred the command of the Eighth Foot on Major-General Bigoe Armstrong, from colonel-commandant of a battalion of the Sixtieth Regimentt. 1773. After passing several years at Quebec, Montreal, St. John's, Chambly, &o., the regiment was removed up the country to the large lakes. One division landed at the ex- tremity of Lake Ontario, and occupied the forts and town of Niagara, near the celebrated water-falls of that name. Another portion of the regiment proceeded to Detroit, a town on the west side of the river, between Lake Erie and Lake St. Clair, and the remainder of the regiment occupied several small posts on the borders of the large lakes, &c. 1774. While stationed in these remote posts, the King's witnessed the ground .s in the vicinity of their quarters changed, by the woodman's axe and the farmer's plough, from almost impenetrable forests, to scenes of rural industry and * On 23rd No> embor, 1768, Major Dudley Auckland was promoted to the lieutenant-colonelcy of the regiment. t On 29th October, 1772, Major John Caldwell was transferred from the Seventh Begiment (or Royal Fusiliers), and promoted to be lieutenant-colonrl in the King's Regiment. % 56 TIIK KINO'h KKlilMKNT OV l'0(»T. [1775 — 7G comfort ; the bears nnd wolves rccedinj^ to the more reinoto regions ; wliilo rude cottages rising up on every side as if by enchantment, marked the extent of the infant settlements. In the mean time, a misunderstanding between the British government and the colonists of the other settlements in North America, on the subject of taxation, was followed by hostilities in 1775, and a number of states united in a confederacy, and, eventually, declared themselves independent of the mother country. 1775. Hostilities commenced at Boston, and the battle of Bunker's Hill proved the stern valour of British soldiers, Canada being left almost without troops, tlio confederated states sent a body of men to invade that province. The Seventh and Twenty-sixth Regiments occupied several posts, which were not prepared to withstand u siege, and a great part of the two regiments was made prisoners at St. John's and Chambly. Lieutenant-General Carleton vacated Mon- treal and retired with the remainder of the two regiments to Quebec, where he was besieged by the Americans during the winter. While this was taking place in the lower province, the King's were unmolested at the forts up the country, where its services were limited to the affording of protection to the settlers. 1776. *After the severe frosts of a Canadian winter were abated, part of the regiment descended from the upper lakes to take part in the expulsion of the insurgent Americans from Canada : and soon afterwards, some British ships, forcing their way through the ice, arrived with reinforcements at Quebec, and the Americans raised the siege : this took place in the early part of May, 1776t. About this period, Captain George Foster of the King's, * On 11th Norember, 1776, Major Mason Bolton was transferred from the Ninth Foot, and promoted to the lieutenant-colonelcy of the King's. t Beatson has erroneously stated, in his Naval and Military Memoirs, that the Eighth proceeded to Canada in the spring of 1776, with Major- G-eneral Biirgoyne. 1776] SERVICES OF THE FIUHT UATTALIUN. 67 who had desconilud from tlie upper lakes with a detachment of the regiment, undertook a moat gallant enterprise against al)out four hundred Americans, who were stationed at a fort, on the river St. Lawrence, above Montrbul, called Cedars, situated within a mile of the Cascade, at a place naturally strong — the land stretching so far into the river as to render the east and Meat points inaccessilde. Captain Forster com- manded at the post of Oswegatchie, and Hve days after the siege of Quebec was raised, he left this post with two lieute- nants and thirty-eight men of the KiNu's, ten Canadian volunteers, and a hundred and twenty Indians. Arriving at the village of St. Regis, he convened a council of warrior chiefs, who refused to accompany the expedition, but per- mitted their young men to go : a number of Canadians also agreed to engage in the enterprise. Thus reinforced, the captain embarked with his party on the 17th of May; and, sailing down the St. Lawrence, landed at ten o'clock at night at Point-du-Diable, six miles above the Cedars. On the 18th, he proceeded under the cover of a thick wood, to within a mile of the fort ; from whence he sent forward a few private soldiers of the King's, the Canadian volunteers, and a hun- dred Indians, who were directed to move secretly through the trees, and take post as near the fort as possible. At the same time a hundred Indians were despatched towards the falls at the entrance of the Cascade, to cut off the communication of the garrison with the Island of Montreal. This body fell in with a detachment of the garrison returning with provisions from the Cascade ; and the American soldiers escaped to the iort with the loss of one man. The garrison was summoned, and the commandant. Major Butterfield, requested four hours' consideration ; but Captain Forster observing that should hostilities commence, and any of the Indians be killed, he could not answer for the conse- quences, the major agreed to surrender on condition of being allowed to retire to Montreal. This was refused ; a redoubt was constructed, and the fort was attacked on the morning of the 19th of May ; at mid-day the garrison surrendered, and m THE king's regiment OP FOOT. [1776 the commandant, and three hundred and ninety officers and soldiers, became prisoners of war. On the 20th of May, information was received of the advance of a party of American soldiers from Montreal towards the fort ; and Captain Forster sent forv/ard a party to take possession of the woods, on both sides of the road along which the Americans were obliged to pass. As they advanced through the wood, the American soldiers were suddenly enveloped in a sharp fire of musketry ; they fought until one Indian was killed and three wounded, and after- wards surrendered. The warriors were so enraged at the loss of their companions that when they arrived at the vicinity of the fort they halted for the purpose of putting their prisoners to death ; but Captain forster, by his most spirited and de- cisive conduct, prevented the savage butchery taking place, although he hazarded the loss of himself and all his party, by his determined proceeding on this occasion. The prisoners were lodged in the fort, where a small garrison was left; and Captain Forster advanced with the remainder of his party to Vaudreuil, six miles from the Cedars. Having ascertained that a body of Americans, under Colonel Arnold, had taken post at La Chine, he advanced to dislodge them ; but on learning that his opponents were six hundred strong, and would be treble that number on the following day, he returned to Vaudreuil; his small party consisting only of thirty men of the King's, 'besides Cana- dians and Indians. On the 27th of May, Colonel Arnold proceeded up the river with seven hundred men in boats ; and Captain Forster formed his party into three divisions, and posted them on three points of land that stretched a little way into the river. The enemy's flotilla approached the left point, but was repulsed by the fire of the Indians ; the Americans next attempted to effect a landing at the central point ; but were driven back by the fire of the thirty men of the King's, who opposed the landing of seven hundred op- ponents with the most distinguished gallantry. On proceed- ing to the third point, the American soldiers were repulsed 1776 — 77] SERVICES of the first battalion. Stit by the Canadian volunteers, and they returned to St. Ann's, on the Island of Montreal, dispirited and exhausted. Captain Forster being much incommoded with his Ameri- can prisoners, who were more numerous than his own party, delivered them up, on condition that they should not serve against the British government until exchanged; but the American congress violated the cartel, on the pretence that the prisoners had been ill-treated ; this was, however, fully proved to be a false and frivolous excuse to evade the condi- tions of the agreement*. While Captain Forster and the gallant officers and men of the King's with him, were thus signalizing themselves in so extraordinary a manner. General Sir Guy Carlttou, K.B., was advancing up the St. Lawrence towards Montreal. The Americans were repulsed at Trois Kiviferes, and they vacated Montreal. A naval force was established on Lake Champiain ; the American vessels were attacked and overpowered, and Canada was freed from the presence of the enemy. The King's were subsequently re-established at their former posts at Niagara, Detroit, &c., where they passed the winter. 1777. This year, when Lieutenant-General Burgoyne com- menced his unfortunate expedition from Canada, by the lower lakes, with the view of penetrating to Albany, the protection of a portion of the Canadian frontiers was confided to the King's ; the regiment also furnished a detachment of one hundred men, to engage in an expedition up the Mohawk river, under the command of Colonel Barry St. Leger, of the Thirty-fourth Foot, as a diversion in favour of the main army. Part of the force employed on this service consisted of Indiane. Having crossed Lake Ontario to Oswego, the detachment proceeded by Wood Creek, to the Mohawk river ; and, in the beginning of August, besieged I'ort Stanwix, a square log fort. i * See a letter on this Bubject in Steadman's History of the American War, Tol. i, p. 175, in which the conduct of Captain Qeoboe Fobsteb, of the Eighth Foot, is fully justified by one of the American officers. 'i X.-: 60 THE king's regiment OF FOOT. [1777—78 with four bastions and a stockaded covered way, situate on a rising ground at the upper end of the Mohawk river. A body of American militia advanced to relieve the garrison, and Colonel St. Leger placed a detachment in ambush. As the Americans marched incautiously through a woody part of the country, they were suddenly assailed by a heavy fire of musketry from behind trees and bushes ; and the savages, rushing from their concealment, made a dreadful slaughter with their spears and tomahawks. More than half the American party was cut off, and the remainder escaped. While this was taking place, the Commandant of the Fort made a sally with his garrison, and plundered the Indian camp. In prosecuting the siege, the artillery proved too light to make any impression on the works; and the Indians having lost thirty of their principal warriors, their friendship began to abate. They had engaged in the enterprise in the hope of plunder, and their expectations not being likely to be realized, many of them withdrew; and, when information arrived of the advance of a body of Americans, under Major- Geneml Arnold, their discontent had arisen to such a height, that some doubt was entertained whether they would not turn their arms against the British trooptf. Under those cir- cumstances the siege was raised, and the detachment retired to Montreal, from whence it proceeded, by the lower lakes, to Ticonderoga, for the purpose of joining the troops under lieutenant-General Burgoyne. This did not, however, take place ; General Burgoyne, after encountering numerous diffi- culties, was surrounded by an American force of so very superior numbers, that he capitulated. 1778 — 1785. The King's remained in Canada during the succeeding seven years. The long residence of the soldiers in the country, united with their knowledge of the roads, and of the localities of the frontiers, rendered their services particularly valuable to the Government*. • On Isfc November, 1780, Major Alexander Dundos was troiisforred from the Thirty-fourth Regiment and promoted to the lieutenant-colonelcy of the King's Bcgiment, which he held until 13th September, 1783, when he retired If: . 1778 — 94] SERVICES of the first I'.ATTALION. fil In 17c , the American war was terminated by Great Britain acknowledging the independence of the United States. • Section XVII.— AT HOME, 1785—1794. Quartered in England and Ireland. 1785 — 1793. On the arrival of the 65th Eegiment in Canada in the summer of 1785, the King's returned to England, where it arrived in September. It remained in South Britain until 1791, wlien it proceeded to Ireland*. It was stationed in Ireland when the republican party in France added to their enormities the beheading of their sovereign, which was followed by another war, and a British force was sent to Flanders in the summer of 1793. In the same year, the flank companies of the King's were formed, with those of several other corps, into Grenadier and Light Infantry battalions, and were employed, under Lieutenant- General Sir Charles Grey, at the capture of the islands of Martinique and Guadaloupef. Section XVIIL— ABROAD, 1794—1795. Field Service in Flanders and Holland. Nimeguen. Defence op 1794. The establishment of the Eighth was augmented ; a second lieutenant-colonel was added | ; and in the summer from the regiment, and was succeeded by Major Arent Schnylei' de Peister, who was promoted to be colonel by brevet on 12th October, 1793, and re- signed his commiHsion 22nd April, 1794. • In 1786-7 the regiment was quartered in Plymouth, in 1790-91-92 in Jersey, and in 1793 in Ireland. — MS. Records, R. U.S.I. t During the operations in Guadaloupe between 19th June and 2nd July, 1794, the casualties among the oiRcers of the King's were killed Captain Armstrong and Lieutenant Booth. — Extract from Despatch of General Sir Charles Orey, K.B., dated Ouadaloupe, 8' Section XX.— ABEOAD, 1799—1803. Minorca. Field Service in Egypt. Battle of Alexandria. Gibraltar. 1799. On the 6th of May the King's embarked for that island, where it was stationed during the succeeding twelve months. 1800. In May, 1800, a body of British troops landed on the Island of Minorca from England; and the arrival, in June, of Lieutenant-General Sir Ealph Abercromby, accom- panied by Major-Generals Hutchinson and Moore, occasioned the most lively anticipations of being called upon to engage * No mention is made of the King's Regiment in Sir R. Abercromby'a despatches detailing the operations which resulted in the capitulation of St. Lucie, on 25th May, nor are any casualties reported between 28th April and 5th May. I do not know on what authority Mr. Cannon states that the regiment took part in these operations. — A. G. R. The regiment landed at Grenada on 24th of March, 179S, and was present at the capture of Port Royal in that island. The casualities during the operations between 9th and 19th June, 1796, as reported in Major-General Oliver Nichols' despatch, dated 21st June, were : — Killed, one rank and file ; wounded, five rank and file. t On 4th May, 1798, Major George Airey was transferred from the Sixty- eighth Regiment, and promoted by purchase to be a lieutenant-colonel in the King's. He was promoted to the rank of major-general on 4th June, 1811, but he continued to be borne on the establishment of the King's Regiment as a lieutenant-colonel until 1814. — For summary of services of this officer vide Appendix No. IT. -^ ^ 1800] SEltVICES OF THE FIUST BATTALION. Go in some important enterprise. Several corps immediately embarked ; but the King's was left for the defence of the island. After about a Inontli's absence, the Heet retunied to await the arrival of fresh instructions from England : and on the 12th of August, the King's was inspected at Fort George by the Commander of the Forces, who was so well pleased with its efficient, clean, and healthy appearance, and with the excellent state of discipline which prevailed in the corps, that, a few days afterwards, the regiment was re- moved from the list of corps to be kept in garrison, to that of the corps held in readiness to embark at a moment's notice. At the same time the regiment was formed in* brigade with the Second and Ninety-second llegiments, cor.imanded by Brigadier-GeneruT Doyle. On the 28th of August, the regiment embarked on board His Majesty's ship "Diadem," mustering six hundred and ten efl'ective rank and file, and sailed with the expedition against Cadiz ; but a contagious disease carrying off great numbers of the inhabitants, the enterprise was abandoned lor fear of infection, and the fleet sailed to Gibraltar. Egypt was, at this period, occupied V- an army of French veterans, who were emboldened by comiuest, and inured to the climate ; Bonaparte had styled them the " Army of the East ;" and this ambitious leader had meditated the subjuga- tion of Asia by their means. While at Gibraltar, the King's was selected to form part of an expedition under Sir Ealph Abercromby, designed to efl'ect the expulsion of the French from Egypt. From Gibraltar the fleet proceeded to Malta* ; and the health of the soldiers, which had been impaired by being so long at sea, was speedily restored by the abundance of fresh provision which the island atlbrded. In December, the expedition sailed to Marraorice, in Asiatic Turkey, and the fleet anchored in a magnificent basin of water, capable of containing' five hundred ships of the line. This bay was • Tho regiment was four liundrcd and ninety strong ; it was attached to the second brigade (Major-General Cradoek's). The fleet left Minorca and sailed for Malta on 20tli December.— .If s\ R^cm'di, R.U.S.I. F 11 I ' \t m C)6 THE king's nEGIMENT OF FOOT. [1801 surrounded by mountains of irregular shape, the sides of which were adorned with trees of various kinds ; and the town appeared on the sides of a marble rock. 1801. At this picturesque spot the troops were landed and exercised ; a plan of co-operation was arranged with the Turks ; and no attention was omitted, that superior know- ledge and the most active zeal could suggest, for the advan- tage of every person, and everything connected with this enterprise. The King's, commanded by Colonel Gordon Drummond, was formed in brigade with the Thirteenth, Eighteenth, and Ninetieth Regiments, under the orders of Major-General Cradock. From Marmorice the fleet sailed in February, and on the 2nd of March anchored in Aboukir Bay, a few miles from the city of Alexandria, the ancient capital of Egypt. Boisterous weather occasioned the landing to be delayed until the morning of the 8th of March, when the flower of a brave army moved in boats towards the shore, exposed to a shower of shot, shells, gi'ape, and musketry, from the French troops which had assembled to oppose the landing. The moment they arrived at the beach, the British leaped out of the boats, and, rushing forward in the face of dangers and difficulties of a most formidable character, they forced the enemy from his position, and captured several pieces of cannon and a number of liorses. Sir Ralph Abercromby thanked the troops, in general orders, for their gallant conduct, which was " marked equally for ardent bravery, and by " coolness, regularity, and order." After this victory, the army advanced several miles on the road to Alexandria. Tlie French were discovered in position on an advantageous ridge, with their right to the canal of Alexandria, and their left towards the sea ; and on the morn- ing of the 13th of March, the Britisli advanced in two lines, by the left, in order to turn the enemy's right flank, the brigade of which the King's formed part being at the head of the first line. On passing through the wood of date trees, in front of Mandora tower, the French descended from the 1801] SEUVICEb OF TIIK FIHST BATTALION. Cu heights to attack the leading brigades of both lines'**. The Kino's, with the remainder of their brigade, formed to con- front their opponents jn gallant style ; and some severe fighting took place, in which British valour was conspicuous, and the regiment had an opportunity of signalizing itself. The French were driven back with severe loss, and the British stood triumphant on the scene of conflict. Sir Kalph Aber- cromby expressed his approbation of the conduct of the troops, in general orders, in the following terms : — " The commander-in-chief has great satisfaction in thank- " ing the troops for their soldier-like and intrepid conduct in " the action, uf yesterday. He feels it particularly incumbent " upon him to express his most perfect satisfaction of the " steady and gallant behaviour of Major-General Cradock's " brigade (Eighth, Thirteenth, Eighteenth, and Ninetieth " Regiments), and he desires that Major-General Cradock will " assure them that their meritorious conduct commands his " admiration." The King's lost, on this occasion, one serjeant and ten rank and file killed ; Major Duke, Captains McMurdo and Fortye, Lieutenants Church, O'Brien, and Eaton, eight Ser- jeants, and fifty-seven rank and file wounded ; total, eighty- two killed and wounded. Lieutenant O'Brien died of his wounds. Having received a reinforcement from the interior, the French issued from their fortified position in front of Alexan- dria, and made a resolute attack on the British troops, on the 21st of March. The post occupied by the King's was assailed by the French, who were speedily repulsed and driven back ; but the attack on the right was more obstinate. British valour, however, prevailed ; but the splendour of the victory was clouded by the loss of the brave Sir Ralph Aber- cromby, who was wounded in the action, and died a few days afterwards. • The Ninetieth Regiment formed the advance-guard of the right column ; the Niuetj-second Regiment formed the advance-guard of the left column. F 2 f!8 TJIE king's REfilMENT OF FOOT. [1801 The loss of the KiNu's was liuiited to oue man killed and two wounded*. Soon after this victory, a body of Biitish and Turks marched to the city of Kosetta, situated near the mouth of one of tlio great channels of the river Nile. The enemy withdrew from tlie city ; but Fort St. Julian lu:ld out, and, while the siege was in progress, the King's traversed the country to Kosetta, where it arrived on the 19th of April, the day on whicli the fort surrendered. From the city of liosetta, a place celebrated for the beauty of its environs, being completely embosomed in a grove of date, banana, sycamore, orange, lemon, pomegranate, and palm trees, the King's advanced up the Nile, through a rich country, abounding in rice, wheat, barley, and other neces- saries and luxuries of life, and on the 7th of May the French were driven from tlie post of El- Aft. The enemy occupied a formidable position at Rahmanie, to prevent the advance of the British troops up the country ; but this post was forced, and the French retired through the desert towards Cairo. The loss of the King's on this occasion was limited to two private soldiers wounded. Continuing their route along the banks of the Nile, the British troops arrived on the 1st of June within sight of the Pyramids, and on the 8th pitched their tents within a few miles of these stupendous structures. From the Pyramids the army advanced to Cairo, the metropolis of modern Egypt, and the French surrendered this city after a few days' siege. This conquest added fresh lustre to the British arms, and the troops retired down the Nile to the vicinity of Alexandria, and this important city was surrendered in the beginning of September. * The King's was attached to the second brigade, which consisted of the Eighth, Thirteenth, Eighteenth, and Ninetieth Regiments. On 30th March, when encamped four miles west of Alexandria, the numbers given in the states were twenty -four officers, five hundred and thirty-two non-commissioned officers and privates ; of these there were three hundred and sixty-one non-commis- sioned ofliccrs and privates pivsent and fit for duty. — MS. Becurds, R. U.S.I. 1801 — 04] 8RRVICE8 OF THE FIRST nATTALION. m The valour and luitient > uilurnnco uiulor triiiln, difticiiltios, ftnd privations of an oxlruonlinary character, evinced by the Jiritish troops in Kgypt, excited tlh iiK'st lively feelings of gratitude and exultation in Orciit Britain; mid King (ieorgc HI. conferred on the Ki: ' '^, and tiio other corps engaged in those services, the honour of hearing on their colours and appointments the " SiiiVNX," with the word " Egypt," os a mark of His Majesty's royal approbation of their conduct. 1802. The successful termination of this splendid enter- prise was followed by a treaty of peace. Wliile negotiations were pending, the Kino's was withdrawn from Kgypt. The treaty was concluded in 1802, and the regiment proceeded to Gibraltar*, 1803. This peace was, however, of short duration. The treacherous conduct of Napoleon Bonaparte, First Consul of France, occasioned the renewal of hostilities in 1803, and the KiQHTH was withdrawn from Gibraltar, and landed at Ports- mouth in August. Section XXI.— AT HOME, 1803—1805. Quartered in England and Ireland. Bonaparte assembled an array for the invasion of England, and preparations were made on a most stupendous scale to repel the enemy ; all ranks and conditions of men evincing the most steady and determined resolution to support the government, and to maintain their liberties against the power of the enemy. 1804. This year a second battalion was added to The King's Regiment, and was formed of men raised in the * On 26th October, 1802, Lieutenant Sclioley died of a fever, stated to have carried off about one-third of the population of Gibraltar. On 28th October the deaths nmong the troops (Rojnl Artillery, Second, Eighth, Tenth, Thirteenth, Fifty-fourth, and Do RoUcs Regiment) are stated to have been thirty daily. On account of the weak state of the garrison, as a precaution against attack, the guards watching the Spanish lines were ordered to load every evening at suuset, and the matches at the principal battery were kept lighted. 70 THE king's regiment OF FOOT. [1804 — 05 West Eiding of Yorkshire, for limited service, under the Additional Force Act, passed in July of that year. This battalion was placed on the establishment of the army, on the 25th of December, 1804*. About the period when the second battalion was em- bodied, Spain united in hostilities against Great Britain with Bonaparte, whom the French had elevated to the dignity of Emperor. 1805. A treaty of concert between Great Britain and Eussia, for putting a stop to the encroachments of France, and to effect the re-establishment of peace and of the balance of power in Europe was signed in April. Austria afterwards joined the alliance, and while preparations for carrying these resolutions into effect were in progress, the first battalion of the King's embarked at Portsmouth, on the 17th of Mayf. Several circumstances concurred in preventing the battalion being engaged in any important enterprise at this period, and it landed at Cork on the 7th of August. It was, however, not destined to remain long in Ireland. The victory of Trafalgar, gained by the British fleet under Viscount Nelson, over the French and Spanish squadrons, gave Great Britain a more decided superiority at sea than formerly ; at the same time Eussia and Austria were in arms against France ; and on the 29th of October, the first battalion embarked for the Con- tinent. i Section XXII.— ABEOAD, 1805—1806. Field Service in Germany. In November the battalion landed at Cuxhaven, a port belonging to the city of Hamburgh, and situated at the mouth * (a.) On 27th August, 1804, the King's and other regiments were reviewed by His Royal Highness the Duke of York, at a camp near Eastbourne. — Mil. Extracts, Ftdio III., R.U.S I. (J.) On 22nd NoTeinber, 1804, Major Daniel Houghton was promoted to bo lieutenant- colonel in the regiment, and posted to this battalion. t In the beginning of 1805 the first battalion was at Colchester, and the second at Doncaster. — MS. Records, R. U.S.I. 1805 — 07] SERVICES OF THE FIRST BATTALION. 71 of the river Elbe. Frori Cuxhaven, the King's advanced up the country, and formed part of the force under Lieuten ant- General Lord Cathcarb, designed to co-operate with the Austrians and Kussians. The occupation of the electorate of Hanover, which had recently been overrun by the French, was one object of the expedition : but after the defeat of the Russians and Austrians at Austerlitz, the preponderance of French power was established on the Continent, and a treaty was concluded at Vienna, in which it was stipulated that Hanover should be occupied by the Prussians ; the British troops were consequently withdrawn. The King's marched to Bremen-Lee, where it embarked on the 11th of February, 1806, and landed on the 26th of that month at llamsgate*. Section XXIIL— AT HOME, 1806—1808. Quartered in England and Ireland, 1807. Expedition to Copenhagen. 1806. In March, 1806, the first battalion proceeded to Liverpool, and embarked for Ireland. 1807. After remaining in Ireland six months, the first battalion embarked from Dublin on the 23rd, and landed at Liverpool on the 27th of July. At the same time it was selected to form part of an expedition under Lieiitenant- General Lord Cathcart, against the capital of Denmark, for the purpose of preventing the navy of that kingdom being employed by Napoleon against Great Britain. The battalion embarked f(»r this service from Hull, in the early part of Augustf; and the Danisli government not acceding to the proposed conditions, the army landed on the island of Zealand, and invested Copenhagen, the King's disembarking on the 16th of August, at the village of Wisbeck, situated about half- * In 1806 the first battalion was quartered in Hastings. — Ma. Records, R.U.S.I. t The battalion was attached to Major-General McFarlaue's Brigade of the left division. — MS. Records, R.U.S.F. f IN i mt 80 THE king's regiment OF FOOT. [1813 Brigadier-General Vincent. Three thousand five hundred Americans, witli a field train, and two hundred and fifty dragoons, advanced against the British detachment, and drove the piquets from Stoney Creek. Tlie light companies of the King's and Forty-ninth Eegimonts, commanded by Lieute- nant-Colonel Harvey, moved forward, on the 5th of June, to reconnoitre, and having ascertained the position of the enemy's cnmp, the five companies of the King's, under Major Ogilvie, and the Forty-ninth Regiment (mustering together only seven hundred and four bayonets) advanced at eleven at night against the enemy's post, at Stoney Creek, where nearly four thousand opponents were assembleil. After traversing seven miles of difficult road with great secrecy, the enemy's camp was surprised ; the British dashed among their oppc - nents with undaunted bravery, routed the very superior numbers of the Americans, with great slaughter, and made Brigadier- Generals Chandler and Winder (first and second in command), with upwards of one hundred officers and men, prisoners : also captured three guns, one brass howitzer, and three tumbrils. Brigadier-General Vincent observed in his report of this brilliant enterprise, — " Major Ogilvie led on in " the most gallant manner, the five companies of the King's " Regiment ; and whilst one half of that highly disciplined " and distinguished corps supported the Forty-ninth Regi- " ment, the other part moved to the right and attacked the " enemy's left flank, which decided our midnight contest." The Americans, though driven from the camp, hovered in crowds in the neighbouring woods, and being four times more numerous than the British, tlie latter withdrew. The Ameri- cans, being reinforced, took post at Forty-mile Creek. The loss of the King's at the surprise of the American camp at Stoney Creek was — Lieutenant Hooper, two Serjeants, and seven rank and file killed ; Major Ogilvie, Captains Munday and Goldrick, Lieutenants Weyland and Boyd, four Serjeants, and fifty-one rank and file wounded ; thirteen rank and file missing. Early in June, the five companies of the regiment which i 1813] SEUVICES OF THE FIRST BATTALION. .Si liad been engaged at Sackett's Harbour embarked from Kingston, with some artillery, on board the squadron, under Commodore Sir James Yeo, to reinforce the British troops at Fort George. Major Evans, though still suffering from his wounds, was carried on board and placed in command. News of the evacuation of Fort George having been obtained. Sir James Yeo received directions to land the men as near York town as possible ; but the fleet being detained by contrary winds. Major Evans and Lieutenant Finch travelled by land to York, which the Americans had evacuated, and hearing of the gallant affair at Stoney Creek, Major Evans returned to the fleet, and induced Sir James Yeo to attack the American camp at Forty-mile Creek; at the same time, Lieutenant Finch proceeded by land to apprise Brigadier-General Vincent of the approach of the shipping and troops. A combined movement was arranged, in which the light company of the King's was employed ; and the Americans, being thus menaced by water and land, fled from their post with pre- cipitation ; the British pressed upon them, captured several boats, and obtained possession of a great part of the camp ec^uipage and baggage of the American army. Being thus weakened and confounded by the daring enterprises of a comparatively small number of British soldiers, the American commander, Major-General Dearborn, withdrew his detachments from Fort Erie, &c., and concen- trated his forces at Fort George ; and the British made a forward movement from the head of Lake Ontario, to support the light infantry and Indians in circumscribing the enemy, 80 as to compel him to maintain his army from his own resources. Five hundred and seventy Americans, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Boestler, advanced to disperse a few British troops, which were collecting at Beaver Dams for the purpose of procuring provisions. The Americans being attacked while on the march, on the 24th of June, by the Indian warriors under Captain Kerr, retired to an open piece of ground, and sent to their main army for succours ; but ^ t^r ill m i .i:. 82 TIIK king's REOIMKNT OF FOOT. [1813 a detaclmitMit of tho Forty-ninth, under Lieutenant Fitzgib- bon, with the lij^'ht company of tho KiN(}'s, flank ( .iupanies of the Hundred and Fourth, and a few Canadian cavalry, arriving at tho scene of conflict, the Americans surrendered, delivering up their arms, artillery, and a stand of colours of the Fourteenth United States Regiment. The King's continued actively employed during the remainder of the campaign*. The Americans sustained several severe repulses, and two of their divisions were forced to quit the Canadas. Fort George was captured by the British in December ; and also Fort Niagara. Two thousand Americans assembled at Black Rock and Buffalo, to check the further progress of the British ; and a detachment of the King's Regiment, commanded by Lieute- nant-Colonel Ogilvie, formed part of the force under Major- General Riall, which crossed the Niagara river on the night of the 20th of December, and attacked the enemy soon after day-break on the following morning. The impetuosity and steady resolution of the British, overpowered the resistance of their more numerous antagonists, who fled from their batteries to the town of Buffalo, where another stand was made ; but the Americans were again routed, and they aban- doned the village in dismay, leaving three guns behind them. Two schooners and a sloop were destroyed ; and the town ol" Buffalo and village of Black Rock were burnt, as a measure of retaliation for the acts of plunder and conflagration com- mitted by the Americais in their invasion of Upper Canada. The King's had seven men killed on this service ; and Lieutenant-Colonel Ogilvie, Lieutenant Young, and fourteen * On 8th July, a party of the King's, detached from Chippawa, after a skirmish in which tlie Americans lost twenty killed and t«n prisoners, reco- vered some stores, buried near Fort George, when the f h-I was evacuated on 27tli May. On 11th July, a detachment of tho King's, under Lieutenant Barstow, formed part of a force commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Bisshopp, which attacked the naval establishment of Black Bock. The batteries were carried, and ■.lO barracks, block houses, and one schooner burned; the casualties of the detachment were three privates killed and six wounded. — Mil. Extracti, Folio III, 106—152, R.U.S.I. « Drunii King's Ogilvit commn eious sideral Thi 1813 — 14] HERVICK8 OF TIIK FIUST IIATTALION. M rank nnd filo wounded. After Lieutenant-Colonel Ogilvio was wounded, the command ol' the detachment devolved on Captain Uuhiiison. Lieutenant-CJeneral Drummond thanked the troops in i,'eneral orders for their exertions, and expressed " his admii iiion of the valuable qtudities which they hatl " disphiyed in th«) course of tliat short hut severe service, in " whicli tliey have cheerfully borne the absence of almost " every comfort, and the rij^ours of a climate f(tr which tliey " were far from bein;,' prepared*." 1814. On the decease of General Ralph Dundas, the colonelcy was conferred on General Kdmund Stevens, from the Sixty-tifth Kegiment, by commission dated the 8th of February, 1814. Lieutenant-Colonel Ogilvie not having recovered of his wounds, and Major Cotton having died from severe exertions, Major Evans was ordered from Quebec to the Niagara frontier, to rejoin the first battalion, which was labouring under de- I)ression from fever and ague, contracted by severe service and exposure to inclement weather. The health of the men soon improved by care and attention; and tliey were employed in throwing up a breast-work on the banks of the Chippawn. The battalion was subsequently end)arked for Kingston ; but on arriving at York, Colonel Young was directed to proceed to Kingston to aspume the command at tliat station, and the battalion was orderud back to the Niagara frontier. The men afflicted witli ague, all solicited to be allowed to accompany the battalion, to confront the enemies of their King and country. Tin King's landed at Fort George on the 4th of July, and advanced, by a forced march, upon Chippawa. The United States continued to prosecute their designs * Extract from Eeport of Major-Gt'ni.'ral Riall to Lieutctiant-Oenoral Drumuiond: — " I must particularly jncntion the ateiidiness and bravery of tlie King's Regiment and Eighty-ninth Light Infantry, led by Lieutenant-Colonel Ogilvie, of the King's. After Lieutenant-Colonel Ogilvie was wounded, the command of the regiment devolved on Captain Robinson, who by a very judi- cious movement to the riglit with three battalion companies, made a con- siderable impression on the left of the enemy's position." The strength of the King s was two hundred and forty rank and tile. r. 2 ! 84 THE king's regiment OF FOOT. [1814 upon Canada, notwithstanding their failures and heavy losses ; and on the 3rd of July, an American army (estimated at six thousand men) commanded by Major-General Brown, tra- versed the Niagara at the ferry opposite Black Eock, and afterwards took post near that river; Major-General Eiall advanced from the lines of Chippawa, and being joined by the King's, he ventured to attack the very superior numbers of the enemy, on the afternoon of the 5th of July. The British bands, mustering only fifteen hundred men, besides a few Canadians pud Indians, moved to the attack in three columns, the King's Eegiment being in advance* ;" but, after some sharp fighting, it was found impracticable to force the enemy's position with so great a disparity of numbers, and a large body of American riflemen joining their army during the action, a retrograde movement was ordered. The King's Covered the retreat upon Chippawa, and all the officers and men of the regiment were commended for their conduct. Major Evans was reported to have signalized himself on this occasion, and his conduct was spoken of in terms of com- mendation. Lieutenant Greig, of the King's, Staff- Adjutant to Colonel Pearson, was mentioned in the public despatches of General Fisher, for his zeal and conduct at the storming of Oswego, on the 6th of May, 1814 ; also by Major-General Eiall, in the action of the 5th of July, 1814, on the Plains of Chippawa ; and in general orders after the action of the 25th of July, 1814, at Lundy's Lane, for the capture of Colonel Stainton, of the United States army. The regiment had three men killed ; Lieutenant Boyde, one Serjeant, and twenty- two rank and file wounded. * The troops eiigngecl in this affair were First Royal Scots, five hundred ; first battalion Eighth, the King's, four hundred and eighty j Hundredth Regi- ment, four hundred and fifty ; one troop of Nineteenth Light Dragoons, in all about one thousand five hundred regulars, besides three hundred Indians and some militia. The casualties were six officers and one hundred and forty- two non-commissioned officers and privates killed ; twenty-six officers and two hundred and ninety-five non-commissioned officers and privates wounded ; one lieutenant and forty -two rank and file missing. — (ExtHUited from Major- General Riall's Report to Lieuteuant-Geueral Driimmond, dated Chippawa, (Jth July.) ,m lana rty- two ied: ijor- awa, i 1814] SERVICES OF THE FIRST BATTALION. 83 On the 7th of July, the British retired upon Fort George, covered by the King's Regiment; the Americans followed with caution, and encamped within three miles of the British lines. During the night of the 12th of July, Major Evans with the light company of the King's, under Captain Henry Sadlier, advanced with great secrecy towards a cottage situated between the two armies, in the expectation of being able to seize some American officers of distinction. Arriving at the cottage, the King's were informed that the enemy was in force betwixt themselves and their camp, and they were speedily assailed by a volley of musketry from the road along which they had advanced. The night being dark. Major Evans succeeded by a stratagem, in bringing two parties of Americans into collision; he then directed the light com- pany to retrograde through the wood, and gain, if possible, No. 1 redoubt on the Niagara river. Major Evans, having on a round hat with a brown coat over his uniform, was en- abled to pass through the American troops without detection. This force of the enemy proved to be three hundred volun- teers, under the American General Swift, who was killed in the rencounter; and their object appears to have been to carry off Major-General Eiall, and his staff, who occupied an isolated cottage ; but the design was thus happily frustrated. The King's had four men killed, and two missing ; but the Americans sustained a much greater loss. On the 13th of July, while the Americans were firing minute guns for General Swift, the British troops withdrew to Twenty-mile Creek, covered by the King's Regiment ; and, in a few days afterwards, they were reinforced by the One Hundred and Third Regiment, and some artillery. Tlie Americans withdrew from their position, and were followed by the British on the 23rd of July. Two days afterwards a sharp action was fought at Lundy's Lane, near the falls of Niagara. The Americans attacked the leading British bri- gade, and a retrograde movement was commenced, when Lieutenant-General Drummond arrived with a small rein- IJH! m m m II mi I I i\i HI 86 THE king's REOIMENT OK FOOT. [1814 forcement, (includiug a detachment of the KiNc's, under Captain Francis Campbell,) drawn from Fort Oeorge and Mississaga, and renewed the contest. The Americans re- peatedly attempted to force tlie Britisli centre to gain the crest of the position, but were repulsed. The detachment of the King's, under Captain Campbell, was engaged at this point, and highly distinguished itself. Captain Campbell's horse was killed under him, and liis detachment suffered a heavy loss ; but the ground was maintained with sanguinary perseverance. About nine in the evening, an intermission of firing took place. The Americans renewed the attack with fresh troops ; a fierce combat of artillery and musketry followed in the dark, and the ground was contested with the most determined bravery. The head-quarter division of the King's, com- manded by Major Evans, arrived at the scene of conflict ; and being guided by the blaze of musketry and cannon flashing continually in the dark, penetrated into the fight. The Americans charged up the hill ; bayoneted the British gun- ners in the act of loading, and gained possession of the guns ; but the British troops in the centre, where the detachment of the King's, under Captain Campbell, was fighting, drove back the Americans and retook the guns. The storm of battle still raged along the heights ; the muzzles of the British and American artillery were within a few yards of each other, and the combatants were so mingled in close fight, that, in limbering up the guns, an American six-pounder was put by mistake on a British limber, and a British six- pounder on an American limber. " The enemy's efforts to " carry the hill were continued until about midnight, when " he had suffered so severely from the superior steadiness and " discipline of His Majesty's troops, that he gave up the con- " test, and retreated with great precipitation to his camp, '' beyond the Chippawa. On the following day he abandoned " his camp, threw the greatest part of his baggage, camp " equipage, and provisions, into the rapids, and having set fire ' to Street's mills, and destroyed the bridge at Chippawa, Ife 9 1814] SERVICES OF THE FIRST BATTALION. P " continued his retreat, in great disorder, towards Fort « Erie* " Tlie gallant conduct of the detachment of the King's under Captain Campbell, was commended in the public despatchesf ; and the head-quarter companies, under Major Evans, were declared to have behaved with equal gallantry and firmness. Captain liobinson of the regiment (provincial lieutenant-colonel) commanded an incorporated militia batta- lion, highly distinguished himself, and was wounded. The regiment had twelve rank and file killed ; Lieutenant Xoell, Ensigns Swayne and Macdonald, three Serjeants, and fifty-four rank and file wounded; one quarter-master and twelve rank and file missingj. Following the American army in its retrograde movement, the British anived at Fort Erie and commenced the siege of that place. The King's was employed in this service, and on the 12th of August, Major Evans, being in command of the piquet of this and De Watteville's Regiment, repulsed a sortie of the garrison. Lieutenant-General Drummond having been brought to the spot by the firing, thanked the piquet for its conduct. On the 15th of August, the King's and De Watteville's Regiments were engaged, under Lieutenant-Colonel Fischer, in the attack of the American post at Snake Hill ; at the same time another portion of the works of the fort was stormed by detachments selected for that service. The flank companies, under Major Evans, advanced for the purpose of turning the position between Snake Hill and mi % * Licuteuant-General Drummond's despatch. t The Lieutenant-General cannot refrain from expressing in the strongest manner his admiration of the gallantry and steadiness of . . . , and of the detachment of the King's Eegiment, under Captain Camphell, bj whom the brunt of the action was for o^ considerable tiipe sustained, and whose loss has been severe. — (Extracted from District Order of Lieutenant- General Drummond, dated Head-quarters, Falls of Niagara, 26th July, 1814.) X On 28th July, 1814, Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel James O^ilvie was pro- muted to be a Lieutenant-Colonel in the regiment. ! Of*: s -i' rl, THE king's regiment OF FOOT. [1814 I i the lake ; and the battalion companies followed in support. After a circuitous route in the dark, exposed to heavy rains, the troops approached the works ; but found it impossible to advance by the narrow road parallel with the lake, from the enemy's cannon completely sweeping it, and they entered the water, wading along the edge of the lake waist deep, over rocks and stones. On arriving at the abattis, it was found impossible to penetrate it ; the enemy kept up a tremendous fire, and the troops were forced to abandon the advantages they had gained, and to retire. The King's had Lieutenant Noell, one serjeant, and fifteen rank and file killed ; Lieiite- nant Young and fourteen rank and file wounded ; one Ser- jeant and fifteen rank and file missing. During the afternoon of the 17th of September, when the King's, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Ogilvie, was on duty, the Americans sallied from their works and attacked the British posts with overwhelming numbers. The King's suffered severely on this occasion, and the enemy gained some advantage*, but was eventually driven back with great loss. Lieutenant-Colonel Ogilvie was thanked by Lieutenant- General Drummond, for his conduct on this occasion. The regin.ent had Lieutenant Barston, one serjeant, and twelve rank and file killed ; Lieutenant Lowry and twelve rank and file wounded; Captain Bradbridge, Lieutenant Mc Nair, Ensign Matthewson, eight Serjeants, and sixty-three rank and file missing. On the 2lEt of September, the British troops withdrew from before the fort, to proceed into quarters of refreshment ; * Extract from District Order by Lieutenaut-General Drummond, dated Camp before Fort Erie, 18th September, 1814 :— " The attack on the right, favoured bv the weather (the rain was falling in torrents) was partially suc- cessful. No. 2 Battery, defended by the King's and by De Watteville's regiments was carried, both corps suffering such severe loss in killed and wounded as afforded incontestible proof that the battery was not gained without a viiTorous resistance. It was afterwards recovered, and the enemy driven out of our entrenchments by three companies of the Sixth and seven companies of the Eighty -second, imder Major Proctor. The blockhouse on the right was well defended by a detachment of the King's stationed in it." 1814 — 20] SERVICES OF THE FIRST BATTALION. 80 and the Eighth, or King's Eegiment, being reduced to a skeleton by its severe losses on numerous occasions, was ordered to retire to Montreal, The distinguished gallantry displayed by the regiment while serving on the Niagara frontier, was subsequently re- warded with the royal authority to bear on its colours the word "Niagara," as a distinguished mark of favour and approbation. Section XXV.— AT HOME, 1815—1818. Quartered in England and Ireland. 1815. A treaty of peace having been concluded with the Americans, the first battalion embarked from Quebec in June, and arrived at Portsmouth in July. In the month of December of this year, all men fit for service belonging to the second battalion were transferred to the first, and the establishment of the King's Eegiment wafi reduced to a single battalion consisting of one thousand ana seventy-seven non-commissioned oflScers and privates. 1816, 1817, 1818. The regiment embarked at Portsea, in February, 1816, for Ireland, in which country it remained nearly two years, and embarked at Cork, in January, 181G, for Malta. Section XXVI.— ABROAD, 1818—1824. Quartered in Malta and in the Ionian Isles. While at Malta the establishment was reduced to seven hundred and seven non-commissioned officers and private soldiers. 1819, 1820. From Malta the regiment was removed to the Ionian Islands, in January, 1819, and landed at Corfu on the 19th of that month*. A detachment of three companies, under the command of Brevet-Major Eobinson, embarked for * During the years 1817, 1818, and 1819, the records of the regiment were stained hj various discreditable incidents, attributable to the uuhcoii- ■f| m m mi I I I I m' Ml 90 THE KT.NU'S REGIMENT OF FOOT. [1820 — 30 Santa Maura, to reinforce the garrison, the inhabitants having assembled in aims, and threatened the town : this detach- ment, in conjunction with detachments of the. Twenty-eighth and Thirty-second Regiments, under the commaud of Lieute- nant-Colonel Sir Frederick Stovin, was successfully engaged in an attack on the position of the rebels, on the 4th of October, 1819. 1821. In consequence of an insurrectionary spirit having shown itself in Zante, and the adjoining islands, the regiment was employed, in conjunction with the Ninetieth Light In- fantry, in disarming the population : for the performance of this duty it received the approbation of His Majesty King George IV., which was signified through the Commander-in- chief to Major-General Sir Frederick Adam, the Lord High Commissioner of the Ionian Islands. 1824. The regiment embarked from Cephalonia in June, and arrived at Portsmouth on the 3rd of August following. Section XXVIL— AT HOME, 1824—1830. QUARTERED IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, AND IRELAND. 1825. On the 1 3th of September, the colonelcy was con- ferred on Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Bayly, G.C.H., in succession to General Stevens, deceased. 1826. In March, the regiment embarked from Plymouth for Scotland, and arrived at Glasgow towards the end of the same month. 1827 — 1830. After remaining ten months in Scotland, the regiment embarker t for Ireland, and landed at Belfast in January, 1827*. It remained in Ireland until 1830. duct and mismanagement of the commanding officer, Lieutenant -Colonel Peter T. Boberton, who at ^oriu, on 2l8t May, 1819, was tried by a general court-martial, convicted, ai d cashiered. He was succeeded by Lieutenant- Colonel J. Duffy, transferrt d from Half -pay list, whose Commission in the regiment was dated 9th Sept imber, 1819. * On 20th March, 1828, Lieutenant- Colonel the Honorable George Cath- lart was trcnsferred from half-pay to the Lieutenant-Colonelcy of the King's ' I I i «*£;„ -,i Yi; ■■ ^ m I Ms 'Jul '*^ iv ^^ TV ^ •lu ^ \ { VI r^: ' « 52 . ^ ♦^ s A "^ 1 "^ f ? f - 00 •;^ 1830 41] SEUVICE8 OF THE FIRST BATTALION. 01 Section XXVIIL— ABROAD, 1830—1841. Quartered in Nova Scotia Bermuda, Jamaica — Nova Scotia. 1830. In the summer of this year the six s^^rvice com- [lanies embarked for Nova Scotia, and landed at Halifax in July, at the same time four depot companies embarked for England, and landed at Liverpool. 1833. From Nova Scotia, the service companies were removed in May; they landed at Bermuda in June, and If mained at that island until the end of July, wlien they were removed to Jamaica. 1835. The four depot companies emljarked for Ireland in the summer of 1835, and landed at Cork on the 30th of June*. 1838. In August, the depot companies were removed from Ireland, to the island of Guernsey. 1839. After remaining in Jamaica nearly six years, the service companies were ordered to return to Nova Scotia. They embarked from Jamaica in April, and arrived at Halifax in May. 1840. On the night of the 17th of June, the depot com- panies, under Major Malet, were employed in extinguish- ing a fire which had broken out in a Spanish vessel in the harbour. 1841. The depot was ordered to Ireland in the autumn of this year, and previously to its embarkation, a record was made in the annals of the lioyal Court of Guernsey, at the recom- mendation of the bailiff and principal law officers, expressive of the high esteem they entertained for the corps on account Begiment (to carry rank, 15th August, 1826). — ^I'or summary of services of officer, vide Appendix No. II. * On 2nd October, 1835, Major Thomas Gerard Ball was promoted to the lieutenant-colonelcy of the regiment. — For summary of his services, vide Appendix No. II. I ifi ' ■ I : ■ ' i' Vi 11 ■a ] ... 92 THE KINU'S REGIMENT OF FOOT. [1841 — 43 of its excellent conduct and discipline during the three years it had been stationed in the island, and also in commemora- tion of its services on the occasion of the fire above alluded to. An authenticated copy of this record waei torwarded through the Governor, Major-General Sir James Douglas, to Major Malet, the commanding ofl&cer. On the 2nd of December, the service companies embarked from Halifax, for Ireland : they landed at Cork on the 27th of December, and were joined by th' depot companies. ■I? . Section XXIX.— AT HOME, 1841—1846. Quartered in Ireland, England, Ireland, England. 1842. In the spring of 1842, the regiment proceeded to Dublin*. 1843. On the 22nd of March the regiment was reviewed by the Lord Lieutenant in the square of the Eoyal Barracks. On that occasion there were present on parade twenty-eight officers and five hundred and seventy-three non-commissioned officers and privates, the total strength at the time being thirty-nine officers and eight hundred and forty-nine non- comi lissionrd officers and privates. Gi the 7th of April four companies under the command of Major Hartley, and one company under Captain Chearnley, embarked at Dublin in the steamers " Ballinasloe" and " Britannia," and disembarked at Liverpool on the following day. On the 10th, Head-quarters and the remaining five companies under Lieutenant-Colonel Malet and Captain Longfield, embarked in the same two steamers, and disem- barked at Liverpool on the 11th. After disembarkation the regiment was distributed as follows : — * On 25th October, 1842, Major Charles St. Lo Malet was promoted to the lieutenant-colonelcy of the regiment. — For summary of his serrices vide Appendix No. II. 1843 — 44] SERVICKS of the fihst battalion. 98 and At Sniford Barracks, Mancliestev, Head-quarters I Company, under Lieutenant-Colonel C. St. Lo Malet. At Preston, E and H Companies, under Major Hartley. At Stockport, Grenadiers and B Companies, under Major Kenyon. At Wigan, A and C Companies, under Captain J. Long- field. At Ashton-under-Lyne, the Light Company, under Cap- tain Chearnley. At Oldham, F Company, under Captain Ogilvy. At Staleybridge, 1) Company, under Captain Liston. On the 7th of July the three detachments quartered at Stockport, Preston, and Wigan were withdrawn, and the six companies composing these detachmentd rejoined Head- quarters at Manchester. On the 7th of October the regiment was inspected by Major-General Sir William Warre, C.B., Commanding the Northern District, and while on parade received orders to relieve the Head-quarters and detachments of the Sixty-tifth Eegment. These orders were carried out on the two follow- ing days, and when completed the regiment was thus dis- tributed : — At Bolton, Head-quarters, Grenadier and I Companies, under Colonel C. St. Lo Malet. At Burnley, A and B Companies, under Major Kenyon. At Blackburn, C and E Companies, under Captain Long- field. At Bury, Light and D Companies, under Major Hartley. At Colne, H Company, under Captain Greathed. At Eochdale, F Company, under Captaii Ogilvy. On the 10th of November F Company was withdrawn from liochdale to reinforce the Bury detachment. On the 10th of November Grenadier and I Companies from Bolton, and F and Light Companies from Bury, ex- changed quarters. 1844. Between the 21st of May and 1st of June, during the election of Members of Parliament for South I^ncashire, ,' :* 04 THE K1N(;'S lIKrilMENT OF FOOT. [1844 — 45 the troops were withdrawn from Holton and Ihiry, the Head- quarter companies boinj^ billeted at Over Hutton and the adjacent villages, and the liury detachment at and around Accrington. On the 8th of July the Bury detachment was relieved by the Sixty-seventh Regiment, one of the companies rejoining Head-quarters at Bolton, and the remainder of the detachment being distributed between Burnley and Blackburn. Between the 17th aiul 2uth of September, during the election of Members of Parliament for North Lancashire, the Burnley and Blackburn detachments were withdrawn from their barracks, and billeted in villages adjacent to these towns. In October the old colours of the regiment were deposited in Salisbury Cathedral. Between the 3rd and 9th of December, Head-quarters were removed from Bolton to Chester, and the regiment was distributed in the following quarters : — Chester, Head-quarters, C and D Companies, under Major Hartley. Stockport, A and E Companies, under Captains Holmes and Lumley. Preston, B andH Companies, imder Lieixtenant Hinde and Captain Greathed. Wigan, Grenadiers Company, under Captain Koper. Liverpool, Light Company, under Captain Chearnley. Blackburn, F Company, under Captain Holiler. Isle of Man, I Company, under Lieutenant Young, Between the 2Gth and 30th of December, the Head- quarters were removed from Chester to Weedon, all de- tachments were relieved and the regiment, after having been broken up for twenty-one months, was concentrated in that place. 1845. In January of this year a drum-major's cane and embroidered belt was presented to the regiment by its Colonel, General Sir Henry Bayly, G.C.H. On the 29th of May, Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas 1845—40] SERVICKS OF TIIR FIRST IIATTAMOX. •6 Arlmtlmot, K.C.H., ('oinnmii(lin«,' tlio Noith-west, Nortli-onst, and Midlaiul Districts, mmlo liis Imlt'-ycarly insptH'tioii, when out of a total strenj,'tirof tliirty-niiin oHicers iind oi;: it Inin- dred and thirty non-connnissioned oHicurs and privatos, tlitic were present on parade thirty-one oflicers and seven hundred non-conunissioned ofhcers and privates. On tlie 13th of .lune five companies under Major Harthiy, and on the following day the remaininji; five companies and }Iead-( quarters under Lieutenant-Colonel C. St. Lo Malet were moved from Weedou to rortsmouth. F and 1 Companies, under Captain Alfred Malet, were detached on the 14th to occupy Fort Cumberland, but these companies rejoined Head-quarters on the 26th of July. On the lOtli of October Major-General theHonourable Sir Hercules Pakenham, K.C.B., Commandiu},' the South-western District, made his half- yearly inspection. There were present on parade thirty-one officers and six hundred and eighty-nine non-commissioned officers and privates, out of a total strength of thirty-nine officers and eight hundred and forty-three non-commissioned officers and privates. On the 15th of December, Lieutenant-Colonel Charles St. Lo Malet retired on half-pay imattached, and was suc- ceeded in the lieutenant-colonelcy of the regiment by Major Henry Winchcombe Hartley. 1846. On the 18th of ^larch the regiment received orders to hold itself in readiness to embark for India immediately, and by a War Office letter, dated 16th of March, its establish- ment was augmented to fifty-two officers and one thousand and seventy-nine non-commissioned officers and privates. The number of companies, including one left at the depot, was ten.* i ^'f * The detail of the establishment authorised by this letter consisted of ten companies, one colonel, two lieutenant-colonels, two majors, ten captains, twenty-two lieutenants, eight ensigns, one paymaster, one adjutant, one quartermaster, one surgeon, three assistant surgeons. Total officers, fifty- two. One sergeant-major, one quartermaster sergeant, one paymaster ser- geant, one armourer sergeant, one schoolmaster sergeant, one hospital ser- t' 4;i m THE KING S RKGIMENT OF FOOT. [1846 On the 24th of April, General Sir Gordon Drummond, G.C.B,, was appointed Colonel of the regiment in succession to General Sir Henry Bayly, deceased. On the 25th of April, A and C Companies, under com- mand of Major Greathed, embarked for Bombay on board the " Duke of Cornwall." On the 27th, the Grenadiers and F Companies, under com- mand of Captain Holder, embarked on board the " Mary." On the 28th, D and H Companies under the command of Major Holmes, embarked on board the " John Fleming."' On the 29th, B and I Companies under the command of Captain Stephenson Brown embarked on board the " Duke of Portland." On the 30th the Head-quarters, with E and Light Com- panies, under command of Lieutenant-Colonel Longfield, embarked on board the " Anne Armstrong ;" the total strength embarked in the five ships was thirty-four officers and eight hundred and seventy-six non-commissioned officers and privates. Captain Lumley was left in charge of the dep6t (strength three officers and sixty-nine non-commissioned officers and privates), which as soon as the Head-quarters of the regiment embarked, was sent to Chatham. Section XXX.— ABROAD, 1846-1860. Quartered in India. — (1857-58), the Indian Mutiny, Siege OF Delhi, Battle of Agra, Relief of Lucknow. The five ships arrived at Bombay in the following order ; — 1st August, " Duke of Portland ; " sailed, 29th April ; at sea ninety-four days. geant, one orderly room clerk, ten colour-sergeants, forty-one sergeants, fifty corporals, one drum major, twenty drummers, nine hundred and fifty privates. Total non-commissioned officers and privates, one thousand and seventy-nine. Total of all ranks, one thousand one hundred and thirty-one. 1846-48] SERVICES OF THE FIRST BATTALION. 97 Ist August, " Duke of Cornwall ; " sailed, 2oth April ; at sea ninety-eight days. 3rd August, " Mary ; ". sailed 27th April ; at sea ninety- eight days. 13th August, " John Henry;" sailed 28th April; at sea one hundred and seven days. 29th August, " Anne Armstrong ; " sailed 30th April ; at sea one hundred and twenty-one days. Average length of passage, one hundred and three and three-fifths days. The troops from each ship a few days after landing were ordered to march to Poona. Head-quarters with the troops landed from the " Anne Armstrong " left Bombay on the 5th, and reached Poona on 12th September, on which day the whole regiment was concentrated at that station. A month and twelve days therefore elapsed from the day the first division of the regiment landed at Bombay until the day Head-quarters and the last marched into Poona. 1847. On 5th January Major-General Frederick McNeill, commanding at Poona, made his half-yearly inspection of the regiment. There was present on parade twenty-six officers and seven hundred and thirty-eight non-commissioned officers and privates out of a total strength of forty-six officers and nine hundred and forty-one non-commissioned officers and privates. 1848. On 17th January, a wing of the regiment, con- sisting of C, D, F, H and I Companies, under the command of Major Edward Harris Greathed, left Poona and marched to Bombay, where it was quartered in th ' Colaba barracks. On 29th September this wing, under Major Greathed, em- barked on board the Honourable Ea-st India Company's steamer " Ajdaha," and on 4th October landed at Kurrachee in Scinde. The Head-quarter wing, consisting of the Grenadier, A, B, and Light Companies, under the command of Lieutenant- Colonel Longfield, leaving a depot of invalids under Lieu- tenant Dowse, marched from Poona in three divisions on 29th and 30th September and 1st October. On 6th October, these three divisions were reunited at Panwell, whence they H I I'm 1H: I hi 98 THE king's regiment OF FOOT. [1848-49 were conveyed in boats to Bombay, where, on account of un- favourable weather, ':hey were ordered to disembark, and were detained until the 10th. On that day Head-quarters, with the Grenadier and B Company under Colonel Longfield, embarked on board Honourable East India Company's steamer " Atalaiifca,," and Major Holms with the Light Com- pany under Captain Marsden, embarked on board the Steam Navigation Company's steamer " Dwarka." These two vessels arrived at Kurrachee on the 14th. The day after these companies landed, Captain Marsden, a most energetic and vigorous young man, in the prime of his strength, died of constipation and inflammation of the bowels after less than three days' illness*. " A " Company under Captain Daniell embarked on board Honourable East India Company's steamer " "Victoria " on the 18th, and landed at Kurrachee on the 18th, and on the 22nd December Lieutenant Dowse, having left the invalided men at Bombay for conveyance to England, rejoined the regiment with the women and children of the Poena depCt (strength, one officer, twenty-one non-commissioned officers and pri- vates, ninety women, and one hundred and thirty children). 1949. On the 4th January, Brigadier Douglas made his half-yearly inspection. (Present on parade : thirty-four officers, eight hundred and ninety-nine non-commissioned officers and privates ; total strength, forty-nine officers, one thousand one hundred and thirty-four non-commissioned officers and privates.) On the 21st January, a wing consisting of A, B, D, F, and H Companies, under the command of Major Greathed, left Kurrachee under orders to march to Hyderabad, but at Wattajee, the second halting-place, the orders were counter- manded and the wing returned to Kurrachee. Orders for detaching a wing to Hyderabad having, however, been again issued early in the folio wingmonth, Major Greathed * This year the regiment lost two other of its captains, Captain Holder, who died on the 29th May, and Captain Stephenson Brown, who died on the 16th of November. 1850-53] SERVICES OF THE FIRST BATTALION. 99 with A, B, D, F, and I Companies marched from Kurrachee on the 12th, and arrived at Hyderabad on the 22nd February. On the 3rd of August Major Francis Sanderson Holmes died at Kurrachee of fever. 1850. Brigadier-General A. Manson, C.B,, commanding in Scinde, made his half-yearly inspection on the 25th March. (Present on parade : nineteen officers, four hundred and sixty-one non-commissioned officers and privates ; total strength, fifty officers, one thousand and twenty-nine non- commissioned officers and privates.) On the 11th November, the Grenadier, C, H, and Light Companies with the Head-quarters, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel John Longfield, embarked at Kurrachee in country craft. On the 14th they arrived at Cutch Man- davie, on the 18th they marched from Mandavie, and on the 12th December they arrived at Camp Deesa, and were there stationed. The left wing, under Major J. C. Brooke, em- bai ^ "u river steamers at Hyderabad on 11th November, w; i shipped on board country craft at Kurrachee, disem- baiicea at Cutch Mandavie on the 20th, and rejoined Head- quarters at Deesa on 19th December. 1851. On the 13th March, Brigadier G. I. Wilson made his half-yearly inspection. (Present on parade : twenty-seven officers, seven hundred and ninety-four non-commissioned offi- cers and privates ; total strength, fifty-one officers, one thou- sand and fifty-one non-coramissioned officers and privates.) 1852. On the 15th March, Brigadier G. I. Wilson made his half-yearly inspection. (Present on parade : twenty-sevun officers, six hurdred and ninety-one non-commissioned officers and privates ; total strength, fifty officers, one thousand ajid twenty-one non-commissioned officers and privates. 1853. On the 19th February, Major-General H. Somerset, C.B., commanding the Northern Division, made his haK- yearly inspection. (Present on parade : twenty-nine officers, seven hundred and nine non-commissioned officers and privates ; total strength, fifty officers, nine hundred and eighty-nine non-commissioned officers and privates.) H 2 ^ i r . i; 1, - >\ f 100 THE KING S REGIMENT OF FOOT. [1853 'I I ',1 I I By a War Office letter, dated 18th April, the establish- ment was increased by two captains, and diminished by two lieutenants and four ensigns. Though two additional cap- tains were authorised, the total strength of non-commissioned officers and privates (one thousand and seventy-nine) re- mained unchanged, but there was a decrease in the establish- ment of officers from fifty-two to forty-eight. On the 24th of May Lieutenant Bagenell, who had two days before been mortally wounded by a tiger, died ; the same tiger also killed one of the natives belonging to the party*. On the 14th June, Lieutenant-General Lord Frederick Ficzclarence, commanding the Bombay Army, communicated to the regiment the following extract from a letter received from Viscount Hardinge : " The report on the Eighth Foot is " perfectly satisfactory in all respects, and the regiment " seems in admirable order in every particular. The General " Commanding-in-Chief has not failed to observe the very " creditable fact of Ensign Bayly having passed his exanii- " nation in no less than five of the native languages, a circum- " stance which will doubtlef.s lead to his emplojnnent now " that certain staff appointments are proposed to be opened to " Her Majesty's officers." Orders having been received for the removal of the regiment from the Bombay to the Bengal Presidency on 1st December, the Head-quarters, with the Grenadier, A, B and Light Com- panies under command of Lieutenant-Colonel Hartley marched from Deesa and were followed on the 4th by the left wing, consisting of C, D, F, H, and I, under command of Major Edward Harris Greathed, on the occasion of the regiment leaving the Bombay Presidency, His Excellency Lieutenant- General the Eight Honourable Lord Frederick Fitzclarence, G.C.B., commanding the Bombay Army, published a very complimentary General Order (No. 75, dated 24th November, * During the time the regiment was quartered at Deesa many tigers were killed by the officers — one of them, killed by Lieutenant Alfred Ingleby Garnet, on the 11th of February, 1853, was an enormous animal. It weighed four hundred and fifty -two pounds, which is a most exceptionally heavy weight. 1853-54] SERVICES of the first battalion. 101 1853). It contained the following passages: — "The testi- " mony of his (Lord Frederick's) predecessors in command, " and of the several general officers to whose care the " regiment has been cohfided, combine to depict a state of " discipline and interior economy almost faultless, and a rare " combination of every quality most to be desired in a body of ••■ British infantry * * * His lordship is stating a simple " and undeniable truth when he declares that the absence of " crime ariongst the non-commissioned officers and privates " of the rt.^iment, tnd their exemplary conduct under aU cir- " cumstano'is which have come before him in the most authen- " tic shape have, from time to time, elicited his unfeigned " applause, and establisiied a claim to his lasting admiration." 1854. On 20th January the Head-quarter wing, and on the 24th the left wing arrived from Agra, the Head-quarters arriving on the fifty-first and the left wing on fifty-pecond day after leaving Deesa. The distance between stations is four hundred and sixty-three miles. The average rate of pro- gress, halts included, was, therefore, nine miles per day*. On 6th March Major-General the Honourable George Anson, commanding the Meerut Division, made his half- yearly inspection. (Present on parade : thirty-one officers, and seven hundred and eighty-four non-commissioned officers and privates; total strength forty-nine officers, nine hundred and ninety-three officers and privates.) On 27th July a General Order, No. 39, was published, authorising the formation of the regiment in ten service companies, to take eflfect from 1st September. On 26th November the following extract from a letter of the Deputy Adjutant-General of the Army, dated Horse Guards, 4th September, 1854, was communicated to the regiment by the Adjutant-General of Her Majesty's Forces in India : — " The report on the Eighth Foot is very satisfactory. *' The remarks made by the political agents in Eajpootana, * The distance is divided into forty-two marclies; there were, therefore, ten days of rest, and the average length of each day's march was eleven miles. 102 THE king's regiment OF FOOT. [1854-55 u ;l " Sir Henry Lawrence and Sir Eichmond Shakespear, on the " arrangements of the regiment for the transit of baggage on " the march from Deesa to the Bengal Presidency, without " calling for assistance from the native states, is highly " creditable to Lieutenant>-Colonel Hartley and the com- *' missariat arrangements of the regiment*". On the 10th of October Lieutenant-General John Duffy-f*, C.B. and K.C., from the Twenty-eighth Foot, was gazetted to the colonelcy of the King's Eegiment, vice General Sir Gordon Drummond, G.C.B., deceased. 1855. On the 24th of January Captain Hext died. On the iSth of March Lieutenant-General Sir Roderick MacNiel was gazetted Colonel of the King's Eegiment, vice General John Duffy, deceased:}:. On the 22nd of March Brigadier-General H. F. Salter, C.B., made his half-yearly inspection. (On parade : twenty-seven officers, seven hundred and thirty-two non-commissioned officers and privates ; total strength forty-eight officers, nine hundred and seventy-seven non-commissioned officers and privates.) On the 24th of November the regiment, under the com- mand of Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Harris Greathed (strength eighteen officers and eight hundred and twenty-two non-commissioned officers and privates), marched from Agra en route to Jullundur. On the 8th of December the copy of a letter from the Adjutant-General of Her Majesty's Forces in India Q^ of the 30th of March) was communicated to the regiment, which contained the following passage: — "You will especially " notice his Excellency's (Sir William Gomm's) gratification " on observing that during a period of upwards of seven " months there are recorded only sixty cases of minor " punishments in the general's summary." • The (•ommissariafc arrangements were made and superintended by Quar- termaster J. Robs— a very efficient officer. t For services of tbis officer, vide Appendix No. II. J For scrvi(!es of Lieutenant-General MacNiel, vide Appendix No. II. 1855-<-57] SERVICES of the first battalion. 103 On the 20th of December, in passing through Umballa, the regiment -vas inspected by Brigadier-General M. C. Johnstone, commanding^ the division. There were present on parade seventeen officers and eight hundred and forty-six non-commissioned officers and privates. On the 30th of December the regiment arrived at Jul- lundur, having marched three hundred and sixty miles in thirty-seven days, halts included. This gives an average of nearly ten miles per day*. i 1856. On the 10th of March Brigadier S. H. Franks, C.B., commanding the Jullundur Brigade, made his half- yearly irspection. (Present on parade: twenty-two officers, six hundred and 3ighty-five non-commissioned officers and privates ; to*j,l strength, forty-five officers, eight hundred and fifty-five non-commissioned officers and privates.) On the 3rd of November Brigadier M. C. Johnstone, commanding the Sirhind Division, made his half-yearly inspection. (Present on parade: fifteen officers, seven hundred and eleven nou ^^ojuxiiifssioned officers and privates; total strength, forty-four officers, nine hundred and forty-one non- commissioned officers and privates.) 1857. On the 28th of March the half-yearly inspection of the regiment was again made by Brigadier M. C. John- stone. The numbers present on this occasion and total strength have not been recorded. In the month of May, when the mutiny of the Sepoy Army in Bengal broke out, the Thirty-sixth and Sixty-first Native Infantry, the Sixth Native Cavalry, one European and one native troop of Horse Artillery were quartered with the regiment at Jullundur. Two marches to the south was the fort of Phillour, commanding the bridge of boats which at that point connected the Punjab with the North West Pro- vinces. It contained a magazine, siege train, and stores, pro- * The distance is divided into thirty-two marches ; there were, therefore, sis days of halt, and the average length of each day's march was eleven and a quarter miles. Hiiil 104 THE KINGS REGIMENT OF FOOT. [1857 tected by guards of the Third Native Infantry, which regiment was in the adjacent cantonment. Immediately after the Meerut outbreak, orders were despatched from Simla by the Commander-in-Chief, directing the Officer commanding at Jullundur to secure Phillour. But before the order reached the station, Colonel H. W. Hartley, of the King's, who commanded during Brigadier Johnstone's temporary absence, had taken measures for the purpose on his own responsibility*. The Meerut outbreak took place on the 10th, and the news reached him by electric telegraph on the 12th. The same night he detached Brevet- Major E. S.Baynes with Lieutenant Longfield, Ensign W. Webb, one hundred and sixty two men of his own regiment and two guns, and on the morning of 13th May, these troops obtained possession of the fort without bloodshed. This important success, which secured valuable material for the siege of Delhi, was not obtained too soon, for, as be- came known afterwards, the fort was to have been seized next day, on behalf of the mutineers, by the Third Native Infantry. Major Baynes and his party remained at Phillour. As May advanced, the state of the native troops in Jullundur, who had unfortunately been left in possession of their arms, began to cause uneasiness. The King's regi- ment was therefore kept ready in its lines, and a captain and subaltern with one hundred of its men, mounted guard in those of the artillery, where the women and children of the station were assembled for safety. On the night of the 7th June the native troops, numbering over two thousand two hundred men, broke into revolt. The strength of the King's regiment on that day, as shown by the morning state, was twenty-three officers and seven hundred and thirty -five non- commissioned officers pnd privates (of whom thirty-two were in hospital). • This -itRtoment is made on the authority of Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Norr ■^bo, after correspondence on the subject with Colonel Hartley, w »» that it is correct. 1857] SERVICES OF THE FIRST BATTALION. 105 The outbreak at Jullundur, like many others throughout India, was immediately preceded by a great incendiary fire. On the alarm being given, about 11 p.m., the detachment of the King's, which was on duty in the artillery lines under Captain J. M. Bannatyne, stood to its arms. Continuous firing in the native infantry lines having broken out a little later, the main body of the regiment got under arms also, but, as previously arranged, it waited for orders on its own parade, which was three-quarters of a mile from that of the artillery. Meanwhile the detachment in the artillery lines proceeded at once to guard the guns and protect the gunners while hampssing the horses. The guns were then placed in position with the men of the detachment on either flank; and the women and children, as well as the wounded officers of the mutinous regiments, who soon began to drop in, were sent to the gunsheds behind. The Brigadier joined soon after and sent for the main body of the King's. The regiment started at once under Colonel H. W. Hartley, leaving Captain W. Bayly and Lieutenant Stebbing with a detachment and two guns to protect the lines. It lost its way in a sandstorm, and before it reached the artillery lines the Sixth Cavalry and Thirty-sixth Native Infantry had attacked the guns. Disconcerted in their advance by the sandstorm, these mutineers however had been easily repulsed by a round of grape and musketry, which cost them about a dozen men and horses, and when the King's arrived they had disappeared in the darkness. Notwithstanding the rein- forcement brought by the regiment, the Brigadier remained in front of the gunsheds till morning. It was then found that all the native troops at the station, except a few artillerymen, had marched off in the night towards Delhi. Soon after 7 a.m.. Brigadier Johnstone moved in pursuit with a detachment of seven officers and three hundred and nineteen non-commissioned officers and privates of the King's under Colonel J. Longfield, six guns, and some irregular cavalry which had arrived at Jullundur a few hours before. When he reached the Sutlej he found that the mutineers. I m i.i II 'd<* ■ ' ' 1 ri It ft i lOG THE king's regiment OF FOOT. [1857 reinforced by the Third Native Infantry from Phillour, had nearly all crossed in spite of the opposition of an irreg\ilar force from Loodianah. He decided that further pursuit would be hopeless, but he directed Colonel Longfield's detachment to go on to Umballa. On the 14th June the regiment received orders to proceed to reinforce the army under Sir Harry Bama.d, then engaged in the siege of Delhi. It started the same night under Colonel Hartley, with two guns. Captain A. T. Welsh, Lieutenant Stebbing, and one hundred and twenty men were left at Jullundur under Lieutenant- Colonel Greathed. The sick soldiers and families were sent to Lahore in charge of Lieutenant T. Aldridge. At Phillour, the regiment received in charge some material for the army at Delhi, and left a detachment to garrison the fort under Captain J. Hinde who relieved Brevet-Major R. S. Baynes. On the 21st it reached Umballa, where Colonel Longfield's detachment rejoined. Two companies (F and H) under Captain Tapper were leiu tliere, and on the 28th the regiment joined the army before Delhi, and was attached to the Third Brigade. The heat of the weather and forced marching had tried the regiment severely. The casualties on the march were Quartermaster Eoss and eight men, who died from sunstroke or fever. The strength of the regiment on arrival was twenty-one officers and three hundred and forty-one non-commissioned officers and privates. These numbers did not vary much throughout the siege, for the reinforcements occasionally received from Umballa were counterbalanced by the sick and wounded men who from time to time returned to that station. Sir Harry Barnard's army consisted of about nine hundred reliable cavalry, and three thousand nine hundred infantry, with twenty-eight field and sixteen siege guns. His camp lay on the north of the ridge running south-west from the Jumna, which at a distance varying from a mile to half a mile commanded the north-west front of the defences of Delhi. The piquets and batteries occupied this ridge, but the weak- ness of the British as yet precluded any seri^as attempt to ll ( t ill { l«« PLATE N'VI Presented by Major General EN Sandilands. 1857] 8EKVICE8 OF THE FIHST BATTALION. 107 Ifty siege to the place. At this period the rebel force in Delhi it is supposed may have cunsLsted of about nine thousand Sepoys with their corps* ; there were also many furlough men, and a large number of armed customs guards, jail guards, and the like, liesidcs these there must be reckoned a multi- tude of Mussulman insurgents. The total number of armed men available for the defence of the city may be roughly estimated at thirty thousandf . The artillery at the dis- posal of the rebels consisted of sixty field pieces, and there were one hundred and fourteen guns on the walls. The defences were in good order, and consisted of a rampart with berm and dry ditch, and with bastions at irregular intervals. Those facing the British position (.::tended to three-quarters of a mile — equal to about an eighth of the whole enceinte — and were flanked by three bastiona, the " Water," " Caalimere," and " Moree." The distance or lengt". of "front" between the salients of the Water and Cashmere bastions was a quarter of a mile, and that between the Cash- mere and Moree half a mile. The place contained amv i supplies of small arms, guns, and ammunition. Hardly a • 'ay passed without an attempt by the garrison to force the British position or destroy its communications. Although not so resolutely executed as skilfully planned, these attempts inflicted losses that made it difficult to keep up even the semblance of a siege. The situation was at its worst when the King's brought its scanty numbers to Sir Harry Barnard's aid, but the stream of reinforcements from the • This force was composed of the following corps : — Head-quarters of the Sappers and Miners, No. 5 and No. 6 Horse Field Eattei . ■:. : No. 2 and No. 3 Companies of Seventh Battalion Native Artillery; Tu--'d v.ad Sixth Light Cavalry ; a large part of the Fourth Irregular Cavalry ; a few of the First Bombay Lancers j the Third, Ninth, Eleventh, Fifteenth, Twentieth, Thir- tieth, Thirty-sixth, Thirty-eighth, Fifty-fourth, ?ixtieth, Sixty-first, and Seventy-fourth Native Infantry ; also detachments of Forty-fourth and Sixty-seventh ; a large part of the Forty-fiith, and many deserters from the Fifth Native Infantry. {This enumeration is given from information /uT' nished by Lieutenant- General Sir H. Norman.) f This ia Lieutenant-Qeneral Sir H. Norman's estimate. '. ". •i l:t I A. I '1 it] if .■ 1 1 \ irl' d M 108 THE king's regiment OF FOOT. [1857 Punjab which was to enable the British to assume the offensive now set in. The brigade to which the regiment belonged occupied the left of the position on the slope of the ridge near the Jumna. It was composed of a wing of the Sixty-first and the Fourth Sikh Infantry, and was commanded by Brigadier Jones, C.B., of the former regiment. Colonel H. W. Hartley was now, for medical reasons, ordered to resign the command of the regiment, which devolved on Colonel J. Longfield. Colonel Hartley was appointed to command the UmbaUa Brigade, but was afterwards transferred to Jullundur, where he died on the 25th June, 1858. Colonel Longfield soon obtained command of the Second Brigade, when Lieutenant-Colonel E. H. Greathed, who had rejoined on the march from Jullun- dur, succeeded to the temporary command of the regiment. Soon after arrival the white linen or cotton clothing worn by the officers and men of the regiment was dyed the Khakee or mud colour used by the Sikhs. This colour was found to be much less conspicuous than white, especially on night duty, and the example was soon followed by other European regiments in camp. Early in July the regiment began to suffer from cholera, which was prevalent in camp. On the 5th, Sir Harry Barnard died, and was temporarily succeeded by General Reid. On the 8th the regiment formed part of a force sent under Brigadier Longfield to blow up the canal bridge at Bussee, nine miles to the right rear of the camp, which was used by the rebels in their efforts to interrupt the com- munication with UmbaUa. On the 9th the regiment commanded by Lieutenant- Colonel Greathed, with other troops, was sent under Brigadier Chamberlain to dislodge a large rebel force which had occupied some gardens beyond the extreme right of the British position. These gardens were thickly wooded and enclosed, and they contained some hou^ ^ which had been converted into defensive posts. The King's was on the right 1857] SERVICES OF THE FIRST BATTALION. 109 of the line, but the nature of the ground was such that no regular formation could be long preserved, and the troops eventually fought in groups. After a severe contest, lasting several hours, the enemy was forced to retire on Delhi through the suburb of Kissen Gunj ; but being reinforced from the town they rallied, again advanced, and surrounded a serai which had been occupied by the regiment, and by detached parties of the Sixty-first, and of several of the Punjab corps. As the ammunition of these troops was beginning to run short, and as the enemy had effected a lodgment close under the walls, and had begun to pierce openings for firing into the serai, it became necessary to evacuate the place. Lieu- tenant Greathed*, Bengal Engineers, with a small party, volunteered to hold the gate of the serai next the town, whilst Colonel Greathed and the main body retired by another gate on the side of the camp. Colonel Greathed met with no serious opposition, but when Lieutenant Greathed and his party prepared to follow they found a considerable number of rebels barring their way out of the serai, and had to force a passage by a determined charge through the gateway. No. 2041, Private John Brown, greatly distinguished himself by his gallantry in this charge, and was in consequence promoted to the rank of corporal. During this day's fighting the loss sustained by the regiment was eleven men killed. Captain Daniell, Ensign Mounsteven, and twenty-one men wounded. Ensign Moun- steven died of his wound on the following day, and Captain Daniell was completely disabled for the rest of the campaign. Lieutenant and Adjutant Walker had his horse shot. The strength shown in the morning state was three hundred and twenty-three non-commissioned ofl&cers and privates, of whom twenty-seven were in the hospital. Brigadier A. Wilson of the Bengal Artillery was now appointed to command the army, and Colonel Baird Smith became chief engineer. Under the direction of these ofl&cers ■) I'V": * Brother of Lieut.-Colonel Greathed. s I ' "jl' I.J w C-LLirL. THE KING S REGIMENT OF FOOT. ri857 the batteries were improved and better armed, but the supply of men and material at their disposal was not yet sufficient for a vigorous prosecution of the siege. On the 14th July the enemy attacked the right of the position with numerous forces. On that day one hundred and thirty men of the regiment under Captains A. C. Eobertson and J, M. Bannatyne were on piquet at the fortified post of the Subzee Mundee serai, which covered the extreme right of the ridge. The Sammy House, another fortified post in the immediate vicinity, being seriously threatened by the enemy, forty men of the piquet under Lieutenant Grierson were de- tached to its aid. Several attacks subsequently made on it by strong columns of rebel infantry, supported by field artillery and a heavy fire from the guns on the ramparts of the city, were repulsed. The Subzee Mundee piquet also was itself attacked by other large bodies of rebels, who, taking advantage of ruined buildings and enclosures, esta- blished themselves close to the walls on three sides of the post, and for several hours kept up an incessant but nearly harmless fire. Except a few marksmen posted at loopholes, the men of the piquet were kept under cover ready to repel the enemy had they come to close quarters. No assault was attempted, and the only casualty of the piquet was one man wounded. About 3 p.m.. Brigadier Showers brought out a brigade and drove the enemy into the town. His loss was fifteen officers and one hundred and sixty-five men killed or wounded. Among the officers severely wounded was Lieu- tenant-Colonel Neville Chamberlain, Adjutant-General of the Army. The main body of the regiment under Colonel Greathed was kept in reserve at the flagstaff tower on the ridge and was not engaged. On the 17th Jvdy the Third Brigade changed camp to the parade ground of the old cantonment. Cholera still continued, and the regiment had about eighty men on the sick list, but the change of camp had a beneficial effect. On the 18th July the regiment commanded by Captain A. C. Eobertson, together with the Sixtieth Rifles, a Goorkha 1857] SERVICES OF THE FIRST BATTALION. Ill Battalion, and the Fourth Sikh Infantry, was employed under Brigadier Jones of the Sixtieth in repelling a. sortie on the British right. The enemy having occupied a ruined village in rear of the Subzee Mundee piquet. Captain W. Bayly with the light company of the regiment was sent round it, whilst Lieutenant Souter with the Grenadiers led the attack in front. The enemy was thus driven out and fell back on Delhi. The force advanced as far as the enclosures below Ghosipore and then withdrew, being covered in its retreat by the companies of Captains G. E. Baynes and J. M. Bannatyne, which alternately relieved each other in ex- tended order. The regiment was again engaged on the 23rd under the command of Major Brooke as part of a force which under Lieutenant-Colonel Greathed repulsed a sortie on the British left. The enemy having taken possession of some houses in front of the Cashmere gate the regiment with other troops advanced in line without firing, and carried them by assaidt. The rebels retired into the town and a fire of grape from the walls immediately opened, under which the troops fell back on the ridge. In this action Lieutenant Pogson was slightly wounded. The losses sustained by the regiment in action between 10th and 31st July were twelve men killed, one ofl&cer and thirty-three men wounded. The deaths from disease in July were fifty. Throughout August the increasing strength of the British was gradually making the prospects of the siege more hopeful. The duties were now very severe, and the regiment was almost constantly on outpost. But when off duty the men had rest, for the defence of the position was generally left to the piquets which were strengthened, and so strongly posted that although frequently attacked they rarely required support. Lieutenant Sandilands was severely wounded by the splinter of a shell whilst on piquet on 10th August. Before daybreak on 12th August a detachment of the mi .|.MM 112 THE king's regiment OF FOOT, [1857 brigade consisting of one hundred men of the King's with one hundred of the P;ixty-first, commanded by Captain A. C. Kobertson, was sent with other troops under Brigadier Showers to attack a large body of rebels which had taken up a position at Ludlow Castle, threatening the Ifetcalfe piquet. The enemj ..ost four of his guns and retreated into Delhi. The force hf '. one hundred and thirteen men killed or wounded, of wl, n uiily four belonged to the King's. The Brigadier being wounded, Lieutenant-Colonel Greathed was sent to take command and bring the troops back to camp. Captain Robertson's detachment, supported by the First Bengal Fusiliers, covered the retreat. On the 14th, Brigadier Nicholson brought from the Pun- jab an important reinforcement consisting of about one thousand British, six hundred and fifty Native Infantry, two hundred Native Cavalry, and six field guns. About the end of August, six officers and fully half of the men with the regiment were on the sick list, and Captains A. C. Robertson and W. Bayly and Lieutenant Grierson were invalided to Umballa. Lieutenant Grierson died at Umballa on the 4th September ; Captain Robertson rejoined in January, and Captain Bayly in February 1858. On the 4th September, twenty-five siege guns and the last of the available reinforcements from the Punjab joined the army ; with these came the detachments of the King's from Jullundur and Phillour, in all about two hundred men, with Lieutenants Beere and Stebbing. The strength of the Army, reckoning recruits and new levies, was about nine thousand eight hundred and sixty-six men ; of these about four thou- sand were British. There was also at the disposal of General Wilson the Cashmere and Jheend contingents, num- bering about two thousand five hundred men*. The strength of the King's at this time was fourteen officers and three hundred and eight non-commissioned officers and privates. * This ia Lieutenant- General Sir H. Norman's estimate of the effective force at the disposa.' of General Wilson on 11th September. 1857] SERVICES OF THE FIRST BATTALION. 113 The time for a decisive effort was come ; trenches were at once opened, and on the 7th Lieutenant-Colonel Greathed with six hundred and fifty men of various regiments seized Ludlow Castle and the Khoodsia Bagh — the latter a walled garden within two hundred yards of the walls. The batteries were now pushed forward to breaching distance, and on the evening of the 13th September two of the three breaches were examined and reported practicable. The three breaches were within a distance of four hundred yards in the most northern front of the fortification. One was in the loft face of the Water Bastion, another in the right face of tba Cashmere Bastion, and the third in the curtain con- necting these bastions Looking from. the breaching batteries towards the town, the Water Bastion breach was on the left, the Cashmeie Bastion breach on the right, and the curtain breach intermediate between the two. The breach in the curtain was, as the event proved, the most practicable of the three, but its practicability had not been ascertained, and its approaches were flanked by the fire of the bastions. The two bastion breaches were therefore selected for attack, and a simultaneous effort was to be made to force a way through the Cashmere Gate, which was close to the left flank of the Cashmere Bastion in the curtain between it and the Moree Bastion. At 11 P.M. the same night orders for the assault were issued*. The army paraded at 3 A.M. on the 14th September. The * During the months of July and August, in spite of frequent defeats and heavy losses, the strength of the insurgent forces had been constantly increasing. Besides the daily arrival of armed adherents, singly and in small parties, attracted to Delhi from all the neighbouring provinces, the regular troops had been reinforced on Ist and 2nd July by the Rohiiound Brigade, con- sisting 01 tne iSiAi' company Eighth Battalion Artillery, No. 15 Horse Battery, two six-poimder gui'.s with Native Artillery from Shabjehanpore, the Eighth Ir- regular Cavalry, and the Eighteenth, Twenty-eighth, Twenty -nintli, and Sixty- eighth Native Infantry ; and subsequently to this before 1st August, by the Jhansi troops, consisting of half of No. 18 Field Battery, a wing of Twelfth Native Infantry and the Fourteenth Irregular Cavalry; by the Neemuch I ; ;i Mi m m fk ii ^1 1,', I R fif 114 THE king's regiment OF FOOT. [1857 infantry was in five columns. The first, commanded by Brigadier Nicholson, and led by the First Bengal FusUiers was to storn the Cashmere Bastion ; the second, commanded by Brigadier Jones, Sixty-first Eegiment, and led by the King's Eegiment, was to storm the Water Bastictn ; l.'3e third, commanded by Brigadier Campbell, Fifty-secoiid Liglit Infantry, and led by his own regiment, was to ent' r by the Cashmere Gate after it had been blown in by a pnrty of Sappers ; the fourth, comnifinded by Major lieic! and ied by the Sixtieth Kifles, was to pass througb the suburb of Kissen Gunj, and threaten the defences on the west of the city ; the fifth, under Brigadior Longfieli of the King's, ^vi^s to act as a reserve . The cavalry was to afford a generai support preservu the communications and protect the cfimp. The first and secon.l columns were provided with ladders. The Ki:.''''r, leaving out camp guards and sick, had two hundred avQ e;ghty men available, who were told off in four companies as follows, viz, : — No. 1. (Storming party carrying ladders). (Japtain G. E Baynes, Lieutenants Pogson and Metge, and seventy- five E. and F. No. 2. Brevet-Major E. S. Bajmes, Lieutenants J. V. Webb and McGrigor, and sixty-eight E. and F. No. 3. Captain J. M. Bannatyne, Lieutenants Beere and Stebbing, and sixty-eight E, and F. No. 4. Lieutenant E. N. Sandilands, Lieutenant Bayly, Ensign W. Webb, and sixty-nine E. and F. The field and staff ofi&cers present were Major Brooke, Brigade, consisting of a native troop of Horse Artillery, a wing of First Light Cavalry, Seventy-second Native Infantry, Seventh Infantry Gwalior Contin- gent, and the cavalry and infantry of the Kotah Contingent. This completes the muster-roll of regularly drilled troops, but no data exist for even a tole- rably exact approximate estimate of the total number of armed men avail- able for the defence of the city on the 14th of September. {The daiail of reinforcements received after \st of July is copied from a memorandum furnished hy SirHenry Norman. Tide in connection with these details esti- mate given at pp. 106 — 7, of the number of troops and armed men in the dty at the end of June.) 1857] SERVICES OF THE FIRST BATl'ALION. 115 Lieutenant and .:.djutant Walker, Surgeon Annesley, Assis- tant Surgeons Yates and Biddle. When formed the cohimns proceeded to their posts to await the signal for the assault, which was to be the ex- plosion at the Cashmere Gate. The post of the second column was in the vicinity of the left flank breaching battery, but as the storming party had to proceed first to the gorge near the Metcalfe Piquet to receive the ladders from the Engineers, the rest of the column waited for it in the K -oodsia Bagh, immediately behind the battery. Here Colonel Greathed, who bad been on duty all night in charge of the left attack, joined and took command of the regiment. A heavy artillery fire from the British batteries was going on, and had to some extent silenced the guns on the bastions. The rebels, however, still kept up a fire of mus- ketry from the ramparts, and had sent guns across the Jumna to enfilade the British batteries and outflank the assaulting columns during their advance. The outwork of Selim Ghur, covering the palace at the north-east angle of the city, also maintained a constant cannonade on the Khoodsia Bagh and the British battery in front of it. Al- though under cover the regiment had Major Brooke (severely) and several men wounded. After half an hour's delay, during which the usual morning ration of rum * was issued, the column, having been joined by the storming party, moved to the front and took up a position on the right, but slightly in rear of the battery. There it nearly faced the unexamined breach in the curtain, and had the breach in the Water Bastion, which it was intended to assail, a little further oft" on its left front. It is obvious that the column, on its way to the bastion, would have the breach in the curtain on its right front, but the dense smoke obscured the view. The column was now within one hundred and sixty yards 'V^'W >t * The statement in Sir John Kaye's history, that a douhle dram was issued is incorrect, so far, at least, as the King's were concerned. I 2 T<'i-< II tumrtHmtrnF*^ 116 THE KINGS REGIMENT OF FOOT, [1857 of the walls and was ordered to lie down. A small temple and a mud enclosure with prickly pears gave some welcome shelter, for the spc;. 'vas exposed to the fire converging from many points on the av-J-'-cent battery. The guns were still in action and the gunners looked tired and jaded, for they had been on duty all night — many of them for several days and nights consecutively. The head of the first column could be seen a little to the right, its men also lying down. The detachment of the Sixtieth Eifles, intended to cover the advance of both columns, was extended in front, under such shelter as was available, but had not yet begun firing. Day now broke, and soon a movement at the head of the first column was perceptible. The roar of so many guns prevented the second column hearing the signal, but it was evident that the time for action was come. The artillery fire on the British side immediately ceased, and was replaced by the musketry of the covering party. The fire of the enemy broke out with renewed vigour, as the assaulting columns rushed through the smoke across the glacis. The Second Column was in the following order : — Storming party of the King's with ladders. Support of seventy-five men. Second Fusiliers. Eemainder of the King's in three companies. Eemainder of Second Fusiliers. Fourth Sikh Infantry. The storming party was guided by Lieutenantw Greathed and Hovenden of the Bengal Engineers, and made straight, as directed, for the breach in the Water Bastion. But the supporting party of the Second Fusiliers, which was not en- cumbered with ladders, pressing eagerly forward on the right of the storming party, soon came in full view of the easy breach in the curtain. The temptation it presented was too strong to be resisted, or perhaps in the confusion and smoke it was mistaken for the breach in the bastion. In any case, the seventy-five men of the Second Fusiliers, closely followed by the rest of the column, leaving the stormers of the 1867] SERVICES OF THE FIRST BATTALION. 117 Kino's to pursue their course alone, rushed to the counter- scarp of the curtain, slid into its ditch, swarmed up its breach and won the rampart. The three companies of the KiNa's thus led to the wrong breach by the support which they had been ordered to follow, had Brevet-Major R. S. Baynes, Lieutenants Beere and Walker severely wounded, and about fifty of their men fell on the glacis or in the ditch. Captain Sandilands also received a severe wound — ^his second within five weeks — whilst securing a gun still in action on the ramparts. Drum-Major Byrne was wounded while sounding the advance on the top of the breach. The defenders retreated to the cover of some build- ings from which they continued their fire. Meanwhile the storming party of the King's advanced alone to the breach in the Water Bastion. What occurred is thus described in a letter, written by Captain G. E. Baynes, who commanded the party, dated 16th September (two days after the assault) : " Off we went at a trot up the glacis (the " distance was about one hundred and fifty yards). It was now " broad daylight. I looked at the wall and saw it crammed " with Sepoys. The wall in perfect order except just at the " breach which was twelve feet wide. I hope I may never see " again a carnage like that which followed. A nine-pounder " played upon us with grape from the bastion, and a fearful " fire of musketry from the walls — steady, rapid file firing — " unchecked by the fire of a covering party, so not a shot was "returned*. You may easily inagine the consequence to "a party advancing steadily and .slowly in face of such a " fire. The men were knocked over by sixes and sevens, " Young Greathed was one of the first wounded. Metge " also fell, and ladder after ladder went down. When I got " within thirty yards of the edge of the ditch, I looked * Two hundred of the Sixtieth RifleB were told off as stated in the text, to cover the advance of the columns. When the main body of the Second Column diverged to the right, and instead of the Water Bastion attacked the curtain, its covering party would naturally incline in the same direction, and direct its fire on the ramparts adjoining the curtain breach. :' -■• t ' b* I )1 r. ■ 118 THE KING 8 REGIMENT OF FOOT. [1857 " round, and out of eighteen ladders I saw only three left. " I ran on to the edge to see wliat sort of place was before ua, " and called out to tlxe ladder bearers to hurry on. 1 don't know " what occurred after this as I fell to the ground and remained " insensible for a few minutes*. When I recovered I saw no " one standing near me, but two grenadiers were lying down a " short distance off. I was too much exhausted to move, " besides to lie still was the best thing to do. The fire from " the walls continued as Ixavy as ever. I knew that three- " quarters of the storming party were knocked over, and I " looked in vain for the strong supports that were to follow us. " We were evidently left to shift for ourselves. Suddenly the " fire from the walls ceased. I got up and with the few men " left went into the ditch, and into the bastion. In it we " found some artillerymenf who had got in through the Cash- " mere Gate and breach. In the ditch I found eight of our men " killed, and Pogson wounded by grape, lying all togetherj. " It was Pogson who brought up the ladders after I fell — poor " fellow ! — Nothing could exceed his coolness. Metge also " behaved admirably. As soon as we saw we had no covering " party we knew it was a desperate affair, but not a man " flinched. When I got into the bastion I could only muster " twenty-five men and one serjeant. As the storming party " consisted of five officers (including Engineers) and seventy- " five men, this would make our loss in killed and wounded "four officers and fifty men." After mustering his party Captain Baynes had to be carried to the rear himself, being unable to stand from excess e exhaustion. Colour-Serjeant Walker§, who had gi'eatly uistinguished himself, now took * Captain Baynea was at this time in a feeble state of health, and had insisted on leading the storming party, notwithstanding the advice of the Medical OflBcer, who wished to place liim on the sick list. t Captain Baynes lias stated in another letter that Mr. Harvey Greathed, B.C.S., Chief Political Officer with the Army (brother of Colonel Greathed) was one of the first to enter the bastion after its capture. X Lieutenant Pogson had his leg amputated and died a few days after- wards. He had been previously slightly wounded on the 23rd. § At p. 35, vol. ii, of the first edition of his " History of the Indian bl eJ lii' 1857] SERVICES OF Tli: FIRST BATTALION. 1)9 command of the twenty-fivo men left. He was unable to find his own regiment, which Imd pushed on with the second column immediately after entry. A party of the Fifty- second drew near a little later, but the serjeant and his men were detained in the bastion by Major Brind of the Artillery, and employed for some days in working tlie guns whicli were immediately directed against the outwork of Selim Ghur — still held by the rebels. The Colour-Serjeant subsequently received the medal for distinguished conduct in the field. The mistake, or whatever it was, that made the support separate from the storming party and lead the rest of the column to the curtain breach, produced fortunate results. Nothing could have more effectually" paralysed the defence than this movement, which forced the place at a vital point, turned the defenders' positions in the adjoining bastions, and fell on their line of retreat. It is impossible to say with precision what influence it had in securing the success of the first and third columns. But when it is remembered that one of them had to storm a large bastion held by superior numbers, and that the other had to force its way at a re-entering angle of the works through a gateway which was still susceptible of defence, although the gate itself had been destroyed, the effect may safely be assumed to have been considerable. To the storming paxiy of the King's struggling to make its way alone into the Water Bastion, it probably brought more effectual aid than direct support would have given it. On the other hand the intrepid advance of the storming party, by distracting the attention of the defenders, and drawing a large share of the fire from the walls, no doubt diminished the losses sustained by the main body, and contributed to the success of it.:, attack. Thus the lives of the brave men who fell in the attempt to escalade the Water Bastion were not uselessly sacrificed. Mutiny," Colonel MaUeson erroneously states that this Colour-Serjeant was in command of the party when it entered the bastion. This mistake has been pointed out to him, and he has promised to correct it in the subsequent editions. .-■4 1 120 THE kino's regiment of foot. ri?«6/ 1 « Only Colonel Greathed and six officers of the regincnt, viz., Captain J. M. Bannatyne, Lieutenants J. V. Webb, A. R. Bayly, McOrigor, and Stebbing, and Ensign W. Webb, now remained unhurt, but Lieutenant Walker, who had managed with a little help to scramble up the breach, and Captain Sandilands, accompanied it for some hours notwith- standing their wounds. The rank and file of the regiment now numbered only about one hundred and fifty. As the interior wall of the curtain was high and un- injured, the column had to file to the right under the enemy's fire, and descend by a ramp near the Cashmere Bastion into the open space in rear of that work and the Cashmere Gate. There they had to pass through some of the men of the first and third columns who were streaming rapidly into the place. The column was quickly extricated from the confusion, and led by the King's, started at a rapid pace along the rear of the ramparts towards the Moree Bastion. Amongst other casualties during the advance a promising young officer of the regiment. Ensign W. Webb, was mor- tally wounded. The defenders of the Moree were still firing on the British cavalry and reserves outside the walls, but they fled from the work on the approach of the column, and only a few were bayoneted. The next point reached was the Cabul Gate, which was easily secured, but the wide street (occupying both sides of the canal) which leads thence into the city, was still com- manded by the enemy who, from the further end, raked it with round shot and musketry. Up to this point an im- petuous advance had carried everything before it, but now it was necessary to pause. The risk to a detached body of losing itself amongst the intricacies of a large city had been foreseen, and the second column had directions to halt at the Cabul Gate and await orders. Part of the column however, in its eagerness, went a quarter of a mile beyond the gate, along the road in rear of the ramparts, and got near the Burn, or Lahore Bastion, on the west of the city. This work might probably have been carried, for as yet it ti tl tl si P| hi 1857] SERVICES OF THE FIRST BATTALION. m was not held in force, but before the attempt could be made, the Brigadier had stopped the advance, and ordered such troops as had passed the C'abul Gate to return there without delay. This order does not seem to have been understood by all, for Lieutenants Bayly, Stebbing, and McGrigor, with a few men of the regiment, and some of the officers and men of other corps who had advanced furthest, remained at the point near the Lahore Bastion where it reached them. There they were exposed to a heavy fire, for the enemy, seeing them halt, plied them with musketry from a screen at the Bfistion, and from the house-tops in its vicinity, as well as with grape from a field-piece in the lane. They captured this gun by a rush, and, although they were unable "to keep it, they con- tinued to hold their ground, sheltering themselves as best they could. Meanwhile, the remainder of the column had been con- centrated at the Cabul Gate. The cessation of the advance encourage!^ the enemy, and his fire became so heavy that orders were given by the Brigadier to place the regiments under cover in the adjacent houses. This had been partly done when Brigadier Nicholson and the first column having followed a different route, arrived at the Cabul Gate also. He soon after proceeded with his own column, now greatly reduced in numbers, to the advanced point near the Lahore Bastion, still held by the few officers and men of the second column. On reaching it General Nicholson found that the Bastion was strongly held by the rebels, and that the field- piece already referred to commanded the narrow lane up which his advance would have to be made. He succeeded in recap- turing this gun, and spiked it ; but another gun, higher up the lane, immediately opened, pouring a destructive fire through his necessarily compact ranks. Notwithstanding severe losses, he tried to push on, but the troops hesitated. Nicholson commanded and entreated by turns but to no pur- pose. In the midst of his efforts he was struck down himself, and his men gave way at once. Nicholson was carried a few steps when he said "let me walk." Lieu- M :|5iJ ! !• it iK?% 122 THE KING S REGIMENT OF FOOT. [1857 ('I m \ tenant Bayly of the King's tried to support him, but he had to be cai'ried, and the retreat was continued in disorder, the Sepoys doubling down the lane in pursuit. As the party fell back on the Cabul Gate, there was some risk that the second column might be affected by the disaster, but disci- pline prevailed and the enemy was repulsed. When General Nicholson was carried to the rear, his regiments joined the second column under Brigadier Jones. As the day advanced the Lahore Bastion opened with shot and shell, and the troops at the Cabul Gate were thus placed between two fires. Being without artillery, and without orders or any information as to what had happened in other parts of the city, Brigadier Jones left Colonel Greathed in command, and went to report the state of affairs to General Wilson. Colonel Greathed now proceeded, to reconnoitre, and occupy the line of the canal. Retaining his hold on the Cabul Gate as a point of appui, he thus sought to join hands with the columns in other parts of the city, whose where- abouts could only as yet be conjectured from the sound of firing. Some of the large houses on either side of the canal were taken possession of, a regiment or strong piquet being placed in those that overlooked the streets and lanes in the vicinity. With the command obtained from the roofs, and with the aid of some guns which soon arrived, the enemy's fire was controlled. On the Brigadier's return he found the orders he brought from General Wilson anticipated by the measures taken by Colonel Greathed, and it only remained to perfect the communications and provide for the comfort and security of the troops. The regiment occupied a large two-storied house about two hundred yards from the Cabul Gate, and on the north bank of the canal. The soldiers found in it a large number of women and children — apparently of a superior class. These poor people were treated with respect and kindness, and sent under escort to the British camp. The position covered a great part of the city lying north of the canal, although it Ibout lorth iber Ihese Isent [h it 1857] SERVICES OF THE FIRST BATTALION, 123 was not yet connected with that of the third and fifth columns, the latter of which, after acting as a reserve during the assault, had now entered the city. As all the most im- portant defensil)le buildings, however, were in the parts still held by the rebels, a portion of the siege train was brought in during the night. The fourth column having failed to force its way through the suburb of Kissen Gunj, was now available for service within the walls. The casualties of the regiment during the day had been eight officers out of fourteen, and one hundred men out of two hundred and eighty, killed or wounded. A telegram was sent to the depot at Umballa requesting that every available officer there should be directed to join the regiment. On the 15th a force of about two thousand rebels attacked the posts held by the King's and the Fourth Sikh Infantry, but was repulsed. The streets and lanes near the canal having been further reconnoitred by Colonel Greathed, a de- tachment of the regiment under Lieutenant J. V. Webb wf s sent to prolong the left of the position, by occupying a pof t in the direction of the third and fifth columns, whi<.! i h General Wilson's head-quarters were located near the church. Another small detachment, under Lieutenant Stebbing, was placed in the Moree Bastion. Some of the troops fell this day into a trap laid for them by the enemy in the form of large supplies of liquor, and it has been asserted that excesses occurred, but the first and second columns escaped this danger, except in a solitary instance, in connection with which Lieutenant J. V. Webb and Serjeant Thorn of the King's rendered good service. On the 16th the troops near the church breached and stormed the magazine, and on the following day they took the house of the Delhi Bank. During these days the first and second Columns remained chiefly on the defensive, but a slight advance was made by the Seventy-fifth, which occupied a post two hundred yards to the south of the canal. Some efforts were also made by the Engineers, under Colonel Greathed's direction, to gain ground by sapping through 1 1 1^1 J ] 1 1 ■ In t M ■ Uifl V : W^ ' ji in w h i^l 1 )1 ' '' i <o hours after thcBO remarks were made. bnt at this [juoted in Sl-reathed's yards of ^o me, as Englisli- aan. My they must vorn, sun- tndurance lours after PLATE N9VII If i II CiiltvvcLti i.ny ■ ■ ^ '4i 1 ]*• \J Iculttvat i u 7t^ SKETCH OF THE \m October 1557. Scale,— Jy* ■irichj-dnviUy . i Presented by Gen! 5ir E.H. Creathed, K C.B. ^ '^uiJL\. A 1857] 8EKVICKS OF THE FIIIST BATTALION. 131 preceding twenty-eij^ht hours, and as a bridge of boats liad been crossed, the tents could not bo expected for s(»uie hours. Under these cin lunstunces Cobnel CJreathed oru ivil the men to pile arms as they stood in line, but to remain accoutred and ready to fiUl in. The guns were parked, facing south, and ready for use, between the European and Sikh Infantry, but the horses were not unharnessed, and the cavalry did not remove their saddles. Colonel Greathed directed two small parties . W/ 5< 4^ 1.0 1.1 ■ii|li |2S 2.0 lis •u ■it 14.0 IL25 11111.4 Mil 1.6 Hiotographic .Sciences Corporalion 23 WBT MAIN STRIKT WiBSTiR,N.Y. 14SS0 (716)t72-4S03 j^ red. Meanwhile, the advance of the re- mainder of the British line had been checked by the enemy's cavalry which succeeded in turning its left. The rebel Sowars galloped along the rear, captured a gun, and cut down the gunners, but the Ninth Lancers speedily fell on them, recovered the gun, and drove them back in confusioiL The advance was then resumed, and the enemy defeated on both flanks, made no further stand, although he continued to fire as long as any guns were left in his hands. The pursuit continued for three miles to a village on the Gwalior road, where Colonel Greathed's right halted to enable the left to come up. Near this village, the King's had distinguished itself under Captain Hinde in taking an eighteen-pounder gun, a service which was specially noticed in despatches. Colonel Greathed's troops were now joined by the Third Bengal European regiment from the Agra garrison, and by Colonel Cotton, who as senior officer assumed command and continued the pursuit. The cavalry and Horse Artillery clung to the enemy till they reached the Karee Nuddee, thirteen miles from Agra, but the exhausted infantry were halted half-way, at a place where the rebel camp was found standing. The rout was now complete, and the country was covered with fugitives. The enemy lost the whole of their guns, ammimition, tents, and baggage*. eputy tem- 1860] SERVICES OF THE FIRST BATTALION. 149 porary command of the regiment, which he continued to hold until the 10th of September of the following year. On the 12th of J^ovember the station was visited by the Governor-General Lord Canning and the Commander-in- Chief Lord Clyde, and their Excellencies remained at Futteh- ghur until the 17th. On the 16tli the regiment was reviewed by the Commander-in-Chief, and in the evening the officers gave a ball in the Mess House in honour of Lady Canning. On the 2nd of December, in pursuance of orders to pro- ceed to Calcutta for embarkation, the Head-quarters and five companies, commanded by Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel A. Ouningham Eobertson, marched out of Futtehghur, and were followed on the 24th by the remaining five companies, under Captain Meade. Head-quarters arrived at Cawnpore on the 11th of December, and the leftwing on the 1st of January, 1860. 1860. From Cawnpore to Allahabad the regiment was moved by rail in four detachments, which left Cawnpore re- spectively on the 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th of January. From Allahabad to Calcutta two detachments were moved by bul- lock train, where they arrived on the 31st of January and Ist February. The other two detachments were embarked at Allahabad in river steamers, and arrived together at Calcutta on the 13th of February. The strength of the regiment on leaving Cawnpore was seventeen officers and five hundred and sixty-six non-commissioned officers and privates. On the 19th of February two hundred and sixty-four non- commissioned officers and privates volunteered for various corps, most of them for the Second Battalion Sixtieth Eifles and Eighty-seventh Eegiment, both of which were then under orders for active service in China. On the 5th of April a detachment of the regiment, under the command of Captain Meade, embarked in the freight ship " Monica," and commenced its homeward voyage. On the 14th and 19th two other detachments, under the com- mand of Captain Forster Longfield and Lieutenant Tarte, embarked in the " Lady Clarendon " and " Sevilla," and finally, on the 5th of May, Head-quarters and the remaining > 1 k 'i ir. ti 1 I > \ i M f 'm -, 1 -' wr ■ , \ ■ . i 1)1 1 1 ■ Hlff 1 150 THE king's EEOIMENT OP FOOT. [1860 companies, under the command of Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Cuningham Robertson, embarked in the " Clara." Thus terminated fourteen years of Indian service. The four freight ships carried home twenty-one officers and five hundred and nine non-commissioned officers and privates. Among the officers who embarked at Calcutta, only two, Brevet lieutenant-Colonel Eobertson and Quartermaster Keating, were with the colours when the regiment left Ports- mouth in April, 1846. The following farewell order was published by His Excel- lency the Governor-General of India. Camp, Boopur, 6th April, 1860. His Excellency the Governor-General considers it due to Her Majesty's Eighth, the King's Regiment of Foot, to take leave publicly of the regiment on its departure to England, and to offer to its officers and men the acknowledgments of the Government of India for their services in this country. The King's Regiment embarked for India in April, 1846, and after serving for some years in the Presidency of Bombay, was transferred to the Bengal Presidency in De- cember, 1853. The regiment was at JuUundur in 1857, when the mutiny of the Bengal Army broke out, and did essential service at that station in resisting and punishing the mu- tineers. It joined the army before Delhi soon afterwards, and served with much distinction at the siege and capture of that fortress. It bore a conspicuous part in the complete repulse given to the forces of the mutineers in their persevering sorties on the 14th, 18th, and 23rd of July, 1857, and in the glorious struggle within the city, which lasted for six days after it was stormed, the King's Regiment was among the foremost in exhibiting the irresistible effect of the valour and endurance of British soldiers. The regiment formed part of the pursuing column. 1860] SERVICES OF THE FIRST BATTAUON. 151 under Brigadier Greatbed, C.B., and was present at the actions of Bulanduhahr, Allyghur, and Agra. It subse- quently served witb tbe force under His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief in the relief of the garrison of Luck- now, and at Cawnpore, and was afterwards employed in the final conquest of the province of Oudh, and exhibited its characteristic bravery in the capture of the town and fort of Sandee. liie Governor-General begs to assure the Kino's Begiment of the very high sense entertained by him of its services and soldierly conduct, whether in quarters or in the field, and the interest which he will always feel in its future welfare. (Signed) E. J. H. Birch, Major-Qeneral, Secretary to the Government of India with the Oovemor-GenercU. On the homeward voyage the Head-quarters ship called at Simon's Bay (1st— 6th of July), and at St. Helena (20th of July), at which island the whole of the men were landed and mtirched up to the tomb of the Emperor Napoleon. Section XXXI.— AT HOME, 1860— 186& Quartered in England and Ireland. The " Clara" anchored at Spithead late in the afternoon of the 3rd of September, and on the forenoon of the 5th Head- quarters landed at Gosport*. On the 10th Colonel Frederick lumn, * The troops embarked on board The "Monica" 5th April; disembarked 10th August; length of voyage 127 days The " Lady Clarendon " 14th April ; disembarked 27th August; length (rf voyage 135 „ The "Sevilla" 19th April; disembarked aoth August; length of voyage 123 „ The "Clara" (H.Q.) 5th May; disembarked 6th Sep- tember ; length of voyage 123 „ During the voyage there were 5 deaths on board the " Lady Clarendon," and 11 on board the "Clara." The strength shown by the disembarkation returns was — ■ 'I I' f? fail mi ■ I 152 THE king's regiment OF FOOT. [1860 — 63 il Paul Haines, C.B.*, joined and assumed command of the battalion. He had been transferred from half-pay and ap- pointed lieutenant-colonel in the King's on the 28th of October, 1859, in succession to Colonel John Longfleld, who retired on half-pay, and who was promoted to the rank of major-general on the 3rd of August, 1860. 1861. The battalion remained at Gosport until the 8th of August of the following year : on that day it was moved by rail to Aldershot, and quartered in G and H lines, South Camp (strength, twenty-two officers and eight hundred and sixty-six non-commissioned officers and privates). In September the battalion formed part of a flying column, commanded by Brigadier-General Brook Taylor, which was encamped at Woolmer from the 6th to the 10th. 1862. On the 2nd of September, Colonel Haines, having been appointed Deputy Adjutant-General for Ireland, retired on half-pay, and was succeeded in the command of the bat- talion by Colonel John Hinde, C.B., who was transferred from the Second Battalion. The senior major, James Johnston, was gazetted to the vacant Lieutenant-colonelcy, and suc- ceeded Colonel Hinde in the command of the Second Battalion*. On the 2nd of September Head-quarters and six com- panies were moved by rail to Sheffield : detachments of two companies each were on the same day moved to Weedon and Bradford. 1863. On October 9th, Major William Bayly, who had enlisted as a drummer boy on the 25th of November, 1807, after a service of fifty-six years in the regiment, retired on full-pay with the rank of lieutenant-colonelf. From the "Monica" 2 officers, 50 n.c. officers and privates „ "Lady Clarendon" 3 „ 138 „ „ "Sevilla" 3 „ 14 „ "Clara" 13 „ 291 Total 21 493 „ „ • For services of these officers, vide Appendix No. II. t Lieutenant-Colonel Baylj died at Hastings on the 16th December, 1874. His onlj son received the commission of ensign in the regiment on 1863 — 65] SERVICES OP the first battauon. 153 On the 3rd of September a general order was issued authorising the words "Delhi" and "Lucknow" to be borne on the colours of the regiment. 1864. On the night of the 12th of March, owing to the bursting of a reservoir, a destructive inundation occurred. Many houses were swept away by the torrent, and about two hundred and fifty people perished. The lower storey of some of the quarters occupied by the married soldiers was flooded, and in one room during the confusion, caused by the first rush of the water, two young children of Colour-Serjeant Fold were drowned. The battalion received the thanks of the Corpci-ation for the services rendered during this calamity, and a dinner was given to the non-commissioned officers and soldiers*. On the 22nd of July the battalion was moved by rail to Manchester, and quartered in Salford Barracks ; the Weedon and Bradford detachments rejoined, and two companies were sent to Chester. 1865. On the 2nd of February the dep6t from Temple- more joined Head-quarters. (Strength, six officers and one hundred and seven non-commissioned officers and privates.) the 2nd of April, 1847, and served in it until 1860, when he exchanged to the Eighty-eighth, and was afterwards transferred to the Bengal Staff Corps : at the time of his father's death he had attained the rank of lieutenant- colonel. Before retiring Lieutenant-Colonel Bayly presented his portrait to the officers of the regiment. * The following details respecting the destruction of property caused by this inundation hare been obtained from the Chief Constable of Sheffield. There were one hundred and forty-three manufactories, workshops, ware- houses, dwelling houses, shops, bridges, and buildings of various kinds totally destroyed, four hundred and eighty-six were partially destroyed or seriously damaged, five thousand and eighteen were flooded. The amount of com* pensation paid, as assessed by a Parliamentary Commission, was — £ «. d. For loss of life 9,080 7 11 For bodily injuries For property destroyed or damaged 4,993 4 262,844 19 276,918 11 7 Total amount of compensation paid The number of claimants among whom this sum was distributed was seven thousand and seventy-seven. / 1 t I ! Di: 164 THE king's regiment OF FOOT. [1865 On the 16th of March the battalion was moved to Liver- pool by rail, and embarked by wings on board the " Windsor" and "Iron Duke:" on the 17th the battalion disembarked at Kingston, and marched to the Curragh Camp under the com- mand of Colonel Hinde. On the 20th of July a detachment of six companies, under command of Major Baynes, was moved by rail to Dublin and quartered in Ship-street Barracks; and on the 26th Head-quarters and the remaining six companies, under command of Colonel Hinde, were also moved to Dublin and quartered in liichmond Barracks. On the 18th of August Major Baynes's detachment rejoined Head-quarters at Kich- mond Bairacks. On the 18th of December the battalion left Richmond and took up its quarters in the Royal Barracks, sending a detachment of four companies under Major Baynes to occupy the Linen Hall Barracks. This detachment was ordered to act as a support to an outlying picquet posted at Mountjoy Prison. On the 21st a fire broke out in a store room belonging to the recruiting department under the rooms occupied by the detachment, but by great exertions of the officers and men, this tire was extinguished in a very short time. A communication was received from the Deputy Adjutant-General, dated 23rd December, directing Major Baynes and all belonging to the detachment to be informed that Sir Hugh Rose, the General Commanding the Forces, was much pleased with the zealous and efficient efforts of the detachment, and had expressed his approbation of their soldier-like conduct. On the 29th of December this detach- ment was relieved by the Sixtieth Rifles, and rejoined Head- quarters at the Royal Barracks. During the winter very great excitement and appre- hension was caused in Dublin by the seditious proceedings of the Fenians. Many persons belonging to that treasonable association were tried, convicted, and confined in the Dublin prisons; and it was known to the authorities that a large body of men, well provided with arms and trained to organized action, were at the disposal of a secret council. forces, )f the their 5tach- [ead- tippre- bdings |)nable )ublin large ed to kuncil, 1865 — 66] SERVICKR OF THE nUST DATTAUON. 166 which was on the wiiUh for a favourable opportunity to attempt a forcible rescue of Uiesf prisoners. The precautioni necessary to guard' against the success of such an attempt imposed very severe and Irni i-^sing duties on the Dublin garrison, wliich, besidi s the King's Kegiment, consisted of the Fifth Dragoon Guards, Ttnith Hussars, First Rftttalions of Twenty-fourth and Sixtieth Kifles, and tlie Sixty-first Regiment. Strong picquets were posted in the different prisons ; the streets were patrolled during the night, and the troops were kept in constant readiness to turn out at a moment's notice. Ceaseless and persevering efforts were also made by Fenian agents to obtain the sympathy and assistance of the Irish soldiers serving in the ranks of the regiments quartered in Dublin and other Irish stations. These efforts failed to produce any serious disaffection ; but in individual instances they were sometimes successful, and they caused great anxiety both to officers commanding corps and to the Head-quarter military authorities. Several non-commissioned officers and soldiers were convicted of treasonable connection with Fenian plots and outrages ; but there is no proof that any soldier of the King's Regiment was guilty of a species of misconduct which is not only disgraceful to the individual, but brings suspicion and discredit on the corps to which the offender belongs. 1866. On the 9th of March the battalion (strength twenty-five officers and seven hundred and seven non-com- missioned officers and men), under the command of Colonel John Hinde, C.B., was moved from Dublin to Kingston, and embarked on Her Majesty's steam transport " Tamar," which on the following day commenced its voyage to Malta. Section XXXII.— ABROAD, 1866—1879. Malta, India, Aden. The "Taraav," after a voyage of nine days, arrived at Malta on the 19th of March: the battalion landed on the > If ' ■» M r 1 1 i 1 1 ( i m 1 yil ^ jpi >"i .., ,'1 J '15 I 'if I ill I' ;^^'' I. • : 1 156 THE king's regiment OF FOOT. [1866—68 following day, and was encamped on the St. Clement's Glacis, Cottonera District: it was posted to the Second Brigade, commanded by Major- General M. R Atherley. On the 28th of March the battalion left Camp; Head- quarters and four companies were quartered at Isola Gate Barracks, four companies at Polverista, and two at San Fran- cisco di Paolo. The Second Battalion had been stationed at Malta since October, 1863 ; the two battalions of the King's, therefore, now met for the first time, and continued to be quartered together until the 24th of February, 1868, when the Second Battalion embarked for England. On the 15th June, Colonel John Hinde retired on full- pay with the rank of Major-General, and was succeeded in command of the battalion by Brevet Lieutfeuant-Colonel Henry George Woods*, the senior major who was at that time doing duty with the Second Battalion. Lieutenant-Colonel Woods joined and assumed command of the First Battalion on the 4th of July. 1867. On the 3rd of July, the battalion changed its quarters, and was attached to the First Brigade commanded by Major-General Eidley. Head-quarters and six companies moved into Lower St. Elmo Barracks, one company into Marsa- mucetto, and one company into St. James Cavalier Barracks. On the 24th August the band and two companies, under com- mand of Captain Wheely, were detached from Lower St. Elmo Barracks, and encamped on the glacis of Fort Manoel. On the 12th September the camp of this detachment was removed to the parade ground at Floriana, and on the 4th of November the encampment was broken up, and the detach- ment rejoined Head-quarters at Lower St. Elmo Barracks. 1868. In April of this year, a detachment of two com- panies, which was afterwards increased to four under Major Colman, was sent to occupy Fort Manoel. On the 4th of May a General Order was published increasing the establish- ment of the battalion, and fixing its strength at forty-five * For services of this officer, vide Appendix No. II. 1868] SERVICES OF THE FIRST BATTALION. 157 officers and nine hundred and ninety-four non-commissioned officers and privates, and on the 7th of May a notification was received that it would proceed to India by the overland route, and would probably embark in October. On the 10th day of that month at 7 a.m. the embarkation on board Her Majesty's troop ship " Serapis " was effected in two detach- ments, Head-quarters and six companies embarking from Lower St. Elmo, and four companies from Fort Manoel. Next day at 8 a.m,, the " Serapis " left Malta, and at 2 P.M. on the 14th anchored at Alexandria : next day the baggage was landed and forwarded by train to Suez ; and on the even- ing of the 16th the men disembarked, and were moved by rail to Suez in two detachments. The first, under command of Major Colman, consisted of four companies, with the whole of the women and families. The second, under command of Lieutenant-Colonel Woods, consisted of Head-quarters, six companies, and various drafts proceeding to join their corps in India. The journey across the desert occupied sixteen hours, and at 8 A.M. on the 17th the battalion arrived at Suez, and re- embarked in Her Majesty's troop ship " Jumna." At 6 a.m. on the following morning the "Jumna" left Suez, and at 2 P.M. on the 23rd, she arrived at Aden. On the 25th, after a delay of two days, caused by a defect in the coaling arrangements, the voyage was resumed, and at 7 A.M. on the 2nd of November the " Jumna " anchored at Bombay. Next day the battalion disembarked, and was moved to Poona by two special trains : it arrived on the morning of the 5th, and was quartered in the Wanourie and Ghoopoorie Barracks, five companies and Head-quarters occupying the former, and five companies the latter barracks. On the 7th the battalion was inspected by Brigadier-General Eaines, C.B., when its strength on parade was thirty-six officers and six hundred and sixty-one non-commissioned officers and privates. On the 16th of November a detachment of four companies, com- manded by Major Colman, left Poona, and, after a march of eight days, arrived on the 23rd at Sattara, where it took up :b»i m 158 THE king's regiment OF FOOT. [1869 — 70 its quarters ; the remainder of the battalionwas concentrated in the Wanourie Barracks, where it remained until November, 1869. 1869. On the 30th of October, Major Colman's detach- ment rejoined from Sattara, and on tlie 17th of the followii^ month, orders having been received for the battalion to change its quarters to Nusseerabad, a wing, under Major Webb, left Poona by train in two divisions. This wing arrived at Cal- lian the same night, Deolalee on the 18th, and Khundiva on the 20th. The remainder of the regiment, under Colonel Woods, left Poona in two divisions on the 18th, and arrived at Khundiva on the evening of the 21st. Here the battalion remained encamped until the 30th, when it commenced its march to Mhow, where it arrived on the 7th of December, having marched seventy-six miles in eight days. After halting for five days the battalion resumed its march on the 18th of December, and arrived at Neemuch on the 1st of January, 1870, having marched one hundred and fifty-seven miles in twenty days. Christmas day was spent at Joura : the Nawab paid a visit of ceremony to Colonel Wood's in his camp, and invited the colonel and the whole of the officers to a banquet at the palace, borrowing for the occasion the regimental plate, and securing the services of the messman as purveyor of the feast. 1870. After a halt of four days the battalion left Nee- much on the 5th of January, and arrived at Nusseerabad on the 26th, having marched one hundred and forty-four miles in twenty-two days : on this date there were thirty-six officers and seven hundred and fifty-four non-commissioned and privates with the colours. The distance from Neemuch to Poona is seven hundred miles, and the movement occupied sixty-five days : of these five were spent in railway carriages, during which three hun- dred and twenty-three miles of the distance were completed. The remaining sixty days were spent on the line of march, the distance marched being three hundred and seventy-seven miles. 1870—73] SEKVICE8 OF THE FIB8T BATTALION. 159 On the 26th of January a detachment of three companies was sent to Neemuch : on the 1st of April the establishment of the service companies was reduced from ten to eight com- panies, and the strength of the battalion fixed at thirty-three officers and eight hundred and eighty-five non-commissioned officers and privates. m^ On the 19th of October a guard of honour'consisting of two companies with band and colours, under the command of Captain Wheely, was sent to Ajmere to receive His Excel- lency Lord Mayo, the Viceroy and Governor-General of India. On the 23rd Lord Mayo arrived at Nusseerabad, and on the following day His Excellency reviewed the regiment and inspected the barracks: he expressed approbation of the appearance of the soldiers on parade, and of the cleanli- ness and good order of their quarters. 1872. The Neemuch detachment rejoined Head-quarters on the 25th of January, and on the 30th the whole battalion (strength twenty-five officers and seven hundred and seventy non-commissioned officers and privates), under the command of Colonel Woods, left Nusseerabad and, marching by the way of Jeypur and Bhurtpore, arrived at Agra on the 28th of February. On the 3rd of March the right half-battalion, under the command of Major Webb, was moved by rail to Cawnpore : the left half-battalion and Head-quarters, under Colonel Woods, followed next day. In consequence of an outbreak of cholera, which occurred on the 8th of May, detachments of the regiment were en- camped near three of the neighbouring villages, where they remained until the disease ceased about the end of June. The loss of the battalion was sixteen men and one woman. On the 28th of July, Colonel Woods having received leave of absence to England, the temporary command of the batta- lion devolved on Major Colman, which he retained until Colonel Woods rejoined on the 2nd of August, 1873. 1873. On 1st April of this year the whole of the regular Militia and Volunteer forces of the United Kingdom were reorganised. Great Britain and Ireland were divided into hn\ 1 ii \ ! \m i'[- !-id 160 THE king's regiment OF FOOT. [1873 ,!| ■ Hi military districts and sub-districts, and in each sub-district there was established, under the command of a Colonel, a brigade dep6t, consisting of the depot companies of two battalions of the Line, and the permanent staff of two batta- lions of Militia : all the local corps of Rifle Volunteers were also placed i^er the command of the Colonel of the brigade depot. The two battalions of the King's and the Second Royal Lancashire Militia (which it was ordered should be aug- mented by a second battalion) were assigned to the thirteenth or Liverpool sub-district*. Colonel J. C. H. Jones was appointed to the command of the Brigade Depots of both the thirteenth and fourteenth sub-districts ; Warrington was fixed upon as the Head-quarters of the two sub-districts, and arrangements were made for the construction at that place of barracks for the accommodation of the Depot companies of the two battalions of the King's, of the permanent staff of the Second Royal Lancashire Militia^, and of the depot com- panies of the line, and the permanent staff of the militia corps belonging to the fourteenth sub-district. . These barracks were not completed until April, 1878, and until that time no soldier of the King's was quartered in the sub- district, and no real connection was established between the locality and the regiment. On the 31st August, in consequence of a threatened out- * The annexed extract of a letter from the Eight Honourable Thomas Townshend, Secretary at War to His Grace the Duke of Butland, Lord Lieutenant of the county of Leicester, dated Whitehall, 19th July, 1782, shows that a proposal was at that time under consideration for connecting the King's Regiment with the county of Leicester : — " A plan having been " laid before the King for giving county names to the several regiments of " infantry in His Majesty's Service, and the commanding officer of the " Eighth Regiment having expressed his wish that his corps should be " attached to the county of Leicester and bear its name, I have His Majesty's " command to signify the same to you." (Vide p. 117, vol. vi, of Unpub- lished Regimental Records belonging to the Library of Royal United Service Institution.) t For an abstract of the services of the Second Royal Lancb'shire Militia, vide Appendix No. VI. 1873 — 74] SERVICES OF THE FIRST BATTALION. 161 the llitia, break of cholera, two companies were withdrawn from barracks and encamped on the parade ground, where they remained until the 4th of October. About this time the Deputy Surgeon-General inspected the regiment, and, finding it in a very sickly condition, recommended that it should be sent to a hill station. This recommendation having been ap- proved, a depot was formed, consisting of five officers and two hundred und fifty-five non-commissioned officers and privates, chiefly weak and sickly men; these, together with the women and children, were placed under the command of Major Longfield, and ordered to proceed to Chakrata. The remainder of the battalion, consisting of six hundred non- commissioned officers and privates, all in splendid condition, were directed to join a camp of exercise formed near Eoorkee, under the command of Major-General the Honourable F. Thesiger, C.B. In compliance with these orders, the battalion under command of Colonel Woods marched from Cawnpore on the 24th of October, and arrived at Camp Bhugwanpoor (five miles from Roorkee) on the 27th November, having marched four hundred and twenty-seven miles in thirty-five days. On 2nd December Colonel Woods was appointed to command the Second Brigade of the troops in camp, and from this date until 16th March Major Webb was in temporary command of the battalion. The Depot, left at Cawnpore under Major Longfield, was moved by rail to Saharunpoor on the 22nd of November, and from thence marched to Chakrata, where it arrived on the 5 th of December, having marched ninety-three miles in fourteen days. 1874. On the 16th of March the battalion left the Camp of Exercise and arrived at Kalsee on the 23rd. Here, the right half-biittalion, under Major Webb, halted ; the left half- battalion, under Colonel Woods, continued its march, and arrived at Chakrata on the 25th, where it was rejoined by the right half-battalion on the 29th. On the 7th of November Captain Charles Dudley Kyder M m ^i 162 THE king's regiment OF FOOT. [1874 — 70 Madden died of typhoid fever, at Cork, while in command of the Depot : he had served sixteen years in the battalion, and was much respected and beloved by all ranks. A tablet to his memory was erected by his brother officers in St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin. 1875. On the 15th, 16th, and 17th of November the battalion marclied from Chakrata in three divisions ; on the 25th the three divisions were re-united and encamped to- gether at Saharunpoor. On the 28th two companies with the women and children, forming a depot under the command of Captain C. F. Malet, were moved by rail to Meean Meer, from whence they marched to Peshawur, where they arrived on the 10th of January, 1876. The remaining six companies (strength, ten officers and six hundred and fifty non-commissioned officers and privates), under Colonel Woods, marched from Saharunpoor on the 29th and arrived at Delhi on the 10th of December, where they en- camped outside the Cabul Gate ; on ^he following day, having been posted to the First Brigade of the Third Infantry Divi- sion, they marched to Bussai and joined the Standing Camp Colonel Woods was appointed to the Umpire Staff, and the temporary command of the battalion devolved on Major Cochrane. The distance from Chakrata to Saharunpoor is seventy-four miles, and from Saharunpoor to Delhi one hundred and ten miles. The former march was accomplished in nine, the latter in twelve days. 1876. On the 3rd of January the battalion marched to the Khootub for experimental ball practice. Subsequently it took part in the attack of a position supposed to be occupied by an enemy, and returned to the Standing Camp on the 6th. On the 7th the Third Division shifted its camp to Badlee-ke-Sarai, four and a-half miles from Delhi on the Alipore road. On the 12th the battalion, together with the whole of troops in the Camp of Exercise, was reviewed by His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. 1876] SERVICES OP THP pido-„ iHE FIRST BATTALION. "'"iALiON. J go five hundred and ^igSv^tr V''"'"'™-'^'' " ih '^ irth of March, the sixtieth day 1 T' ^"''"""^ °" "-e , On the 16th of Anril , • ^™« ^"^''i- *ve„ offlee^ and four h»a2 n„ '^ ''«'"""' ('"-"g".. and pnvates). under MaiorTZ?,? ™"'"«'''''«i office« «We oolunm commanded Lm^"''^^"^'"''''''''! to a move enc«nped at Mattu^ l„f ^ C°«'«"e. n, X^ 'he direction of Fort Mackesl ft '^'^ '""" Peshawurin about a week two of ff ' ^'"'' 'e^ining in camn V detachment wer!:„ft*^ LTf' °' ^"J^ ^»Sd" ' d.^ted to oecup, Pon t^ker TuT T' *^ "'"^ '^ wards these companies were nUn T '^"^ ^^^^^ after- quarters at Peshawur. "^'^ "^^^^^^ ^o rejoin Head- ;^^f^nlT^^^ of Xt'nT' r ^^^«-«*« -d r station of Cherat, where it 1 T^' ^^« «««* to the December. ''''''^ '^ remained until the 23rd of On the 4th of A ^i--m, consisting o;Thl''°:fflT''"^ '^°'™'' »°"'er de- e^fflm»ioned offlcrrs a:^d Trivat, "l" '™ '""'dred „„». Cap a,n ls„berts. was J„t T T ' u""'^"' *« """mand "f -tUthelethofNoveXr ''°"'*-». -^e:. it remaTn^f ^- f "trsif^r^^^j:^^^^^^ •«- ^„, ""tomnents. SmaU c^oW c^r ^' ""'^' "^ "PPeamnce °f vanous points in the dfctr rwhT ^"^ ""'■^''«« f»™ed ^ ■nents of the batbUon. I w^^t T ^ "P'^" "'^ "etath the number of cases which ZnT^ """ '" P'^P^'tion to e^ntonments there were m„» '' '" ""^^« "amps and ,„ the cantonments m. T ™™™^ » *e camp, th^„ ■" *-: Sah-Lieutan?Htrrn^"™« *" "*-^ * Colonel Wn^^Zm ^ ' ' Colonel Woods had rece^IT^^;: " vj^uioe, i'eshawur M 2 •.> 111! :« :,' til 164 THE king's regiment OF FOOT. [1877 1877. On January 1st there was a parade of all the troops in garrison in review order, on the occasion of a proclamation being read announcing that Her Majesty had assumed the title of Empress of India. A feu dejoie of one hundred and one guns was fired by the artillery, and three rounds by the infantry : each non-commissioned officer and soldier received a gratuity of one day's pay, and a silver medal was presented to one soldier of each corps selected by its commanding officer. No. 1449, Private W. Lynch, of D Company, was the soldier of the King's Eegiment selected for this distinction. On the 14th of February the battalion was relieved by the Fourth Battalion Eifle Brigade, and commenced its march to Nowshera, where it arrived on the following day. On the 23rd, G Company, under the command of Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel W. D. Martin, was detached to garrison the fort at Attock. On the 4th of March Colonel Woods rejoined from leave, and resumed command of the battalion. On the 5th and 6th of March the annual inspection of the battalion was made by Brigadier-General Ross, commanding the Peshawur district. (Present on parade : sixteen officers, six hundred and fifty-eight non-commissioned officers and privates.) On the 30th of June ninety-six non-commissioned officers and privates desirous of remaining in India were transferred to various corps. During the month of July Martini-Henry rifles were served out to the men of the battalion in lieu of Sniders, which had been in use exactly ten years. On the 19th November the battalion commenced its march to Meean Meer en route to Bomba;y pnd Aden. (Strength, eighteen officers, six hundred and thirty-eight non-commis- I7th April, 1877, Major P. Longfield, Caf tain J. S. Wheely, Surgeon-Major Owen Owen, and Surgeon J. A. Smith received the acknowledgments of the Military Department of the Government of India for the excellent arrange- niontB made by tliem during the outbreak. 1877—78] SERVICES of the fikst battauon. 165 sioned officers and privates, thirty-one women and forty-six children.)* On the 26th it was at Eawul Pindi, u on the 29th, at Camp Mundra, it met the Second Battalion, under Colonel F. Barry Drew, on its way to Eawul Pindi : the officers of the two battalions dined together ; on the following day the battalions exchanged camp equipage and transport, and on 1st December the First Battalion continued its march to Meean Meer, where it arrived on the 15th of December, and remained until the 22nd : on that day the left wing was despatched by rail to Deolalee Depot, where it arrived on the 28th : Head-quarters and the right wing left Meean Meer on the 23rd, and arrived at Deolalee Depot on the 30th. 1878. On the 1st and 2nd of January the battalion left Deolalee in two divisions, which respectively embarked from Bombay on board Her Majesty's troop ship " Serapis," on the 2nd and 3rd; strength, fifteen officers, five hundred and seventy-one non-commissioned ofl&cers and privates, and seven women. The " Serapis " left Bombay 10.30 a.m. on the 3rd, and arrived at Aden about 6 a.m. on the 11th. The same day the battalion disembarked. The Head-quarters, with A, C, E, and G Companies, were quartered at the Crater Camp ; B, D, and F, unde'^ Major Longfield, at the Isthmus ; and H Company, under Captain Egerton, at Steamer Point. The annual inspection was made on the 15th, 16th, 18th, and 19th of March by Brigadier-General F. A. E. Loch, C.B., Commanding at Aden. On the 16th of July His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief of the Bombay Army published a General Order, in which it was stated that in the musketry season of 1877-78 (the first in which the Martini-Henry rifle was used) out of ten battalions serving in the Presidency, * On the 22nd November, Captain Charles Malet died at Pachmari, where he held the appointment of Station Staff OfBcer : his father, Captain Alfred Augustus Malet, formerly served in the regiment, and his uncle, Lieutenant- Colonel Charles S. Malet, commanded the King's from 25th October, 1842, to 16th December, 1845. He was buried at Pachmari, where a monument was erected to his memory by tbe officers of the regiment and the men of his company. I m iv \n 166 THE KINO S IIEOIMENT OF EOOT. [1878 the First Battalion of the King's was the first in '^rder of merit. The figure of merit was 11904, and was 1 ,6 points above that of any other battalion. C, or Captain Louis's Com- pany, with a figure of merit of 12308, was the best shooting company in the Presidency, ana Private James Ball, who belonged to that company, v. as the best shot in the Presi- dency; his score was 188 points. On the 31st of October, preparatory to the embarkation of the battalion for England, sixty-seven men were trans- ferrer* to the Second Battalion, and seven men were allowed to volunteer for other corps. On the 20th of December the Head-quarter Companies left the Crater position and were encamped at Steamer Point. On the 28th the battalion, under command of Colonel H. G. Woods, embarked in Her Majesty's troop ship "Malabar;" strength, fifteen officers and five hundred and seven non-commissioned officers and privates. The "Malabar" left Aden on the 28th of December, arrived at Suez on 4th January, at Port Said on 5th January, at Malta on 10th January, and at Portsmouth on the 22nd of January, 1879, having completed a tour of foreign service of twelve years and ten months, of which two years and seven months were spent at Malta, an l the remainder in the East Indies. The following statement shows the variations which took place in the strength of the non-commissioned officers and privates of the battalion during the ten years of its service in India : — Strength of non-commissioned officers and privates on anival in India 2nd Novem- ber, 1868 734 Add increase — Joined from England Head-quarter recruits 622 11 in 1878 — 79] 8EUVICE8 OF THE FIltST BATTALION. Transfers received from other corps 159 167 792 - * Total .. • • 1526 Deduct decrease — Died . 156 Gazetted to commissiuns. . 2 Sent to England . . 547 Discharged in India 34 Transfers given to other corps . 276 1015 Strength on returning to England 22nd January, 1879 511 Out of the five hundred and eleven who disembarked, there were only two hundred and one who had landed with the battalion at Bombay in November, 1868. Section XXXTIL— HOME SERVICE, 1879. England. 1879. At 8.30 A.M. on the 23rd of January the battalion disembarked at Portsmouth, and was moved by special train vid London to Warley Barracks, in Essex. On 30th January it was inspected by Major-General Ead- cliffe, C.B., Commanding Eastern District. (Strength on parade : nineteen officers, five hundred and seventy-six non- commissioned officers and privates. Total strength, twenty- five officers and seven hundred and twenty-three non-com- missioned officers and privates. The regiment paraded in a heavy snowstorm, and with deep snow on the ground. The men wore white helmets and great coats over their belts, and the white helmets, the use of which was to protect the men from the fierce rays of the Indian sun to which they had been so recently exposed, con- trasted strangely with the great coats which they now rec^uired I I'i 1! n- i;; h 'I 4 .1 :,i i^il 168 TIIK KINd'rt UKIJIMK.NT OK FOOT. [1879 — 80 E to protect them from the snowy bhists and icy rigours of an English winter. On the 12th of Febnmiy Colonel M. O. Woods was granted a pension of one hundred pounds a ;Oar for meri- torious service. On the 29th of March a detachment, consisting of one captain, one subaltern, and seventy-three non-commis- sioned officers and privates was sent to Pui*fleet. On the 5th of August Major-CJeneral Radcliffe, C.B., made his annual inspection of the battalion : its total strength was twenty-five officers and five hundred and seventeen non- commissioned officers and privates, and there were present on parade thirteen officers and two hundred and seventy-nine non-commissioned officers and privates. On the 24th of September ninety-eight non-commissioned officers and privates were transferred to the Second Battalion, and under the command of Brevet-Major C. B. Brown, em- barked at Portsmouth in Her Majesty's Indian troop ship " Jumna " for service in Afghanistan, 1880. The promotion of Colonel Henry George Woods to the rank of Major-General (on 30th January) appeared in the " Gazette " of 24th February, and on the 26th he issued a farewell order taking leave of the battalion*, which he had commanded for thirteen years. He was succeeded by the senior Major, Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Tannerf, who being then serving in India with 1 he Second Battalion, Major Whitting assumed the temporary command. Between the months of February and June the battalion was called upon to furnish volunteers for corps serving in South Africa against the Zulus. Sixty-one non-commissioned officers and privates were transferred to the Ninety-first * In this order Colonel Woods said : " Fr iii i.he old soldiers the young ones may learn witli what order and cheerfuluess the men of the regiment made long marelies and endured hot seasons in Indi>' How the offlegrs shared in all tlio sports and all the troubles of the soldiers, and how the Kinq'8 has everywhere been distinguished by the spirit of good comradeship which has always prevailed in it." t For Lieutenant-Colonel Tanner's services, vide Appendix No. 2. 1880] SEUVICES OK THK FIUHT IIATTALION. 169 Kogimoiit, three oflicers nnd Hfty-three non-commissioned officers und privates to the Twenty-fourth Regiment, and one nmn to the Fourth Kegiment, making in all three officers and one Imndred andfifteen non-commissioned otlicers and privates. On the 2nd of July the battalion was inspected by Alajor- Gencjnil W. P. Iladcliffe, C.B. (strength twenty-three officers anil hve huTidred and eleven non-commissioned officers, drummers, and privates ; present on parade, fourteen officers and three hundred and forty non-commissioned officers, drum- mers, and privates). On the 19th of August Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Tan- ner joined on promotion^ and took over command of the battalion from Major Whitting. During this month a Horse Guards letter, dated 10th August, was communicated to the regiment, authorising a piece of red cloth to be placed under the helmet plate as a means of perpetuating the distinction that was indicated by the red ball tuft which was lost when the chaco was super- seded by the helmet. On the 2nd of October a draft, consisting of one captain, one subaltern, two Serjeants, two corporals, and one hundred and twenty privates left Warley to join the Second Battalion iu India. During the seasons 1869 — 1880, the ball practice of the battalion was carried out at Colchester, each company being detached in succession to complete its course of musketry instruction. On the 4tli of December the Purfleet detachment rejoined Head-quarti i s, and on the 7th of December the battalion, (strength tnelve officers and foiir hundred and ninety-six non-commissioned officers, drummers, and privates, with forty-four women and fifty-five children), under command of Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Tanner, left Warley at 9 a.m., and was conveyed by special train to Manchester, where it was quartered iu Salford baiTacks. On the last day of the year, D Company under the com- mand of Captain Sinkins was detached to Chester. I ' 1 * ■■'• 1 i i I it i i r\ ■' > m I 170 THE king's regiment of foot. [1880 Section XXXIV.— EECAPITULATION. The King's Regiment was raised in June, 1685. During the one hundred and ninety-five and a half years that have elapsed between that date and January, 1881, the First Batta- lion has served abroad one hundred years, and in the field against a", enemy the whole or a part of thirty-seven years. It has been present at twenty-four battles, sixteen sieges, and forty-three minor engagements and skirmishes. The aggregate of the recorded casualties sustained by the batta- lion is killed, twenty-five officers and three hundred and twenty non-commissioned officers, drummers, and privates ; wounded, missing, and prisoners, seventy officers, and nine hundred and sixteen non-commissioned officers, drummers, and privates. Total casualties, ninety-five officers and one thousand two hundred and thirty-six non-commissioned officers, drummers, and privates. But in many of the engage- ments no record has been preserved of the looses sustained by the regiment, and in others only the names of a few of the officers killed and wounded have been recorded. The follov/ing is a summary of the field services of the battalion and of the casualties recorded during each period : — 1880] THE king's regiment OF FOOT. 171 Non-commissioned OBiof'ra Officers, Drummers, and Privates. Wounded, Killed. Wounded. Killed. missing, and prisoners. 1690-91— Service in Ireland : one battle ; four sieges; no record of casualties — — — _ 1702-12— Service in Germany and the Low Countries : eight battles ; ten sieges ; record of casual- ties extremely imperfect. A few names of officers men- tioned ; loss of rank and file only once stated 3 5 5 33 1715-16— Eebellion in Scotland: one battle.. 7 3 97 24 1745—46— Rebellion in Scotland ; two battles; casualties of rank and file not recorded — 1 — — 1743-45, 1746-48, 1760-62— Service in the Low Countries and Germany : eight battles ; one minor engagement 1 21 39 332 1776-77— i Service in North America: three minor engagements; no casualties recorded — — — ^ 1793-96— West Indies and Low Countries : three minor engagements . . 2 1 4 14 1801— Expedition to Egypt: one ^kbattle ; three minor engage- ^Ruents 1 5 12 69 1809-1815— Service in North America : one battle ; one siege ; fifteen minor engagements . . 7 26 117 307 1857-58— Indian Mutiny: two battles; one siege ; eighteen minor engagements . . 4 8 46 137 Total casualties . . 25 70 320 916 nr U' ]72 THE king's EEGIMENT OF FOOT. [1756 — 1806 Part II. SERVICES OF THE SECOND BATTALION. Section I.— AT HOME, 1756—1758. 1756. This year the King's Eegiment was augmented to twenty companies, and divided into two battalions. Both battalions coi^uinued to serve together until 1758, when the second was constituted a separate regiment, and numbered the Sixty-third Foot {vide Part I, pp. 50—51). Section II.— AT HOME, 1804—1810*. England, Scotland. The Walcheren Expedition. Jersey, Portsmouth. 1804. In that year the establishment of the regiment was again augmented by the addition of a second battalion. It was formed of men raised in the West Riding of York- shire, for limited service, under the Additional Force Act passed in July of that year, and was placed on the establishment of the army on the 25th of December, 1804t. Major Daniel Houghton, who had been promoted to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the regiment on the 22nd of November, was posted to the command of tliis battalion^. 1806. In the month of March the battalion marched from York to Scotland : it returned to England in December. * For services of First Battalion during this period, vide Part I, pp. 69 to 74. t Frrfe Part I, p. 69. X In the beginning of 1805 tl\e battalion was quartered at Doncastcr ; the strength at this time was forty olHeers, twenty serjeauls, and eighty rank and file. — Unpublished volumes of MS. notes, R. U.S.I. \]\ 1809—14] SERVICES OF THE SECOND BATTALION. 173 1809*. In June it embarked at Portsmouth for the island of Jersey, but before the vessels left the port, was ordered to disembark, and its flank companies were selected to form part of an expedition under General the Earl of Chatham destined to make an attack on Holland. These companies embarked from Portsmouth on the 16th of Julyf. The army landed on the Dutch island of Walcheren, situated at the mouth of the Scheldt, and captured Flushing; but some delay occurring in the execution of the design of pro- ceeding up the Scheldt and attacking Antwerp, the enemy had time to assemble an immense body of troops at this point, and an epidemic having broken out, about the same time, among the British troops, the design was abandoned. The flank companies returned to Portsmouth in Septem- ber, and in December the battalion proceeded to Jersey^. 1810. In the month of June it was ordered to return to Portsmouth, where it landed on the 21st of that month. Section II.— ABROAD, 1810— 1815§. New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, Canada. Field Service IN THE United States — Battle of Plattsburg. 1810. In the month of August six companies embarked at Portsmouth for New Brunswick and Nova Scotia; they arrived there in October, 1814. In the month of February of this year, these six companies having been provided with snow shoes, com- * In May the battalion was quartered at Pevensey : strength, twenty- three officers, twenty-two Serjeants, four hundred rank and file. — Folume of MS. Military Notes, R.U.S.I. t The effective strength of the battalion at tliis time was five hundred and forty-two ; of this number four liundred were embarked. They were attached to the Fourtli Brigade (Major-General Picton's) of General Frazer's division, which formed the left wing of the force. — MS. Volume of Regi- mental Records, R. U.S.I. X I Jring 1809 a bounty of sixteen guineas was ofPered for recruits, by Captain Smith. — MS. Volume of Regimental Records, R.U.S.I. § For services of First Battalion during this period, vide Part I, pp. 74 to 89. ijji >«r !»!(•■ •i . X 174 THE king's regiment OF FOOT. [1814 — If) menced their march across the ice from St. John's and St. Andrew's, New Brunswick, for Quebec, under Brevet Lieute- nant-Colonel Evans, who had been detached from the First Battalion, and sent from Upper Canada to assume command of them. With him were also sent two hundred and eighty seamen for service on the Canadian lakes. This long and painful winter march through regions of snow and ice, ex- posed to violent storms, and during the most intense frost, was accomplished with little loss, and the condition of the troops on their arrival at Quebec in March was such as to call forth the approbation of the Commander-in-Chief in Canada. These six companies formed part of an invading force under the command of Sir George Prevost, which, crossing the frontier line of the United States, appeared before the town of Plattsburg on the 6th September. During the four following days preparations were made to storm the enemy's fortified position on the Saranac, and, on the 11th, a combined attack on it was made by the British Naval and Military forces. The American position was defended by three redoubts and two strongly fortified block houses. There was also a ilotilla, consisting of fourteen vessels and gun boats, moored in the Bay. The troops advanced in two columns, one of which, under General Eobinson, was directed to ford the Saranac and attack the works in front, while the other, led by General Brisbane, was to make a circuit and assault them in the rear. At the same time the British squadre on Lake Champlain, consisting of eight vessels and gun boats, under the command of Captain Downie, attacked the American flotilla. This attack failed : after a very obstinate and bloody engagement the British squadron was overpowered and completely de- feated. The troops were then ordered to desist from the attack, the enterprise was abandoned, and the force recrossed the Canadian frontier. The King's had a few men wounded on this expedition, but the exact number is not recorded. /■ I v' 1815 — o7] SERVICES OF THE SECOND BATTAUON. 175 Section: III.— AT HOME, 1815 (August to December). Eeturn to England. Reduction oi the Battalion. 1815. A treaty of peace having been concluded with the United States, both battalions of the King's were ordered to return to England, and they both embarked at Quebec in June. The six companies of the Second Battalion landed at Portsmouth in August. In the month of December all men of the Second Batta- lion, fit for service, were transferred to the First, and on the 24th day of that month the establishment of the regiment was reduced to a single battalion, consisting of one thousand and seventy-seven non-commissioned officers and privates*. \:\ ition, Section III.— AT HOME, 1857— 1858.t Quartered in Ireland. 1857. This year in consequence of large reinforcements being sent to India to assist in the suppression of the Great Sepoy Mutiny, it became necessary to augment the strength of the army, and the establishment of the King's, and of many other regiments, was increased by the addition of second battalions. On the 28th of October the officers were gazetted. Colonel Thomas Maitland WilsonJ was transferred from the half- pay of the Ninety-sixth and appointed to the command of the battalion, and the following officers of the First Battalion received a step of promotion, and were posted to the new battalion : — Captain John Hinde to be Major; Lieutenants Daniel * For the history of the regiment from this date until 1857, vide Part , pp. 89 to 133. t For services of First Battalion during this period, xride Part I, pp. 133 to 144. X For services of this officer, vide Appendix No. II. i^wm ■f' JiM I ''^ ii ' I ! ill 17G THE king's regiment OF FOOT. [1857 — 58 Beere, Er.^kine Nimmo Sandilands, George Corry, John Vere "Webb, and William R. Ximenes, to be Captains ; the other officers were transferred from half-pay and from other regi- ments. * The establishment fixed for the battalion was eight companies, three field officers, eight captains, ten lieutenants, six ensigns, five staff, thirty-eight Serjeants, seventeen drummers, six hundred and forty rank and file : total strength, thirty-two officers, six hundred and ninety-five non-commis- sioned officers and privates. Buttevant was assigned as the Head-quarters of the battalion, the formation of which was im- mediately commenced, and was completed during the winter. 1858. On the 23rd of March the battalion left Buttevant and was moved to Kinsale with a detachment at Charles Fort. On the Ist of April the establishment of the battalion was augmented to twelve companies, the number of captains being increased to twelve, of lieutenants to fourteen, of ensigns to ten, of staff to six, of Serjeants to fift.y-four, drum- mer's to twenty-eight, and rank and file to nine hundred and fifty, making a total strength of forty-five officers and one thousand and twenty-nine non-commissioned officers and privates. On the 1st and 2nd of July the battalion left Kinsale, and was moved in two divisions to the Curragh Camp. On the 20th of August the battalion received orders to form a depot of two companies, and to hold the remaining ten companies in readiness for embarkation for foreign service. On the 7th of September the service companies were moved from Dublin to Kirgstown, and embarked for Gibraltar on board the hired st jam transport " Iwia " (strength, twenty- eight officers and f,even hundred and seventy-three non-com- missioned officers and privates). The depot (strength, five officers and ninety-two non- commissioned oflicers and privates), under the command of Brevet-Major Bai inatyne, on the embarkation of the service companies, was n;Oved to Templemore. * For names of these oflicers, vide Succession List, Appendix No. I. 3ne 1858 — 65] SERVICES OF THE SECOND BATTALION. 177 Section IV.— ABROAD, 1858—1868*. Gibraltar — Malta. 1858. The service companies landed at Gibraltar on the 13th of September, being on the seventh day after leaving Kingstown. 1859. On the 1st of April the establishment of Serjeants was increased from fifty-four to fifty-six. 1860. On the 3rd of July a serjeant instructor of mus- ketry was added to the establishment. 1861. On the 20th of June one assistant surgeon was added to the establishment. On the 27th of September Colonel Thomas Maitland Wilson retired on half pay, and was succeeded in the command of the battalion by the senior Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel, John Hiude, who was then at Gibraltar doing duty with itf. 1862. On the 5th of April the establishmenl of rank and file was reduced from nine hundred and fifty to nine hundred. On the 1st of July Colonel F. Paul Haines retired on half pay ; Lieutenant-Colonel John Hinde was transferred from the Second to the First Battalion, and the senior major, James Johnston, was promoted to be Lieutenant-Colonel, and suc- ceeded to the command of the Second BattalionJ. 1863. On the 1st of April the establishment of rank and file suffered a further reduction of one hundred men, being reduced from nine hundred to eight hundred. On the 25th of September the battalion embarked on board Her Majesty's ship "Orontes," and on the 1st October, the seventh day after leaving Gibraltar, it disembarked at Malta and occupied Verdala barracks. 1865. On the 25th of April the battalion left Verdala. * For services of First Battalion during this period, vide Part I, pp. 144 to 156. t For services of Lieutenant-Colonel Hinde, vide Appendix No. II. X For services of this officer, vide Appendix No. II. N ililii 178 THE king's regiment OF FOOT. [1865 — 67 t.} Mi 1 ■, n ' 1. i' Br 1 ' " 1, :'' I iij 1 ' Jill '. t Head-quarters and four companies were quartered in Fort Manoel, and six companies in the Lazarette. On the 151/h of June two companies, under Captain Moynihan, V.O., were moved from the Lazarette to Pembroke Barracks, Saint George's Bay ; and on the 25th of June lirevet Lieutenant-Colonel Woods with the other four com- panies were also moved from the Lazarette to Pembroke Barracks. On the 29tli of December Lieutenant-Colonel James Johnston died at Fort Manoel. He was buried in the gar- rison cemetery, and a marble monument was afterwards placed there by his brother officers to mark his g^ave and commemorate his services and death. The senior major of the regiment, Brevet Colonel A. Cuningham Bobertson, then doing duty with tlie First Battalion, succeeded to the com- mand of the Second Battalion*. 1866. On tlie 1st of April the establishment was aug- mented by one serjeant cook. On the 1st of May Colonel A. C. Robertson joined from England and took over the command of the battalion from Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Woods, who had been in temporary command from date of Colonel Johnston's death. On the 11th of October Head- quarters were transferred to Pembroke Camp, the four com- panies in Fort Manoel still remaining there under the command of Major Meade. 1867. On the 30th of March the battalion changed its quarters from Pembroke Camp Barracks and Fort Manoel to Floriana Barracks, relieving the First Battalion of the Sixtieth Rifles. On the 1st of April a detachment of sixty privates was transferred to the First Battalion, and on that date the establishment of rank and file was reduced from eight hun- dred to six hundred and twenty men. On the 14th May Captain Moynihan, V.C., died of fever. In July the breech-loading Snider rifle was issued to the battalion, and on the 11th and 12th of November it was * For services of this officer, vide Appendix No. II. 18G7 — G8] SEUvicES of the second battalion. 179 inspected by Major-General W. J. Ridley (strength, thirty- four officers, six hundred and forty- six non-commissioned officers and privr' s). This year, during the absence on leave of Colonel A. C. K">bertson, the battalion was temporarily commanded from the 30th of June to the 29th of August by Major Meade, and from the 30th of i^i'gust to the 14th of October by Captain Cusack. Lged its I <3 anoel to Sixtieth privates iate the Iht hun- Ith May I'd to the it W8S Section V.— AT HOME, 1868-1877*. Quartered in England, Ireland, England. 1868. On the 24th of February the battalion embarked on board Her Majesty's troop-ship " Himalaya," Captain Shuts Piers, RN. (strength, thirty-four officers and six hundred and forty-six officers and privates). At 1 a.m. on the morning of the 29th, the " Himalaya " anchored at Gibraltar, where the ship remained until ten in the evening. On the 5th of March it arrived at Portsmouth, completing the voyage on the eleventh day aftor leaving Malta. On the following morning the troops disembarked and were moved by rail to the North Camp Station, Aldershot. The battalion was quartered in A, B, and E lines, South Camp. Here it was joined by the dep6t under Captain Cochrane, which had arrived in camp on the 14th of February (strength, five officers and seventy-one non-commissioned officers and privates). On the 7th of March the strength of the battalion was forty-one officers and six hundred and eight-five non- commissioned officers and privates, and the establishment was reduced, from the 6th inclusive, to ten companies, the strength being fixed at three field officers, ten captains, twelve lieu- tenants, eight ensigns, five staff, and forty Serjeants, forty corporals, twenty-one drummers, and five hundred and sixty privates ; total, thirty-eight officers and six hundred and sixty-one non-commissioned officers and privates. Major- General Eenny made his half-yearly inspections on the 1st * For services of First Battalion during this period, vide Part I, pp. 156 to 163. N 2 ; '/, 180 TIIR kino's regiment OF FOOT. [1868 — 70 of May and 5t]i of October. At the former inspection the strengtli was forty officers and five hundred and twelve non- commissioned officers and privates ; at the latter thirty-eight officers and six hundred and fifty-seven non-commissioned officers and privates. 1869. On the Ist of April the establishment of privates was reduced from five hundred and sixty to five hundred and twenty, and on the 7th of April the battalion, under the command of Colonel A. Cuningham Kobertson, was moved by rail from Farnborov.^l Station to Portsmouth, where it embarked on board Her Majesty's ship " Urgent," and was conveyed to Liverpool. The " Urgent" arrived on the 9th, and on the 10th the troops disembarked : Head-quarters and four companies were moved to Bury, and six companies, under Major Drew, detached to Ashton-under-Lyne. Major-General Sir John Garvock, K.C.B., commanding northern district, made his half-yearly inspections at Bury, on the 19th of May, and on the 29th of September. At the former inspection the strength was thirty-seven officers and five hundred and eighty-three non-commissioned officers and privates, and at the latter thirty-eight officers and six hundred and twenty-fi.ve non-commissioned officers and privates. 1870. On the 28th of February, two companies, under Captain Reginald Whitting, were detached to Burnley, and on the 1st of March the two dep&t companies of the First Batta- lion, under the command of Captain Longfield, having been attached to the Second Battalion, arrived at Bury and joined Head-quarters. Strength, two officers, fifty-six non-com- missioned officers and privates. On the 1st of April the establishment of privates was reduced from five hundred and twenty to four hundred and sixty. On the 25th of April H Company rejoined Head-quarters from Ashton-under-Lyne. On the 14th of May the battalion was inspected at Bury, by Major-General Sir John Garvock, K.C.B. Strength, thirty-seven officers, five hundred and fifty- six non-commissioned officers and privates. 1870 — 72] SERVICES OF THE SECOND BATTALION, 181 tes was red and From the 29th of June to the 24th of September the Head-quarter companies at Bury, and from the 11th of Juno to the 10th of September the five companies detaclied at Ashton-imder-Lyne were under canvas, and tlie barracks at these places were banc' id over to the Engineer Department, for painting and repairs. On the 15th of August the estab- lishment of privates was increased from four hundred and sixty to six hundred and sixty. On the 18th of October the Head-quarter companies, depot of the First Battalion, and the Ashton-under-Lyne detachment, marcl.ed into Manchester, and were quarteied in Sal ford Barracks, relieving the Hundredth Eegiment; two days afterwards the Burnley detachment rejoined Head- quarters. 1871. On the Ist of February the establishment of pri- vates was reduced from six hundred and sixty to five Imndred and sixty. On the 5th of Jime the battalion was inspected by Major- General Sir John Garvock, K.C.B., and on the 7th of October by Major-General G. S. Carey, C.B. (Strength, at first inspec- tion, thirty-five officers and seven hundred and eleven non commissioned officers and privates ; at the second, thirty-two officers and six hundred and seventeen non-commissioned officers and privates.) On the 31st of July a draft of sixty men were transferred to the First Battalion. 1872. On the 1st of April the battalion was inspected by Major-General Carey, C.B. (Strength, thirty-three officers, six hundred and thirty-eight non-commissioned officers and privates.) On the 1st of May the rank of ensign was abolished, and the establishment of the battalion was ordered to be three field officers, ten captains, sixteen lieutenants, one pay- master, one adjutant, one quartermaster (total, thirty-two officers) ; one serjeaut-major, one quartermaster-serjeant, one bandmaster, one drum-major, one paymaster-serjeant, one armourer-serjeant, one orderly-room clerk, ten colour-serjeants, one Serjeant pioneer, one serjeant cook, one serjeant instructor ■ ■ I 182 THE KIN(}'a IlKOIMENT OP FOOT. [1872— 7:i of musketry, twenty-eight Serjeants, eighteen drummers, forty corpornla, four hundred and eighty privates (total, live hun- dred and eiglity-six non-commissioned ofticors and privates). On the 17th of July the battalion and attached dep6t, under command of Colonel A. C, Kobertson (strength of batta- lion, thirty-one officers, five hundred and eighty-four non- commissioned officers and privates), were moved by rail to Fulwood Barracks, Preston, where the battalion relieved the First Battalion of the Twelfth Kogiment. On the 2nd of July the dep6t of the Fifty-fifth Kegiment arrived at Preston, and was attached to the battalion. (Strength, two officers, and thirty-eight non-commissioned officers and privates.) On the 22nd of July the battalion was inspected by Major-General I). Lysons, C.B. (Strength, thirty-two officers and five hundred and eighty-aix non-com- missioned officers and privates.) On the 4th of November the depot of the Fifty-fifth left Preston, and was struck off the strength, and on the 19tli the depot of the Fortieth arrived from the Curragh, and was attached to the battalion. (Strength, two officers, one hun- dred and forty non-commissioned officers and privates.) 1873. On the 31st of July the battalion was inspected by Major-General Lysons, C.B. : its strength was thirty officers and five hundred and ninety-nine non-commissioned officers and privates. On tlig 11th August one company, commanded by Captain Williams, and on the 13th of August, Head-quarters and seven companies, under command of Colonel A. Cuningham Eobertson, were moved by rail from Preston to Rugeley, and encamped at Lower Cliffe, Cannock Chase. Here they were joined by Lieutenant Jocelyn, and a detachment of twenty- eight men, which, some time before, had been sent to Alder- sliot, to take charge of the camp equipment of the battalion, and to be trained to perform transport duties. Exclusive of this detachment, the strength of the eight companies, encamped at Cannock Chase, was twenty-four officers and four hundred and thirty-five non-commissioned ey, and jy were wenty- Alder- ttalion, le eiglit ity-iour tssioned 1873 — 74] SERVICES of the second nATTALION. 183 officers and privatoa. The l)attalion was attached to tlio First Ilrigado, commaMded by Colonel Hell, C.13., and formed part of the Second iJivision, comniaiided by Major-General Sir John l)ou;,da8, K.C.IJ. On the 2otli August the camp of the division was moved from Lower Clifte to IJrindley Heath, and on the Cth of Septend)er from Jlrindley Heath to the Beeches, near High Oak. On the 11th of September the whole of the field force, under the command of Major-Oeneral Lysons, C.B., was reviewed by Lieutenant-Oeneial the Honorable Sir James Lindsay, K.C.M.O. On the following day (the 12th) the encampment was broken up, and the eight companies (leaving behind Lieutenant Jocclyn and the transport detachment) under command of Colonel A. Cuningham Robertson, were moved by rail from Kugeley to Birkenhead. Here they were joined by the other two com- panies and by the depot of the First Battalion, left at Preston, under command of Major ¥. Barry Drew, and the battalion and depot embarked on board Her Majesty's troopship "Tamar." (Strength, twenty-three officers and six hundred and three non-commissioned officers and privates.) Next day (the 13th) the battalion and depot disembarked at Kingstown, and were moved by rail to the Curragh Camp, where they were (quartered in I lines, On the 30th September the battalion, and the attached depot, were moved by rail to Cork, under the command of Colonel A, Cnningham Kobertson, where they relieved the Second Battalion of the Seventh IJegiment. On the 6th of October A and H Companies, under com- mand of Captain R. Whitting, were detached to Youghal. 1874. On the 2nd of June, Major Tanner and seven companies were detached to Fort Carlisle, where for the remainder of the summer all the men, not required for other duties, were employed as a working party under the Engineer Department. On the 2nd of July, Major-General Sir R D. Kelly, K.C.B., inspected the Head-quarters of the regiment at Cork, and on the 4th and Gth its detachments at I'ort Carlisle and Youghal. K ii' '1 1 n J^ l\ I :t ii 181 THE king's regiment OF FOOT. [1874 — 75 During the month of November Martini-Henry rifles were issued to the men of the battalion, and the Snider rifles were returned into store. 1875. On the 24th of March, Colonel Alexander Cuning- ham Eobertson retired on half-pay*. Brevet Lieutenant- Colonel Wm. F. Adam Colman, the senior major, was gazetted to the vacant lieutenant-colonelcy ; he was attached to the First Battalion, and without joining the Second on the 12th of May he retired on full-pay, and was succeeded by the senior major, John Vere Wm, Henry Webb ; he also was attached to the First Battalion, but he was at home ou leave, and in the month of July he joined the Second, and assumed command of itf. On the 20th of April, the Fort Carlisle and Youghal de- tachments rejoined Head-quarters, and the battalion, under the command of Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel F. Barry Drew (strength t^venty-three officers and five hundred n,nd seventy non-commiasioned officers and privates) was movdd by rail to Fermoy, where it was quartered in the, new barracks, re- lieving the Thirty-third Regiment. On the 12th of May a new valise equipment was issued to the battalion in lieu of knapsacks ; and on the 20th the battalion (strength twenty officers and five hundred and one non-commissioned officers and privates), Tinder the command of Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel F. Barry Drew, was moved by rail from Fermoy to the Curragh, and encamped in rear of D square. On the 20th of September, at conclusion of the drill season, the battalion (strength seventeen officers and • Immediately after retiring on half -pay, Colonel A. C. Robertson was appointed lieutenant-colonel of the Second Battalion Second Royal Lan- CA8HIBK Militia, the regiment which, in the reorganization of tlie military forces in 1873, had been brigaded with the King's {vide Part I, p. 159). He resigned this commission in September, 1876, having, on the death of Colonel J. C. H. Jones, been selected for the command of the thirteenth and four- teenth sub-districts, which he held until relieved by Colonel Dalyell, ip Feb- ruary, 1878, four months after his promotion to the rank of major-general. t For services of Lieutenant-CploneU Colman and Webb, vide Appendix No. II. 1875 — 77] 8EUVICES of the second battalion. 183 by of the and lonel fcur- Feb- four hundred and forty-one non-commissioned o£&cers and privates) returned to Fermoy and re-occupied its old quarters, detaching K Company, under Captain Dixon, to Mitchelstown. On the 18th and 19th of October, the battalion was inspected by Major-General Sir E. D. Kelly, K.C.B. 1876. On the 1st of April the establishment of rank and iile was augmented from five hundred and twenty to eight hundred and twenty. On the 12th of April G and I Com- panies were detached to Waterford, relieving two companies of the One Hundredth Eegiment ; and on the 8th of May, Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel F. Barry Drew, with A, C, and D Companies, was detached to Cork. On the 29th of May the Head-quarters of the battalion and attached depot of the First Battalion from Fermoy, under Lieutenant-Colonel J. V. Webb, together with the detachments from Cork, Waterford, and Mitchelstown were simultaneously moved to Queenstown, and embarked on board Her Majesty's ship " Simoom," which conveyed the troops to Portsmouth, where they arrived on the 31st. The seme day the battalion disembarked and was moved by rail to Aldershot, where it was attached to the Second Infantry Brigade, and encamped on Eushmoor Hill (strength twenty-nine officers and six hundred and ninety-six non-commissioned officers and pri- vates). On the 28th of June it was inspected by Major- General E. S. Shipley, C.B. ; and on the 3rd of July the encampment on Eushmoor Hill was broken up, and the battalion quartered ir 'he east block of the Permanent In- fantry Barracks. 1877. On the 7th of March, Lieutenant-Colonel John Vere W. H. Webb retired on full-pay, and was succeeded in command of the battalion by the senior major. Brevet Lieu- tenant-Colonel Francis Barry Drew, who had done duty with it from the 15th of September, 1868, the date of his exchange from half pay into the King's Eegiment*. On the 22nd of June, the battalion was inspected by • For services ot this officer, vide Appendix No. II. t-l;' ■ 4S: d iH lit 186 THE king's regiment OF FOOT. [1877 Major-vjreneral E. S. Shipley. On the 9th of July it marched, under command of Colonel F. Barry Drew, from Aldershot to Chobham, where it encamped. Next morning it marched to Windsor Great Park, and, with the rest of the Aldershot Army Corps, was reviewed by Her Majesty the Queen. In the evening it marched back to the camp at Chobham, and on the following day (the 11th) returned to Aldershot and reoccupied its former quarters. (Strength, twenty-threa officers and six hundred and ninety non-commissioned officers and privates.) On the 21st of September the Head-quarters of the bat- talion and its eight service companies (strength, nineteen officers and nine hundred and twenty non-commissioned officers and privates), under command of Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Barry Drew, was moved by rail from Aldershot to Portsmouth, and embarked on board Her Majesty's troop ship " Euphrates" for conveyance to Bombay. On the embarkation of the battalion, its two depot com- panies, together with the two depot companies of the First Battalion, were attached to the Eighty-sixth Regiment, com- manded by Lieutenant-Colonel Adams. They remained at Aldershot until the 1st of November, when the two depots (strength, eight officers and two hundred and forty-five non- commissioned officers and privates) were moved by rail to Portsmouth and quartered on Portsdown Hill in the detached forts of Widley and Southwick. Both depots were under the command of Brevet-Major Butler, and Lieutenant H. Granger was appointed to act as the dep6t-adjutant and quartermaster. In the month of April, 1878, the Warrington Barracks having been completed, the depots received orders to occupy them. On the 17th, under command of Captain Williams, they were moved by rail from Cosham and Porchester Stations to Warrington, and took possession of their new quarters. (Strength, absentees included, seven officers and two hundred and seventy-one non-commissioned officers and privates.) Thus, after the lapse of five years, those provisions 1877 — 78] SERVICES of the second battauon. 187 icks im3, 3ster [new and and bions of the Anny Reorganization Scheme of 1873 which referred to the KiNff's Eegiment, were at length fully carried out*. Section V.— ABROAD, 1877— (t). Eaf.t Indies, 1878 — 79 — 80, Field Service in Afghanistan. The "Euphrates" left Portsmouth on Sunday, the 23rd of September, arrived at Malta on the 2nd of October, left the following day, passed through the Suez Canal on the 8th, 9th, and 10th, and arrived at Bombay on the 25th. Next day the troops disembarked, and were moved by rail in two divisions to Meean Meer, where the First Division arrived on the 4th, and the Second on the 6th of November. After a halt of six days, during which camp equipage was served out, the battalion (strength, nineteen officers and nine hundred non-commissioned officers and privates) under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Francis BaiTy Drew, com- menced its march to Rawul Pindi. At the village of Mundra it met the First Battalion, under Colonel H. Woods, on its way to Bombay. The two battalions encamped together, and after a day's halt, during which they exchanged camp equi- page, both resumed their march on the 1st of December J, On the 3rd the Second Battalion arrived at Rawul Pindi, and was quartered in the Church lines. 1878. In the month of August of this year certain infoiv mation was received by the Government of India that a Russian mission had been cordially welcomed at Cabul, and that the policy of the Ameer Shere Ali was guided b^ in- • Vide Part I, p. 159. Colonel Or. F. I)e Berry was at this time in com- mand of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Brigade Depftts. Lieutenant Henry Thos. Granger was appointed adjutant of both these brigade dep6t8. On the return of the First Battalion from foreign service on 22nd January, 1879, Major Forster Longfield was detached to command the four dep6t companies f)f the two battalions. t Ist January, 1881. The Second Battalion is still serving in the East Indies. + Vide Part I, p. 164. V ^S 1 ii W 1 i'.. "* ' m'^' :f •n to Kohat, where it was attached to the First Infantry Brigade, commanded by Brigadier-General Cobbe. Here twenty days were spent in collecting carriage and making various arrangements. Advantage was taken of this halt to weed out from the ranks all sick and weakly men ; these were placed under the command of Captain Lewis, and ordered to remain at Kohat. On the 13th of November, when the troops again moved forward, the strength of the battalion was twenty-six officers and six hundred and fifty-six non-commissioned officers and privates. Thull, on the left bank of the Kurrum river, was reached on the 18th. Here the force halted to await the reply of the Ameer of Cabul to the ultimatum of the Viceroy. The 20th, which was the latest Jay allowed, passed without any answer being received from the Ameer, and early on the following morning the force under the command of Major-General Roberts crossed the river. The bat- talion had been ordered to leave another detachment at Thull, consisting of about seventy sickly and convalescent men, under Lieutenant Schletter, and when it crossed the river there were with the colours only twenty-five officers and five hundred and fifty-nine non-commissioned officers and privates, being two hundred and forty-four men less than the number which had marched out of Rawul Pindi thirty-seven days before. The fort of Kapigunj, opposite Thull, had been evacuated before the troops crossed, and during the next four marches i II 1 I; «i i| 1 v; t<1 ; 1. .' 1 yii; , Ml; : 1 i :.i l| 190 THE king's RKGIMENT OF FOOT. [1878 the enemy offered no opposition. Following a road on the right bank of the river, and traversing the Darwaza defile, the brigade reached Kurrum on the 25th. Mahomed Azim's fort, at that place, had been abandoned the previouL' day on the approach of our cavalry; but it was ascertained that the enemy had resolved to make a stand at the Peiwar Kotal, and that reinforcements from Cabul were on their way to assist in the defence of the position. On the 27th orders were issued for an advance next morning in light marching order. It was directed that each battalion should consist of four hundred rank and file, and that the quantity of baggage should be reduced as much as possible*. About one hundred and twenty non-commissioned ofl&cers and privates were left at Kurrum under command of the musketry instructor, Lieutenant Euck. Major G. Cochrane was also left here as Commandant of the fort. The troops were ordered to parade at 2 a.m., but it was six o'clock before the battalion marched off the ground where the camp had stood. As the men had a long day's march before them, they were obliged to parade without great coats, and as lightly clothed as possible, so for three long dark hours they suffered severely from the bitter cold of the night air. After a march of twenty-two miles, about 1 p.m. the troops reached the edge of the plain at the foot of the Kotal. During the remainder of the afternoon a reconnaissance in force was pushed up the south-western flank of the Peiwar. There was some hot skirmishing in front, but the battalion, being in reserve, was not engaged. It was ascertained that the enemy had taken up a strong position to defend the pass, and that tliey were provided with guns, which were judiciously placed. At nightfall the troops were withdrawn, and the camp was pitched just out of range, the King's occupying the front, and giving the advanced picquets during the night. Next morning the camp was shifted a little further to the * Three officers were told off to a small tent measuring eight feet by seven, and for two officers' baggage only a single mule was allowed. ^0 m ii i '! 1' I i! 1: 1 1 r f \ ''} § 1 , H ■ 1 ■1 itik. /, PEm/KR KOTAL FROM BRITISH CAMP. i Snff FHOM SIHAMM Scale 3/4 in to 1 mile. SKETCH PLAN OF THE PEIWAR KOTAL. action 2 dec. 1878. Presented by Col. Barry Drew.C.B. -f 1878] SERVICES OF THE SECOND BATTALION. 191 rear, and out of siglit of the enemy. The next three days (29th and 30th November, and Ist December) were spent in reconnoitring the country in the front and on both flanks, and in bringing up from the rear three guns of G III Royal Artillery, two guns of F. A. Koyal Horse Artillery and the Twelfth Bengal Cavalry. The enemy's position faced the east, and was about four miles in extent. It lay along the summit of a lofty precipi- tous mountain ridge mostly covered with dense pine forests. Its left, or northern extremity, rested on the Spin Gawai Kotal ; its right, or southern, on some commanding heights about a mile south of the Peiwar Kotal. The position was most easily accessible on the Spin Gawai Kotal flank. On that side the approach was through a comparatively open valley, and the ascent, excepting near the summit, was not steep. The Afghan iorca defending this position consisted of about three thousand five hundred infantry, including three regiments which arrived from Kushi on the afternoon of the 1st of December ; there was also a large force of Jagis Ghilzais, and other tribes whose numbers could not be ascer- tained. The artillery consisted of two twenty-four-pounder bronze howitzers and sixteen guns of smaller calibre, mostly seven-pounders and six-pounders. Seven of these were rifled muzzle-loading mountain guns. At 10 P.M. on the night of the 1st of December, Major- General Eoberts left camp to assail the Spin Gawai with a portion of his force, consisting of four guns F. A. Eoyal Horse Artillery, No. 1 Mountain Battery, a wing of the Seventy-second Highlanders, Second and Twenty-ninth Punjab Native Infantry, Fifth Goorkhas, and Twenty-third Pioneers, in all five hundred and fifteen British and one thousand seven hundred and forty-eight natives ; total, all ranks included, two thousand two hundred and sixty-three*. Brigadier Cobbe was left in camp with the remainder of the force, consisting of two guns F. A. Royal Horse Artillery, * These numbers are taken from General Boberts' dispatch. • t ii \ 'A m •■I i! 1 192 THE kino's regiment OP FOOT. [1878 I three guns G Battery Third Brigade Royal Artillery, Twelfth Bengal Cavalry. Second Battalion of the Eighth, the Kino's Regiment, Fifth Punjab Native Infantry, in all five hundred and fifty-nine British and five hundred and eighty Natives, all ranks included (total one thousand one hundred and thirty-nine)*. He received general instructions to open fire upon the enemy about 6 a.m., t. get his troops into position in front of the Peiwar Kotal about half-past eight, and to storm the pass as soon as the troops defending it showed symptoms of being shaken by the development of the flank attack. The guns, under Major Parry, escorted by one hundred men of the King's, under Captain Dawson, came into action about 6.15 a.m. They opened fire on a gun placed on a crag (called by the soldiers the " crow's nest ") about one thousand seven hundred yards to their left front, which commanded the lower part of the pass, and about an hour later (about 7 a.m.) the fire of some of the guns was directed towards the more distant batteries which defended the summit of the pass, and which were about two thousand six hundred yards distant. To this fire the enemy's batteries replied vigorously ; for the next three hours a well sustained cannonade was kept up by the artiHery on both sides, with the result that before eleven o'clock two of the enemy's guns, situated to the left of the pass, were silenced. The infantry took up a favourable position to the right of the guns, and slightly in advance of them, the King's Regi- ment, under Colonel F. Barry Drew, and the Fifth Punjab Infantry, under Major Macqueen. The brigade was concealed by trees and jungle, and was sheltered from fire by a spur running down from a range of hills on the right. About eight \ * lu General Eoberts' dispatch three hundred and forty-eight is given as the strength of the rank and file of the King's Regiment ; this is a mistake. On 2nd December the strength of the battalion was eighteen officers and four hundred and thirty-six non-eommissioued officers, drummers, and privates (vide p. 193). To correct thi's error eip'ity-eight has been added to the total strengths given in the dispatch. bof ?gl- sbt and and !dto 1878] 8EKVICE9 OF THE SECOND BATTALION. 193 o'clock the infantry wns ordered to take ground to the front, and a ridge, about three hundred and fifty yards nearer the enemy, was secured by two companies of the King's, under Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Tanner, and the Fifth Punjab In- fantry, under Major Macqueen. Without halting here the infantry, keeping the regular road to the summit on their left flank and not far from the ext** amity of the line, continued steadily to advance from ridge to ridge, the soldiers being kept well under cover, until between 11 and 12 noon they reached a position not more than one thousand four hundred yards from the top of the pass. Here they were exposed to a cross-fire of artillery ; in front from a battery of six guns placed near the summit of the pass ; on tlie left flank from the gun on the detached crag called by the soldiers " tlie crow's nest"; they were also exposed to a cross-fire of musketry from the Afghan riflemen, who occupied the ridges in front and on the right flank of the line. From this position the regiment kept up a sharp musketry fire for upwards of two hours, daring which time, although the trees and rocks afforded excellent cover, a good many casualties occurred. It was here that Brigadier Cobbe was wounded in the thigh by a musket bullet, ant! obliged to resign the com- mand of the brigade to Colonel F. Barry Drew, who wci succeeded in the command of the battalion by Brevet Lieu- tenant-Colonel Tanner; two Serjeants and several privates belonging to the King's were also wounded about this time, but the only man killed was Drum-Major Owen Cuningham. The Fifth Punjab Infantry were now detached to the right to reinforce the troops who, under the personal com- mand of the Major-General, were operating against the left flank and rear of the Afghan position. At intervals the fire of the guns which accompanied these troops was distinctly heard beyond the hills on the right. After this there only remained five weak companies of the King's to continue the direct attack.* * Two companies under Captain Dawson were with the gune, and one ] 'VV ! 'Ay-. 1 , ,; in f. 194 THE kino's regiment OF FOOT. [1878 u I ! The next advance was up a precipitous ascent; it was very difficult and laborious. Arrived at the summit of this ridge, the little band of Kino's men found themselves within eight hundred yards of the battery defending the pass, and although the Afghan artillerymen continued to serve their guns with great gallantry for a considerable time, the guns were at last silenced by the withering fire of the Martini- Ilenry rifles. The Afghans then brought up horses and endeavoured to withdraw the guns, but they were compelled to relinquish the attempt. About 2 P.M., it was evident the enemy were thoroughly shaken. The guns under Major Parry were therefore ordered to move forward and take up a new position, nnd the two companies of the King's, under Captain Dawson, wliich formed their escort, to ascend the pass by the road ; leaving the duty of protecting the guns to the Twelfth Rpngal Cavalry. The ridge occupied by the five advanced companies of the Kino's was separated from the road leading to the pass by two deep ravines with precipitous sides. While crossing these, and up to the time they reached the road, a dropping fire was kept up on these companies. But, once on the road, all resistance ceased. Under shelter of the shoulder of a projecting hill the regiment was rapidly formed for a final rush up the steep, rugged road leading to the summit of the pass, which Colonel Barry Drew, the Acting Brigadier, was the first to reach. Here not a single Afghan was to be seen. Our enemies had evidently fled with the greatest precipitation, for they had left behind them their guns, their camp equipage, and a large quantity of ammunition and miscellaneous stores. The Twelfth Bengal Cavalry, under Colonel Hugh Gough, C.B. and V.C., was immediately pushed forward in pursuit. Several additional guns were captured which had been aban- doned on the road, but every Afghan had escaped to the company under Lieutenant Balfour had been left in reserve to hold a position on the right of the line of attack. 1878] .SEkVICKS OF THE SECOND BATTALION. 198 mountains, where they could not bo followed. Meanwhile, stroHf,' picfjuets wore thrown out by the KiNo's, and at 1) l*..M. the tents having aiTived, the bi-.ttalion encamped alone on the ground it had won, aiul there piussed the night*. The strength of the battalion on the morning of the 2nd was eighteen otticersf Jmd four hundred and thirty-six non- commi,ssit)ned otticers and privates. The casualties during the day were : killed, Drum-Major Owen Cuningham ; wounded, two Serjeants and five privates ; total casualties, eighty The coi-ps belonging to the Second Brigade bivouacked without tents at various points between the Spin Gawai Kotal and the village of Zarbadf t Kila. About J o'clock on the night of the action Major-General Robeics had received from Lieutenant-Colonel Drew a report iniorming him that rsuit. Iban- the liition • A correspondent of the Lahore Civil and MUitary <> i.Me thus describes the impression made on him by the conduct and api apinco of the men of the regiment. "The reputation of our yo- ^ noldiers was bran ■; sustained by the King's at the battle of the Peiwa; j liii UTorago ago of the men is about twenty-two ; but on this day, in rest iito courage, in cheerful endurance and contempt of fatigue, they nobly sustained the honour of the British Army. I saw them in the evening, after a day of toil and combat in skirmishing order, advancing with cheery, reckless enthusiasm, but, at the same time, with as much regularity, order, nnd precision as if they had been on parade ; indeed, one of their officers said to me, ' the men moved better than ever they did on a field day.' " The same cori-espondent says : " The cold that night on the Peiwar was intense ; although I had three postheons over me, the spoil of the enemy, I could not get warm." t The officers with the colours during the day were Colonel F. Barry Drew (afterwards in command of brigade), Lieutcnont-Colonel E. Tanner, Captains J. Dawson, E. Jervis, S. N. Koberts, Lieutenants J. M. Taylor, W. L. Brereton, L. S. McUor, H. A. Fletcher, A. 0. G. Banning, J. H. Balfour, O. D. C. Grattan, Sub-lieutenants C. '^. T'~^^^eriion, L. C. Dundas, H. J. Evans, J. B. Edwards, Lieutenant and Adj • , Fred J. Whallej', Quartermaster P. Spencer. Lieutenant G. V. Turner was attached as orderly officer to the staff of General ThelwaU, C.B., commanding Second Brigade, and Lieutenant E. L. Maisoy was attached in tl-o same capacity to the staff of Brigadier- General Cobbe, commanding First Brigade. Surgeon-Major J. G. Gibsone was in medical charge of ! h; regiment. X The men wounded were Serjeant James Howard (dangerously ; right arm amputated), Colour-Serjeant William Inncs (severely), Private J. Burgess (severely), Lance-Corpornl J. S. Savage, Privates L. Jones, R. Jones, C. Delaney. i ;i 111 A '1 ,'1 I It 196 THE king's regiment OF FOOT. [1878—79 the King's Eegiment were encamped on the Peiwar Kotal. Next morning communications were established between the two brigades and Head-quarters, and four companies of the King's were detailed by the Major-General for the duty of holding the position they had taken. The men of these com- panies instantly began to construct log-huts, for which abundant materials were found from the forests which grew thick on the hills. 1879. For five days, from the 5th to the 10th of January, the work of hutting was interrupted, and the men were day and night kept constantly on the alert by large bodies of Mongols and Jagis, who threatened to attack the post, but who dispersed without venturing to do so. On the 19th the huts were completed, and the men took possession of them ; these huts were eight thousand four hundred and fifty feet above the sea level. The cold at night was extreme, and on one occasion six degrees below Fahrenheit's zero was registered. During February and March the snow lay on the ground to a depth which varied from three to five feet; and in the ravines and hollow parts of the road leading up to the pass there were in many places drifts fifteen feet in depth. Not- withstanding the severity of the weather, the state of health of the battalion was excellent. During December, 1878, and January and February, 1879, the daily average of sick was only one per cent. ; four men died from pneumonia. On the 14th of February the left half battalion, under Major George Cochrane, after furnishing detachments at Kurrum, Hazar Pir, and ThuU, was concentrated at Kohat. On the 24th of March His Excellency General Sir Paul Frederick Haines, G.C.B., the Commander-in-Chief, arrived at the station, and, after inspecting the battalion, addressed the men in the following terms : — " Soldiers of the King's Eegiment : Now that I have seen " the ground you have come over and taken, I think you "have done wonders, auu .hat you have performed deeds " that any men should be proud of. ... . "The two happiest years of my life were spent in the the 1879] SERVICES OF THE SECOND BATTALION. " command of the First Battalion of the King's Eegiment, " and I look upon you as its brother ; consequently, I feel " that all my sympathies must now be with the Second " Battalion of the King's." On the 10th of April a native follower having been mur- dered within half a nule of the camp, the murderers (some twenty in number) were pursued by Captain Cope, Lieutenant and Adjutant WhaUey, and lieutenpnt Dundas, and five soldiers. After an eight miles' chase, they were overtaken ; five of them v/ere killed on the spot, and several others wounded. The Major-General published a divisional order thanking the party for this service. On the 26th April C Company, imder Lieutenant Taylor, which had been detached at Kohat, rejoined Head-quarters, and F Company, imder Lieutenant Orme, was detached to Kurrum. On the 29th of April G Company, under Captain Jervis, rejoined Head-quarters from Kohat, and A Company, under Captain Cope, was detached to Kurrum. On the 27th of May peace was signed at Gundamuck. On the 30th June A Company, under Captain Cope, and F Company, imder Lieutenant Orme, rejoined Head-quarters from Kurrum : and B Company, under Lieutenant Schletter, and H Company, under Captain Short, were detached to replace them. On the 14th of July Sir Louis Cavagnari, the British Envoy, passed through the camp with his suite en route to Cabul. On the 29th of August B Company, under Brevet-Major Lewis, and H Company, under Lieutenant Schletter, rejoined Head-quarters from Kurrum. On the 3rd of September the British Embassy at Cabul was treacherously attacked by the troops of the Amir, and the Envoy, the ofiicers of his suite, and the whole of his escort (with the exception of one or two sowars, who managed to escape), after a heroic defence, were barbarously massacred. Immediately on the receipt of this news the regiment re- ceived orders to hold itself in readiness for active service ; all officers on leave were ordered to rejoin, and the necessary pre- parations were made to enable it to take the field on a moment's If % . !.a ill ^[(K. ^|1 .1/1 Ir I iii^^fi '■'.il 198 THE king's RKGIMENT OF FOOT. [1879 notice. On the 16th of September Lieutenant Fletcher and fifty non-commissioned officers and privates were detached to Turi : and on the 25th G and H Companies, under the com- mand of Captain Jervis, were moved from the Peiwar Kotal to Ali Kheyl. Head-quarters with A, B, C, and F Companies remained at the Peiwar Kotal under the command of Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Tanner, who rejoined from leave on that day. An order had been given to transfer the Head-quarters of the regiment to Ali Kheyl, but it was cancelled; and the Quartermaster and Serjeant-Major, who had accompanied Captain Jervis' detachment, returned to tlie Peiwar Kotal on the 2nd October. On the same day Lieutenant Fletcher's detachment from Turi, and D and E Companies under Lieutenants Euck and Mellor, from Kurrum, rejoined Head- quarters. At daybreak on the morning of the 14tb, just as the bugles finished sounding the reveille, the camp at Ali Kheyl, the Head-quarters of Major-General Gordon, was attacked by several thousand Afghans. The first onset was directed against a picquet of the Twenty-nintli Bengal Infantry, which held a barricade that protected the approaches to the left flank of the camp. Under cover of the darkness and of broken ground in front of the barricade a large body of the enemy established themselves within a hundred yards of the picquet. As soon as they were discovered the Sepoys of the Twenty- ninth, leaving the protection of the barricade, dashed forward to meet them with the bayonet. The hill men (many of whom were only armed with knives and hatchets) gave way, and making for the vaUey in the rear of the camp, found shelter behind eminences on the reverse slopes of the hills. Meanwhile another party had opened fire against the right front of the position ; but the rifles of the detacliment of the King's commanded by Captain Jervis, soon compelled them to retire from the lower ridges to a great plateau^^ where a large portion of the Cabul field force liad encamped previous to its advance, and where the huts and stone breastworks, ken of the \ 1879] SERVICES OF THE SECOND BATTALION. 199 which had been at that time constructed by our soldiei-s, aflbrded excellent cover. From this shelter they were dis- lodged by the Sepoys of the Twenty-ninth, who, coming from t'>e right, drove them into the open, where the guns of C-IV Eoyal Artillery, stationed on a ridge behind the camp, had time to drop a few shells amongst them : and finally a mixed squadron of Native cavalry, which had been sent out by the road, suddenly appearing on the left, lanci and sabre com- pleted the discomfiture of the assailants on this pait of the field about nine o'clock. The attack on the left flank took a somewhat longer time to develop. The enemy's plan was evidently to wait until the troops on the right were drawn ofi" in pursuit, and then to advance by a nullah that runs a certain length between the plateau in front and the ridge behind the camp, and to make a dash up the steep side of the ridge at the guns on its summit. This attack was met and repulsed by the Eleventh Native Infantry, who drove the enemy to the furthest point of the plateau, which extends five or six hundred yards beyond the left of the camp. A detachment of Ghoorkhas was ordered to descend the nullah, and, wheeling to the right round the base of the plateau, to cut off their retreat ; but the Ghoorkhas did not arrive in time to prevent the hill men crossing the river and occupying a village on the opposite bank. Soon afterwards the firing ceased , twenty dead bodies were brought into camp, and the total loss of the enemy was estimated at about one hundred and twenty. On our sia3 one sowar and four Sepoys were wounded ; there were no casualties among the soldiers of the detachment of the King's. The attack was not repeated, but bodies of hill men for several days afterwards continued to infest the vicinity of the camp, and the soldiers were harassed by night alarms. After the 19th of October, when the determined attack which had been simultaneously made on the Shutar Gardan post was finally repulsed, these alarms entirely ceased, and the troops at Ali Kheyl and the Peiwar were not again molested during; the winter. IMM 'ft. ! la «'t. 200 THE king's regiment OF FOOT. [1879 — 80 On the 6th of November the Ali Kheyl detachment wag vdthdrawn, and G and H Companies, under Captain Jervis and Lieutenant Grattan, rejoined Head-quarters at the Peiwar. On the 11th November G Comp ly, under Captain Jervis, was detached first at Kurrum and afterwards at Budesh Kheyl, and on the 26th of November H Company, ■'inder Lieutenant Grattan, wis detached to Kurrum ; the same day a draft of ninety-eight rank and file, under I 1 7et-Major C. B. Brown, arrived from England. On the 13th of November Colonel Charles Edward Grogan, who on the 13th of September had exchanged (from the 14th Foot) with Colonel F. Barry Drew, joined and took over from Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Tanner the command of the bat- talion*. This month G Company, under Lieutenant George Villiers Turner (strength forty rank and file) was attached to the force under General Tytler during its operations in the Zymukt Valley. This company was present at the capture of Zowa ; on the 5th of January it rejoined Head-quarters. During this service there were no casualties from wounds among the men of the company; but they suffered so severely from cold that five of them died of pneumonia. 1880. — On the 8th of January Brigadier-General Watson, C.B. and V.C, inspected the bpttalion. During the months of January and February the weather was very severe. For several weeks snow, upwards of four feet in depth, covered the ground, and the cold at night was intense, Fahrenheit's thermometer in February constantly registering twenty degrees below the freezing point. Four men died of pneumonia brought on by exposure, but the soldiers were very well and warmly clothed, and the supply of wood was plentiful, so that their health did not suffer much. Throughout the winter the average percentage of sick was about one per cent, the chief diseases being pneumonia and colds. i * For services of this o£Bcer, vide Appendix No. II. /■ I •ill ■ It f Jl; iF 'ill . ■ i -•■'. mm n '• ifijk. jet^ m a 8 ^\ 1 "S. id 1 ■^ hp [■.00 rOO 1880] SERVICES OF THE SECOND BATTALION. 201 On the 16th of March C and F Companies, under Cap- tains Blake Humfrey and Dawson, were detached to Kur- rum, and H Company, under Lieutenant Grattan, rejoined Head-quarters. On the 29th of April Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Tanner, having been promoted to the vacancy caused by the pro- motion of Colonel Woods, was struck off the strength, and ordered to return to England to assume command of the first battalion*. On the 28th of April C and F Companies, under Captains Blake Humfrey and Dawson, rejoined Head-quarters from Kurrum, and A Company, under Captain Cope, was detached to replace them ; but on the 12th of May, in consequence of a rising of the Waziri tribe being considered imminent, A Com- pany was relieved by a detachment of the Eighty-fifth King's Light Infantry, and under the command of Captain Cope, marched to Thull to reinforce the troops at that place. On the 12th of June D Company under Lieutenant Taylor was moved to Kurrum to relieve the detachment of the Eighty-fifth, and on the 14th E Company under Captain Roberts was moved to Thull to relieve A Company, which rejoined Head-quarters. On the 9 th Jiily, G Company under Lieutenant Schletter was moved to Kurrum and relieved D Company, which re- joined Head- quarters; and on the 3rd August C Company under Captain Blake Humfrey relieved G Company, which rejoined Head-quarters. On the 11th of August Colonel C. E. Grogan was ap- pointed to the command of the Lower Kurrum Brigade, with the rank of Brigadier-General, and Major W. Bannatyne succeeded to the temporary command of the battalion. On the 28th August E Company under Captain Roberts was moved from Thull, and C Company under Captain Blake Humfrey from Kurrum to reinforce the post of Shalozan, Captain Dawson with F Company being detached from Head- * For services of this officer, vide Appendix No. II ; vide also Part I, ii i i ll'' I i, 1.'. i I I '1 1l •w'i fl? ^ , 202 THE kino's REQIMENT OF FOOT. [1880 quarters to replace C Company at Kurrum. On the 3rcl of Sep'omber H Company with Head-quarters moved from the Peiv.;: Kotal to Shalozan, and were joined by the two compau T detached at that post. The i&iidar Abdur-Rahmann Khan having been recog- nised by the Indian Government as Ameer of Cabul, in accordance with arrangements made with His Highness, on the 9th September the British troops were withdrawn from the Peiwar Kotal. A, 13, and G Companies joined Head- quarters at Shalozan, and D Company was detached to rein- force the troops at Kurrum. On the 5th October Head- quarters and six companies under the command of Major Bannatyne moved from Shalozan to Kurrum, and were there rejoined by D and F Companies. At this time C-IV Koyal Artillery and the 13th Bengal Lancers were also quartered at Kurrum : these troops, together with the King's Eegiment, were placed under com- mand of Major J. C. Auchinleck, E.A., and Lieutenant and Adjutant Whalley was appointed to act as his staff officer. On the 15th this column commenced its march towards Thull, and on the 21st it recrossed the frontier and arrived there. The strength of the battalion on that day was one field officer, three captains, nine subalterns, two staff) thirty-eight Serjeants, seventeen drummers, and seven hundred and fifty- five rank and file (total fifteen officers and eight himdred and ten non-commissioned officers, drummers, and privates). Of the fifteen officers there were only four (Lieutenant and Adjutant Whalley, and Lieutenants Brereton, Evans, and Edwards) who were with the colours when the battalion crossed the frontier on the 21st of November, 1878, and who had done duty with it throughout the two campaigns. Dur- ing the twenty-three months' field service, fifty-one non- commissioned officers and privates died, and eighteen officers and two hundred and forty-five non-commissioned officers and privates were either invalided or transferred. Tlie names of Lieutenant-Colonel F. Barry Drew, Brevet Lieu- 1880] SERVICES OF THE SECOND BATTALION. 203 tenant-Colonel E. Tanner, and Captain E. Jervis, were men- tioned in despatches. Lieutenant-Colonel Drew on 29th of July, 1879, and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Tanner on Ist of March, 1881, were gazetted Companions of the Bath, and on the latter date Captain Jervis was promoted to a Brevet Majority. A war medal was gianted to every officer, non- commissioned officer, and private who served with the colours during any part of the campaigns of 1878-79-80 : and a clasp to those who were present at the forcing of the Peiwar Kotal. The Lower Kurrum Brigade having been broken up, Colonel Grogan rejoined on the 22nd, and resumed command of the battalion, which received orders to relieve the Sixty- eighth Light Infantry at Meean Meer. Eawul Pindi was reached on the 6th November. Here the depot rejoined Head-quarters, and the battalion continuing its march, arrived at Meean Meer on the 29th. The strength shown in the marching-in state was three field officers, four captains, thirteen subalterns, two staff, thirty-eight Serjeants, seventeen drummers, and eight hundred and one rank and file (total twenty-two officors and eight hundred and fifty-six non- commissioned officers, drummers, and privates). D Company under Lieutenant Taylor was detached to occupy Fort Lahore. On the 6th of December a draft of two Serjeants and one hundred and twenty-tw ) rank and file arrived from the First Battalion. Section VI.— RECAPITULATION. The establishment of the King's Eegiment has consisted of two battalions during three different periods, forming an aggregate of thirty-six years. Out of this aggregate period the Second Battalion has served abroad eighteen years, and in the field against an enemy the whole or part of four years. In 1809 the flank companies were selected to form part ;)! !■ t .v^» i 1 i'- 1 ,!i i i \i ■ ■t .- i 1 [■ '• 11 Ir 204 THE kino's regiment OF FOOT. [1881 of the Walcheren Expedition, and in 1814 the battalion formed part of tho force which invaded the United States, and was present at the battle of Plattsburg. In 1878-79-80, during the Afghan War, the battalion was attached to the Kurrum Valley Force : it was present at the battle of the Peiwar Kotal, and a detachment at the repulse of the attack on Ali Kheyl. The loss sustained by the battalion in 1809 and 1814 has not been recorded ; during the Afghan War the casualties were one non-commissioned officer killed, seven non-commis- sioned officers and privates wounded. POSTSCEIPT. 'A 1881. About five o'clock in the evening of 14th January, a bag, containing an explosive substance, was introduced through an aperture in the south wall of Salford Barracks, from which a grating had been wrenched, into a shed where the rations are served out, and fired by means of a slow match. The explosion did not injure any of the soldiers, and the damage done to the boundary wall of the barracks was slight ; but the shed was completely wrecked, and a woman and child who happened to be passing in the street outside received .evere wounds, from the effects of which the child died. The perpetrators of this outrage were not discovered, but were bell' "d to be agents of the Fenians, or of some other organisation of disaffected Irishmen. During the months of January, Februaiy, and March, the country in the vicinity of Manchester was in a very dis- turbed state, in consequence of strikes and riots among the colliers. Major-General Cameron was detached from Alder- shot on special service to take command of the troops, and established his head-quarters in Salford Barracks. By his order a detachment of the regiment, under Captain Egerton, was sent to Chowbent to assist the civil power in preserving 1881] SEUVh OF THE SECOND BATTALION. 205 order. This service was performed successfully without a collision between the rioters and the soldiers. Anotlier detachment of two companies, under Captains Stuart and Jocelyn, were sent to Wigan from the depot at Warrington, and were equally successful in performing the duties required of them without being obliged to use their arms against the rioters. On tlie 1st June a general order was published, announcing that the Queen had been graciously pleased to sanction the words " Peiwar Kotal " and " Afghanistan, 1878-80," being borne on the colours of the regiment in commemoration of its gallant behaviour during the Afghan campaign. On 1st July the regimental constitution of the Line and Militia was reorganised, and sixty-nine territorial regiments were formed, each consisting of two battalions of the line and two battalions of militia.* In accordance with the provisions of this reorganisation the two battalions of the Eighth, the King's, and the two battalions of the Second Hoyal Lancashire Militia, were united, and formed into a single territorial regiment (num- bered the Eighth), having its headquarters at Warrington, and bearing the name of The King's (Liverpool Kegiment). A state showing the establishment of the regiment as thus reconstituted, is given on the next page. * In some regiments the fourth battalion was not formed, and in a few there were one or more additional battalions of militia. •1 .( !• '■] « I 'H'} [, the dis- the llder- aud his Irton, tving ■i' A' i'-f ^ m m 206 THK kino's UEOIMENT OP F ' r, [1881 Establi.tlimotit of the Kinn'n (Livorpi>ol) Regiment, Ist August, 1881. Lino litittalions. Militia Battalions. DepAf. L Home. TT. Abroad. in. IV. Number of companies H 8 8 6 4 Lieutenant-colonels Majors Captains . . , , . , Lieutenants Adjutant Quartermaster 2 3 6 12 2 4 4 16 1 1 1 2 H 12 1 1 1 1 6 9 "l 1 1 1 2 • • Total ofllcers . . 24 28 25 18 5 Serjeant-major Quartermaster-serjeant . . randinnstcr . . Serjeant drummer . . Paymaster-serjeant Armourer-seijeant , . Orderly room serjeaiit Hospital Serjeant . . Colour-serjeants . . Serjeant pioneer . . Serjeant cook Serjeant instructor of mus- ketry Serjeants } • 24 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 1 1 32 1 1 1 1 "l • • 1 *32 1 1 i 1 i 1 t24 1 1 i • • 1 • • 4 • • 4 Total warrant oiUcers and Serjeants ■ 42 60 38 SO 12 Drummers 16 16 8 6 2 Corporals . . Privates 40 440 40 780 32 800 21 600 10 40 Total rank and file . . 480 820 832 624 50 Total all ranks 562 914 903 678 69 • 3rd Battalion . . , t 4th Battalion . . . 16 Serjeants, Permanent Staff. 16 do. Militia. 12 Serjeants, Permanent Staff. 12 do. Militia. ;^ 207 APPENDICES. 50 69 APPENDIX No. I. SnccEssiON List of all the CoiiONEfiS of the Kino's Rroimrnt and of all Lieutenant-Colonels, Majors, Captains, Captain- Lieutenants, Lieutenants, Ensigns, Sub-Lieutenants, Second Lieutenants, Adjutants, Musketry Instructors, Paymasters, Quarter-masters, Surgeons, Assistant-Surorons, and Cuap< lains who have served in the regiment from 1754 to Ist Aagast, 1881, extracted from the series of Army Lists belonging to the Royal United Service Institution,* together with such other officers as are elsewhere recorded to have served in any of these ranks previous to 1754. The records from which the names of officers who served in the regiment previous to 1754 were com- piled are :— 1. From the first edition of the regimental records, edited by Mr. Cannon. 2. Prom five MS. Army Lists for the years 1702, 1709, 1736, 1743, 1752. The lists for 1736 and 1743 exhibit in a column of remarks the dates of all vacancies and the names of the officers who succeeded to them up to 1854, the year from which the present series of annual Army Lists commences; the list of officers who served in the regiment subsequent to the year 1736 may therefore be considered as complete. Mr. Thomas Cave Brown Cave, of the War Office, was good enough to give me extracts from these five lists. 3. From a printed Army List of the year 1740, belonging to the library of the Royal United Service Institution ; this list is believed to be unique. No copy of it exists either at the War Office or in the British Museum. N.B. — Column A contains the names of the officers; the • The name of any ofiicer who entered the regiment after let January, and left it before 31st December of the same year, will most probably not be found in this list. i n'\ I ■ ■[■ '■': i| ,ii '1 I I t ^' 208 APPENDIX I. small numerals which follow some of the names in this colamu refer to corresponding numbers in the series of biographical notices and abstracts of war services given in Appendix No. II, The letters in Column B indicate the mode of succession to each regimental rank; the letter A. stands for "by Appoint- ment;" P. ior"hj Promotion;" E. for '' hj Exchange ;" T. for "by Transfer;" H. P. for "from Half Pay." The numerals which in some instances follow the letters P., B., or T. in this column, and also in Column D, denote the number of the corps into or from which the officer was promoted, exchanged, or was transferred. The letter S. denotes " Serving" in the rank at the date given in Column C or E. Column C gives the date of succession to each regimental rank. The letters in Column D indicate the cause of each officer's removal from the list. The letter P. stands for "Promoted;" R. for "Retires" or "Resigns;" H. P. for retires on "Half Pay;" F. P. for retires on "Full Pay;" E. for " Exchanges;" T. for "Transferred ;'^ D. for "Death" from accident or disease; K. for "Killed" in action: W. for death from "Womids" re- ceived in action; C. M. for dismissed or cashiered by sentence of " Court Martial." Column E gives the date of each officer's removal from the Ust. The numbers in Column F refer to the page or pages of the Becords in which the officer's name is mentioned. A blank space in Columns B, C, D, or E, indicates "not ascertained." The letter J^ is prefixed to the names of seven officers who have served in the regiment continuously and in every rank in succession from Ensign to Lieutenant-Colonel. These officers are Lieutenant-Colonels John Longfield, Edward Harris Great- hed, John Hinde, James Johnston, John Vere, William Henry Webb, Edward Tanner, and Forster Longfield.* • Since the printing of Appendices Nos. I and II was compicted, two other officers have been added to tliis list, Lieutenant-Colonel B. Whitting promoted on 7th March, and Lieutenant- Colonel E. Williams on 10th June, 1882; two old and distinguished officers hare died, General Sir E. K. Greathed, K.C.B., on 19th NoTember, and General T. G. Ball on 18th De- cember, 1881 ; General J. Longfield, C.B., has been appointed Colonel of the Regiment (19th December, 1881), and Lieutenant-Colonel G. H. Coch- rane has succeeded to the comuiand of the Second Battalion (7th March, 1882). ^not AITENDIX I. COLONELS. 209 A B C D E F Robert Lord Fcrrnrs' . . A 19 June 1685 R 1686 1,2 Jiuiu.1, Duke of Berwick'^ A 1 Nov. 86 88 3, 4, 5, 6 Jolin Beaumont'' A 31 Dec. 88 R 95 2,5,6,8,12 John Richmond Webb^. . A 26 Dec. 95 R 1715 12,16,30 33,36 Henrv Morrison''' * 5 Aug. 1715 T) 20 36,39 Sir Charles Hothiim, Bart/' . . T3G 3 Dec. 20 T t 21 39 John Pocock' . . T3() 21 April 21 D 25 April 32 39,40 Clinrles Lenoe" . . T36 8 May 32 D Dee. 38 41 Richard Onslow''* T39 6 June 39 T (boo) April t 45 41,43 Edward Wolfei" T41 25 April 45 D Mar. 59 43, 46, 51 The Hon. J. Biirrington" 'L' 10 21 Oct. 59 1) 2 April 64 51, 53, 54 Jolm Stanwix'" , . T m 1 1 April 64 1^ i 66 54 §DanielWebb»3 T48 18 Dec. 66 (TUi 22 Oct. 72 54, 55 Lt.D) Bigoe Armstrong'^ T83 20 Oct. 71 D 24 July 94 55, 62 Ralph Dundas'''* A 30 July i)4 D 7 r-h. 1814 (;2, 83 Edmund Stevens"' A 8 Feb. IKlt D 12 S.. t. 25 83,90 Sir Henry Baylv, G.C.H.'" . . A 13 8e])t. 25 D 23 A,,iil 46 90,94 Sir Gordon IJrummond, G.C.B "< T 19 21 April 46 D 9 Oct. 54 !l John Duffy'" T28 10 Oct. 54 1) 17 Mar. 55 102 Sir Roderick Macneil, K.C.B. -«. A 18 aiar. 55 T78 3 Juno 60 97, 102 Eaton Monins-' . . A 3 Juno GO I) 16 June 61 ITlios. Gerard Ball-"-: .. T 16 17 Juno 61 S * Purchased appointment. t Royal Dragoons. X Horse Grenadier Guards. § Tn the Succession List of Colonels given in the Army Lists, the date of General D. Webb's appointment to the Fourteenth Liglit Dragoons is 22nd October, 1772. The date of the appointment to the King's of his successor, Gencrii' Biijoo Armstrong, is 20th October, 1771. I am unable to explain why the two Jatcs do not correspond.- — (A. C. It.) II Sir Gordon Drummcnd, vide pp. 83, 85, 87, 88, 96, 102. •fr General T. Gerard Ball held the appointment of Colonel on 1st August, 1881. P i- i 'Hi E i i:: til 1 - 1 ■■' ■ !!i'< « \ "if 210 APPENDIX I. LIEUTENANT-COLONELS. A B C D E F John Beaumont^ A 19 June 1685 D Sept. 1688 2, 5, 6, 8, 12 7 EamBay^' . , A 88 * « « « * « * • « * * * RichaKl Sutton^* (A») . . 10 Dec. 1702 25 Mar. 1708 Lewis do Eamsey^^ (B) , . P 25 Mar. 08 K 11 Sept. 09 33 * # # * • • « * * * # * aeorgo KeightlyS" (C, D) IFeb. 32 1 May 45 40, 42, 41 Edmund Martin^' P 1 Mar 45 D 26 April 49 47, 48 John Lafausille-^ (E, F) P 27 April 49 P63 24 Aug. 58 49, 51 John Mompesson-'-' T 24 Aug. 58 23 Nov. 68 51 Dudley Auckland-""' . . P 23 Nov. 68 27 Oct. 72 55 John Caldwell=» T 27 Oct. 72 11 Nov. 76 55 Mason Bolton*' . . T 11 Nov. 76 1 Nov. 80 56 Alexander Dundas^' . . T INov. 80 13 Sept. 83 60 Aront Schuyler Do Peistcr'^ . . P 13 Sept. 83 3 April 94 61 Edward Dawson'" P 3 April 91 1 Mar. 9(i 61 Gordon Druramond'^ . . T 22 April 94 HP 8 Feb. 1814 62, 66, 83, 88 64 George Airey'" . . T 4 May 98 1814-15 Daniel Iloghton^*'' (2 B.) T 22 Nov. 1804 D 5 June 11 70, 172 Robert Young'*''. . P 27 April 09 4 Juno 14 74, 79, 83 Peter Tlionias Roberton (2B.) . P 6 June 11 t 9 Sept. 19 74, 90 James Ogilvie'*'-' . . P 28 July 14 R 25 Feb. 16 87,88 John Duffy's T 9 Sept. 19 HP 20 Mar. 28 90 Hon. George Cathcnrt*' T57 20 Mar. 28 E 25 Sept. 35 90 Sir W. P. De Bathe, Bt.^> E 25 Sept. 35 R 2 Oct. 35 Tliomas Gerald Bnll-'^ . . P 2 Oct. 35 HP ^5 Oct. 42 91 Charles St. Lo Malet^-^ . . P 25 Oct. 42 HP 16 Dee. 45 92, 93, 95, 165 Richard Henry Wincheombc Hartley^'' P 16 Dec 45 D 25 June o8 t %\ John Longfield^ . . P 3 April 46 HP May 60 § Thomas MaitlandWilson^'^ (2 B.) HP 21 Oct. 57 HP 27 Sept. 61 175, 77 |l Edward Harris Greathed^" . . P 26 Juno 58 HP 28 Oct. 59 lU, 48, 51 Frederick Paul Haines^^ HP 28 Oct. 59 HP 1 July 62 152,77,96 %\ John llindc^^ P 27 Sept. 61 FP 15 June 66 152,51,55, 56,77 152, 177, |l JamesJohnston" (2B.) .. P 1 July 62 D 29 Dec. 65 78 * Tlio letters A, B, C, D, and E denote that the names to which they are aflixod iippeiir in the MS. Wur Office Army Lists: A, 1702; B, 1709; V, 1736; D, 17 P; E, 1752. The letter F denotes tlu' order of succession in the printed Anny List of 1754, after whicli year the annual series of printed A Lists is consecutive. This expliniiition also applies to the same letters afllxed to names at pp. 212-15-22-23-24-36-37-38-50- 54-55. t Cashiered. X H. W. llartlev, vide pp. 100-02-04-05-06-08 44. § John Longficld, vide pp. 96, 97, 98, 99, 105-06-08-1 1-42-4 1-48- 52. APPENDIX I, 211 B C D E F LIEUTENANT-COLONELS— continued. Alexander Cuningham Eobert- son^* (2 B.) Henry George Woods^' W. F. A. Colman''2 %\ John Vere W. H. Webb^s (2B.) Francis Barry Drew" (2 B.) . . Charles Edward Grogan" (2 B) '|l Edward Tanner*" .. George II. Cochrane'''^ . . |l Forster Longfield''"* .. P P P P P E14 P P P 30 Dec. 1865 15 June 66 21 Mar. 75 12 May 7 Mar. 13 Sept. 30 Jan. 75 77 79 80 1 July 81 HP P FP FP EU Sil S|| sil Sll 24 Mar. 1875 30 Jan. 80 12 May 75 7 Mar. 13 Sept. 77 79 t t 181, 85 § 200,01,03 168,69,95, 200 * A. C. Eobortson, ride 178 -79-80-82-83-8 1. t K. a. Woods, lu'dp 15(! -57 38-59-61-62-01 66-68-87-201. i VV. F. A. Colniiiu, vide 156-57-58-59-81. § F. B. Drew, vide 165-85-86-87-88-92-93-91- P 5, 200-02. II These Olli.ers were swerving in this rank on 1st January, 1881. P 2 'I m :!' ''1 " I* .11 *5 '.' .;.. Hi d: l-i! « # # * « * # # George Keightly 08 P IFeb. 31 Hanmor''" S 15 K 13 Nov. 15 37,38 James Beschefer (D) . . P 10 Dec. 31 PT 6 Dec. 39 Edmund Martin^? (D) . . P 6 Dec. 39 PT 7 Feb. 43 James Barry"" (C, D) . . P 7 Feb. 41 W 29 June 43 42 John Grey"- (C, D) . . P 14 July 43 PT 17 Feb. 45 43, 44 John Lafausille28 (C) .. P 17 Feb. 45 P 27 April 49 48 Arthur Loftus''^ (E) . . P 27 Apr. 49 D 26 Aug. 53 Nehemiali Donnellan (E, F) . . P 27 Aug. 63 Sept. 56 John Cooko^ (2 B.) . . P 25 Aug. 56 T63 28 Feb. 61 Henry Boisragon 28 Feb. 61 19 April 65 William Hunter. . 1!> April 65 29 June 67 Dudley Ackland'*' 21 Jiuie 67 1' 23 Nov. 68 Jolin Corranee . . P 23 Nov. 68 4 Mar. 76 Hon. Lewis Duife P 4 Mar. 76 6 May 77 Arent Schuyler De Pelster'^ . . P 6 May 77 P 13 Sept. 83 Richard Eer Lernoult .. P 13 Sept. 83 27 Jan. 86 William Potts P 27 Jan. 86 18 Oct. 86 Andrew Parke . . P 18 Oct. 86 R 31 Auj;. 93 ^dwurd Dawson^ P51 31 Aug. 93 P 3 April 94 Thomab Armstrong'''' . . P 3 April 94 K June 94 George Armstrong 27 Nov. 94 D 19 Oct, 96 Durell Saiimarez'"'' P 94 K 94 Thomas BlamF P 17 Dee. 94 R 4 Jar 97 Archibald Campbell HP 20 Oct. 96 8 Oct. 1803 Robert Young"^ . . P 4 Jan. 97 P 27 April 09 Alexander Duke"^ P 10 July 99 R 04 67 Bryco Muxwell"" P 8 Oct. 1803 K 2 Feb. 09 72 Peter Thomas Roberton P 23 Oct. 04 P 6 June 11 Thomas Fortye'" P 2;. Oct. 04 T 18 April 05 Samuel Uuskisson T 4 July 03 4 Juno 07 James Ogilvie^" P 4 June 07 P 28 July 14 t Edward Cotton?' P 3 Feb. 09 PT 21 Oct. 13 78,83 Francis Battorsby P 11 May 09 PT 3 Sept. 12 Thomas Buck . . P 6 Juiie 11 20 June 20 Thomas Evans?" . . P 3 Sept. 12 T70 14 Mar. 16 t James Mundy" (2 B.) . . P 21 Oct. 13 25 Feb. 16 John Bkckmore''^ (2 B.) P 29 Sept. 14 )t 16 Hon. Gerard De Conrcy T 14 Mar. 16 R 24 June 24 Robert Melville Browne T 20 Juno 20 PT 11 July 26 Thomas Gerard B:ilP . . P 24 June 24 P 2 Oct. 35 John Styles Powell P 11 July 26 D 22 Jan. 37 * For explanation of these letters, vide foot note to page 210. t James Ogilvie, vide pp. 77-8-9, 80-2-3-7. X Thomas Evans, vide pp. 78-9, 81-3-4-5-6-7, 174. APPENDIX 1. *m ¥ 2 22 # « * * 37, 38 42 43, 48 44 67 72 t 78,83 MAJOBS — continued. Simcoe Baynes^* Charles Barker Turner'* Charles St. Lo Malet« . . Bichard H. Winchcombe Hart- ley« Thomas Kenyon ifl Johr ^,ongfield« . . Henry Welladvieo Eoper Jl Edward Harris Greathed^* . . Francis Saunderson Holmes . . F. Douglas Lumley James Croft Brooke^' . . %l John Hinde« (2 B.) John Butler Wheatstone"" (2B.) % James Johnston^ (2 B.) . . Alex. Cuningliam Eobertson^ . . WilUam Bayly?'-* Henry George Woods^' (2 B.) . . Edwin Gream Daniell**" Thos. De Courcy Hamilton*' (2B.) George Edward Baynes'*"'' Bo Vic Tupper^'' William F. Adams Colman*^ Eichard R. Meade^^ (2 B.) % John Vere W. H. Webbs'" Fred. Bradford McCrea*""' (2 B.) Francis Barry Drew'^ (2 B.) %\ Edward Tanner^s (2 B.) George H. Cochrane'? (2 B.) %\ Forster Longfield'^'* . . Reginald Wliitting^o . . WilUam Bannatyne**? (2 B.) Edward Wil''ams Tliomas Gorges Crawloy William W. Egerton ^2 B.) Bennett F. Handy^'* . . Francis James Stuart . . Nash Sliort"^ (2 B.) . . John James Hamilton . . B D P T P P P P P P P P 15 31 P PT 45 P P P HP P HP P P HP P P P IIP 2 Oct. 1835 3 Feb. 37 10 Jan. J8 26 Oct. 41 25 Oct. 19 Nov. 16 Dec. 3 April 28 April 4 Aug. 11 Dec. 21 Oct. 17 Nov. 26 June 24 Aug. 27 Sept. 15 Oct. 1 July 23 Jan. 9 Oct. 30 Dec. 22 May 15 June 2 Nov. 20 May 2 Sept. 7 Mar. 30 Jan. 1 July 42 44 45 46 46 49 49 67 67 58 68 61 61 62 63 63 65 66 66 66 68 68 24 Mar. 69 24 Mar. 75 12 May 75 77 80 81 PT T P P B P B P D E31 HP P FP P P FP P HP P64 PT IIP P HP P B P E St St St St St St St St St 26 Oct. 1841 9 Jan. 38 25 Oct. 42 16 Doc. 45 19 Nov. 3 April 28 April 26 June 3 Aug. 11 Dec. 15 Oct. 27 Sept. 24 Aug. 1 July 30 Dec. 9 Oct. 15 June 23 Jan. 20 May 2 Nov. 22 May 24 Mar. 2 Sept. 12 Mav 24 Mar. 7 Mar. 50 Jan. 44 46 46 58 49 49 61 61 58 62 65 63 66 63 68 66 66 75 68 75 69 77 80 1 July 81 1 July 81 91,92 92, 93, 94, 95 93 96, 98, 99 t 175 148, 49, 50 152, 63 178 154 157, 58 178, 79 158, 59, 61 180,83,84, 85 183,93,98, 202 162,63,90, 96 l(il,63,64, 65, 87 168, 69 201, 02 * E. IT. Greathcd, uWepp.Ofi, 97,98, 100-02-06-08-09-10-11-12-13-15-20-22-23- 24-25-27-28-29-30-31-32-34-35-36-37-38-39-40-41-42. t James (Volt Brooke, vidp 99, 111-1 1-15-4't. + These OUicers were serving in this rank on 1st August, 1881. !"■ ■■"til « r, .1 (• »■ 'i '.Rb wmm k'^'l m*. 214 APPENDIX L CAPTAINS. . 1 A ll C D E F Rowland Okeovcr A 20 Juno 1685 2 Charles Chudd A II II 2 ThomiiB Paston . . . . A II II * Sept. 1688 2,5,6 William Cooko A II 11 * i» II 2,5,6 Simon Packc .. .. .. A II 19 * If II 2,5,6 Walter Burdet A II II 2 Thomas Orme A II II * It II 2,5,6 Sir John Rerosby . . A 87 3 Johu Porte S 88 * fi II 5,6 Barnes .. •• .. P 88 7 Fielding P 88 ? Southern .. P 88 Maekarty . . . . . , P 88 7 Fletcher . . P 88 7 * * w • w u w « N m « tt Ral))h Cougreve (A)t '^2 Feb. 92 Peter Han\mers (A, B) . . 25 April 94 j Anthony Columbior (A, B) 12 Mar. 91 P 23 Mar. 1708 22 ■ BiirlueJWebb (A,B) .. 1 Jan. 1704 John Farcey (A, B) 2 April 01 William Congreve (A, B) 30 Mav 1696 Francis Nn]>]jer (A) 2.5 Apiil 91. John Bnlfouro (B) 4 May 1707 Leonard Lloyd"" (A, B) 10 Dec. 02 22 Fielding (A) . . Rater (A) Benjamin Cut He (B) .. 25 Mar. 05 Arthur Usher vB) 17 May 06 James BcsehetVr (B) . . 2 A April 06 P 10 Dec. 1731 Edmond de Fisher (B) . . * * # • e • « w « w * w Edmund Martin'^ (D) ■ • 17 Mar. 18 P 6 Dec. 39 John Sprunger (D) 29 Juno 19 R 20 June 39 Jiimcs liavry'"' (D) P 7 Jan. 20 P 7 Feb. 40 George Baiiastrc (C, D) . . P 23 Oct. 24 T 15 Juno 43 John Greyf'MC, D) .. P 10 Dec. 31 P 14 July 43 42 John Dallons*" (C, D) . . P 31 Aug. 83 D 16 Feb. 46 44 Edward Co/nwallis (13) 3 AprU 34. PT 13 May 42 Peter Guerin (C, ])) .. PT 20 Juno 89 D 16 Feb. 46 Tliomas Launder (C, D) P 12 Jan. 40 D n 11 William Ilele (C, D) . . T 7 Feb. 40 D a 11 Peter Ribton (C, D) .. P 13 May 42 R 4 Oct. 43 Friineis Mei-ccr (C) UP 25 Juno 44 PT 29 Nov. 45 Philip Tenninf s (C) PT '2G Juno 44 E 4 June 46 Malcu- . Han.; : on (C, D) P 15 Juno 43 D 17 Fo!>. 46 Jolin Lufausiile^'' (C, D) P 14 July 43 P 17 Feb. 46 Arthur Loftus"'' (C) ., P 4 Oct. 43 P 27 April 49 44 1 Riehi'.Td Miggot'-« (C) .. T 17 Feb. 45 K 2 July 47 48 * Dismissed by sentence of eourt-miirtial. t For esplanatiou of these letters, vide foot note to page 210. )8 F 2 2 2,5,6 2,5,6 2,5,6 2 2,5,6 8 6,6 7 7 7 7 7 22 22 42 41 41 48 APPENDIX I. 215 CAVTAma— continued. Nehomiali Dotiollan (C, E)* Clmrles Desclouseaux (F) William CatborwoocP'' . . Henry Rogers .. John Cook«^ (E, F) .. tJohn Ekinss^ ., Elliot Lawrence . . John Trollop"" (F Eichard Knight. . Purcoll Kempe (F) Jacob Conway"" (E) William Amott (F) Henry Boisragon (F) . . Francis Wilkinson^ (F) John Corranco .. Thomas Spencer WiUon James Webb«« .. James Dujidas (2 B.) . . Eobert Cleiland (2 B.) . . Obadiah Bourne (2 B.). . Joseph Fish (2 B.) John Blomer (2 B.) Henry Rogers (2 B.) . , John Ellis (2 B.) Charles Hamilton'-''-' (2 B.) Charles Gilraan (2 B.) . . "William Wade (2 B.) . . Henry Leo Hon. Lewis DufFo Robert Bridges . . . . Masseuden Johnston . . Richard Ber-Lornoult . . A. Schuyler He Peister** G-eorge Steele . . Theophilus Damo * George Forster'"" Henry Hatton . . . , William Potts . . Kenny Powell , . Andrew Parke . . John Mompessou Robert Clements Francis Le Maistre Samuel Willoe . . B P P P P P P E P HP P E P23 P P P P HP T2 T2 P T57 T17 P P T25 T P P T P D E F 17 Feb. 1746 17 29 4 5 25 25 16 16 22 27 26 16 2 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 28 17 12 18 15 23 5 27 25 Feb. Nov. June Mar. Juno » 46 45 46 47 47 Sept. 49 Aug. 50 Juno 62 April 52 Aug. 63 55 55 65 66 66 56 56 56 66 66 66 66 66 Feb. Oct. Nov. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Sept. Sept. Sept. Feb. Dec. May Dec. July Nov. May Mar. Dec. 12 Oct. 25 May 15 Aug. 22 Nov. 16 Mar. 29 Mar. 5 Nov. 6M8V 61 61 62 66 67 68 69 70 70 71 72 75 75 76 76 76 77 P T E D P D R P63 R PT D P55 P R P R T63 T63 T63 T63 T63 T63 T63 T63 P P P21 P P 27 Aug, 26 Feb. 16 Jan. 25 Sept. 25 Aug. 15 Aug. 5 Mar. 30 April 21 April 28 Feb. 23 Nov. 22 Nov. May 26 Aug. 5 May 28 Aug. 29 Aug. 30 Aug. 31 Aug. 1 Sept. 2 Sept. 3 Sept. 18 Deo. 4 Mar. 16 July 27 Mar. 13 Sept. 6 May 5 Nov. 12 Oct. 6 Nov. 8 Mar. 27 Jan. 11 May 18 Oct. 26 Oct. 14 Sept. 8 Aug. 1753 65 52 49 66 60 47 58 62 61 68 75 62 66t 69 561 56t 56t 56: &V>t 56J 66 76 67 70 83 77 76 71 76 78 86 78 86 85 85 88 93 48 44 51 62 56, 57, 58, 59 * For explanation of those letters, vide foot note to page 210. t J. Kkins, misprinted Atkins in Records. 4 'A! ■ill i J ■1-1 m ill 1 :i ') I: (i '.( Dates of Commissions in 63rd Regiment. ^ i «m{iUM»'i-iir.H i Hi I 210 APPENDIX I. A B C D E P CA.VT\ma— continued. Robert Mathews 7 May 1777 22 Sept. 1783 Stephen Watts . . T 8 Mar. 78 12 Dec. 81 Henry Bird P 11 May 78 84 Thomas Bcnnet . . P 13 Sept. 83 17 Feb. 90 W. Osb-Uamiltoii T 22 Sept. 83 84 Thomas Armstrong''* . . . . 14 Sept. 85 P 3 Apiil 91 John Delcjanio . . P 26 Oct. 85 31 July 92 George Clowes . . P 27 .Ian. 86 31 Mar. 90 Daniel Mercer . . P 18 Oct. 86 93 Thomas Pepyat P 8 Aug. 88 93 George Armstrong P 17 Fob. 90 P 27 Nov. 91 Durt'll Saumarez'"' P 31 Mar, 90 P 94 C^onville ilromlieud T 31 July 92 93 Thomas Bland" 31 July 92 P 17 Dec. 94 62 Alexr. Diike'^ P 31 Jfar. 93 P 10 July 99 Thus. St. George Armstrong . . P 31 Mar. 93 R 18 Aug. 95 Eobert Young** . . P 29 Juno 93 P 4 Jan. 97 Eobt. Pollard P 8 Aug. 93 U 97 Bryce Maxwell"' P 26 Oct. 93 P 8 Oct. 1803 Bryce MacMurdo'"' P 3 April 94 03 67 James Booth'"- .. P 94 K 12 June 1794 | 61 *Oeorgo A. Armstrong . . P 27 Nov. 94 PT 1 July 95 Peter Thomas Roberton T 38 25 Aug. 94 P 23 Oct. 1804 John Armstrong P 1 July 95 D 19 Oct. 1796 Rieliard Oliver . . T 19 Aug. 95 1802 George Bowles . . T 1 Sept. 95 . 05 Marcus McCausland P IS Nov. 95 D 20 Dec. 1796 Thomas Fortye^" P 27 Nov. 94 P 1804 67 Ralph Pet«r Dundas . . P 17 Nov. 94 02 Robert Smyth . . 26 Jan. 96 00 Francis Battersby P 10 April 1801 02 Stephen Pendergast Edward Cotton?' T 29 Oct. 02 27 Mar. 06 V 18 Nov. 02 P 3 Feb. 09 James Ogilvie*" . . 13 May 02 P 4 J une 07 Francis Battersby T 25 May 03 P 11 May 09 Thomas Buck . . P 16 June 03 P 6 June 11 Septimus Walp. Loane. . P 23 June 03 D 11 Thomas Eraus'^ P 19 Nov. 03 P 3 Sept. 12 John Charles Smith T 2 1 April 04 17 Nov. 07 John Blackmore'^ P 23 Oct. 04 P 29 Sept. 14 79 Robert M'Dowall P 24 Oct, 04 13 William Scholly 25 Oct, 04 04 Henry Francis Ooldicutt "p 11 Nov. Ot P 13 Noale, M'Nc'ali>;;'^ T 2t April 04 W 27 April 13 76,77 James Munday?" T 25 April 04 P 21 Oc-t. 13 80 James S. Tyeth'"' P 21 Mar. 05 HP 25 Feb. 16 79 W. Cotter T 25 April 05 26 Arthur Newport T 1 Mav 05 10 G. A. Arnibtrong p;omoted to an iiidei>endeiit Majority. A rPENDIX I. L'17 F ▲ B c D E F CAPTAINS— oort^flMerf. George M'DonnoU* T 4 Sept. 1805 PT 2 Sept. 1812 William Robinson'"'* . . T 6 Sept. 05 R 29 Sept. 21 83, 87, 89 Thomas ('ouohe . . P 17 Oct. 06 10 Francis Campbell"""' . . T 21 Nov. 05 26 86,87 Peter Dickenson P 27 Mar. 06 R 11 Henry SadlierW P 4 Juno 07 D 16 85 James Agnew (2 B.) . . T 17 Nov. 07 14 Sept. 20 Peter Movies (2 B.) . . P 3 Feb. 09 15 Mar. 21 Edward Connor . . P 20 July 09 16 J. Walter Sweetman . . T 26 July 10 16 I WiUiamSall T 23 Aug. 10 12 1 William Wahh P 16 :^ray 11 HP 25 Dec. 17 1 Joiin FitzGerald'«8 (2 B.) .. P 6 June 11 D 5 July 35 62 John Briulbridge'"" (2 B.) P 12 Sept, 11 HP 23 Dec. 17 88 William Hunbury Davies T 2 July 12 25 Feb. 16 James Hardy Eustace'"' (2 B.) P 2 Sept. 12 HP 25 Feb. 16 75, 76 John Goldrisk (2 B.) . . P 3 Sept. 12 HP »» n 80 tSamuel Hooker'" P 13 K 5 June 13 80 Henry Brewster (2 B.).. P 4 Aug. 13 HP 25 Feb. 16 67 Thomas Cross (2 B.) . . P 5 Aug. 13 HP II 16 . lU Thomas MiUer (2 B.) . . P 12 Aug. 13 15 P \JX Edward Brown . . P 2 1 Feb. 14 D 15 L Austin Nearao (2 B.) . . P 10 Aug. 14 HP 25 Feb. 16 1 George Rawlinson T 11 Aug. 14 HP II » John M'Mahon"2 (2 B.) P 2!) Sept. 14 HP 1) )) d f Henry Raban (2 B.) . . 27.hily 15 HP II J» ; Henry SimniOnds (2 B.) T 31 Mar. 15 HP II it . 67 Edward F. Davis T 18 April 16 UP 24 Dec. 17 John Tucker T 23 .May 16 R 22 ) William Jc.-vois. . HP 23 Dec. 17 E 22 Thomas Crosse . . HP 24 Dec. 17 10 June 19 Thomas Gei-rard BalF. . HP 23 Dec. 17 P 24 June 24 F. A. Mackenzie Eraser T 10 June 19 21 Charles de Havilland . . T 11 Sept. 20 22 David Vans Machen"'' . . P 15 Mar. 21 R 7 Aug. 35 John Styles Powell T 28 Nov. 22 P 11 July 26 William Booth E 26 Dec. 22 31 July 23 Harris Hailes . . T 31 July 23 25 Simcoe Baynes'* P 24 June 24 P 2 Oct. 35 79 James Hamin y .. P 30 Sept. 24 28 Malcolm Ross . . ,. P 7 April 25 28 Anthony Lyster . . T 8 April 25 26 Thomas Pelling Lang T 1 Oct. 25 26 76 77 John Horatius Maitland T 20 April 26 R 29 Jan. 35 ^q' M Thomas Hart Davies ijn ■ Alexander Diroiii ' 1 Charles St. Lo Malet" . . T 8 June 26 HP 21 Feb. 33 T » >» R 10 May 33 T » JJ P 10 Jar.. 38 ■ William Eleazer Pickwick P 11 July 26 E 14 April 29 1 til \l. ' i! * G. M'Donnell in'oiiioled in Glengarry Fcncible Light Infantry on formation of corps t Hooker mis-spelt Hooper, at page 80. M;p 218 APPENDIX I. A B C D E F CAITAINS— coH<(/i«e(/. Charles Corknin. . T 21, April 1 .82K R 1837 Kic'lianl Honry Wincbcombo T 5 Juno ','« P 26 Oct. 41 lIartlo\« Tljoiiias Konyon Tliomii» Ruthorford Thompaoii. E 14 April 29 P 25 Oct. 42 r 8 Mar. 33 D 21 Nov. 37 James Byron P 10 May 33 R 2 July 41 1ft John Longflcld" .. P 30 Jan. 35 P 19 Nov. 44 92,93 William Caldcr P 6 July 35 86 William Chearnloy . . . . P 7 Au^^ 35 R 4 July 45 92, 93, d-t, Irwinc S. Whitty P 2 Oct. 35 R 20 Nov. 38 Richard Wosteiira T 27 Jan. 37 R 3 Feb. 37 James Prin(?lo . . P 3 Feb. 37 R 27 April 88 Henry WoUadvico Roper P 23 Juno 37 P 16 Deo. 45 94 David Gardiner"^ .. .. P 22 Nov. 37 R 24 Juno 42 Walter Ogilvy IS^ Edward llarris aroathed'" . . P 10 Jan. 38 R 12 Dec. 43 93 P 27 April 38 P 3 April 46 93, 94 John Terry Listen . . , . P 20 Nov. 88 E3 27 M.ir. 46 93 Cyrus riiiietow Trapaud P 2 July 41 R 6 Mav 42 Fmncis Saunderson llolmes . . P 20 Oct. 41 P 28 Apnl 46 94, 96 Stephenson Brown P r> May 42 D 16 Nov. 48 9,?, 98 Alfred Augustus Malet. . P 24 Juno 42 UP 14 Nov. 45 95, 165 Frederick Douglas Lumley P 25 Oct. 42 P 4 Aug. 49 94,96 J. Eldridg." West P 12 Dec. 43 R 27 Sept. 44 Coulthurst ilokler P 27 Sept. 41 D 28 May 48 94, 96, 98 Ernest Lavie P 19 Nov. 44 R 20 Mar. 46 2ft John Hinde« P 4 July 45 P 21 Oct. 57 « John Long Mai-sden . . P 14 Nov. 45 D 16 Oct. 48 98 Thomas Clowes . . , . P 16 Dec. 45 R 21 April 46 Jiwes Speedy . . E 3 27 Mar. 46 HP 20 Jidy 55 C. ¥. B. Grevillo Dicienson . . P 20 Mar. 4fi E34 28 April 46 .A iV.iur Leslie . . P 3 April 46 E40 19 dune 46 ^i James Johnston'"' .. P 21 April 46 P 26 June 58 Alex. Cuninghiim Robertson^". . E34 28 April 46 P 24 Aug. 68 t Fciwin Grenm Daniell**" EB5 29 April 46 P 1 July 62 98, 109 Ferdinand White"" E40 19 June 46 PT 21 Feb. 61 VVilUam Bayly?'-* P 29 May 48 P 27 Sept. 61 105, 11, 12,43 George Edward Baynes''- P 17 Oct. 48 P 9 Oct. 63 t Richard Wilson Hartley P 9 Feb. 49 E 94 16 Jan. 67 J. U. Edwd. do Robeek P 9 Nov. 49 E4 28 Dec. 49 Charles Slainforth llest E4 28 Deo. 49 D 26 Jan. 55 102 Alfred Ingilbj Giirnett. . V 21 Feb. 51 E38 22 Aug. 56 Ellis James Charter P 15 Mar. 63 E21 2 Sept. 53 Robert Stuart BayMej^" P I> 3» PT 2 Deo. 59 104, 06, 14,17 John Millar Bannatyuo"? E21 2 Sept. 53 HP 11 July 65 § * J. Hinde, 106-27-28-32-33-36-40-42-43-48. t A. C. Eobertson, 110-12-42-48. t G. E. Baynes, 111-14-17-18-48. § J. M. Banuutyne, 105-10-11-14-20-26-26-27-36-43-48-76. • P 7 1 a 7 1 4 92,93 6 5 92, 93, 04, 8 7 8 [b 94. [2 13 93 t6 93, 91 16 93 i2 16 91,96 18 9.?, 98 15 95, 165 lU 94,96 11 18 94, 96, 98 16 )7 * 18 98 S 15 ,6 ,6 i8 8 t •2 98, 109 1 1 105, 11, 12,43 3 t 7 9 5 102 ( S I 1 *. ) 104, 06, 1 14,17 H§ APPENDIX I. 219 ▲ B C D E F CA I TXmS— continued. Richard W. Woods' "* .. P 12 April 1856 E80 22 July 1856 Hon. L. W. C. A. F. Cary . . E27 15 April 60 K9fi 3 Mar. 57 John Hall C.iuipb.ll"" . . P 27 Jan. 55 E27 15 April 66 Shiif too Craster I'l-iitttor P 20 July 65 U 11 April 56 AstellTbonmH Welsh'-'" E80 22 July 56 J-: 109 P 29 May 63 106 Do Vio Tuppor"* E38 22 Aug. 56 30 Deo. 65 106 Richard Kaphtu-l Mi ade"* E it! 16 Jan. 57 P 15 Juno 66 117, 49 John Whitfuidu'-' ' (1 3 Mar, 67 P 13 Feb. CO 113, 45, 1 HP 46, 47 Tlionios Ooorpo Soutor'-- '• ' 21 Oct. 57 E51 2 April 60 *J)iiniel Betro'*' (2H.).. II l» HP 13 Feb. 63 176 •Erskine Niuinio iSundilandfi II >l T BSC R 17 Nov. 63 133, 76 •Swinnerton 11. Dycr'-^ (2 li iil" ::,. Oct. 57 20 Dec. 64 •Robert ('iitlii-art IJruco (2 U.) . IIP 11 II HP 28 Aujr. 63 •John Allan Macdonald (2 B.) . HI' II II R 22 April 59 •John Woods Diniond'-" (2B.). HP »i II R 4 Feb. 69 •R. P. Gould (2 B.) .. HP ,1 II D 14 Nov. 67 •Owen Wynne Gmy'-? (2 B.) . . PT 99 P 11 II R 4 Sept. 60 George Corrv '-'" (2 B.).. 15 Nov. 57 FP 17 May 61 113, 70 tjl John Vore Wm. Ilcnry P 11 May 68 P 2 Nov. 66 176 Webb" (2 B.) tAlex. Ross B»yly'29 (2 B.) .. P II M E88 31 Jan. 60 fVVilliam Raymond Xiuienes'"' (2 B.) P II n R 29 Mar. 64 176 tGeorgo Henry Cochrane"' (2 B.) PT 96 HP 21 May 58 P 24 Mar. 75 179 Cha. H. Martin 24 Aug. 68 R 24 Sept. 58 Fred. Bradford McCrea"'* P 26 Juno 68 P 20 May 68 141 |i Forster Longficld''" .. P 24 Sept. 68 P 12 May 75 116, 49,80 Robert Lewis G. M'Grigor"*' (2B.) William F. Motge'^Ma B.) .. P 4 Feb. 69 E92 19 July 59 P 22 April 69 E 30 Dec. 69 William Edward Newall E92 19 July 69 R 15 Jan. 61 John MeQueen''M2 B.) HP 2 Dec. 59 t: 1 Mar. 64 Fred. W. J. Dugmoro . . . . E 30 Dec. 69 E n 18 Oct. 64 Lewis John Fillis Jones''^ E 88 31 Jan. 60 16 July 61 Robert Gordon Sanders Mason . E61 2 April 60 66 %\ Edward Tannei-"" (2 B.) . . P 4 Sept. 60 p 24 Mar. 69 Reginald Whitting''« (2 B.) . . P 15 Jan. 61 p 7 Mar. 77 180 83 Fred. Anderson Stebbing'^** P 17 May 61 HP 31 Oct. 71 (2B.) Alfred Dowuie Corfield. . P 16 July 61 R 30 June 63 li * Appointed on formation of Second Battalion. t Appointed on augmentation of the Second Battalion. J J. McQueen and L. J. F. Jones were appointed Adjutants of Dep6t Battalions. I t ;'l hi 1) U ' ! IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) // ^ 1.0 I.I l£i|28 lit lii 2.2 lU va. 12.0 IL25 nil 1.4 ■ 1.6 HiotogFaphic .Sciences Corporalion ■1>^ V '4^ ^N 33 WRST MAIN STRUT WeBSTIR,N.Y. 14SI0 (71«) •72.4503 3« (2 B.) . . P iJuly 62 £ 102 R 26 Feb. 64 Ashley George Westby (2 B.) . . P U Feb. 63 6 Mar. 67 FraserNewall T 29 May 63 R 15 Oct. 66 James Seager Wheeley . . . . P 30 June 63 EP 20 Aug. 79 156,59,64 John Cu8ack>37 HP 28 Aug. 63 70 179 Andrew Moyni]i';n>s« (2 B.) . . P 9 Oct. 63 D 19Mftv 67 178 Hon. Somerset E. Ham. Ward"" E 16 Oct. 63 R 18 Oct. 64 George Campbell Boss . . T 18 Dec. 63 E 20 H 19 April 64 Sydney H. Jones Parry'« (2 B.) E 102 T 26 Feb. 64 £84 12 Sept. 65 Angus William Hall (2 B.) . . IMar. 64 R 26 April 64 John William Hughes . . T 29 Mar. 64 R 29 Dec. 65 John Gockerell . . E 19 April 64 R 29 Nov. 64 - \ -; •William Theobald Butler (2 B.) 20 H £26 26 April 64 PR 18 Oct. 79 186 Henry Farquharson ■E SFQ P 18 Oct. 64 R 20 Sept. 71 Robert D. Forbes Shirreff (2 B.) »> » R 10 Nov. 65 John Coleberd Cooper . . P 29 Nov. 64 R 14 Aug. 67 George NichoU James Bradford (2B.) P 20 Dec. 64 R 27 Nov. 66 Philip Homer Page r 11 July 65 R 23 Jan. 75 William Atcherley At«herley (2B.) E84 12 Sept. 65 R 23 June 75 James Q. Palu^er P 10 Nov. 65 R 26 Jan. 66 C. Dudley Ryder Madden P 29 Dec. 65 D 7 Nov. 74 162 William Edward Whehin"» . . P 30 Dec. 65 R 13 June 68 William Bannatyne*? (2 B.) . . P 26 Jan. 66 P 30 Jan. 80 William James Watson P 20 Feb. 66 R 5 Nov. 70 •Chas. Bradford Brown>^(2 B.) P 15 June 66 PR 8 May 80 168 William Hunter Baillie P 16 Oct. 66 R lAug. 68 John Randle MinshuU Ford (2B.) P 27 Nov. 66 R 10 Nov. 69 William Albert Bridge . . P 12 Feb. 67 £21 4 Sept. 67 Edward Williams (2 B.) P 6 Mar. 67 P IJuly 81 182, 86 R. T. B. Browne (2 B.) P 20 May 67 E IWf 8 Aug. 68 Thomas Gorges Crawley P 14 Aug. 67 P IJuly 81 Ernest Lewis E21 4 Sept. 67 HP 23 Nov. 70 Jeremy P. Jones P 13 June 68 R 17 Apr. 80 •John Dawson'« (2 B.) P lAug. 68 PE 23 Aug. 81 192, 93, •Armar Graham Lowry>« (2 B.) E IWI P 8 Aug. 68 PR 18 May 81 94, 95, 201 Martin George Cole (2 B.) 24 Mar. 69 B 23 Mar. ] 1870 • Brevet-Majors Butler, C. B. Brown, Dawson, <«nd Lowry retire with honorary rank of Lieutenant-Colonels. APPENDIX I. 221 . A B D E P CAPT Al^a— contimed. William Willoughby Egerton . . P 10 Nov. 1869 P IJuly 1881 165, 205 Marmaduke Stourton . . P 23 Mar. 70 T63 3 Sept. 21 July 70 Matthew Liddon (2 B.) P 5 Nov. 70 R 77 *Edwin Jervi8>« (2 B.) HP 23 Nov. 70 PR 18 May 81 195,97,98, 200,03 William Howe Hennis . . P 20 Sept. 71 R 13 April 72 John Mount Batten (2 B.) P 31 Oct. 71 HP 23 Jan. 78 Edward Emerson P 13 April 72 FP 29 July 74 Bowland Or. Moffat P 23 April 72 R 17 July 72 Charles Fred. Malet . . P 17 July 72 D 22 Nov, 77 162, 65 Bennett F. HandyS* (2 B.) . . P 4 June 73 P 1 July 81 Francis Jamc* Stuart . . P 14 June 73 P >| 1) 163, 205 NashShoft»-'(2B.) .. P 3 Mar. 74 P )l )t 197 ♦Arthur Fawkes (2 B.) P 29 July 74 PR 7 July eo John James Hamilton . . P 8 Nov, 74 P 1 July 81 W. Stancomb Sinking . . P 23 Jan. 75 St 169 W. Toke Dooner"« .. P 24 Mar. 75 T 108 St 12 May 75 Thomas Blake Hiimfrey"' (2 B.) P 1 April 75 201 D. W. Martinis HP 12 May 75 HP 27 Sept. 79 164 Francis Moore . . P f> Jl E 104 22 Sept. ''5 Manley C. M. Dixon . . P 23 June 75 R 6 Aug. 79 185 Stanley N. Eoberts"' (2 B.) . . E 104 22 Sept. 75 St 163, 95, 9ni William Louis p 21 July 77 St 166 Eobert Julian Orde Jocelyn . . p 23 Nov. 77 St 205 Alfred Lewis"" (2 B.) .. HP St 189, 97 Arthur Henry Cope'" (2 B.) . . p 24 Sept. 78 St 197, 201 Stephen Brown . . p 6 Nov. 79 St Arthur Ashley Euck"2 ^ ^ p 30 Jan. 80 St WiUiam Richard Orme"» p 17 April 80 St Henry Thomas Granger (2 B.) . p 8 May 80 St Lawrence C. F. Thompson p 7 July 80 St Jas. Mathew Taylor'" (2 B.) . . p 9 Feb. 81 St Henry M. Wade p 21 Mar. 81 St Fred Jas. WuaUey'ss (2 B.) .. r 18 May 81 St Henry Manley Briscoe (2 B.) . . x> n *9 St George Robert Stone . . p 22 June 81 St - r * Brevet-Major Jervis retives with honorai^ rank of Lieutenant- Colonel; Capt. Fawkes with honorary rank of Major, t These Officers were serving in this rank 1st August, 1881. 222 APPENDIX I. CAPTAINS-LIEUTENANTS. A B C D E F Vcniy Loyd (A*) . . . Joachim Ouiulot (It) . . 1702 P 16 May 07 • • • « * * « * « « « « Qeorgo Banostro P 5 Jan. 15 P 23 Oct. 1724 fc - irainca Barrv" . . John Groy"* Wmiamllolo 10 Mar. 16 P 7 Jan. 20 P 1 Jan. 26 P 10 Doc. 31 1 Jan. 35 P 7 Feb. 40 Tlionins Laundor (D) . . P 11 Sept. 86 P 12 Jan. 40 Potor Ribton P 12 Jan. 40 P 13 May 42 Miilpolm Ilnmiltun (C) . . P 13 May 42 P 15 June 43 iloliu Lttfaiisillo* P 15 .luno 43 P 14 July 43 Artliur lioftus"* P 14 July 43 P 4 Oct. 43 tJohnEkin8»^ P 4 Oct. 4a P 29 Nov. 45 44 Jauios AbIi Leo . . T 17 Feb. 45 PT 20 Oct. 46 Nohoiniah Donollan P 29 Nov. 46 P 17 Feb. 46 Biohard Knigitt P 10 Mar. 46 P 20 June 47 John Lookot E 20 Oct. 46 D 10 Mar. 46 , Thomas Thompson"* . . P 25 June 47 HP 20 Nov. 50 ' Francis Wilkinson"? (E) P 20 Nov. 50 P 27 Aug. 53 John Corranco (F) . , , . P 27 Aug. 53 P 26 Feb. 65 Thomas Sjioncor Wilson P 26 Feb. 56 P 16 Oct. 55 Joseph Fish P 16 Oct. 56 P 28 Aug. 56 Henry Lee P 26 Aug. 56 P 28 Feb. 61 Bobert Spenco . . Richard Bcrr Lemoult. . P 20 May 61 P 31 Jan. 66 P 15 July 67 Arent Schuyler Do Peistor^^ . , P 15 July 67 P 23 Nov. 68 Theophilus Dame P 23 Nov. 68 P 27 Mar. 70 Henry Hatton . . P 25 Dec. 70 P 12 Oct. 71 William Potts P 12 Oct. 71 P 22 Nov. 75 Andrew Parko . . P 22 Nov. 75 P 16 Mar. 76 John MompesBon'"' HouryBird P 16 Mar. 76 P 11 May 76 P 11 May 78 P 12 Dec. 81 John Burnett . • P 12 Dec. 81 P 31 July 92 Thomas Bland"' PT 31 July 92 P 30 April 93 George A. Armstrong . . P 30 April 93 P 27 Nov. 94 Thomas Fortye?" P 27 Nov. 94 P 17 Dec. 94 Ralph Peter Dundos . . T 17 Dec. 94 P 21 Dec. 96 George J. Reeves P 21 Dec. 96 P 5 April 1801 James Powell P 5 Ajiril 1801 P 13 May C2 Junios Ogilvie'* . . 9 T 13 May 02 P II >» * For explanation of these letters, vide foot note to page 210. t Ekins, misprinted Atkins iu Records. APPENDIX I. 223 LIEUTENANTS. A B C 1) E P Darnos .. ,. 8 1688 P P1688 7 Fielding .. 8 88 P 88 7 Soutliorn.. 8 88 P 88 7 Mackiirty 8 88 P 88 7 Flotchor 8 88 P 88 7 • # • • • • • * • « • • Walkor(A*) William Korr (A) 1 Mnr. 88 Bozior (A) . . ! .■ . Potor Do C'osno (A, B) 30 April 31M!ay 94 ^ James Adums (A) 1701 Uupton ^A) John Bulfouro (A) 1 Aug, 02 Ifonry Clavors (A) 3 Oct. 1092 - " ■/ t Jolin Morton (A, B) . . 10 Dec. 1702 Joacliim Qoudet (A) . . P 16 May 1707 Ueiiry Whitney {Adjutant) (A) Benjamin Cuttlo (A) . . 13 April 92 P 25 Mar. 05 Cliarlos I'ownloy (A) . . 1 Sept. 88 * rotor Kibton (B) 25 Aug. 04 Cliarlos Mason (Adjutant) (B) 26 Mar. 05 . t John Baziro"*' (B) . . 25 Aug. 04 21, 22 Theopliilus Nichols (B) P 25 Mar. 05 Bernard Smith (B) 23 Juno 06 • ••■ James Eiiton (B) 10 Juno 07 Vaul Lewis (B) 4 May 07 Thomas Redwood (B) .. 1 Sept. 07 Richard Keimy (B) . . 1(5 May 07 t John Smith (B) 25 Mar. 05 Edward Ilobart (B) . . P 24 Mar. 04 Edmund Do Fisher (B) P 15 Juno OS P 09 David Mackasky (B) . . John Turner (B) P 24. Sept. 08 T P 23 Mar. 08 James Barry"' . • a 20 8cpt. 09 P 10 Mi.r. 15 Georgo Banastro a 23 Dec. 09 P 5 J'tn. 15 * • « • • • • * • * John Grey«2 a 22 Dec. 12 P 1 Jan. 26 Thomas Launder a 25 Feb. 16 P 11 Sept. 36 Peter Ribton (D) 17 May 21 P 12 Jan. 4/) Malcolm Hamilton (D) . . 12 Sept. 21 P 13 May 42 John Dallons"' . . a 24 Jan. 23 P 31 Auh'. 33 John White (C. D) . . 23 Oct. 24 D 3 ])e(!. 42 John Lafausille-'* (C, D) 12 Nov. 26 P 15 Juno 43 Thomas Nugent (I)) P Oct. 25 R 13 May 42 Charles Dutcrmo (I)) . . 23 Dec. 26 PT 23 Jan. 40 WiUiam Bold (D) T Dec. 26 20 Juno 39 * For explanation of these letters vide foot note to page 210. t Grenadiers. X Bazirc, spelt Bczicr in list of Ensigns, and in pp. 21-22 of Becordn. a It is uncertain if these Officers served as Lieutenants in the King's. 224 APPENDIX I. A B C D E F LIEUTENANTS— co«<*»ttfrf. i Tbeophilus Cramer (D)* T 10 Doc. 1731 11 July 1741 Arthur Loftus" (C,D).. 23 Aug. 36 P 14 July 43 John Eking" (C, D) . . P 11 Sept. 36 P 4 Oct. 43 William Eobin«on'*» (C) P 20 June 39 PT 24 Sept. 43 42 . Nehemiah Dcnellan (C) P 12 Jan. 40 P 29 Nov. 45 Chiirlca Desclouseaux (C) P 23 Jan. 40 P 17 Feb. 46 William Catherwood"" (C) . . P 11 July 41 P ^1 *) Richard Knight (C) . . P 13 May 42 P 10 Mar. 47 Henry Rogers (C) P *> «» P 17 Feb. 46 Thomas Thompson"' . . P 15 June 42 P 25 June 47 44 Frank Wilkingon" (C) . . HP 25 June 44 P 20 Nov. 60 Joseph Artiers (C) HP n t> R 19 Feb. 47 JohnCooke«* P 4 Dec. 42 P 17 Feb. 46 44 William Rickson"» P 14 July 43 PT 6 Mar. 47 47 Jacob Conway'* P 24 Sept. 43 P 16 Aug. 50 48 James Walter P 4 Oct. 43 PT 15 Oct. 44 Thomas Paske , . P 15 Oct. 44 R 10 Oct. 48 Charles Hemington (E) T29 29 Nov. 45 P23 22 April 62 John Corrance (E) P 17 Feb. 46 P 27 Aug. 53 John CaUaud (E) I' 17 Feb. 46 R 31 Oct. 51 t John Beokwith . . P ty it PT 11 June 48 John TroUopS* P 9t » P 5 Mar. 47 47 William Wright (E, F) P 10 Mar. 46 . R 26 Feb. 55 Thomas Troughear (E) P 25 June 47 P31 31 Oct. 61 Thomas Spencer Wilson (E, F) P 19 Feb. 48 P 26 Feb. 65 Jamos Webb** (E, F) . . P 5 Mar. 48 P 2 Nov. 65 Joseph Fish (F) HP 9 Feb. 48 P3 16 Oct. 55 Colthorpe Harrington . . P 6 Mar. 48 HP 9 Feb. 49 Edward Fish (E) T 11 June 48 Red. H. Rogers P 10 Oct. 48 Red. *. • William Plaistow (E, F) HP 16 Aug. 50 P58 John Ellis (E, F) P 20 Nov. 50 P 31 Aug. 66 Charles Soley HP 30 Oct. 51 E49 17 Mar. 62 Charles HamUton'^ (F) P 31 Oct. 51 P 1 Sept. 56 John Carter (F) E49 17 Mar. 52 P67 Henry Lee (Adjutant) (F) . . P 23 April 62 25 Aug. 56 Thomas Backhouse (F) P 27 Aug. 63 Robert Jenkinson 15 Oct. 64 George Coghlan P 26 Feb. 55 P63 26 May 68 Thomas Stuart . . P 31 May 65 Richard Berrenger Lernoult . . P 29 Aug. 56 P 31 Jan. 66 Robert Spence . . 1 Oct. 55 P 20 May 61 Grant Scott 2 Oct. 65 60 Harcourt Masters P 3 Oct. 55 T63 3 Oct. 65t Christopher Brown 4 Oct. 65 Ebenezer V/urren (2 B.) T2 25 Aug. 56 ■v - 65 Solgard Marshall (2 B.) T2 26 Aug. 56 John Yomig (2 B.) T26 27 Aug. 56 • For explanation of these letters, vide foot note to page 210. t Date of Commission in 63rd Regiment. •'/ APPENDIX I. 225 . A ' • B D E P LlEVTESANia— continued. / John Anstrufcher (2 B.) T26 28 Aug. 1766 T63 28 Aug. 1766» John Phillip Adams P SO Aug. 56 T63 30 Aug. 56* Oeorge Borrodale (2 B.) P 31 Aug. 56 PT 6 April 57 Bichard Dudgeon (2B.) T Eng. 1 Sept, 56 WiUiam Hoatly (^d/<.) (2B.).. 2 Sept. 66 T63 2 Sept. 56* Thoman Jesse (Serjeant) (2 B.) T IFO 8 Sept. 66 T63 3 Sept. 56» James Ward (Serjeant) (2 B.). . P 4 Sept. 56 T63 4 Sept. 66» John Ralph (Serjeant) (2 B.) . . P 5 Sept. 56 T63 5 Sept. 56* George Highton (Serjt.) (2 B.) Mark Richards (Serjeant) (2B.) P 6 Sept. 56 T63 6 Sept. 56* T15 7 Sept. 66 T63 7 Sept. 66» Henry de la Douespe (2 B.^ . . Arent Schuyler de Peister''* . . A 6 April 57 T 21 Sept. 67 P 15 July 67 Theophilus Dame 22 Sept. 57 P 23 Nov. 68 Augustus Alt 25 Sept. 57 68 George FoBter*"" (Adjutani) . . 26 Sept. 57 P 26 Deo. 70 - Mungo Law 28 Sept. 57 60 DickCulliford 29 Sept. 57 69 William Morrison*"' . . 30 Sept. 57 58 62 Michael Downes P 30 Sept. 57 T63 lOct. 67 William Dexter P 2 Oct. 67 T63 2 Oct. 67* Mitchelbourne Knox . . P 3 Oct. 67 Dec. 63 Gerard Alt P 4 Oct. 57 T63 4 Oct. 57» WUliamReado P BOct. 57 T63 4 Oct. 57* James Hart P 6 Oct. 57 T63 6 Oct. 57* James Wyatt P 7 Oct. 67 T63 7 Oct. 57» * Bichard Nesbit P 8 Oct. 57 .^63 8 Oct. 57* Boger Parke P 14 Oct. 59 13 AprU 67 Henry Savage i P 15 Oct. 59 61 Benjamin Ashe P 27 Jan. 60 61 Charles Parke 28 Jan. 60 61 Boger Twigge 18 Mar. 60 HP 63 Richard Taylor 18 Not. 60 61 William Marler 20 Dec. 60 61 Bichard Steele 28 Feb. 61 62 James Tippet 20 May 61 61 Thomas Pennef ather . . P 19 Nov. 61 James Mayne P 6 Oct. 62 Henry Hatton 12 Dec. 63 P 25 Dec. 70 William Potts 15 Nov. 65 P 12 Oct. 71 Timothy Edwards 31 Jan. 66 13 April 67 Andrew Parke 13 April 67 P 22 Nov. 75 John Lee P 15 July 67 24 Dec. 70 John Mompesson P 9 Dec. 67 P 16 Mar. 76 Henry Bird T 22 Feb. 68 P 11 May 78 John Burnett T 21 April 68 P 12 Dec. 81 Samuel WUloe P 23 Nov. 68 P 6 May 77 Bobert Mathews (Adjutant) . . P 27 Mar. 70 P 7 May 77 ' ; I ) f? I; * Dates of Commissions in 63rd Begiment. tl Q i ( ■ 226 APPENDIX I. A B D £ P LIEUTENANTS— co»«imed. ,- H ;". , . - .: .' * , ■ . " Thomas Bennet (A^'ntant) . . P lAug. ■ 1770 P 13 Sept. 1783 ■ Robert Clement . . T 24 Dec. 70 P 89 Mar. 76 Peter Le Conte . . T 25 Deo. 70 May 77 George Dame . . P 26 Dec. 70 18 Nov. 74 William Highmore P 12 Oct. 71 3 Nov. 79 Henry Yonge P 18 Nov. 74 25 Deo. 77 Thomas Coote T 15 Aug. 75 INov. 80 John Pelgarno . . P 22 Nov. 75 P 26 Oct. 85 B. Leighton Kinnersley P 23 Nov. 75 5 Jan. 80 Ckorgo Clowea P 16 Mar. 76 P 27 Jan. 86 Daniel Mercer . . P 29 Mar. 76 P 18 Oct. 86 Daniel Showrd P 6 May 77 6 Jan. 80 B. Bounds Brooke P 8 May 77 90 John Caldwell P 25 Dec. 77 29 Mar. 86 Thomas Peppyatt P 11 May 78 F 8 Aug. 88 Oeorge Armstrong {Adjutant). . P IMar. 79 F 17 Feb. 90 John Brock P 3 Nov. 79 84 Durell Saumarez** P 5 Jan. 80 P 81 Mar. 90 Joseph Wilmot . . P 6 Jan. 80 92 Henry Stanley Monck . . T INov. 80 84 Bobert McDougal P 12 Dee. 81 84 Bobert Pollard (Adjutani) . . P 13 Sept. 83 P 8 Aug. 98 Andrew Armstrong F 2 Mar. 85 13 Dec. 86 T. St. George Armstrong P 26 Oct. 85 P 31 Mar. 93 William Pawlett P 27 Jan. 86 90 William Armstrong v . T 29 Mar. 86 91 Daniel BUss F 18 Oct. 86 94 Alexander Duke** T 13 Dec. 86 F 31 Mar. 98 George Strickland P 5 Mar. 89 91 ■\ Robert Molesworth P 31 Mar. 90 94 Bigoe Armstrong Stoney F 2 Feb. 91 92 George Andrew Armstrong , . P 2 Feb. 91 P 30 April 98 Bobert Young^* T 4 May 91 P 29 June 93 Edward Whitehead T 8 June 91 93 Bryce Maxwell^' {Adjutant) . . P 23 Nov. 91 F 26 Oct. 93 Thomas Fortye^ T 18 Jan. 92 P 27 Nov. 94 Philip Armstrong P 29 Sept. 92 95 . P. G. Booke Mathews . . T 31 Deo. 92 94 Bryce MacMurdo"*' ,. F 31 Mar. 93 F 3 April 94 , James Booth><« F 30 April 93 K June 94 61 George J. Beeves {Adjutant) . , F 29 June 93 F 21 Dec. 97 John Armstrong > . F 8 Aug. 93 P IJuly 95 John Russell T 31 Aug. 93 94 Marcus McCausland . . FT 31 Oct. 93 F 18 Nov. 95 Bichard Oliver FT 31 Dec. 93 F 19 Aug. 95 James Powell F 28 Feb. 94 P 5 Apnl 1801 G. Bodolphus Ferdieu . . PT 3 April 94 1795 Jacob Sankey FT 3 April 94 D 18 July 96 ' Hon. George Annesley . . FT 30 April 94 95 Arthur Beamish FT 9 May 94 95 Joseph Davcy . . P 22 Oft. 94 96 APPENDIX I. 227 F • . A • B C D E F LIEUTENANTS-ooMhntMd. P Patrick Oibson T 26 Xor. 1794 1798 BobertEason'" P 27 Nov. 94 1803 67 H. Brough OliTor T 10 June 95 1797 Sept. Walpole Loane . . P 22 July 95 P 25 June 1803 R. VUleneuve'" P 25 Aug. 95 W 24 April 1797 John filaokmore^* . . P 1 Sept. 95 P 23 Oct. 1801 WUliam Bluitt Sheehy . . T 2 Sept. 95 D 10 Oct. 1796 J. R. Mont Oaulfield .. P 3 Sept. 95 D >i ■• William Gibson T 4 Sept. 95 1804 I John Mono T 6 Sept. 95 04 Henry Eason T 6 Sept. 95 1797 Trevor Stannus . . T 7 Sept. 95 ■. 1803 James Spence . . T 8 Sept. 95 00 Donough O'Brien"' T 28 Oct. 95 W Mar. 01 67 Tincent Beamish T 2 Dec. 96 D 12 Oct. 1796 James Thompson T 23 Dec. 95 96 John J. Leith . . . . . . T 30 Deo. 95 R 16 Nov. 96 Percy Oethin . . . . . . P 17 Deo. 94 D* 16 June 1800 Edmund Gullen . . . . . . P 12 Mar. 96 1796 John Church>" P UJuly 96 1802 67 Francis Battersby . . . . T 10 Aug. 96 P 10 April 01 Thomas Evansi^^ T93 11 Oct. 96 P 19 Nov. 03 P. Burke T93 12 Oct. 96 1797 Jenkin Francis . . T93 13 Oct. 96 1803 Samuel Speare P 17 Nov. 96 1799 John Fitzmaurice . . P 21 Dec. 96 97 Joseph BuUen P 4 Jan. 97 99 Edward CJotton" PT 23 Mar. 97 P 18 Nov. 1802 James M. Guffey P 25 April 97 00 Robert M. Dowall PT INov. 97 P 24 Oct. 04 George B. Cooke P 8 Mar. 98 02 William Scholey . . P 20 Dec. 98 Dt 26 Oct. 02 69 Aug. (Viscount) de Mainbourg T 14 F«^l,. 9a 00 Zenecho Preston T 17 '.^■. 99 03 HeuT'y Francis Goldicutt P 2 Oct. 1800 P It, Nov. 04 Thomas Buck P 18 Sopl. 00 P 16 June 03 Lord Robert Kerr T 26 Oct. 00 03 William Henry i'orsteen T 01 01 Joa.i RingroBu Annesley P 5 April 01 02 Joun Bannatyne P 6 April 01 02 Thomas Couche . . P 29 Nov. 01 P 17 Oct. 05 Francis Campbell T 30 01 P 21 Nov. 05 John Graham Douglas . . T 5 Aug. 02 03 Henry Sadlier^ P 7 Jan. 03 P 4 June 07 Richard James T 26 May 03 01 James S. Tyeth'"* P 25 June 03 P 21 Mar. 05 Peter Moyles {Adjutant) P 19 Nov. 03 P 3 Feb. 09 : . * P. Gethin, shot through the heart in a duel by his brother officer, Augustus, Viscount de Mainbourg. t W. Soholoy, died at Gibraltar. Q 2 h! . 228 APPENniX I. LIEUT£NANT8-oo»/!iMuei. Peter Diokenion. . James Hardy Eustace"** James Qauntlett John Fitzgerald '•• Edward Connor . . William Walsh . . Samuel Hooker'"* John firadbridge'*" Thomas Edmund Dowlin John Qoldrisk . . Andrew Liddell Henry Brewst«r (Adjutant) George Browne . . Francis Birmingham . . Hugh Lloyd Franklin . . William Scotton Thomas Cross . . Thomas Miller {Adjutant) John Stanford . . Edward Browne. . Carleton Burne . . . , Adam Baillie Austin Noame . . John McMahon"' . . John Raymond . . . . Thomas Waring Lloyd"* Edward Goate . . Henry Cooper (Adjutant) Morton Noel'«« . . George Nutall'"^ Samuel Barber . . Charles Barstow"* Charles Ince Daniel McPherson William Compton John Ivers William CoUis .. Andrew Gray . . David Home James Drummie'*' John Thome Wayland'?»t Herbert Raban > . Thomas Ivers Edward Finch"' James Kenny . . Roger M. Swiney B T T T T T T P P P T P T P P T P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P T P P P P P P T P P T P P P P T £ P 8 Deo. 24 April 11 Oct. 12 Oct. 24 Oct. 24 April 1 Dec. 6 Jan. 21 Mar. 28 Mar. 8 May 9 May 22 Aug. 12 Sept. 3 Oct. 14 Nov. 6 Deo. 2 Jan. 15 May 16 Oct. 30 Oct. 6 Nov. 8 Jan. 18 June 22 Oct. 25 Oct. 14 Jan. 15 Jan. 17 Jan. 18 Jan. 19 Jan. 20 Jan. 21 Jan. 25 Feb. 25 Mar. 5 Jan. IMar. 2 Mar. 30 Mar. 20 July 31 Aug. 19 Oct. 1803 P 04 P l» >9 P )> P 19 P 04 P80 04 P 04 04 P 04 PT 05 P 05 05 05 05 05 P 05 P 05 05 P 05 D 06 06 P Ob P 06 06 D 07 07 07 K 07 W 08 08 E 08 08 08 R 08 D 08 HP 08 08 R 09 E 09 HP 09 P 09 09 09 R 09 27 Mar. 2 Sept. 6 June 20 July 16 May 12 Sept. IDeo. 3 Sept. 3 Sept. 4 Aug. 6 Aug. 12 Aug. 24 Fob. 10 Aug. 29 Sept. 15 Aug. May-June 17 Sept. 14 Mar. 3 May 27 May 3 May 27 July 1806 12 07 11 09 11 18 11 04 12 12 13 06 10 10 08 13 18 07 14 13 09 14 14 09 14 11 14 14 13 12 14 10 12 11 14 16 11 10 13 16 15 20 15 12 19 78 78 78, 87, 88 79 82,88 78 80 81 • At p. 80, Records, Lieut. Hooker's name is misprinted Hooper. t In Army List of 1809, and several subsequent years, John Thome Wayland is designated Richard Wayland. AITENDIX I. 229 P ra, 87, 88 32,88 layland is • B C D B F LIEUTENANTS— co»<»««ed. t Alexander Cumming . . T 8 Feb. 1810 D 1812 Caleb Eyre Powell P 22 Fob. 10 R 13 IManihal McDennott . . P 19 July 10 • 29 April 19 Charles Harris T 16 Aug. 10 11 Malcolm Ross . . . . . . P 14 Mar. 11 P 7 April 25 Jac-ob Ruddick . . P 16 May 11 D 16 Michael Flanagan P 6 June 11 15 Arthur Oardiner P 11 July 11 E 14 Nov. U Edward Boyd"«.. .. P 15 Aug. 11 20 80,84 Henry Palmer HiU"» .. P 12 Sept. 11 • 10 July 32 Bomnrd Clarke . . E 14 Not. 11 R 14 Thomas Price (Adjutant) P 30 April 12 t • 20 Wainford Ridge P 1 Sept. 12 . . 14 Robert Spiers P 2 Sept. 12 D 17 Robert Dunbar Taylor . , P 3 Sept. 12 22 William Bradford P 22 Oct. 12 17 Alexander Bourke P 5 Nov. 12 PT 20 Feb. 35 John Lowry"* P 24 Dec. 12 HP 13 July 20 79,88 Richard Nicholson"* . . P 8 July 13 D, 14 78 Ired. William Vioth . . P 3 Aug. 13 26 W illiam Kidman P 4 Aug. 13 17 J. G. PoweU"«. P 5 Aug. 13 R 16 Brooke Young'" P 6 Aug. 13 17 82,88 Alexander Greig''* P 7 Aug. 13 HP 25 Mar. 17 79,84 Thomas RusbcU P 12 Aug. 13 . , 17 James 0. Flanagan P 24 Feb. 14 C 15 William H. Clarence Soarman . . P 22 Mar. 14 15 James Grey P 23 Mar. 14 , , 17 Robert Macnair>?» (2 B.) P 24 Mar. 14 17 88 John Radenhurst (2 B.) T 7 July 14 17 George R. Campsie (2 B.) P 14 July 14 HP 25 Fob. 16 Thomas Swayne'** (2 B.) P 9 Aug. 14 HP II II Samuel Gamer P 10 Aug. 14 HP 16 Edward Murrayf (2 B.) P 11 Aug. 14 HP 25 Feb. 16 Charles Millar P 29 Sept. 14 HP >i II Thomas Moyle P 24 Nov. 14 HP II II George Jarris (2 B.) . . P 23 Mar. 15 HP II V Charles Vf. DaTis (2 B.) T 24 Feb. 14 HP II II Georgti Riohardson (2 B.) P 12 July 15 HP II »,i Charles Howard Short (2 B.) . . T 17 Aug. 15 HP II II Henry Proctor (2 B.) . • T 14 Sept. 26 July 15 HP II. II John Street (Adjutant) . . P 15 17 Edward Murrayf T 11 Aug. 14 25 Nathan Ashurst . . T 28 April 14 17 James Briscoe . . T 6 Oct. 14 18 David Vans Macben"^ . . T 5 Mar. 18 P 15 Mar. 21 Francis Miles . . T 8 April 19 22 Simcoe Baynes'*. . T 9 Sept. 19 P 24 June 24 George Lord Bingham'*' 1' 20 Jan. 20 HP 16 May 22 Ife I ,1 I ' ^ p. p. Hill, appointed Paymaster, and reappointed. t E. Murray, the same, placed on half -pay I* 230 « » APPENDIX I. I I I A B D B P LIB UTEXANTS— ooM^Miwrf. • ThomiM Drurjr (Adjutant) T 20 April ] 1820 E 6 May 1826 Richard Spratt T 27 April 20 24 Oeorge Forman . . . , . . T 13 July 20 27 T. Ruthorford Thompson T IS Mar. 21 P 8 Mar. 83 James Ilannay T lAug. 22 P 30 Sept. 24 Archibald Machlaohlan. . T 6 Fob. 24 * 19 May 25 William Calder (Adjutant) . . P 24 June 24 P 6 July 85 Charles Cotter P 30 Sept. 24 28 William Eloaier Pickwick P 7 April 26 P 11 July 26 Edmund Uennjs . , . , T 8 April 6 May 25 82 David Oardiner'" T 25 P 22 Nov. 37 William Stewart T 9 June 26 26 Hon. Richard Hare . . . , P 23 June 25 26 James Byron P 17 Deo. 25 P 10 May 83 Hon. Stanhope Hawke . . William Senhouse T 29 Dec. 25 26 T 17 June 26 PT 8 Feb. 33 George Burrard P 11 July 26 HP 29 % John Longfleld^* P 26 Sept. 26 P 30 Jan. 85 John Howai^ . . . . ... P 30 Nov. 26 R 29 Edward Hudson Clarke T 30 April 27 R 7 Feb. 34 J. Charles Villiers Molesworth. . T 14 Aug. 28 32 William Russel Lucas (Adjt.) . . T 6 Feb. 29 t 10 Mar. 37 William Cheamley Irwine S. WhittylAdjutant) . . P 15 Oct. 29 P 7 Aug. 86 P 25 June to P 2 Oct. 36 Ralph Choney . . P 22 June 32 34 James Prinele Henry Welladrice Roper T 31 Aug. 82 P 3 Feb. 37 P 21 Deo. 82 P 23 June 87 Walter Lay P 8 Feb. 83 D 29 April 87 Walter 0(?ilvy P 8 Mar. 33 P 10 Jan. 88 \ % Edward Harris Gbeathed^* . . John Terry Liston P 10 May 33 P 27 April 38 t P 7 Feb. 34 P 20 Nov. 88 Cyrus Plaistow Trapaud T 19 Dec. 34 P 2 July 41 John Hilton P 30 Jan. 35 E4 27 Nov. 85 F. Saunderson Holmes (Adyt.). . P 28 Aug. 35 P 26 Oct. 41 Stephenson Browne P 4 Sept. 85 P 6 May 42 Ant. Tisdall Sydney Plunkett . . P 30 Oct. 35 R 7 June 39 Cosby William Wolseley T 27 Nov. 35 R 37 John Eldridm) West . . Henry Capadose P 3 Feb. 37 P 12 Deo. 43 T 17 Mar. 37 PT 30 April 47 Alfred Augustus Molet. . P 30 April 37 P 24 June 42 » John Hmde« Mark Pattison Seward . . P 30 June 37 P 4 July 45 94 P ISept. 37 D 30 May 42 Frederick Douglas Lumley 8 Jan. 38 P 25 Oct. 42 Coulthurst Holder P 10 Jan. 38 P 27 Sept. 44 Hugh Hill P 27 April 88 R 13 May 42 Ernest Larie P 20 Nov. 38 P 19 Nov. 44 John Long Marsden . . P 7 June 39 P 14 Nov. 45 Thomas Clowes . . . . P 2 July 41 P 16 Dec. 46 * A. Machlachlan, superseded. t W. R. Lucas, Paymaster. APPENDIX I. 231 F 94 A « B C D B F ; LIEUT£NANTS-«oN Charlei Frederick Boughton 1 GreviUe Dickenson . . P 26 Oct. 1 18>il P 20 Mar. 1 1846 . Arthur Leslie P 8 May 42 P 3 April 46 % Junes Jolin»ton^» P 13 May 42 P 21 Ajiril 29 May 46 William Bayijr {Adjutant^* . . Oeorgo AuKustus Young P 23 June 42 P 48 ' P 24 June 42 E 30 .Ian. 46 04 William Tumour Oranville .. P 25 Oct. 42 PT 28 April 46 Ooorgo Ed. Baynos**' . . P 1^ Dec. 43 P 17 Oct. 48 Biohard Wilson Hartley P 27 Sept. U P 9 Feb. 49 John Uenr^ £d. De Bobook . . P 19 Nov. 44 P 9 Nov. 49 Alfred Ingilby Oamott. . P 4 July 45 P 21 Feb. 51 100 John Stone P 14 Not. 45 R 6 Mar. 47 Ellis James Charter . . P 16 Deo. 45 P 15 Mar. 63 Bobort Stuart Baynes"* (Adit.) P 27 Mar. 46 P II II John Ball Campbell"* . . T 3 April 46 P 27 Jan. 66 Richard WiUiara Woods'" . . T „ 1, P 12 AprU 56 Thomas Geo. Souter'**. . T „ 1, P 21 Oct. 67 111 Thomas Dowse T 1* II r» 12 Sept. 40 97,98 Chas. Power Cobbe {Adjutant) PT » II PIS 7 Sept 55 Daniel Beere*" T20 II II p 21 Oct. 57 112,14. 17,33 Thomas Aldridge P 3 April 46 P60 23 Oct. 67 106 Erskine Nimmo Sandilandi'" . . PT 42 II f> P 21 Oct. 67 111,14,17, 20,33 George Corpy'* P II 91 P 15 Nov. 57 133,43 Shaf toe Croster Craster P 1, 11 P 20 July 55 Ed. RawUngs Hannam. . Robert Becher Stowards P ,, II • 27 June 54 T 21 April 46 R 20 July 66 ' William Henry Herriok T 28 April 46 E 21 Dec. 56 Beni. Kenn»cott n'Oermott'*". . McKay Rynd T3 13 Nov. 46 R 15 May 57 P 6 Mar. 47 E62 20 Deo. 60 Charles Covell Neame . . T 30 AprU 47 HP 27 May 66 Horace Ximenes"* P 29 May 48 Pie 23 Mar. 68 127 John Biggs P 17 Oct. 48 T+ 31 Oct. 61 Wm. WaldegraTO Pogson"* .. P 9 Feb. 49 W 17 Sept. 57 111,14,18 George FuUer Walker"* (Adj*.) P 13 Sept. 49 P22 23 Mar. 68 109, 16, 17, 20 Allan John Robertson . . P 9 Nov. 49 R 15 Oct. 62 Timothy Wijlah"* E62 20 Deo. 50 E29 11 Oct. 53 t % John V«re Willm. Henry Webb»» P 21 Feb. 61 P 11 May 58 114, 20, 23,33 Edmund Bogenall T 31 Oct. 51 DJ 24 May 63 100 Thomas Beattie Grierson"^ . . P 15 Oct. 52 D 4 Sept. 67 110, 12 Alex. Ross Bayly'2» .. P 6 May 53 P 11 May 68 114,20, • 21 22 Wm. Raymond Ximenos'** P 25 May 63 P )> 9> 126, 33 1.' II f) il '■ !, m .!' I I 1' • E. t J. :e. R. Hannam, appointed Paymaster, 60tli Foot. 1, appointed Paymaster, 4th Dragoon Quardt. ' , killed by a tiger. 1 1> 232 APPENDIX I. A B c D E F LIEUTENANTS— con«ntterf. Charles Sutherland Dowgon'" . . E29 11 Oct. 1863 P7 23 Oct. 1867 Graham E. Huddleston"" P 27 June 64 • 23 Mar. 56 Herbert Vervon Lillicrap Fred. Bradford McCrea* P 27 Jan. 66 R 22 Aug. 66 P 20 July 65 P 26 June 68 126,44 William Fred. Metge**" P 7 Sept. 55 P 22 April 59 114, 17, 18 Thomas Mackesy Vincent'* . . E59 21 Dec. 55 K 6 Dec. 57 140 Fred. Anderson Stebbing'** . . P 12 April 6G P 17 May 61 t WilUam Robert Webb'" P 15 April 66 W 16 Sept. 57 120 Robert Lewis G. M'Grigor"' . . T 27 May 66 P 4 Feb. 59 114, 20,21 31 Forster Longfleld«» .. P 1 Aug. 56 P 24 Sept. 16 July 58 104, 33 Alfred Downie Corfield (2 B,)t P 15 May 67 P 61 143 ^neas Gordon Blair'^s (2 B.)t P 5 Sept. 67 P IJuly 62 Andrew Moynihan'^* (2 B.) t . . Wm. Ed. Whelan'« (Adjutant) P 16 Sept. 57 P 9 Oct. 63 143 P 18 Sept. 57 P 30 Dec. 65 143 Hobart Evans Fitzgerald'*^ (2B.)t P18 23 Oct. 57 R 13 Dec. 59 James Q. Palmt. (2 B.)t PT 41 >i » P 10 Nov. 65 Chas. Bradford Brown"* (Adjt.) (2B.)t .. .. .. T63 19 9f P 15 June 66 F. Geo. Furlong Moore (2 B.)t PT 39 T62 » 19 R 6 Sept. 61 James F. MacPherson (2B.)t.. ,1 19 R 23 Mar. 61 James O'Hara (2 B.) J . . T62 „ 1' R 4 June 61 Charles Norris Fry'^'J . . T18 ,, yy R 4 Jime 61 William Edge arorth'" . . P II 99 E f\ 1 n 58 128 Richard Thomi\s B. Browne . . P 15 Nov. 57 LtLf p 20 May 67 |l Edward Tani ep»« (2 B.) . . P 7 Dec. 57 p 4 Sept. 60 Ed. Thomas Pi anigep .. P 11 Dec. 57 R 26 May 59 1 Robert Yallop J/toVes . . , . P 23 Mar. 58 R 60 Reginald WhittingS* . . P 23 Mar. 58 P 15 Jan. 61 144,45, 46,47 149 Walter John Tarte T31 13 July 58 P 27 Sept. 61 Henry Leeson (2 B.)§ . . T 23 July 58 R 16 Oct. 60 J.E.W.Black P 30 July 58 D 68 Ashley George Westby. . P 30 July 58 P 13 Feb. 63 James Seager Wheeley (2 B.) . . P 20 Sept. 58 P 30 June 63 John William Hughes . . T 1 Oct. 68 P 29 Mar. 64 Jam^s Magenis Loyekin T » if E20 60 William Theobald Butler (2B.)§ PT 72 PT 33 T 11 )> P 26 April 64 John Evans F. Aylmer (3 B.)§ 11 91 HP 1 April 70 Chas. Dyneley Baynes . . II f9 E91 30 Nov. 60 Robert D. Forbes Shirreff (2 B.)§ T >i ti P 18 Oct. 64 * G. E. Huddleston, appointed Paymaster in the King's Regiment, t F. A. Stubbing, 105-06-12-14-20-21-28. t Appointed on formation of 2nd Battalion. § Appointed on augmentation of 2nd Battalion. APPENDIX I. 233 A B C D E F LIE U TEN AVTS— continued. ^ i'. . , - . John Coleberd Cooper (2 B.) . . P 26 Not. 1858 P 29 Not. ' 1864 : .-■ -I Oeorge Nicholl Jas. Bradford (2B.) P 4 Feb. 69 P 20 Deo. 64 Philip Homer Page P 22 April 59 P 11 July 65 Charies Dudley B. Madden (2B.) P 26 Aug. 59 P 29 Dec. 65 William Bannatyne*^ (2 B.) . . William Unwin>*> P 13 Dec. 59 P 26 Jan. 66 T 4 May 60 B 28 April 63 WUliam J. Watson P 4 Sept. 60 P 20 Feb. 66 W.W. Madden (2 B.).. P 16 Oct. 60 B 25 July 65 Jeremy Peyton Jones (Adit.) (2B.) P 6 Nov. 60 P 13 June 68 Wm. Hunter Baillie (Adjutant) £91 30 Not. 60 P 16 Oct. 66 , ; Richard Chute P 15 Jan. 61 B 9 Jan. 63 Theodore Henry Skinner (2 B.) P •23 April 17 May 61 B 19 Jan. 64 Ed. Emerson P 61 P 13 April 27M^y 72 Arthur Cook P 4 June 61 E28 62 Wm. Albert Bridge (2 B.) . . P 4 June 61 P 12 Feb. 67 Thomas Palmer Senior. . P 16 July 61 • 15 May 67 John Bandle Minshull Ford (2B.) P 6 Sept. 61 P 27 Not. 66 Ed. Williams (2 B.) . . P 27 Sept. 61 P 6 Mar. 67 Arthur Holden Tumer>»* E28 27 May 62 B 6 Feb. 66 Thomas Picton Fleetwood P 1 July 62 HP 21 June 70 Thomas Gorges Crawley (2 B.) P 9 Jan. 63 P 34 Aug. 67 John Dawson"' . . P 13 Feb. 63 P lAug. 68 Martin George Cole (2 B.) P 28 AprU 63 P 24 Mar. 69 William Willoughby Egerton . . P 30 Juno 63 P 10 Not. 69 Bowland Garrard Moffat (2 B.) P 9 Oct. 63 P 23 April 72 Charles Fredk. Malet . . P 19 Jan. 64 P 17 July 72 Marmaduke Stourton (2 B.) . . P 29 Mar. 64 P 23 Mar. 70 Matthew Liddon (2 B.) P 26 April 64 P 5 Not. 70 E. E. QranTille Clayton P 18 Oct. 64 B 26 Feb. 70 Bennett Fleming Handy** (2 B.) P 29 Not. 64 P 4 June 73 William Howe Hennis (2B.).. P 20 Dec. 64 P 20 Sept. 71 John Mount Batten {Adjutant) P 11 July 65 P 81 Oct. 71 Francis James Stuart . . P 25 July 65 P 14 Jtme 73 Nash Short«9 (2 B.) .. P 10 Not. 65 P 3 Mar. 74 Arthur Fawkes P 29 Deo. 65 P 29 July 74 John James Hamilton [Adjt.),. P 30 Dec. 63 P 8 Not. 74 William Stancomb Sinkins P 26 Jan. 66 P 23 Jan. 75 Wm. Toke Dooner'« (2 B.) . . P 6 Feb. 66 P 24 Mar. 75 Thomas Blake Humfrey"^ P 20 Feb. 66 P 1 April 75 Chas. J. H. Playter . . P 15 June 66 B 13 Feb. 67 Alfred Mellor P 16 Oct. 66 B 28 Oct. 68 Francis Moore (2 B.) . . P 27 Not. 66 P 12 May 75 M. C. M. Dixon {Adjt.) (2 B). . P 13 Feb. 67 P 23 June 75 William Louis (Adjutant) . , P II It P 21 July 77 Bobert Gamett . . . . . . P 6 Mar. 67 B 16 Sept. 68 * T. P. Senior, appointed Paymaster. 1/ 234 APPENDIX I. A B C D E F LIEUTENANTS— co»«n«erf. r Qeorge Westrenen Sawyer (2 B.) P 20 May 1867 BoSC 17 Nov. 1869 P.B.J.JerrardW(2B.) P UAug. 67 P91 24 June 75 Oeorge Bowan Hamilton (2 B.) P lAug. 68 HP 19 Aug. 71 ' Henry Webster P 16 Sept. 68 B 25 Mar. 71 ''■ , B. Julian Orde Jooelyn (2 B.) (Adjt.) P 28 Oct. 68 P 23 Nov. 77 182,83 L. L. A. Wise P 24 Mar. 69 B 22 April 71 Arthur Henry Cope"* . . Walter Bell Marley . . P 10 Nov. 69 P 24 Sept. 78 P 8 Dec. 69 B 30 Nov. 70 Stephen Brown P 26 Feb. 70 P 6 Nov. 79 ' Arthur Ashley Buck"* (2 B.) . . John Parry Hamer P 23 Mar. 70 P 30 Jan. 80 190 P 5 Nov. 70 B 74 James Matthew Taylor"* (2 B.) P 30 Nov. 70 P 9 Feb. 81 195, 97, 201, 03 George ViUiers Turner*** P 25 Mar. .71 P 31 Jan. 80 195,200 Herbert Henry Bussell. . P 22 April 71 ""rf" 27 Sept. 79 Bowland Oakeley P 20 Sept. 71 B. 25 Aug. 80 William Freeman Eelly P INov. 71 P H.P. 31 Jan. 80 William Eiohard Orme"» (2 B.) P 11 » 17 April 80 197 Charles William Atkinson P f» II E26 30 June 74 Henry The mas Granger (2 B.) . P >■ II P 8 May 80 186,87 Joseph Wright Ward (2 B.) . . P » » B 79 H. S. A. Fuller P >i II T 3 July 74 E. W. B. Hope P » II B 74 . L. C. F. Thompson P >i 91 P 7 July 80 H. N. McBae P it II esc 28 Oct. 71 H. Meredith Wade P >f II p 21 Mar. 81 W. C. F. Field P 8 May 72 BSC 75 '■( ' Fred. James Whalley"* (Adjt.) (2B.) P 8 June 72 p 18 May 81 195, 97, 202 George Alfred Money . . P 11 Sept. 72 BSC 11 Sept. 72 Ed. H. H. Montresor . . P 8 May 73 BSC 8 May 73 Henry Manley Briscoe . . P 12 Nov. 73 P 18 May 81 G. Bobert Stone {Adjuiant) . . P 28 Feb. 74 P 22 June 81 D'Arcy Thuillier E26 30 June 74 BSC 28 Oct. 71 Frederick Hawkins P 21 Sept. 74 BSC 2 Jan. 78 W. Llovd Brereton"» .. Standish H. Harrison . . P » 9» s* 195, 202 T 2 Dec. 74 s* LleweUyn S. Mellor»<» (2 B.) .. P 15 Jan. 75 s» 195 Orestes J. H. Brooker . . P 11 Feb. 75 E 2WI 24 Jan. 80 C. Blenheim Porter P 19 91 BSC 3 Jan. 78 Chas. C. Chevenix Trench P )t )> BSC IMar. 78 H. J. B. St. G. Bichardson . . P 10 Sept. 75 S* Henry A. FletcherS"! (2 B.) . . P 12 Nov. 75 n 26 April 81 195, 98 * These Officers were serving in this rank on 1st August, 1881. r APPENDIX I. 235 83 ,97, ,03 ,200 ?,87 5,97, 5,202 '5,98 A B D E F • LmVTENANTS— continued. Percy Sohletter*" (2 B.) P 13 June 1876 S» • 189, 97, 201 A. Chas. Qreares Banning"^ (2B.) P 10 Sept. 76 s» 195 Joseph Hume Balfour"* (2 B.) P 6 Oct. 76 BSC 26 July 1881 194, 95 Harvey Wm. de Montmorency O'Donnel CoUey arattan»« T 29 Nov. 76 R 4 Sept. 80 (2B.) P 10 Mar. 77 S» ' 195, 200 Edward Levien MaiBey"* (2 B.) P 22 May 77 s» 195 Charles Gray Robert8on'W(2 B.) P 11 Sep. 76 s* Arthur A. W. Bright-Smith .. E 2WI 24 Jan. 80 s« Lawrence C. Dundas*** (2 B.).. P 30 Jan. 80 s* ■ \ 197 Horatio James Evans** (2 B.) P 25 Feb. 78 s* "h. 202 John Bumard Edwards"" (2 B,) P 11 Mar. 80 s* 202 Edmund H. Molyneux Seel , . P 17 April 80 &• Valentine A. M. Fowler"" (2 B.) P 7 July 80 s* Henry J. W. Guiso . . , . P 25 Aug. 80 s» Gilbert T, Elliot P 4 Sept. 80 s» August St. John Secon (2 B.) . . P 15 Oct. 80 s* George Campbell P 9 July 80 s» Colin A. R. Blackwell*" P 21 Mar. 81 Rowland P. L. Farrer . . s* ' * Stapleton L. Cotton"" (2 B.) . . s» Lawrence E. Elliot (2 B.) s» Arthur W. H. Tripp (2 B,) . . Basil John Bacon (2 B.) s» s» Harcourt L. Dodgson (2 B.) . . s* • Simpson, M. R. L'Amy William Adam Cuppage (2 B,). . s* • s* - LesUe W. Shakspear (2 B.) . . s» Hyde Parker s* .. 1 • These Officers were serving in this rank on 1st August, 1881. t These Officers were transferred fron^ the list of Second Lieutenants on 1st July, 1831. u It I' 236 \ APPENDIX I. ENSIGNS. A B c D E F Francis Stedman (A*) . . A 24 Sept. 1694 Smith (A) . . S 99 1702 Paul Lewis (A) S 99 Fletcher (A) S 99 / Gates (A) s 99 Mason (A) s 99 Burton (A) .. s 99 Emanuel Howe (A) .. ., A 12 Feb. "oi TheophiluB Nichols (A) A 1 June 01 P 25 Mar. 1705 Sutton (A) s 02 Edward Hobart (A) . . s 02 P 24 Mar. 04 * # * * * • » • * * • * Savage^" s 04 K 2 July 04 21 Bezier'Wf .. s 04 P 04 21 Henry Fletcher (B) . . . . . A 25 Aug. 04 . ) Robert Sutton (B) A 99 9) • \ ' Ball (Conductor) (B) .. A 25 Mar. 05 John Turner (B) A >» 99 P 23 Mar. 08 Alexander Campbell (B) A » 99 Walter Bcyner (B) .. A 23 April 06 David Mackabky (B) . . A 25 June 06 P 24 Sept. 08 Edmund Be Fisher (B) A 4 May 07 P 15 June 08 John Abbington (B) . . . . A 16 May 07 John Chambers (B) A 21 July 07 James Hobart fB) John Lafousiller* A 15 Juno 08 : 26 Aug. 08 P 12 Not. 26 ! Francis Richardson (B) A 24 Sept. 08 Charles Duterme t 23 Feb. 09 PT • ^ Thomas Spencer (B) , . A 25 Mar. 09 23 Jan. 40 • * * « * * # * * * * • Robert Wingfield (B) . . A 2 May 09 William Howe (B) S 09 Thomas Launder t 7 May 11 John White X 12 July 13 Justine Holdman^'^ a 15 W Nov. 15 37,38 Glenkennedy^". . s 15 38 Peter Ribton t 5 Jan. 15 Malcom Hamilton t 3 Sept. 19 JohnDaUons" 1 6 April 20 Thomas Nugent . . : Aug. 21 P Oct. 25 Arthur Loftus" t 23 Oct. 24 P 2S Aug. 35 • For explanation of these letters, vide foot note to page 210. t Bezier, spelt Bezire in list of Lieutenants. % It is uncertain if these Officers served as Ensigns in the King's Regiment. * For tit monl. :M.i APPENDIX I. 237 F » * L L (7,38 18 A • B C D E F ENSIGNS— co»i II P f> n Jackson Brown (C) A i» ,1 B 20 April 44 Antony Wagner . . A 4 Dec. 42 B 4 Juno 43 John Hayward . . A 15 Aug. 43 B 20 April 44 Bichard Creswell A 14 July 43 B 10 Oct. 44 John Trollop»« A 11 June 43 P 17 Feb. 46 John Manning . . A 12 June 43 15 Aug. 43 William Bickman 14 July 43 John Haywood . . A 15 Aug. 43 R 20 April 44 John Corrance . . A 24 Sept. 43 P 17 Feb. 46 J. Webbe»» A 15 Oct. 44 P 5 Mar. 48 48 John Callaud A 4 Oct 43 P 17 Feb. 46 William Wright A 20 April 44 P 10 Mar. 46 Thomas Troughear A ,, ») P 25 June 47 Thomas Wilson"'? (C) .. A 25 June 44 PT 19 Feb. 48 48 Calthorpe Harrington . . A ), »» P 6 Mar. 48 Henry Bogers . . A 10 Oct. 44 P 10 Oct. 48 James Davison . . A 17 Feb. 45 B 19 Mar. 46 Bobert Bruce"''* {Serjeant- Major) A >i » HP 18 April 49 46 John Ellis A II )) P 20 Nov. 50 Bobert Berry A )i n B 25 Feb. 48 Charles Hamilton9« (E). . A 5 Mar. 45 P 31 Oct. 51 48 Whitshed A 17 July 45 E 5 Mar. 45 fH ent. * For explanation of these letters vide foot note to page 210. t It is uncertain if these Officers served as Ensigns in ment. X M. Guerin, a " minor" (note in MS. Army List of 1743, in War Office). Ihe King's Begi- s,'^ 238 APPENDIX I. \ I B D E EyaiQT!(8— continued. Thomas Darenant . . Heni7Lee(£*) T. Backhouse (Folunteer) (£). Joseph Fish . . . . Duke Butler (E,F) Richard Middlemore (E, F) . Henr J Gudgeon {Serjeant) (Adj.) George Coghlan (Volunteer) (£) Edward Hosea . . John Cooke . . . . Thomas Stewart {Volunteer) Thomas StuaH (E, F) . . Grant Scott (E, F) Charles O'Hara (£) . . Harcourt Masters (F) . . John Laulhi (F) Bichd. Berenger Lemonlt (F) John Philips Adams (F) George Borrowdale . . Henry De la Donespe . . Augustus Alt . . George Foster"*. . Hugh Mackay . . Mungo Law Dick CuUiford .. William Morrison'*" (2 B.) Michael Dovnes (2 B.) . . WUliam Dexter (2 B.) . . Mitchelboume Knox (2 B.) Gerrard Alt William Bead .. James Hart (2 B.) . . James Wyatt (2 B.) . . Biuhard Xisbet (2B.) .. Thomas Campbell ^2 B.) Christopher Weston . . James Nisbet (2 B.) Boger Parke William Bussell (2 B.) . . Edmund Boyle . . . . W. Denholme .. .. Henry Savage . . Benjamin Ashe . . . . , Charles Parke . . . . , Boger Twigge .. Bichard Taylor Duncan Bayno . . . . WilUam Brooke T A A A A P A HP A A HP HP A A A A A A A T2 T2 A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A 10 Mar. 1746 19 Mar. 46 16 Aug. 47 19 Feb. 47 6 Mar. 47 6 Mar. 47 26 June 47 1 Sept. 25 Fel). 47 48 11 June 48 10 Oct. 48 18 AprU 49 20 Nov. 50 20 April 51 26 Nov. 51 22 April 52 23 Dec. 52 27 Aug. 53 12 Mar. 55 18 June 65 lOct. 55 2 Oct. 55 3 Oct. 55 4 Oct. 55 5 Oct. 55 25 Aug. 56 26 Aug. 56 27 Aug. 56 28 Aug. 56 29 Aug. 56 30 Aug. 56 31 Aug. 56 1 Sept. 56 2 Sept. 56 3 Sept. 56 4 Sept. 56 5 Sept. 56 5 April 14 May 57 67 24 Sept. 57 25 Sept. 57 26 Sept. 57 28 Sept. 57 30 Sept. 57 lOct. 57 2 Oct. 67 3 Oct. 67 4 Oct. 67 E P P PT CM P51 P B Red Red. P T P P P P R B P P P P P P P P T T63 P P 16 Aug. 1747 22 April 52 27 Aug. 63 11 June 48 2 Oct. 56 16 Oct. 64 1 Sept. 47 26 Feb. &o 20 April 51 81 May 66 2 Oct. 65 23 Deo. 52 3 Oct. 66 29 Aug, 66 30 Aug. 66 31 Aug. 66 5 April 57 25 Sept. 67 26 Sept. 57 30 Sept. 57 1 Oct. 67 2 Oct. 57 3 Oct. 57 4 Oct. 57 5 Oct. 57 6 Oct. 57 7 Oct. 57 8 Oct. 57 IMar. 68 8 Oct. 57 14 Oct. 69 58 25 Sept. 57 15 Oct. 59 27 Jan. 60 28 Jan. 60 18 Mar. 60 18 Nov. 60 For explanation of these letters, vide foot note to page 210. APPENDIX I. 239 F A , B C D £ P ENSlQTSa-^ontinued. John Spence A BOct. 1757 T63 5 Oct. 1757 William Marler . . A 6 Oct. 67 20 Deo. 60 Richard Steele . . A 30 Dec. 58 28 Feb. 61 James Tippet . . Thomas Pennefather > . . . T 14 Oct. 59 2f> Mav 61 A 15 Oct. 59 P 19 Nov. 61 William Southouse T 27 Jan. 60 T 1 Nov. 64 James Mayne . . A 28 Jan. 60 P 6 Oct. 62 John Lee A 22 Aug. 60 P 15 July 67 John Mompesson A 18 Not. 60 P 9 Dec. 67 S. Willoe P 7 Jan. 61 P 23 Nov. 68 Robert Mathews A 28 Feb. 61 P 27 Mar. 70 Fred. McDowall A 20 May 61 65 Erasmus Corbett A 22 Mar. 62 66 George Heald A 20 Oct. 62 66 Thomas Bennett A 16 Nov. 64 P lAug. 70 George Dame . . . . A 4 Jan. 62 P 26 Dec. 70 John Appreece . . A 18 April 66 27 May 71 William Highmore A 2 May 66 P 12 Oct. 71 Henry Yonge A 16 Sept. 67 P 18 Nov. 74 John Gough (Adjutant) A 9 Dec. 67 27 Oct. 72 John Delgamo A 19 Dec. 68 P 22 Nov. 75 R. Seyton Kynnersley . . A 27 Mar. 70 P 23 Nov. 75 George Clowes A 14 Sept. 70 r 16 Mar. 76 George Jennings A 26 Dec. 70 26 Dec. 71 Daniel Showrd A 27 May 71 P 6 May 77 William Fowke A 10 June 71 76 Daniel Mercer . . A 29 Nov. 71 Pi 29 Mar. 76 Robert Rounds Brookev . A 6 Nov. 72 P 8 May 77 John Caldwell A 26 Dec. 74 P 25 Dec. 77 Thomas Pepyat A 15 Aug. 75 P 11 May 78 •Walter Butler A 22 Nov. 75 83 George Armstrong A 23 Nov. 75 P IMar. 79 John Brooke A 24 Nov. 75 P 3 Nov. 79 Durell Saumarez*' A 6 April 76 P 5 Jan. 80 Joseph Wilmot A 12 April 76 P 6 Jan. 80 George Hanbury Williams A 26 April 76 6 Nov. 78 Robert McDou^ A 6 May 77 P 12 Dec. 81 Robert Pollard A 8 May 77 P 13 Sept. 83 Philip Fry A 11 May 78 HP 83 Archibald Armstrong . . A 6 Nov. 78 22 Oct. 78 Anthony Kynnersley . . A ISFebv 79 3 Nov. 79 Anthony Monin . . A 21 Oct. 78 8 Aug. 88 Andrew Armstrong A 3 Nov. 79 P 2 Mar. 85 John Armstrong A 5 Jan. 80 25 June 81 William Armstrong . . A 6 Jan. 80 11 Oct. 81 H. Hardress Lloyd A 9 Feb. 80 17 Jan. 81 C. Nugent Armstrong . . A 22 Mar. 80 23 Feb. 81 T. St. George Armstrong A 17 Jan. 81 P 26 Oct. 85 'm * In the Army List of 1783, Walter Butler appears under the name ot Walter Butler Sheehan, immediately after Robert Pollard, with the date of his Commission changed to 5th June, 1777. 1^' 240 APPENDIX I. B WitaiQNS— continued. William Pawlett Donald Murchieson Henry St. Oenuain Thomas Grant . . Daniel Bliaii George Stnokland Isaac Brook Augustine Fitzgerald . . Robert Moleiworth Bigoe A. Stoney . . George Andrew Armstrong Bryce Maxwell** Thomas Bainsford Philip Armstrong Bryce MacMurdo"" James Booth'"* . . Henry Louis Dickenson William Bussell. . George J. Beeves John Thomas Armstrong William Creagh. . Archibald MacMurdo*'* George Eobert Stoney . , Lorenzo Toole*". . Patrick Maxwell. . James Francis Bland . . James Powell Robert Eason'" . . Pomeroy D'Arcy Percy Gethin Joseph Davy John Blackmore'f'* J. R. Mont. Caulfieid (Volun teer) .. Septimus W. Loane ( Volunteer) R. Villeneure"* (rolunteer) Edmimd Callen . . George Pepyat . . Richard Burke . . John Babington. . John Fitzmaurice Samuel Speare . . Joseph BuUen . . John Church'" . . James McGuffy . . John Chapman . . John Stotesbury. . Archibald Cameron Richard Hur. jerf ord . . George R. Cook. . . . W. IiU)bin8on A 28 Feb. A 25 June T 8 Sept. T 11 Oct. A 13 Sept. A A 30 April 2 Mar. A 16 Nov. A 6 April T 27 Oct. A 24 Sept. 8 Aug. A 8 Sept. A 9 April A 6 Jan. A 17 Feb. A 31 Mar. T 9 Fob. A 9 Feb. T 30 Mar. A 13 AprU A 23 Nov. A 29 Sept. 28 Feb. A A 31 Mar. A 30 April A 31 May A 31 Aug. A 30 Sept. A 2fi Oct. A 28 Feb. A 15 AprU A 25 Aug. A 27 Nov. A 17 Dec. T 1 Sept. T 2 Sept. T 4 Sept. T 5 Sept. T 6 Sept. A 28 Oct. A 28 Oct. A 4 Nov. A 12 Mar. A 8 June A 15 June A 14 July A 18 Aug. A 9 Nov. A 9 Feb. 1781 81 81 81 83 84 85 85 86 86 87 88 88 89 90 90 90 91 91 91 91 91 92 93 93 93 93 93 93 93 94 94 94 94 94 95 95 95 95 95 95 95 95 96 96 96 96 96 96 97 D P P P P P P P P P P P PT P P P P P P P P P r: p p p p p E 27 Jan. 18 Oct. 6 Mar. 81 Mar. 2 Feb. 2 Feb. 23 Nov. 29 Sept. PI Mar. 30 April 1786 84 88 84 86 89 90 90 90 91 51 91 90 92 93 29 June 8 Aug. 8 June 28 Feb. 27 Nov. 17 Dec, 22 Oct. 1 Sept. 8 Sept. 22 July 25 Aug. 12 Mar. 6 Sept. 21 Nov. 17 Nov. 4 Jan. 14 July 25 April 8 Mar. 91 93 98 94 93 93 94 96 94 94 94 94 94 94 95 95 95 95 96 96 96 96 96 96 97 96 97 97 1800 00 1799 98 1800 AITENDIX I. / 241 ▲ B C D E F ENSIONS— con^'nuer;. E.n. Williams A 6 Mar. 1797 1799 William Scholeloy A 25 April 97 P 20 Dec. 98 H. Francis Goldecutt . . A 6 Sept. 98 P 2 Oct. 1800 Thomas Buck A 11 Oct. 98 P 18 Sept. 1800 ' John 8(;afe A 1799 John Rin|;ro80 Annesloy A 21 Feb. 99 P 5 April 1801 William Glen {Adju ant) A 3 Oct. 99 D 18 Juno 01 William Loader . . A 7 Fob. 1800 02 John Bannatyne. . A P 6 April 01 Thomas Couch e . . A 9 Oct. 1800 P 29 Nov. 01 Jamca Sadlier'"'. . A 5 April 01 P 7 Jan. 03 Jeramy . . A 6 April 01 OJ Mark Hodgson . . A 20 Aug. 01 03 Jamos S. Tyeth'"^ A 6 Nov. 01 P 25 June 03 Peter Moyles {Adjutant) A 29 Nov. 01 P 19 Nov. 03 Samuel Hooker'" A 12 Aug. 03 P 11 Oct. 04 John Bradbridge" ' A 20 Aug. 03 P 12 Oct. 04 Thomas Edmond Dowlin A 27 Aug. 03 P 04 Andrew Liddell . . A 10 Sept. 03 P 1 Dec. 04 Edward Smith A 8 Dec. 03 05 George Browne . . A 17 Dec. 03 P 21 Mar. 05 Robert Watson Gordon A 31 Dec. 03 05 Francis Birmingham . . A 7 April 04 P 28 M r. 05 William Scotton A 24 April 04 P 9 May 05 George Arden . . A 11 Oct. 04 06 Thomas Cross . . A 12 Oct. 04 P 22 Aug. 05 John Stanford . , A 19 Nov. 04 P 3 Oct. 05 Edwai d Browne. . A 20 Nov. 04 P 14 Nov. 05 Car'ieton Bur no . • A 21 Nov. 04 P 5 Dec. 05 Adam Baillio A 22 Nov. 04 P 2 Jan. 06 Jolm MoMahon"^ A 23 Nov. 04 P 16 Oct. 06 Thomas Miller (Adjutant) A 24 Nov. O'l P 12 Sept. 05 Theophilus Perkins A 8 Dec. 04 06 John Raymond . . A 5 Jan. 05 P 30 Oct. 06 Thomas VVaring Lloyd'"* A 21 Miir. 05 P 6 Nov. 06 Austin Neame . . A 8 May 05 P 15 May 06 Edward Goate . . A 1 9 May 05 P 8 Jan. 07 G. Henry Dansey A 22 Auu. 05 06 Henry Cooper . . A 3 Oct. 05 r 18 June 07 Morton Noel'*" A 4 Oft. 05 1 22 Oct. 07 William Kingsley A 7 Nov. 05 06 Anthony Richards A 14 Nov. 05 06 George Nutull"'^ A 5 Dec. 05 p 25 Oct. 07 Charles Barstow"''' A 2 Jan. 06 p 15 Jan. 08 Peter Smith A 20 Feb. 06 08 Charles Inco A 22 May 06 p 17 Jan. 08 Daniel M'Pherson A 26 June 06 p 18 Jan.. 08 William Compton A 3 Jidy 06 p 19 Jan. 08 John Ivers A 10 July 06 p 20 Jan. 08 William CoUis . . A 21 Aug. 06 p 21 Jan. OS David Home \ 29 Oct. 06 p 25 Mar. 08 ■ m If ? I' .1) Id . n '1 \ I . '?■■ 242 1 1 APPENDIX I. ENSIGNS— co»» Robert Mawdslej (2 B.) A 29 Sept. 14 HP It James Wliite (2 B.) . . A 24 Nov. 14 HP ft William Robinson (2 B.) A 16 Feb. 15 HP If William Constantino (2 B.) . . A 23 Mar. 15 UP ,, >l George Surtees (2 B.) • • A 25 May 15 HP n Robert Young (2 B.) • • A 27 July 15 HP fi Robert Mawdesley T 29 Sept. 14 22 Robert Minty . . A 21 May 18 22 William Curtis . . T 13 Jan. 20 D 23 Charles Cotter . . HP 27 Jan. 20 P 30 Sept. 24 ^ William Eleazer Pickwick T 18 May 20 P 7 April 25 Vere Essex Ward T 10 Aug. 20 R 22 Honourable Richard Hare T 10 Jail. 22 P 23 June 25 Charles Rainsford T 12 Sept. 8 July 22 25 Charles Clark A 24 30 James Byron Edward Newton T 5 Aug. 24 P 17 Dec. 25 A 30 Sept. 2k 25 Irwine S. Whitty (Adjutant) . . A 8 April 25 P 25 June 30 George Burrard A 21 April 25 P 11 July 26 % John Longfleld^^ A 23 June 25 P 26 Sept. 26 John Howard . . A 12 Nov. 25 P 30 Nov. 26 William Chearnley A 26 Nov. 25 P 15 Oct. 29 W. Laton Worthington A 17 Dec. 25 28 John Singleton . . A 17 June 26 27 George Murphy . . A 26 Sept. 26 28 Charles Ben Caldwell . . A 10 Oct. 26 29 John James Edward Hamilton . A 7 Dec. 26 29 Ralph Cheney A 31 Deo. 27 P 22 June 32 Edward Orme . . A 19 June 28 R 21 Sept. 32 Henry Welladvice Roper A 21 Nov. 28 P 21 D.c. 32 Walter Lay A 4 Aug. 29 P 8 Feb. 33 Clement Thomas Baldwin A 14 Oct. 29 R 30 Walter Ogilvy A 15 Oct. 29 P 8 Mar. 33 Henry Lomax . . A 13 Juno 30 R 27 Fob. 35 R 2 244 API'KNPIX I. U EyaiQTKa—coHHnutd. Godfrey Baldwin JH Kdwnrd Harris Oreatliod*" . . Jolin Torry Liiton John Hilton Austin Jolin Bewcs Fra Saunderson Holmct StcpbonHon Drowno Antony Tisdall Uidnoy Slmwo Plunkott Jolin Kldridgo West Alfred Augustus Malot . . William Ht. Loser U John Hindo^* Charles Harto . . Mark Pattison Seward . . Hugh Hill Coultluirst Holder George Langton Marshall Ernest Lavio John Long Marsden Robert Frederick Tumor William Montagu S. MeMurdo^- Thomas Clowes . . William Seymour Chas. F. B. Greville Dickenson Pennant Atholwold Iroinonger Arthur Leslie . . %\ James Johnson^'-* William Bayly?" (Adjutant) . . George Augustus Young William Tumour Granville George Edward Baynes"^ Richard Wilson Hartley John Henry Ed. Do Robeck . . Alfred Tngilby Garnett. . John Stone Thomas Aldridgo John Hudson {Sprjeant- Major) Ellis James Charter Robert Stuart Bayncs"" Charles Lennox Maher. . George Corry'-". . Shafloo Cnister Cra.ster Edmund Loder . . Ed. Rawlings Hannam . , William Parker Howell Edmund David Lyon . . M'Kay Rynd William Huddlestone ^lueadum Horneo Ximenos'"'' William Waldegrave Pogson"'^ T A A A A A A A A A A A T A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A C 2 Nov. 22 .luno 27 July 21 Sept. 21 Dec. 8 Feb. 8 Mar. 1830 32 32 32 32 33 S3 10 May 7 Feb. 30 Jan. 27 Feb. 28 Feb. 4 Sept. 30 Oct. 2J. Nov. 22 Jan. 20 Feb. 3 Feb. 17 Fob. 30 June 1 July 1 Sept. 20 Oct. 10 Jan. 27 April 20 Nov. 7 Juno r> Dec. 6 Dec. 8 Jan. 2 July 26 Oct. 6 May 13 May 20 Miiy 21 May 25 Juno 25 Oct. 28 July 12 Dec. 2« July 27 Sept. 19 Nov. 4 July 11 Nov. 14 Nov. 10 Dec. 23 Jan. 27 March 3 April 33 84 35 35 85 35 35 85 30 30 37 37 37 37 37 37 38 38 38 39 39 39 41 41 41 42 42 42 42 42 42 43 43 41^ 44 14 45 45 45 45 4fi 10 4G K P P P D P P P P P D P R P P P R P P R P22 P R P P84 P P P P P P P P P P P R P P Tfil P P R P R P R P P 1832 10 May 33 7 Feb. 84 30 Jan. 35 28 Aug. 4 Sept. 30 Oct. 8 Feb. 80 April 1 Dec. 30 Juno 20 Feb. 1 Sept. 27 April 10 Jan. 20 Oct. 20 Nov. 7 Juno 6 Dec. 5 Jan. 2 July 6 Dec. 20 Oct. 20 May 8 May 13 May 23 Julio 24 Juno 25 Oct. 13 Dec. 27 Sept. 19 Nov. 4 July 14 Nov. 3 April 28 July 10 Dec. 27 Mar. 20 July 3 April 36 35 35 37 37 30 30 30 37 88 38 37 88 39 39 41 41 39 41 42 42 42 42 42 42 43 44 44 46 45 40 43 45 46 44 46 F 11 Nov. 45 3 April 1 D(C. 46 46 3 April 5 Mar. 46 47 29 Dee. 48 29 May 9 Feb. 48 49 100 Al'PENDIX I. 245 ▲ B C D B P ENSTON8— ooiK «««!. Jolm Bigff* A a April 1»10 P 17 Oct. 1848 1 Frt'd. 1 "ii-kengon Bourtio A 6 April 46 E28 27 Dw. 47 Oeor^o 1< ulliT Wnlkor'"* A It April 46 P 18 Sept. 40 Allan John Kulxrtm)! T78 6 Mnr. 47 P 9 Nov. 49 |k JohnVoroWni. Uoiiry Webb" T 5 Mur. 47 P 21 Feb. 61 Thoinu* Bcftttio OrierTOn'"' T28 27 Doe. 47 P 16 Oct. 52 AKxantlor UosH Uiivl^i-" WilliBin Rayinund Ximonet'''" . . T 15 Aug. 4» P 6 May 53 100 A 29 Dec, 48 P 25 May 63 Oroimm Egurton lIiuldluHtun"*''* A 30 Doc. 48 P 27 Juno 54 Herbert Vernon Lilicrap A 9 Feb. 49 P 20 July 65 Frank Mcl'horson T 20 8ept. 49 D 15 July 52 John MoNameo T 9 Nov. 49 T NtllU 3 Aug. 65 Charlei Oeo. Mackenzie T 21 Feb. 51 P28 13 Feb. 55 William Frederick Motge''« . . T 16 July 62 P 7 Sept. 65 William Cole Hamilton A 23 Nov. 62 P88 30 Mar. 65 Fred. Bradford McCrea** A 27 Jime 54 P 20 July 55 Fred. Anderson Stebbing'" . . A 18 May 66 P 12 April 66 William Hext Movintsteven"'^ . . A 8 Aug. 66 W 10 July 67 109 WiUiam Robert Webb"" A 7 Sept. 65 P 15 April 56 104, 14 jEnoas Gordon Blair'** (2 B.) . . A 7 March 56 P 6 Sept. 67 % Forster Longfleld** . . Andrew Moynihan''"' {Serjeant- T 24 April 66 P 1 Aug. 66 M. . £12 17 Feb. 67 P 18 Sept. 57 WiUiam Edgewortli'"* . . A 22 May 57 P 23 Oct. 67 R. T. B. Browne T33 23 Oct. 57 P 15 Not. 67 % E. Tanner*' T33 II P 7 Dec. 67 E. T. Pinniger T28 II P 11 Deo. 57 R. T. Stokes T48 II P 23 Mar. 68 R. Wliitting* T62 II P » M J.E.W.Block T41 It P 30 July 68 A. G.Westby T63 11 P II II J. S. Wheeley (2 B.) . . T97 If P 20 Sept. 58 R. D. F. Shirreff (2 B.) T94 »» P lOct. 58 J. C. Cooper (2 B.) . . 30 Oct. 57 P 26 Nov. 58 Ed. Emerson (Serjeant-Major) {Adjutant) (2 B.) . . T96 6 Nov. 57 P 17 May 61 . Richard Chute A 17 Nov. 57 P 15 Jan. 61 Thomas P. Senior (2 B.) A 18 Nov. 57 P 16 July 61 Thomas P. Fleetwood (2 B.) . . A lit Nov. 57 P 1 July 62 Q. N. J. Bradford (2 B.) A 20 Nov. 57 P 4 Feb. 59 W.J.Watson A 21 Nov. 57 P 4 Sept. 60 Arundel Hill Cotter . . A 11 Doc. 57 R 16 July 61 Philip Homer Page A 12 Dec. 57 P 22 AprU 69 John George Brown A 13 Dec. 57 R 61 Arthur Cook 16 Mur. 58 P 4 June 61 1 1, 1 V H ! 1 t t 1 1 ! ' c w« m 246 APPENDIX I. A B C D E F ENSIGNS— co» II L. C. F. Thompson A 5 Nov. 70 P It 11 H. N. M'Rae A 25 Mar. 71 P II 1) H. M. Wade A 23 Sept. 71 P II » Appointment of Ensigns discontinued. R. L. Fisher, superseded. t E. Martyn, drowned at Bombay. 248 APPENDIX I. SUB-LIEUTENANTS. A B C D E P WilUam C. F. Field . . A 8 May 1872 P 8 May 1872 Fred. J. WliaUeyi" (2 B.) . . A 8 June 72 P 8 June 72 George Alfred Money . . A 11 Sept. 72 P 11 Sept. 72 Llewellyn-Salusbury Mellor"" (2B.) A 15 Jan. 73 P 15 Jan. 75 E. H. H. Montresor . . A 8 May 73 P 8 May 73 H. M. Briscoe . . A 12 Not. 73 P 12 Not. 73 Henry A. Fletcher*' (2 B.) . . A ti l» P 12 Not. 75 George E. Stone A 28 Feb. 74 P 28 Feb. 74 Percy Schletter*^ (2 B.) A 13 June 74 P 13 June 76 Fred, Hawkins (2 B.) . . A 21 Sept. 74 P 21 Sept. 74 WUlm. Lloyd Brereton"* (2 B.) A it It P 21 Sept. 74 0. J. H. Brooker A 11 Feb. 75 P 11 Feb. 75 Charles Blenheim Porter A If 11 P II II C. C, Chenevix-Trench . . A %$ II P 11 II E. L. Maisey^o* (2 B.) . . A 22 May 76 P 22 May 77 H. J, E. St. G. Eichardson . . A 10 Sept. 75 P 10 Sept. 75 A. C. G. Banning2»3 (2 B.) . . A II 11 P 10 Sept. 76 J. H. Plunkett A II II T 29 Not. 76 Joseph Hume Balfour** (2 B.) A 6 Oct. 75 P 6 Oct. 76 O'Donnel Colley Grattan'^^ (2B.) A 10 Mar. 75 P 10 Mar. 77 And. H. G. J. Hervey . . A 12 Feb. 76 D 25 Oct. 76 163 Charles Gray Eobertson^o? (2 B.) A 11 Sept. 76 P 16 Feb. 78 195 SEC Frai Law Artl BasL Han Simp Willi Lesli Hyd( Appointment of Sub-Lieutenants discontinued. SECOND LIEUTENANTS. George Eenrick Moore Lawrence C. Dundas^* (2 B.). . Horatio James ETans^*" (2 B.). . Hugh O'Donnell Henry Seaton (2 B.) . . John Bumard Edward^o (2 B.) John D. M. Williams . . Edmnnd H. Molyneux-Seel . . John M. Longe Valentine A. M. Fowler'" (2 B.) Henry J. W. Guise Gilbert T. Elliot Augustus St. John Seton George Campbell Colin A. E. Blackwell"2 (2 B.) Eowland F. L. Farrer . . Btapleton L. Cotton^'s (2 B.) . . A A A A A T13 A A A A A A A A T92 A A 5 Sept. 30 Jan. 30 Jan. 24 July 21 Aug. 4 Deo. 21 June 13 Aug. 11 Oct. 14 Jan. 24 Jan. 25 Feb. 1877 P24 78 P II P 78 T24 »• T) 78 P 78 78 P 79 E 79. P II P II P 79 P 80 P 80 P 80 * * » 12 April 1879 30 Jan. 80 25 Feb. 78 26 Mar. 79 23 May 78 11 Mar. 80 Mar. 79 17 April 80 11 Feb. 80 7 July 80 25 Aug. 80 4 Sept. 80 15 Oct. 80 9 Feb. 81 21 Mar. 81 195 195 195 ♦ On Ist July, 1881, these Officers were transferred to the list of Lieutenants, and the appointment of Second Lieutenants was discontinued. APPENDIX I. 249 P Lnts, and SECOND LIEUTENANTS— continued. Francis H. Smalpage (2 B.) Lawrence E. Elliott (2 B.) Arthur W. H. Tripp (2 B.) BasU John Bacon (2 B.) Harcourt L. Dodgson (2 B.) Simpson M. B. L'Amy . . Willm. Adam Cuppage (2 B.) Leslie Wm. Shakspear . . Hyde Parker fi A A A A A A T«J9 T75 A D E P 25 Feb. 1880 11 Aug. 80 80 22 Jan. 81 23 April 81 B « * * « * * * 13 April 1880 * On Ist July, 1881, these Officers were transferred to the list of Lieutenants, and the appointment of Second Lieutenants was discontinued. \y \\ 250 APPENDIX I. ADJUTANTS. A B C D E F Renry Whitney (A«) . . A 30 May 1696 • • » tt • • • * Charles Mason (B) * * • * • • • • • • * • Henry Gudgeon (E, F) . . A 1 Sept. 1747 PT 29 Oct. 1754 Henry Lee (E) A 29 Oct. 54 T 4 Feb. 60 W. Heatly (2 B.) Serjt.-Maj.. . 25 Aug. 66 T63 25 Aug. 56 Bichard Berr Lemoult. . or vr A 4 Feb. 60 P 31 Jan. 66 George Foster"* A 2 May 66 P 4 Oct. 70 John Gough A 4 Oct. 70 27 Oct. 72 James Webb T 27 Oct. 72 10 April 75 Bobert Mathews A 10 April 75 P 22 Dec. 78 Thomas Bennet . . A 22 Dec. 78 P 30 Sept. 82 George Armstrong A 30 Sept. 82 P 17 July 90 Eobert Pollard A 17 Feb. 90 P 31 July 93 Bryce Maxwell** A 31 July 93 P 26 Oct. 93 John Raw (2 B.) T 31 Oct. 93 27 Aug. 94 Marcus McCausland . . A 27 Aug. 94 P 18 Nov. 95 G«orge J. Reeves A 21 Dec. 96 29 Aug. 98 William Glen T 29 Aug. •98 D 18 June 1801 Peter Moyles A 3 Sept. 1801 12 Feb. 07 Thomas Miller (2 B.) • . A 24 Nov. 04 12 Nov. 07 Charles M'Carthy (2 B.) A 12 Feb. 07 3 Feb. 09 JPeter Moyles . . 12 Nov. 07 P 09 Henry Cooper . . A 17 Aug. 09 26 Feb. 14 \ Henry Brewster A 25 Aug. 09 21 Oct. 13 John Street (2 B.) P 21 Oct. 13 31 July 17 John Farnam (2 B.) . . P 26 Feb. 14 HP 25 Feb. 16 Thomas Price A 31 July 17 20 April 20 Thomas Drury A 20 April 20 E 5 May 25 William Calder A 6 May 25 28 June 27 Irvine S. Whitty A 28 June 27 P 30 Oct. 36 WiUiam Ruttsel Lucas . . A 30 Oct. 35 t 10 Mar. 37 Francis Saunderson Holmes . . A 10 Mar. 37 P 14 Dec. 41 William Bayly?" A 14 Dec. 41 P 29 May 48 Robert Stuart Baynes"* A 29 May 48 P 15 Mar. 53 Charles Power Cobbe . . A 6 May 53 PT 10 AprU 66 George Fuller Walker>»« A 10 April 55 P 30 AprU 68 Edward Emmerson (2 B.) A 6 Nov. 57 R 16 July 68 WUliam Edward Whelan"' . . A 30 April 58 P 30 Dec. 65 Chas. Bradford Brown"^ (2 b.) A 16 July 58 P 15 June 66 WilUam Hunter Baillie A 1 Feb. 66 R 4 Dec. 66 Jeremy Peyton Jones (2 B.) . . A 15 June 66 P 18 June 68 John James Hamilton . . A 4 Dec. 66 P 8 Nov. 74 * For explanation of these letters, vide foot note to page 210. t W. R. Lucas, appointed Paymaster. j P. Moyles, re-oppointed. John Manli Will. Robei Fred. WiUif Georg APPENDIX I. 261 ADJVTAN'rS— continued. John Mount Batten (2 B.) Manley C. M. Dixon (2 B.) . . Will am Louis . . Eobert Julian O. Jocelyn (2 B.) Fred. James Whalley"" (2 B.) . William Freeman Kelly Oeorge Robert Stone . . 3 £ A A A A A A A 13 June 1868 P 15 Not. 71 P 1 Jan. 75 P 7 Aug. 75 B 26 Aug. 76 S* 12 Sept. 77 PT 26 May 80 S* 31 Oct. 23 Juno 21 July 26 Aug. 1871 75 77 76 17 April 80 F • These Officers held the Appointment of Adjutant on let January, 1881. M 252 APPENDIX I. INSTRUCTORS OF MUSKETRY. B William James Watson J. Evans Freke Aylmer (2 B.). . T. Picton Fleetwood (2 B.) . . J. P. Jones (2 B.) William A. Bridge John Mount Batten (2 B.) John Francis Stuart Manly C. M. Dixon (2 B.) P.B.J. Jerrard(2B.)'»' William Louis . . William Freeman Kelly P. K. WhaUey (2 B.)»« Arthur Ashley Buck (2 B.) "^ . , Herbert Henry Bussel . . H. Meredith Wade O'DonneU C. Grattan (2 B.) «»«, Llewellyn Salusbury Mellor . . A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A 17 Feb. 30 May 4 June 16 Aug. IMar. 15 Jime 12 Feb. 13 June 15 Nov. 31 Dec. 1 Jan. 24 June 6 Sept. 17 Jan. 1 Aug. 29 April 21 Mar. 1859 59 61 65 66 66 67 68 71 72 75 75 76 78 79 80 81 D P * P * P91 B « * P B P St St E P 20 Feb. 1866 4 Juno 61 16 Aug. 15 June 12 Feb. 13 June 31 Dec. 15 Nov. 24 June 1 Jan. 12 Sept. 26 Aug. 30 June 1 Aug. 21 Mur. 65 66 67 68 72 71 75 75 77 76 80 79 81 \\ Georj Michi Mark Henr Marsl Sampi Henrj Willie Barth G. E. John F. W. Thomi Friia. < Pay Thos. (Pa men\ * Appointed Adjutant. t These Officers were serving as Instructors of Musketry on 1st August, 1881. APPENDIX I. 253 PAYMASTERS. F George Ridge . . Michael Toler Eingslcy Mark Hodgson (2 B.) Herinr Howe Marshall Mac Dcrmott Sampson Hugh Cox Henry Palmer Hill'" William Russell Lucas Bartholomew Hartley^^^ G. E. Huddlestono'*'* John Falls (2 B.)2=» F. W. Fellows . . Thomas Palmer Senior Fras. Gilbert Hamley {Assistant Paymaster in Army) , . Thos. R. W. Davidson (2 B.) (Paymaster Pay Depart- ment) ,. B A A T48 A A £52 A 1 Fob. 24 Dec. 5 Jan. 17 Mar. 29 April 28 Sept. 20 July 10 Mar. 17 Dec. 23 Mar. 4 Dec. 6 Sept. 15 May 1798 1802 05 14 19 30 32 37 41 55 57 61 67 22 Sept. 73 6 Jan. 80 D HP D T D E52 P HP T S« S* E MDec. 1802 17 Mar. 29 April 25 Feb. 28 Sept. 20 July 26 May 17 Dec. 9 Sept. 6 Sept. 1 April 15 May 14 19 16 30 32 36 41 54 61 78 67 80 F 1881. * These Officers were serving as Paymasters on 1st August, 1881. s \ 254 APPENDIX 1. QUARTERMASTEKS. A B C D E F Benjamin Cuttlo (A*) . . 1 Sept. 1697 •• t John Biilfoure (B) . . John Norman (E) 24. Jan. 1749 HP 16 Jan. 1752 Donald Valentine (F) . . HP 16 Jan. 52 T 28 June 5()' Grant Scott (E) A 28 June 56 4 Feb. 60 Harcourt Masters (2 B.) A 25 Aug. 56 T63 25 Aug. 56 Thomas Stewart A 4 Fob. 60 1 Jan. 62 Aichard Taylor A 1 Jan. 62 19 Oct. •!3 Roger Purke A 19 Oct. 63 11 May 67 A. Schuyler de Peister^^ A 11 May 67 P 13 April 68 ■William Potts A 13 April 68 7 April 79 Patrick Gibson . . A 7 April 79 16 Jan. 1800 Ma- k Hodgson . . A 16 Jan. 1800 t 5 Jan. 05 William Lewis (2 B.) . . A 12 Oct. 04 INOT. 13 Charles McCarthy . . George Shaw (2 B.) . . A 5 Jan. 05 % 12 Feb. 07 A 12 Feb. 07 IMay 17 George Kieman (2 B.) . . A INov. 13 HP 25 Feb. 16 William Only A 21 Oct. 19 D 14 Jan. 29 Samuel Brodribb A 15 Jan. 29 HP 10 Feb. 37 Job Aldridge (Q.lf.-SejyO ,. A 10 Feb. 37 D 18 Oct. 42 JohnRo8s2-« A 8 Not. 42 D 20 Juno 57 102, 06 Thos. Massey Cbadwick (2 B.) . HP 17 Nov. 57 T 1 Jan. 77 Joseph Hamilton^'f HP 16 April 68 D 22 Sept. 59 John Keatinge*"* (Serjt.-Major) A 23 Sept. 25 Feb. 59 E19 25 Feb. 62 150 Charles Usherwood''^ . . E19 62 HP 20 May 64 Alfred Berry"™ {Serjt.-Major) A 20 May 64 E3 30 Jan. 66 George Russel Holt White"^' . . E3 30 Jon. 66 HP 5 July 73 William Rowe (^Serjt.-Major).. A 18 Oct. 73 S§ Philip Spencer'32 (Q.-Jf. Serjt.) A 31 Jan. 77 s§ 105 (2B.) > V * For explanation of these letters, vide foot note to page 210. t M. Hodgson, appointed Paymaster. X C. McCarthy, appointed Adjutant. § These Officers were serving in this rank on Ist June, 1881. APPENDi:' ^ SURGEONS. 255 A B C D E F Chirurgi'on John Cliambers (A, I*) A 30 May 169G Robert Miller (E, F) .. 13 Sept. 1745 19 Feb. 1762 Jolin Morgan . . 21 Sept. 1857 Joseph Guldio . . 19 Feb. 62 15 July 67 Jiinies Latham . . 15 July 67 18 Aug. 75 Kobert M'Causland 18 Aug. 75 9 July 89 Edward Smith 9 July 89 25 April 99 Franeia Manson. . 25 April 99 25 Dec. 1806 , Samuel Cathcart 25 Dec. 1806 28 Sept. 09 William Hacket 25 Nov. 08 6 Jan. 14 John Mooro (2 13.) P 28 Sept. 09 16 Charles Waring (2 B.).. 6 Jan. 14 16 Perkins V. Crotlon T 4 May 09 25 Sept. 18 Thomas Cartan, M.D. . . 25 Sept. 18 23 Feb. 26 Henry Thornton Mostyn 23 Feb. 26 T47 14 Jan. 30 James Hinton Cardiffe, M.D. . . T 14 Jan. 30 D 5 Dec. 36 Peter Fraacr P 6 Dec. 36 IIP 3 Dec. 41 John Maitland, M.D. . . 3 Dec. 41 F83 8 April 42 William Gardiner E83 8 April 42 E69 20 Mar. 46 John Chas, Qraham Tice, M.D. EGG 20 Mar. 46 E21 11 July 51 Francis Charles Annesley"''-"* . . F21 11 July 51 T 11 Sept. 60 115 JohnMadden23^(2B.)t PT 43 T 2 Oct. 57 HP 9 Dee. 75 John Irvine, M.D.2«f .. 11 Sept. 60 T 14 April 63 Thomas Clark Brady23''t T 14 April 63 T 24 April 69 Grahame Auchinleck, M-D.''*'! T 24 April 69 P 2 July 76 Frederick Robert Wilsonf A Mar. 76 Aug. 78 \^ ?;i * For explanation of these letters, vide foot note to page 210. t In the Army Lists from March to June, 1873, Surgeons Madden and Auchinleck are designated Surgeons- Major : from July, 1873, to August, 1878, Surgeon-Major Madden and those who follow are designated Medical Officers : in August, 1878, the appointment of Medical Oilieers to regiments was discontinued. ASSISTANT-SURGEON S. Boyd (Surf/eon's Mate) William Morlen. . John Brown . . Thomas Sandall . . John Moore John Bnrlow John Cocks Clmrles Waring . . Lucas Pulsford . . Charles I. Ingham E A A A A A A A A 25 June IFeb. 25 June 17 May 9 May 5 Mar. 11 Feb. 6 July 17 May 16 Aug. 1739 98 1801 03 05 07 08 09 10 10 _T 18 1) 25 Juno 1801 5 Mar. 07 08 28 Sept. 09 08 13 28 Mar. 11 19 J • i: \i ■) 1 'V ki 266 AITKNDIX I. A B C D £ F AS8I8TAK T-8UROEONS- contiHUed. • Waltor D. Irwin T78 28 Mar. 1811 1813 William Steele * 18 May 12 18 John Douglas (2 B.) . . T 17 Juno 13 HP 25 Feb. 16 Ricliarcl Crofton (2 B.) 9 Nov. 15 UP f> ft William Steele « 18 Mnv 12 4 April 22 George Seott, M.D 4 April 22 27 Jan. 25 John Ferguson . . 27 Jan. 25 20 Aug. 29 John Kniglitley Adams 20 Aug. 29 D 25 He) It. 31 Peter Fraser T 18 Juno 30 P 6 Dec. 36 Oidoon Dolmage T 2(i Sept. 31 15 Jan. 36 John Cliarles Oniham Tico A 15 Jan. 36 E 29 Jan. 43 Isodoro Anthony Blake A 15 Sept. 37 K 25 Feb. 42 James Riehard Ffennell E 29 Doc. 43 E79 12 April 50 Rieluird Homeniehctti, M.D. . . 3 i- ;,ril 46 P75 10 Juno 57 Henry Clinton Martin . . 21 Aoi-il 40 E94 12 Sept. 56 Henry Day Fowler William Henry YategM" E79 V.i April 50 P 26 Feb. 56 26 Feb. 56 T IJuly 62 115 Thomas James Biddle-^^ E94 12 Sept. 56 61 115 Thomas Smith HoUingsworth . . 4 Sept. 57 11 Feb. 59 William Jay (2 B.) . . 23 Mar. 58 T 5 May 63 Joseph, Edw. O'Loughlin (2 B.) 10 Sept. ,58 61 R. Westrop Saunders, M.D. . . A 11 Feb. 59 60 Isaac lloysted . . A 1 July 62 E13 26 Jan. 66 tWilliam George Ross, M.D. . . A 6 May 63 T A]>ril 73 John Stuart E13 2fi Jan. 66 T 15 Feb. 68 Henry Joseph O'Brien, M V. . . T 15 Feb. 68 T 25 Jan. 71 t James Saltus Couyors, M-D."'" t (2 B.) A 31 Mar. 68 T April 73 Albert Halahnn L'Estrange . . T 25 Jan. 71 T 12 Feb. 72 fR. Blood, M.D T 12 Feb. 72 T April 73 * W. Steele reappointed. + In the Army List of March, 1873, the Assistant Surgeons Ross, Conycrs, and Blood are designated Surgeons. CHAPLAINS. ♦George Powell (A, B).. 30 May 1690 George Hatfield 5 Aug. 1717 29 May 1701 Benjamin Thornton 29 May 61 18 Nov. 67 Philip Rosenhagen 18 Nov. 67 31 Aug. 93 William Archibald Armstrong. . 31 Aug. 93 97 Appointment of Chaplains discontinued. * From MS. Army List of 1702, in War Ofllre. F APi'ENDIX II. APPENDIX No. II. BiooRAPHiCAL Notices and Abstracts op War Sekvioks of Officers who have skrved in the King's Reoiment*. N.B. — The succeHion numbers correspund with the reforonce numbera in Appundix I. INDEX. 115 115 Inyers, and Name. Number. Name. Number. ▲. Bazire, Lt. J 157 Beaumont, Col. J. 3 Airey, Lt.-Col. G. 36 Beere, Capt. D 123 Annesley, Surg. P. 233 Berry, Qr.-Mr. A. 230 Armstrong, Col. B. 14 Berwick, James Duke of, Armstrong, Maj. T. 66 Col 2 Auchinleck, Surg, G. 237 Biddle, Asst.-Surg. T. J.. . Bingham, Lieut. Lord G. . 28U Auckland, Lt.-Col. D. . . 30 181 Blackwell, Lt. C. A. B. .. 212 Blackmore, Maj. J. 74 B. Blair, Capt. ^. G. 136 Bland, Maj. T 67 Balfour, Lt. J. H. 204 Bolton, Lt.-Col. M. 32 Ball, Col. T.G 22 Booth, Capt. J 102 Bannatjne, Maj. W. 87 Boyd, Lt. E 172 Bannatyne, Capt. J. M. . . 117 Bradbridge, Capt. J. 109 Banning, Lt. A. C. G. . . 203 Brady, Surg. T. C. 236 Barrington, Col. The Hon. Brereton, Lt. W. L. 199 J. 11 Brooke, Maj. J. C. 77 Barry, Maj. J 61 Brown, Capt. C. B. 142 Barstow, Lieut. C. 168 firuce, Ensign J 217a Batho, Lt.-Col. Sir W. P. De, Bart 41 C. Bayly, Col. Sir H. 17 Bayly, Maj. W 79 Caldwell, Lt.-Col. J. . . 31 Bayly, Capt. A. E. 129 Campbell, Capt. F. 106 Baynes, Maj. S 75 Campbell, Capt. J. B. . . 119 Baynes, Maj. G. £. 82 Cathcart, Lt.-Col. lion. G. 40 Baynes, Capt. B. S. 116 Catherwood, Capt. W. . . 93 * In compiling these notices, the Editor of Habt'b Army List has kindly permitted me to make extracts from his work, and most of the infor- mation given respecting the war services of the officers who were gazetted to the regiment subsequent to 1840 has been obtained from this source. 258 APPENDIX II. Il ! Church, Lt. J. Cochrane, U.-Col. O. II.. . Colman, Lt.-Col. W. F. A Conway, Capt. J. . . Conyera, Aeat.-Sur. J. S.. . Cook, Mnj. J. . . . . Cope, Capt. A. H. . . CornwalliB, Maj. F. Corry, Cant. G Cotton, Maj. E Cotton, Lt. S. L Cuaack, Capt. J D. Dallons, Capt. J. . . Daniell, Maj. E. G. Dawion, Lt.-Col. E. Dawson, Capt. J. . . Dimond, Capt. J, W. Dooner, Capt. W, T. DowBon, Lt. C. S.. . Drew, Lt.-Col. P. B. Drummie, Lt. J. , . Drummond, Col. Sir G. Duffy, Col. J. Duke, Major A. . . Dundas, Col. R. . . Dundas, Lt.-Col. A. Dundaa, Lt. L. C. Dyer, Capt. S.H... B. Eason, Lt. B. Edgeworth, Lt. W. Edwards, Lt. J. B. Ekins, Capt. J. . . Eustace, Capt. J. H. Evans, Maj. T. . . Evans, Lt. H. J. . . V. Falls, Pavmr. J. . . Ferrars, Lord R. . . Finch, Lt. E. Fitzgerald, Capt. J. Fitzgerald, Lt. H. E. Fletcher, Lt. H. A. 16 i B7 62 Ofl 2U) (]1 151 60 128 71 213 137 91 80 35 143 126 146 188 64 160 18 19 68 15 83 125 161 194 210 94 110 72 209 226 1 171 108 192 201 Fortye, Miyj. T 70 Foster, Capt. 100 Fowler, Lt. V. A. M. .. 211 Fry, Lt. C. N 103 Garflinor, Capt. D. . . 114 nionkonncdy. Ensign . . 216 Gmttan, Lt. O'D. C. . . 205 Gray, Capt. O. W. . . 127 Greathed, Lt.-Col. E. H. 46 Greig, Lt. A 178 Grey, Maj. J «2 Grierson, Lt. T. B. . . 187 Grogan, Lt.-Col. C. E. . . 55 H. ITaincs, Lt.-Col. F. P. . . 47 Handy, Maj. B. F. .. 88 Hanmor, Mai 60 Hamilton, Maj. T. de C. . 81 Hamilton, Capt. 0. . . 99 Hamilton, Qr.-Mr. J. . . 227 Hartley, Lt.-Col. R. I W 48 Hartly, Paymr. B. . . 224 Hill, Lt. H.P 173 Hinde, Lt.-Col. J. . . 48 Hoghton, Lt.-Col. D. . . 87 Holdman, Ens. J. . . 216 Hooker, Capt. S Ill Hotham, Col. Sir C, Bart. 6 Huddleaton, Paymr. G. E. 189 Humfrey, Capt. T. B. . . 147 I. Irvine, Surg. J. ,, . . 235 J. Jerrard, Lt. F. B. J. . . 197 Jervis, Capt. E 145 Johnston, Lt.-Col. J. . . 49 Jones, Capt. L. J. F. . . 134 \l: 19 h API'ENIU.K 11. 259 Name. Number. Name. Number. K. a. Keatingo, Qr.-Mr. J. 228 Nicholson, Lt. R 175 Keightlj, Lt.-Col. G. . . 2tt Noel, Lt. M 166 NutaU, Lt. G 167 L. 0. LafaiuiUe, Lt.-Col. J. . . 28 Lenoe, Col. 8 O'Brien, Lt.D 163 LewJK. Capt. A 150 Ogilvie, Lt.-Col. J. 39 Lioyd, Capt. L. . . 90 Onslovr, Col. R 9 Lloyd, Lt. T. W 1G5 Orme, Capt. W. R. 153 Loftua, Mnj. A. .. Longflold, Lt.-Col. J. . . 63 44 Longfleld, Lt.-Col. F. . 58 ». Lowry, Capt. A. O. 144 Lowrj, Lt. J. 174 Parry, Capt. S H. J. . . 140 , Peister, Lt.-Col. A. S. de. . 34 Pocock, Col. J 7 M. Pogson, Lt. W. W. 184 PoweU, Lt. J. G 176 McCrea, Mai. F. B. McDeraiot, Lieut. B. K. . . 85 182 Macdonald, Ens. D. M... 220 B. McGregor, Capt. R. L. G. 131 McMahon, Capt. J. 112 Bamsay, Lt.-Col. . . 23 Machen, Capt. 1). V. 113 Bamsay, Lt.-Col. L. De . . 25 MacMurdo, Capt. B. 101 Rickson, Lt. W 159 MacMurdo, Ens. A. 218 Roberts, Capt. S. N. Robertson, Lt.-Col. A. C. 149 MacMurdo, Ens. W. M. S. 222 50 MoNair, Lt. B 179 Robertson, Lt. C. G. . . 207 Macneil, Col. Sir B. 20 Robinson, Capt. W. 105 MeNeale, Capt. N. .103 Robinson, Lt. W.. . 158 McQueen, Capt. J. 133 Ross, Qr.-Mr. J 226 Madden, Surg. J.. . 234 Ruck, Capt. H. A. 152 Maisey, Lt. E. L 206 Malet, Lt.-Col. C.St. L... 42 Martin, Lt.-Col. E. 27 s. Martin, Capt. D. W. . . 148 Malthiesen, Ens. J. 221 Sadlier, Capt. H 107 MaxweU, Maj. B.. . 69 Sandilands, Capt. E. N. . . 124 Meade, Maj. B. B. 84 Saumarez, Maj. D. 66 Metge, Capt. W. F. Mellor, Lt. L. S 132 Savage, Ens 214 200 Schletter, Lt. P 202 Migott, Capt. B 92 Short, Maj. N 89 MompesBon, Lt.-Col. J. . . 29 Souter, Capt. T. G. 122 Monins, Col. E 21 Spencer, Qr.-Mr. P. 232 Morrison, Col. H. 6 Stanwix, Col. J 12 Morrison, Lt. W. 160 Stebbing, Captain F. A. . . 135 Mountsteren, Ens. W. H. 223 Sterens, Col. E 16 Moj niham, Capt. A. 138 Sutton, Lt.-Col. R. 24 Munday, Maj. J.. . 73 Swayne, Lt. T 180 f i 1 I 1- • s 2 ■ i! 260 APPENDIX II. Name. Number. Name. Niunber. T. Webb, Col. J. R 4 Webb, Col. D 13 Tanner, Lt.-Col. E. 56 Webb, Lt.-Col. J. V. W. Taylor, Capt. J. M. 154 H 53 Thompson, Capt.-Lt. T. C. 156 Webb, Capt. J 98 Toole, Ensign L 219 Webb, Lt.W. » 191 Trollop, Capt. J 95 Welsh, Capt. A. T. 120 Tupper, Maj. De V. 83 Whalley, Capt. F. J. . . 155 Turner, Muj. C. B. 76 Wheatstone, Maj. J. B. . . 78 Turner, Lfc. A. H. 196 Whelan, Capt. W. E. . . 141 Turaer, Lt. G. V. 198 White, Capt. F 115 Tyeth, Capt. J 104 White, Qr.-Mr. Q. E. H. 231 Whiteside, Capt. J. 121 Whitting, Maj. E. 86 TJ. Wilkinson, Capt. F. 97 Wilson, Lt.-Col. T. M. . . 45 Unwin, Lt. W 195 Wilson, Ens. T 217 Usherwood, Qr.-Mr. C, . . 229 Wolfe, Col. E 10 Woods, Lt.-Col. H. a. .. 61 Woods, Capt. R. W. . . 118 y. Villeneuve, Lt. R. 162 X. Vincent, Lt. T. M. 190 Ximenes, Capt. W. E. . . 130 Ximenes, Lt. H. . . 183 w. Walker, Lt. G. F. 185 Y. Walsh, Lt.T 186 Wayland, Lt. J. T. 170 Yates, Asst.-Surg. W. H. 238 Ward, Capt. The Hon. S. Young, Lt.-Col. E. 38 Br. H. . • . . • . 139 Young, Lt. B 177 COLONELS.* No. 1. Robert Lord Fereaes, a descendant of the ancient and honorable family of Shirley, was born during the usurpation of Cromwell, while his father. Sir Robert Shirley, Bart., was apri- soner in the Tower of London, on account of his loyalty to ^ng Charles I. In 1677, he obtained a confirmation to himself and his heirs, of the ancient barony of Ferrars of Chartley, which had been in abeyance from the time of the decease of Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, in September, 1646. He held the appointments of master of the horse and steward of the house- * The notices of the first sixteen colonels are reprinted from the first edition. APPENDIX II. 2GI hold to Queen Catherine, consort of King Charles II. ; and on the breaking oat of the rebellion of James Dake of Monmouth, in June, 1685, he raised a company of infantry for the service of King James II., and on 19th Jane of that year was appointed colonel of the corps, which was then styled " The Princess Anne of Denmark's Begiment," and now bears the distinguished title of The King's Regiment of Foot. In the following year his lordship's regiment was given to James Fitz-James, afterwards Duke of Berwick. He adhered to the principles of the revolu- tion of 1688 ; was a member of the privy council in the reigns of King William III. and Queen Anne, and was advanced to the dignity of Viscount Tamworth and Earl Ferrabs in Sep- tember, 1711. He died in 1717. No. 2. James Fitz-James, natural son of King James II., by Miss Arabella ChurchiU, was educated on the Continent, and in 1686 he served with the imperialists at the siege of Buda. At the end of the campaign he returned to England, and on 1st November of that year was appointed colonel of the Princess Anne's, now The King's (Liverpool) Regiment of Foot. In 1687 he was created Duke of Berwick. In the same year his Grace had the command of an Austrian regi- ment of cuirassiers, and served in the Imperial army against the Turks. On his return to England he was made governor of Portsmouth. In the spring of 1688 he obtained the colonelcy of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards ; and when Lord ChurchiU joined the Prince of Orange, the Duke of Ber- wick was promoted to the command of the third troop of Life Guards. Having been educated in the Roman Catholic religion, he adhered to his father at the revolution in 1688, and accom- panied his Majesty in his flight to France. In the following year he attended King James to Ireland, and was appointed colonel of a troop of Irish Life Guards. From this period the Duke of Berwick was constantly engaged in hostility to his country ; and he appears to have acted from principle. Being distinguished for a comprehensive mind and a sober judgment, which he assiduously employed in obtaining a knowledge of the profession of arms, the politics of courts, and the tempers and dispositions of men, these acquirements, united with exalted rank, personal bravery, success in war, candour, and affability, procured him the attachment of armies and the esteem of kings, and he may be said to have become a truly great man. In April, 1689, he signalized himself in an affair with King William's troops at Cladisford ; was afterwards engaged in the siege of Londonderry ; and subsequently defeated some Inniskilling raili- titt at Donegal, where he obtained a considerable booty of cattle. In July, of the same year, he defeated another party of militia, near Trelick. In 1690 he was engaged at the battle of the I i it 262 APPENDIX n. Boyne, and in the defence of Limerick ; but returned to France in the following spring. In 1691 he accompanied Louis XIV. into Flanders, — was employed in the siege of Mons, — and in the attack upon the allies near Gatoir. In the following year he was at the battle of Steenkirk ; and in 1693 he was appointed lieuten- ant-general in the French army, and was at the battle of Landen. In the latter engagement he led a French corps to the charge with great gallantry ; but advancing too far into the English lines, his retreat was cut off; he then pulled the white cockade out of his hat, drew the brim over his face, and endeavoured to pass through the army unobserved. But his uncle, Brigadier- General Churchill, recognising the person of the duke's aide-de- camp, was induced to look round for the principal, whom he soon discovered and made prisoner. The Duke of Berwick, after having been exchanged for the Duke of Ormond, served with the French army in the subsequent campaigns in Flanders, until the peace of Ryswick; and was frequently engaged in operations of importance. On the 4th of May, 1698, he was appointed colonel of an Irish regiment in the French service. On the breaking out of the war, in the reign of Queen Anne, he served the two first campaigns in the Netherlands, and in 1704 was sent with eighteen battalions of infantry, and nineteen squadrons of cavalry, into Spain, where he received the appoint- ment of captain-general of the Spanish forces. In his operations against the army of Portugal, he had the most distinguished success. By great perseverance he was enabled to advance before the Portuguese were prepared to take the field, an^i from his skilful operations, Salvatierra and Castello-Branco were taken ; the castles of Segura, Rosmarines, and Mont-Santo were delivered up ; two Dutch battalions were made prisoners near Formosa; Portalegre was taken by storm; and Castel-de-Vide and Marvao surrendered ; but at the end of the campaign the Duke of Berwick was recalled to France, and the reason assigned was, — He is a devil of an Englishman who will have his own way. In 1705 he commanded in Languedoc, where he crushed the rebellion of the Camisards, which was partly of a religious cha- racter, and such cruelties were practised by both parties, that the bare recital of them is calculated to cause humanity to shudder. At the close of the campaign he took the city of Nice. In February, 1706, he was advanced to the rank of a marshal of France, and again sent into Spain, where he displayed extraordi- nary talents in manoeuvring a few troops so as to retard the advance of a large army. After receiving reinforcements from France, Marshal Berwick was enabled to act on the offensive, ana, having regained a considerable portion of territory, he con- cluded the campaign by taking Carthagena. On Easter Monday, in 1707, he was attacked near Almanza, by the allied English, Dutch, and Portuguese armies, commanded by the Marquis las APPENDIX II. 2G3 Minas and the Earl of Gal way, over whom he gained a complete victory ; near five thousand men were killed ; whole battalions of English were taken prisoners : one hundred and twenty colours and standards, all the artillery, and most of the baggage, fell into the hands of the French. Such was the result of an engage- ment in which an Englishman commanded the French, and a Frenchman the English army ; and it has been asserted that the slaughter of the English on this occasion would have been much greater, but for the attachment of Marshal Berwick to his country- men. After this victory, Beqnena and Cuenca were taken; Saragossa surrendered ; all Arragon submitted ; Xativa was carried by storm, the city reduced to ruins, and the few inhabi- tants who survived were exiled for their resistance. Alcire, Mirabet, and Monzon, subsequently surrendered ; Valencia was taken possession of ; and this successful campaign was concluded by the taking of Lerida. The King of Spain, to reward such distinguished skill and bravery, erected the towns of Liria and X^rica, with their dependencies, into a dukedom, which he gave to Marshal Berwick, with the title of grandee of the first class. In 1708 Marshal Berwick served in the Low Countries. In the following year he commanded in Provence and Daaphiny, and the great ability with which he recovered that frontier was rewarded by the gift of the territory of Warty, and a dukedom in France, In the four subsequent years he commanded un the frontiers of Italy with great success ; and in 1 714 he was sent to besiege Barcelona, which he took by storm. For several years after the restoration of peace, the Duke of Berwick commanded in Guyenne; and in 1719 he led a French army against Spain, with his usual success. He subsequently led a very retired life until the year 1733, when he was called upon to command the French army on the Rhine ; and in the following year he was killed by a cannon-ball at the siege of Phillipsburg. From him descended the two noble families of the Dukes of Liria and Xerica in Spain, and of the Dukes of Fitz- James in France. No. 3. John Beaumont served in the army in the reign of King Chwrles I. ; and on the breaking out of the rebellion of James, Duke of Monmouth, he raised a company of foot for the service of King James II., who promoted him to the lieutenant-colonelcy of The Peincess Anne's Regiment, which now bears the distin. guished title of The King's Regiment of Foot. Being of staunch Protestant principles, he beheld the attempts made by King James IT. to subvert the religion and laws of Great Britain, with grief and indignation ; and when required to receive a number of Irish Roman Catholic recruits into his corps, he resolved to brave the anger of the King, and to stand boldly forward as the champion of the civil and religious liberties of his country, in which he was supported by stverul captains. He was brought to trial, and had 'i ! 1 r \i \ \ ifci 264 APPENDIX n. not the political events, then transpiring, intimidated the Jesuitical counsellors of King James II., this brave patriot would, probably, have lost his life ; but he escaped with a sentence of dismissal fi*om the service. On 31st December, 1688, the Prince of Orange gave him the colonelcy of the regiment, with which he served until 1695, when he disposed of his commission. He was governor of Dover Castle several years. His decease occurred on the 3rd of July, 1701. No. 4. John B'Chmond Webb was an officer in the Queen's (now Third) regiment of Dragoons, in the reign of King James II. ; and during the wars of King William III., he became so distinguished for his personal bravery, and for con- stant attention to all the duties of his station, that on 26th December, 1695, His Majesty promoted him to the colonelcy of the Princess Anne's (now the Kino's) Regiment of Foot. During the wars of Queen Anne he served under the great Duke of Marlborough, and distinguished himself on several occasions, particularly at the storming of Venloo in 1702. In January, 1704, he was promoted to the rank of brigadier, general; in 1705 he commanded a brigade at the forcing of the French lines at Helixem, a A i • 266 APPENDIX TI. Spain in 1706, and was in garrison at Alicant when the nnforta- uate battle of Almanza was fought. Sir Charles served with reputation daring the remainder of the war ; bat his regiment, having suffered severely in the defence cf several fortified towns, was disbanded in Catalonia in 1708. He was appointed briga- dier-general in 1710 ; and shortly after the accession of King George I., he was commissioned to raise a regiment of foot, which, after the suppression of the rebellion of the Earl of Mar, was sent to Ireland, and disbanded in the following year. Sir Charles was afterwards appointed colonel of a newly-raised regiment of dragoons, which was disbanded in November, 1718. On the 7th of July, 1719, the colonelcy of the Thirty-sixth regiment of Foot was conferred on Sir Charles Hotham ; he was removed to the Eighth Foot on 3rd December, 1720 ; and in April following to the Royal Dragoons. His decease occurred on the 8th of January, 1728. No. 7. John Pocock obtained a commission in a regiment of foot in June, 1695 ; and having signalized himself in the wars of Queen Anne, he was promoted to the rank of colonel in the army in 1707. In 1710 he succeeded William Lord Strathnaver in the colonelcy of a regiment of foot, with which he served in Flanders under the great Duke of Marlborough, and afterwards under the Duke of Ormond. At the peace of Utrecht his regiment was disbanded ; and in 1715 he was commissioned to raise a regiment of foot for the service of King George I. After the suppression of the rebellion of the Earl of Mar, this regiment was sent to Ireland, where it was disbanded in 1718 : and in December, 1720, he was appointed to the colonelcy of the Thirty-sixth foot, from wliich he was removed on 2l8t April, 1721, to The King's Regiment. On the expectation of England becoming involved in a war, in 1727, he was promoted to the rank of brigadier- ger.dral. He died in April, 1732, at his house in Leicester Fields, London. No. 8. Charles Lenoe entered the army in the reign of Queen Anne; his first commission bearing date the 4th of December, 1704; and he served under the Duke of Marlborough. In 1721 he was promoted to the colonelcy of the Thirty-sixth Foot, and on 8th May,. 1732, he was honored with the command of the Eighth, oe The King's Regiment, which he retained until his iecease in December, 1738. No. 9. Richard Onslow entered the army in 1716; and in l'/33 he was promoted to the rank of colonel. In November, 1738, King George II. appointed him to the colonelcy of the Thirty-nintii Regiment; and on 6th June, 1739, gave him the APPENDIX II. 267 colonelcy of The Eighth REOiirENT. He was promoted to the rank of major-general in 1743, and was removed to the first troop of Horse Grenadier Guards in 1745: he obtained the rank of lieutenant-general in 1747. He continued at the head of the first troop of Horse Grenadier Guards until his decease in 1760. V ti No. 10. E.V'WABD Wolfe obtained his first commission on the breaking out of the war in the year 1702, and he was actively engaged in the several campaigns until the peace of Utrecht. He rose to the rank of major in Stanwix's (Twelfth) Regiment ; and afterwards held the commission of captain and lieutenant- colonel in the Third Foot Guards. On the breaking out of the war with Spain, in 1739, he was appointed colonel of a corps which was numbered the Forty- fourth Foot, or First Marines ; and was employed in the expedition against Carthagena, in 1741. In 1743, he was promoted to the rank of brigadier-general, and on 25th April, 1745, King George II. rewarded his services at the head of the First Marines with the command of The King's Regiment : in the following month he was promoted to the rank of major-general, and in 1747, to that of lieutenant- general. He died 27th March, 175b. No. 11. The Honorable John Babrington, third son of John, first Viscount Baniagton, served in the Third Foot Guards, and in 1746, he obtained the commission of captain-lieutenant in the Second Foot Guards ; in which corps he was promoted to the rank of captain and lieutenant-colonel in 1748. In 1756, he was promoted to the rank of colonel, and appointed aide-de-camp to King George II. In 1758, His Majesty gave him the colonelcy of the Sixty-fourth Regiment, — then formed of the second batta- lion of the Eleventh ; promoted him to the local rank of major- general in the West Indies, and sent him second in command of an expedition against the French West India Islands. Major- General Hopson dying in the West Indies, the command of the troops devolved on Major- General Barrington, who succeeded in reducing the valuable island of Guadaloupe. In June, 1759, he waa removed to the Fortieth Regiment ; and on 24th October of the same year, to the Eighth, or The King's : he was also appointed Governor of Berwick. He died at Paris, on the 2nd of April, 1764. No. 12. John Stanwix was appointed ensign in a regiment of foot in 1706, and served in the army thirty-nine years before he obtained the rank of lieutenant-colonel (4th October, 1745). He was for several years lieutenant-colonel of the Seventy-first Foot ; which corps was disbanded in 1749. He was subsequently Deputy Quarter- Master- General, and in 1755, he was appointed i <\V 268 APPENDIX II. r 1 colonel-commandant of a battalion of tlie Sixtieth Regiment, He was promoted to the rank of major-general in 1 759, and to that of lieutenant-general in 1761 : on 11th April, 1764, he was removed to the colonelcy of The King's Beqiment. In 1766, he was drowned on his passage from Ireland. No. 13. Daniel Webb, having chosen the profession of arms, purchased a commission as ensign in a regiment of foot, on the 20th of March, 1720. He was promoted to the majority of the Eighth Horse, now Seventh Dragoon Guards, in 1742, and served at the battle of Dettingen, in 1743, where his regiment . Vily distin- guished itself. In April, 1745, he succeeded Lieutenant- Colonel Francis Ligonier (who was promoted to the colonelcy of the Forty-eighth Foot) in the lieutenant-colonelcy, and the Eighth Horse, nnder his command, acquired additi:>nal honours at the battle of Fontenoy. He was promoted to .he colonelcy ,>f the Forty-eighth Foot, in 1755 r obtained the rank of m&Jor-general in 1759 ; that of lieutenant-general in 1761 ; on 18fch December, 1766, he was removed to the Eighth, oe The King's Regiment, and on 22nd October, 1772, to the Fourteenth Light Dragoons, ■which he retained until his death on 11th November, 1773 (vide footnote, Appendix No. I, p. 207). No. 14. BiQOE Armstrong, after a progressive service in the subordinate commissions, with reputation to himself and advan- tage to his country, was promoted to the lieutenant-colonelcy of the Eighteenth Foot, on the 25th of November, 1752 ; and in 1760, his excellent conduct on all occasions was rewarded with the colonelcy of the Eighty-third — a corps raised in Ireland, in 1758, find disbanded in 1763. In 1762, he was promoted to the rank of major-general, and on 20th October, 1771, he was appointed Colonel of the Eighth, The King's Regiment; in 1772 he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant-general, and in 1783 to that of general. He died at his house in Upper Wimpole Street, Caveu- dish Square, on the 24th of July, 1794.* No. 15. Ralph Ddndas was appointed cornet in the Fourth Dragoons in 1755, and in Febniary, 1762, he obtained the com- * General Bigoe Armstrong held the appointment of colonel of the Kino's Reghmknt from 20th October, 1771, to 24th July, 1794. During these twenty-threo years fourteen officers of the name of Armstrong served in the regiment ; of these, one entered as a chaplain, and ten as ensigns ; ultimately two became majors, three captains, and eight left the service or exchanged before they attained the rank of captain. One of the fourteen, Major Thomas Armstrong, was kUIed at the capture of Guadalo ape, June, 1794, another. Major George Armstrong, held the appointment of adjutant from 3uth September, 1782, to 17th July, 1790. (For dates of the commissions held by these officers, vide Appendix Mo. I.) APPENDIX II. 269 i iU mand of a troop in the Eleventh Dragoons, then serving in O'^-many under Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick. His regiment .di-arned to England iu the following year; in 1770, he was ap- pointed to the majority, and in 1775, to the lieutenant-colonelcy of that distinguished corps. His zealous attention to all his duties, as commanding-officer of the Eleventh Dragoons, was rewarded in 1781, with the rank of colonel; in 1790, with that of major-general ; and on 30th July, 1794, with the colonelcy of the Eighth, ob The King's Regiment of Foot. He was pro- moted to the rank of lieutenant-general in 1797, and to that of feneral in 1802 : he was also rewarded with the government of luncannon Fort. He died on the 7th of February, 1814. No. 16. Edmund Stevens procured, in April, 1760, a commis- sion of comet in the Twenty-fii«t Dragoons, or Royal Foresters, then raised by the Marquis of Granby, and disbanded in 1763. In November, 1760, he was removed to the Royal Dragoons, and in 1761 to the Second Foot Guards, in which corps he served as adjutant several years, and was promoted to the rank of lieu- tenant and captain in 1768. In 1776 he was appointed major of brigade to the Foot Guards in North America ; and he served at the reduction of Long Island, at the battles of Brandywine, and German-town, \a 1777; and at Monmouth in the following year. In May, 1778, he was promoted to the rank of captain and lieutenant-colonel, in the First Foot Guards, in which corps he obtained a majority in 1792, and a lieutenant-colonelcy in 1795. He was promoted to the rank of major-general in 1793; was appointed governor of Fort William in 1795, and colonel of the Sixty-fifth Regiment in 1797. He served on the staff at the camp at Warley, under General the Marquis Cornwallis, in 1796; in London, and afterwards at Winchester and Portsmouth, in 1797. In 1798, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant- general; and he served on the staff at various encampments in England, until 1802 ; In 1803, he was promoted to the rank of general. On 8th February, 1814, His Royal Highness the Prince Regent conferred on the veteran Geneml Edmund Stevens, the colonelcy of the Eighth, oe The King's Regiment of Foot, which he retained until his decease in 1825. No. 17. Sir Henry Batlt, G.C.H.,* was appointed ensign in the Eighty-fifth Foot on 12th April, 1782. In 1873 the Eighty-fifth was disbanded, and he was placed on half pay. On 27tli October, 1790, he was appointed ensign in the Cold- stream Guards, and posted to the Second Battalion. In May, • The detaile of Sir H. Bayly's services are extracted from the records of the Coldstream Guards, and v ere communicated to me by Colonel Frcmantle. —A. C. R. ' I \{ i ' li i •! 270 APPENDIX II. 1793, he was transferred to the First Battalion, which was then serving in Holland. He was presont at the battle of Famars (23rd May), siege of Valenciennes (23rd May to 26th July), and at the battle of Lincelles, where he was wounded (18th August, 1793). On 28th August, 1793, he was promoted lieu> tenant and captain in Second Battalion then serving in England. BVom this date until March, 1794, he was on sick leave, and from March until November employed in recruiting duties. In April, 1798, he was transferred to the First Battalion, and served with it under the Duke of York in the expedition to the Helder from August to October, 1799. On 6th September, 1799, . 3 was promoted to captain and lieutenant-colonel in the Seco. f^ Battalion. In June, 1804, he was transferred to the First Battalion, and in January, 1805, again transferred to the Second Battalion. On 25th October, 1809, he was promoted colonel, and on 1st January, 1812, major-general. From July, 1813, to March, 1814, he was on the staff of the Home District, from which he was transferred to the command of a brigade of Provisional Militia in the South of France. On 26th July, 1814, he ceased to be borne on the strength of the Coldstreams. On 27th May, 1825, he was promoted lieutenant-general, and on 13th September of the same year appointed Colonel of the Kino's Regiment. In 1834 he was made a G.C.H., and 23rd November, 1841, promoted general. He died on 23rd Apr'i\ 1846. No. 18. Sir Gordon Drummond, G.C.B.,* the fourth son of Colin Drummond, Esq., of Concraig and Megginch Castle, county of Perth, was bom 27th September, 1772, and educated at Great Braddon, Essex. The dates of his commissions and transfers are : — 21st Sep- tember, 1789, ensign. First Royal Scots ; 31st March, 1791, lieu- tenant, promoted into Forty-first Regiment; 31st January, 1792, captain, Forty-first Regiment; 28th February, 1794, major, pro- moted into Twenty-third Regiment ; 22nd April, 1794, promoted lieutenant-colonel in the Kino's Regiment, on the strength of which he continued to be borne in this rank until 28th July, 1814; 25th October, 1809, colonel (by brevet); 1st January, 1805, major-general ; 4th June, 1811, lieutenant-general ; 27th May, 1825, general. On 8th February, 1814, he was appointed colonel of the Ninety-seventh, afterwards Ninety-sixth (or the Queen's Own Regiment) ; which regiment having been reduced in 1818, on 11th March, 1819, he waa appointed colonel of the Eighty- eighth Regiment; on 16th January, 1824, transferred to the * This notice has been revised and corrected bv Sir Gordon Drummond's daughter, the Bight Honourable the Countess of Effingham. — A. C. R. Sep- lien- 11792, pro- loted Ith of iJtily, lary, l27th the lOwn on bhty- the ond's APPENDIX II. 271 Seventy-first Highland Light Infantiy; on 2l8t September, 1829, to the Forty-ninth Regiment ; and on 24th April, 1846, to the Kino's Rgqimgnt. He was made a K.C.B. in 1814, and a aC.B. in 1817. In J 792 he served as A.D.C. on the staff of Lord Westmore- land. In 1794 — 95 he served in the Twonty-third Regiment with the army in Holland under the Duke of York, and distinguished himself at the siege of NiL.eguen. In 1801 he embarked for Egypt as lieutenant-colonel of the Kino's Regiment. He commanded the regiment at the landing, at the battles of 8th, 13th, and 2lHt March, at the action of Rcmanieh, and at the surrender of Cairo and Alexandria. For these services he received the Egyptian medal. In 1804 he was appointed brigadier-general on the staff in England ; from 1805 to 1807 he served under Sir Eyre Coote in the West Indies ; in 1808 he was transferred to the Canadian, and in 1811 to the Irish staff. He continued to serve in Ireland in command of the south-eastern district until 1813, when he was sent to Canada as second in command under Sir George Prevost. He com- manded the troops employed at the capture of Fort Niagara, at the actions of Black Rock, Buffalo, and Oswego, at the battle of Lundy's Lane, and at the attack on Fort Erie ;* at Lundy's Lane he was severely wounded in the neck, and had a horse shot under him. On the recall of Sir George Prevost, he wau made commander of the forces, and entrusted with the administration in chief of the province of Canada. These duties he performed until 1816, when he was relieved, at his own request, and returned to England. On 17th October, 1807, he married Mai'garet, youngest daughter of W. Russel, Esq., of Brancepeth Castle, county of Durham. His death took place at his house in Norfolk-street, Park- lane, on 10th of October, 1854 ; he was then in his 82nd year, and was senior general of the army. He was buried at Kensal Green Cemetery. His eldest son, Gordon, on the 10th June, 1826, was appointed ensign in the Coldstream Guards ; he commanded the brigade of Guards at the fall of St. Sebastopol, and died on 17th November, 1856, when in command of the First Battalion of the Coldstreams. • For an account of General Dnunmond's operations in Canada, vide Alison's Europe, vol. x, chap. 7, pp. 700 to 740 ; vide also despatches in the Annual Register for 1814, vol. Ivi, pp. 145 — 196, 203, 256, and 260, describ- ing capture of Fort Niagara, Expedition against Oswego, the action of the Falls d Niagara, repulse of sortie of garrison of Fort Erie. \^< il'- V I ••■ [ ,1 •i r-: 272 AI'l'KNDIX ri. h 1! No. ID. John Duffy, C.B., K.C., was appomt;ed ensign on 2l8t October, 17J)5. On 6th January, 1796, he was pro- moted to a lieutenancy in the Tenth Foot, and on 13th July, 1797, appointed adjutant. On 12th AugUHt, 1804, he was promoted to a company in the Forty-third Light Infantry, and in the same regiment to a majority ou 17th June, 1813, and to a lieatenant-colonelcy 22nd November/, 1813. On 2l8t Sep- tember, 1815, he was transferred to the Rifle Brigade, and on 9th September, 1819, to the King's Bkoiment. On 20th March, 1828, he retired on half pay. He was promoted to bo colonel on 22nd July, 1830; major- Seneral on 23rd November, 1841 ; and lieutenant-general 11th fovember, 1857. On 18th May, 1849, he was appointed colonel of the Twenty-eighth Foot, and on 10th October, 1854, trans- ferred to the Kino's Regiment. He was a Companion of the Bath and a Knight of the Crescent. In 1796 he served in the West Indies under Sir Ralph Abercromby, and afterwards in the Wiuter Expedition to the coast of Holland. In 1799 he served in the East Indies with the force under Sir David Baird. In 1801 he served in Egypt under Sir Ralph Abercromby, and received a medal. In 1807 he served with the Fqrty-third at the siege and capture of Copenhagen, and at the battle of Kioge. In 1808-9 he served with the Forty-third in Spain under Sir John Moore. From 1809 to 1813 he again served in Spain with the Forty- third, and was present at the actions of Condeiza, Pombal, Redinha, and Sabngal ; at the battle of Fuentes d'Onor and at the siege of Ciudad Rodrigo, where he commanded the storming party at the assault of the outwork of Fort Raymond ; at the siege and assault of Badajos ; at the battle of Vittoria, where he received a wound in the head; at several skirmishes in the Pyrenees and on the Bidassoa ; at the action of the heights of Vera, and at the battles of the Nivelle and Nive. He received a gold medal for Badajos and the silver Peninsular War medal with six clasps for Fuentes d'Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Vittoria, Pyre- nees, Nivelle, and Nive. He died on 14th October, 1854.* No. 20. Roderick M'Neill was appointed ensign in the Fifty-second Light Infantry on 17th March, 1808. The dates * This notice is compiled from Habt's Arm^ List and from the records of the King's and Forty-third Regiments. Previous to 1811, Oeneral John Duffy is designated in tne Army List " James." — A. C. R. APPENItlX II. L'73 of Ills Rnbso(|Hont promotions, pxclmiiffCH, and tmnHfors aro: Olli May, JHO'J, lii'iitiMiftiit Kift) I'contl. In lHl;{ lui was plaL't'tl on lialF-pay ; Ist Di'ccnilM'r, \Hl\, captain Sixtieth llitlos; iHfc Jul^-, lHl!>, cxcliaiiK't'il to FiiHt Lifo (iuards: '.ttii Aiij,'UMt, IHl'I, major First hifo (Jiianls ; 'Jl'th Di'ci'iiibi'r, lH2l, cxclian^fcil to Kij,'lity-fourtli Foot ; 'J.^tli June, lH'22, lieutenant-colonel Kiglity-fourtli ; 17tli June, IHJS, placed on lialt'-pay ; loth April, 1842, appointed t(» Sovonty-oi^lith llijjiilanders ; lOth January, 1837, colonel ; l>th November, IH Iti, ma jor-f^enoral ; 20th Juno, 1854, lieutenant-general ; 2lHt December, I8t32, general. Ho was appointed colonel of the Kino's on Hth March, IH/iS ; and was transt'erred to thu Seventy-eighth Uighlanders on Ih'd June, IHGU. In 180'.' he served with tho Fifty-second in the Pcninsiiia under Sir John Moore, and received the Peninsular War medal, afterwards he was present with his regiment during the Wal- chereu Expedition. In 1818 he served in Sweden and Pomcrania. In 1813 he served in Holland with the Sixtieth, and was present at the attack on Bergcu-op-Zoom. In 1815 he was present at tlie battle of Waterloo, and re- ceived tho medal.* He died on 22nd October, 1803. No. 21. Eaton MoNiNs,t son of Jolin M(mins, Esq., was born at Canterbury in the year 170o, and was educated at Charterhouse. The dates of his commissions and exchanges are : — 1st Do- comber, 1814, ensign, Fifty-second Light Infantry ; i»tli Scjitera- bor, 1810, lieutenant; 23rd June, i82o, captain; Hth April, 182(>, exchanged to Sixty-ninth Regiment ; ll)th Novemlier, 1830, major; 2nd October, 1835, lieutenant-colonel; Otli November, 184t!, colonel by brevet ; 2Uth June, 1854, major-general; 3rd June, 1800, appointed colonel of the Kino's IlKiii.MKNT. In 1815, while an ensign in tho Fifty-third, he was present at the battle of Waterloo and received tho medal. After his promoti(m to his lieutenancy he held the appointment of adjutant of the Fifty-second Light Infantry from lOth January, 1822, to •J.9t\\ May, 1823. He served with the Sixty-ninth Kegiment in the West Indies (1830-40), in North America (1840-42), in Malta (1847-4H), and on the 10th November, 1848, he retired on half-pay, after Avhich he did not return to regimental duty or hold any staff appointment. * Tliis abstract is cntin ly ttilccn from IIaht's Anni/ List. — A. C. R. t This notice Ims been revised and corrected by the widow of Major- General Monins. — A. C. R. T \\ 1 • i , 1 \ I. .1 • .1 i\ ■r: > ' , I 274 ArrENDix II, daughter of On 21st October, 1824, he married Margaret, Tlioraas Newsham, Esq. His death took place on the 16th June, 1861, at his residence, Wellesley House, Upper Walmer, Kent. He was buried in the parish church of St. Mary, Wahuer, in the tower of which cliurch a memorial turret clock was placed by his widow. No. 22. Thomas Gkbuard Ball,* the son of Abrahani Ball, Esq., of the city of Chester, was born in Chester, on 24th January, 1791, and educated at Chester. In August, 1801 (being then in his 11th year), he entered the Royal Navy, as midshipman, on board the " Saturn," liue- of-battle ship, commanded by Rear-Admiral Tottie, Avhich ship formed part of the squadron employed in the blockade of Brest. A.t the conclusion of the Peace of Amiens, he returned home, but was soon afterwards sent to the West Indies. Subse- quently, when war again broke out, he served in the "Magicienne" and " Fortunee" frigates, commanded by Captain Henry Vansittart, which were emplo^'ed in blockading the French, Dutch, and Spanish ports. After serving about six years in the Navy, during the last three of which he was on the West India station, on the ITth September, 1807, he was ap- pointed ensign in the Thirty-fourth llegiment ; he Avas promoted in it lieutena'it on 1st December, 1 808, and captain, 7th April, 1814. On 2f5th June, 1817, when the second battalion of the Thirty-fourth was reduced, he was placed on half- pay, but on 25th December of the same year he was reappointed to the com- mand of a company in The King's. He was promoted major on 24th June, 1824, and lieutenant-colonel, 20th October, 1835. In this rank he continued to serve until 25th October, 1842, when he retii'ed on half-pay. The dates of his other commissions are : — Colonel (by brevet), 9th June, 1841? ; major-general, 20th June, 1854; lieutenant-general, 7th March, 1862; general, 10th June, 1870. On 24tli April, 1860, he was appointed colonel of the Forty-sixth Regiment, and on 17th June, 1861, was trans- ferred to The King's Regiment. From June, 1809, until November, 1813, he served in the Peninsula with the second battalion of the Thirty-fourth Regi- ment. He was present at the battle of Busaco, siege of Badajoz, battle of Albuera, actions at Arroyo-do-Mulinos and Alniiraz, battle of Vittoria, and action of the pass of Maya. At the battle of Vittoria he was wounded in the liead, and at the pass of Maya, severely wounded in the left leg. For these services he received the Peuinsular medal with three clasps. He married first, Elizabeth, daughter of the Honourable Edward Massey, of Chester; second, Charlotte, daughter of * This notice lias been revised ami eorrcelcd by Qoucral liull. — A. C R. APPENDIX II. 275 Mason, Esq., of SheflBeld ; third, Catberine, youngest daugh<;er of the Reverend Canon Jones, Rural Dean and Vicar of Llunrhaiadr, North Wales. No. 23. LIEUTENANT-COLONELS. Ramsay, on the dismissal of lieutenant-colonel John Beaumont (September, 1688) was appointed his successor. ( Vide Becorda, p. 7.) (J have not been able to ascertain hoiv long he commanded the regiment, or what other officers served with it in the rank of lieU' tenant -colonel between 1(388 and 1702. — A. C. R.) No. 24. Richard Sutton commanded the King's for about five years and eight months (from 10th December, 1702, until 25th March, 1708) ; during this period the regiment was serving in the Low Countries and Germany with the Duke of Marl- borough, and was present at the great battles of Blenheim and Ramilies, and at many sieges and minor actions. Lieutenant- colonel Sutton was promoted colonel by brevet on 1st January, 1706. No. 25. Louis de Ramsay succeeded to the command of the regiment on 25th March, 1708 ; during the five preceding years he had served with it in the rank of major with great distinction ; he had given repeated proofs of valour and ability, and had been promoted lieutenant-colonel by brevet on 1st January, 1706. He was killed at the battle of Malplaquetonllth September, 1709, while in command of tlio regiment. {Vide Records, p. 33.) There is nr ecord nf the names of the lieutenant-colonels of the King's between \.\th September, 1709, and \st February, 1731. No. ?6. Gkorge Keigiitly entered the service as ensign in 1703, was promoted captain in 1706, major in 1708, and lieu- tenant-colonel of the King's Regiment on 1st February, 1731. He commanded the regiment for fourteen years, and served with it in the campaigns in Germany and the Low Countries of 1 743, 44, and 45. On 20th June, 1743, he was wounded at the battle of Dettiugen; and on 11th May, 1745, he was again wounded at the battle of Fontenoy. — Vide Records, pp. 40, 42, and 44. No. 27. Edmund Mahtin entered the service as ensign in 1703, was appointed captain in the King's 17th March, 1718; T 2 ■1! I' ''P i ;;i I I 276 APPENDIX II. promoted major 6fcli December, 1739 ; promoted to be Heutennnt- colonel, and transferred to Price's Regiment 7th February, 1741 ; again transferred to the King's on 1st May, 174'^ He com- manded the regiment for the next four years uutil )u3 death on 26th April, 1749. During his period of command the regiment was serving in the Netherlands, and was present at the battles of Roucoux and Val ; at the latter battle (1st July, 1847), lien- tenant-colonel Martin received a wound. — Vide Records, pp. 47, 48. No. 28. John LafausilTjE received the commission of ensign 26th August, 1708. The dates of his other commissions are : Lieutenant 12th November, 1726; captain-lieutenant 15th June, 1743; captain 14th July, 1743; major 17th February, 1746; lieutenant-colonel 27th April, 1749. In the MS. Army List of 1743 his name appears as fourth in the list of lieutenants, so from that date until he succeeded to the command of the regiment in 1740 his promotion was rapid. He held command for upwards of nine years until 24th August, 1758, when the Second Battahon of the King's was constituted the Sixty-third Regiment. Lieutenant- Colonel J. Lafausille was then promoted to be colonel of the Sixth-sixth Re^ ■-•*■,, and continued to command it uutil his death on 19th •)> ■> » , 1763. He served in the King's during ,the campaigns of 1742, 43, 45, including the battles of Dettingen, Fontenoy, Falkirk, Cullo- den, Roucoux, and Val. In the last of these battles he received a wound. — Vide Records, pp. 49 and 51. No. 29. John Mompesson was transferred on 28th Angu.it, 1758, to the King's Regiment from the ^iftietli, in which regi- ment his lieutenant-colonel's commission svas dated 16th Decem- ber, 1755. He commanded the King's for ten years, durinj^ which period the regiment served in the campaigns of 1760, 61- 62, and was present at the battle cf Warbourg, surprise of Zierenberg, battles of Campen, Kirch- Denkern, and Groeben- stein. — Vide Records, p. 51. No. 30. Dudley Auckland was transferred from the Thirty, sixth Regiment and promoted to a majority in the King's Regi- JIENT on 24th June, 17G7. He was then a brevet lieutenant- colonel (date 11th July, 1762) ; the date of his captain's commission was 1st October, 1755. On 23rd November, 1768, he succeeded to the command of the regiment, which he held for the next four years until 27th October, 1772. During his term of command, the regiment was quartered in Canada, and was not engaged in any military operation. — Vide Records, p. 55. APPENDIX II. 277 > 1, Lagast, ah regi- iDecem- reO, 01- jrise of troebeH- iTliirfcy- |s Rkgi- litenant- iptain's 1768, jield for No. 31. John CvLDWbiirj't) commission of captain is dated 20th December, 1755. He was then serving iu the SevoutU J/asiliei's, of which i-egimeut ho was promoted to bo m.ajor on I8th July, 1706. He was promoted to be lieutenaut-colouol, and transferred to the King's ou 27th October, 1772. Ho com- manded the regiment for four years, and retired from the service on 11th November, 1770. During this period the x'egiment was quartered in Canada, and, in the campaign of 1770, it took part in the operations for expelling the Americans from Canada. — Vide liecofus, p. 55. No. 32. Mason Bolton's commission of lieutenant is dated 2nd October, 1755. He was then serving iu the Ninth Eoot, and in that regiment was promoted captain ou 23rd March, 1704, and major 31st May, 1773. On lith November, 1770, he was promoted lieutenant-colonel, and transferred to the King's. He commanded the regiment for four years, until he retired from the service on 1st November, 1780. The King's was serving in Canada, where the chief duty assigned to it was the protection of the frontier. — Vide liecordu, p. 50. No. 33. Alexander Dundas was transferred from the Thirty- fourth Regiment on 1st November, 1780, The dates of his com- missions iu the Thirty- fourth are:— Captain 25th August, 1702; major, Gth January, 1776. He commanded the King's for rather less than three years, and retired from the service ou 13th September, 1783. During his period of command the regiment was quartered in Canada. — Vide Records, p. 60. No. 34. Akent Schuyler De Peistek* was born in 1726, and was promoted to the lieutenant-colonelcy of the King's on 13th September, 1783. The dates of his other commissions in the regiment are : — Major, 0th May, 1777 ; captair 3rd Novembei", 1708; lieutenant, 21st September, 1767. During the campaigns in Germany of 1700-61-02, he served as lieutenant ; and in the American War, from 1770 to 1782, first as captain, afterwards as major. He commanded the IZing's for upwards of ten yeai's, during which time the regiment was quartered i" England and Ireland, and retired from the service ou 3rd April, 1794. He then settled in Dumfries, and married Rebecca Blair, whose father had been Provost of the town in the years 1790- 91-92. After his marriage he purchased Mavis Grove, an estate on the banks of the Nith, about three miles from Dumfries. He was appointed colonel of the Dumfries Volunteers, which ■J ■ i' il 1 J' ■ pcred in I. — Vide * I am indebtod to the Beverend John Paton, minititer of St. Micluiors t'l>uroli, Dumfries, for tlie details subsequent to Colonel b. ue i'eist.r's retire- meul. t: ■ y i . 278 APPENDIX II. regiment ho continued to command until his death, on 26tli November, 1822, at the age of 96. Ho was bm-ied in the church- yard of St. Michael's Church. The funeral was a public one, and a tombstone was erected to his memory, on which were inscribed some verses written by himself.* Two nephews and a grand nephew of Mrs. Schuyljr De Peister have served in the King's Regiment, namely. Captain Bryce McMurdo (No. 101), his brother Archibald (No. 218), and William Montagu, son of Archibald (No. 222). Mrs. McMurdo, of Mavis Grove, widow of Colonel J. McMurdo, the elder brother of Sir William, possesses a very interesting portrait of Colonel Schujler de Peister, dressed in the unifoim worn by the King's in 1 79*0, and General Sir Wm. M. S. McMurdo possesses an excellent copy of this portrait. Another good portrait of Colonel S. de Peister, not dressed in uniform, is now in posbcasion of iMajor Greig, C.B., Chief of the Liverpool Police. — Vide liecorda, p. 61, No. 35. Edward Dawson was appointed ensign in the Fourth Regiment 1st April, 1782, promoted to be lieutenant 28th Feb- ruary, 1785 ; to be captain, and transferred to Fifty-first Regi- ment 5th March, 1791; to be major, and transferred to the King's, 31st August, 1793. He succeeded to the lieutenant- colonelcy of the regiment on 3rd April, 1794, and, after com- manding it for two years, retired from the service on 1st March, 1796. The King's during his term of command "wai\ serving in Holland, and for a short time took part in the defence of Nime- guen in November, 1794. — Vide Records, p. 61. No. 36. George AiREY,t son of George J. Airey, Esq., a landed proprietor in Northumbei-land, was born at Newciutle- on-Tyne in 1759, and was educaced there. The dates of his commissions and exchanges are : — 6th Decem- ber, 1779, ensign in Ninety-first Regiment; 6th July, 1781, lieutenant ; 2nd January, 1782, exchanged to Forty-eighth Regiment: 19th November, 17H8, captain; 1st iVia^, 1796, major, and transferred to Sixty-eiahth Regiment; 4th May, liT'H, lieutenant-colonel, and transferred to Eighth, the King's Regi- * He possessed considerable poetical talent, and was an intimate friend of the poet Burns, ns were also Lis wife and his wife's sister. Bums' verses beginning, — " My honoured Colonel, deeply I feel Your interest in the poets' weal — " were addressed to Colonel 8. de Peister. Jean and Philadelphia McMurdo, his wife's nieces, are also celebrated in sevenil of Hums' songs, t This notice has been revised b}' General Lord Airey. I APPENDIX II. 270 ment; 25th April, 1808, brevot colonel; 4th June, 1811, major-general; 19th July, 1821, lieutenant-general; 28th Oc- tober,. 1823, colonel of Thirty-ninth Regiment. He was knigh*,ed in 1821, and in 1824 was made a Knight Commander of the Royal Hanoverian Guolphic Order. In 1794 he commanded a company in a battalion com- posed of light companies of regiments which foi-raed part of the force under the command of Lieutenant General Sir Charles Grey, and was present at the capture of the Islands of Mar- tinique and Guadaloupe. The same year he served as aide-de- camp on the staff of Lieutenant-Generul Tonyn. In 1795 he was appointed assistant adjutant-general in the West Indies. In 1798 he accompanied the King's Regiment to Minorca, but was soon afterwards appointed deputy quarter- master-general at Malta on the staff of Major- General Pox. In 1801 he was detached on special service to the Ibbnd of Elba, where he assumed command of three hundred English soldiers, eight hundred Tuscan troops, and four hundred Corsicans, in the pay of Great Britain. This insignificant force Was inspired by its commander with so determined a spirit that it successfully defended the town of Port Ferrajo against the French for full five months, from July, 1801, until hostilities were suspended and the town handed over to tlie French in accordance with the preliminary conditions of the Peace of Amiens. The successful resistance of a handful of men to the troops who had vanquished the greatest military monarchies of Europe excited (says Alison) a great sensation both in England and on the Continent.* At the termination of the war Colonel Airey resumed the duties of deputy quarter-master-general on the staff of Major- General Fox, whose divsion was then at Minorca ; he was after- wards transferred to the Irish staff, and, after serving some time i * Vide History of Europe, 3rd Edition, Edinburgh, 1839, vol. iv, chap, xxxii, p. 442, concerning this service, the following passage occurs in the Annual Register for 1802 (vol. xliv, p. 76) : — " It is much to bo regretted that the particulars ot" the gallant and glorious defence of Elba by a handful of troops under the command of Colonel Airey of the Eighth has never yet come in a satisfactory form before the public." See also Dumas' Precis des Evenemens Miliiaires (Edition Paris, 1817), vol. v, p. 354, and Viotoires ConquStes des Francois (Edition Paris, 1835) vol. vii, chap, xix, p. 462. Dumas says : — " The Governor, Lieutenant-Colonel Airey, a brave man •whose name deserves to be remembered, could neither be deceived nor seduced by any proposal of tiio enemy. " A rich merchant having dared to advise the surrender of the place, Lieut.- Colonel Airey caused him to be shot * • * * It was, indeed, a strange spectacle to see a single small town, situated in an island almost touching the Continent, easy of access, and already occupied by our troops, arresting the conquerors of Europe and filling them with astonishment by its obHinato resistance." 1' ' II 280 APPENDIX ir. on it, rofcarnod to the staff of Major-Goueral Pox at Gibraltar as military secretary. In 1807 he served in Egypt as acting deputy adjutant-general during the operations from 17th to 2l8t March, which resulted in the capitulation of Alexandria (mentioned in despatches). In 1808 he was appointed deputy adjutant-general to the Army in Sicily, and in 1810, in addition to his staff duties, ho was appointed to the command of a brigade which formed part of the force held in readiness to repel the threatened invasion of Murat. After his promotion to the rank of major-general on 4th of June, 1811, he still continued to serve in Sicily until the month of December of that year, when he was appointed to the command of the troops in the Ionian Islands. In 1813 he was relieved of this command by Lieutenant-General Campbell, and on 25th of December of that year he was appointed quarter- master-general of the forces in Ireland, which appointment he held until 1822. In October, 1797, he married the Honourable Catherine Talbot, third daughter of Margaret, first Baroness Talbot de Malahide.* His death took place at Paris, on 13th February, 1833. He was buried in the cemetery of Pere-la-Chaise, where u monument was erected to his memory. No. 37. Daniel Hoghton was appointed major in the Ninety- seventh Regiment on its formation, 8th February, 1794, on 12th August, 1795, he was transferred to the Sixty-seventh Regiment, and promoted brevet lieutenant-colonel on 3rd May, 1796. On 22nd November, 1804, when a second battalion was added to the establishment of the King's, he was transferred from the Sixty-seventh and gi^'en com- mand of the new battalion. During the first five years of his term of command, the battalion was quartered at home, during the last two in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. He was promoted colonel by brevet on 1st January, 1805, and major-general 25th July, 1810. He died in the following year, ISil.—Vide Records, p. 70. .No. 38. Robert Young received his first commission of ensign in the Eighty-third Regiment in 1783. The same year the Eighty-third was disbanded, and he remained on half-pay until 4th May, 1791, when he was appointed lieutenant in the * Three of his sons, Richard, Jamea Talbot, and Dionysius, entered the army ; Dionysius, who was then a captain in the Royal Artillery, died on 28th October, 1815. Richard and James are still serring : Richard, who in 1876 was created a Baron, and who is Colonel of the Seventh Royal Fusiliers, and a Q-.O.B., with the rank of ileneral; and James, who is a K.C.B., with the rank of Lieute- naut-Q^eueral. Ninety- f94, on seventh )n 3rd second a's, he I com- jara of home, Ha and year, lou of le year [if -pay lin the ed the led on ted a , with jieutc- Ari'KNDIX ir. 281 Kino's. He was promoted to bo captain 21>th June, 171)3, major 4ih Jnnuiiry, 17\)7, brevet lieiitetiant-colonol 2'Jth April, 18u2j and lieutenant-colonel in the Kixu's 27th April, 1809. He was made colonel by brevet on 4tli June, 1811, and, after C(jmmanding tho first battalion of the regiment for six years, was promoted to the rank of major-general on 4th June, 1814. He died in the following year. Ho served in Canada during the campaigns of 1812, 13, and 14. On 28th May, 1813, he commanded the right divisioTi of the expedition against Sackett's Harbour; for th's service his name was mentioned in orders. Daring the summer of 1814, ho was appointed to command tho station of Kingston. — Vtdn llecnrds, pp. 74, 79, 83. No. 39. James Ogilvie was appointed lieutenant in the Seventh Fusiliers 22nd August, 18UU ; promoted captain, and transferred to the King's 13th May, 1802 ; promoted major 4th June, 1807; brevet lieutenant-colonel, 4th June, 1813, and succeeded to the command of the first battalion 28th July, 1814. He retired from the service on 25th February, 1816. He served in Canada as major in the first battalion during the campaigns of 1813-14; in the defence of Fort George on 27th May, 1813, and subsequent retreat ; he commanded five companies of the regiment. At the surprise of the American camp at Stoney Creek on Sth June, he commanded the same five companies ; was wounded ; mentioned in despatches. At the attack on Black Rock and Buffalo on 29th December, he com- manded a detachment of the regiment numbering two hui. ^.rcd and forty rank and tile ; and was again wounded, anrl again men- tioned in despatches. — Vide Records, pp. 77, 79 ; 80, 2, 3, 7, 8. No. 40. The Honoupaule George Cathcart, son of the first Earl Cathcart, was born in London, 12th May, 1794. He received the commission of cornet in the Second Life Guards on lOi/h May, 1810. The dates of his other regimental com- missions and of his unattached and brevet promotions are : — Lieutenant Sixth Dragoon Guards, 1st July, 1811 ; captain unattached, 24th December, 1818 ; Seventh Hussars, 16th December, 1819 ; major Twenty-second Foot, 8th April, 182(5 ; lieutenant-colonel, unattached, 13th Ma/, 1826; Thirty-seventh Foot, 24th July, 1828; the King's, 20th March, 1828; half- pay, 25th September, 1835 ; First Dragoon Guards, 11th May, 1838 ; half-pay, 19th January, 1844 ; brevet-colonel, 23rd Novem- ber, 1841 ; major-general, 11th November, 1851. He served as A.D.C. to his father during the campaigns of 1813-14, and was present at the battles of Lutzen, Bautzen, Dresden, Leipzic (for which he received the Fourth Class of the Order of St. Wladimir), Brienne, Bar-sur-Aube. Arcis and Fere ■1 ! • 1 :2«2 APPKXDIX ir. Cliamppnoisc. In the campaign of 1816, ho wan A.D.C. to the Duko of Wollington, and was present at the battles of Quatre Bras and VVaterloo (medal). He commanded the Kino's for seven years, from 1828 to 1835, During this time the regiment was quartered in Ireland, Nova Scotia, and Jamaica. He afterwards commanded the First Dragoon Guards for six years (1838-44). From 1846 to 1853 he held the appointment of deputy-lieutenant of the Tower of London. In 1853 he was made adjutant-general of the army and a Knight Commander of the Bath. After holding this appoint- ment for about a year he received command of a division of the army in the Crimea, and was killed at the battle of Inker- man on 5th November, 1854. On 16th December, 1824, he innrried the Lady Georgiana Greville, daughter of the Countess of Mansfield. No. 41. Sir W. P. pe Bathe, Bart., exchanged from half-pay with Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable G. Cathcart on 25th September, 1835, and retired from the service on the 2nd of the following month. His connection with the King's Regiment was, therefore, merely nominal. No. 42. Charles St. Lo Malet,* son of Sir Charles Warre Malet, Bart., of Wilbury House, Wilts, was born at Hartham Park, Corsliam, Wilts, and was educated at the Royal Military College of Sandhurst. He was appointed a cornet in the Eleventh Light Dragoons in January, 1819. Exchanged into the Tweuty-tirst Light Dragoons and, after serving with them in India, to the Eighth Hussars on 3rd July, 1823 ; promoted to bo lieutenant 26th May, 1825. On 8th June, 1826, ho obtained his company, and exchanged to the King's. On 10th Januaiy, 1838, he was promoted to be major, and on 25th October, 1842, lieutenant-colonel. He commanded the regiment for three years, during which it was quartered in Ireland and England. On l()th December, 1846, he retired on half-pay. He married first, Jane St. Lo, daughter of John Clark, Esq., and Elizabeth St. Lo, heiress of the St, Lo family ; second, Caroline Emilia,daughter of J. T. Anstey, Esq., late Madras Civil Service. Two of his sons received commissions in the army ; William St. Lo, who served in the Eighth Hussars from 1863 to 1875, when he retired with the rank of captain; and Alexander George William, now serving as a captain in the Thirty-ninth Regiment. A third son, Thomas St, Lo, holds the commission of captain in the Dorsetshire !Militia ; he was attached to the Twenty-fourth Regiment during the Zulu War, and received the medal. His brother. Captain Alfred Augustus Malet, .served in the * This notice lias been revised by Colonel Malet. APPKNlilX 11. 29;^ rrgirnont from 80tli January, 183r>, nntil 14th November, 1(^45, and liis iipplicw, Captain Charles Fred Malet, from "Jth Feb- ruary, 1801, until '22nd November, 1H77, when he died in India-.— F/c?e Itcconh, pp. 01, 02, 03, 0'), IGo. No. 43. Richard Hknry WixoncoMnE Haktlkv, the son of Wiuchcombo Henry Hartley, E.sq., and of the Lady Louisa Lumlcy, eldest daughter of Richard, fourth Earl of Scarborough, was born in 1801. On 10th September he was appointed ensign in the Twenty-fourth Foot, and promoted to be lieutenant in it on 1st October, 1820 ; on 1st September, 1823, he exchanged into the Thirty-seventh Regiment; on Ist October, 1825, ho received an unattached company, and was placed on half-pay ; on 6th June, 1858, he exchanged into the KlNo's, and in it was promoted to bo major 2Gtli June, 1841, and lieutenant-colonel ItJth December 1845. His brevet pi'omotions are dated, major, 28th June 1838 ; colonel, 20th Juno, 1854. In May, 1857, when the news of the Meorut outbreak reached Jellundur, he was in temporary command of the station, and, in anticipation of orders soon afterwards received from Headquarters, took the measures necessary for seizing and secur- ing the fort and magazine of Phillour. A few days after the regiment joined the force besieging Delhi, he was appointed to command the Umballa brigade; some months later he was transferred to Jellundur, Avhere he died in command of t!ie station on 25th June, 1858, after having been lieutenant-colonel of the King's for twelve years and a half. A monument was erected to his memory in the parish church of Great Malvern, For details of his services vide Records, pp. 02 to 05 ; 100, 02, 04, 05, 0(3, 08, 14, 42, 44, 48, 52. No. 44. John Loxgfield, C.B., the son of Colonel John Longfield, of Longuoville, county of Cork, was born at Dublin 18th September, 1804. He was appointed ensign in the King's Regiment on 28th June, 1825, and served in it continuously until Ist June, 1860, when he retired on half-pay. The dates of his other regimental commissions are: — Lieutenant, 26th September, 1826 ; captain, 30th January, 1835 ; major, 10th November, 1844 ; lieutenant-colonel, 3rd April, 1846. He was promoted to be colonel by brevet 20th June, 1854 ; major-general, 3rd August, 1860 ; lieutenant-general, 5th Sep- tember, 1860 ; and general, 10th July, 1876. On 10th April, 1868, he was appointed colonel of the Twenty-ninth Foot. He comm.anded brigades in Bengal from May to 22nd No- vember, 1855; from 4th April to SOth December, 1856; and from 20th June, 1857 to 0th April, 1850. ' , lil: V 1 1 L\S4 Arrr.NDix ii. In 1857 ho WHS present with tho regiment when the Nutivo troops mutinied at Jeliundur, and at tlie siege of Delhi, on tlio arrival of tho regiment, ho wan appointed to the command of tho second brigade. After the capture of the city he was left there in command of the station. For his services during tho mutiny campaigns he was men- tioned in despatches, made a Companion ot" the Hath (21st January, 1858), and received a niedul and one clasp. He retired on half-pay on 3l8t August, 1860, and on 30th May, 1862, ho was gx-anted a good service pension. On 29th April, 1861, ho married Frances Patience, daughter of the Rev. Mountford Longtield, rector of Dosertserges, county of Cork. For details of his services vido liecords, 92, 3 ; 96 to 99 ; 105, 06, 08, 14, 42, 44, 48, 62. No. 45. Thomas Maitland Wilson was the son of General John Wilson, who Wiis Lieutenant-Governor of Ceylon wlien Sir Thomas Maitland was Governor. He was born at Colombo in Ceylon, on 16th September, 1806, educated at the Royal Military College of Sandhurst, and was appointed ensign in tho Seventy-eighth Highlanders on 15th April, 1824. Tho dates of bis subsequent commissions, transfers, and exchanges are : — Lieutenant Seveniy-eighth, 13th May, I82t» ; captain, un- attached, 23rd December, 1831; Ninety-sixth Regiment, 20th Januai'y, 1832 ; brevet major, 9th November, 1846 ; Ninety- sixth Regiment, 18th August, 1848 ; lieutenant-colonel Ninety- sixth, 16th Juno, 1849 ; half-pay, 4th April, 1846. On 21st October, 1857, when a second battalion was added to the establishment of the King's, he was transferred from half-pay, and appointed lieutenant-colonel of the new batta- lion, which he continued to command until 27th September, 1861, when he again retired on half-pay. He was promoted to be brevet-colonel 28th November, 1854 ; major-general, 7th January, 1864; lieutenant-general, 23rd April, 1872; general, 1st October, 1877. He was appointed colonel of the Sixty- third Regiment on 22nd August, 1873, and on 35th October, 1877, transferred from the Sixty-third to the Ninety-sixth, in which he had passed the greatest part of his regimental service. While a captain in the Ninety-sixth he held the Staff appoint- ments of assistant military secretary, Ceylon, from 11th January, 1839, to 5th April, 1841, and of deputy assistant adjutant- general, Ceylon, 1st Juno to 21st September, 1841. The second battalion of the Kino's during the four years it was commanded by Colonel Wilson was stationed first in Ireland, and afterwards at Gibraltar. — Vide liea/rds, 175 — 177. No. 46. Er>vVAKD Hakkis Gkeathkh, son of K. H. Grcathed, 3 Nutivo i, on tlio I maud of wuH lelt ;/ iU8 men- it h (21 St asp. Ho )th May, daughter !8, county 36 to 09 ; f General rlon wlien b Colombo the Royal ensign in 824. The exchanges Eptain, un- leut, 20tli Ninety- le\ Ninety- was added rred from lew batta- eptember, omoted to neral, 7th general, ,he Sixty- October, y-sixthj in ;al service, ff appoint- h January, adjutant- jir years it In Ireland, f ip i: n 1 GrcutliLd, !v J Ih GENERAL SIR E. H. GREATHED, K. C. B. " Presented by ten Officers of the King's who served under him during the Indian Mutiny. i ArrKNDix It. 285 Esq., of Udtlons, Dorset, wuh born on 8th June, 1812. Ho wiis cducatod at WoKtminntor School. On '22nd Jnnn, \K]2, he whh appointed fnsiprn in the KrNfi's IlcaiMKNT, and aftor Hurviiij? in it continuoiiMly for twenty-HCven yoarH, rotin-d on half-pay '28tii (J(;tol)C'r, IH.'ilt. The datcH of his regimental (JomniiHHioiiH are : — Tjientenniit, 10th May, 1838; captain, 'iTth April. 1838; major, 3rd April, 1846; lioatenant-colonoi, 20th June, 1858. His brevet promo. tionH arc dated: Lieutenant-colonel, 20th Juno, 18i')4 ; colonel, lyth January, 1858; major-general, 6th March, 1868; lieu- tenant-general, Ist October, 1877; general, Ist July, 1880. On 28th January, 1880, ho was appointed colonel of the One Hun- dred and Eighth Rf fiment. While a lieutuiiant-colonel in the KiNfi's, he was doputjr adjutant-general of the Bombay Army from 23rd October, 1857, to 2nd February, 18.')1). Afte; retiring on half-pay he was assistant quartermasVfr-gene-al Northern District from 5th September, 1861, to oth May, 1863; Ojistant adjutant-general Dublin District 1st September, 1863, i 27th July, 1864, and major-general commanding the East*; 'it District from 2nd April, 1872, to 31st March, 1877. In 1857, during the Indi i>. .S'. atiny Campaig. , he commanded the regiment at the siege f 1 ulhi from 2'.>th Juno until all resistance ceased, and the capture of the city was complctf 'I on 20th September. He was then appointed to the command of a moveable column, and was ordered to clear the Doab and to reopen communications with Cawnpore. In performing his service, he attacked and dispersed considerable hordes ot the enemy at Bulandshahr and Aiighur, and on 10th October inflicted a signal defeat on a large force of mutineers, who made a sudden and unexpected attack on the troops under his command imme- diately on his arrival at Agra after a forced march of forty-four miles. During Sir Colin Campbell's operations for the relief of Lucknow in November, 1857, and sub.sequently at the action of the 30th Nover.i'v' and battle of 6th December near Cawnpore, and at the acL.'cts of Khuda Gunj on 2nd January, 1858, he commanded a brigade. For the details of the.se and his other vide Records, 93,4; 100, 02, 06; 108 to 113; 115; 127 to 142; 144, 148, and 151. five times mentioned in despatches, received the brevet of colonel and a good service pension. He was gazetted a Companion of the Batli on 1st January, 1858, and subsequently on 28th March, 1865, was made a Knight Commander of the Order. He also received the honoiary degree of D.C.L. of Oxford. Since the formation of the regiment in 1685 until the pre- sent time. Sir Edward Groathed is the only officer of the Kino's services, 120 to 12:^ He vas !< w 286 APPENDIX II. who has received his first commission in the regiment, who has served in it through all the ranks from ensign to lieuteuant- colonel, and who has commanded in the field first the regiment and afterwards larger bodies of troops, of which the regiment formed part. He married first, in 1854, Louisa Frances, daughter of the Venerable Archdeacon Hartwell. Second, in 1860, Ellen Mary, daughter of the Rav. George Tufnell. Third, in 1869, Charlotte Frederica Caroline, eldest daughter of Sir George Osborn, Bart., of Chicksands Piiory. No. 47. Frederick Paul Haines,* son of Gregory Haines, Esq., C.B., Commissary-General, was born 10th August, 1819, at Kirdford, Sussex. He was educated at Midhurst, Brussels, and Dresden. On 21st June, 1839, he received the commission of ensign in the Fourth (the King's Own). The dates of his subsequent regimental commissions and brevet and unattached promotions are: — Lieutenant Fourth Foot, ISth December, 1840; captain Tenth Foot, ] 6th May, 1846 ; Twenty-first Fusiliers, 31st March, 1847 ; major (brevet), 7th June, 1849 ; Twenty-first Fusiliers, loth November, 1854 ; lieutenant-colonel, brevet, 2nd August, 1850 ; unattached, 24th April, 1855 ; The King's, 28th October, 1859 ; half-pay, 1st July. 1862 ; colonel, brevet, 28th November, 1854 ; major-general, 25th November, 1864 ; lieutenant-general, 23rd May, 1873 ; general, 1st October, 1877. He was appointed colonel of the One Hundred and Fourth Foot 16th May, 1874. He has held the following Staff appointments and commands : — A.D.C to Commander-in-Chief East Indies from 20th November, 1844, to 22nd May, 1846; military secretary. Headquarters, East Indies, 2;ird May, 1846. to 7th May, 1819 ; commandant Balaclava, 10th December, 1851, to 17th January, 1855 ; assist- ant adjutant-general, Aldershot, 20th June, 1855, to 31st January, 1856 ; military secretary Madras, 10th June, 1856, to 24th June, 1860; brigadier-general {Acting'), Aldershot, 28t]i December, 1861, to 3Uth June, 1862 ; deputy adjutant-general. Headquarters, Ireland, 1st July, 1862, to 22ud March, 1863; brigadier-general, Ireland, 8th March, 1864, to 31st December, 1864 ; major-general, Bengal, 28tii March, 1865, to 27th March, 1870 ; special duty in quartermaster-general's department, Army Headquarters, 6th August, 1870, to 31st October, 1870 ; quarter- master-general. Army Headquarters, 1st November, 1870, to 31st March, 1871 • 'commander-in-chief, Madras, 22nd May, 1871, to 2ith December; 1875; commander-in-chief in India, lOtli April, 1876, to 7th April, 1881. * Thii notice has been revised by Sir F. P. llain ICS. APPENDIX II. 287 In the Sutloj Campaiga of 1845 ho served as A.D.C. and oIEciating military secretary to the Commander-in-Chief, Sir Hugh Gough, and was present at the battles of Moodkee and Ferozeshah ; at the latter battle he had his horse killed under him, and was himself severely wounded by a grape shot. For his services in this campaign he was promoted to a company without purchase in the Tenth Foot, and received a medal with two clasps. In the Punjab Campaign of 1848-49, while serving as military rocretary to the Commander-in-Chief, he was present at the action of Ramnugger, at the passage of the Chenab, and at the battles of Chillianwallah and Goojerat ; for this campaign he received the brevet of major and a medal and two clasps. In the campaign in the Crimea of 1854-55, he served with the Twenty-first Fusiliers, and was present at the battles of Alma, Balaclava, and Iiikermann, and at the siege and fall of Sebastopol. At the battle of Inkermann, after Colonel Aiuslio was wounded, as senior officer present, he commanded the right wing of the Twenty-first Fusiliers together with other regiments belonging to the fourth division ; for this campaign he received a medal with four clasps, the Turkish medal, and the 5th class of the Medjidie. He directed the military operations of the Afghan campaigns of 1878-79-80, and on 5th May, 1881, received the thanks of both Houses of Parliament. On 20th May, 1871 , he was made a Knight Commander, and on !2nd June, 1877, a Knight Grand Cross of the Bath, and on *29th July, 1879, he was made a Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India. On 11th September, 1856, he married Charlotte Jane Sophia, daughter of Major-General Edward Every Miller, Madras Army. His son, Gregory Sinclair, is now serving as lieutenant in the Fifty-fourth Regiment, and his son Evan Paul Arbuthnot as second lieutenant in the Second Royal Cheshire Militia. !! I t 'I: ^1 No. 48. John Hinde,* eldest son of the Reverend John Hinde Vicar of Ludford, Lecturer of Ludlow, and Head Master of Lud- low Grammar School, Shropshire, Wcas born at Yoxley, Hants, on 2nd August, 1814, and was educated at Lud'.ow Grammar School. On 28th February, 1835, he was appointed ensign in the King's, and, after thirty-one years' continuous service in the regiment, during the last five years of which he commanded a battaiion, on loth June, 18GG, he retired on full-pay with tho honorary rank of major-general. The dates of his regimental commissions are : — Lieutenant 30th June, 1837 ; captain, 4th July, 1845 ; ranjor, 2l8t October, iMt! lliis notice has been revised by the widow of Major-General Hinde V 288 APPENDIX II. 1857; lientenant-colone', 27th September, 1861. His brevet promotions are dated : — Major, 5th July, 1857 ; lioutenant-eolonel, 19th January, 1858. In 1867 he was present with the regiment when the Native troops mutinied at Jullundur on 7th June. He was left at Phillour in command of a detachment, and did not rejoin the regiment at Delhi until 20th September, the day on which the siege terminated. He commanded the regiment during the subsequent opera- tions, including the action at Bulandshahr, theafEairof Allyghur, the battle of Agra, the action of Dilkooska, the relief of Luck- now, the affair of the 2nd, and action of 6th December, near Cawnpore, and the action of Khuda Gunj, on 2nd January, 1858. For these services he was four times mentioned in despatches ; he was promoted to the brevet rank of lieutenant-colonel, and gazetted a Companion of the Bath. After retiring on full pay he was appointed lieutenant-colonel of the First Warwickshire Rifle Volunteers. He continued to command this corps until his death, which took place at the Hermitage, Powick, near Worcester, on 1st March, 1881. On 11th June, 1845, he married Frances, daughter of Richard Gould, Esq., of Manchester. Two of his sons received the commissions of ensign. John Henry Edward in the Twenty-eighth Foot, who is now a captain in the Thirty-fourth Foot, and Charles William in the Eighty- third Foot ; he was transferred to the Bombay Staff Corps, on 25th October, 1871, and, while holding the appointment of adju- tant of the First Bombay Grenadiers, was killed on 20th July, 1880, at the battle of Maiwand. For details of his services, viih Records, pp. 94, 106, 27, 28, 32, 33, 36, 40, 42, 43, 48, 52, 54, 55, 56, 75, 77. No. 49. James Johnston, son of Lieutenant-General Sir Wm. Johnston, K.C.B., Colonel of the Sixty-eighth Light Infantry, was born in Quebec, 24th December, 1820. He was educated at Dr. Bnmey's school, Gosport ; was appointed ensign in the Eighth, the King's Regiment, on 7th June, 1839, and after twenty-three years of continuous service in the regiment, ob- tained the rank of lieutenant-colonel 1st July, 1862. The dates of his intermediate commissions are ; — Lieutenant, 13th May, 1842 ; captain, 21st April, 1846 ; major, 26th June, 1858. He commaniled the Second Battalion for three years, during which it was quartered at Gibraltar and Malta. He died at Malta on 29th January, 1865, and a marble monu- ment was erected to his memory in the garrison cemetery by bis brother officers. — Vide Records,' 152, 177, 178. APPENDIX II. 289 ms lu- lus No. 50. Alexander Cuninqham Robertson, eldest son of Lieutenant David Robertson, Royal Marines, was born at Edin- burgh on 8th February, 1816. He was educated at the High School and University of Edinburgh, and in 1842-43 studied at the Senior Department of the Royal Military College of Sand- hurst. On 16th February he was appointed ensign in the Thirt}-- fourth Regiment, promoted in it to be lieutenant on .30th Augus*^, 1841, and captain on 11th November, 1845; on 28th Apri', 1846, he exchanged into the Kivo's Regiment, and in it wns promoted to be major on 23rd July, 1858, and lieutenant-colonel on 30th December, 1865. He commanded the Second Battalion of the regiment for nine years, and retired on half -pay on 24th March, 1875. The dates of his brevet promotions are : — Major, 19th January, 1858 ; lieutenant-colonel, 20fch July, 1858 ; colonel, 15th Decem- ber, 1864; major-general, 1st October, 1877 (with antedate to 8th February, 1870). The same day that he retired on half-pay (24th March, 1845), he was gazetted lieutenant-colonel of the Second Royal Lancashire Militia, and commanded its second battalion until 2nd October, 1876, when he was selected for the command of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Brigade Depots, which appoint- ment he held until February, 1878, four months after his pro- motion to the rank of major-general. On Isr. July, 1881, he was placed on the retired list with the honorary rank of lieutenant- general. On 18th February, 1834, he was present at the battle of Santarem as a volunteer in the army of Field Marshal the Duke of Saldanha. From July, 1835, to June, 1837, he served in the British Auxiliary Legion of Spain first as a lieutenant and afterwards as a captain. Ho was present at the relief of San Sebastian 5th May, 1836, at the battles of Alza 6th Jane, 1836 ; of the heights of Ametza, Ist October, 1836 (where he was severely wounded by splinters from a round shot) ; of Ametzagana and Oriamendi 15th and 16th March, 1838, and at the attack and capture of Irun 17th May, 1837. For these services he received the Cross of the Ist Class of the Order of San Fernando and two medals. In 1855-56, he held the appointment of assistant engineer in the Indian Department of Public Works. In 1857 he served with the Kino's at the siege of Delhi from 2nd July to 11th September. He was present at the repulse of the sorties of the 9tli and 14th July, and was in command of the regiment at the repulse of the sortie of the 18th July. On 12t.h August, he commanded a detachment of the King's and Sixty-first Regi- ments at the capture of four guns in front of advanced piquet. In U i :• 1, ■I H' ' '^1 ;i. I! h I ' ■ i 290 APPENDIX 11. December he acted as deputy assistant quartermaster-general to Brigadier-General Seton's column, and was present at the actions of Gungeree, Puttiala, and ^^ynpooree. On 1st January, 1858, he was appointed assistant nijutant-general to General Wynd- ham's division, but the division being broken up on the 9th, he was transferred to Judge Advocate's Department, and held the appointment of Deputy Judge Advocate from 10th January, 1868, until 21st January, 1859. He then rejoined the regiment, and as senior officer present, commanded the First Battalion from 22nd January, 1859, until it disembarked at Gosport on 6th September, 1860. For hia services during the mutiny campaigns he was men- tioned in despatches, received the brevet of lieutenant-colonel and a medal and two clasps. When he succeeded to tba com- mand of the Second Battalion it was stationed in Malta, after- wards, during his term of command, it was quartered at Alder- shot, Bury, Manchester, Preston, the Curragb and Cork. On 2nd June, 1877, he was gazetted a Companion of the Bath, and on 24th March, 1880, appointed honorary colonel of the Fifteenth Lancashire Rifle Volunteers. He was married first (in 1853) to Mary Ann Jean, eldest daughter of Brigadier- General A. Manson, C.B., Bombay Artillery. Second (in 1880), to Annie, eldest daughter of Richard Walker, Esq., of Bellevue, Bury, Lancashire. His only son, Charles Gray (No. 207), was appointed sub- lieutenant in the King's on llth September, 187(5, and is still serving in it.— Vide Records, pp. 100, 12, 42, 48, 49, 50, 78, 79, 80, 82," 83, 84. No. 61. Henry George Woods, son of Henry George Woods, assistant-surgeon, Ninety-fourth Regiment, was born 6th August, 182t>, at Totness, Devon, and educated at the Grammar School of Helston in Cornwall. He was appointed ensign in the Ninety-seventh Foot on 6th August, 1843, and continued to serve in it until 2l8t December, 1855, when he received an unattached majority. The dates of his intermediate commissions were :— Lieutenant, 20th October, 1848, captain, 29th December, 1854. From 29th July, 1853, to 28th December, 1854, he held the appointment of adjutant, and on 2nd November, 1855, he wag made a brevet major. On 15th October, 1861, he exchanged from half-pay into the King's, and on 15th June, 1866, on the retirement of Colonel Hinde, was promoted to the vacant lieu- tenant-colonelcy. He commanded the First Battalion, for thirteen years and a half until 30th January, 1880, when he was made a major-general. From 25th July, 1850, to 12th June, 1851, he held the // APPENDIX II. 291 appointment of A.D.C. to the major-general commanding in Jamaica, and from 29th July, 1853, to 28th December, 1854, that of assistant military secretary in Ceylon. He served with the Ninety- 'venth Regiment in the Crimea from 20th November, 1854, and commanded the Grenadiers at the storming of the Radar 8th September, 1855, when he was wounded. He was present at the fall of Sebastopol, and received the brevet of major, a medal with clasp, the 5th Class of the Medjidie, and the Turkish medal. He commanded the First Battalion of the Kino's throughout a complete tour of Indian service, embarking with the colours at Malta on 10th May, 1878, and disembarking with them at Portsmouth on 23rd January, 1879. Soon afterwards he received a good-conduct pension. — Vide Records, pp. 166 to 159, ItU, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8; 178, 87; 201. No. 52. William Fredeeick Adams Colman, the son of Captain George Francis Charles Colman, Thirty-drst Foot, was born at Plymouth in 1826, and educated at Devonport Grammar School and the Royal Academy, Woolwich. On 15th June, 1843, he was appointed ensign in the Eightieth Regiment, promoted lieutenant in it on lOth March, 1845 ; c*aptain in the Fifty-third Foot, 1 5th March, 1853, and major in the Fifty-third 19th April, 1864. In No^reraber, 1864, he ex- changed to half-pay, and, on 22nd May, 1866, again exchanged into the King's, in which he was promoted to be lieutenant- colonel on 24th March, 1875; he was posted to the Second Battalion, but, without joining it, on the 12th of May he retired from the service with the honorary rank of colonel. In November, 1844, he was wrecked in the transport " Briton " on the Lesser Andamans, and remained on the island fifty-one days, suffering very severe hardships. During the Sutlej campaign of 1845-46, he served with the Eightieth Regiment, and was present at the battles of Moodkee, Ferozeshah, and Sobraon, at which latter battle he killed a standard bearer in single combat. For this campaign he re- ceived a medal and two clasps. — Vide Records, pp. 157, 68, 84. No. 63. John Verb William Henbv Webb, the son of Captain John Wynne Webb, Seventy-ninth Highlanders, was born at Bath 2nd May, 1830. He was educated at Dr. Steele's school. Isle of Man. On 29th January, 1847, he received his first commission in the Cape Mounted Ritles ; on 6th March, 1847, he was trans- ferred to the King's, and, after a continuous service of twenty- eight years in the regiment, succeeded Lieutenant- Colon el Colman in command of the Second Battalion on 12th May, 1875. The dates of his intermediate regimental commissions are : — U 2 'M r w It ' nl ^ - 'S IIS r i K I \f- 292 APPENDIX II. i: f ii I Lieutenant, 2l8t February, 1861 ; captain, 11th May, 1858 ; major, 2nd November, 1866. In 1857 he served with the regiment at the siege of Delhi from 6th Jane until 20th September. He was present at the repulse of the sortios of yth ajil llcii July; at the attack on the enemy's outpoirt ani^ fupfcure of four guns on 12th August, and at assault on Llith S-'ptemt)er, b i>d lighting in the city on the six following davti. In Mie snbseqiK ut operations he was present at the iiotion ot jiolniidsha^ir, affair ji AUyghur, battle of Agra, aciiion of Dilkooslii, relief of Lucknovv, a£Ea^"■ of 2nd and action of 6th Ducember, 1857, near Cawnpo.o, and at the action of Kauda Gunj on 2nd January, 1868. After command ir fT the Second B.^ttalion two ydars, during which ti wa.H s^c'tioned at Yovm.jj, the Curragh, and Aldershot, he retired on full- pay with the honorary rank of colonel on 7th March, 1377. On ]<^'th October. 1851*, 'le married Lsetitia Annie, daughter of George Llowhellio, Esq.— Fide Records, pp. 114, 20, 23, 33, 76, 68, 59, 61, 84, 86. No. 54. Fkancis Babbt Drew, the son of Francis Drew, of Drew's Court, Limerick, was born at Drew's Court, on 29th September, 1825, and educated at Limerick and at Trinity College, Dublin. He was appointed ensign. Twenty-eighth Foot 28th May, 1846. On 12tii February, 1847, he exchanged to the Fortieth, was promoted lieutenant 17th August, 1848, and held the ap- pointment of adjutant from 11th February, 1848, to 20th November, 1851, when he was promoted captain. On 16th January, 1852, he exchanged into the Sixty-fc!irt3i Foot ; on 16th January, 1853, into the Eleventh Foot ; on 26th January, 1856, into the Ninety-fourth Foot, and on 23rd August, 1859, into a dep6t battalion. On 23rd August, 1865, he was placed on half-pay as a major unattached ; on 2nd September, 1868, lie exchanged from half-pay into the King's, in which he was ap- pointed lieutenant-colonel on 7th March, 1877. After command- ing the Second Battalion for two years, he exchanged into the Fourteenth Foot on 13th September, 1879, which regiment he now commands. His brevet promotions are dated : — Major, 27th July, 1863 ; lieutenant-colonel, 26th October, 1873; colonel, 23rd October, 1878. He held the appointment of commandant of the Schools of Instruction of the Auxiliary Forces at Manchester, from Ist February, 1871, to 16th July, 1872, and at Aldershot from 25tU August, 1876, to 24th March, 1877. He commanded the King's during the Afghan campaign of 1878, and was present at the action of 28th November, and at I I. , 1858; )f Delhi b at the Ic on tho list, and Y on the , present of Agra, i action iction of 1, during Idershot, !l on 7th laughter I, 23, 33, Drew, of ou 29th , Trinity ?th May, Fortieth, \ the ap- 2(ah Itith oot ; on anuary, ist, 1859, placed 1868, he was ap- ommand- into the iment he o •n y, 1863; October, jhools of Tom 1st om 25th ipaign of and at APPENDIX II. 293 the forcing of the Peiwar Kotal, during which engagement, when Brigadier Gobbe was wounded, he succeeded to the com- mand of the brigade ; he was also present at the action of Matan. For his services in this campaign he was three times men- tioned in despatches, was nominated a Companion of the Bath on 19th July, 1879, and received a medal and clasp. He married, first, on 2nd September, 1848, Anne Charlotte, daughter of John Catoi*, Esq., of Woodbastwick Hall, Norfolk. Second, on 31st August, 1854, Henrietta, daughter of John Hunter, Esq., of Ormley Lodge, Surrey. Third, on 18th June, 1867, Adelaide Emma, daughter of the Reverend George Tyrhitt Drake, rector of Malpus, Clieshiro. — Vide Records, pp. 165, 80, 83 to 88; 192 to 95 ; 200, 02. No. 55. Charles Edward Grogan, the son of Colonel George Grogan, of Seafield House, county of Dublin, was born at Dublin on 2nd November, 1826, and educated by a private tutor. He was appointed cornet in the Seventh Hussars ou 16th April, 1847, and on the 3rd of September, same year, transferred to the Twelfth Lancers. He was promoted lieutenant ou 28th April, 1848, and on 17th January, 1851, exchanged into the Fourteenth Foot, in which regiment he was promoted to be captain 29th December, 1854; major, 14th January, 1864, and lieutenant-colonel, 15th August, 1877. He exchanged into the King's on 13th September, 1879, and at present commands the Second Battalion of the regiment. The dates of his brevet pro- motions are: — Lieutenant-colonel, 6th January, 1864; colonel, 6th January, 1869. He served with the Second Battalion during the Afghan campaign of ■1879-'80. He commanded the Lower Kurrum Brigade from 11th August, 1880, until the brigade was broken up in November. — Vide Records, pp. 200, 01, 03. No. 56. Edward Tanner, son of Joseph Bouverie Hussey Tanner, Esq,, of Wexcombe, Wilts, was bom at Salisbury on 30th January, 1839, and educated at King's College, London. He was appointed ensign in the Thirty-third Foot on 30th November, 1855, and was transferred to the King's on 23rd October. After a little over twenty-two years' service in the regiment, on 30th January, 1880, he was promotid to be lieu- tenant-colonel, and at present commands the First Battalion. The dates of his intermediate regimental commissions are : — Lieutenant, 7th December, 1857 : captain, 4th September, 1860 ; major, 24th March, 1869; and on 1st October, 1877, he was promoted to the brevet rank of lieutenant-colonel. He served with the Second Battalion in the Afghan cam- paigns of 1878, 79, 80, and was present at the action of 28th November, at the forcing of the Peiwar Kotal on 2nd December, i St I: III III 29-4 APPENDIX II. 1R78. In the middle of the action, after Brigadier Cobbe was wounded, the command of the battalion devolved upon him, and from that time until 13th September, 1880, when relieved by Colonel Grogan, he continued in temporary command. For his services in these campaigns he was mentioned in despatches, was nominated a Companion of the Bath on 22nd February, 1881, and received a medal and clasp. On 3rd September, 1867, he married Oeorgina, daughter of Major- General George Wm. Powlett Bingham, C.B. — Vide Records, pp. 183, 93, 98, 202. No. 67. George Henry Cochrane, son of Lieutenant-Colonel G. Cochrane, Ceylon Rifles, bom in Ceylon, on the 24th Decern- ber, 1829, and educated at the Royal Military College of Sand- hurst. The dates of his commissions are : — T^nsign Eighty-third Foot, 2nd August; Ninety-sixth Foot, IBtL August, 1848; lieutenant Ninety-sixth Foot, 13th December, 1851 ; captain Eighth (the King's), 21st May, 1858; major, 24th March, 1875; brevet lieutenant-colonel, 25th April, 1880. He sei'ved with the Second Battalion during the Afghan campaign of 1878, and when General Roberts' column advanced to attack the Peiwar Kotal, was left in command of the post of Kurrum. On 5th July, 1866, he married Rose Noble, daughter of — Cole, Esq.— Vide Records, pp. 162, 63, 79, 90, 96. No. 58. FoKSTER LoNGFiELD, SOU of the Rev. Mountford Longfield, vicar of De^ertserges, county of Cork, and cousin of Colonel John Longfield (No. 44), was bom at Church Hill, near Bandou, on 28th February, 1829, and was educated by a private tutor and at Bandc^n School. He received the commission of ensign in the Fifth Fusiliers on 15th January, 1856, was trans- feiTcd to the King's on 24th April same year, and from that time continued to serve in the regiment (for dates of commissions vide Succession Lists, Appendix No. I). He accompanied t'le force under Major R. Stuart Baynes, which surprised and secured the fort and magazine of Phillour on 13th May, 1857. Served at the siege of Delhi; present at repulse of sorties on 9fch, 14th, 18th, 23rd July; at attack of outpost and capture of four guns on 12th August, 1857. He was also present at the action at Dilkoosha and relief of Lucknow, at the actions on 2nd and 6th December, 1857, at Cawnpore, and at the action of Khuda Gunj. During the Onde campaign of 1858-59, he acted as brigade quartermaster to Brigadier Hale's column, and was present at the capture of the fort and town of Sandee (Mutiny medal with two clasps). He was pro- moted to be a brevet lieutenant-colonel on 19th May, 1880. — Vide Records, pp. 104, 33, 46, 49, 61, 63, 64, 65, 80, 87. APPENDIX II. 295 pro- 880.— MAJORS. No. 59. Frederick Cornvvallis served with the regiment in the campaign of 1704, and was killed at the battle of Blenheim. — Vide Records, p. 22. No. 60. Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Hanmer was at the battle of Dunblane 11th November, 1715, when the regiment was broken by the charge of the Highland clans ; he was surrounded, and alter holding his opponents at bay for some time, was over- powered and killed. — Vide Records, pp. 37, 38. No. 61. James Barry. The dates of his commissions are: — Lieutenant 20th September, 1709 ; captain-lieutenant 10th March, 1715; captain 7th January, 1720; major 7th February, 1741. He served with the regiment in the campaign of 1743, and at the battle of Dettingen on 27th June received a wound of which he died. — Vide Records, p. 42. No. 62. John Grey. The dates of his commission are : — Ensign 17th February, 1709; lieutenant 22nd December, 1712 ; captain- lieutenant 1st January, 1727; major 14th July, 1743. He served with the regiment as a captain iu the campaign of 1743. At the battle of Dettingen, after Lieutenant- Colonel Keightley and Major Barry were wounded, the command of the regiment devolved on him, and for his services on this occasion he was promoted to the vacancy caused by the death of Major Ban-y. — Vide Records, pp. 43, 44. No. 63. Arthur Loftds. His commissions are dated: — Lieutenant 23rd August, 1735; captain-lieutenant 14th July, 1743; captain 4th October, 1743; major 27th April, 1749. He served as captain in the regiment during the campaign of 1745, and on 11th May was wounded at the battle of Fontenoy. He died or 25th August, 1753. — Vide Records, p. 44. No. 64. John Cook. The dates of his commissions are : — Ensign 2nd February, 1739; lieutenant 4th December, 1742; captain 17th February, 1746 ; major 25th August, 1756. During the campaign in the Netherlands of 1745, he served with the regiment as a lieutenant ; and on 1st May of that year was wounded at the battle of Fontenoy. — Vide Records, p. 44. No. 65. Thomas Armstrong served in a battalion of flank companies, under Sir Charles Grey, at the capture of Guada- loupe. He was killed between 19th June and 2nd July. In the casualty return annexed to Sir Charles Grey's despatch, dated ^1 ii i ' I I 296 APPENDIX II. I (Ml li 'I 8th Jaly, 1794, his name appears as Captain Ai-mstrnuf;^, tho news of his promotion (which is dated 3rd A.pril, 1791)) had not therefore reached him at tho time of his death.* No. 66. DuRGLL Saumargz was appointed ensign in the regi- ment on 6th April, 1776, and after serving in it as lieutenant and captain, attained the rank of major in 1794. In tlie MS. muster roll for the last half of that year he is marked " killed in the West Indies" (no date given), arid in the " London Gazette " of 17th March, 1795, T. Bland is promoted major, viae Saamarez, deceased, but I have not succeeded in finding any despatch or casualty list in which Major Saumarez's death is mentioned. The date of the major's commission of his successor is 17th December, 1794. No. 67. Thomas Bland was appointed ensign in the Twenty- eighth Regiment on 26th October, 1775. The dates of his subseqaent commissions are : — Lieutenant Twenty-eighth, 19th August, 1778, captain and transferred to the Kino's 31st July, 1792; major, 17th December, 1794. Ho retired from the army on 4th June, 1797. In the campaign of 1794, in Flanders and Holland, he served with the regiment as a captain ; and on the 4th November of that year, during the defence of Nimeguen in a sortie made by the garrison, he received a wound. — Vide Records, p. 62, No. 68. Alexander Duke was promoted to be a lieutenant on 28th August, 1781 ; he was afterwards placed on half-pay, from which he was transferred to the King's on 13th December, 1786. He was promoted to be captain on 31st March, 1793, and major on 10th July, 1799. He retired from the service in 1804. He served with the regiment as major in the expedition to Egypt in 1801, and was wounded in the battle fought near Alexandria on 13th March. — Vide Records, p.^ G7. No. 69. Bryce Maxwell was appointed ensign in the King's on 8th August, 1788. For the dates of his other commissions. Vide Appendix No. I. He held appointment of adjutant from 31st July to 26th October, 1793. In 1809 he commanded the regiment in the expedition against Martinique, and on 2nd February was killed in storming the heights of Surirey. — Vide Records, p. 72. No. 70. Thomas Fortye. The dates of his commissions in the regiment are: — Lieutenant 18th January, 1792; captain, 27th November, 1794; major, 24th October, 1804. In the • Vide footnote No. 14, p. 268. King's lissions, |nt from jedition {korming jions in [saptain, In the Ari'KNDIX II, 297 E'/yptian campaign of IHOI, he served with t.he Kino's as cap- tain, and was woanded on 13f 300 APPENDIX II. 11} received commissions in the King's, vide Nos. 82 and 116 of this Appendix.* No. 76. Charles Babker Turner received his first commis- sion in the Twenty-sixth Regiment on 11th September, 1806 ; he was promoted to a lieutenancy in the Eleventh Regiment on 12th March ; to a company 15th October, 1812 ; to a majority 16th March, 1826; and he continued to serve in it until 9th November, 1830, when he received the brevet of lieutenant- colonel, and was appointed inspecting field officer in New Brunswick. On 3rd February, 1837, he was appointed major in the King's, but he only remained in the regiment until 9th January of the following year. From January, 1838, until 4th September, 1843, he was employed on particular service; he ■was then placed on half-pay, and retired from the army by the sale of his commission in 1845. In 1807 he was present as a subaltern of the Eleventh at the capture of Madeira, and he served with the Eleventh in the Peninsula from August, 1809, until January, 1814. He was present at the battles of Busaco and Fuentes D'Onor, at the action of El Bodon, at the second siege of Badajoz, at the siege and storming of Ciudad Rodrigo, at the action of St. Christobal, battle of Salamanca and capture of Madrid, at the siege of Burgos, investment ^of Pampeluna, battles of the Pyrenees on 28th, 29th, and 30th July, 1813, and at the battle of the Nivelle ; he was also present at twenty-eight minor actions and skir- mishes. At the battle of the Nivelle he led the attack of the Sixth Division and brought the light companies of his brigade out of action ; in the afternoon of that day, while pressing the enemy's rear guard, he received a wound in the shoulder from a musket bullet. For these services he was decorated with a cross of honour by the King of Portugal, and made t . Knight of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order ISth January, 1832. No. 77. James Croft BROOKE.t The dates of his commissions are: — Ensign (Thirty- first Foot), 31st October, 1831; lieutenant, (Thirty-first Foot), 2nd September, 1833 ; captain (Thirty-first Foot), 3l8t March, 1846 ; major (Thirty-first Foot), 2nd October, 1849 ; exchanged to the King s 11th December, 1849 ; lieutenant- colonel (brevet), 14th April, 1857. He served with the Thirty-first Regiment under General Pollock in the Afghan campaign of 1842, and was present at the actions of Mazeena, Tezeen, and Jugdulluck, at the occupa- * Colonel Baynes, who commanded a force, of which a detachment of the King's formed part, and which attacked Sackett's Harbour on 29th May., 1813, was an uncle of Major Simcoe Bajnes. — Vide Records, p. 78. t This notice was revised by the widow of Mujov-Cieueral Brooke. APPENDIX II. 301 tion of Cabul, and the various engagements which preceded the occupation. He commanded a company during the campaign, and received a wound at Jugdulluck while protecting some guns attached to the rear guard (medal). In 1867 he served as Major with the King's Regiment during the siege of Delhi, and was present at the repulse of the sorties on 9th and 14th July ; he commanded the regiment at the repulse of the sortie of 23rd July, and was one of the four field officers who commanded in the trenches from 7th to 13th Sep- tember. He was present and severely wounded at the assault of the city on the 14th September. Medal and clasp. He retired on half-pay on 16th October, 1861, was promoted to be brevet-colonel on 11th November, 1861, and major-general on 6th March, 1868. On 24th May, 1873, he was appointed a Companion of the Bath, and on 19th November, 1870, he was granted a good service pension. He died at St. Heliers, Jersey, on 27th April, 1875. He was buried in the cemetery of R:' '"kmansworth, Herts, where a tombstone was erected by his w. jw. — Vide Records, pp. 99, 114, 15, 44. No. 78. John Butler Wheatstone served as captain in the Forty-fifth Foot during the Kaffir campaigns of 1846, 51, 62, 63 (medal) ; he retired on full pay with the rank of lieutenant- colonel on 23rd August, 1858. No. 79. William Bayly was born at Drogheda on 20th Feb- ruary, 1796. He enlisted in the King's Regiment as a drummer on 26th November, 1807 ; on 11th January, 1828, he was appointed serjeant-major of the regiment, and on 26th May, 1839, he received the commission of ensigA in the Second West India Regiment. On 6th December the same year he was transferred to the King's;* for the dates of his other commissions vide Appendix No. I. He held the appointment of adjutant from 14th December, 1841, to 29th May, 1848. During the Indian Mutiny of 1867 he served with the regi- ment as captain, and was present at the outbreak of the Sepoy troops at Jellundur on 7th June. He accompanied the regiment to Delhi, and was present at the repulse of the sorties of 9th, 14th, 18th, and 23rd July. On the 23rd he was in command of the two flank companies. For these services hf received a medal and clasp. He retired on full-pay with the rank of lieutenant- colonel on 9th October, 1863, and died at Hastings on 16th December, 1874. His only son, Alex. Ross Bayly, received the commission of w 'VI Jl ' m I: ' • He never joined the Second West India Eegiment, but was allowed to remain with the dep6t companies until transferred to the Eikg's, 302 APPENDIX H I i ,/ : ( ( ■■ (| ensign in the regiment (vide No. 129 of this Appendix), and his brother-in-law, John Boss, served in it as Qaartermaster (vide No. 226).— Fide Beoords, pp. 100, 05, 11, 12, 43, 52, 53. No. 80. Edwin Gbeam Danibll. The dates of his commis- sions are: — Ensign (Fifty-fifth Foot), 2nd October, 1835 ; lieu- tenant (Fifty-fifth Foot), 7th September, 1838; captain (Fifty- fifth Foot), 25th March, 1845 ; exchanged to the King's 26th April, 1846. Major by brevet 19th Janaary, 1858. In 1841 he served with the Fifty-fifth Regiment in China, and was present at the actions of Amoy, Chusan, and Chinhae, including repulse of night attack ; present also at the expedition up the Ningpo river to You- You (medal). In 1857 served with the King's Regiment at the siege of Delhi, and was severely wounded at the repulse of the sortie on 9th July (medal and brevet-major). He exchanged to half -pay on 23rd January, 1863, was promoted to be lieutenant-colouel on 27th December, 1868, and retired from the service by the sale of his commission in 1872.— Vide Records, p. 109. No. 81. Thomas de Courct Hamilton, V.C. The dates of his regimental commissions are : — ^Ninetieth Light Infantry, 30th September, 1842 ; lieutenant Nitietieth, lUth April, 1847 ; ex- changed to Sixty-eighth Light Infantry in 1848 ; captain Sixty- eighth Light Infantry, 20th December, 1854. He held the appointment of adjutant of the Sixty-eighth from 23rd August, 1850, to 27th August, 1855 ; major (by brevet), 10th March, 1857 ; major unattached, 27th November, 1857 ; exchanged to the King's Regiment 23rd January, 1863 ; brevet-colonel, 20th May, 1873; promoted lieutenant-colonel and transferred to Sixth-fourth Regiment 20th May, 1868. In 1846-47, served with Ninetieth Regiment in Kaffirland (medal). In 1854-55, served with Sixty-eighth Light Infantry in the Crimea ; present at the battles of Alma, Balaclava, and Inkermann ; served during siege, and present at the fall of Sebas- topol (medal and four clasps. Knight of the Legion of Honour, and Turkish medal). On ilth May, 1855, with a small party of men he charged a large body of Russians, who during a sortie had captured a battery, and for his gallantry and distinguished conduct on that occasion he received the Victoria Cross. He retired on full pay with the rank of major-general 21st January, 1874. No. 82. Geokge Edward Baynes, son of Sir Edward Baynes, K.C.M.G., Her Majesty's Agent and Consul-General at Tunis, nephew of Major Simcoe Baynes, and brother of Captain R. Stuart Baynes (vide No. 75 and No. 116 of this Appendix). For dates of his commissions in the King's from ensign to major, APPENDIX II. 303 I 21st ward ral at tptain idix). lajor, vide Appendix No. I. In 1857 he was with the regiment at Jellandur when the Native troops mutinied on the night of 7th June ; he aft( rwards served with it at the siege of Delhi, and was present at the repulse of the sorties of 9th, 14th, 18th, and 23rd July ; at the assault of the city on 14th September he commanded the storming party of the secoad column ; for these services he was mentioned in despatches, received a brevet majority and medal and clasp. On 1st April, 1866, after twenty-fivo years' service in the regiment, he retired on half-pay with the rank of lieutenant- colonel unattached. Prom 30th March, 1867, to llth April, 1872, he held the appointment of assistant quartermaster-general, and from 12th to 22nd April, 1872, that of assistant military secretary in Nova Scotia. From 3rd June, 1872, to 4th January, 1878, he was assistant military secretary at Malta, and on 10th November, 1877, he was selected for the command of the Forty- second Brigade Depot (Oxford), which he still holds. He was promoied to the rank of brevet-colonel on 30th March, 1872.— Vide Records, pp. Ill, 14, 17, 18, 48. No. 83. De Vic TUPPER. The dates of his commissions are: — Ensign in Thirty-eighth, 15th October, 1852 ; lieutenant Thirty- eighth, 11th August, 1864 ; captain Thirty-eighth, 15th January, 1856 ; exchanged into the King's 22nd August, 1856 ; major. The King's, 30th December, 1865. In 1854-55 served with the Thirty-eighth Regiment in the Crimea ; present at the battles of Alma and Inkermann, at the siege of Sebastopol, attack and capture of the cemetery j8th June, and at the fall of the city (ir.pdal and three clasps). In 1857 was pre- sent with the rt^/ .• 3nt at Jellundur at the outbreak of the mutiny, aiid was atiarwards engaged in various held services in the Punjab (meda?). lie retired on half- pay on 22nd May, 1866, and on 14th April, 1875, was promoted to the rank of lieutenant-colonel. — Vide Records, p. 106. No. 84. RiCHAED Raphael Mkade. The dates of his commis- sions are: — Ensign Ninety -fourth Foot, 6th October, 1848; lieutenant Ninety-fourth Foot, 6th October, 1851 ; captain Ninety-fourth Foot, 31st August, 1855 ; exchanged into the King's ]6th January, 1857; major, 16th June, 1866. He held the appointment of adjutant of the Ninety-fourth from 29th October, 1852, until his promotion to captain 31st August, 1865. He served as a volunteer with the artillery in an action at Agra, on 6th July, 1857, and with the regiment, as captain, at the relief of Lucknow ; at the affair of 2iid and action of 6th December at Ciiwnpore, and at the action of Khuda Gunj. During the campaign in Oude of 1868-59, he was in temporary command of the regiment. 'I! 1,1 ! l: 1 ! HI ■ i'P ' : m Y' \ ill 304 APPENDIX II. ' L ,1 /„:• i; ! He exchanged to half-pay on 2nd September, 1868, and died in 1873.— Firfe Becords, pp. 147, 48, 78, 79. , No. 85. Frei/BEIck Bradford M'Crba. For dates of com- missions in the reji^iment from ensign to major, vide Succession Lists, Appendix No. I. He served with the regiment during the mutiny of 1857, and was present et the two days' fighting in the city 19th and 20th September; at the actions of Bnlaridshahr and Allyghur, at the affair of Akrabad and battle of Agra, at the affair of Kanouje and advance into Oude; at the actions of Mariganj, Alumbagh, and Dilkoosha, and at the relief of Lucknow. At the actions near Cawnpore on the 2nd and 6th December, 1857, and at the action of Khuda Gunj, 2nd January, 1858. During the months of August, September, and October, 1858, ho was stationed at Meerun-ke- Serai in command of detachments, consisting of the Grenadier and A Companies and upwards of 1,500 Native troops, and was employed in watching about sixteen miles of the course of the Ganges, to prevent the rebel bands crossing from Oude to the Agra district. On 1st November the greater nuoiher of the troops were withdrawn from Meerun-ke- Serai, and the detach- ment of the King's rejoined headquarters, which were then in Oude attached to Brieradier Hale's column ; to thib f ilumn he for some time acted as brigade-qiiartermaster (medal and clasp). — Vide Becords, pp. 126, 144. No. 86. Eeginald Whitting received the commission of ensign in Sixty-second Regiment on 26th December, 1866. He was transferred to the King's Regiment on 23rd October, 1857, and from that date continued to serve in the regiment (for dnles of commissions, vide Succession Lists, Appendix No. I). In the Indian Mutiny campaign of 1858-59, he acted as slaff aujutant to a detachment at Sasseram, and was engaged in the op rations against the rebels in the jungles of Jugdespore, under Sir E. Lugard, May, 1858. He also served with the regiment during the Oude campaign of 1858-59, and was present at the capture of the fort and town of Sandee. During these operations he acted as adjutant to wing of the regiment, and from ICth to 28th January, 1859, as field quartermaster to Brigadier-General Hale's column (medal).— Fide Becords, pp. 144, 45, 46, 47, 68, 69, 80, 83. No. 87. William Bannatyne (younger brother of Captain J. Millar Bannatyne, vide No. 117 of this Appendix) was ap- pointed ensign in the Twenty-fourth Regiment 27th April, 1858, and transferred to the King's on 2l8t Maj-, 1858 (for dates of his other commissions, vide Appendix No. I). jaign and lutant Il859, llumn APPENDIX II. 305 During the campaign la Afghanistan of 18P0, he served with the Second Battalion from Slat May, 1880, until the end of the campaign, and on 11th August, on Colonel Grogan being appointed to the command of tlie Lower Kurrum brigade, he sacceeded to the temporary command of the battalion (medal). — Vide Records, pp. 201, 02. No. 88. Bennktt Fleming Handy. (For dates of commis- sions from ensign to major, vide Appendix No. I.) He served as captain with the Second Battalion during the Afghan campaign of 1879-80 (medal). No. 89. Nash Short. (For dates of commissions from ensign to major, vile Appendix No. I.) He served as captain with the Second Battalion during the Afghan campaign of 1879 (medal),— Fide Records, p. 179. CAPTAINS. No. 90. Leonard Li,oyd served with the regiment daring the campaign of 1704, and on 13th August was wounded at the battle of Blenheim. — Vide Records, p. 22. No. 91. John Dallons served with the regiment during the campaign of 1745, and on 11th May was wounded at the battle of Fontenoy. He died on 16th February, 1746. — Vide Records, p. 44. No, 92. Richard Miggot (or Maqott) served with the regi- ment in the campaign of 1 747, and on 2nd July of that year Was killed at the battle of Val. — Vide Records, p. 45. No. 9.3. William Catherwood served with the regiment in the campaign of 1747, and on 2nd July of that year he was wounded at the battle of Val. — Vide Records, p. 48. No. 94. John IJkins (or Atkins) served in the regiment as a captain-lieutenanfc during the campaign of 1745, and on ilth May of that year was woumled at the battle of Fontenoy. He died on 15th August, 17^0. — Vide Records, p. 44 (where .8 name is printed, most probably misprinted, Atkins). No. 95. John Trollop served with the regiment in tho cam- ll < 1' ■ : ■ ■- ■ \ '1 i. •'!l I, 306 APPENDIX II. paign in the Netherlands of 1746, and on 11th October of that year was wounded at the battle of Boucoaz. He was promoted to be major in the Sixty-third Foot, and was killed at the taking of Guadaloape. — Vide Records, pp. 47, 51. No. 96. Jacob Conway served with the regiment as a lien- tenant during the campaign in the Netherlands of 1 747 ; on 2nd July of that year he was wounded at the battle of Yal. He died on 21st April, 1762.— Vide Records, p. 48. No. 97. Francis Wilkinson served with the regiment as a captain during the campaign in Germany of 1760, and on 31st July of that year was wounded at the battle of Warbourg. — Vide Becorda, p. 53. No. 98. Jamks Webb served as ensign with the regiment in the campaign in the Netherlands of 1747, and was wounded at the battle of Val (Isb July). — Vide Records, p. 48. No. 99, Chaeliis Hamilton served as ensign with the regi- ment during the campaign in the Netherlands of 1 747, and was wounded at the battle of Val. — Vide Records, p. 48. No. 100. Geoegp Forster served in the regiment as a captain during the campaign in America of 1776. On 19th May, at the head of a detachment of two subalterns and thirty-eight non-commissioned officers and privates of the King's; reinforced by one hundred and twenty Indians and some Canadian Volun- teers, he captured the American fort of the Cedars, defended by three hundred and ninety officers and soldiers, who surrendered as prisoners of war. On tht) 20th he surprised and made prisoners an American detachment advancing from Montreal to reinforce the post, and on the 27th repulsed an expedition of seven hundred men in boats, sent from Montreal, under the command of Colonel Arnold, to endeavour to re- cover the fort. For these brilliant exploits hs was promoted to be major in the Twenty-first North British Fusiliers (5th Novem- ber, 1766). He became a brevet lieutenant-colonel on 20th November, 1782, and on Slst December; 1784, lieutenant- colonel of the Sixty-sixth Regiment, which he continiied to com- mad until 23rd October, 1787, when his name disappears from the Army List. — Vide Records, pp. 56, 57, 58, 59. No. 101. Bryce MacMurdo was born in 1773. (For dates of his commissions from ensign to captain, vide Appendix No. I.) In the muster-rolls of 1794-95 he is returned as a prisoner of war. He served with the regiment as a captain in the Egyptian campaign of 1801, and at the battle fought near ,tea o£ To. I.) ler of the near APPENDIX II. 307 Alexandria on 13th March of that year, received a wound. After leaving the array he resided at his estate of Mavis Grove, near Dumfries, and was appointed colonel of the Dumfriesshire Yeomanry Cavalry. He died on 11th Septem- ber, 1838, and was buried in the churchyard of St. Micliael's Church, Dumfries, where a monument was erected to his memory. He Was the nephew of the wife of Colonel Schuyler De Peister (vide No. 34-), from whom he inherited the estate of Mavis Grove. His younger brother, Archibald, was appointed ensign in the regiment on 23rd November, 1791 (vide No. 218), and his nephew, William M. McMurdo on Ist July, 1837 (vide No. 222).— Vide Records, p. 67. No. 102. James Booth served in a battalion of flank companies under Sir Charles Grey, at the capture of Guadaloupe, where he was killed between 9th June and 2ad July, 1794 In the casualty return annexed to Sir Charles Grey's despatch of 8th July, 1794; his name appears as Lieutenant Booth, and in the Annual Army List his name does not appear as a captain ; but the "London Gazette " of 27th January, 1795, P. T. Robertson, from the Thirty-eighth Regiment, is promoted to be captain in the Kikg's, vice Booth, deceased. No. 103; Neale M'NealE served with the regiment in the American campaign of 1813. On 27th April of that year, while in command of the Grenadier Company, he was mortally wounded in opposing the attack on York, the capital of Upper Canada, made by an American force under Major-General Pike. — Vide Records, pp. 76, 77. No. 104. James S. Tyeth served with the regiment during the American campaign of 1813. At the attack on the Ameri- can post of Sackett's Harbour (29th May, 1813) he was wounded and taken prisoner. No. 105. William Robinson served with the regiment during the American campaigns of 1813-14. At the attack on Black Rock and Buffalo, on 30th December, 1813, after Lieutenant- Colonel Ogilvie Was wounded, the command of a detachment of two hundred and forty rank and file of the Kino's devolved on Captain Robinson. Major-General Riall, who commanded thb expedition, reported "that by a judicious movement to the " right with three companies he made a considerable impres- " sion on the left of the enemy's position." He was afterwards appointed to the command of a corps of provincial militia, with the local rank of lieutenant-colonel, and on 25th July, 1814, when in command of that corps, he was present at the battle of Lundy's Lane, and received a wound. He was promoted X 2 1,1 iv I »i :M h ■ I 11 li 308 APPENDIX II. to be a brevet major on 19fch December, 1813. He commanded a detachment of three companies sent to reinforce the garrison of Santa Maura, and on 4th October, 1819, was present at an attack made by Lieatenant;-Colonel Sir Frederick Stovin on the insurgent inhabitants of that island. He retired from the army in 1824. — Vide Records, pp. 83, 87, 89. No. 106. Francis Campbell served with the regiment during the American campaigns of 1813-14. He had a horse shot under him, and highly distinguished himself at the battle of Lnndy's Lane. In Lieutenant-General Gordon Drumraond's despatch his name wus honourably mentioned. — Vide Uewrdx, pp. 86, 87. No. 107. Henry Sadlier served with the regiment during the campaign in America of 1813-14. He commanded the Light Company in the attempt made by Major Evans on th'> night of 12th July, 1814, to carry off the general commanding the American troops encamped near Fort George. He died in 1816. — Vide Becyrds, p. 86. No. 108. John Fitzgerald received the commission of ensign in the Irish Brigade on 18th January, 1798; on its reduction he was placed on half-pay, from which he was transferred to the Ninoty-sixth on 23rd July, 1803. On 24th April, 1804, he whs promoted and transferred to the King's, in which he obtained his company on 6th June, 1811. He died of fever at Spanish Town, Jamaica, on 6tb July, 1831, having served thirty-one years in the regiment, and no less than twenty-one years in the rank of captain. He was made a brevet-major on 22nd July, 1830. He served with the regiment as a lieutenant in Hanover from October, 1805, until February, 1806; in the Copenhagen Expedition 1st August to Ist December, 1807 ; at the capture of Martinique, February, 1809 ; and as a captain during the campaigns in America of 1813-14. "^T , 109. John Beaubripqe served with the regiment during the American campaigns of 1813-14. He was present at the siege of Fort Erie (August and September, 1814), ar J was made prisoner while opposing a sortie made by the garrison on the 17th September. — Vide Records, p. 88. No. 110. James Hardy Eustace served with the regiment during the campaign in America of 1813. At the attack made on Ogdenberg on 13th February, 1813, he commanded a com- pany of the King's, which carried a fort at the point of the H! !J APPENDIX II. 3U9 83, during at the lis made Ion the kgiment Ik made I a com- of the bayonet, and captared fcwo stand of colours. His conduct was highly .commended in despatches. — Vide Records, pp. 76, 76. Xo. 111. Samuel Hooker received the commission of ensign in the Kino's on 12th Angnst, 1803, and was promoted to be lieutenant on 12th October, 1804. He served with the First Bat- talion of the Regiment in Canada during the campaigns of 1812- 13, and was killed in the night attack on the American camp of Stoney Creek, 5th June, 1813. In the Army List of 1813, his name stands first of the lieutenants, but in the list of casualties appended to the Army List of 1814, he is returned as a captain. He must, therefore, have been promoted to a company some time between Ist January and 25th June, 1813. — Vide Records, p. 80, where his name is misprinted Hooper. No. 112. John M'Mabon served with the regiment during the campaign in America of 1813. He received a wound on 27th May, 1813, when opposing the attack made by the Ameri- cans on Fort George. — Vide Records, p. 78. No. 113. David Vans Machen received the commission of ensign in the Ninety-first Regiment on 3rd Septembtr, 1812 ; was promoted lieutenant 27th July, 1814; traixsf erred to the Fifty-second Light Infantry on 13th April, 1815; placed on half-pay 25th March, 1817 ; transferred to the King's 5th March, 1818 ; and promoted captain in it 15th March, 1821. He served as ensign in the Ninety-first Regiment at the unsuccess- ful assault on Bergen-op-Zoom, 8th March, 1814. He retired from the service on 7th August, 1835. No. 114 . David Gabdineb served as a subaltern with the Eighty-eighth Regiment in the Peninsula during the campaigns of 1812-13 and 14. He made prisoner an officer of the French Eighty-eighth. He was placed on half-pay as a lieutenant on 25th March, 1816, and appointed to the King's on 6th May, 1825. He retired from the service on 12th December, 1848. No. 115. Ferdinand White, C.B.* In 1841-42 he served as captain in the Fortieth throughout the operations in Afgha- nistan (medal). He was afterwards present with the Fortieth at the battle of Maharajpore (medal). For his services in Afghanistan he was made a Companion of the Bath, and promoted to be a brevet major. He exchanged into the King's on 19th June, 1846, and on 2l8t February, 1851, * Son of Josd Maria Blanco (commonly called Blanco White), whose interesting autobiography was edited by J. H. Thorn, and published in London, 1845. M il II !i \l r 310 APPENDIX n. he was promoted to 1ip an nnattac):ec1 lientenant-colonol, and placed on half-pay. Ho died in 1856. » No. IIG. Ronr7!T Stuart Baynes, nephew of Major Simcoe Baynes, and old«r '.irother of Major George Edward Baynes (No. 75 and 82 ci' this Appendix), was appointed ensign in the Kino's on 28th Jnly, 1843, and after 16 years' continuous service in the regiment, during five of which he held the appointment of adjutant, he retired on half-pay with the rank of major unat- tached on 4th November, 1859. The dates of his subsequent promotions aro : Lieutenant-colonel, 17th June, 1859 ; colonel, 7th September, 1865 ; major-general, Ist October, 1877 (ante- dated, 26th March, 1870). He served in the Crimea as military magistrate at Head- quarters. For his sei'viccs in this campaign he was promoted to be brevet major (26th December, 1856), and received the British and Turkish medals. During the Indian Mutiny campaign of 1857 he served with the regiment as captain. He commanded the detachment which on the night of 12th May was dispatched from Jellundur to sen • re the fort and magazine of PhiUour. He was present at the Kiege of Delhi, and ou the day of the assault (14th September), commanded the leading company of the King's, was severely ■yvounded and had his leg amputated. i\fter retiring on half-pay he held t^e following appoint- ments : — Member of the Ordnance Select Committee ; deputy assistant adjutant-general for militia. Headquarters qf the army from 1st May, 1860, to 31st March, 1861 ; military magistrate, Gibraltar, from 1861 to 1868 ; Kecretary to Government, Gibral- tar ; appointed 1868, and still holds the appointment. No. 117. John Millar Bannatyne was appointed ensign Ninety-third Highlanders, 17th December, 1847 ; promoted lieutenant, Ninety-third, 10th January, 1851 ; adjutant. Twenty- first North British Fusiliers, 4th March to 21 st April, 1853; captain, Twenty-first, 22nd April, 1853; exchanged to the King's, 2nd September, 1853 ; exchanged to half-pay, 11th July, 1865 ; was promoted brevet major 19th January, 1858, and brevet lieutenant-colonel, 27th December, 1868. He retired from the service by the commutation of his retiring allowances, in December, 1870. In 1857 he served with the King's regiment at the siege, assault, and capture of Delhi ; was present at repulse of sorties on 9th, 14th, and 18th July ; at the assault on 14th September and six days' subsequent fighting in the city ; cpnamanded the regiment at the capture of Burn bastion on the night of 19th September, and the infantry of the column which occupied the Great Mosque on the following day; served as brigade major APPENDIX II, 311 to Colonel Greathed'scolnmn; present nt action of Bolandshalir, affair of Allyghar and batt 'le of Af^ra. Served as brigade major of Third Infantry Brigade at action of Dilkooslia and relief of Lucknow ; at affair of 2nd and action of 0th December near Cawnpore, and at the action of Khnda Ganj (nix times mentioned in despatches. Brevet major; medal and two clasps). — Vida liecard^, pp. 105, 10, 11, 14, 20, 25, 26, 27, 36, 43, 48, 76. No. 118. Richard Willtam Woodh served in the Buffs at the battle of Punniar (bronze star). He exchanged ini" Ti :• iment, afterwards (on Ist December, 18('':'/ ii& taff oflRcor of Pensioners. He retired fr ,r < I'n > • Tik of lieutenant-colonel on 25.th Auguh?., i8B(/, Kightieth was appc army w B< No. Regimes Ball Campbell served with the Forty-ninth from May, 1842, until the end of the war. No. 120. AsTELL Thomas Welsh exchanged from the Eightieth Foot to the Kino's as captain on 22nd July, 1856. In 1852-53 served with the Eightieth Regiment in the Burmese war. Pre- sent at bombardment of Rangoon, capture of the great Dagoo Pagoda (with the storming party), bombardment and capture of Prome (specially thanked by Governor- General in Council), repulse of night attack on camp at Prome, and expedition into the Poungdey district in Febniary and March, 1852 (medal). During tl^p Mutiny campaign of 1857 ho served with the Kino's Regiment as captain (medal). — Vide Records, p. 106. No. 121. John TVhiteside enlisted as private in the Ninth Regiment, on 16th January, 1831 ; was appointed serjeant-major on 1st March, 1843, and received the commission of ensign in it on 19th December, 1845, and of lieutenant on 12th November, 1847 ; he afterwards exchanged, first into the Twenty-second, j^nd soon afterwards into the Ninety-sixth Regiment, in which he was promoted tp a company on 11th March, 1856. Exchanged into the Kino's, 3rd March, 1857. In 1842 served wii^h the Ninth Regiment as quartermaster-serjeant in the Afghan campa,ign under General Pollack (medal). In 1845-46 served with the Ninth Regiment during the Sutlej campaign ; as serjeant-major at the battles of Moodkee and Ferozeshah, and as ensign at the battle of Sobnon (medal and clasps). In 1858-59 served as captain with the Kino's during the Oudh campaign, and was for part of the time in command of the regiment ; present at the attack and capture of the fort and town of Sandee. He was promoted to an unattached majority on 13th February, 1866, and retired on full pay with the honorary rank of lieutenant- colonel on 11th November, 1866.— Fide Becords, pp. 143, 45, 4,Q, 47. M i ? ^■i .J^ ^. ^!i^V^ ^ IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) 1.0 1.1 1^121 125 itt U2 g2.2 £f |4£ 12.0 u IL25 1111.4 Fhobgraphic Sciences Carporation // ^ ..V "^ o <<> ^5'- 23 WIST MAIN STRUT WIUTn,N.Y. MSM (716)l72-4503 '^ A^ 312 APPENDIX Li. No. 122. Thomas George Souter, son of Captain T. A. Souter, Forty-fonrth Aegiment, the only officer who survived the massacre of Jugdullack, 13th January, 1842, and who saved one of the regimental colours ; he served with the Buffs at the action of Punniar, 29th December, 1843 (medal), and in the King's Regiment at the siege of Delhi in 1857 ; present at the repulse of the sorties of 14th, 18th, and 23rd July (medal and clasp). He exchanged, first into the Fifty-first Regiment, and afterwards into the Bengal Staff Corps, in which he attained the rank of major ; he died in London while on furlough, on 30th December, 1864. — Vide Records, p. 111. No. 123. Daniel Bberb served in the King's Regiment at the siege of Delhi, and was wounded at the assault of the city on 14th September, 1857 (medal and clasp). He exchanged to half-pay on 1st January, 1863, He is now a lieutenant-colonel, and holds the appointment of staff officer of Pensioners. — Vide Records, pp. 112, 14, 17, 33, 76. No. 124. Erskinb Nimmo Sandilands, was appointed ensign Forty-second, 2l8t May, 1842, promoted on 3rd April, 1846, to be lieutenant in the King's ; captain 21st October, 1857 ; trans- ferred to Bengal Staff Corps on its formation in 1861, and employed in Department of Public Works until 23rd November, 1879, when he retired with the honorary rank of major-general. In 1857 served with the King's at the siege of Delhi ; pre- sent at repulse of sorties on 14th, 18th, and 23rd July, wounded by a splinter of a shell on 10th August, and again severely wounded at the assault on the city on 14th September when in command of the Light Company ; notwithstanding this wound he did not quit the ranks for several hours, and after recovering from it he rejoined the regiment on 13th October, and served with it at the relief of Lucknow by Lord Clyde, and subsequent operations ; present at the action of Dilkoosha ; at affair of 2nd and action of 6th December near Cawnpore, and at the action of Khuda Gunj (medal and two clasps). — Vide Records, pp. Ill, 14, 17, 20, 33. No. 125. SwiNNERTON Eallidat Dter. In 1855 served with Nineteenth Regiment at siege of Sebastopol from 2nd January ; E resent at assaults of the Redan on 18th June and Kth Septem- er ; was also present at bombardment and surrender of Kin- burn (medal and clasp ; Third Class of the Medjidie, and Turkish medal). No. 126. John Woods Dimond served in the Kafir war of 1851 in the Royal Navy, on board Her Majesty's sbip " HerpiP9 " (medal). i APPENDIX II. 313 111, with Kin- aud |ir of No. 127. Owen Wynne Geat served with the Thirty-ninth at the affair of Gorapore, near Kornool, on 18th October, 1839, and also at the battle of Maharajpore 29th December, 1843 (medal). No. 128. George Coert in 1857-68 served with the King's Beoimgnt during the Indian Mutiny campaign ; present at the defeat of the mutineers on the banks of the Chumbul and at the attack and capture of the villages of Bhujah and Seorale by Brigadier Showers, when he was in command of a detachment of two hundred men of the regiment. — Vide Becords, pp. 143- 176. No. 129. Alexr. Ross Bitlt, son of Major Wm. Bayly (vide No. 79), appointed ensign in the Kino's, 2nd April, 1847. (For other regimental commissions vide Succession List.) Exchanged to Eighty>eighth Foot on 31st January, 1860; transferred to Bengal StafP Corps at its formation in 1861 ; employed in Depart- ment of Public Works until Ist September, 1877, when he retired with the honorary rank of colonel. Served with the King's during the Indian Mutiny campaign of 1857 ; present at the siege of Delhi ; at the repulse of the sorties of the 9th, 14th, 18th, and 23rd July; at the night attack on advanced piquet and capture of four guns on 12th August ; at the assault and six days' subsequent fighting ; at the action of Bulandshabr, affair of AUyghur, and battle of Agra ; at the action of Dilkoosha and relief of Luoknow ; at the affair of 2nd and action of 6th December, near Cawnpore, and at the action of Khuda Gunj (medal and clasps). ^Ft(2e Records, pp. 114, 20, 51, 22. No. 130. William Raymond Ximenes, younger brother of Lieutenant Horace Ximenes (No. 183). (For commissions from ensign to captain vide Succession List.) In 1855 he served as A.D.C. to his uncle, Brigadier D. F. Evaus, commanding Fourth Brigade Ottoman Contingent (Turkish medal). In 1857 served with the Kino's REOiuENTfrom 18th September until close of the campaign; present at the action of Bulaudshahr, affair of Allyghur, and battle of Agra ; at the action of Dilkoosha and capture of Lucknow ; at the affair of 2nd and action of 6th December, near Cawnpore and at the action of Khuda Gunj (medal and two clasps). He retired from the army by the sale of his commission, on 29th March, 1864, aad died on 30th November, 1880,— Vide Becords, pp. 126, 133. No. 131. Robert L. Gram M'Grigor served with the King's during the Indian Mutiny campaign of 1857. Present at the siege of Delhi (slightly wounded) ; at the assault and fighting in ! Si II J I; , I . 'i| !! 1*1 > t 314 APPENDIX II. the city during tbe six subsequent days ; at the action of Buland- shahr, affair of Allghur, and battle of Agra ; at the action of Dilkoosha and relief of Lncknow ; at the affair of 2nd and action of 6th December, near Cawnpore, and at the action of Khnda Onnj (medal and two clasps). — Vide Records, pp. 114, 20, 21. No. 132. William Fredrbick Metoe served with the King's Regiment at the siege of Delhi in 1857. Present at the repulse of the sorties on 9th, 14th, and 18th July ; was with the storming party of the left attack at the assault of t^e city (wounded). After- wards served in command of the Police Cayalry with Qeneral Whitelock's column in Bundelcund (medal and clasp). 'N'o. 133. JoHNM'QuEEN,en9ign, Ninth Regiment, 5th I^ovem- ber, 1854, lieutenant 8th March, 1855 ; adjutant, 15th February, 1855, to 7th October, 1879 ; qaptain, 23rd September, 1859. In 1854-55 served with the Ninth Regiment in the Crimea. Present at battles of Alma, Balaclt^yp., and Inkerm^nn ; at the siege of Sebastopol ; repulse of sprtie on 6th October ; assault on the cemetery on 18th June, and at the fall of the city (wounded in left arm ; medal and cle^sps. Fifth Class of the Medjidie and Turkish medal). No. 134. Lewis John FiLLis Jones, ensign (Seventh Fusiliers), 14th July, 1854; lieutenant (Seventh Fusilie^), 8th December, 1854; captain (Eighty-eighth Foot) 27th May, 1856. Exchanged to the King's 3l8t January, 1860. Major (by brevet) 16th April, 1861, served in the C^i^nea with the Seventh Fiusiliers from 20th October, 1854 ; preient at the siege of Sebastopol, at the battle of Inkermann (wounded) ; at the repulse of the sorties of 26th October, 1854, ^th April, 1855 (wounded) and 9th May, 1855 ; at the attack and qapture of the quarries on 7th June (wounded), and at the attack pn the Redan on 18th June, when he was severely wounded ip thre3 pip.ces. He was also wounded in the trenches on 27th Mar< 1855 (meda^ and clasp^ and Fifth Class of Order of Med^ ,. In 1857-58 he servfid with the Eighty-eighth Re^ iTuent< la the Mutiny campaign, was present at the actions nea- Cawnpore of General Windhan^'s force in November, 1857, also at the action of Bloognapore, the capture of Calpee, and Ihe subjugation of Oudh (medal and clasps). On 16th July, 1861; he was appointed adjutant of a depdt battalion, and on 21st January, 1872, he retired from the service with the honorary rank of lieutenant-colopel ; his brother, Jeremy Peyton Jones, served in the regiment frpm 3rd July, 1858, until 17th April, 1880 {vide Appendix No. \), No. 135. Fbedebick Andebsq.n Stebbing. (For date of com- mission from ensign to captain, vide Succession las^.) Served IV APPENDIX II. 81ft with the rogitnent at the siege and aAsanlt of Delhi, and at the six days' snhseqnent fighting in the city : present at the actions of Gnngeree, Pnttialee, and Mynpooree (medal with clasp). He retired on half pay on 31st October, 1871, and was promoted to major (by brevet) on 8th July, 1874 No. 136. .^NEAS GoRDOy Blair was present at Jellnndnr at the outbreak of the Sepoy troops, on the night of 17th June, 1857 (medal). No. 137. JoHK CciSACK enlisted as private in the Ninety- seventh on 23rd Angust, 1839 ; wtjrS appointed serjeant-major of it in Angast, 1854, and received the commission of lieutenant in the Land Transport Corps on 14th June, 1855. He was transferred to the 24th as quartermaster, of the Second Battalion on 13th April, 1858 ; was appqinted adjutant of it 3rd February, 1860 ; promoted to an unattached con^pany 6th Febrcary, 1863, and exchanged to the Kmo's pn 28th August, 1863. He ^erved as serjeant-major of thq Ninety-seventh Regiment in the Crimean campaign of 1854-:>^5| and was present at the taking of the quarries ; at thp assaults on the Kedan on 18th June ^d 8th September, and at the fall of Sebastopol (wounded). (Medfd with cltjsp, medal for distinguished con- duct ii^ the field, and Turkish medal.) No 138. Andrew Motnihan, V.C, was bom qn Igt January, 1830; enlisted as private in the Ninetieth Regipient on 11th September, 1848 ; was appointed serjeant-major pf i^ 29th January, 1856, and received thp pommission pf ensign in the Kino's 2nd May, 1856. (For commissions from ensign to captaip, vide Succession Lists, Appendix No. I.) In 1854-55 he served as corporal with the Ninetieth Light Infanjiry during the Crimean campaign and siege of Sebastopol i was present at capture of quarries 7th June, a^d at the assaults on t^e Redan on 18th June and 8th September; on 8th belonged to storming party, and was the first man who entered the ^ork; was made prisoner while endeavouring io carry off the body of Lieutenant Swift, but was soon aft«r redcued after receiving two bayopet wounds; was one pf the last men to leave the Redan ; after the troops had retired into the trenches he repressed the open ground, and under a terrific fire rescued a wounded officer yrho had fallen near the Redan (medal and clasp, mentioned iji despatches, and Victoria Cross, French war medal, iand Turkish medal). In 1858 present with detachment of the regiment at defeat of rebels in ravines of Chumbul, and at the capture of Bhujah and Seorale. In the Ondh campaign of 1857-58 he served with the regiment, and was present at the u i '■• 1 ^ I 11 \ \ I 316 APPENDIX II. capture of the town and fort of Sandec. He died of fever at Malta on 19th May, 1867.— Fide Records, p. 178. No. 139. The Honorable Somerset B. H. Ward, ensign, Seventy-second Highlanders, 8th November, 1850 ; lieutenant. Seventy-second Highlanders, 11th November, 1853 ; captain. Seventy-second Highlanders, 10th September, 1858; exchanged to King's 16th October, 1863. In 1855 served in the Crimea with the Seventy-second Highlanders ; present at the expedition to Kertch and at the fall of Sebastopol (medal and clasp and Turkish medal). In 1857-58 served as adjutant Seventy-second Highlanders, with the Bajapootana Field Force, and subsequently throughout the operations in Central India and pursuit of the rebel forces under Tantia Topee and Bao Sahib ; present at the siege, assault, and capture of Eotah (medal and clasp). No. 140. SiDNET H. Jongs Parry, ensign. First Madras Fusiliers, 20th February, 1849 ; lieutenant 8th January, 1853 ; captain 11th June, 1859; exchanged to King's 26th February, 1864. In 1852-53 served with the Madras Fusiliers in the Burmese campaigns ; present at investment and subsequent defence of Pegu (medal with clasp). In 1864-55 served in the Crimea as assistant quarter master-general of the Second In> fantry Division of the Turkish Contingent (medal). In 1857-68 served with Sir H. Havelock's column at the relief of Lncknow ; present at storming of Secundrabagh, Shah Nujeef, and Tara Kotee ; afterwards served with Outram's force during occupa- tion of the Alumbagh, and at the capture of Lucknow, and subsequent campaign in Oudh (medal with two clasps). - No.- 141. William Edward Whelan. (For commissions from ensign to captain, vide Succession Lists, Appendix No. I.) In June, 1858, served with a detachment of the regiment during operations against the rebels in the ravines of the Chumbul ; present at attack and capture of the villages Bhujah and Seorale. During the Oudh campaign of 1857*58 served as adjutant of the regiment, and was present at the attack and cap- ture of the fort and town of Sandee (medal). He retired from the service on 13th June, 1868, and now holds the appointment of resident magistrate at Portadown, Ireland. — Vide Records, p. 143. No. 142. Charles Bradford Brown was appointed ensign in the Sixty- third Foot on 15th March,- 1855, and transferred to the King's Begiment as lieutenant, 15th November, 1867. He held the appointment of adjutant of the Second Battalion from I6th July, 1858, until promoted captain on 15th June, 1866 ; promoted major by brevet on 13th April, 1879. APPENDIX II. 817 11 He served as a subaltern with the Sixty-third Regiment in the Crimea, and was present at the assault of the Redan, at the bombardment and surrender of Kinbuvn, and at the fall of Sebastopol (medal with clasp and Turkish medal). On 24th September, 1879, he embarked with a draft of the Second Battalion for service in Afghanistan, but shortly after landing in India his constitution was shattered by a sunstroke, and on 8th May, 1880, he retired from the service with the honorary rank of lieutenant-colonel. — Vide Records, p. 168. No. 143. John Dawson served with the Second Battalion during the Afghan campaigns of 1878, 79, 80, was present at the action of 28th November, and at the battle of the Peiwar Kotal. —Vide Records, p. 192, 93, 94, 96, 201. No. 144. Armar Graham Lowry, nephew of Lieutenant John Lowry (No. 174), served with the Forty-first Regiment through- out the Crimean campaign of 1854-55, was present at the battles of Alma and Inkermann, at the assault of ihe Redan, 8th September (twice wounded), at the repulse of the sortie of 26th October, 1854, and at the fall of Sebastopol, (Medal with three clasps, Turkish medal, and Fifth Class of the Medjidie.) On 7th September, 1855, ho retired from the service as captain in the Forty-first. On 23rd April, 1866, he again entered the army as ensign in the First West Indian Regiment; he ex- changed into the King's as captain, on 8th Augnst, 1868, and on 18th May, 1881, retired with the honorary rank v.>f lieutenant- colonel. No. 145. Edwin Jervis served with the Thirty-third Regi- ment during the Abyssinian campaigns of 1867-68. He was present at the storming of Magdala (medal). During the Afghan campaigns of 1878-79-80, he served as a captain in the Second Battalion, and was present at the action of 28th Novem- ber, at the battle of Peiwar Kotal, and at the repulse of an attack on the camp at Ali-Kheyl. He was mentioned in despatches, promoted to a brevet majority (1st March, 1881), and received a medal and clasp. On 18th May, 1881, he retired from the service with the honorary rank of lieutenant- colonel.— Fide Records, pp. 195, 97, 98, 200—03. No. 146. William Tore Dooner. (For dates of commissions from ensign to captain, vide Appendix No. I.) In 1872 he passed the final examination of the Staff College of Sandhurst ; from 12th September, 1873, until 24th March, 1874, he was em- ployed under Sir Garnet Wolseley in special service on Gold Coast; he trained and commanded throughout the Ashant«e war the Opobo company of Russell's regiment ; was present at !T ^if I '1 v.. 318 APPENDIX II. oaptare of Adabrassie, battle of Amoafnl, oaptare of Beckjaab, advanced gnard action of Jarbinbah, skirmishes between Ad- wabon and the river Ordah, battle of Ordahsa, and captare of Coomassie ; surveyed for the Intelligence Department part of the road between Cape Coast and the Prah. (Mentioned in des- patches ; medal with clasp.) On 12th May, 1875, he exchanged into the One Hundred and Eighth Foot, and now holds the appointment of brigade major at Aldershot. No. 147. Thomas Blake Humfrbt commanrled a company of the Second Battalion daring the Afghan campaign of 1879-80 (medal). — Vide Becorda, p. 201. No. 148. David Wileiam !Mabtin. In the Indian Mutiny campaign of 1857-58, while holding the commission of subaltern in the Seveuty-fifth FoOt, was employed as assistant field engineer daring the siege of Delhi. At the battle of Budlee-ke- Serai, he acted As orderly officer to the chief engineer (medal with clasp) ; oil 27th September, 1879, he retired on a pen- sion with the hdnorary ituik of lieutenant-colonel. — Vide Records, p. 164. No. 149. S^ANLET Napieb Bobebts served as captain with the Second Battalion during the Af guan campaigns of 1878-79, 80 ; he was present at the action of 28th November, and at the battle uf the Feiwar Kotal (medal and one clasp). — Vide Records, pp. 163, 95, 201. No. 150. Alfbeo Lewis served witb ihe Sixtieth Rifles in the Indian Mutiny campaign of 1858 (medal). In 1862, while serving in the Fourth Battalion of the Sixtieth, he volunteered to go after some men who had deserted with their arms and ammunition ; these deserters he succeeded in capturing, after they had fired several timed on his party ; for tins service he -was mentioned in general ordiers by Sir F. Williams, and recom- mended for promotion. During the A%han campaigns of 1878- 79-80, he served as captain with the Second Battalion of the King's (medal). — Ftde iJeco/is, p. 189-97. No. 151. AbTHUB HENBt Cope commanded a company of the Second Battalion during the Afghan campaigns of 1878-79- 80. On 10th April, 1879, he commanded a party of eight officers and privates, who pursued and attacked twenty Afghans, who had murdered a native follower ; five of the Afghans were killed and several wounded ; for this service the party was thanked in divisional orders (medal). — Vide Records, pp. 197, 201. APPENDIX II. 81» No. 152. Arthur Ashley Book served as musketry in- structor with the Second Battalion during the Afghan campaigns of 1878-79-80 (medal).— Ftde Records, p. 190. No. 153. William Richard Ormb served as a subaltern in the Second Battalion during the Afghan campaigns of 1878-79- 80 (medal).— Fide Beoords, p. 197. No. 154. James Mathew Taylor served with the Second Batta- lion daring the Afghan campaigns of 1878-79-80. He was present at the action of 28th November, and at the battle of the reiwar Kotal (medal and clasp). — Vide Records, pp. 195, 97, 201,03. No. 155. Frederick James Whalley served as adjutant with the Second Battalion daring the Afghan campaigns of 1878-79- 80. He was present at the action of 28th November, and at the battle of the Peiwar Kotitl, and was one of four officers who did duty continuously With the battalion, from 21st November, 1878, the day it entered Afghanistan, until it recrossed the frontier, on 2l8t October, 1880. He Was one of a party of eight officers aiid privates who, nnder cdnimand of Captain Cope, pursued and attacked twenty Afghans, who, on 10th April, 1879, had murdered a camp follower; five of the Afghans were killed and several others wounded. For this service the party were thanked by the major-general commanding the division. He held the appointment of Station Staff Officer at the Peiwar Kotal from 16th February, 1879, until the station was evacuated in September, 1880 (medal aiid clasp). — Vide Records, pp. 195, 97, 202. )i j]|i: CAPTAINS LIEUl^ENA T J?8. No. 156. Thomas (or Charles) Thompson served as a sub- altern in the campaign in the Low Countries of 1745; on the 11th May he was wbunded JEkt the battle of Funteuoy. — Vide Records, p. 44. I LIEUTEltANTS. No. 157. John Bazirb (or Bszisr) served with the regiment in the campaign of 1704, was wounded on 2nd July at the storming of the heights of Schellenberg, and again on 13th August, at the battle of Blenheim. — Vide Records, pp. 21-22. ■i i ij ^.'t .f 320 APPENDIX 11. No. 158. WiLLiAH RoBmHON served with the regiment in the campaign in Flanders of 1743, and on 26th Jane, he was wounded at the battle of Hanan. — Vid» Beeorda, p. 42. No. 159. William Riokson served with the regiment in the campaign in the Netherlands of 1746, and was wounded on 11th October at the battle of Roucouz. — Vide Records, p. 47. No. 160. William Moreison served with the regiment in the campaigpi in the Netherlands of 1760, and was wounded on 16th October at an attack on the Convent of Campen, near Rhineberg. — Vide Records, p. 52. No- 161. Robert Easok served with the regiment in the campaign in Egypt of 1801, and on 18th March was wounded in the attack on the French position near Alexandria. — Vide Records, p. 67, where Lieutenant Eason's name is misprinted Eaton. No. 162. Robert Yillenuve served as brigade-major on the staff of Brigadier- General Hompesch, during the operations which resulted in the capitulation of Trinidad on 18th February, 1797. While performing this duty he received a wound of which he died on the 24th April following. His wound was tlie only casualty recorded. Vide in Bulletins of the Campaigns, a despatch of Sir R. Abercrombie, dated Trinidad, 27th February, 1797. No. 163. DoNOUOH O'Brien served with the regiment in the campaign in Egypt of 1801. On 13th March, in the attack of the French position near Alexandria, he received a wound, of which he died a few days afterwards. — Vide Records, p. 67. No. 164. John Church served with the regiment in the cam- paign in Egypt of 1801. He was wounded on 13th of March, in the attack of the French position near Alexandria. — Vide Records, p. 67. No. 165. Thomas Waring Llotd served with the First Bat- talion during the campaign in America of 1813. He was wounded on 27th May, in the action near Fort George. — Vide Records, p. 78. No. 166. Morton Noel served the First Battalion during the campaigns in America of 1813-14. He was wounded on 27th May, 1813, at the action near Fort George ; was present at the battle of Lundy's Lane, 23rd July, 1814, and at the siege of Fort Erie. He was killed on 1 5th August, 1814, in an unsuc- cessf al attempt made daring that siege to turn the American u • ■■ ■ APPENDIX II. 821 position between Snake Hill and the lake. — Vide Records, pp. 78, 87,88. No. 167. Gbobos Nutall served with the First Battalion daring the American campaign of 1813. Ho died of a wound received at the attack of Sackett'g Harbour, on 29th Maj, 1813. — Vide Becords, p. 79. No. 168. Charlks Barstow served with the First Battalion during the campaign in America of 1813-14. On 11th July, 1813, he commanded a detachment which formed part of the force of Lieutenant- Colonel Bishopp, in the attack on Black Rock. He was killed on 17th Septenlber, 1814, in a sortie made by the garrison during the siege of Fort Erie. — Vide liecorUn, pp. 82 and 88, where Lieutenant Barstow's name is misprinted Barston. Bat- was ■Vide No. 169. jAitES Dbummib served with the First Battalion during the campaign in Canada of 1813. He was killed qn 27th May, in the action fought near Fort George. — Vide Eecords, p. 78. No. 170. John Thorns Watland served with the First Battalion in the campaigns in America df 1813-14. Was present at the actions of Fort George, and was severely wounded on the night of 5th June, 1813, at. the surprise of the American camp at Stoney Creek. He was placed on half-pay 3rd May, 1816. Subsequently he served as a captain in the Canadian Rifles (18th March, 1827). He was promoted brevet-major 23rd November, 1841, and idtircd from the army in 1850. In the Army Liat of 1809 and of several subsequent yearsi his Christian name is stated to be Richard. — Vide Records, p. 80. No. 171. Edward Finch served with the First Battalion during the campaigns in America of 1813-14. After the sur- Erise of the American camp at Stoney Creek, 5th June, 1813, e was twice employed in carrying despatches. — Vide Records, p. 80. No: 172; Edward BotD served with the First Battalion during the campaigns in America of 1813-14. He was wounded on the night of 5th Juno, 1813, at the surprise of the American camp at Stoney Creek, and again on 5th July, 1814, at the action near Chippawa. — Vide Records, pp. 80-84. No. 173; Henry Palmer Hill, in 1809, served with the regiment as ensign at the capture of Martinique. In 1813-14, served with the First Battalion in Canada as lieutenant, and i. 'V ■ t I I-- 'i '!l ■ 9 I I. 822 \ I APPENDIX II. was proHont at the aotions at York Town, Saokett's Harboar, Stonoy Creek, Chippawa, Lundy's Lane, and at the sieja^e of Fort 6rie. Ho was appointed paymaster of the regiment on 10th July, 1832, and died of inflammation in the bowels at Up Park Camp, Jamaica, on 2Gth May, 1836. No. 174. John Lowry served with the First Battalion daring the campaigns in America of 1813-14, and was preHtmt at the actions of Prescot, Sackott's Harboar, Chippawa, Landy's Lane, assault on Fort Erie, and repulse of sortie. He was shot through the body on 20th May, 1813, at the attack on Sackott's Harboar, reooivea a contusion at Lundy's Lane, and was severely wounded daring the siege of Fort Erie, at the sortie made by the garrison on 17th September, 1814. He was placed on half-pay on 13th Jnly, 1820. He is at present (1881) and has been for many years past, a resident in Dublin. His nephew, Armar Graham Lowry (No. 144), served in the regiment as a captain from August, 1868, to May, 1881. — Vide Records, pp. 79 and 88. No. 175. RiCHAED NicnoiiSON served with the First Battalion during the campaigns in America of 1813-14. He was wounded and taken prisoner on 27th May, 1813, in the action fought near Fort St. George. — Vide Records, p. 78. No. 176. J. G. Powell served as ensign with the First Bat- talion during the campaign in America of 1813 ; was wounded at the attack on Ogdenberg, 13th Febraary, 1813. — Vide Records, p. 76. No. 177. Brooke Younq served with the First Battalion daring the campaigns in America of 1813-14. He was wounded on the attack on Black Buck on 30th December, and again on 15tb August, 1 814, at the attack made by the flank companies for the purpose of turning the position between Snake Hill and the lake, daring the siege of Fort Erie. — Vide Records, pp. 82 and 88. No. 178. Alexander Greio served with the First Battalion daring the campaigns in America of 1813-14. He was wounded on 29th May, 1813, at the attack on Sackott's Harboar. He was mentioned in the public despatches of General Fisher, for his zeal and conduct at the storming of Oswego on 6th May, 1814 ; again by Major-General Riall, for having dis- tinguished himself at the action of 5th July, 1814, on the plains of Chippawa, and again in general orders, for the capture of Colonel Stainton, of the United States Army, at the battle of Lundy's Lane, 25th July, 1814. He held the appointment of APPENDIX II. 323 ucordst ittalion ounded He Fisher, 50 on ng dis- plains ture of ittle of lent of ■taf! adjutant to Colonel Poaraoa. Ho was placed on half-pay 25th March, 1817; appointud pn/m;Mtor of the Uighty-third Rt'giiiiunt 10th April, 1H2'3, and i*otirod fruni the service in 1826.— Kitia Itecordt, pp. ZU— 84. No. 179. RoBKRT Maonair served \^th the First Battalion daring the oampaign in Amerioa of 1814 ; wan present at the siege of Fort Erie, and was made priRonor during the sortie of the garrison, on 17th September. — Vide Ueeordt, p. 88. No. 180. Thomas Swatng served as ensign with the First Battalion daring the campaign in America of 1814. He was wounded at the battle of Laudy's Lane, 25th June, 1814. — Vide Becorda, p. 87. No. 181. GBOBaR Chablks Lord BinohaM (afterwards third Earl of Lucan, Q.C.B.) was appointed onHign in the Sixth Foot, 29th August, 1816 ; exchanged into Third Foot Guards on the 24th, and to half-pay on 25th December, 1818 ; exchanc^ed into the Kino's on 20th January, 1820, and after serving two years in the regiment, again exchanged to half-pay on 16th May, 1822. Subsequently he served in the First Life Guards, in the Seventy-eighth and Thirty-first Foot, and in the Seventeenth Light Dragoons, which regiment he commanded from 9th November, 1826, till 14th April, 1833. He attained the rank 6t major-general on 11th November, 1851, of lieutenant-gerteral, 24th December, 1858, and of general, 28th August, 1805. He was appointed colonel of the Eighth Light Dragoons, 17th November, 1855, and of the First Life Guards, 22nd February, 1865. From 2l8t February, 1854, till 18th August, 1855, he served in the Crimea, during the last six months of which period he was in command of the cavalry division. No. 182. Benjamin Kennicot': M'Dermott served with Third Buffs at the battle of Punniar. (Bronze star.) No. 183. Horace Ximenes (elder brother of W. Raymond Ximenes, vide No. 130). (For dates of commissions, vide Appendix No. 1.) He served with the regiment as a subaltern daring the Indian Mutiny campaign of 1857, and acted as orderly officer to Colonel Greathed at the actions of Bulandshahr and Alighnr, at the battle of Agra, at the action of Dilkoosha and relief of Lucknow, at the actions near Cawnpore on 2nd and 6th Decem- ber, 1857, and at KhudaGunj on 2nd January, 1858 (medal and clasp). On 23rd March, 1858, he was promoted, without purchase, to a company in the Sixteenth Regiment ; he retired Y 2 111 W «£i' . 824 y\ APPENDIX n. from the service on 2nd November, 1866, and died 18tli Jane, 1868.— Vide Records, p. 127. No. 184. WiLiiUM Waldegbave Pogson served with the regiment during the Mutiny campaign of 1857. He was present at the outbreak of the Native troops at Jellundur on the night of 7th Jane, at the march from Jellundur to Delhi (14th to 28th June), at the repulse of the sorties of 9th, 14th, 18th, and 23rd July, and at the assault of the city on 14th September. On the 28rd he received a slight wound. On the day of the assault he was attached to the storming party, received a severe wound from a grape shot, had his leg amputated, and died three days afterwards, on 17th September. — Vide Records, pp. Ill, 14, 18. No. 185. George Fuller Walker was appointed ensign in the King's on 14th April, 1856 ; promoted lieutenant, 13th Sep- tember, 1849 ; and appointed adjutant, 10th April, 1855 ; which appointment he held until promoted to a company in the Twenty- second Foot, on 17ih March, 1858. He served with the regiment as adjutant daring the Mutiny campaign of, 1857-58. Was present at the outbreak of the Native troops at Jelluildur on the night of 7th June; at the march from Jellnndur to Delhi (14th to 28th June) ; at the repulse of the sorties of 9thi 14th, 18th, and 23rd July, and at the assaillt of the city on 14th September. He had his horse shot under him on the 9th, and on the day of the assault received a severe wound in the arm, notwithstanding which he did not quit the ranks for several hours. After the capture of the city, though still suffering from his unhealed wound, he marched with the regiment, and was . present at the actions of Bulandshahr and Alighur ; at the battle of Agraj relief of Lucknow, actions near Cawnpore on 2nd and 6th December, and at the action of Khuda Gunj, 2nd January, 1858 (medal and two clasps). After leaving the regiment he served, first in the Twenty- second, and afterwards in the Twelfth Foot, to the command of the First Battalion of which regiment he succeeded on 3rd April, 1878. He served with it in the Afghan campaigns of 1878-79-80, until appointed to the command of a brigade. — Vide Records, pp. 108, 15, 17, ^0. No. 186. Timothy Walsh enlisted as a private in the Forty, eighth Kegiment on 17th November, 182.5, was transferred to the Fifty-fifth Regiment Ist August, 1834, of which regiment he was appointed eerjeant-major on 1st February, 1842. On 22nd November, 1845, he received the commission of ensign in the Seventy-eighth Highlanders, from whence he was trans- ferred first to the Sixty-second, and afterwards to the King's Regiment. APPENDIX II. 325 in In 1834, he served as corporal in the Forty-eighth in the campaign against the Rajah of Coorg ; and in 1841 as serjeant> major Fifty.fifth in the Chinese War ; he was present at the capture of Amoy, capture of Chusan, capture of Chinhae, repulse of night attack on Chinhae 10th Octoher, 1841, capture of Chapoo, Woosung, and Shanghae, and at the escalade of Heling Kiang (medal). On 11th October, 185.3, he exchanged with the quarteriziaster of the Twenty-ninth Begfiment. No. 187. Thomas Beattib Geieeson served with the regi- ment during the siege of Delhi, and was present at the repulse of the sorties of 9th, 14th, 18th, and 23rd July. He died of dropsy at IJmballa on 4th September, 1867. — Vide Becords, pp. 110—112. No, 188. Chaeles SoTHEEriAin) Dowson served in the Twenty- ninth Regiment during the campaign in the Punjab of 1848- 49. He was present at the afEair of Ramnngger, at the passage of the Chenab, and at the battles of Chillianwallah and Croojerat (medal and two clasps). No. 189. Gbaham EqEETON Hdodlestou served with the King's during the Mutiny campaign of 1857. He was present at the siege, assault, and capture of Delhi, at the action of Bnlandshahr, afEair of Alighnr, battle of Agra, affair of 2nd and action of 6th Deceniber, near Cawnpore, and at the action of Khuda Gunj (medal and clasp). On 6th September, 1861, he exchanged inio, the 52nd Regi- ment, in which he served as paymaster until 1869. Afterwards (in 1871) he was appointed payn^aster in the Seventieth Foot, and cqntinned to serve in it until his death, on 15th February, 1877. No. 190. Thomas Mackesbt Vincent served in the Navy with a combined naval and military force, which on 23rd May, 1855, attacked and destroyed the town of Malageat, on the West Coast of Africa; in performing this service he was dangerously wounded. In the Indian Mutiny campaign of 1857 he joined the regiment the day before it reached Delhi, but was shortly afterwards invalided tq Mussooree, and did not rejoin until the return of the regiment to Cawnpore, after the relief of Lucknow, on 29th November. He was killed in the action fought near Cawnpore, on 6th December. — Vide Records, p. 140. No. 191. William Robeet Webb served with the regiment during the Indian Mutiny campaign of 1857. He was present at the outbreak of the Sepoys at Jellnndur, on the night of 7th June ; at the march from Jellnndur to Delhi, 14th to 28th June ; v.i ^')) ment as quartermaster serjeant, present at the battles of Alma, Balaklava, and Inkermann, siege of Sebastopol, assaults of B.edan on 18th June and 8th September, and at the fall of the city ; present also at the capture of Kinbum (medal with four clasps, and Turkish medal). In 1857-58 served with the Twentieth Regiment, first as qnartermaster serjeant, afterwards as ensign, in the Indian Mutiny campaign ; present at the actions of Chanda, Ameerpore, and Sultanpore ; at the capture of Luck- now, and subsequent operations in Oudh, including afFairs of Churda, fort of Musjerdia, and Bauhee (medal and clasp). He also received a medal for long service and good conduct. No. 196. Arthur Holden Tdrnee served in 1859 with the 28th Regiment, at the storming of the forts on Beyt Island, and at the siege and capture of Dwai'ka. No. 197. Frederick Bartholomew Joseph Jereard held an appointment in the Transport Service during the Ashantee war of APPENDIX II. 827 -'3-74. During the five days preceding the captare of Vyoomassie, he was employed in protecting commanications north of tha Prah (medal). On 24th June, 1875, us a reward for his services, he was promoted to a company in the Ninety-first Foot. Soon afterwards he exchanged into the Thirty-third Foot. He now holds the appointment of inspector and adjutant of the East India Bifle Volunteer Corps. No. 198. Geoeqk Villiees Turner served with the Second Battalion during the Afghan campaigns of 1878-79-80. He was attached as orderly officer to the staff of Brigadier TheU wall, and was present at the action of 28th November, and at the battle of the Peiwar Kotal. In the month of Novem- ber, 1879, his company formed part of the force under General Tytler, during his operations in the Zymukt Valley (modal and clasp). On 24th January, 1880, he was promoted to an nnati»,ched company, and on 7th July appointed to One Hundred and Fifth Foot, in which he is at present serving. — Vide Records, pp. 195, 200. _; No. 199. William Lloyd Beereton served with the Second Battalion during the Afghan campaigns of 1878-79-80. He was present at the action of 28th November, and at the battle of the Peiwar Kotal, and was one of four officers who served with the battalion continuously from the 21st November, 1878, the day on which it entered Afghanistan, until it recrossed the frontier on 21st October, 1880 (medal and clasp). — Vide Becords, pp. 195, 202. No. 200. Llewellyn Salusbuby Mellor served with the Second Battalion during the Afghan campaigns of 1878-79-80, and was present at the action of 28th November, and at the battle of the Peiwar Kotal (medal and claap). — Vide Becords, p. 195. No. 201. Henry Arthur Fletcher served with the Second Battalion during the Afghan campaigns of 1878-79-80. He was present at the action of 28th November, and at the battle of the Peiwar Kotal (medal and clasp). He died on 26th April, 1861. — Vide Becords, pp. 196, 98. No. 202. Percy Schletter served with the Second Battalion during the Afghan campaigns of 1878-79-80 (medal). — Vide Becords, 189, 97, 201. ' ' No. 203. Arthur Charles Greaves Banning served with the Second Battalion during the Afghan campaigns of 1878-79-80. He was present at the action of 28th November, and at the ' I "r i: !j n S; iffi 328 \\ APPENDIX II. battle of the Peiwar Kotal (medal and clasp). — Vide Eecords, p. 196. No. 204. Joseph Husje Balfour served with the Second Battalion daring the Afghan campaigns of 1878-79-80. He was present at the action of the 28th November, and at the battle of the Feiwar Kotal (medal and clasp). — Vide Becords, pp. 194, 195. No, 205. O'DoNNELL Collet Gbattan served with the Second Battalion daring the Afghan campaigns of 1878-79-80 ; he was present at the action of 28th November, and at the battle of the Feiwar Kotal and at the action of Ali Kheyl (medal and clasp). — Vide Becords, pp. 195, 200. No. 206. Edward Lieven Maiset served with the Second Battalion daring the Afghan campaigns of 1878-79-80. He was attached as orderly officer to the staff of Brigadier Cobbe, and was present at the action of 28th November, and at the battle of the Feiwar Kotal (medal and clasp). — Vide Becords, pp. 195, 200. \ . Np. 207. Charles Gray Robertson (son of Lieutenant-Colonel A. Caningham Bobertson, vide No. 50) served with the Second Battalion during the Afghan campaign of 1878, and was pre- sent at the action of the 28th November, and at the battle of the Feiwar Kotal. D.aring the campaigns of 1879-80, he served in the Transport Department, and was attached to the force of Sir Frederick Boberts. He was present at the action of Karez Kila 10th December, 1879 ; at the actions near Kabul and defence of Sherpur 12th to 23rd December, 1879 i at the repulse of the attack on Colonel Jenkyn's detach- ment near Charassia 25th April, 1880 ; at Sir F. Robert's march from Kabul to Candahar 8th to 31st August, 1880, and at the battle of Bala Wali 1st September, 1880, when he acted as orderly officer to General Baker (star and medal with two clasps). — Vide Becords, p. 195. No. 208. Lawrence Charles Dundas served with the Second Battalion during the Afghan campaigns of 1878-79-80. He was present at the action of 28th November, and at the battle of the Peiwar Kotal, and was one of a party of eight officers and privates who on 10th April, 1879, pursued and attacked twenty Afghans, killing five of them and wounding several ethers. For this servipe the party was thanked in divisional orders (medal and clasp).— Ft'rfe Becords, pp. 195, 197. No. 209. Horatio Jaues Evans served with the Second APPENDIX II, 329 Battation daring the Afghan campaigns of 1878-79-80. H« was present at the action rf 28th November, and at the battle of the Peiwar Kotal and at the action of Ali Khojl ; he was one of fodr officers who did duty continnoasly with the battalion from 2l8t November, 1878, the day on which it entered Afghanistan, nntil it recrossed the frontier on 21st October, 1880 (medal and clasp). — Vide Records, pp. 195, 202. ' No. 210. John Bcbnard Edwards served with the Second Battalion daring the Afghan campaigns of 1878-79-80. He was present at the action of the 28th November, and at the battle of the Peiwar Kotal, and he was one of the foar officers who did duty continuoasly with the battalion from 21st Novem- ber, 1878, the day on which it entered Afghanistan, until it re- crossed the frontier on 21st October, 1880 (medal and clasp). — Vide Records, pp. 195, 202. No. 211. Valentine Auqustds Milman Fowler served with the Second Battalion daring the Afghan campaign of 1879-80 (medal). No. 212. Colin Alex. Robertson Blagewell served (as second lieutenant) lyith the Second Batt{|>lion during the Afghan cam- paign of 1879-80 (medal). . , . : , , ■ Nq. 213. Stableton Lynch Cotton served with the Second Battalion during the Afghan campaign of 1879-80 (medal). ENSIGNS, SUB-LIEUTENANTS AND SECOND LIEUTENANTS. Nq. 214. — Savage served with the regiment in the cam- paign in Germany of 1704, and was killed on 2nd July at the storming of the heights of Schellenburg.— Fide Records, p. 21. No. 215. Justine Holdmann was morti^Uy wounded and taken prisoner at the battle of Dunblane (12th November, 1715). He was a young officer of great promise aud conspicuous for his personal valour. — Vide Records, pp. 37, 38. No. 216. — Glbnkennedt was taken prisoner at the battle of Dunblane (12th November, 1718). — Vide Records, p. 38. No. 217. TqoMAS Wilson served with the regiment daring 1*! m 330 APPENDIX II. \\ I the campaign in the Netherlands of 1747, and was wonnded at the battle of Val. — Vide Records, p. 48. No. 217a. John Bbuce, after serving as a non-commissioned officer and attaining the rank of serjeant-major, received the commission of ensign on 17th Febrnair, 1745. He was severely wonnded at the battle of Cnlloden, 16th April, 1745, and retired on half-pay on 18th April, 1749. — Vide Records, p. 46. No. 218. Akchibald McMubdo, brother of Bryco McMurdo, and father of W. M. S. McMurdo (No. 101), was bom in 1775; he was appointed ensign in the Kinu's 23rd November, 1791, and after serving in it about two years was promoted and transferred to the Fifty-third (20th November, 1793). On the 11th July, 1796, he attained his company in the Twenty-seventh Enniskillings, in which regiment he was promoted major on 8th May, 1801. He retired from the service in 1803. In 1799, he served with the Twenty-seventh in the expe- dition to Holland, and in the battle near Bergen on 2nd October, he received a severe wound, from the effects of which he never thoroughly recovered. After retiring from the army he was appointed lieutenant- colonel of the Dumfries-shire Militia. He dieil in Dumfries on 11th October, 1829. No. 219. LoBEKzo Toole received a wound at the capture of Martinique, 1793, the expenses attending the cure of which are charged in the account of Extraordinary Expenses presented to the House of Commons from 25th December, 1795, to 25th December, 179C (note in MS. Volume, Library, Boyal U.S. Institution). ' ^ No. 220. Donald ^Bneas Macdonald wan wounded at the battle of Lundy's Lane 25th July, 1814. — Vide Records, p. 87. No. 221. John Mathiesen was made prisoner during the sortie made by the garrison at Fort Erie on 1 7th September, 1814.— Fide Records, p. 88. No. 222. William Montagu Scott McMurdo, son of Archi- bald McMurdo, who served as ensign in the regiment in the years 1791-92-93 {vide No. 218), and nephew of Captain Bryce McMurdo {^ide No. 101), was appointed ensign in the Kino's on 1st July, 1837. He was promoted to be a lieutenant in the Twenty- second Foot on 6th January, 1841. He was subsequently pro- moted to a company in the Twenty-eighth and exchanged to the Seventy-eighth Foot, and commanded the Military Train from Ist April, 1857, until February, 1860. He was gazetted major- I APPENDIX II. 331 general on 27th March, 1868 ; h'entenant-general on 19th Febru- ary, 1878, and general on 20th May, 1878. Between December, 1842, and January, 1865, he held the following Staff appoint- ments : — Assistant anarternxaster-general in Scinde ; A.D.C. to the Commander-in-Chief in the East Indies; officiating assistant adjutant-general, Bengal ; assistant adjutant-general, Dublin ; director-general of transport, Crimea; inspector of volunteers and inspector-general of volunteers. Between 1st October, ? 866, and 4th March, 1873, he held the following commanus: — Brigadier-general Dublin District, and major-general com- manding a division of the Bengal Army. He was appointed A.D.C. to the Queen 11th December, 1855 ; Companion of the Bath on 2nd January, 1857, and Knight Commander of the Bath in May, 1881. On 19th July, 1876, he was appointed colonel of the Sixty-ninth Foot, and on 23rd August, 1877, transferred to the Fifteenth Foot, which appointment he still holds. During the campaign in Scinde in 1843, he served as assistant quartermaster-general of the army, under Sir Charles Napier. He was present at the battle of Meeance, in which his horse was shot under him ; at an affair with the enemy, while conducting Major Stark's brigade from Muttaree to Hydrabad, and at the battle of Hydrabad, where he received a sabre wound in the right breast (medal). In 1845 he agai'* served as assistant quartermaster-general to Sir Charles Xapier, during the campaign against the mountain and desert tribes on the right bank of the Indus. In 1851-52 he served as assistant adjutant-general of Queen's tiY)ops in the expedition against the Ah^edies, and was present at tba forcing of the Kohat Pass (medal). In the Crimean campaign he served as director- general of the Land Transport Corps (medal and clasp for Sebastopol, officer of the Legion of Honour, 4th class of the Medjidie, and Turkish medal). No. 223. William Hext Mountsteven served with the regi- ment during the Indian Mutiny campaign of 1857. He was present at the outbreak of the Sepoys at Jellundur on the night of 7th June, and at the march from Jellundur to Delhi 14th to 21st June ; on the 9th July he was mortally wounded, and died the next day. — Vide Record's, p. 109. i i: PAYMASTERS. No. 224. Bartholomew Hartley served as lieutenant in the Royal York Hangers at the surrender of Martinique and taking of Guadaloupe in 1815. His son Richard Wilson Hartley was ap- jjlll 332 APPENDIX II. pointed ensifpi in the regiment on 26th October, 1841, and Herved in it nntil IGth Jannary, 1857, when he ezclinnged into the Ninety- second Regiment. Me is now eerving in the Dublin County Militia with the rank of captain and honorary major. No. 225. John Falls served during the Crimean War as paymaster of the Turkish Contingent (Turkish modal). He died in 1881. QUARTERMASTERS. No. 226. John Ross enlisted as private in the Kino's Rgoi- MENT on 7th March, 1826, qn 25th of December of the same year he attained the rank of serjear.t; on 15th November, 1840, he was appointed quartermaster-serjeant, and on 8th November, 1842, received the commission of quartermaster. He served witn the regiment dming the Mutiny campaign of 1857, and was present at the outbreak of the Sepoy troops at Jellundur on the night of the 7th June. On the march from Umballa to Delhi he was found dead in a doolie, having died of sun- stroke during the night of 20th June, 1857. He was brother- in-law of Major W. Baillie, No. 79, and tincle of Captain A. Ross Baillie, No. 129. No. 227. Joseph Hamilton enlisted in the Royal Artillery as a gunner and driver on 4th May, 1843, was appointed colour- serjeant 31st August, 1854, and received the commission of lieutenant in the Land Transport Corps on 6th July, 1855, from which he was transferred to the King's Regiment as quarter- master on 16th April, 1658. He served as a company serjeant R.A. in the trenches before Sebastopol from 17th (Optober, 1864, uptil the fall of the town, 8th September, 1856. He was present at the battle of Inker- maun, and was wpunded on 17th June, 1855, while doing duty in the trenches, fie received the Crimean medal with two clasps, also a medal for distinguished conduct in the field. In Novem- ber, 1858, he served in the Mutiny campaign with detachments of the Forty-second and Seventy-ninth under Brigadier Douglas (medal). Ho died at Futtehghur on 22nd September, 1859. No. 228. John Keatinqe enlisted as private in the King's on 7th April, 1846; was appointed quartermaster-serjeant 19th November, 1858, and received the commission of quartermaster in it on 23rd September, 1859. He served with the regiment as a colpur-serjfcant during ^p Indian Mutiny campaign of s'o w. APPENDIX II. 333 ! I 1857-58-59. Was present at the siege, assault, and capture of Delhi ; at the battle of Agra and other actions of Colonel Oreat- hed's colnmn ; at the relief of Lucknow; at the actions near Cawnpore on 2nd and 6th December ; at the action of Khuda Gunj^nd January, 1868, and at the operations in Oudh between 18th October, 1858, and 2nd February, 1859 (medal and two clasps). No. 229. Charles Usherwood served in the Crimea in 1854- 55 with the Nineteenth Regiment. He was present at the affairs of Bulganack and McKeuzie's farm, battles of Alma and Inkermanu, capture of Balaklava, and at the siege and fall of Sebastopol (medal and three clasps and Turkish medal). No. 230. Alfred Berry enlisted in the Kino's Regiment on 11th October, 1852, was appointed its serjeant-major on 2nd April, 1862, and received the commission of quartermaster on 20th May, 1864. He served as a non-commissioned ofBccr with the regiment during the Mutiny campaigns df 1857-58-59, and was present at JoUuudur when the Sepoy troops mutinied on the night of 7th June ; at the siege, assault, and captui'e of Delhi; at the battle of Agra and other actions of Colonel Greathed's column ; at the relief of Lucknow ; at the actions near Cawnpore on 2nd and 6th December, 1857 ; at the action of Khuda Gunj 2nd January, 1858, and at the operations in Oudh between 18th October, 1858, and 2nd February, 1869. No. 231. George Rdssel Holt White served as a non-com- missioned officer with Ninth L u.cers during the Sutlej campaign of 1845-46; present at the battle of Sobraon (medal); during- the Punjab campaign of 1848-49 ; present at the passage of the Chenab, and at the battles of Chillianwallah and GoDJeraL (medal with two clasps), and during the Indian Mutin^- campaigns of 1857-58-69 ; was present at the battle of Budiee-ke-Serai ; at the siege, assault, and capture of Delhi ; with Colonel Greathed's column at the actions of Bulandshahr, Agra, and Kanouge; at the relief of Lucknow ; battle of Cawnpore, 6th December, 1867 ; actions at Serai- ghat and Khuda Guaj ; at the siege and capture of Lucknow; at the summer cenipaign of 1868 iii Oudh and Rohilcund ; present at actions of Rhodamore, Aliguiij, Bareillj, and Shahjehanpoor ; at the pursuit to Mahumdee; passage of the Gogra at Fyzebad ; operations on the Nepaul frontier, and actions at Muckleegaum and Kumdekote (medal with two clasps). He also served as quartermaster with the Third Buffs during the China campaign of 1860 (medal). No. 232. Philip Spencer enlisted as private in the King's Regiment on 26th April, 1868; he attained the rank of serjeant iin i I 334 APPENDIX II. on 17th Febrnaiy, 1863, was appointed orderly room cleric, 20th October, 1865, and qaartermaster-serjeant on 7th December, 1870. On Slat January, 1877, he received the commission of qaartermaster, in which rank he served with the Second Battalion daring the Afghan campaigns of 1878-79-80. He was present at the action of 28th November, and at the battle of the Peiwar Kotal (medal and clasp.) SUROBONS. ^ No. 233. Fbanois Ohables Anneslbt served with the regi> ment as surgeon in medical charge of the regiment daring the siege, assanlt, and capture of Delhi in 1857 (medal and clasp). No. 234. John Madden served as assistant surgeon with the Forty-third Light Infantry during the Ka£Br war of 1851-53, and on the death of the surgeon succeeded to the medical charge of the regiment (medal.) No. 235. John Ievine, M.D. In 1857-58 served with General Havelock's column, in medical charge of Royal Artil- lery ; present at actions of Fnttehpore, Aoung, Pandoo Nuddee, Cawnpore, Oonac, Busseerut Gunj, Mung«wara, Alnmbagh, and relief and defence of the residency of Lucknow (mentioned in despatches) ; served with General Outram's force in the Alum- bagh from November, 1857, to March, 1858 ; present at capture of Lucknow (medal and two clasps.) No. 236. Thomas CiiABK Bbadt served in the Fifty-seventh Regiment during the campaign in the Crimea of 1854-55 ; he was present at the battles of Balaklava and Inkei'manu, at the attack on the Redan on 18th June, and at the siege and fall of Sebastopol ; he was also present at the bombardment and the surrender of Einbum (mentioned in despatches ; medal, clasp, and Turkish medal). No. 237. Gbahame Auchinleck served as assistant surgeon in the Burmese war of 1852-53 (medal with clasp for Pegu) ; also in the Euzoofzie expedition of 1858 (medal with clasp) ; was present at Mean Meer in 1857, when General Renny disarmed one regiment of native cavalry, and three regiments of native infantry. APPEin)IX II. 336 ASSISTANT SURGEONS. No. 238. William Henrt Taxes. In 1857 Berved with the regiment at tho siege of Delhi, and was in medioal charge of the regiment daring the sabsequent operations ; present at action of Bulandshahr; affair of AUyghnr, battle of Agra, action of Dilkoosha, relief of Lacknow ; affair of 2nd and action of 6th December, near Cawnpore, and at the action of Kbuda Qonj (medal and two clasps). No. 239. Thomas Jamks Biddle served with the Forty- ninth regiment in the Crimea from 13th September to 23rd December, 1854 (medal and clasp). Served with the King's Reqiment in 1857 ; at the siege, assanlt, and capture of Delhi. No. 240. James Saltus Contebs served with the foroo under Sir Garnet Wolseley daring the Ashantee war of 1873-74. He was present at the battle of Amoaf al, attack and capture of Becquah, battle of Ordahsu and capture of Coomaasie (medal and clasp). List of Volunteers, Non-commissioned Officers, and Privates whose Names are mentioned in the Records. Volunteers. D. McLean and H. P. Hill (p. 77). Serjeant- Major. Snowdon (p. 163). Colour-Serjeants. Walker (p. 118) ; W. Innes (p. 195). Drum-Majors. Byrne (p. 117); Owen Cuningham (pp. 193-195). Serjeants. Thorn (p. 123) ; James Howard, 0. J. S. Savage (p. 195). Privates. No. 2041 John Brown (p. 109) ; Peter Murphy (p. 125) ; W. Lynch (p. 164) ; James Ball (p. 166) ; J. Buigess, L. Jones, B. Jones, C. Delaney (p. 195). ^1 336 APPENDIX III. APPENDIX No. III. A. Eatahlithment of the Non-Commiuioncd Officert, Drummera, and Privatet, Kivg't Jiegiment, at vnriout perioJi from 1802 to 1881. Extracted from War Office Itetumt. IsT Battalion. December 26th, 1802, Gibraltar „ 1804, Home 1807 do. .. 1811, Canada 1M13 do... July 26th, 1816, Home September 26th, 1816 do. . . October 26th, 1818, Malta . . August 2&th, 1821, Ionian Islands December 26th, 1824, Home „ 1825 do. .. January 1st, 1831, Nova Scotia August 12th, 183(4 do. April Ist, 1848, Home „ 1846 do. . . July 24th, 1867, India April 1st, 1868 do. July Srd, 1860, at sea September 6th, 1860, Home February 14th, 1862 do. April Ist, 1863 do. „ 1866 do. „ 1866, Malta „ 1867 do... „ 1868 do... „ 1870, India „ 1872 do. . . „ 1873 do. . . August Ist, 1878, Aden April Ist, 1879, Home August 1st, 1881 do. 10 10 10 10 11 10 10 10 8 8 10 10 10 10 10 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 10 10 8 8 8 8 36 44 64 66 63 66 46 86 20 80 42 43 47 47 68 67 66 67 67 67 68 66 67 69 59 56 56 49 41 42 42 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 12 12 14 14 14 17 21 26 25 26 26 26 25 25 26 26 26 21 19 17 17 16 16 40 40 60 6Q 68 60 40 80 24 24 86 86 40 40 60 60 60 60 60 60 50 50 50 50 50 48 50 40 40 40 40 i 710 760 960 960 960 950 760 620 652 661 704 703 760 760 950 1,140 1,140 1,140 900 860 750 710 710 750 860 872 870 780 560 440 440 APPENDIX III. 337 710 710 760 860 872 870 780 660 440 440 2nd Battalion. Formation ordered 25th Deoomber, 1804. • J i 1 J 1 a d '& December 26th, 1804, Home. . 10 2» 22 20 380 June 16th, 1800 do 10 34 22 30 670 December 25th, 1811, Nora Scotia . . 10 86 22 30 670 „ 1812 do. 10 45 22 40 7i *L 338 APPENDIX III. B. Extracts from Annual Reports of the Inspector-General of Mtiskvtry, shmoing res^dts of the Musketry Instruction of both Battalions for each year from 1859 to 1881. 11 .s a Figure of merit. Percentage of Year. Ist class Marks- Non- exer- Stations. m ^^ shots. men. cised. 1858-59 I not ex ercised India. II 75 27-92 23 4 • • Home. 1859-60 I not ex ercised India. II 53 34 81 23 4-50 1 Gibraltar. 1860-61 I 105 33-53 • • • • 18 India, Home. II 45 40-08 40 12 0-50 Gibraltar. 1861-62 I 91 39 03 34 11 1-50 Home. II 55 41-25 37 11-75 2-26 Gibraltar. 1862-63 I 52 43-46 45 18-25 1-44 Home. II 74 41-93 44 14-95 2-34 Gibraltar, Malta. 1863-64 I 49 43-38 50 20-28 1-53 Home. II 122 38-29 18 2-53 1-25 Malta. 1864-65 I 16 88-56 40 7-90 2-34 Home. II 100 50-91 18 0-86 1-70 Malta. 1865-66 I 22 82-69 39 7-13 1-67 Home. II 51 69 06 24 3-47 0-45 Malta. 1866-67 I 78 76-28 31 6-26 2-34 Home. II 112 66-00 22 4-28 2-68 Malta. 1867-68 I 47 105 -42 52 12-37 1-31 Malta. II 22 117-12 68 16-49 5-57 Malta, Home. 1868-69 I 118 96-93 45-73 20-26 2-56 Malta, India. II 31(4) 121 -89 62-79 15-84 3-37 Home. 1869-70 I 122 81-80 41-60 13 00 7-10 India. II 23 121 -34 59-81 12-86 3-38 Home. 1870-71 I 115 91-02 48-31 13-25 9-37 India. II 10 136-15 70-13 18-18 1-54 Home. 1871-78 I 120 92-56 49-05 11-66 5-80 India. II 39 122 -70 59-90 19 04 112 Home. 1872-73 I 102 67-54 52 13-21 1-65 India. II 67 76-36 65 11-83 116 Home. 1873-74 I 65 84-80 66 24-93 3-02 India. II 36 88-53 61 25-92 3-69 Home. 1874-76 I 16 94 -39 77 38-37 1-28 India. II 88 77-20 51 14-05 2 06 Home. 1875-76 I 7 98-48 79 35-69 14-61 India. II 110 69-39 29 8-68 2-00 Home. 1876-77 I 11 86-83 66 19-81 1-28 India. II 109 53-46 30 7-89 3 01 Home. 1877-78 I 9 119 04 52 38-98 0-89 India, Aden. II 131 80-02 12 6-51 0-41 Home. 1878-79 I 2 125 -67 63 47-80 2-44 Aden, Home. II not ex ercised Home, Afghan". 1879-80 I 36 101-50 38-57 18-42 216 Home. II not ex ercised Afghanistan. 1880-81 I 48 104 -16 34-86 21-10 1-35 Home. ir 67 100-23 31-46 20-85 7-29 India. APPENDIX IV. 839 APPENDIX No. IV. Notes on thb Costume and Equipment of the Eighth, The Kino's Regiment. Contributed by S. M, Milne, Esq, Comparatively little authentic is known regarding the early costume or equipment of the regiment. Some information may be culled from the pages of Grose, and other military antiquarians of lesser note, concerning the uniform of the infantry in general, but very little as regards the peculiarities which distinguished one corps from another. Towards the year 1742, however, some degree of regularity seems to have prevailed, for at that date a book was produced, probably by the King's order, giving coloured illustrations of private soldiers in every regiment ; the voluminous skirts of the Queen Anne period were now permanently buttoned back, and were becoming smaller ; the lappels across the chest, of regi- mental facing, were conspicuous j the coat collar, however, was as yet absent. From this work the uniform of the King's Regi- ment appears to have been as follows (vide Plate 3, fig. 1, p. 41) :- Hat : — Cocked, with white lace round the edge, and a flat black cockade on the left side. Coat : — Scarlet, blue lappels, fastened back with ten white lace loops and buttons, also a button on the shoulder to keep the top of the lappel back, an edging of lace round the outside of the lappels, the coat fastened at the waist, below the lappels, with three buttons having lace loops ; the skirts cut very large, edged with lace, and buttoned back ; straight slit pockets in the skirts, with four buttons and lace loops, very large cuffs of blue cloth to the sleeves (opening outward), four buttons and loops up the sleeve ; regimental lace round the outside of the blue ouflF. Waistcoat: — Scarlet, very long, edged at the bottom with lace, and showing when the coat sj^irts were buttoned back. Breeches : — Blue, with white gaiters coming above the knee, fastening below the knee with a bufE strap. Pouch : — Black, hung very low in fi-ont of the right thigh by a broad buff shoulder-belt, the sword and bayonet suspended in a frog from a broad waist-belt with a buckle in front. The regimental lace shown in this illastration is white with a wavy blue stripe. At this period there seems to have been no very strict regulation as regards the lace ; in all probability it Z 2 11 ?* i HI I i 340 APPENDIX IV. varied from time to time to suit the taste of the colonel, though it constituted a very great distinction between regiments, and indeed continued to do so until comparatively recent times. Gradually some kind of order must have been attained, as the Army List for 1767 gives, for the first time, the different pat- terns of lace as worn and apparently authorised ; that for the King's Regiment was of white worsted, about half an inch wide, with a blue and a yellow stripe down one edge, and this pattern was adhered to by the rank and file through many a change in the coat until 1836, when white tape was substituted, coloured lace being still worn by the drummers. But at some period the drummers' lace., was changed ; for, when all regimental laces were abolished in 1866, and the universal pattern adopted, the drummers of the King's Regiment were wearing a white worsted lace with blue fleur de lys woven thereon. Not only did every regiment have its own distinct pattern of lace, but the loops (lace sewn round the button-holes) were of different forms: some being square-headed, some pointed, and others frog loops ; some regiments had their loops set on at equal distance ; others by twos, so that at any period between 1768 and 1836 a person conversant with the various patterns of lace and with the different colours of the facings, could tell to what regiment a man belonged without closely examining the small pewter buttons for the regimental number ; the King's Regiment wore square-headed loops at equal distances. About the middle of the last century a strong desire seems to have been manifested by the authorities to enforce stricter regu- larity in the uniform and equipment of the array at large, and in consequence the Royal Warrant of 1751 was issued, giving the following details having reference to the regiment : — * *' No colonel to put his arms, crest, device, or livery on any " part of the appointments, nor any part of the clothing to be " altered, but by the King, or by the captain-general's permis- " sion." As regards the Colours and Standards : — The King's or first colour to be the great union throughout ; the second colour to be blue, with the union in the upper canton, in the centre of each to be painted or embroidered the White Horse on a red ground within the garter, surmounted by the crown ; in the three corners of the second colour the King's cypher and crown, the rank of the regiment being shown in the upper corner ; cords and tassels crimson and gold, mixed. Drummers to wear the royal livery, viz., red, lined, faced and lapelled on the breast with blue, and laced with royal lace. The front of the grenadiers' caps to be blue, with the King's cypher * A Royal Warrant, dated September, 1743, had previously appeared, but on a much smaller scale than that of 1751. APPENDIX IV. 341 and the crown over ifc, embroidered, the little flap (in front) to be red, with White Horse, and the motto "Nee asjyera terrent," back of cap red, the tam-up blue. The front part of the drums to be painted blue, having the White Horse within the garter, the rank of the regiment below. The cloth grenadier caps were abolished by the Warrant of July, 1768, which states that "black bearskin caps be supplied " to the fusilier regiments, companies of grenadiers and drum- " mers, as often as shall be necessary." The next general clothing warrant was issued in December, 1768, but in the meantime a great change had taken place in the fashion and cut of the uniform ; the turned-down collar or cape, as it was then called, appeared, the coat gradually became scantier, and only met across the chest, the waist being quite exposed ; the lappels were now simply ornaments, the skirts turned well back, and lined with white; coat pockets much smaller, and the length of the waistcoat shortened; the large cufEs entirely disappeared, and smaller and neater ones, without any slit, took their place ; the sword was dispensed with, except for the Serjeants and grenadiers, the latter, being picked men, were probably considered strong enough to carry the sword as well as musket and bayonet. The costume of the regiment at this period, 1768 (vide Plate 3, fig. 2, p. 41), was as follows : — Officers : — Scarlet coats, lappelied blue to the waist, the lappels three inches wide, fastened back by gilt buttons, having the regimental number thereon, placed at equal distances, the button-holes laced round with narrow gold lace loops, the cape of blue cloth turned down and fastened by one button and loop at each end ; small round blue cuffs, three and a half inches deep, without slit, thereon four lace loops and buttons, cross pockets (in line with the waist) with four buttons and short loops, two loops and one button on each side of the slit behind, skirts lined and turned back, white. OflBcers of grenadiers had an epaulette of gold lace and fringe on each shoulder ; battalion officers one on the right shoulder only ; waistcoat and breeches white, black linen gaiters with black buttons and small stifE tops, black garters. The sash crimson, and tied round the waist; gorget gilt, with the King's arms and the regimental badge engraved thereon, and fastened to the neck by blue rosettes and ribbons ; sword hilt gilt, with a crimson and gold-striped sword knot ; hats laced with gold, black cockades. The officers of the grenadier company wore black bearskin caps, on the front the King's crest with the regimental badge and motto in gilt metal on a black ground; they carried fusils, and had white shoulder- belts and pouches. The other officers carried espontoons, a light steel-headed pike with a small cross-bar just below the blade, about seven feet in length. ;l h n ' vfl 342 APPENDIX IV. Serjeants : — Coats similar to those worn by the oflBcers, ex- cepting that the bnttons were of white metal and the loops of white braid ; hats laced with silver, crimson worsted sashes with a stripe of JdIuo ; swords and halberts were carried, the latter a light ornamental kind of battle-axe, with a long handle or shaft. Grenadiers : — Coats with wings of red cloth on the point of the shoulder, having six loops of regimental lace, and a border of the same round the bottom, black bearskin caps, the cap-plate having the same badges as the officers' caps in white metal on a black ground ; height of cap without bearskin twelve inches ; grenadiers alone among the privates wore swords. Corporals and Private Mkn : — Coat laced with the regimental lace, as before described, bnttons white metal with regimental number, the loops square-headed and placed at equal distances in the same positions as the officers' lace loops were placed ; the corporals distinguished by a silk epaulette on the right shoulder ; breadth of shoulder-belt two and three-quarter inches, that of 'waist-belt (supporting the bayonet) being two inches. Drummers and Fifers : — Being a royal regiment^ wore red coats, faced and lappelled blue, laced with royal lace, in other respects they were dressed like the private men, excepting that they wore bearskin caps with a plate in front, thereon the King's crest of silver-plated metal on a black ground, with trophies of colours and drums, the regimental badge on the back part ; a short sword with a scimitar blade. Pioneers : — Each had an axe, a sword, and an apron, a cap with a leather crown, and a black bearskin front, on which was displayed the King's crest, together with a saw and an axe in white, on a red ground, the regimental badge at the back. Regimental Colours : — Still aa described in the Warrant of 1751, the size being six feet six inches flying and six feet deep on the pike ; length of pole, spear, and ferril included, being nine feet ten inches. Towards the end of the century, the gaiters became shorter ; the collar, probably following the French fashion of the day, began to be worn turned up, the lace loop and button which had been used to fasten it down was attached to the new front, and became simply an ornamental pendage, and so remained for more than half a century ; in the illustration of the uniform in 1792 (vide Plate 3, figs. 3 and 4, p. 41) this may be observed, and also that the coat was becoming more scanty and the waistcoat shrink- ing up to the waist. A very correct idea can now be formed of the regimental breast-plate ; that for the officers was oval, gilt, with a beaded edge, the White Horse in silver with a garter, surmounted by the crown ; that worn by the privates was simply square, of brass, with the figure 8 and the words " The King's Regiment " engraved thereon. Another peculiarity may be also observed APPENDIX IV. $m or for the first time at this date, one very trivial in itself, but alone ' confined to the regiment, and as such worthy of remark, and that is, a narrow red piping was worn straight up the front ends of the blue collar ; this distinction >7as kept up carefully for a long period, and only disappeared upon tbc adoption of the new coatee in 1829. The Warrant of 1796 authorised a considei-able change in the fashion and cut of the coat; according to it the lappels were to be continued down to the waist, but to be made either to button over occaeionally, or to clasp close with hooks and eyes all the way down to the bottom ; the collar was ordered to stand up, and was made very high and roomy to admit the large neck- cloth then in vogue, the light infantry jacket was to be made shorter in the skirt, and the pocket flaps placed thereon in a slanting direction, and not level with the waist, as in the long coats. The illustration for 1800 (Plate 4, fig. 1, p. 65) shows an officer with his coat buttoned, but having (as was then fashion- ulie) the top of the lappels doubled back, disclosing two or three ot the highest gold loops ; whilst this fashion obtained, it was very usual to have only the top of the lappel so ornamented. A change was now impending in the head-dress of the infantry, for the last twenty-five years of the eighteenth ceutury, the light infantry had worn leather helmets or caps of various shapes and patterns ; by a General Order dated February, 1800, the use of hats was discontinued, and a cylindrical shako with a peak introduced ; this head-dress was made of lacquered felt, and was ornamented with a large brass oblong plate in front about six inches high and four inches broad, thereon displayed, as far as the Eighth Regiment was concerned, the White Horse within a garter surmounted by the crown and the number of the regi- ment, and surrounded by trophies of arms and standards, under- neath the lion of England. As far as can now bo ascertained, the worsted red-and-white tuft was fixed in the front rising from a small black cockade ; the warrant states that the grenadiers may wear these shakos when rot using their grenadier caps, their tuft being white, that for the light infantry being grten, the regimental button was worn in the centre of the black cockade, the grenadiers using a grenade instead. The officers still, however, retained their old cocked hats, those of the grenadier companies had to wear bearskins when the men wore theirs, but the light infantry oflicers always wore caps like the men. In 1801, the want of great coats was constantly pressed upon the authorities. James in his " Regimental Companion " states that " it had been proposed in 1798 to allow this article to every " soldier, instead of making a few ragged great coats to go " through a species of fatigue drill in guard-mounting in more " regiments than one." In April, 1801, a warrant was issued :n t' I Mi APPENDIX IV. authorizing each man of the Foot Onards and infantry of the line, who was not then possessed of a good serviceable great coat, should be provided with one. Apparently the lacquered shako did not answer all require- ments, for by the Warrant of October, 1806, it was abolished and a felt one introduced, " the leather parts and brass plates to be " supplied every two years, and the felt crown and tuft an- " uually." This cap was probably copied from one then used by the Austrian infantry ; it was light and well fitted to the head, and was worn by the infantry throughout the Peninsular and Waterloo Campaigns ; the brass plate in front was smaller than the last, oval in shape, with the crown on the top : the worsted tuft was fixed at the side, rising from a black cockade as in the last, and suspended across the front hung a crimson and gold twisted cord with tassels for the officers, and the same in white or green worsted for the non-commissioned officers and privates of the battalion or of the light infantry companies respectively.* In 1812, the general costume of the regiment was as follows (vide Plate 4, figs. 3 and 4, p. 65) : — Officers : — Cap as above described, jacket of scarlet cloth cut short in tho skirt (the long coats were reserved for full dress occasions), double breasted, the blue gold-laced lappels gene- i-ally worn buttoned across, so as to hide the lace, the gorget not invariably worn, the shirt collar and black neck-cloth showing above the high coat collar, on each side of which were two gold loops and buttons, the front edge showing the distinctive red piping, the turn-backs of the skirtA white, laced with gold, and edged with a blue piping. The skirt ornaments at the corners being gold half sprays on blue cloth, the back skirts and side edges laced, two lace holes and one button each side of the back appearing just under the sash, the slashed pockets having four small loops and buttons ; blue cuffs with four loops and buttons at equal distances ; pantaloons of grey cloth with ankle gaiters, tho breeches and leggings being reserved for home duties. A long straight sword, black leather scabbard, giU mounting, with crimson and gold sword knot, suspended from a frog ; shoulder- belt of white buffalo leather, ornamented with the regimental breast-plate, which at this period was of gilt metal, ne&rVj square, the angles slightly rounded off. The White Horse within an oval garter having its proper motto, surmounted by a crown. Just underneath the latter a small label bearing the word " King's." The oflitfers of the light infantry company carried the curved light infantry sabre suspended by slings from the shoulder-belt. Officer's rank was distinguished by the epaulette (see General * By a General Order dated July, 1808, the queues were abolished, and the hair of the private soldiers ordered to be cut short in the neck. APPENDIX IV. 345 jwn. Irord ried the sral Order, Febraary, 1810). Field oflBcers wore two epanlettes, a colonel having a crown and a star on the ntrap, a lieutenant-culonul a crown, a major a star; captains and subalterns, including the quartermaster, wore one epaulette only on the right shoulder, the officers of flank companies wore two wings with grenades or bugles thereon respectively ; the adjutant wore in addition to his epaulette an epaulette strap on his left shoulder. The epaulettes of field officers and captains, together with the wings of cap- tains of flank companies, were edged with bullion, those of subalterns with fringe. The paymaster and surgeons wore the regimental coat, but without epaulettes or sash, the sword being suspended by a plain waist-belt, worn under the coat. The private soldiers wore short single-breasted jackets laced across the breast with loops of regimental lace four inches long, square headed, at equal distances, white pewter buttons, lace round the high square cut collar, showing the frill attached to the stock, blue shoulder-straps edged with lace, and terminated by a small white worsted tuft ; in the flank companies by a wing of red cloth trimmed with diagonal stripes of lace edged with a large overhanging wing of white worsted ; trousers grey with black ankle gaiters. The Serjeants were dressed like the privates, but in probably finer cloth, and had the chevrons of their rank on the arm, their sash was crimson with a blue stripe ; they carried a sword suspended by a shoulder-belt, and a halbert, the latter very similar to the espontoon formerly carried by the officers, the old fashioned battle-axe headed halbert having fallen into disuse a considerable time, in fact, since 1792.* The jacket was made pretty easy, perhaps in consequence of a General Order in April, 1810, which " calls attention to the " evils occasioned by the coat of the infantry being so tight and " short in front, occasioning a corresponding shortening of the " waistcoat, making the latter article totally useless for what " it is primarily intended, namely, a fatigue dress in barracks " during summer." No sooner had Waterloo been gained, than the authorities determined to change the infantry head-dress from the neat and serviceable felt cap to the broad-topped heavy shako then com- mon in all continental armies. It was eleven inches in diameter at the top, seven and a half deep, brass chin scales, which could be fastened up to the black cockade, and upright white feather twelve inches high, and a brass plate in front with regimental * The Serjeants' great coats had cuffs and collars of blue cloth, and wore their chevrons on the arm — clievrons being first introduced in consequence of a General Order dated July, 1802, which ordered that tlie serjcant-majors should be distinguished by four, the Serjeants bv three, and the corporals by two chcTrons on the right arm made of the lace worn on the coats, thus superseding the epaulettes and slioulder knots, which hitherto had been the distinctiye mark of the non-commissioned officers. .1 V i' IS' 1 1 346 APPENDIX IV. devices ; a cap cover of " prepared linen " was worn in wet weather. The officers' shako had gold lace, two inches broad round the top, and a three-quarter inch lace round the bottom ; a green feather was worn by the light infantry, and the bearskin caps were retained for the grenadiers with a brass plate, and leather peak in front, and white feather — gold tassels for the ofiKcers and white ones for other ranks. Short coats for all ranks were abolished in 1820, e,nd in 1822 the breeches and leggings. The same year a circular was issued calling attention to the fact that " the gorget formed a part of " the officers' equipment, and must be worn on occasions of " duty." Evidently that ancier'j ornament was gradually falling into disuse. June, 1823. Bluish-grey trousers took the place of the darker grey ones ; white linen trousers also introduced instead of a second pair of cloth ones for the rank and file. 1826. The private soldier's coat altered in cut, the lace taken off the collar, and a single loop placed on each side, the loops across the chest made broad at the top, tapering down narrower towards the bottom ; the lace taken off the coat skirts, except the loops on the slashed pockets. 1827. Officera' costume was as follows (vide Plate 4, fig. 2, p. 65) :— Shako as described for 1816, but half an inch higher, and the gold lace round the top increased to two and a quarter inches in breadth. A scarlet coat with long skirts^ two lace loops each side the collar, the distinctive red edging to it still prcHcrved, the gorget, gold lace loops on the blue lappels show- ing when they are buttoned back, four buttons and lace loops on the cuffs, skirts with white turnbacks laced, and also edged blue. Skirt ornaments, blue garter edged gold with " pro- per " motto in gold, surmounted by a crown, the White Horse within the garter, on a scarlet ground, two loops and one button each side of back, the side seams laced, the pockets cut across the coat, not slashed, with four small loops and buttons. Greyish-blue or white trousers according to the season of the year; though not regulation, for full dress, a broad gold lace stripe was worn down the outside seam of the trousers. Field officers wore two epaulettes with the usual dis- tinction of ranks, captains anfl subalterns one, on the right shoulder, the adjutant an epaulette strap on the left shoulder in addition ; officers of the flank companies, wings with grenades or bugles respectively. To the regimental breast- plate was added the word "Niagara " on a labnl below the garter. The light infantry officers wore black caplinei:', the crimson rifle sash with cords and tassels, together with whistles and chains. A blue great coat, otherwise frock coat, quite plain, single breasted, with regimental buttons, was authorised for undress ; the crimson sash was worn APPENDIX IV. .•U7 and the esor with it, and the sword was suspended in a frog from . jlack leather waist-belt with gilt clusp ; as an undress covering for the head, the shako was worn witnout feather, covered with oilskin. The cloak was blue cloth, lined with scarlet shalloon. The paymaster, quartermaster, and surgeon, and assistant-surgeons wore single breasted coats with ten buttons and loops across the chest on the scarlet, regimental cuffs and collars, black leather sword-belt under the coat ; no epaulettes or sash ; all wore cocked hats, the paymaster and quartermaster with gold loop and tassels, the former without a feather, surgeons plain black silk loop and button without feather. The Serjeants still carried the halbert, for which fusils, how- ever, wtjre substituted in 1830 (vide Plate 6, fig. 1, p. 91). In December, 1828, another change was ordered to be made in the shako, the one used in the Prussian army being closely copied (vide Plate 5, fig. 2> p. 91). The gold lace was stripped off, the height reduced to six inches, a large gilt star plate with regi- mental device was adopted in the front, gilt scales to fasten under the chin, and caplines were introduced, the latter to be worn on parade occasions only, wound round the cap across the front in a heavy braided festoon, and then hung down, terminating in two tassels which were looped up to one of the coat buttons, made of gold lace for the officers, of white worsted for battalion companies, and of green worsted for the light infantry. A month afterwards the feather was ordered to be white for the whole of the infantry (light infantry excepted), but still twelve inches high. Probably with a view of dispensing with the great quantity of lace worn by some regiments, notably by the Eighth, the autho- rities determined to introduce a uniform of a much neater descrip- tion. The I'esult was the Warrant of February, 1829, which intro- duced and authorised the well-known coatee (vide Plate 6, fig. 3, p. 91), which remained, with scarcely any alteration, the dress of the infantry officer until the Crimean War. It was double- breasted, the buttons placed at equal distances, two gold lace loops with two small buttons each side the collar, scarlet slashed flaps to the blue cuffs, thereon four small square lace loops and buttons, white turnback to the skirts, with the regimental skirt ornaments as before, slashed scarlet pockets, with square loops and buttons. A universal pattern epaulette was adopted for the whole of the infantry, with stripes of the colour of the facings upon the strap for captains and subaltern officers (previously every regiment had its own peculiar pattern) ; the distinctions of rank on the strap remained as before, all ranks of ofKcers wearing a pair, there being a little difference in the length of the fringe for the various ranks. The new " Oxford mixture " substituted, as a colour, for the old bluish-grey trousers; a forage cap was authorised for the first time, that for the regi- il 348 \ I APPEXPIX IV, ment being of bine cloth, with a larore .at stiffened top having a band and welt of scarlet cloth ; . plain scarlet shell jacket was ordered to be worn, as uniform, by officers in certain cli. mates, unauthorised shell jackets of fantastic design had been pre- viously worn by many regiments ; shoulder cords of gold were added to the plain blue frock coat, and the sword was ordered to be worn with it, suspended in the white shoulder-belt with regimental breast-plate instead of the black waist-belt, the crimson sash still being worn round the waist. 1830. A red fatigue jacket was sabstitutedfor the old white one hitherto worn by the rank and file, which had originally in its turn sprung from the old waistcoat with sleeves. The accession of William the Fourth was marked by con- siderable changes, as far as the regiment was concerned. The Warrant of August, 1830, discontinued the caplines and tassels so lately introduced ; the feather was shortened to eight inches, and a green ball tuft for the light infantry adopted ; the band was ordered to be dressed in white coatees with blue facings ; and lastly, the gorget, after forming an orn* mental appendage for more than a century, was abolished. For some time the mounted officers had worn their swords suspended by shngs from a white shoulder-belt ; but in 1832 the field officers were ordered to wear swords suspended by slings from a white waist- belt with gilt clasp, having regimental devices thereon ; the scabbard was to be of brass instead of black leather ; the adju- tant was to wear a steel scabbard, and to retain the old method of carrying his sword. 1834. A new forage cap for the officers authorised of blue cloth, with a scarlet band, an i r,s a particular mark of distinc- tion, the White Horse was to be embroidered on the front. The undress now presented a handsome appearance, for the blue frock coat was ornamented with blue cloth shoulder-straps, laced with regimental gold lace, and terminating with gilt metal crescents. The different ranks of field officers were distinguished by crowns and stars, as on the epaulettes ; the grenadier officers wore a silver grenade, and the light infantry officers a silver bugle within the crescent, the sword being carried once more in the frog of a black patent leather waist-belt, field officers wearing slings. About this period the tall feathers in the shakos dis- appeared, and were replaced by white worsted ball-tufts, the light infantry wearing green ones {vide Plate 6, fig. 3, p. 91). 1836. By General Order, this year the coloured regimental lace so long worn by the men was abolished, and plain white tape lace took its place ; but the peculiar mode of wearing it was retained ; that is, square-headed loops across the chest, at equal distances; the Serjeants were directed to wear double- breasted coats without any lace on the chest, white epaulettes. and for those of fiank companies; coloured lace was Al'l'ENUIX IV. Ud still worn by the drammers, the Jletir de lys pattern being used. In )842 the new perounsion mnskots were generally intro- duced, and next year the bearskin caps of the grenadiers were discontinued. 1844. A new Rhako, sometime called the Albert hat, was adopted for the infantry, six and three-qaarter inches deep, one quarter less in diameter at top than at bottom, thus completely altering the shape. Officers had a gilt star ornament with crown over, four and a lialf inches in diameter ; the men retained the brass plate they had worn with the large-topped shako ; a chin chain and ball tuft completed it ; the latter two-thirds white and one-third red at bottom for battalion and field officers ; all white for grenadiers ; green for light infantry. The same year new regulations were issued regarding the colours, " forbidding any regimental record or device being " placed on the Queen's colour, other than the number of the " regiment in gold characters, surmounted by the imperial '• crown." 1845. The blue and red-striped sashes of the serjeantis were discontinued, and a plain crimson one, two and a half inches wide, substituted. 1848. The blue frock coat with shoulder scales was abolished, a plain shell jacket being worn as uniform, with a black patent leather sling sword-belt ; a grey great coat, like that worn by the men, was prescribed for the officers in lieu of the blue cloak. 1850. A plain shoulder-belt without breast-plate to carry the pouch authorised, the bayonet being hung in a frog from a waist< belt. The experiences of the Crimean War, or the general favour in which the frock coat was held by Continental troops, hastened the end of the old coatee; and in 1855 the double-breasted tunic was first authorised ; the white tape lace, with the regi- mental method of wearing it, disappeared altogether, except for the drummers, who continued to wear the Jleur de lys lace. The general effect, however, of the red and blue was relieved by white piping, now for the first time introduced into the infantry uniform ; brass buttons and dark blue trousers, with a red welt down the outer seam, were adopted ; the shako was made much smaller and lighter, and officers and serjeanta' sashes were worn over the shoulder. With the coatee, the officers lost the hand- some epaulettes and wings ; their tunic was made very similar to that worn by the men, excepting that the lappels were made to fold down at the top, thus showing the regimental facing which lined the coat ; a little gold lace on the collar (with distinctive badges), on the cuffs and slashes of the cuffs, and on the skirts, was all the ornament they obtained ; a perfectly plain blue frock coat had been authorised in 1852, not, however, to be worn on il ii 1 1 350 AI'I'KNUIX IV. parade or duty, but nnw a donblo-broaiitod coat; was adopted for undresH, with regimental battens, and a plain etand-ap collar, the crimson sash to bo worn over it the sword to be carried in the white sling waist-bolt ; the col arod tnft on the shako was the only distinction of the flank companies; indeed, that dif> ference did not Inst long, for these companies wore broken ap in 18G2, and the whole regiment dressed alike (vido Plato 5, tig. 4, p. 91). 1858. A Royal Warrant was issued altering the colours ; they were to be only three feet nine inches flying, and three feet deep, ornamented with gold and crimson fringe for the Queen's, and blue and gold for the regimental colour ; the poles to be surmounted with the crest of England instead of the ornamental spear-head; oords and tassels three feet long of crimson and gold. 1866. Steel scabbards replaced the officers' black leather ones, and by a General Order the peculiar drummer's Ince of the fieurde hjH pattern was discontinued, and the universal drummer's lace for the array adopted in its place. 1867. Officers' patrol jacket introduced instead of the blue frock coat. 1868. The slashed cuff* on the tunic abolished, and pointed cuffs with distinctions for the various ranks introduced ; a gold and crimson sash, gold laced trousers and sword-belt for levees, I A A P P 1 Mar. 1797 B June 1847 R 1 Mar. 48 R 1 Mar. 52 D 25 Sept. 72 8 May 1847 IMar. 48 IMar. 42 20 Aug. 1872 Qren. Gds. SUCCESSION LIST OF LIEUTENANT-COLONELS. Henry Richmond Chtle . Edward Wilson . . William Horton. . Robert Entwistle Nicholas Blundell Hon. Frederick A. Stanley A. Cuninghara Robertson Charles S. Garraway . . Richard Geo. Bomford Bolton A P P P P P A P P 1 Mar. 11 Dec. 24 July 23 4)itty 9 Nov. 16 May 24 Mar. 28 Oct. 27 July 1797 R 99 D 1803 D 23 70 R •74 T 76 P 76 S 81 8 Dec. 1799 12 Feb. 1828 15 April 16 26 July 81 16 May 74 2 Oct. 76 Gren. Gds. 8th Ft. (the King's) R. H. Gdi.. SUCCESSION LIST OF MAJORS. Sir Thomas Hesketb, Bart. Edward Wilson . . James Starkey . . Edward Brooks . . William Horton. . Thomas Ash ton . . William Nicholson George Bigland . . Robert Eutwistle Hon. Edward Stanley lart. . . A P P P P P P P 1 Mar. 26 June 17 Oct. 17 Dec. 22 Oct. 8 Mar. 26 July 27 Sept. 14 May 20 Oct. 1797 R 98 P 98 P 99 R 1802 P 03 R 03 R 11 R 17 P 20 R 26 June 1798 11 Dec. 99 Dec. 99 24 July 1803 Sept. 11 05 20 23 May 23 • In 1880 and 1881 the training of the regiment, and the last twenty-scTen days of the recruits' training, was carried out under canvas, at Altcar. t For explanation of entries in Columns A. B, C, D, and E, vide Appendix No. I, p. 208; in Column F are entered the regiments of the regular forces in which the officer formerly served. X Lord Stanley of Knowsley, afterwards 13th Earl of Derby. APPENDIX VI. 361 .—{VtiU [erciso— 20 (layB. 27 days. 27 days. F Qren. Ods. S. B C D £ SUCCESSION LIST OP MAJORS— continued. James Hilton . . E. O. Hornby . . Sir Tliomas Hesketh. Bart. James Wardlaw. . Nicholas Blundell Kobert Johnson . . Hon. Frederick A. Stanley Alexander T. Knight . . Charles S. Garraway Richard Geo. Bomford Bolton Henry S. Beresford Bruce Qeorge G. Bancroft George T. Bolton Sir Thomas G. F. Hesketh, Bart Thomas Gardner P P A P P A P P P P P P P P 16 AprU 1825 6 Dec. 27 21 Feb. 46 P 4 Oct. a'; D 3 Not. 52 P 30 Oct. 67 R 27 April 70 P 10 Nov. 72 R 16 May 74 P 16 May 74 P 16 Oct. 75 R 3 Mar. 77 R 29 Oct. 79 S 27 July 81 s 27 July 81 8 IMar. 8 Oct. 25 Sept. 24 Aug. 16 May 21 April 28 Oct. 27 July 30 June 12 Sept. 1852 67 72 69 74 76 76 81 81 79 Oren. Ods. R. H. Ods. Rifle Brig. Roy. Nary SUCCESSION LIST OF ADJUTANTS. Gren. Gds. 3th Ft. (the King's) R. H. GdH. John Phillips A 1 Mar. 1797 P 26 June 1803 William Mingay A 16 July 98 James Atherton. . A 13 July 1803 D 29 April 15 Mar. 84 John Wilde A 21 May 04 R 16 James Weir A 7 Feb. 46 R 10 July 62 Henry S. B. Bruce A 20 June 62 P 21 April 76 Rifle Brig. Reginald Whitting A 21 AprU 76 PT 20 April 77 8th Ft. (the King's) » » Manly C. M. Dixon . . A 20 April 77 R 6 Aug. 79 John James Hamilton . . A 6 Aug. 79 » i> en days of idix No. I, [the officer HARRISON AND SONS. PRINTERS IN ORSINABT TO HER MAJE8TT, ST. HABTIN'S LANE.