ll«IWII»llinil»l»WMMItt«irlll»»HUMHM«^ nMMvUnmi ny> BOUGHT WITH THE INCOME OF TftE PERKINS FUND 190fT Queen's Colour. Presented by Captain W. 'Hunter Bailiies : BRiSON 4 SOhfS. LiTH '3? MARTINS LANE.W.C. HISTORICAL RECORDS OF THE BRITISH ARMY. GENEEAL OEDEES. H0RSE-QUARD8, 1st January, 1836. His Majesty has been pleased to command, that, with a view of doing the fullest justice to Eegi- 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 Eegiment 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 Eegiment ; 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-Commissioned Officers and Privates, Killed or Wounded by the Enemy, specifying the place and Date of the Action. 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 mission ed 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 Eight Honourable GENEEAL LOED HILL, Commanding -in- Chief. John Macdonald, Adjutant-General. OEIGINAL PEEFACE TO THE SEEIES OF HISTOEICAL EECOEDS. 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, should 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 public prints : the achievements of our armies are thus made known at the time of their occurrence, 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 skill and bravery, and these testimonials, confirmed by the high honour of their Sovereign's Approbation, constitute the reward which the soldier 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 Eegiments to keep regular records of their services and achievements. Hence some difficulty has been experienced in obtaining, particularly from the old Eegiments, 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 Eegi 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 atid 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 undisturbed by the presence of war, 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 part 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 PREFACE TO SERIES. vii difficulties ; and their character has 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 Eeports made by the respective Com manders, ample justice has generally been done to the gallant exertions 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 Eegiments. These records are now preparing for publication, under His Majesty's special authority, by Mr. Eichard Cannon, Principal Clerk of the Adjutant-General's Office ; and while the perusal of them cannot fail to be useful and interesting to military 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 Eegiment; 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 them, 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 Vlll ORIGINAL PREFACE TO SERIES. surprising, gained by our countrymen, — our brothers,— our fellow-citizens in arms, — a record v/hich 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 Eecords of their respective Eegiments, and the Honorary Distinctions which have, from time to time, been conferred upon each Eegi ment, as testifying the value and importance of its services, will be faithfully set forth. As a convenient mode of Publication, the Eecord of each Eegiment will be printed in a distinct number, so that when the whole shall be completed, the Parts may be bound up in numerical succession. HISTORICAL RECORD OP THE KING'S, LIVERPOOL REGIMENT OF FOOT, CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF THE FORMATION OP THE EEGIMENT EST 1685, ITS SUBSEQUENT SEEVICES TO 1881 ; SUCCESSION LISTS OF THE OFFICERS WHO SERVED IN EACH OF THE REGIMENTAL RANKS, BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES AND SUMMARIES OF THEIR WAR SERVICES. ILLUSTRATED WITS PLATES. SECOND EDITION. LONDON: HARRISON AND SONS, 59, PALL MALL, Dooksillttss ta ijrt (|uctn mto l.&.f. t^e |]riittt of ffltalts. 1883. Previous to 1751, and for some years afterwards, when re ferred to by cotemporaries, the regiment was generally desig nated by the name of its Colonel, and was called first Lord Ferrers', 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 Owp Regiment of Foot." In a volume of army uniforms, called " A Representation' of the Clothing of H.M. Household and of Great Britain " (quarto, ' . . 142 \ London, 1742, press mark in the British Museum p , . h the King's Regiment is numbered " the Ninth Regiment of Foot." The regiment which immediately precedes it, and which is 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 Army 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. BN Dumblain „ Dunblane. 36 5 from bottom )) Dumblain „ Dunblane. 42 2 and 14 from bottom „ Keithley „ Keightley. 44 4 J) Keithley „ Keightley. 44 5 )) Atkins „ Ekins. 50 5 )> 1787 „ 1757. 55 15 )> 1772 ,. 17W. 67 21 „ Eaton ,, Eason. 70 Foot note (6) » Houghton „ Hoghton. 80 6 from bottom >) Hooper „ Hooker. 88 7 from bottom )J Barston „ Barstow. 97 18 >J Frederick McNeill „ Roderick. 98 6 „ Holms Holmes. 101 15 >) Arrived from Agra „ Arrived at Agra. 114 2 from bottom )) Ensign W. Webb „ Lieutenant W. Webb. 117 8 I) Captain Sandilands „ Lieutenant. 120 3 and 19 JJ Ensign W. Webb „ Lieutenant W. Webb. 120 6 }} Captain Sandilands „ Lieutenant. 133 Foot note >3 23rd October „ 28th October. 143 18 JJ Ensigns Whelan and Moynihan „ Lieutenants. 172 5 from bottom „ Houghton „ Hoghton. 289 » 1845 „ • 1875. 326 1 (No. 194) J) Nephew „ Grand Nephew. 327 4 (No. 201) JJ 1861 „ 1881 CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY. Tear. 1685. 20th June. Formation of the Eegiment, which is styled the Princess Anne of Denmark's Eegiment 2 August. Encamped on Hounslow Heath, and twice re viewed by King James II 3 September. Quartered at Chester 3 1686. February. Changes Quarters from Chester to Berwick. James Fitz-James (Duke of Berwick) appointed Colonel 3 1687. Jiine. Encamped at Hounslow Heath 3 August. Quartered at Portsmouth 4 1688. September. The Lieutenant-Colonel and five Captains refuse to receive Eoman Catholics into their Com panies, and are tried by Court-Martial 5 1689. 13th June. Inspected at Carlisle by the Commissioners appointed to remodel the Army 8 Moves to Chester, embarks at Highlake, and anchors in the Bay of Carrickfergus on 13th August 8 August. Siege of Carrickfergus 8 September. Encamped near Dundalk 8 • Winter Quarters, Green Castle and Bostrevor 9 1690. In the Spring stationed at Londonderry 9 1st July. Battle of the Boyne 9 7th July. Beviewed by King William at Finglass ... 9 Limerick unsuccessfully besieged 9 September and October. Sieges of Cork and Kinsale. Winter Quarters, Cork 9 1691. September. Siege and Surrender of Limerick 10 1692. 16th February. Embarks for England 10 Expedition to the Coast of France disembarks at Ostend in the beginning of September 11 1693. Eeturns to England early in the year, and is quartered at Portsmouth 12 April. Changes Quarters to Canterbury and Dover .... 12 1694. Quartered in Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire .... 12 1696. Embarks for the Netherlands, and garrisons Dender- monde 13 Joins the Army encamped at Gemblours under the com mand of King William .... ./. 13 xxii THE KING'S EEGIMENT OF TOOT. Year. Pa*e 1696. Detached to Ghent, where it winters 13 1697. In the Spring marches to Brabant 13 20th September. Treaty of Eyswick. Eegiment returns to England during the Winter 14 1698 to 1701. Quartered in Ireland 14 1701. 15th June. Embarks at the Cove of Cork 14 8th July. Arrives at Helvoetsluys 14 21st September. Beviewed by King William on Breda Heath. Winter Quarters, Gertruydenberg 14 1702. March. Leaves Winter Quarters, and encamps near Eosendael 15 8th March. Death of William III, and Accession of Queen Anne. The Eegiment is designated "The Queen's Eegiment " 15 24th April. Leaves Eosendael and encamps at Cra- nenburg, covering Siege of Kayserswerth .... .... 15 10th June. Eetires to Nimeguen '•¦¦• I5 September. Siege of Venloo 16 18th September. Storming of Fort St. Michael 16 October. Siege of Euremonde and Liege 18 23rd October. Grenadiers engaged in storming Citadel of Liege. Winter Quarters in Holland 18 1703. April. The Duke of Marlborough reviews the Eegi ment 18 7th May. The Eegiment joins Camp at Maeswyck .... 18 August. Siege of Huy^ , 19 September. Siege of Limburg. Winter Quarters, Breda 20 1704. Early in May Eegiment leaves Breda, arrives at Mayence in the beginning of June, and joins Army about end of month 20 2nd July. Battle of Schellenberg 20 13th August. Battle of Blenheim 21 October and November. Encamped at Croon- Weissen- berg, covering the Siege of Landau. Winter Quarters at Breda 23 1705. Early in May the Duke of Marlborough reviews the Eegi ment in Camp near Limburg 23 July. Siege of Huy 23 18th July. Forcing the French Lines of Mehaigne, near Helixem 24 October. Siege of Sandvliet. Winter Quarters, Breda.... 25 1706. Eegiment leaves Breda early in May, and joins Army at Bilsen 25 ¦ ¦ 23rd May. Battle of Eamilies 25 • August. Siege of Menin 26 CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY. XXU1 Year. Page 1706. September. Siege of Aeth. Winter Quarters, Ghent .... 20 1707. 16th May. Leaves Ghent and joins Army near Brussels ; in the Autumn again returns to Ghent for Winter Quarters 20 1708. March and April. Eegiment embarks at Ostend ; arrives at Tynemouth ; returns to the Netherlands, and again disembarks at Ostend 27 The Duke of Marlborough reviews Eegiment at Ghent early in May 27 22nd May. Leaves Ghent and joins Army near Brussels 27 11th July. Battle of Oudenarde 27 After the Battle the Eegiment was engaged in covering the Siege of Lisle, and in the Belief of Brussels. Winter Quarters, Ghent 30 — 28th September. Battle of Wynendale 30 1709. July and August. Siege of Tournay 31 11th September. Battle of Malplaquet 32 After Battle, covering Siege of Mons. Winter Quarters, Ghent 33 1710. 14th April. Leaves Ghent and rejoins Army 33 — — 21st April. Passage of French Lines at Pont-a-Vendin.„. 33 May and June. Covering the Siege of Douay 33 15th July to 9th November. Encamped at Villers Brulin. Covering Sieges of Bethune, Aire, and St. Venant .... 34 1711. 5th August. Passage of the French Lines at Arleux .... 34 Siege of Bouchain .... 34 1713. 14th April. Peace of Utrecht. During Winter Eegi ment quartered at Ghent 34 Garrisons the Citadel of Ghent 35 1714. 23rd August. Eeturns to England and is quartered at Berwick 36 1715. April. Is sent to Ireland 36 October. Embarks for Scotland, and is quartered in Glasgow 36 11th November. Joins the Army of the Duke of Argyle, near Stirling 36 13th November. Battle of Dunblane 37 1716. Eeceives the title of "The King's Eegiment," and authorised to bear as a Eegimental Badge the White Horse 39 1717. Is sent to Irelaud 39 1721. Eeturns to England, lands near Chester, and marches to Berwick 40 1722. In the Spring marches south, and encamps on Salisbury Plain 40 xxiv THE KING'S REGIMENT OF FOOT. Year. Page 1722. 30th August. Beviewed by King George I 40 September. Marches to Worcester and afterwards to Bristol 40 During the Winter is sent to Ireland 40 1727. Eeturns to England, but in the Autumn is sent back to Ireland .... 40 1739. In the Autumn arrives in England 41 1742. During the Winter embarks for Flanders and lands at Ostend " 41 1743. 26th June. Battle of Dettingen 42 1745. 11th May. Battle of Fontenoy 43 Eeturns to England, and joins Army of Field-Marshal Wade, near Newcastle 44 24th December. Leaves Newcastle and marches to Edin burgh 44 1746. 17th Jaouary. Battle of Falkirk 45 16th April. Battle of Culloden 45 During the Summer embarks for Holland 46 9th October. Arrives at Maestricht 46 11th October. Battle of Boucoux 46 1747. 1st July. Battle of Val 47 1748. 18th October. Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle. During the Winter the Eegiment returns to England "49 1750. Is sent to Gibraltar 49 1752. Eeturns to England 50 1756. Is augmented by a Second Battalion 50 1757. 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 50 1758. The Second Battalion constituted the Sixty -third Foot.... 50 1760. May. The Eegiment 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 Eiver Weser.... 52 5th September. Action of Zirenberg .... , 52 16th October. Action of Campen 52 1761. 15th-16th July. Battle of Kirch-Denkern 53 1762. 24th June. Battle of Groebenstein. 53 Siege of Cassel 53 8th November. Treaty of Fontainebleau 54 1 763. Eegiment returns to England, and is quartered in Scotland 54 1765. Quartered in England 54 CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY. XXV Year. 1766. Eeviewed in Hyde Park by King George III 54 1766-8. Quartered at Dover Castle 54 1768. May. Embarks for Canada, and is quartered at Quebec, Montreal, &c. 55 1773. Proceeds to Upper Canada, and is quartered at Niagara, Detroit, &c. 55 1776. 19th May. Captain G. Foster captures the American Fort of vthe Cedars 57 1777. August. A Detachment assists in the Siege of Fort Stanwix 59 1785. September. The Eegiment returns to England 61 1786-87. Quartered at Plymouth 61 1790-91-92. Quartered in Jersey 61 1793. Quartered in Ireland 61 June-July. The Flank Companies employed at the Cap ture of Martinique and Guadaloupe 61 1794. April. The Eegiment returns to England 61 June. Embarks for Ostend 62 Evacuates Ostend, and joins Army of the Duke of York in Holland 62 November. Assists in Defence of Nimeguen .... ' .... 62 1795. January. Evacuation of Holland and Eetreat to Germany 63 May. Embarks at Bremen-Lee, and arrives in England.... 63 November. Embarks for the West Indies. Six Com panies are driven back by a Storm ¦ .... 63 1796. March. Six Companies at Newport 63 24th March. Four Companies land at Grenada, and are present at Capture of Port Eoyal 64 April. Six Companies quartered at Basingstoke 63 July. Six Companies quartered in Scotland, where they are joined in October by Four Companies from the West Indies 63 1799. Quartered in Guernsey * 6th May. Embarks for Portsmouth * 10th 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 Ealph Abercrombie .... * 65 28th August to 7th October. Expedition to Cadiz .... * 65 22nd October to 4th November. On Board Ship at Gib raltar * 65 * These dates are taken from MS. Journal of the late General Thomas Evans, colonel Eighty-first, then a lieutenant in the King's (vide Appendix- II, No. 72). XXvi THE KING'S REGIMENT OF FOOT. Year. 1800 21st November to 21st December. On Board Ship at Malta . ••» •- * 65 1801. 1st January to 22nd February. On Board Ship in Bay of Marmorice DO 8th March. Lands in Egypt. Battle of Aboukir .... 66 13th March. Battle of Mandora 67 21st March. Battle of Alexandria ' .... 67 19th April to 5th May. Encamped near Eosetta 68 9th May. Action of Bahmanie * 68 27th June. Surrender of Cairo 68 30th August. Surrender of Alexandria 68 1802. In Garrison at Gibraltar 69 1803. August. Eeturns to England, and lands at Portsmouth.... 69 1804. 27th August. Beviewed at a Camp near Eastbourne by the Duke o£ York 70 25th December. Establishment augmented by a Second Battalion 70 and 172 1805. January. First Battalion quartered at Colchester, Second Battalion at Doncaster 70 and 172 29th October. First Battalion embarks for the Continent, and lands at Cuxhaven 70 1806. 11th February. Embarks for England at Bremen-Lee .... 71 26th February. Disembarks at Eamsgate 71 March. Second Battalion marches from York to Scot land 172 March. First Battalion embarks at Liverpool for Ireland 71 December. Second Battalion returns to England 172 1807. 23rd July. The First Battalion embarks at Dublin .... 71 27th July. It disembarks at Liverpool 71 16th August. First Battalion having been detailed for expedition against Copenhagen, lands at Wisbech .... 71 14th October. Embarks at Copenhagen, and disembarks at Portsmouth in November 72 1808. January. First Battalion embarks for North America .... 72 — — April. Lands at Halifax 72 November. Embarks for the West Indies 72 1809. 29th January. Expedition against Martinique leaves Car lisle Bay 72 2nd February. Action of the Heights of Surirey .... 72 24th February. Surrender of Fort Bourbon 73 17th April. First Battalion returns to Halifax 74 May. Second Battalion quartered at Pevensey 173 * These dates are taken from MS. Journal of the late General Thomas Evans, colonel Eighty-first, then a lieutenant in the King's (vide Appendix II, No. 72). CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY. XXVli Year. Page 1809. 16th July. Its flank companies embark at Portsmouth, and land at Walcheren 173 September. Flank companies return to Portsmouth .... 173 December. Second Battalion sent to Jersey 173 1810. 28th May. First Battalion lands at Quebec 74 21st June. Second Battalion lands at Portsmouth .... 173 August. Six companies (Second Battalion) embark for Nova Scotia and New Brunswick 173 1812. In the Summer First Battalion moved from Quebec to Montreal 74 In the Autumn moved to Upper Canada 74 1813. 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 Bock 82 1814. 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 Lundy's Lane (First Battalion) .... 85 August. Siege of Fort Erie commenced (First Battalion) 87 6th September. Battle of Plattsburg (Second Battalion) 174 21st September. Siege of Fort Erie abandoned. First Battalion sent to Montreal 88 1815. June. Both Battalions embark for England at Quebec 89 and 175 Jnly. First Battalion lands at Portsmouth 89 24th December. Second Battalion reduced 89 1816. February. Eegiment sent to Ireland 89 1818. January. Embarks at Cork for Malta 89 1819. 19th January. Leaves Malta and disembarks at Corfu .... 89 1824. June. Embarks at Cephalonia 90 3rd August. Disembarks at Portsmouth 90 1826. March. Embarks at Plymouth, and disembarks at Glasgow .... 90 1827. January. Embarks for Ireland, and disembarks at Belfast 90 1830. Service Companies embark for Nova Scotia and disembark at Halifax in July 91 Dep6t Companies embark for England and disembark at Liverpool .... * 91 1833. May. Service Companies embark at Nova Scotia .... 91 June. Disembark at Bermuda 91 July. Are sent to Jamaica 91 1835. 30th June. Depdt Companies disembark at Cork .... 91 XXV111 THE KING S REGIMENT OF FOOT. Year. Page* 1838. August. Dep6t Companies change Quarters from Ireland to Guernsey 91 1839. April. Service Companies embark at Jamaica 91 May. Disembark at Halifax 91 1841. 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 1842. In the Spring Eegiment moves to Dublin .... 92 1843. April. Changes Quarters from Dublin to Manchester .... 92 October. Changes Quarters from Manchester to Bolton.... 93 1844. 3rd to 9th December. Changes Quarters from Bolton to Chester 94 — ¦ — • 26th to 30th December. Changes Quarters from Chester to Weedon 94 1845. 13th June. Changes Quarters from Weedon to Ports mouth 95 1846. 25th to 30th April. Embarks for India .... 96 1st to 29th August. Disembarks at Bombay, and is quartered at Poona 97 1848. 29th September to 18th October. Changes Quarters from Poona to Kurrachee 97 1850. 11th November to, 19th December. Changes Quarters from Kurrachee to Deesa 99 1853. 1st and 4th December. Eegiment leaves Deesa 100 1854. 20th and 24th January. Arrives at Agra 101 1855. 24th November to 30th December. Changes Quarters from Agra to Jellundur 103 1857. 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 June. 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 Castle 112 7th September. Ludlow Castle and the Khoodsia-Bagh seized jjg 14th September. Assault of the City 113 15th to 20th September. Operations in the City.... 123 127 24th September. Colonel Greathed's Column crosses the Jumna ioq • ¦•• •¦¦¦ .... .... .... .... l^o 28th September. Action of Bulandshahr 128 5th October. Action of Alighur 129 CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMAaY. XXIX Year.1857. 10th October. Battle of Agra 130 28th October. Establishment augmented by a Second Battalion 133 and 175 30th October. First Battalion crosses the Ganges at Cawn- pore 135 3rd November. Action at Marigunj 135 14th November. Action of Dilkoosha 136 16th to 22nd November. Belief of Lucknow 137 29th November. First Battalion recrosses the Ganges .... 139 2nd to 5th December. Actions near Cawnpore 139 6th December. Gwalior Contingent attacked and dis persed 140 1858. 2nd January. Action of Khuda Gunj 141 23rd January to 9th February. First Battalion detached to Agra 142 — 3 23rd March. Second Battalion changes Quarters from Buttevant to Kinsale 176 1st and 2nd July. Changes Quarters from Kinsale to the Curragh Camp 176 ¦ 19th to 28th July. First Battalion changes Quarters from Agra to Futtehghur 144 7th September. Service Companies of Second Battalion embark at Kingstown. Depdt Companies quartered at Templemore 176 13th September. Service Companies Second Battalion land at Gibraltar 177 18th October. First Battalion crosses Ganges at Futteh ghur, and joins Column of Brigadier Hale 145 24th October. Capture of Sandee 146 1859. 16th January. Eecrosses Ganges and Eeoccupies Fut tehghur 147 16th November. Eeviewed by Lord Clyde, and Ball given to Lady Canning 149 2nd and 24th December. Leaves Futtehghur 149 1860. 31st January, 1st and 13th February. Arrives at Cal cutta 149 5th May. Headquarters embark at Calcutta , 149 5th September. Disembark at Gosport 151 1861. 8th August. 1st Battalion changes Quarters from Gosport toAldershot 152 1862. 2nd September. Changes Quarters from Aldershot to Sheffield 152 1863. 25th September. Second Battalion embarks at Gibraltar 177 1st October. Lands at Malta ' 177 1864. 12th March. Bursting of Eeservoir and Inundation at Sheffield 153 XXX THE KINGS REGIMENT OF FOOT. Year. Page 1864. 22nd July. First Battalion changes Quarters from Shef field to Manchester 153 1865. Dep6t from Templemore joins Headquarters 153 16th March. First Battalion embarks at Liverpool .... 154 17th March. Disembarks at Kingstown and marches to the Curragh 154 20th and 26th July. Changes Quarters from Curragh to Dublin 154 1866. 9th March. Embarks at Kingstown 155 19th March. Lands at Malta , 155 1868. 24th February. Second Battalion embarks at Malta .... 179 ' 6th March. Disembarks at Portsmouth, and is moved 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 1869. 1st April. Second Battalion is moved by Eail from Aider- shot to Portsmouth, and there embarks 180 10th April. Disembarks at Liverpool and is moved to Bury 180 17th and 18th November. First Battalion leaves Poona.... 158 1870. 26th January. Arrives at Nusseerabad 158 18th October. Second Battalion changes Quarters from Bury to Manchester 181 24th October. The Viceroy, Lord Mayo, reviews the First Battalion 159 1872. 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 1873. 1st April. The United Kingdom divided into Military Districts and Sub-districts, and the King's Eegiment 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 Eail to the Curragh Camp 183 30th September. Is moved by Eail to Cork 183 24th October. First Battalion leaves Cawnpore 161 27th November. Joins Camp of Exercise at Bhugwan- poor near Eoorkee , igi 1874. 16th March. Leaves Camp 161 25th and 29th March. Arrives at Chakrata 161 1875. 20th April. Second BattaUon is moved by Eail from Cork to Fermoy 134 20th May. Is moved by Eail from Fermoy to the Curragh 184 CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY. XXXI Year.1875. 20th September. Eeturns to Fermoy 184 15th, 16th, and 17th November. First Battalion leaves Chakrata 162 1 lth December. Joins Camp of Exercise at Bussai near Delhi 162 1876. 7th January. Eeviewed 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 Bail to Camp at Aldershot 185 1877. 1st January. The Queen Proclaimed Empress of India.... 164 14th February. First BattaUon leaves Peshawur 164 15th February. Arrives at Nowshera 164 ] 877. 10th July. Second BattaUon Eeviewed in Windsor Great Park by Queen Victoria 186 21st September. Embarks at Portsmouth 186 26th October. Disembarks at Bombay 187 19th November. The First BattaUon leaves Nowshera .... 164 29th November. The two Battalions meet on the March at Camp Mundra near Eawal Pindi 165 — 187 3rd December. Second BattaUon arrives at Bawal Pindi 187 1878. 3rd January. First Battalion embarks at Bombay .... 165 11th January. Disembarks at Aden 165 17th April. Warrington Barracks occupied by Dep6t Companies of both BattaUons 186 15th October. Second BattaUon leaves Eawal Pindi .... 188 21st November. Crosses Afghan Frontier at ThuU .... 189 2nd December. Battle of the Peiwar Kotal 191 28th December. First Battalion embarks at Aden .... 166 1879. 23rd January. Disembarks at Portsmouth, and is moved by Eail to Warley 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 1880. 21st October. Second Battalion Eecrosses Afghan Fron tier at ThuU 202 29th November. Arrives at Meean Meer 203 7th December. First BattaUon moved by Train from Warley to Manchester 169 1881. 1st July. The two Battalions of the 2nd Eoyal Lancashire MiUtia incorporated with the two of The King's, and the four Battalions designated The King's (Liverpool Eegiment) 204 XXXli THE KING'S REGIMENT OF FOOT. Year. 1881. 7th December. First Battalion moved by Eail 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, Eamilies, Oudenarde, and Malplaquet*. 29th July. First BattaUon moved by Eail from Bradford, em barked at Liverpool, and on 31st landed at Queenstown; Headquarters and six Companies were quartered at Cork, and two at Haulbowline. 23rd August. Two Companies detached to Fort CarUsle. 20th September. Her Majesty's approval intimated of the Eegiment being permitted to bear on its colours the word Dettingenf. 9th October. Detachment at Fort Carlisle rejoins Headquarters at Cork. Gen. No. 1549. Horse Guards, War Office,, S.W., Sib, 29th April, 1882. By desire of H.R.H. the Field Marshal Commanding-in-Chief, I have the honour to acquaint you that Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to command that the victories of Blenheim, RamiKes, Oudenarde, and Mal plaquet, shall be inscribed on the colours of the Liverpool Regiment, and the same shall be recorded in the next issue of the " Queen's Regulations and Orders for the Army," in addition to the present achievements. I have the honour to be, &c., (Signed) G. J. Wolseley, A.-G. The Officer Commanding 1st Battalion Liverpool Megi/ment, Bradford. t -20 Gen. No. 1470. Sorse Guards, War Office, S.W., SrB, 20th, September, 1882. By desire of H.R.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 Regiment being permitted to bear on its colours the word Dettingen in commemoration of the battle fought at that nlace on the 27th June, 1743. r I have the honour to be, &c, (Signed) R. G. H. Taylor, A.-G. The Officer Commanding 1st Battalion Liverpool Regiment, Cork. XXX111 AN EPITOME OF THE STORY OF THE 8th THE KING'S REGIMENT* A regiment great in history bears so far a resemblance to the immortal gods as to be old in power and glory, yet to have always the freshness of youth. — Kinglahe (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 Eighth (the King's) Eegiment, which is now localized at War rington, and has become the King's (Liverpool Eegiment), dates its origin from the days of the Duke of Monmouth's rebeUion, having been raised by one of King James's courtiers, Eobert, Lord Ferrars of Chartley, on 19th June, 1685. It consisted originaUy 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 Ferrars 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 viUages of Islington and HoUoway ; while the remaining seven were raised in Derbyshire 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 Guardian of 11th June, 1881, by Mr. H. Manners Chichester, a contributor of long standing to military and scientific periodicals, and is reprinted by his kind permission, and that of the editor of the Guardian. In it the most notable incidents of the good, faithful, and gallant services performed by the regiment during a period of nearly two hundred years, the many arduous campaigns, the many memorable victories, the many glorious achievements with which the name of the King's Regiment 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. R. XXXIV AN EPITOME OF THE STORY OF discourses as to the meaning of the array." Among the troops there collected was My Lord Ferrars', now known as the " Princess Anne of Denmark's regiment," making a brave show, we are told, in the Stuart colours — red coats with bright yellow facings, yellow vests and knicker bockers, and cavalier hats tied up with yeUow ribbons. The regiment afterwards returned northwards, and was augmented by a company of grenadiers, raised by Sir John Beresby, 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 henceforth styled, to Windsor, where they were arraigned before a general court-martial, and found guilty of disobedience ; one member of the court, ChurchiU, afterwards Duke of Marlborough, voting for sentence of death — with the Machiavellian design, some contemporaries aUeged, 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 regimental history closes with the Eevolution of 1688. With the wiser rule of King William came many innovations and improvements in army discipline. The regiment served through King WiUiam's Irish campaigns, from the siege of Carrickfergus to the faU 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 directed to 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 Beresby'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 serving as marines in the Mediterranean and in Spain, and was not with the Duke of Marlborough. THE EIGHTH THE KING'S REGIMENT. XXXV tion. The grenadiers of the regiment signaUzed themselves much at the storming of the citadel of Liege at a very early stage of the war, in 1702, and the regiment subsequently shared in the glories of Blenheim, of Oudenarde, of Eamilies, and of Malplaquet.* Under its colonel, Webb, it greatly distinguished itself in the wood of Wynendale during the siege of Lisle, and laboured and fought at many a stubborn siege and in many a hardly-contested field, the names whereof have now well nigh lost the meaning they once had to English ears. During these campaigns the ancient pike fiuaUy gave place to the modern musket ; and the flank-sections of pikemen had disappeared from its companies when the regiment returned home in 1714. -In 1715 the regiment was engaged4 in suppressing the Eebellion in Scotland. At the battle of Dunblane, while changing front, it was sur prised by the furious onset of an immense body of Highlanders armed with claymore and target, the Mite of the insurgent clans. Before the soldiers had time to level their muskets, the ranks were broken, and all formation and order were lost ; the 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 Eighth contending successfuUy 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, who com manded it, was surrounded ; he held several opponents at bay for a short time, but was overpowered and kiUed. Six other officers, four Serjeants, and ninety-seven privates were likewise slain ; many others were wounded, and many taken prisoners. The regiment would have been utterly destroyed had not a very gaUant charge of dragoons enabled the survivors to faU back and reform their ranks. After the suppression of the rebellion, while stationed at Glasgow, King George I. was graciously pleased to reward the regiment with the distinguished title, which it at present bears, The King's Eegiment * The following Ust of officers of the King's Regiment who were pre sent at the battle of Blenheim, and memorandum of casualties, is extracted from an article contributed to the Broad Arrow, of 21st January, 1882, by Mr. H. Manners Chichester. It was copied by him from a MS., pre served, in the pubUc records, which it is believed has hitherto escaped the researches of regimental historians. — A. C. R. The King's (afterwards Eighth the King's), then Brigadier-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 j Surgeon John Chambers ; Mate Charles Lowndes ; thirty-six Serjeants, thirty-nine corporals ; six hundred and twenty-nine drummers and soldiers. Officers kiUed : None. XXXVI AN EPITOME OF THE STORY OF of Foot. The facings were at the same time changed from yeUow to blue, and the regiment was authorized to bear as its regimental badge the White Horse, 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 iUustrious House of Brunswick. It was assumed by Henry the Proud in 1123, on his marriage 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 Horse, which, on his conversion to Christianity by Charlemagne, was altered to White, as the emblem of the pure faith he had embraced. It is worthy of notice that 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 modern notions, have lately been disentombed. And now foUowed 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 reUance on civil authority is plainly traceable from year to year, in the evident desire to avoid recurring to force. In a coUection 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 reaUy adopted at first we know not. The regiment went to the Low Countries in 1742, and made the campaigns in Flanders and Germany. It fought at Dettingen and at Fontenoy ; it was among the picked troops hurried home on the news of the Pretender's landing ; with Duke William of Cumberland it fought the clans at Falkirk and on CuUoden Muir ; then, returning to the Low Countries, it shared in the bloody fight at Val and in various other actions, until the peace sent it to Gibraltar, where it served until 1751. When war with France appeared once more imminent, in 1756, the King's, in common with certain other old regiments, received instruc tions to form a second battalion. The regiment was then at Plymouth, and the new battalion, presumably, was raised in the West of England. At any rate, the War Office " Marching Orders " show the recruiting rendezvous to have been at Plymouth. In 1758 it was formed into a separate corps, and has since had a distinguished and eventful career THE EIGHTH THE KING'S REGIMENT. xxxvii as the 63rd Eegiment of Foot, which is now localized at Ashton-under- Lyne, and constitutes one of the line battalions of the Manchester Eegiment under the new organization. The Eighth King's was with Sir John Mordaunt in the descent on the Isle of Aix in 1757 ; after which it went to Germany, and fought at Warbourg, Zierenberg, Campen, Kirch-Denkern, Groebenstein, and in sundry other engagements in the Seven Years' War. At the peace it came home. In 1768 the regiment went to Canada, and for years was distributed in remote detached posts along the shores of the Canadian Lakes. In Canada it remained all through the American War of Independence, in the course of which detachments much distinguished themselves on various occasions. The most notable of the exploits performed by these detachments was the capture of the American Fort of the Cedars, by thirty-eight men of the King's, and a body of Canadian Volunteers and Indians, under the command of Captain George Forster. The garrison, three hundred and ninety strong, surrendered prisoners of war. A few days later, on 27th May, 1766, a flotilla of boats, having on board seven hundred men under command of Colonel Arnold, made an attempt to retake the fort, but these troops were signally repulsed by Captain Forster, and compeUed to return to Montreal dispirited and exhausted. In 1785 the regiment again returned home. At the outbreak of the French Eevolutionary War the King's was in Ireland, and its varied record of active service begins with the capture of Martinique and Guadaloupe, at which its flaDk com panies were present in the flank battalions of Sir Charles Grey's force. The rest of the regiment joined the Duke of York's army in Flanders, and served at Neiuport and Nimeguen, in the operations on the Waal, and in the terrible winter retreat through HoUand and Westphalia to Bremen. Next it was employed in the West Indies, at the capture of, St. Lucia, and in suppressing the insurrection in Grenada. In 1798, it was in Guernsey : in 1799, in Minorca : in 1800, it pro ceeded to Cadiz and Malta with the troops under Sir Balph Aber- cromby, with whom it went to Egypt the year after. It fought at the landing in the Bay of Aboukir, and in the great battle in front of Alexandria on 21st March, 1801, when the gallant Abercromby fell. It was among the troops under General Hutchinson which captured Eosetta and advanced as far as Ghizeh and Cairo ; whence it descended the Nile to take part in the siege of Alexandria, which capitulated on 31st August, 1801. From Egypt the regiment went to Gibraltar, and thence returned home at the peace of Amiens. On renewal of the war with France in 1804, the E[ghth King's raised a second battalion of " short service * men from the battalions of the Army of Eeserve in the West Biding of Yorkshire and the adjacent parts of Lancashire. The men engaged for the continuance of the war or other period not exceeding seven years. XXXV111 AN EPITOME OF THE STORY OF The First Battalion went with Lord Cathcart to Hanover in 1805 ; it served at the siege and capture of Copenhagen in 1807 ; the Second Battalion shared in the deadly Walcheren expedition in 1809. The First BattaUon went out to Nova Scotia in 1808, and thence accompanying the expedition to the West Indies, took part in the reduction of the island of Martinique. From the West Indies it went back to Nova Scotia. In 1810 it was sent to Canada. In 1812 war broke out with the United States, and the regiment, or detached com panies belonging to it, were present in nearly aU the actions fought on the Canadian frontier in 1812-13-14 — at Fort George, Sacketf s Har bour, Stoney Creek, Black Eock, Oswego, Chippewa, Lundy's Lane, &c. At the last-named engagement, otherwise known as Niagara, having • been fought close to the FaUs, the First BattaUon of the King's greatly distinguished itself. Meanwhile (in 1810) the Second Battalion had been sent out to Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, and six companies thereof, with a party of seamen, under command of Major Evans of the First Battalion, made a memorable march on snow shoes through the backwoods from New Brunswick to Quebec in the winter of 1813-14. This battalion subsequently served in the expedition to Plattsburg. At the peace of 1815, both battaUons were brought home, and the Second Battalion was disbanded at Portsmouth. One who served with it at Plattsburg, the late Lieutenant-Colonel Bayly, lived to fight with the regiment before Delhi forty-three years afterwards. It is interesting to note that two officers who fought with the King's in the American campaigns yet remain : Major Weyland, retired, and Lieutenant John Lowry, half -pay Ninety-fifth Foot, who were then Ueutenants. In 1818, the King's, once more a single battalion corps, went to Malta, and thence in 1819 to the Ionian Islands, where it continued during the Greek War of Independence. In 1830 it went to Nova Scotia ; in 1833 to Bermuda. Thence it proceeded to Jamaica, then deep in the troubles of Abolition, where it served six years ; after which, it went back' to Nova Scotia, returning home in 1841. In August, 1846, the regiment embarked for its first tour of service in India. It was at first stationed in the Bombay Presidency, and passed some time in Scinde. Afterwards, it was transferred to BengaL and at the time of the outbreaks at Meerut and Delhi, in the spring of 1857, had not long removed from Agra to Jellundur in the Punjaub. Early in the morning of the 13th (the third day after the Meerut outbreak) a detachment of the regiment under Brevet-Major E. Stuart Barnes rendered ah important service by seizing and securing the fort and magazine of Phillour. On the night of 7th June, the Sepoy troops at Jellundur broke into open mutiny. On the 14th the regiment received orders to join the force before Delhi. It accomplished the march from Jellundur to Delhi in fourteen days — during which the excessive heat and the forced marching severely tried the endurance of THE EIGHTH THE KING'S REGIMENT. XXxix the men— the casualties from sunstroke or fever were Quartermaster Boss and eight men. AU through the three succeeding months of that most memorable siege, in drenching rain and deadly heat, amidst sore privations and in the shadow of death, the King's fought as it had fought on the plains of Flanders one hundred and fifty years before. At the repulse of the sorties of the 9th, 14th, and 18th July, of the attack by the enemy on the 23rd July, at the occupation of the Khoodsiabagh and Ludlow Castle on the 7th September, and in aU the other operations up to the storm and capture, the regiment under its Colonel, Greathed, now General Sir E. Greathed, K.C.B., who had succeeded to the command soon after its arrival before Delhi, was in the thickest of the fight. Those who would learn more of this period of the regiment's history should read the stirring details, as given in the first volume of Mal- leson's " History of the Sepoy Mutiny." When the fall of the city struck the first great blow at the rebel cause, the King's formed part of a flying column under Brigadier Greathed, which was pushed on to clear the Doab between the Jumna and the Ganges of the rebel forces, and to reopen communications with Agra and Cawnpore. At Bulandshahr and Alighur Colonel Greathed attacked and dispersed two large bodies of rebels, and at Agra, on 10th October, after a forced march of forty-four miles, he signaUy repulsed an unexpected onset made on his camp by a force of about seven thousand mutinous Sepoys from Neemuch,Mhow, Delhi, and Gwalior. In this brilliant action about five hundred of the mutineers were slain, and the whole of their artiuery, consisting of twelve guns, was cap tured. The regiment was next engaged with the force under Sir Colin Campbell, which relieved Lucknow on the 22nd November, 1857, and with him it returned to Cawnpore after Inglis's heroic garrison had been withdrawn from the Lucknow Eesidency and Outram reinforced at the Alumbagh. On the arrival of the column at Cawnpore, the garrison was found to be hard pressed by a force of twenty-five thousand muti neers with thirty-six guns. An attack made by the mutineers on the entrenchments on the 2nd December, was beaten off by the King's and other corps of Greathed's brigade, and on the 6th the brigade bore an active part in the crushing defeat inflicted on the enemy, who was driven from Cawnpore in headlong rout. The regiment was also engaged at Khuda Gunj (2nd January, 1858), and subsequently bore its share in the operations in Oude in 1858-59. At the end of December, 1859, when, to quote the words of Lord Clyde, "the contest was brought to an end, the resistance of one hundred and fifty thousand armed men having been subdued with very moderate loss to Her Majesty's troops and with the most merciful for bearance towards the misguided enemy," the Eighth King's — which afterwards received permission to inscribe the names "Delhi" and xl STORY OF THE EIGHTH THE KING'S REGIMENT. " Lucknow " on its colours iu memory of its distinguished services — was collected at Futtyghur, whence it subsequently moved to Fort William. In 1860 the regiment returned home, and out of twenty-one officers and five hundred non-commissioned officers and men landed at Portsmouth on 5th September of that year, it was observed that two officers and one hundred and ten non-commissioned officers and men had embarked there for India just fourteen years before. Meanwhile a second battalion had been formed at Buttevant at the end of 1858. In the following year it embarked for Gibraltar, and from thence, in the autumn of 1863, it was sent on to Malta. At the termination of its tour of home service in March, 1866, the first batta lion was also sent to Malta ; then, for the first time, the old and new battalions met ; and there, for the next two years, the two battalions of the King's served together. In the spring of 1868 they were again separated, The second bat talion returned to England, and the first went on via Suez to India, and was among the corps to whose lot it feU to greet the British Heir Apparent on that historic soil. After a turn of service at Aden the battalion returned home in 1879, and is now quartered at Manchester. The second battalion which, about ten years ago, during its tour of home service, was likewise quartered for some time at Manchester, re-embarked in 1877, proceeding to India, where, on arrival, it was stationed at Eawal Pindee. In 1878 it joined the Kurum Field Force, under General Eoherts, and under command of Lieutenant-Colonel Tanner, C.B., now commanding the first battalion at Salford, fought at the storming and capture of the Peiwar Kotal.* The battaUon con tinued with the force in the Kurum Valley during the subsequent operations in Afghanistan, and is at present stationed at Mean Meer. Such, in brief outline, is the story of the King's Eegiment from 1685 to the reorganisation of 1881. Military institutions are not exempt from the changes which time brings to aU mundane things. Generations pass away and others fill their places — "the old order changeth, giving place to the new" — but the annals of the King's and of other old and famous Eegiments prove conclusively that brave deeds and soldierly devotion are not the prerogatives of any single generation, or the product of any special tactical system. It remains for the soldiers of the future to enter into the true spirit of their regimental traditions — to emulate the steady discipline which no less than personal valour distinguished those who preceded them — and we may rest assured that whenever opportunities offer they will iUustrate anew the motto of the King's Eegiment and of the Anglo-Saxon race, "Nee aspera terrent " — No difficulties dismay. * Brigadier Cobbe having been wounded during the action, Colonel Barry Drew succeeded to the command of the brigade, and Brevet Lieu tenant-Colonel Tanner to the command of the battalion. HISTORICAL KECORD OP THE EIGHTH, OR THE KING'S REGIMENT OF FOOT. Part I.— SEEVICES OF THE FIEST BATTALION, 1685—1880. Section I.— AT HOME, 1685—1692. The Eevolution. Field Service in Ireland. Battle of the Boyne. Siege of Limerick, &c. 1685. James Duke of Monmouth, natural son of King Charles II., erected the ensigns of rebellion in the west of England, in June 1685, and summoned the people to aid him in an attempt to dethrone his uncle, King James IL, whose predilection to papacy occasioned the adventurous Monmouth to believe, that a protestant people would not submit to the government of that prince. The din of warlike preparation instantly spread throughout the land ; corps of cavalry and infantry were speedily embodied for the support of the crown ; and Eobert Lord Ferrars, of Chartly, whose father, Sir Eobert Shirley, Baronet, was one of the sufferers in the royal cause in the time of King Charles I., was appointed to the command of one of the corps raised on that occasion ; which, having been continued in the service to the present time, now bears the distinguished title of The Eighth, or The King's Eegiment of Foot. 2 the king's regiment of foot. [1685 The first company was raised by Lord Ferrars, in Hert fordshire ; the second by John Beaumont, Esq., in Derby shire ; the third by John Innis, Esq., near London ; and the other seven by Eowland Okeover, Charles Chudd, Thomas Paston, William Cook, Simon Packe, Walter Burdet, and Thomas Orme, in Derbyshire : the general rendezvous of the regiment being at Derby. Each company was directed to consist of three officers, three Serjeants, three corporals, two drummers, and one hundred private soldiers. Men flocked to the royal standard on this emergency ; and such was the success which attended the appeal made to the loyalty of the people, that, although the warrants for raising the regiment were not issued until the 20th of June, on the 26th one com pany (Innis's) was complete in numbers, and ordered to march to Islington and Holloway ; and on the 4th of July Lord Ferrars' company was directed to march to St. Albans. Lord Ferrars had held an appointment in the establish ment of Queen Catherine in the preceding reign ; he was highly esteemed at court, and his regiment was distinguished with the title of The Princess Anne of Denmark's Eegi ment of Foot, in honour of the King's second daughter (afterwards Queen Anne), who was married to Prince George of Denmark.* The lieutenant-colonelcy was conferred on John Beaumont, Esq., and the majority on John Innis, Esq. The captains were armed with pikes ; the lieutenants with partisans ; the ensigns with half-pikes ; the Serjeants with halberds ; thirty rank and file of each company were pike- men, and seventy-three musketeers ; the whole carried swords. The uniform was scarlet, lined and turned up with yellow ; yellow waistcoats and breeches, white stockings, and white cravats, with broad-brimmed hats, having the brim turned up on one side, and ornamented with yellow ribands.f # The Regiment is styled the Princess Anne oe Denmark's Regi ment in the Order for Major Innis's company to march to Islington and HoUoway, 26th June, 1685. f For details respecting arms and equipment, vide Appendix IV. 1685 — 87] services of the first battalion. 3 The formation and arming of the regiment were in rapid progress, when the rebel bands were overthrown in a general action at Sedgemoor, on the 6th of July, and the Duke of Monmouth being afterwards captured and beheaded, all further resistance ceased. The several companies of the Princess Anne's regiment were immediately reduced to sixty men each, and on the 25th of July, to two Serjeants, three corporals, two drummers, and fifty private soldiers each. At the same time the eight companies were ordered from Derby, to the vicinity of London, and in the early part of August, the regiment encamped on Hounslow heath, where it was exercised by experienced officers, and twice reviewed by King James II. In September it struck its tents and marched to Chester, where it passed the remainder of the year. 1686. Leaving Chester in February, the regiment marched northwards ; and, halting at Berwick, passed the succeeding twelve months in Northumberland ; during which period the colonelcy was conferred on James Fitz- James (natural son of the King), a most gallant and enterprising youth, in the seventeenth year of his age, who had returned, a few days before, from the siege of Buda, where he had served with the Imperialists against the Turks. 1687. In the early part of this year, the Colonel was created Duke of Berwick, and returned to the seat of war in Hungary. At the same time, the regiment left Berwick, and proceeding southwards, halted a few days in quarters near London. While on the march, the regiment was joined by an independent company of Grenadiers, which had been raised at York, by Sir John Eeresby, a political character, whose interesting memoirs are an agreeable addition to the history of the period in which he lived. The regiment, consisting at this period of ten companies of pikemen and musketeers, and one of grenadiers, pitched its tents on Hounslow heath, in June : after taking part in several military spectacles, mock sieges, and battles, which were performed in the presence of the royal family and numerous assemblages of spectators, it marched into garrison B 2 4 THE KING'S REGIMENT OF FOOT. [1688 at Portsmouth, in August, detaching, at the same time, the grenadier company to York. On the Duke of Berwick's return from Hungary in the autumn, he was appointed Governor of Portsmouth. 1688. King James having resolved on the introduction of papacy and arbitrary government, determined, as a pre liminary step, on the repeal of the penal laws ; and the Earl of Oxford refusing to use his influence, as lord-lieutenant of the county of Essex, in procuring petitions in favour of this measure, was deprived of the colonelcy of the royal regiment of Horse Guards, which he had commanded twenty-seven years ; and was succeeded by the Duke of Berwick, who con tinued to hold, also, the colonelcy of the Princess Anne's (now The King's) Eegiment of Foot. Thus the command of the eldest regiment of cavalry in the service, one of the most efficient corps of infantry, and the important fortress of Portsmouth, was given to one of the king's natural sons, who (though a gallant soldier and a discreet and trustworthy man) was a stanch papist, and consequently disqualified for these appointments by law ; but the king claimed authority to use a dispensing power, by which he could enable his subjects to violate the law with impunity. During the summer the army was again encamped on Hounslow heath ; and King James having discovered that his soldiers had as much aversion to papacy as his other sub jects, dismissed the regiments to their quarters, determining on a more general introduction of Eoman Catholics into the army. Commencing with the garrison at Portsmouth, the Duke of Berwick gave orders for a number of Eoman Catholics, who had arrived from Ireland as recruits for Colonel Eoger Mc Eligott's Eegiment, but who were not required for that corps, to be incorporated in the Princess Anne's Eegiment (now The King's), of which his Grace was colonel. This proved a most trying occurrence to the officers, who prided themselves in keeping their companies complete, all English, 1688] services of the first battalion. 5 and of stanch Protestant principles ; and several of them deter mined not to contribute to the overthrow of the constitution and laws of their country by tacitly permitting the character of the corps to be thus changed. The Lieutenant- Colonel, John Beaumont, and Captains Simon Packe, Thomas Orme, John Porte, William Cook, and Thomas Paston, — gentle men of a patriotic spirit, resolved to adhere firmly to what appeared to be their duty to their country on this occasion, although it might prove detrimental to their private interests, or even fatal to their lives, and they sent a memorial to the Duke of Berwick, in which they remonstrated against re ceiving Irishmen into their companies, alleging that their numbers were complete and they had no allowance for supernumeraries ; adding, that if an augmentation was ordered, they had sufficient credit in the country to obtain Englishmen; and concluding with a declaration of their determination to resign their commissions rather than receive Eoman Catholic recruits into their companies. The Duke of Berwick forwarded information of this occurrence to the King, and His Majesty was so incensed at their open re sistance to his authority, that he commanded a cornet, quarter master, and twenty cuirassiers of the Queen Dowager's Eegi ment, now Sixth Dragoon Guards, to proceed immediately to Portsmouth with the following mandate : " JAMES E, " Our Will and Pleasure is, that you forthwith send up " unto Our Court at Whitehall, such officers of our dearest ' daughter the Princess Anne of Denmark's Eegiment of " Foot under your command, as have behaved themselves " disrespectfully towards you, where they are to answer what " shall be objected against them. And you are to cause them " to be put into the custody of ten troopers and a quarter- " master, who will be relieved by a like number of Major- " General Werden's Eegiment of Horse at Our town of '• Godalming, according to Our directions in that behalf. 6 THE king's REGIMENT OF FOOT. [1688 " Given at Our Court, at Windsor, the 8th September, " 1688. " By His Majesty's command, " William Blathwayt*." " To Our dearly beloved natural Son, " James Duke of Berwick, " Governor of our Town of Portsmouth." These patriotic officers were accordingly arrested and sent under the charge of a guard of cuirassiers to London, from whence they were removed to Windsor, and on the 10th of September they were brought to trial before a general court- martial, held at Windsor Castley. 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! ; but the Eoman Catholic party * Official Records. t " My Lord, " 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, by a GnaU 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." J 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 recrutes, he being already engaged in the " Prince of Orange's interest, was unwilling to have so many spy's upon him ; " so refused it, under a pretense that it was a dishonour to the subjects of " England, to have recurs to forreigners (as he termed them) to fiU up their " Company's, and proffered to lay down their commissions rather than " comply : this refusal was too insolent to go iipunished ; the Col., therefore, ¦' and such as join'd with him were tried at a Council of war and cashired " . • - «•• *'* * ? PAMwPl'MT -¦'¦¦¦¦7" V s iiiimiiniiiiinimflij^ _t ^ MIIIIIIIIIIIIINIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIPIIIilllllllllilllllllllllll II Pmgrztom.6yJ$Mhiti. attd Sold at Ais ifoiutin.Bt»ai^iirvllhxrkel /Hfljl Jfe ,57.//////: of tkbEtupmuu/ tn tfw British Museum, Freseii&d byMa/orRegmald Whilimy. Ploio-Lilto'^arrisnn^-Sons. 1688] SERVICES OF THE FIRST BATTALION. 7 had become alarmed at the news of an armament preparing in Holland, for the support of the Protestant interest in Great Britain, and, fearing to exasperate the people further by an act of cruel severity, the more lenient sentence of being dismissed the service was passed. The King himself had become sensible of the danger of proceeding to extremities, and When he commanded the sentence to be put into execu tion, he informed the six officers 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 suffering for pure patriotic principles ; they were styled the " Six Portsmouth Captains ;" 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 the Eoman 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 officers, and a number of men deserted rather than serve with the Eoman 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 peoples " intentions came to light, that amongst those officers who sat upon them, " some, who soon after appear'd to be in the 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 severity would reflect upon the King and " inflame the people." • 8 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 William, 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 Highlake, and anchoring in the Bay of Carrickfergus in the 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 Dundalk, 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 Eosstrevor. 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 Marlborough arrived with several additional corps 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, 10 THE king's REGIMENT OF FOOT. [1690 — 92 but the new fort held out until the middle of October, when everything being ready for an attack by storm, the garrison surrendered. After the surrender of Kinsale, 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 Ginkell (afterwards Earl of Athlone), 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 Athlone, 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. 11 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 information that King James had 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 other places in Normandy, under convoy of the French fleet, to land in Sussex, where they expected to be joined by a number of disaffected 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 danger instantly passed away. 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-General the Duke of Leinster. The French coast was menaced for many miles, and considerable alarm and consternation was produced ; but a landing 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 12 the king's regiment 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 Furnes, 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. 1694. 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- mond 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 Ehine, 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.— ABEOAD, 1696—1697. Field Service in Flanders and Brabant. 1696. The regiment embarked in February ; after its arrival in Flanders it was placed in garrison at Dender- monde, a strong town situate in a district of uncommon fertility, at the confluence of the rivers Scheldt and Dender, eighteen miles south of Antwerp. Here it remained in com- , fortable quarters until the beginning of June, when it joined 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 Eoyal 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 winter. 1697. From Ghent, the regiment marched, in the spring to Brabant ; and was formed in brigade with a battalion of the (First) Eoyals, Prince George of Denmark's regiment (now Third Foot), the Eoyal Fusiliers, and Seymour's regi ment, under the command of Brigadier-General O'Hara, after wards Lord Tyrawley. The contending powers, had, however, * The establishment 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. TJ. S.I. 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 the 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 21st of that month, and subsequently returned to its former quarters. 1702. Great Britain not 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 Eosendael, 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 Anne of Denmark to the throne, was followed by the royal authority for this regiment to be designated " The Queen's Eegiment*." On the morning of the 24th of April, the regiment struck its tents, and traversing the country to the duchy of Cleves, encamped at Cranenburg ; forming part of the covering army during the siege of Kayserswerth, on the Lower Ehine, 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 very superior numbers, commanded by the Duke of Burgundy and Marshal Boufflers, attempted, by a forced march, to cut off 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 Eegiment (now the King's) was one of the corps which displayed signal intrepidity and firm- * The Fourth Foot having been designated "The Queen's Regiment" by King James II., continued to hold that title ; and during the reign of Queen Anne, two corps were styled " Queen's Regiments." The Fourth served as marines in that reign. 16 THE KING'S REGIMENT OF FOOT. [1702 ness on this occasion, holding the enemy in check until the army was safe under 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 a 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 Eegiment 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 Eoyal 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 Eiehard 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 grenadiers and musketeers sprang forward with a 1702] SERVICES OF THE FIRST BATTALION. 17 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 storming 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 ranks 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 Eoyal 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 the 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*." * Paekeb's Memoirs. 18 THE KING'S REGIMENT OF FOOT. [1702 — 03 Thus was Fort St. Michael captured 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 Eegiment 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. The garri son and inhabitants imagining the troops were assembling to attack the town by storm, were panic-stricken, and the magistrates begged 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 Euremonde, 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 Euremonde, 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 23rd of October, the grenadiers of the Queen's Eegiment were engaged in storming the citadel of Liege, and highly 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 1703] SERVICES OF THE FIRST BATTALION. 19 April, and on the 7th of May pitched its tents at Maeswyck, where a division of the army was assembled, while the Duke of Marlborough was carrying on the siege of Bonn, with the Dutch and Germans. 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 ' Boufflers was advancing to attack the allies in their dispersed quarters ; the soldiers instantly struck their tents, and, marching all night, 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 gave1 time for the allies to assemble at Maestricht, where a line of battle was formed, and the Queen's (now the King's) Eegiment 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) Eegiment was formed in brigade with Barrymore's (Thirteenth), Bridge's (Seventeenth), Hamilton's (Eighteenth), and Leigh's (afterwards disbanded), under the command of Brigadier-General Frederick Hamilton. The British commander advanced against his opponents, who withdrew behind their fortified 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 Queen's Eegi 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 25th 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 20 THE KING'S REGIMENT OF FOOT. [1703 — 04 After this success the city of Limburg, in the Spanish Netherlands, was besieged and captured, and the Queen's Eegiment 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 Villars, he was making con siderable progress in the heart of the empire. To uphold the Imperial throne, on which the safety of Europe appeared to depend, the Duke of Marlborough resolved to lead his British bands into Germany, and the Queen's Eegiment 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 Ehine, and was joined at Bedburg by the detachment from Maestricht. From Bedburg the troops moved along the course of the Ehine ; 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 Eegiment 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 ; the result was 1704] SERVICES OF THE FIRST BATTALION. 21 for some time doubtful ; but, the protracted contest having shaken the strength and weakened the resistance of the enemy, at the same 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 Eegiment 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 wonderful bravery and constancy " of the troops, which had fought under his Grace's command. The possession of Donawerth was the immediate result of this victory ; and the regiment crossed the Danube and was engaged in operations in Bavaria, which country the Impe rialists enveloped in flames, 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 Prince Eugene of Savoy, encamped near the village of Minster, and on the morning of the eventful 13th •of August, 1704, they advanced in columns to attack 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, 22 the king's REGIMENT OF FOOT. [1704 under Lieutenant-General Lord Cutts, 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 monareh 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 Eegiment 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 the 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 Ehine, and the British troops were encamped at Croon- Weissenberg to cover the siege of Landau, "vhich 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 Piilipsburg, and sailing down the Ehine (a river remarkable foi 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 ont campaign. 1705. A hundred and forty young men from England, whi thirsted for the honour of gaining laurels under the reniwned Marlborough, replaced the losses of the Queen's Eegment in Germany; and when this distinguished corps tool the field, it proceeded to the province of Limburg, and pitcied its tents on the left bank of the Maese, where it was reviiwed by the Duke of Marlborough, in the early part of May Having struck its tents on the 15th of May the reginent proceeded to Juliers, from whence it continued its routt through a barren and mountainous country, to that part of tie valley of the Moselle where stands the ancient city of TreviS. The regiment subsequently crossed the Moselle and the laar, and was employed in the movements made with a desigt to carry on the war in Alsace. When the British comrander found his views frustrated by the tardiness of the Gernxns, he marched back to the Netherlands. \%ile the troops were employed up the Moselle, the Frenci had captured Huy ; on the 4th of July the Queen's Eeginent was detached from the main, army, with several other corps, to retake this fortress, which was accomplished befortthe middle of the month: 24 THE KING'S REGIMENT 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 of Denmark's Eegiment (now Third Foof, or the Buffs), 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 a^d Helixem, and about four o'clock on the following morning jhe Queen's Eegiment, 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 pal point of attack. Being favoured by a thick fog, one cohjrnn speedily cleared the villages of Neer-Winden and Nser- Hespen, another gained the bridge and village of Helijem, and the third carried the castle of Wange, which covered the passage of the Little Gheet. The British and Dutch soliers rushed through the inclosures and marshy grounds ; fcded the river, and, crowding with enthusiastic ardour ovei works, surprised and overpowered the French guards, s drove a detachment of dragoons from its post in a ]i,nic. The lines were thus forced ; and while the British pioieers were levelling a passage for the cavalry, the Marquis d'Al egre hurried to the spot with twenty battalions of infantr ( fifty squadrons of French and Bavarian cavalry. Some fighting took place, and the enemy was repulsed with th of many standards, colours, and cannon, and of officer soldiers taken prisoners. The Queen's Eegiment was afterwards engaged in sveral movements; but the enemy, having taken a strong pcition behind the Dyle, near Louvain, the Dutch generals n'used to co-operate in forcing the passage of the river, an the the and and harp loss and 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 part 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 Villeroy, 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 and 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, 26 THE king's REGIMENT OF FOOT. [1706 — 08 which had resisted powerful armies for months, 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 the port of Ostend, which once withstood a siege of three years*, held out only three days and a few hours after the batteries commenced firing. After taking part in several movements, 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 garrison 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 Eegiment 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 second 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 Eichard 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 Eegiment was one of the corps ordered to return to England, to repel the invaders ; and having .embarked at Ostend, on the 26th 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 Eegiment was, consequently, ordered back to Flanders, and landing at Ostend, proceeded in boats along the canal to Ghent. Although this project was frustrated, the French court anticipated gaining a decided superiority on the Continent ; but the campaign of 1708 proved equally glorious to the British and their allies, as that of preceding years. The Queen's Eighth Eegiment was reviewed at Ghent, in the early part of May, by the Duke of Marlborough, and on the 22nd of that month, 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, they relinquished their designs on Oude- * A board of general officers assembled on 8th March of this year allotted the counties of Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, and Cambridge as the recruiting dis trict of the King's Regiment. — MS. Records, R. U.S.I. 28 the king's regiment of foot. [1708 marde, and proceeded in the direction of Gavre, where they had prepared bridges for passing the Scheldt. In order to meet the enemy on the march, and bring on a general engage ment, the Queen's Eegiment was detached, with a number of other corps, under Major-General Cadogan, to throw bridges over the Scheldt near Oudenarde, for the army to pass. Leaving the camp at dawn, on the 11th of July, the Queen's Eegiment arrived at the right bank of the Scheldt, at half -past ten in the morning : the bridges were completed by mid-day, the detachment passed the stream, and the Queen's, with eleven other regiments, formed line on the high ground, between the villages of Eyne and Bevere. The French were, at the same time, passing the river two leagues below : their advance-guard was, soon afterwards, descried on the further side of the plain, and the appearance of the van of the allied army in position in their front, with the re mainder hurrying over the river, created a general sensation throughout the French ranks. Seven battalions of the Swiss Eegiments of Pfeffer, Villiers, 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, Major-General Cadogan seized a favourable moment to strike the first blow at the seven battalions in Eyne; the Queen's (now " the King's), with Ingoldsby's (Eighteenth), Sabine's (Twenty-third), and Meredith's (Thirty-seventh) regiments, led by Brigadier-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 first 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 ; and thus an important body of the enemy's infantry was put hors de combat. After this gallant exploit, the regiment halted a short time in the village : it was afterwa.rds 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 tremendous : 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 allies, were seen gathering round the legions of France, whose destruction 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 without resistance ; others escaped from the field ; and before the following morning, the wreck 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 Eegiment of Foot, performed sn 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 Eegiment 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-General John Eichmond Webb, was detached from the main army, with several regiments of foot and a troop of cavalry, to escort an immense quantity of military 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 in 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; hut he was unable 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 Eegiment 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 32 THE king's regiment of FOOT. [1709 sprang several mines, which blew up some of the besiegers' batteries, guns, and many men. On one occasion a captain, lieutenant, and thirty men of Ingoldsby's (Eighteenth) regi ment were blown up ; and on the 26th of August, four hun dred officers and men were blown into the air, and their limbs scattered to a distance. The working parties under ground, with the guards which attended them, were some times inundated with water ; many men were buried alive in the cavities by explosions ; and a number of veterans of the Queen's, who had triumphed at Blenheim, Eamilies, and Oudenarde, 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 the fertility of its soil ; it was also important in a military point of view, as it covered Spanish Flanders ; and the British commander, pur suing his career of conquest, resolved to undertake 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 command of Marshals Villars and Boufflers, who took up a position near the village of Malpla- quet, where they threw up intrenchments and constructed defences, until their camp resembled a fortified citadel. On the morning of the eventful 11th of September, 1711, as the first dawn of light appeared, the 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-General 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 THE FIRST BATTALION. 33 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 Eamsey, 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 sharp 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 Ghent, 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-a- Vendin, on the 21st of April. The Queen's were also engaged D 34 THE king's REGIMENT OF FOOT. [1710 — 12 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 Bethune was undertaken. The Queen's formed part of 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) Eegiment 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 ; about 1713 — 14] SERVICES OF THE FIRST BATTALION. 35 the same period the grenadier companies ceased to carry hand-grenades. 1713. When the treaty of Utrecht was signed, the British regiments were withdrawn from Flanders excepting the Queen's and Stearne's (Eighth and Eighteenth), which were selected to garrison the citadel of Ghent, until the barrier treaty was concluded. 1714. Previous to this period, the Duke of Marlborough, not coinciding in political views with Queen Anne's new ministry, had been removed from all his appointments de pendent on the British crown, and he was residing on the Continent. In July, while the Eighth and Eighteenth Eegi 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 village 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. D 2 36 THE king's regiment of foot. [1714 — 15 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 king of Great Britain. The Queen's was ordered to embark for 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 Argyle. On the following day, the king's forces advanced towards Dumblain, to oppose the rebel army in its design to pas's the Firth, and penetrate southward; and during the 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. Records, R.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 dis 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 difficult evolution, they were charged by an immense body of Highlanders, the ilite 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 of 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 officer 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, 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 which 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 off, 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 Perth-h. The Pretender and 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 Wright, dated 14th 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 Hellary and many other officers 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. 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 distinguished title of the King's Eegi ment, the facing was changed from yellow to blue, and the regiment was authorised to bear the White Horse as a regi mental badge*, with the motto " Nee aspera terrent." 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 Eegiment 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-General Morri son died, and was succeeded in the colonelcy by Brigadier- General Sir Charles Hotham, Baronet, from the Thirty-sixth Eegiment. 1721. This year Sir Charles Hotham was removed to the Eoyal Dragoons, and was succeeded by Colonel John Pocock, * The White Horse, 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 Proud, Duke of Bavaria (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 Eichenza, who was the daughter and heiress of the last Count of Nordheim, and, in right of her mother, heiress of Eckbert the Second, Margrave of Saxony and Thuringia, and Prince of Brunswick j and that in consequence of this marriage with the lineal descendant of Witte- kend, the last Saxon King, Henry the Proud assumed the armorial bearing of that sovereign. The banner of Wittekend bore a black horse, which, on his conversion to Christianity by Charlemagne, was altered to white, as the emblem of the pure faith he had embraced. In the year 1700, a medal was struck at Hanover, to commemorate the accession to the electorate of George Lewis, Duke of Hanover, afterwards King George the First. This medal bears on one side the head of the Elector and on the reverse the White Horse, with the circumscription " Nee aspera terrent." After the accession of the House of Hanover to the imperial crown of Great Britain and Ireland, the White Horse was introduced as a royal badge in the standards and colours of certain regiments of cavalry and infantry. f During this year the establishment of the regiment was ten companies of fifty-five men each. 40 THE king's regiment of foot. [1721 — 32 from the Thirty-sixth Eegiment, by a commission dated the 21st of April, 1721. 1722. After a short repose, the hopes of the partisans of the Pretender began to revive, and some intimations of a conspiracy having been received, the King's Eegiment was ordered to return to England. It landed near Chester, from whence it proceeded, in May, 1721, to Berwick ; but return ing towards the south in the early part of 1722, it was directed to pitch its tents on Salisbury plain, where several regiments of cavalry and infantry were encamped. The King visited the camp, and reviewed the several regiments, on the 30th of August, and was pleased to declare his royal approba tion of the excellent order in which they appeared. In September, the regiment struck its tents and marched to Worcester, from whence it was removed to Bristol, and, the designs of the conspirators having been frustrated, it embarked for Ireland during the winter. 1727. Gibraltar had been taken from the Spaniards in the reign of Queen Anne, and ceded to Great Britain by the treaty of Utrecht ; and the King of Spain was so intent on regaining possession of this important fortress, that he as sembled an immense force, and commenced the siege in the early part of this year without first making a declaration of war. Several corps were sent to reinforce the garrison, and the King's Eegiment, having proceeded to England, was augmented to twelve companies of sixty-three men each, and held in readiness to embark. While this siege was in progress, His Majesty, being im mersed by treaties in continental politics, was on the verge of being involved in war with the Emperor of Germany ; and the King's Eegiment was placed under the command of General the Earl of Orkney, and held in readiness to proceed to Holland ; but preliminary articles for a general pacifica tion were signed at Paris in May, and in the autumn the regiment returned to Ireland. 1732*, 1738, 1739. Major-General Pocock, after com- * On 1st February, 1731-2, Major George Keightly succeeded to the <3 k y 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 Eichard Onslow, from the Thirty-ninth Eegiment. In this year the British monarch became involved in another war with Spain, and the King's Eegiment 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 VIIL— ABEOAD, 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, 1703. 42 the king's regiment of foot. [1743 King'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 hips ; 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 Eoyal Highness the Duke of Cumberland joined the army. On the 26th of June, the British, Hanoverians, and Austrians, under His Majesty's command, marched in the direction of Hanau, where they expected .to be joined by a body of Hanoverian and Hessian troops, 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 gaming 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 officers and men killed, wounded, and taken prisoners, besides a number of standards, colours, and kettle drums, which remained in possession of the victorious allied army. The regiment had one serjeant and five private soldiers killed on this occasion ; Major Barry died two days after the battle ; Lieutenant- Colonel Keithley and Lieutenant Eobin- son recovered of their wounds ; two Serjeants and twenty- 1743 — 45] services of the first battalion. 43 eight private soldiers were also wounded, and several of them 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 Eegiment of Marines. The regiment formed part of the army assembled at Brussels, under his Eoyal 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 circumstances, rendered the brilliant success of the British 44 THE king's regiment of foot. [1745 infantry unavailing. A retreat was ordered, and the army proceeded to Aeth. The King's Eegiment had sixteen private men killed; 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 being joined by a number of the Highland clans, he obtained possession of Edinburgh, and penetrated into England. The King's was immediately ordered to return home : it formed part of the army assembled 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 Eoyals (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 Stirlino- castle. Lieutenant-General Hawley advanced to raise the * In 1746 the total strength of the regiment, all ranks included, was nine hundred and seventy-seven men. — MS. Records, R.U.S.I. 1746] SERVICES OF THE FIRST BATTALION. 45 siege, and an encampment was formed near the village of Falkirk. During the forenoon of the 17th of January, the rebel army was discovered advancing towards some high grounds on Falkirk-moor ; the King's regiments immediately 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 on the moor, the King's being on the left of the first line, next the cavalry on that flank. A little before four o'clock in the afternoon, the first line advanced to attack the clans ; at this moment a heavy storm of wind and rain beat in the faces of the soldiers, 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 46 THE king's REGIMENT OF FOOT. [1746 dreadful carnage. Several regiments highly 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 rendered unfit for duty. This victory proved decisive : the wreck of the rebel army dispersed, and the young Pretender escaped to France. The King'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. Field Service in the Netherlands. Battles of Eoucoux and Val. 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 and Twenty- fifth Eegiments, 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 commenced 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 Eoucoux. The allies being unable to maintain the villages, a retreat * General Wolfe's regiment (the King's) behaved with great gallantry. H.R.H. came and thanked both officers and men at the head of the regiment, saying, " Wolfe's boys, I thank you ; you have done the business." — Mil. Extracts, Vol. II, 347, R.U.S.I. 1747] services of the first battalion. 47 was ordered: the King's was warmly engaged in. covering the retrograde movement, and had five men killed ; Lieute nants Eickson 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 Demerf. 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 immense French column of about ten batta lions in front, and ten deep, advanced agamst 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. Yolume of Records belonging to the Royal United Service Institution, the casualties are stated to be killed six privates, 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 king's regiment of foot. [1747 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 once, as they could not " be rallied ; but were always replaced by fresh troops." The Irish brigade in the French service was nearly annihilated ; also the brigades of Navarre, La Marque, Monaco, Eoyal 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 French 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 ; twenty-five men prisoners of war and missing. After withdrawing from the field of battle, the army con tinued its retreat to Maestricht, where it arrived 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-seven men, while at Gibraltar the establishment was eight hun dred and fifteen.— .MS. Records, R. U.S.I. 1748 — 51] SERVICES OF the first battalion. 49 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 the regiment returned to England. 1749. *On its arrival from Holland, the establishment of the regiment was reduced. Section XIL— ABROAD, 1750—1752. Stationed at Gibraltar. 1750. The King's was ordered to proceed to Gibraltar, in which fortress it was stationed during fhe three succeeding years. 1751. In- the Eoyal warrant, dated the 1st of July, 1751, the regiment is designated, The Eighth, or the King's Eegiment : its regimental costume was scarlet, faced and turned up with blue ; scarlet waistcoats, blue breeches ; 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 aspera terrent ' * On 27th April, 1749, (Major ?) John Lafausille succeeded to the lieu tenant-colonelcy of the regiment. E 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." Section XIIL— AT HOME, 1752—1760. Quartered in England. 1787, — Expedition to Coast of France. 1752. In 1752, the regiment was 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 to 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 Eochfort was contemplated ; but unfavourable weather and other circum stances rendered this design impracticable, and the troops returned to England"!". * In the month of May of that year two companies were detached and were engaged in quelling a riot at Frome, in Somersetshire. — MS. Records, R.U.S.I. f The number of men engaged in this expedition was seven hundred.— MS. Records, R. U.S.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 Eoucoux, in 1746. Lieutenant- Colonel La Fausille, of the King's, who was wounded at Val, in 1747, was promoted to the colonelcy of the Sixty-sixth Eegiment*. 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— ABEOAD, 1760—1763. Field Service in Germany. Battles of Warbourg, Campen, Kirch-Denkern and Groebenstein. The Eegiment 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, 1758, was transferred from the Fiftieth, in which regiment the date of his commission was 16th December, 1755. E 2 52 THE king's regiment of foot. [1760 — 61 The regiment took part in the movements and skir mishes of the main army, previous to the battle of Warbourg, 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 position, 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 quarters. In June, the regiment again took the field ; it was formed in brigade with the Twentieth, Twenty-fifth, and Fiftieth Eegiments, under Major-General Townshend, in the division 1761 — 62] services of the first battalion. 53 commanded by Lieutenant-General Conway ; the grenadier company was in the division under the Marquis of Granby. On the 15th of July, the French attacked the Marquis of Granby's division at Kirch-Denkern, and 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 were repulsed, and the grena dier battalion, of which the company of the King's formed part, took the regiment of Bouge" (formerly Belsunce) prisoners, together with its cannon and colours. The regiment was subsequently employed in numerous operations in the bishopric of Paderborn, and on the river Weser, and took part in several skirmishes. In November, it was engaged at Eimbeck, in the electorate of Hanover ; it was subsequently encamped on the banks of the Have, near Eimbeck, 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 Eegiments, 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 precipitate retreat to Cassel, and one division was surrounded and made prisoners 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 casualties of Barrington's regiment (the King's) was one non-com missioned officer wounded. — London Gazette, 20th June, 1762. 54 the king's regiment of foot. [1763—68 by a suspension of arms, and a treaty of peace was afterwards concluded at Fontainebleau. Section XV.— AT HOME, 1763—1768. Quartered in England 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 Eegiment. 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.— ABEOAD, 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 Eegi ment embarked, in May, for North America, to relieve the * In 1766 the regiment was reviewed in Hyde Park by His Majesty King George 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.I. 1768 — 74] services ojt the first battalion. 55 Fifteenth. It proceeded to Canada, and was stationed at Quebec, Montreal, &c*. By the royal warrant, 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 Eegiment, 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 arms. Bank of the regiment " underneath." 1772. On the 20th of October, Lieutenant-General 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 Eegimentf . 1773. After passing several years at Quebec, Montreal, St. John's, Chambly, &c, 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 grounds 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 November, 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 Regiment (or Royal Fusiliers) , and promoted to be lieutenant-colonel in the King's Regiment. 56 the king's regiment of foot. [1775 — 76 comfort ; the bears and wolves receding to the more remote regions ; while 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, the confederated states sent a body of men to invade that province. The Seventh and Twenty-sixth Eegiments occupied several posts) which were not prepared to withstand a 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 lirnited 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, 1776f. About this period, Captain George Foster of the King's, * On 11th November, 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- General Burgoyne. 1776] services of the first battalion. 57 who had descended from the upper lakes with a detachment of the regiment, undertook a most gallant enterprise against about four hundred Americans, who were stationed at a fort, on the river St. Lawrence, above Montreal, 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 west points inaccessible. Captain Forster com manded at the post of Oswegatchie, and five days after the siege of Quebec was raised, he left this post with two lieute nants and thirty-eight men of the King's, ten Canadian volunteers, and a hundred and twenty Indians. Arriving at the village of St. Eegis, 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 fort 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 58 THE king's regiment of 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 forward 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. 59 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 Carleton, K.B., was advancing up the St. Lawrence towards Montreal. The Americans were repulsed at Trois Eivieres, and they vacated Montreal. A naval force was established on Lake Champlain ; 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 Indians. Having crossed Lake Ontario to Oswego, the detachment proceeded by Wood Creek, to the Mohawk river ; and, in the beginning of August, besieged Fort Stanwix, a square log fort, * See a letter on this subject in Stbadman's History of the American War, vol. i, p. 175, in which the conduct of Captain George Foesteb, of the Eiq-hth Foot, is fully justified by one of the American officers.. 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- General Arnold, their discontent had arisen to such a height, that some doubt was entertained whether they would not turn their arms against the British troops. Under these 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 1st November, 1780, Major Alexander Dundas was transferred from the Thirty-fourth Regiment and promoted to the lieutenant-colonelcy of the King's Regiment, which he held until 13th September, 1783, when he retired 1778 — 94] SERVICES OF THE FIRST BATTALION. 61 In 1782, 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, when 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 Guadaloupe"!". Section XVIIL— ABEOAD, 1794—1795. Field Service in Flanders and Holland. Defence of Nimeguen. 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 Schuyler de Peister, who was promoted to be colonel by brevet on 12th October, 1793, and re signed his commission 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. f During the operations in Guadaloupe between 19th June and 2nd July, 1794, the casualties among the officers of the King's were killed Captain Armstrong and Lieutenant Booth. — Extract from Despatch of General Sir Charles Grey, K.B., dated Guadaloupe, 8th July, 1794. { On 3rd March, 1794, Major Edward Dawson was promoted to the 62 THE king's REGIMENT OF FOOT. [1794 of 1794, the regiment was destined to proceed to the Con tinent. It left Ireland in April ; embarked from England in June, and after landing at Ostend, was stationed a short period at that fortress, with a detachment at Nieuport. When the superior numbers of the enemy rendered it impossible to preserve Flanders, Ostend was evacuated, and the King's, having embarked from the fortress and sailed to Holland, joined the army commanded by his Eoyal Highness the Duke of York, and was formed in brigade with the Twenty- seventh, Twenty-eighth, and Fifty-seventh Eegi ments, commanded by Major-General de Burgh, afterwards Earl of Clanricarde. Nieuport was besieged and captured by the French, and the garrison became prisoners of war. On the 30th of July the colonelcy of the King's Eegiment was conferred on Major-General Ealph Dundas, from the lieutenant-colonelcy of the Eleventh Dragoons, in succession to General Armstrong, deceased. The regiment was engaged in the operations of the army, and for a short period it formed part of the garrison of Nimeguen. This fortress was besieged by the French ; and on the 4th of November, a detachment was engaged in a sortie for the purpose of destroying the enemy's works. The attack was made with the most distinguished gallantry, and the French were driven from their works at the point of the bayonet. The King's had three men killed on this occasion ; Cap tain Bland, and nine private soldiers, wounded. Having been withdrawn from Nimeguen before the sur render of that fortress, the regiment was formed in brigade lieutenant-colonelcy of the regiment ; on the augmentation of the establish ment, Major Gordon Drummond was transferred from the Twenty-third Foot, and on 22nd April, 1794, promoted to be second lieutenant-colonel in the King's Regiment. He was promoted to the rank of major-general on 1st January, 1805, and to that of lieutenant-general on 4th June, 1811 ; but he continued to be borne on the establishment of the regiment as a lieutenant- colonel until 1814. — For summary of services of this officer vide Appendix No. II. 1795] services of the first battalion. 63 with the Thirty-seventh, Forty-fourth, Fifty-seventh, and Eighty-eighth Eegiments, under Major-General de Burgh, and was stationed near the Waal, to defend the passage of that river. 1795. The waters of the Waal having become frozen so as to bear an army with its matSriel, the regiments retired in January, 1795, through a country covered with ice and snow ; and the sufferings of the soldiers (which they bore with exemplary fortitude), were of the most distressing and calamitous description. The superior numbers of the enemy, with the severity of the weather, and the defection of the Dutch people, having rendered the evacuation of Holland indispensable, the British troops retired to Germany, and were quartered a short time in the duchy of Bremen. After halting a short period in comfortable quarters, the King's proceeded to Bremen- Lee, where it embarked in transports, and arrived in England in May. Section XIX.— AT HOME, 1795—1799. Quartered in England and Scotland. 1796, — Expedition to West Indies. Capture of St. Lucie. Subjugation of Grenada. In the autumn of this year, the Eighth, or King's Eegi ment, was embarked for the West Indies*, with the expedition under Major-General Sir Ealph Abercromby, and was present * The regiment embarked in November (strength eight hundred and twelve effective and two hundred and five non-effective non-commissioned officers and privates), but immediately after the commencement of the voyage, the fleet encountered a terrific storm. The transports were dis persed, many were wrecked, and many driven back ; only four companies of the King's Regiment reached the West Indies. The remaining six com panies were driven back and disembarked. On 1st March, 1796, these six companies were at Newport, in April at Basingstoke, and in July in Scot land, where in October they were rejoined by the four companies from the West Indies. 64 the king's regiment of foot. [1795 — 1800 at the capture of St. Lucie, and at the suppression of the rebellion in Grenada* 1796, 1797, 1798. The war with the republican govern ment of France was continued, and, eventually, Great Britain became involved in hostilities with the court of Spain. In 1798f, a British force, commanded by Lieutenant-General the Honorable Charles Stuart, captured from the Spaniards Minorca, the second of the Balearic islands, situate in the Mediterranean, near the coast of Spain. 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's 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. C. R. The regiment landed at Grenada on 24th of March, 1796, and was present at the capture of Port Royal in that island. The casualties 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. II. i — i 1800] services of the first battalion. 65 in some important enterprise. Several corps immediately embarked ; but the King's was left for the defence of the island. After about a month's absence, the fleet returned 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 Eegiments, commanded by Brigadier-General Doyle. On the 28th of August, the regiment embarked on board His Majesty's ship " Diadem," mustering six hundred and ten effective 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 for fear of infection, and the fleet sailed to Gibraltar. Egypt was, at this period, occupied by an army of French veterans, who were emboldened by conquest, 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 effect 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 afforded. In December, the expedition sailed to Marmorice, 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 i * The regiment was four hundred and ninety strong ; it was attached to the second brigade (Major-General Cradock's). The fleet left Minorca and sailed for Malta on 20th December.— MS. Records, R.U.S.I. 66 THE king's regiment 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 Eegiments, 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, grape, 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 horses. Sir Ealph 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. The 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 British 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] SERVICES OF THE FIRST BA.TTALION. 67 heights to attack the leading brigades of both lines*. The King's, with the remainder of their brigade, formed to con front their opponents in 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 Ealph 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 of 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 " Eegiments), 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 Ealph 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 Ninety-second Regiment formed the advance-guard of the left column. F 2 68 THE king's regiment OF FOOT. [1801 The loss of the King's was limited to one man killed and two wounded*. Soon after this victory, a body of British and Turks marched to the city of Eosetta, situated near the mouth of one of the great channels of the river Nile. The enemy withdrew from the city ; but Fort St. Julian held out, and, while the siege was in progress, the King's traversed the country to Eosetta, where it arrived on the 19th of April, the day on which the fort surrendered. From the city of Eosetta, 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 the post of El- Aft. The enemy occupied a formidable position at Eahmanie, 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- Bioncd officers and privates present and fit for duty. — MS. Records, R.U.S.I. 1801 — 04] SERVICES OF THE FIRST BATTALION. 69 The valour and patient endurance under trials, difficulties, and privations of an extraordinary character, evinced by the British troops in Egypt, excited the most lively feelings of gratitude and exultation in Great Britain ; and King George III. conferred on the King's, and the other corps engaged in those services, the honour of bearing on their colours and appointments the " Sfhynx," with the word " Egypt," as 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. While negotiations were pending, the King's was withdrawn from Egypt. 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 Eighth was withdrawn from Gibraltar, and landed at Ports mouth in August. Section XXL— AT HOME, 1803—1805. Quartered in England and Ireland. Bonaparte assembled an army 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 Eegiment, and was formed of men raised in the * On 26th October, 1802, Lieutenant Scholey died of a fever, stated to have carried off about one-third of the population of Gibraltar. On 28th October the deaths among the troops (Royal Artillery, Second, Eighth, Tenth, Thirteenth, Fifty-fourth, and De Rolles 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 hnes were ordered to load. every evening at sunset, 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. 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, Folio III, R.U.S I. (J.) On 22nd November, 1804, Major Daniel Houghton was promoted to be 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. From Cuxhaven, the King's advanced up the country, and formed part of the force under Lieutenant- General Lord Cathcart, designed to co-operate with the Austrians and Eussians. 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 Eussians 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 Eamsgate* 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 Lieutenant- 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 for this service from Hull, in the early part of Augustf; and the Danish 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. — MS. Records, R.U.S.I. f The battaUon was attached to Major-General McFarlane's Brigade of the left division. — MS. Records, R.U.S.I. 72 THE king's regiment of foot. [1807 — 09 way between Elsineur and Copenhagen. After a short siege, the city surrendered, and the fleet was given up on the 7th of September. This undertaking having been accomplished, Copenhagen was evacuated; the King's embarked on the 14th of October, and landed at Portsmouth in November. Section XXIV— ABEOAD, 1808—1815. Halifax. Capture of Martinique. Canada, 1812, Field Service in Canada and in United States. Defence of York Town. Battle of Niagara, &c. 1808. The first battalion remained in England until January, 1808, when it embarked from Portsmouth for North America, and landed at Halifax, in Nova Scotia, in April following. It was withdrawn from Nova Scotia in November, and sailing to the West Indies, formed part of an expedition, under Lieutenant-General Beckwith, against Martinique, the largest of the Caribbee islands, which was, at this period, in possession of the French. 1809. The expedition assembled at Carlisle Bay, Barba- does ; and the King's, commanded by Major Bryce Maxwell, with the Thirteenth, and four companies of the First West India Eegiment, constituted the second brigade, under Briga dier-General Colville. Leaving Carlisle Bay on the 29th of January, the troops arrived before Martinique on the fol lowing day, and landed in two divisions; the King's dis embarking at Bay Eobert, and advancing towards Morne Bruno and the heights of Surirey. Frequent skirmishes oc curred during the march, and on the 2nd of February the French made a resolute stand on the heights of Surirey. A sharp action ensued, in which British valour was most con spicuously displayed, and the French were driven from their position with considerable loss. The commanding officer of the King's, Major Maxwell, and four men, were killed, and thirteen men wounded. Batteries were subsequently erected, and the siege of Fort 1809] services of the first battalion. 73 Bourbon was commenced with such vigour, that the garrison surrendered on the 24th of February. Among the trophies captured on this occasion, were three eagles. This valuable island having been thus captured, Lieute nant-General Beckwith congratulated the troops, in general orders, on their brilliant success, and stated in his public despatch — " Having had the command of such an army, will " constitute the pride of my future life. To these brave " troops, conducted by generals of experience, their King and " country owe the sovereignty of this important colony ; and " I trust, by a comparison with the force that defended it, " and the time in which it has fallen, the present reduction of " Martinique will not be deemed eclipsed by any former " expedition*." On the embarkation of the troops from Martinique, Lieutenant-General Beckwith addressed to them the follow ing order : — " At the close of this short but brilliant campaign, and " at the moment in which the army is on the point of sepa- " ration, the commander of the forces is led by every feeling " which can actuate the human heart, but in language feeble " indeed when compared with the occasion, to renew, for the " last time, his expressions of thanks and affectionate respect " to the generals and the field-officers, and others of the staff, " and to the officers, non-commissioned officers, and soldiers " composing the army, for the eminent services they have " rendered their King and country, in the course of the late " operations, which have terminated in a manner splendid " and honorable to all concerned. " The commander of the forces desires to express his " obligations to Lieutenant-General Sir George Prevost, for " his general exertions, and to the fine and efficient corps led " by him from North America, now embarking.'' The royal authority was subsequently given for the regi- * Among the casualties between 6th and 15th March, Ensign Foote, of the King's, is reported wounded. — MS. Records, R.U.S.I. 74 THE king's regiment of FOOT. [1809 — 12 ment to bear on its colours the word " Martinique," as a testimony of its conduct at the capture of that valuable island. Leaving the West Indies, the Battalion returned to Nova Scotia, and landed at Halifax on the 17th of April* 1810. At this period a misunderstanding existed between Great Britain and the United States. The decrees of Napo leon, which were designed to effect the destruction of British commerce, had been followed by regulations which the Americans deemed injurious to their trade ; at the same time they complained of the practice of pressing British seamen who were found on board of American ships, and hostilities appeared to be on the eve of taking place. The first batta lion of the King's embarked from Nova Scotia in May, 1810, for Canada, and landed at Quebec on the 28th of that month")". 1812. The first battalion remained at Quebec until the summer of 1812, when, the Americans having declared war, it was removed up the country to Montreal. The Americans appear to have considered the conquest of Canada as an enterprise of easy accomplishment. A body of troops, under General Hull, crossed the river above Detroit, and commenced hostilities; but was driven back and forced to surrender. Another attack made by the Niagara frontier was repulsed ; and Major-General Dearborn's design against Montreal was frustrated. The Americans were also defeated on several other occasions ; but their favourite project of the conquest of Canada was not abandoned. A detachment of the King's was removed to Chambly in August, where it was encamped, and in the autumn the Battalion proceeded to Upper Canada. It presented a most * On 29th April, 1809, Major R. Young was promoted to be a lieutenant- colonel in the regiment, and on 4th June, 1811, he was succeeded by Major Peter Thomas Roberton. t At the same time the second battalion was ordered to return from Jersey to Portsmouth, where it landed on the 21st June ; and in August six companies embarked for Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, where they arrived in October. 1813] . services of the first battalion. 75 superb appearance, producing a thousand officers and soldiers on parade, and was admired for its conduct and discipline. 1813. During the winter, the Americans availed them selves of the frozen state of the river St. Lawrence, to make nocturnal depredations on British subjects who resided beyond the immediate support and protection of a regular military post. To put a stop to these proceedings, and to facilitate the passage of stores up the river, four hundred and eighty regulars and militia, of which force a company of the King's, under Captain James Hardy Eustace, mustering one hundred and twenty men, formed part, were despatched, under Major Macdonald, of the Glengarry Light Infantry Feneibles, from Prescott, (the first frontier post of Upper Canada,) against the American troops at Ogdenberg, a village of the United States, situate at the confluence of the Oswe- gatchie with the St. Lawrence. „ Crossing the St. Lawrence on the ice, the troops advanced on the morning of the 13th of February, 1813, through deep snow, in two columns, towards Ogdenberg. As they approaehed this post, the enemy's batteries opened a heavy cannonade ; but the British, pushing rapidly forward, under a heavy fire of artillery and musketry posted on an eminence near the shore, soon gained the right bank of the river. The company of the King's turned the enemy's right in gallant style, and rushing upon the Americans with the bayonet, drove them through the village with severe loss; some escaping across the Black Eiver into the fort, — others seeking for safety in the woods, — and many of them taking refuge in houses, from whence they were driven by the fire of the British artillery. Having gained the high ground on the brink of the Blaek Eiver, the British troops halted a few moments to recover their breath, being nearly exhausted. The enemy refusing to surrender, his eastern battery was carried, and, by it, another was silenced. The company of the King's, with the Highland militia, led by Captain Eus tace, of the King's, rushed into the fort, which was carried with the bayonet. 76 the king's regiment of foot. [1813 Eleven pieces of cannon were captured, with the enemy's marine, commissariat, and ordnance stores ; four officers and seventy men were made prisoners ; two armed schooners, two large gun-boats, and the two barracks were destroyed ; and the British troops afterwards returned to Prescott. The conduct of Captain Eustace, the subalterns, and the non-commissioned officers and soldiers of the King's Eegi ment, was commended in the public despatches. The King's had the honour of capturing two stand of American colours, which General Sir George Prevost sent to England to be laid at the feet of his Royal Highness the Prince Regent. The loss of the regiment on this occasion was one Serjeant killed; Ensign J. G. Powell and twelve private soldiers wounded. In March, the Battalion received orders to proceed to Kingston, with five companies detached to Fort George. Two companies (the grenadiers under Captain Neal Mc Neal, and the third company commanded by Captain James Hardy Eustace, mustering one hundred and seventy rank and file,) being on their route to Fort George, , halted at York (now called the city of Toronto), the capital of Upper Canada, where a small force was stationed, under Major-General Sir Eoger Hall Sheaffe, On the morning of the 27th of April, an American fleet, with a land force under Major-General Dearborn, appeared on the lake off York harbour ; and the troops, to oppose this armament, consisted of only about six hundred men, including militia and dock-men, wTith a few Indians. Eight hundred Americans, under Major-General Pike, effected a landing, and were- speedily followed by addi tional brigades. The two companies of the. King's, a com pany of the Eoyal Newfoundland Eegiment, and a few militia, confronted the American brigades in the woods near the lake, and a severe contest ensued. The bush is the natural fortress and element of the American riflemen, and they rushed forward in crowds to envelope and annihilate the few Britons who dared to oppose their advance ; but the stern valour of the English soldiers was not to be overcome at once, 1813] SERVICES OF THE FIRST BATTALION. 77 and a determined resistance was opposed for some time. Captain Neal Mc Neal, of the King's, fell mortally wounded, in the act of encouraging his men, and the soldiers suffered severely from an excess of daring. Volunteer D. Mc Lean, one serjeant-major, three Serjeants, and forty rank and file were killed ; volunteer H. P. Hill, three Serjeants, and thirty-six rank and file were wounded. At length they fell back ; they rallied several times, and were encouraged by the presence and example of Major-General Sir Eoger Sheaffe; but further resistance proved unavailing against the very superior and increasing numbers of the enemy. The contest had lasted several hours, when it was found necessary to retire to the batteries, where another resolute stand was made ; but the accidental explosion of a portable magazine dis mounted the guns, and the soldiers had become so reduced in numbers, that a retreat was resolved upon. The stores, &c, were set on fire, and a train was laid to the magazine ; the Americans, rushing forward, arrived at the arsenal the moment the magazine exploded, and Major-General Pike and a number of men were blown into the air. On withdrawing from York, the detachment met the light company of the King's Eegiment, which covered the retrograde movement; but no interruption was experienced from the enemy. The two companies of the regiment were one hundred and ninety-three strong, out of which they lost, on this occa sion, nearly one hundred officers and men, killed, wounded, and prisoners. Five companies of the regiment, commanded by Brevet- Lieutenant- Colonel James Ogilvie, were stationed at Fort George. The morning of the 27th of May was particularly foggy, and on the mist clearing, an American fleet was seen standing towards the shore of the lake, accompanied by about a hundred boats, crowded with soldiers. Against this power ful armament, the commandant, Brigadier-General John Vincent, had only a very small force to oppose, and the piquets were withdrawn from the coast. The soldiers and Indians, at Two Mile Creek, opposed the enemy as long as 78 the king's REGIMENT OF FOOT. [1813 possible ; but the fire from the American fleet so completely enfiladed and scoured the plains, that it became impossible to approach the beach. Between three and four thousand Americans landed, with several pieces of artillery^ and ad vanced in three columns. The British light troops were speedily forced back ; but they were gallantly sustained by the companies of the King's, commanded by Major Ogilvie, and a most sanguinary combat was maintained. Brigadier- General Vincent observed in his despatch, " Nothing could " exceed the ardour and gallantry of the troops, who showed " the most marked devotion in the service of their King and " country, and appeared regardless of the consequence of the " unequal contest. Being on the spot, and seeing that the " force under my command was opposed by tenfold numbers, " who were rapidly advancing under cover of their shipping " and batteries, from which our positions were immediately " seen, and exposed to a tremendous fire of shot and shells, 1 " decided on retiring." The guns of Fort George were spiked, the ammunition destroyed, and the troops withdrew across the country in a line parallel to the Niagara river, to the position near the Beaver Dams, beyond Queenstown Moun tain. Two companies of the King's (the light company and one battalion company) joined during the night, and the whole afterwards withdrew to the head of the lake. Lieutenant James Drummie, of the King's, and many men were killed ; Major Edward Cotton, Lieutenants Morti mer, Mc Mahon, and Noel were wounded ; Lieutenant Lloyd and Ensign Nicholson were severely wounded and taken prisoners ; the loss of men in killed, wounded, and prisoners, was eleven Serjeants, four drummers, and one hundred and eighty-one rank and file. While the American fleet was employed in the enterprise against Fort George, five companies of the King's, com manded by Major Thomas Evans (now Major-General) were engaged to an attack on the American post at Sackett's Har bour ; the corps employed on this service being commanded by Colonel Edward Baynes ; and the right wing of the ex- 1813] SERVICES OF THE FIRST BATTALION. 79 pedition, by Colonel Eobert Young, of the King's. The boats assembled at Kingston, at ten o'clock on the night of the 28th of May ; and, proceeding across Lake Ontario in the night, a landing was effected on the following morning, under a heavy fire, at Horse Island. A causeway, connecting the island with the main land, was forced with distinguished gallantry ; and Major Evans, at the head of several officers and men of the King's and other corps, dashed through an expanse of water, and captured an American six-pounder. The enemy occupied a thick wood ; the British gun-boats fired into the wood; but the American soldiers, being secure behind large trees, were only to be dislodged by the bayonet. The spirited advance of a section produced the flight of hundreds ; and on the British soldiers skirting the wood, and plunging fearlessly among the trees, the Americans fled in crowds to their block-house and forts ; at the same time, their store-houses in the vicinity of the fort were set on fire. As no further object could be accomplished from the want of artillery, the troops withdrew to the boats and re-embarked ; and several wounded officers and soldiers fell into the hands of the enemy. The commander of the expedition stated in his despatch, — ¦ " The two divisions were ably commanded by Colonel Young, "of the King's Eegiment, and Major Drummond, of the " Hundred and Fourth. The detachment of the King's, " under Major Evans, nobly sustained the high and esta- " blished character of that distinguished corps." The King's had five private soldiers killed in this enter prise ; Lieutenant Nutall afterwards died of his wounds ; Captains Blackmare and Tythe, Ensign Greig, and seven rank and file were wounded, and taken prisoners ; Major Evans, Lieutenant Lowry, three Serjeants, and sixty rank and file were wounded. In the mean time, the five companies of the regiment under Major Ogilvie, which had retired from Fort George, had taken post on Burlington heights, at the head of Lake Ontario, where about sixteen hundred men were assembled under 80 THE KING'S REGIMENT OF FOOT. [1813 Brigadier-General Vincent. Three thousand five hundred Americans, with a field train, and two hundred and fifty dragoons, advanced against the British detachment, and drove the piquets from Stoney Creek. The light companies of the King's and Forty-ninth Eegiments, commanded by Lieute nant-Colonel Harvey, moved forward, on the 5th of June, to reconnoitre, and having ascertained the position of the enemy's camp, the five companies of the King's, under Major Ogilvie, and the Forty-ninth Eegiment (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 assembled. After traversing seven miles of difficult road with great secrecy, the enemy's camp was surprised ; the British dashed among their oppo 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 " Eegiment ; and whilst one half of that highly disciplined " and distinguished corps supported the Forty-ninth Eegi- " 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 rimes more numerous than the British, the 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 1813] SERVICES OF THE FIRST BATTALION. 81 had 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 equipage 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, so 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 G 82 THE KING'S REGIMENT OF FOOT. [1813 a detachment of the Forty-ninth, under Lieutenant Fitzgib- bon, with the light company of the King's, flank companies of the Hundred and Fourth, and a few Canadian cavalry, arriving at the scene of conflict, the Americans surrendered, delivering up their arms, artillery, and a stand of colours of the Fourteenth United States Eegiment. 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 Can'adas. Fort George was captured by the British in December ; and also Fort Niagara. Two thousand Americans assembled at Black Eock and Buffalo, to check the further progress of the British ; and a detachment of the King's Eegiment, commanded by Lieute nant-Colonel Ogilvie, formed part of the force under Major- General Eiall, which crossed the Niagara river on the night of the 29th 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 of Buffalo and village of Black Eock were burnt, as a measure of retaliation for the acts of plunder and conflagration com mitted by the Americans 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 the Americans lost twenty killed and ten prisoners, reco vered some stores, buried near Fort George, when the fort was evacuated on 27th May. On 11th July, a detachment of the King's, under Lieutenant Barstow, formed part of a force commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Bisshopp, which attacked the naval establishment of Black Rock. The batteries were carried, and the barracks, block houses, and one schooner burned ; the casualties of the detachment were three privates killed and six wounded. — Mil. Extracts, Folio III, 106—152, R.U.S.I. 1813 — 14] services of the first battalion. 83 rank and file wounded. After Lieutenant-Colonel Ogilvie was wounded, the command of the detachment devolved on Captain Eobinson. Lieutenant-General Drummond thanked the troops in general orders for their exertions, and expressed " his admiration of the valuable qualities which they had " displayed in the course of that short but severe service, in " which they have cheerfully borne the absence of almost " every comfort, and the rigours of a climate for which they '.' were far from being prepared*." 1814. On the decease of General Ealph Dundas, the colonelcy was conferred on General Edmund Stevens, from the Sixty-fifth Eegiment, 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 pression 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 they were employed in throwing up a breast-work on the banks of the Chippawa. The battalion was subsequently embarked for Kingston ; but on arriving at York, Colonel Young was directed to proceed to Kingston to assume the command at that station, and the battalion was ordered back to the Niagara frontier. The men afflicted with ague, all solicited to be allowed to accompany the battalion, to confront the enemies of their King and country. The 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 Report of Major-General Riall to Lieutenant-General Drummond: — " I must particularly mention the steadiness and bravery of the 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 right 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. G 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 and 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 engaged in this affair were First Royal Scots, five hundred ; first battalion Eighth, the King's, four hundred and eighty ; 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-Bix officers and two hundred and ninety-five non-commissioned officers and privates wounded : one lieutenant and forty-two rank and file missing. — (Extracted from Major- General Riall's Report to Lieutenant-General Drummond, dated Chippawa, 6th July.) 1814] SERVICES OF THE FIRST BATTALION. 85 On the 7th of July, the British retired upon Fort George, covered by the King's Eegiment; 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 Eegiment ; and, in a few days afterwards, they were reinforced by the One Hundred and Third Eegiment, and some artillery. The 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- 86 THE king's REGIMENT OF FOOT. [1814 forcement, (including a detachment of the King's, under Captain Francis CampbeE,) drawn from Fort George and Mississaga, and renewed the contest. The Americans re peatedly attempted to force the British 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 his 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 foEowed 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 foEowing 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, 1814] SERVICES OF THE FIRST BATTALION. " continued his retreat, in great disorder, towards Fort " Erie*." The gallant conduct of the detachment of the King's under Captain Campbell, was commended in the public despatches!; an(i the head-quarter companies, under Major Evans, were declared to have behaved with equal gallantry and firmness. Captain Eobinson 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 Noell, Ensigns Swayne and Macdonald, three Serjeants, and fifty-four rank and file wounded; one quarter-master and twelve rank and file missing}. Following the American army in its retrograde movement, the British arrived 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 Eegiment, 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 Eegiments 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 storrned by detachments selected for that service. The flank companies, under Major Evans, advanced for the purpose of turning the position between Snake Hill and * Lieutenant-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 Regiment, under Captain Campbell, by whom the brunt of the action was for a considerable time sustained, and whose loss has been severe. — (Extracted from District Order of Lieutenant- General Drummond, dated Head-quarters, Falls of Niagara, 26th July, 1814.) J On 28th July, 1814, Brevet Lieutenant- Colonel James Ogilvie was pro moted to be a Lieutenant-Colonel in the regiment. 88 THE KING'S REGIMENT OF FOOT. [1814 the lake ; and the battalion companies foUowed 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 ; Lieute 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 regiment 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 21st of September, the British troops withdrew from before the fort, to proceed into quarters of refreshment ; * Extract from District Order by Lieutenant-General Drummond, dated Camp before Fort Erie, 18th September, 1814 :— " The attack on the right, favoured by 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 vigorous 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, under 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, 89 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 was reduced to a single battalion consisting of one thousand and seventy-seven non-commissioned officers 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, 1818, for Malta. Section XXVL— ABEOAD, 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 by various discreditable incidents, attributable to the miscou- 90 THE KING'S REGIMENT OF FOOT. [1820 — 30 Santa Maura, to reinforce the garrison, the inhabitants having assembled in arms, and threatened the town : this detach ment, in conjunction with detachments of the Twenty-eighth and Thirty-second Eegiments, under the command 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 13th 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 embarked 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. Roberton, who at Corfu, on 21st May, 1819, was tried by a general court-martial, convicted, and cashiered. He was succeeded by Lieutenant- Colonel J. Duffy, transferred from Half -pay list, whose Commission in the regiment was dated 9th September, 1819. * On 20th March, 1828, Lieutenant-Colonel the Honorable George Cath cart was transferred from half-pay to the Lieutenant-Colonelcy of the King's 1830 — 41] SERVICES OF THE FIRST BATTALION. 91 Section XXVIIL— ABEOAD, 1830—1841. Quartered in Nova Scotlv, Bermuda, Jamaica — Nova Scotia. 1830. In the summer of this year the six service com panies 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 remained at that island until the end of July, when they were removed to Jamaica. 1835. The four depot companies embarked 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 Eoyal 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 Regiment (to carry rank, 15th August, 1826). — For 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. 92 the king's regiment of foot. [1841 — 43 of its exceUent 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 aEuded to. An authenticated copy of this record was forwarded through the Governor, Major-General Sir James Douglas, to Major Malet, the commanding officer. On the 2nd of December, the service companies embarked from HaEfax, for Ireland : they landed at Cork on the 27th of December, and were joined by the depot companies. - 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 commissioned officers and privates. On 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 services vide Appendix No. II. 1843 — 44] services of the first battalion. 93 At SaHbrd Barracks, Manchester, Head-quarters and 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, D 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 detachments 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-fifth Eegiment. These orders were carried out on the two foEow- 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 Captain Ogilvy. On the 10th of November F Company was withdrawn from Eochdale 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 Lancashire 94 the king's regiment of foot. [1844 — 45 the troops were withdrawn from Bolton and Bury, the Head quarter companies being billeted at Over Hutton and the adjacent villages, and the Bury detachment at and around Accrington. On the 8th of July the Bury detachment was relieved by the Sixty-seventh Eegiment, one of the companies rejoining Head-quarters at Bolton, and the remainder of the detachment being distributed between Burnley and Blackburn. Between the 17th and 25th 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 and H Companies, under Lieutenant Hinde and Captain Greathed. Wigan, Grenadiers Company, under Captain Eoper. Liverpool, Light Company, under Captain Chearnley. Blackburn, F Company, under Captain Holder. Isle of Man, I Company, under Lieutenant Young. Between the 26th 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 — 46] SERVICES OF the first battalion. 95 Arbuthnot, K.C.B., Commanding the North-west, North-east, and Midland Districts, made his half-yearly inspection, when out of a total strength of thirty-nine officers and eight hun dred and thirty non-commissioned officers and privates, there were present on parade thirty-one officers and seven hundred non-commissioned officers and privates. On the 13th of June five companies under Major Hartley, and on the following day the remaining five companies and Head-quarters under Lieutenant-Colonel C. St. Lo Malet were moved from Weedon to Portsmouth. F and I 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 10th of October Major-General theHonourable Sir Hercules Pakenham, K.C.B., Commanding 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 unattached, and was suc ceeded in the lieutenant-colonelcy of the regiment by Major Henry Winchcombe Hartley. 1846. On the 18th of March 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* * 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- 96 THE king's REGIMENT 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, ernbarked 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 depot (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— ABEOAD, 1846-1860. Quartered in India. — (1857-58), the Indian Mutiny, Siege of Delhi, Battle of Agra, Belief 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 1st August, " Duke of Cornwall ; " sailed, 25th 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 the Colaba barracks. On 29th September this wing, under Major Greathed, em barked on board the Honourable East 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 98 the king's regiment of foot. [1848-49 were conveyed in boats to Bombay, where, on account of un favourable weather, they were ordered to disembark, and were detained until the 10th. On that day Head-quarters, with the Grenadier and B Company under Colonel Long-field, embarked on board Honourable East India Company's steamer " Atalanta," 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 DanieE embarked on board Honourable East India Company's steamer " Victoria '' on the 13th, 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 Poona depot (strength, one officer, twenty-one non-commissioned officers and pri vates, ninety women, and one hundred and thirty children). 1849. 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 followingmonth,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 15th 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 Cuteh Man- da vie, 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 barked in river steamers at Hyderabad on 11th November, was transhipped on board country craft at Kurrachee, disem barked 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 haE-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-commissioned officers and privates.) 1852. On the 15th March, Brigadier G. I. Wilson made his half-yearly inspection. (Present on parade : twenty-seven officers, six hundred and ninety-one non-commissioned officers and privates ; total strength, fifty officers, one thousand and twenty-one non-commissioned officers and privates. 1853. Oh the 19th February, Major-General H. Somerset, C.B., commanding the Northern Division, made his half- 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 2 100 the king's regiment of foot. [1853 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 Fitzclarence, 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 exami- " nation in no less than five of the native languages, a circum- " stance which will doubtless lead to his employment 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 ExceUency 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 confided, 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 amongst the non-commissioned officers and privates " of the regiment, and their exemplary conduct under aE cir- " cumstances which have come before him in the most authen- " tic shape have, from time to time, elicited his unfeigned " applause, and established 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-second 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 effect from 1st September. On 26th November the foEowing 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 marches; there were, therefore, ten days of rest, and the average length of each day's march was eleven mile6. 102 the king's regiment of foot. [1854-55 " 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 Duffyf, 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 18th of March Lieutenant-General Sir Eoderick 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 (— of the 30th of March) was communicated to the regiment, which contained the foEowing passage: — "You will especiaEy " 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 commissariat arrangements were made and superintended by Quar termaster J. Ross — a very efficient officer. t For services of this officer, vide Appendix No. II. % For services of Lieutenant-General MacNiel, vide Appendix No. II. 1855-57] SERVICES OF the first battalion. 103 On the 20th of December, in passing through TJmballa, the regiment was 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* 1856. On the 10th of March Brigadier S. H. Franks, C.B., commanding the Jullundur Brigade, made his half- yearly inspection. (Present on parade: twenty-two officers, six hundred and eighty-five non-commissioned officers and privates ; total 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 non-commissioned officers and privates; total strength, forty-four officers, nine hundred and forty-one non commissioned officers and priyates.) 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 haye 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 JuEundur. Two marches to the south was the fort of PhiEour, 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, six days of halt, and the average length of each day's march was eleven and a quarter miles. 104 the king's 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 PhiEour. 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 regi1- 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 and privates (of whom thirty-two were in hospital). * This statement is made on the authority of Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Norman, who, after correspondence on the subject with Colonel Hartley, is satisfied 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 harnessing 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 tiE morning. ¦ It was then found that aE 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 ofthe.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, 106 THE KING'S REGIMENT OF FOOT. [1857 reinforced by the Third Native Infantry from PhiEour, had nearly aE crossed in spite of the opposition of an irregular 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 Barnard, 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 PhiUour, 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 E. S. Baynes. On the 21st it reached UmbaEa, where Colonel Longfield's detachment rejoined. Two companies (F and H) under Captain Tupper were left there, 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-comnrissioned 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 serious attempt to plate tvnn Mate, . Hout&oflhelllngh -j D? other Columns Jl Presented by Major General E.N. Sandilands. 1857] SERVICES OF THE FIRST BATTALION. 107 lay siege to the place. At this period the rebel force in Delhi it is supposed may have consisted 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. Besides 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 thousandy". The artillery at the dis posal of the rebels consisted of sixty field pieces, and there were one hundred and fourteen guns on the waEs. 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 extended to three-quarters of a mile — equal to about an eighth of the whole enceinte — and were flanked by three bastions, the " Water," " Cashmere," and " Moree." The distance or length 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 haK a mile. The place contained ample supplies of smaE arms, guns, and ammunition. Hardly a day 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 Batteries ; No. 2 and No. 3 Companies of Seventh Battalion Native Artillery ; Third and Sixth Light Cavalry ; a large part of the Fourth Irregular Cavalry ; a few of the First Bombay Lancers ; the Third, Ninth, Eleventh, Fifteenth, Twentieth, Thir tieth, Thirty-sixth, Thirty-eighth, Fifty-fourth, Sixtieth, Sixty-first, and Seventy-fourth Native Infantry; also detachments of Forty -fourth and Sixty-seventh ; a large part of the Forty-fifth, and many deserters from the Fifth Native Infantry. (This enumeration is given from information fur nished by Lieutenant-General Sir H. Norman) t This is Lieutenant-General Sir H. Norman's estimate. 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 Umballa 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, especiaEy on night duty, and the example was soon foEowed 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 Eeid. 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 Umballa. 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 houses 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 eventuaEy 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 waEs,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 smaE 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 DanieU 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 officers 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 officers * Brother of Lieut.-Colonel Greathed. 110 THE KING'S REGIMENT OF FOOT. [1857 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 NeviEe 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 July 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 Bines, 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 feE 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 assault. The rebels retired into the town and a fire of grape from the waUs immediately opened, under which the troops feE 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 officer 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. Bat 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 112 THE KING'S REGIMENT OF FOOT. [1857 brigade consisting of one hundred men of the King's with one hundred of the Sixty-first, commanded by Captain A. C. Eobertson, 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 Metcalfe piquet. The enemy lost four of his guns and retreated into Delhi. The force had one hundred and thirteen men killed or wounded, of whom only 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 Eobertson'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 fuEy half of the men with the regiment were on the sick Est, and Captains A. C. Eobertson and W. Bayly and Lieutenant Grierson were invalided to UmbaEa. Lieutenant Grierson died at Umballa on the 4th September ; Captain Eobertson 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 is Lieutenant-General Sir H. Norman's estimate of the effective force at the disposal 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 left face of the Water Bastion, another in the right face of the 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 Cashmere 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 1st and 2nd July by the Rohilcund Brigade, con sisting of the Sixth company Eighth Battalion Artillery, No. 15 Horse Battery, two six-pounder guns with Native Artillery from Shahjehanpore, the Eighth Ir regular Cavalry, and the Eighteenth, Twenty-eighth, Twenty-ninth, 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 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 Fusiliers was to storm the Cashmere Bastion ; the second, commanded by Brigadier Jones, Sixty-first Eegiment, and led by the King's Eegiment, was to storm the Water Bastion ; the third, commanded by Brigadier CampbeE, Fifty-second Light Infantry, and led by bis own regiment, was to enter by the Cashmere Gate after it had been blown in by a party of Sappers ; the fourth, commanded by Major Eeid and led by the Sixtieth Eifles, was to pass through the suburb of Kissen Gunj, and threaten the defences on the west of the city; the fifth, under Brigadier Longfield of the King's, was to act as a reserve. The cavalry was to afford a general support, preserve the communications and protect the camp. The first and second columns were provided with ladders. The King's, leaving out camp guards and sick, had two hundred and eighty men available, who were told off in four companies as follows, viz. : — No. 1. (Storming party carrying ladders). Captain G. E Baynes, Lieutenants Pogson and Metge, and seventy- five E. and F. No. 2. Brevet-Major E. S. Baynes, 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 officers 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 detail of reinforcements received after 1st of July is copied from a memorandum furnished by SirHenry Norman. Vide in connection with these details esti mate given at pp. 106—7, of the number of troops and armed men in the city at the end of June) 1857] SERVICES OF THE FIRST BATTALION. 115 Lieutenant and Adjutant Walker, Surgeon Annesley, Assis tant Surgeons Yates and Biddle. When formed the columns 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 Khoodsia Bagh, immediately behind the battery. Here Colonel Greathed, who had 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 off 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 * The statement in Sir John Kaye's history, that a double dram was issued is incorrect, so far, at least, as the King's were concerned. I 2 116 THE KING'S REGIMENT OF FOOT. [1857 of the walls and was ordered to lie down. A smaE temple and a mud enclosure with prickly pears gave some welcome shelter, for the spot was exposed to the fire converging from many points on the adjacent 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 artiUery 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 foEowing 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 Lieutenants 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 fuE 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 foEowed by the rest of the column, leaving the stormers of the 1857] SERVICES OF THE FIRST BATTALION. 117 King'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 King's thus led to the wrong breach by the support which they had been ordered to follow, had Brevet-Major E. 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 stiE 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 imagine 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 Rifles 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. 118 THE king's REGIMENT OF FOOT. [1857 " round, and out of eighteen ladders I saw only three left. " I ran on to the edge to see what sort of place was before us, " and called out to the ladder bearers to hurry on. I don't know " what occurred after this as I feE 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 stiE was the best thing to do. The fire from " the walls continued as heavy 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 artiEerymenf 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 aE together!. " 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 excessive exhaustion. Colour- Serjeant Walker§, who had greatly distinguished himself, now took * Captain Baynes was at this time in a feeble state of health, and had insisted on leading the storming party, notwithstanding the advice of the Medical Officer, who wished to place him on the sick list. t Captain Baynes has 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. J Lieutenant Pogson had his leg amputated and died a few dayB 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 1857] SERVICES OF THE FIRST BATTALION. 119 command of the twenty-five men left. He was unable to find his own regiment, which had 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 the guns which 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 stiE susceptible of defence, although the gate itself had been destroyed, the effect may safely be assumed to have been considerable. To the storming party 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 waUs, no doubt diminished the losses sustained by the main body, and contributed to the success of its attack. Thus the lives of the brave men who fell in the attempt to escalade the Water Bastion were not uselessly sacrificed. Mutiny," Colonel Malleson 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. 120 THE KING'S REGIMENT OF FOOT. [1857 Only Colonel Greathed and six officers of the regiment, viz., Captain J. M. Bannatyne, Lieutenants J. V. Webb, A. E. Bayly, McGrigor, 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 the1 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 1857] SERVICES OF THE FIRST BATTALION. 121 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 Cabul 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 Bastion, 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 encouraged 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 abeady 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- 122 THE KING'S REGIMENT OF FOOT. [1857 tenant Bayly of the King's tried to support him, but he had to be carried, 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 Ene of the canal. Eetaining 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 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 aE the most im portant defensible buildings, however, were in the parts stiE 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 dep6t 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, bat 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 was sent to prolong the left of the position, by occupying a post in the direction of the third and fifth columns, which with 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 124 THE- king's REGIMENT OF FOOT. [1857 houses, but as no working parties were supplied, it does not seem that General Wilson had as yet fuEy determined on this mode of attack. Colonel Greathed however found a -narrow lane, leading from the advanced post of the Seventy- fifth above mentioned, into the broad street known as the Chandnee Chowk — one of the main arteries of Delhi. Starting from the Lahore Gate, the course of this street was nearly paraEel to that of the street and canal occupied by the British, and the distance from one to the other might be about a quarter of a mile. Colonel Greathed suggested that a small body of troops advancing unperceived along the con necting lane, might take the enemy so far by surprise, that once in the Chandnee Chowk, it could secure the Lahore Gate, and thus get in rear of the Lahore Bastion, without being exposed to its fire. General Wilson approved of this plan being put in execution by Colonel Greathed himself, the King's, the Seventy-fifth, and the First Bengal Fusiliers, in all about three hundred men, with two guns, being detailed for the duty. The attempt was accordingly made on the 18th ; the Seventy-fifth led, the King's were in support, the remainder in reserve. The following extract from Sir John Kaye's his tory of the Sepoy War correctly states what happened, up to a certain point: — "The force made good its way without " difficulty to the narrow street leading into the Chandnee " Chowk, but the enemy were posted in force behind a gate at " the end of it, which was unexpectedly flung open, for we " thought our movements were unknown, and a six-pounder " gun was brought to bear on our advancing detachments. On " this Colonel Greathed ordered up a gun under Lieutenant " Harrington, and directed the Seventy-fifth to charge under " cover of the smoke when the gun should be fired. But " the Seventy-fifth did not charge." The circumstances re sembled those which had foiled Nicholson — a closely packed body of men confronted by grapeshot and musketry in a place like a shooting gaEery — and Colonel Greathed instantly ordered up his own regiment which was in rear, under 1857] services of the first battalion. 125 Captain J. M. Bannatyne, The King's, accompanied by the Seventy-fifth, rushed at the gateway* and occupied it at once. Colonel Greathed and the officers were of course in front, but a private of the King's, Peter Murphy, was at the gateway as soon as any of them. Lieutenant Briscoe of the Seventy-fifth was killed during the charge. But Colonel Greathed now found himself confronted by difficulties that were insurmountable. As a surprise the attack had failed, and the houses on both sides of the Chandnee Chowk were filled with Sepoys who commanded the entrance at the gateway with a concentrated fire from the windows. As both ends of the Chowk were also in the enemy's possession, the advance to the Lahore Gate would have had to be effected, not only against desperate numerical odds, but under fire from front, rear and flanks. Colonel Greathed quickly saw that his intentions had been frus trated by the vigilance of the enemy, and he therefore gave the order to retire without attempting to enter the Chowk. The retreat was executed in perfect order and without loss, for the enemy, strong as he was, did not venture to enter the lane. Working parties, directed by Engineers, were now placed under Colonel Greathed's orders to cut through the deserted houses and lanes south of the canal. So suc cessful was this work that in about twenty-four hours, that is to say on the evening of the 19th, a way had been made, without attracting the enemy's attention, to a point imme diately in rear of the Lahore (or Burn) Bastion. There it was discovered by Captain Gordon of the Seventy-fifth that the * Sir John Kaye's assertion that when the King's were ordered to the front " they also refused to charge,'' is a grave mistatement which he would no. doubt have hastened to correct had he lived long enough. When his atten tion was drawn to the matter by a letter from Lieut.-Colonel J. M. Bannatyne, which was concurred in and forwarded by Major-Gen. Sir Edward Greathed, he was on his death-bed and could only reply that he was " too ill for con troversy." Sir John's whole statement of the circumstances following the extract given in the text is unfair to the troops and misleading in every way. 126 the king's regiment of foot. [1857 Bastion was almost deserted. He immediately took possession of it with his men, and the position was made secure soon after by the arrival of Brigadier Jones with a force consisting of the King's, under Captain J. M. Bannatyne, and other corps. This success, gained without loss, was the crowning event of the siege. When Brigadier Jones' force, of which a part including the King's had spent the night in the bastion, advanced to the Lahore Gate at daybreak on the 20th, it found that the enemy had disappeared from that part of the city. The Brigadier was now ordered to divide his force and proceed with one part along the ramparts towards the Ajmere Gate at the south-west angle of the waEs detaching the remainder up the Chandnee Chowk to occupy the Jumma Musjid which was about a mile distant. This celebrated building, standing in an elevated position, overlooked the parts of the city still held by the rebels, and it was believed that its occupation by the British would speedily bring the struggle to a close. The King's*, still commanded by Captain J. M. Bannatyne, and the 1st Bengal Fusiliers under a subaltern, two guns with two eight-inch mortars and some Sappers, formed the detach ment, which was placed under the command of Major Brind of the Bengal Artillery. As they proceeded, the appearance of the city was striking. Not a soul was to be seen, but from the firing heard in the direction of the palace it was evident that part of the enemy's forces still held their ground there. At the Kotwallee the detachment halted to admit of a view being had from its roof. No signs of the enemy being visible it then proceeded cautiously to the Jumma Musjid, which was found deserted except by a few fakirs. As the firing at the palace continued, the Musjid was rapidly prepared for defence, and the King's and other troops were allotted to stations. * Lieutenants W. R. Xiinenes and F. B. McCrea, who had rejoined from sick leave on the 18th, were with the regiment during the occupation of the Lahore Bastion and the Jumma Musjid. 1857] SERVICES OF THE FIRST BATTALION. 127 But in little more than an hour the cessation of firing, and the loud cheering, seemed to indicate that the fight was over. And so in truth it proved, for the king had fled, and the city had at last fallen into the hands of the British. Communications throughout were soon established, , guards and detachments posted, and the various brigades were aEotted to districts. The King's remained at the Jumma Musjid, where Captain Hinde and Lieutenant Horace Ximenes from Umballa and the detachments from the various posts in the city, joined the head-quarters of the regiment. Thus ended the siege of Delhi*. The men of the King's had behaved throughout with admirable steadiness and good order. Their constancy in the wearying duties of the siege, their valour in the assault, and their soldierlike discipline during the operations in the city, did honour to them as soldiers: their chivalrous humanity to the women and children found in the city did honour to them as men. On the 21st a movable column was ordered to proceed down country through the " Doab,'' between the Ganges and Jumna, to clear it of rebel forces, and to re-open com munication with Cawnpore. Lieutenant-Colonel Greathed was appointed to command it, with Captain J. M. Bannatyne of the King's as Brigade-Major. The column was composed of the Ninth Lancers, squadrons of First, Second, and Fifth * The total killed, wounded, and missing during the siege (all ranks in cluded) is stated by Lieutenant-General Sir H. Norman in his narrative of the Delhi campaign to have been — From the 30th of May to the 8th of September, the day on which the batteries were opened . . . . . . . . 2,163 From the 8th to the 14th of September 327 During assault on the 14th of September . . . . . . 1,187 From the 14th of September until final capture of the city on the 20th of September 177 Total casualties from the 30th May to the 20th of September 3,854 The casualties of the King's Regiment during that period (30th of May to the 20th of September) was : Killed, three officers, five Serjeants, thirty-six rank and file, total forty-four ; wounded, seven officers, nine Berjeants, one hundred and twenty rank and file, total one hundred and thirty-six ; total casualties, all ranks included, one hundred and eighty. 128 THE KING'S REGIMENT OF FOOT. [1857 Punjab Cavalry, squadron of Hodson's Horse, two troops Horse ArtiEery, one Field Battery, two five and a half inch mortars, two hundred Sikh Sappers, the King's (under Captain J. Hinde), and Seventy-fifth Eegiment, Second and Fourth Eegiments of Punjab Infantry, in all about two thousand eight hundred men, with sixteen pieces of artillery ; of this force only about nine hundred were British. The column crossed the Jumna on the 24th and marched to Ghazee-oo-deen Nuggur. The regiment now mustered only two hundred and twelve non-commissioned officers and privates, of whom fifty-eight were on the sick list from fever on the day it left Delhi. The men were much weakened by the labour of the siege and the polluted air of the city, but from this time their health steadily improved. On the 27th the column reached Secunderabad, where it was ascertained that a body of three or four thousand rebels, with six or eight guns, was at Bulandshahr, the next halting place. The column started at three o'clock next morning, and soon after dawn the enemy was found strongly posted in the village and surrounding enclosures. The extent and thickness of these enclosures prevented any attempt to turn the position. Colonel Greathed's artillery supported by the King's and Seventy-fifth was brought into action at once, and several determined flank attacks made by the rebel Sowars were frustrated by his cavalry. In one of these the rebel Fourteenth Irregulars were severely handled by the Punjab Corps. The enemy's artillery being silenced, Colonel Greathed's infantry threw itself on the main body, drove it from its positions and routed it with considerable slaughter. The enemy fled towards Eohilkund, suffering severely from Colonel Greathed's cavalry, which pursued them for many miles. Two guns, with a quantity of ammunition and stores, were captured, and the fort of Malaghur, abandoned by the rebels, was occupied the same day. The King's, under Captain Hinde, was on the right of the line during the attack on the enemy's position and engaged in driving his left out of some gardens. Lieutenant Edgeworth was 1857] SERVICES OF THE FIRST BATTALION. 129 sever%ly wounded whilst leading part of the regiment up to a loopholed stone wall held by the enemy. The column had ten officers and sixty men killed or wounded, of whom only the officer above named and four privates belonged to the regiment. The column halted for some days to send its wounded to Meerut, to demolish the fort of Malaghur, and to await the arrival of a Belooch Battalion from Delhi which was to garrison Bulandshahr. It resumed its march on the 3rd October, and on the 5th reached Alighur, a town held by about two thousand rebels under a Moulvee. In effecting his retreat, the Moulvee lost three hundred men and some guns. At Akrabad on the 6th another smaE rebel force was broken up, and two ringleaders in the late disturbances were killed, with about one hundred of their foEowers. At Byjygurh, reached on the 8th October, Colonel Greathed received an appeal for aid from the authorities at Agra, who expected that the fort in which all the Europeans of the station and district were collected would shortly be attacked by a large body of rebels from Dholpore and Gwalior. He determined to diverge from his route far enough to judge for himseE of the position of affairs, and to be then guided by circumstances. With this view he sent forward Major Ouvry with the Ninth Lancers, the squadrons of First, Second, and Fifth Punjab Cavalry, and two troops Horse Artillery to make a reconnaissance towards Agra, and to co-operate with the garrison there in securing the bridge of boats. Purposing to foEow as fast as he could without harassing the infantry, he marched on the 9th to Hatrass, and would have completed the distance to Agra in two marches more. But at Hatrass such urgent demands for immediate help awaited him that he decided on a forced march of thirty miles in order to reach Agra next morning. He arranged that the European infantiy should be carried on elephants, camels, and carts, and the force started at 6 p.m. About midnight, Major Ouvry's cavalry was overtaken in camp at Saidabad, K 130 THE KING'S REGIMENT OF FOOT. [1S57 and soon after the whole column pushed on under Colonel Greathed. The bridge of boats was reaehed early in the morning (10th), and it was found that Agra was as yet undisturbed by any hostile force. Here Colonel Greathed was met by Colonel Fraser, the Civil Commissioner, and Colonel Cotton, the officer com manding the troops, both of whom were senior to him in military rank. They represented that five or six thousand rebels with twelve guns, some of which were fitted for siege purposes, were rapidly approaching; but that the garrison had a patrol on the Karee Nuddee, a stream thirteen miles south of Agra, which must be crossed by troops advancing from that direction, and that none had as yet done so. They urged that as the fort was full of women and children, was short of gunners, and garrisoned by only one weak regiment of Europeans, Colonel Greathed should delay long enough to meet the advancing enemy. To this Colonel Greathed assented. The column immediately crossed the river*, and proceeded past the fort towards the cantonment which lay to the south of it, on the probable line of the enemy's advance. The brigade parade ground at Agra is fuEy a mile4 long by about haff a mile wide, and together with the European Enes occupies the whole south front of the Agra cantonment. A better place for manoeuvring troops could not be found. The force took up a position in a line facing south on this ground, having about six hundred yards between it and the crops in front. As forty-four miles had been marched in the * The following description of the appearance of the regiment at this time is borrowed from Mr. Raikes' Notes on the Agra Revolt, quoted in Malleson's history. " We went this morning to see Colonel Greathed's column cross the bridge. The Queen's Eighth, passed within three yards of us. ' Those dreadful looking men must be Afghans,' said a lady to me, as they slowly and wearily marched by. I did not discover they were English men till I saw a short clay pipe in the mouth of nearly the last man. My heart bled to see these jaded, miserable objects, and to think of all they must have suffered since May last to reduce fine Englishmen to such worn, sun- dried skeletons." Fortunately courage, discipline, and the power of endurance had not disappeared with good looks, as was proved within two hours after these remarks were made. PLATE N9VII. SKETCH OF THE 10* October 1557 Scale-'— 1% inchj-lmile' . d Presented by Gen! Sir E.H. Greathed, K. C.B. 1857] SERVICES OF THE FIRST BATTALION. 131 preceding twenty-eight hours, and as a bridge of boats had ¦been crossed, the tents could not be expected for some hours. Under these circumstances Colonel Greathed ordered the men to pile arms as they stood in line, but to remain 'accoutred and ready to fall 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 CavaEy did not remove their saddles. Colonel Greathed directed two small parties of Sikhs to be thrown out in front as a precaution, but as the men were ready for action, he directed the posting of the general piquets to be delayed until the tents arrived. It is believed that the advance of these parties unmasked the enemy who, instead of being bfeybnd the Karee Nuddee as represented, actually lay con cealed by the crops within a thousand yards, and thus was brought on the action which is about to be described. At the first gun Colonel Greathed's men stood to their arms. His artiEery soon opened in reply, and a few minutes' observation sufficed to show the enemy's dispositions. Then line was parallel to that of his force, but rather to its right front, and their guns were opposite his right, on or near the high-road from Agra to Gwalior. Colonel Greathed's knowledge of the ground (for the regiment had recently occupied the station), suggested a way by which the enemy's left might be turned and their guns captured. He accordingly moved the King's with the Fourth Punjabis to the right in prolongation of his line, and extended them, with supports, on the road leading from the native parade ground to the European barracks, directing them, as soon as the order to advance shoidd reach them, to clear some compounds in their front which were being rapidly occupied by the enemy's infantry. A nine-pounder battery belonging to the Agra garrison was ordered to move forward by a lane abreast of these regiments. He then took three squadrons of Punjab Cavalry to the European barracks, still further to the right, and showed their commander how to turn the enemy's left and fall on their guns. k2 132 THE king's REGIMENT OF FOOT. [1857 The order for a general advance of the line having been given, the King's and the Punjab Corps performed their task without much difficulty or loss. The advance of these regiments and the battery enabled the three squadrons to execute their flank movement with such effect that the enemy's left was routed, and several of their guns and standards captured. Meanwhile, the advance of the re mainder of the British line had been checked by the enemy's cavaby 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 confusion. 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 tiE 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, ammunition, tents, and baggage* * The rebel force numbered from six thousand to eight thousand men. It consisted of the Mhow mutineers, part of the Neemuch mutineers, a body of fugitive Sepoys from Delhi, Holkar's revolted regiments, and some troops from Gwalior. Their arlillery, all of which was captured, consisted of one eighteen-pounder, one twelve-pounder, one ten-poundor, three nine-pounders, two eight-pounders, two seven-pounders, and two six-pounders ; in all twelve 1857] SERVICES OF THE FIRST BATTALION. 133 The victorious column returned to Agra about dusk. The cavalry and artillery had covered sixty-four, and the infantry fifty-four miles of road in less than thirty-six hours, besides manoeuvring during the action. The loss was five officers and sixty-seven men killed or wounded, of whom only two men belonged to the regiment. The column halted for three days, and the sick and wounded were sent into the fort. On the 14th it returned to the left bank of the Jumna, where it was joined by convalescents from Delhi. Lieutenant Sandilands, scarcely yet recovered from his wound, Lieutenant Longfield and one hundred and thirty-six men, joined the regiment, and raised its strength to about three hundred and fifty. The march to Cawnpore was resumed on the 15th, and on the 18th, Brigadier Hope Grant, on his way from Delhi to join Sir Colin Campbell, overtook the column and, as senior officer, assumed command. Mynpooree was reached on the 19th, and some guns were found, but the Eajah and Sepoys had fled. Passing Futtehghur (which was held by the enemy) at a distance of twenty miles, the column had a brush with a smaE force on the 23rd*, took two guns, and kiEed about one hundred and fifty men. On the 26th October, the force reached Cawnpore, where detachments of the Fifth, Fifty-third, Sixty-fourth, Seventy- eighth, and Madras Fusiliers, in aE about one thousand men, held an entrenchment protectmg the bridge of boats over the Ganges. The Ninety-third were to arrive next morning, and to be foEowed by other reinforcements from Calcutta. Sir Colin CampbeE too was daily expected. Pending his guns. Their loss in killed was about five hundred men. — Colonel Normaris Narrative. * On the 23rd October the establishment of the regiment was augmented by the addition of a Second Battalion. The news of this augmentation reached the First BattaUon on 12th December while encamped at Cawnpore. The officers of the First Battalion, promoted and posted to the Second, were Captain John Hinde to be Major; Lieutenants Daniel Beere, Erskine Nimmo Sandilands, George Corry, John V. Webb, William R. Ximenes, to be Captains.— Vide Part II. 134 THE KING'S REGIMENT OF FOOT. arrival, Brigadier Grant took command of the troops,,, and Colonel Guy of the Fifth Fusiliers,, as next senior officer, superseded Colonel Greathed in command of the infantry of the Delhi column, Cawnpore was then a, place of terrible interest;, as itt must. ever be. The wretched entrenchments, so long and SP gaEantly held by Sir Hugh Wheeler and his unfortunate companions were just; as they had left them, and the, house where the poor women were slaughtered still bore ample testimony to the atrocities that accompanied, the deecL. The state of, affairs at this time was critical. Bifchopr, Futtehghur, and other places on the right, bank of the Ganges were held either by foes, or by those who waited for some disaster to the British arms to declare! their hostility; whilst across the river, the whole of. Ou.de was in rebellion. At Lucknow, Havelpck's and Outram's attempt to relieve the garrison had resulted in their; being shut up with it. The overwhelming force of the besiegers, the prevalence of disease in their own ranks, and the presence of the helpless crowd of women and children in. the Eesidency had not only extinguished aE hope of escape by their own efforts, but had made it doubtful if they could hold. out long enough to be relieved by the efforts of others. At Cawnpore, from which place alone relief could come, the troops seemed, to have enough on their hands already. The weE-disciplined, weE-armed GwaEor contingent,. now< a rebel force, eight thousand to ten thousand strong, with four; batteries and siege guns, was at hand preparing to attack ^ seize the bridge of boats. The one chance of being yet able to save the Lucknow garrison lay in the speedy arrival of reinforcements from. Calcutta. These, at first weak and few, were now increasing in strength, and arriving more frequently; and, it was hoped that before many more days had passed, a sufficient number of fighting men would be available at once to hold the bridge, and to make a hasty dash at Luck now. In this hope, and that no time might be lost, Sir 1857] SERVICES OF THE FIRST BATTALION. 135 Colin Campbell, on his way from Calcutta, sent orders to Brigadier Grant to enter Oude and move slowly forward. Taking with him the Delhi column, and as many troops as could be spared from Cawnpore, in all about four thousand men, the Brigadier crossed the Ganges and encamped three miles beyond it on the 30th October. Further reinforce ments as soon as they reached Cawnpore were to be sent after him. The infantry was now divided into wings of three battalions. The right, to which the King's belonged, was commanded by Colonel Greathed, and the left by Cblonel the Honourable Adrian Hope. Owing to the numerical weakness of the King's and Seventy-fifth, these regiments were Enked together for field service as a single battalion under the senior officer. The force moved on the 31st to Buseerat Gunj>, and on the 1st November to Bunnee. The latter was within one march of the Alumbagh, a fortified enclosure near Lucknow, which was held by about seven hundred men, of whom some had been left by Haveloek and Outram when they advanced to the Eesidency, and some had been afterwards detached from Cawnpore. It was now intended to wait for Sir Colin Camp bell and the remainder of the reinforcements, but the ground at Bunnee being unsuitable, the camp was moved on the 3rd three miles forward to the village of Marigunj. Starting at 7 A.M., the force had just reached the new ground, when the advanced guard began firing, and an action ensued which resulted in the enemy's retreat to Lucknow, with the loss of about one hundred men and one gun. The British lost one officer and twenty men, of whom none belonged to the regiment. On the 5th November provisions were thrown into the Alumbagh, but the regiment was not engaged in this duty. Eeinforcements from Cawnpore came in daily. On the 9th the camp was moved forward half a mile, and on the same day the Commander-in-Chief arrived. Continuous firing in and around the Eesidency of Lucknow could now be distinctly heard. On the 10th the Oude field force was 136 THE KING'S REGIMENT OF FOOT. [1857 divided into brigades. The infantry actuaEy present formed two brigades which were numbered the Third and Fourth, and it was intended that the Lucknow garrison, when re lieved, should form two more, to be numbered the First and Second. The King's and Seventy-fifth linked together were posted to the Third Brigade, of which Colonel Greathed was Brigadier, and Captain J. M. Bannatyne, Brigade Major. Brigadier-General Hope Grant commanded the division. On the 12th, the division meeting with Ettle opposition from the enemy, moved to the Alumbagh, and the garrison there was relieved by the Seventy-fifth and a detachment of the Ferozepore regiment. As no other corps was linked to the King's in place of the Seventy-fifth, the regiment once more took its place as a separate battaEon. AE sick and convalescent soldiers, and the whole of the tents, knapsacks, and bedding were sent into the Alumbagh. The last of the expected reinforcements having joined on the 13th, another brigade of infantry was formed, which was numbered the Fifth. The field force now consisted of the CavaEy Brigade numbering nine hundred men, the Third, Fourth, and Fifth Brigades numbering three thousand eight hundred infantry, twenty-six field guns, and a siege train. The operations for the relief of the Eesidency at once began. The force started at 7 A.M. on the 14th, proceeding round the outskirts of Lucknow to the right or eastward. The enemy, deceived no doubt by a reconnaissance made on the preceding day in another direction, did not at first show himself, but on the advanced guard reaching the Dilkoosha Park he was found strongly posted. Brigadier Greathed led the attack with the King's, under Captain Hinde, and the other regiments of his brigade, which advanced in line under a smart but iE-directed fire. A skirmish ensued, and resulted in the occupation of the Dilkoosha and Mar- tiniere buildings with the parks and enclosures surrounding them. On the 15th, the force halted in these positions, and to deceive the enemy as to his further route, Sir Colin PLATE N9VII1 DiXkoosTia. \mGarnsanea\i 2aLax£J \ ty ik&Ifmgs IS^tD 24*"Ncv The Relief of November.lS57. Scalejy^lmiley Presented by Cen! 5ir E.H. Greathed, K.C.B. 1857] services of the first battalion. 137 CampbeE poured a heavy fire of shot and sheU into the part of the city and suburbs which lay directly between him and the Eesidency. At 9.30 p.m. Brigadier Greathed's brigade (including the King's), relieved all the troops on the advanced posts and piquets covering the British position, and was directed to retain them after the departure of the other brigades on the following day, an d until the receipt of orders from the Commander-in-Chief. The brigade was then to form the rear guard under the guidance of the Staff Officer who should bring the orders. On the 16th, the Commander-in-Chief moved to his right, crossed the canal which covers the east of Lucknow, and, avoiding the district shelled on the preceding day, forced his way at an unexpected point through the suburbs, and stormed the Secundra Bagh, and Shah Nujeef Mosque. While inflicting a severe loss on the rebels, he thus estab lished bimseK in Lucknow, at no great distance from the Eesidency, with his right resting on the Goomtee. In the meantime, Brigadier Greathed with his brigade retained the posts at the Dilkoosha and Martiniere. On the arrival of the Staff Officer, the King's was left with some cavalry and five guns, under Brigadier Little, to hold the Dilkoosha ; and the rest of the brigade closed to its right, and was led into Lucknow. The duty which now feE on the regiment and the troops with it was not attended with difficulty. The post was frequently threatened and on one occasion nearly surrounded, but no serious attack was attempted. On entering Lucknow Colonel Greathed with the remain ing regiments of his brigade was posted near the Secundra Bagh, a position which he retained throughout the operations. On the 17th the barracks and mess house were taken by the Commander-in-Chief, and on the 18th the Eesidency was reached. The force being too weak to attempt more than the rescue of the garrison, the rest of Lucknow was allowed to remain in the enemy's possession. It was found impossible to complete the evacuation of 138 THE' king's regiment of foot. [1857 the place before the 22nd, when all the women, children, sick and wounded, having been got out and sent to Dilkoosha, Sir CoEn CampbeE feE back on that place and, the Marti- niere, abandoning for the time the posts he had taken in Lucknow. The retreat began at midnight, and was so cleverly managed without attracting the enemy's attention that his fire on the Eesidency, and the other posts, continued after the last brigade had quitted the place. As: in the advance, so during the retreat,, the rear guard was composed, of Colonel Greathed's brigade. On its arrival at the Dilkoosha it was rejoined by the King's. Throughout the 23rd the. force remained at the Martiniere and Dilkoosha^ and on the 24th,. the arrangements being complete, General Grant's division, without molestation from the enemy, escorted the non-combatants, sick and wounded, to the Alumbagh. Owing to deficiency of trans port, General Outram's division,, composed of the Lucknow garrison, had to wait at Dilkoosha tiE next day. Some of General Grant's transport having been sent back for its use, it then foEowed to the Alumbagh,. where it was intended it should remain to watch Lucknow. On the. 25th the King's was detached along the Cawnpore road to protect the sappers engaged in repairing the bridge at Bunnee. The wounded men from Lucknow and some prisoners proceeded under its escort. A number of ladies from Lucknow now became guests of the mess of the King's. On the 27th the Commander-in-Chief marched with General Grant's- division, and the whole of the women, children, non-combatants,, and an immense train, towards Cawnpore. About 2 P.M., heavy firing at that station was heard, and Sir Colin CampbeE pushed on to within twenty- seven miles of the bridge, when on account of the convoy, he had to halt for the night. On the 28th, the tents and bag gage of the troops were left in charge of the Fifth Brigade, whilst the convoy, escorted by the remainder of the force, proceeded. The sound of firing continued until the troops 18,57] SERVICES OF THE FIRST BATTALION. 139» halted for the night at the Ganges, opposite Cawnpore. It was then found that the Gwalior contingent had at last at tacked the British troops under General Windham, and driven them into the entrenchment. In another day it would no doubt have destroyed the bridge which was already under fire, and have thus seriously compromised the safety of the convoy. The regiment was, sent to occupy the bridge through the night. On the 2.9th, the Fourth Brigade was sent across the Ganges to support General Windham,, who had been again attacked, and the King's was also sent forward to occupy and protect the ground selected for the camp of the convoy on the Cawnpore side. The remainder of the Third and the Fifth Brigade (which had rejoined in the night) were left on the Oude side. At 3 P.M.. the Gwalior contingent having been pushed back, the convoy began crossing. The delays. consequent on the nature of the convoy, and the state of the bridge, were such that the operation lasted twenty-seven hours. The convoy and troops encamped on the plain near the barracks, the left of the position being then covered by the King's. Although prevented from firing on the bridge during the passage of the convoy, the enemy stiE occupied positions from which his guns could reach the entrench ment as well as the camp ; but no notice was taken of this, as; it was desired to avoid bringing on an action tiE the convoy had proceeded down country. Next day, however, the fire became so heavy; that many officers and men in camp were kiEed or wounded, and at 11 A.M., Brigadier Greathed with his brigade and some guns was sent out to force the enemy further back. Having done this, he occupied the, Ene of the canal which divided the part of the station held by the Commander-in-Chief from that in possession of the enemy. The brigade remained in this position for six days, the King's and the other regiments belonging to it being constantly on duty under fire. A sixth brigade, of infantry was now formed of the Cawn pore troops. 140 THE KING'S REGIMENT OF FOOT. [1857 On the 3rd December, five hundred sick and wounded soldiers and the whole of the families from Lucknow started for Calcutta under escort of the Thirty-fourth Eegiment. Throughout the 4th and 5th, the Commander-in-Chief re mained at Cawnpore holding the GwaEor contingent in check, but fighting as little as possible. On the latter date, the enemy forced on an action, but was repulsed by Brigadier Greathed ; the regiments chiefly engaged being the King's and Second Punjab Infantry. A twenty-four-pounder howitzer, which had opened fire at seven hundred yards, was compelled to limber up and retire by the effectual fire kept up by two officers of the regiment with Enfield rifles, which were loaded and handed to them by the soldiers as fast as they could use them*. The mutineer gunners used cotton bales like sap rol lers ; by passing the bales in front of them they protected themselves while withdrawing their guns from exposed posi tions. The strength of the army was now about six thousand five hundred men, including one thousand men just arrived from Calcutta. On the 6th December, the families being then well on their way, the Commander-in-Chief suddenly fell on the Gwalior rebels, drove them headlong out of Cawnpore, chased them for thirteen miles, captured their camp, large stores of ammunition, with seventeen guns, and scattered them in every direction. The regiment under Captain Hinde's command being stiE at the outposts was engaged during the earlier part of the action in covering the advance of the Thirty-eighth and Eifle Brigade, but when the pursuit began it was left with its brigade to hold the line of the canal, and to prevent any part of the enemy's forces breaking through. The regiment had Lieutenant Vincent kiEed, and several men killed and wounded. On the 7th the brigade rejoined the Commander-in- * As the regiment generally was still armed with the smooth-bore musket, and as only a few Enfield rifles per company had been issued, this incident, shewing the superiority of the new weapon, had much interest for the soldiers. 1857 — 58] SERVICES OF THE FIRST BATTALION. 141 Chief at a point two miles north of Cawnpore. The Gwalior contingent being disposed of, it was determined before returning to Oude, where Sir James Outram still maintained his position, to clear the rebels out of Futtehghur and the country north of Cawnpore — between the Ganges and Jumna. With this view the Fourth and Sixth Brigades were detached with cavaEy and guns to Bithoor and Calpee respectively. At the former place Brigadier General Grant defeated a large body of rebels and captured fifteen guns. On the 24th, the Commander-in-Chief, leaving a garrison at Cawnpore, proceeded northwards by the Trunk road ; the force at Calpee was ordered to move in the same direction along the Jumna, whEst that at Bithoor was to stand fast. Sir Colin CampbeE had with him about four thousand men ; and the brigade, to which the regiment was attached, formed part of the force. Brigadier Greathed had been appointed Adjutant-General, Queen's troops, Bombay, but was directed to retain his command in the field till the close of the cam paign. On the 28th, communication was opened with a column and convoy commanded by Brigadier Seaton, which had reached Mynpooree from Delhi, after defeating the rebels in several engagements. About the same time the Fourth Brigade rejoined from Bithoor. On the 30th, the Third Brigade (including the King's), was detached with cavalry and guns under Brigadier Greathed, to destroy a viEage on the Ganges, a few miles to the right of the line of march. The work was done without meeting the enemy, who retreated into Oude, and the brigade rejoined the army, which by that time had advanced one march further northward. 1858. On the 1st January, Futtehghur being a march distant, the Fourth Brigade, with sappers, was sent to repair a bridge five miles in advance, where on the following day it was attacked by the enemy. The Commander-in-Chief at once advanced in support, and an action ensued at Khuda Gunj, in which the rebels were defeated, and 142 THE KING'S REGIMENT OF FOOT. [1858 lost seven guns, with a considerable number of men. The regiment, which was commanded by Captain Hinde, lost seven men, of whom five were killed, and one wounded by a round shot, which passed obliquely through the line. This shot was fired from a six-pounder from a distance of about five hundred yards. The gun was soon afterwards destroyed by an eight-inch howitzer belonging to the Naval Brigade laid by Lieutenant Vaughan, E.N. The first shot he fired broke the wheel of the carriage, the second dis mounted the gun, the third blew up the tumbril. This action closed the campaign, as the enemy retreated into Oude, leaving the country between the Ganges and Jumna in the possession of the Commander-in-Chief. The fort of Futtehghur, a large earthwork, much out of repair, containing warlike stores, and a gun-carriage manu factory, was taken possession of on the 3rd, and the King's was speciaEy selected by the Commander-in-Chief to form its garrison. On the same day, Colonel Seaton's Column and the Sixth Brigade joined the army. Captain A. C. Eobertson, who had been invalided from Delhi, now rejoined the regi ment, having accompanied Colonel Seaton's column as Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General. A few days later he was appointed Assistant Adjutant-General of General Windham's division, and on that division being broken up, he became Deputy Judge Advocate of Sir Hope Grant's division, with which he served till the end of the war. Colonel Greathed was now directed to take up his appointment in Bombay. On the 9th January, the regiment was reEeved in the fort, and was complimented by the Commander-in-Chief on its good order and discipline. On the 17th, Colonel Longfield, who had been detained on duty at DeEii, was appointed brigadier of that station. The Third Brigade was broken up on the 23rd January. Next day the King's, which was to go into cantonments, set out, with two guns, On its return to Agra. The regiment was in splendid training, ready and fit for anything; its dis cipline was perfect, and all its departments in the highest 1858] SERVICES OF THE FIRST BATTALION. 143 order. Its commissariat arrangements were so excellent that the men, throughout the campaign, had never been without rations. In drawing the rations the plan adopted was this : immediately on arriving at the camping ground, the supplies for the next day were drawn from the Commissary and placed under charge of the Quartermaster, by whom they were car ried and issued when required. Thus the men of the King's often had their breakfasts and dinners cooked and ready to serve out while the men of other corps were waiting for their rations. But efficient as it was in aE other respects, the numerical strength of the regiment had fallen too low for it to be of service in the field, now that many strong corps from England were on their way up country to meet the Com mander-in-Chief, on his return to Cawnpore. The regiment arrived at Mynpooree on the 27th, and at that station was joined a few days later by a draft from England, consisting of Captain Whiteside, Lieutenant Cor- field, Ensigns Whelan and Moynihan, and one hundred and thirty-five non-commissioned officers and privates. Captain Hinde, having been ' promoted into the Second Battalion, left the regiment here, and was succeeded in command by Captain J. M. Bannatyne. The march was resumed on the 4th February, and Agra was reached on the 9th. After a few days in the fort, the regiment once more took up its quarters in the barracks it had occupied during 1854-55. It was there joined, on 27th February, by convalescents from UmbaEa, and Captain W. Bayly, who arrived with them, took command as senior officer. On the 12th April the Mean Meer depot, with the women and chEdren, rejoined Head-quarters. On the 2nd and 11th March, on the 17th May, and on the 21st and 26th June, detachments of the regiment were engaged in expeditions against bands of mutineers, who infested the viEages in the neighbourhood of the cantonment. The detach ment which left Agra on the 11th March was commanded by Captain Corry. It consisted of Lieutenants Moynihan and Whelan, and two hundred and eight non-commissioned 144 THE king's regiment, of foot. [1858 officers and privates, and formed part of a flying column, com manded by Brigadier Showers. The enemy occupied an entrenched viEage, situated among the ravines of the Chum- bul. From this position the mutineers were quickly driven by two companies of the King's, which attacked in skirmish ing order. The mutineers were pursued for four miles, and lost about one hundred men. On the 26th the column re turned to cantonments ; there were no casualties among the men of the detachment of the King's. None of the other detachments were engaged, the mutineers having retired at their approach ; but the party which left cantonments on the 21st June lost two privates by sunstroke. On the 25th June Colonel Henry Winchcombe Hartley died of consumption, at JuEundur, where he held the appoint ment of brigadier. His services and death were commemo rated by a very handsome monument, erected by his friends in the parish church of Malvern. ¦ Major and Brevet Lieu tenant-Colonel Edward Harris Greathed was gazetted to the vacant lieutenant-colonelcy, and Colonel John Longfield succeeded to the command of the battalion* On the 7th July five recruits joined from England, and on the 19th July the regiment (strength eleven officers and seven hundred and thirty-two non-commissioned officers and privates), under command of Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Brook. marched from Agra, en route for Futtehghur, where it arrived on the 28th, having on the 26th detached Captain McCrea's company to occupy Meerum-ke-Serai. This detachment did not rejoin until 1st November. On the 3rd September a draft from England, under the command of Lieutenant Eeginald Whitting, joined Head quarters. It had left Calcutta on the 25th of March, with drafts of Tenth and Thirteenth Eegiments. These three drafts (strength about one hundred and twenty non-commis sioned officers, and privates) were directed to escort a large ammunition train proceeding from Eaneegunj, en route to * For services of these officers, vide Appendix No. II. 1858] services of the first battalion. 145 Cawnpore. In consequence of a threatened attack of several thousand rebels, and ten guns, led by Koer Singh, the escort was halted at Sasseram, and attached to Brigadier Corfield's field force, to which Lieutenant Whitting was appointed Staff- Adjutant. The draft of the King's took part in various operations carried on by Lieutenant-General Sir Edward Lugard, K.C.B., against Koer Singh, in the jungles of Jugdespoor. One of these was the attack and capture of Perroo, on the 11th of May. In June Colonel Turner, C.B., succeeded Brigadier- General Corfield in the command of the Sasseram column ; from that time until the 12th of August the draft was in cessantly engaged in the arduous and harassing duty of keeping open communications on the line of the Grand Trunk Eoad, and while thus employed it took part in many skir mishes with the rebels. On the 12th, having received orders to join the Head quarters of the regiment, the draft commenced its march to Futtehghur, where it arrived on 3rd September, in most piti able plight. It had lost nearly half its original number from casualties in the field, and from deaths from cholera and other diseases : the survivors had no kits ; many of them had not even boots to their feet. In the month of October, the Commander-in-Chief organised and set in motion several moveable columns for the subjugation of Oude, where, after the capture of Lucknow, the chief force of the rebels was concentrated. The King's Eegiment was directed to form part of one of these columns, which was commanded by Brigadier- General Hale, C.B. On the 18th of October the regiment (strength about five hundred and fifty non-commissioned officers and privates),* under the command of Captain Whiteside, left its canton- * Ensign J. E. Whitting, of the Indian Army, brother of Lieutenant Whitting, was attached to the regiment and marched with it. Afterwards he was appointed ensign in the Thirty-seventh. A detachment of one hun dred and fifty men, chiefly consisting of sick and married soldiers, was kept at Futtehghur, under command of Lieutenant Stebbing. The Sixty-fourth L 146 THE KING'S REGIMENT OF FOOT. [1858 ments, crossed the Ganges, and joined this column ; Captain Forster Longfield was appointed to act as its Brigade Quarter master. Early in the morning of 24th October Brigadier-General Hale reached Sandee, a fort strongly situated on the river Ghurra, and held by a numerous body of rebels. In order to enable the infantry and guns to cross the river, it was found necessary to construct a bridge. This work, owing to a hot fire from the fort, was attended with considerable difficulty. Three companies of the King's were sent across to clear the waUs, and for several hours the fort was shelled by a battery of eight-inch mortars. The enemy then evacuated the place, and succeeded in effecting their escape. The column having marched into, and taken possession of the fort, its defences were blown up and effectually destroyed. After the capture of Sandee a combined movement was made on Eooya, by the columns of Brigadier Hale and Brigadier Barker, and on the 28th these two columns arrived before it. Eooya was a fort of great natural strength ; its massive mud waEs were surrounded on three sides by trees and dense jungle ; on the fourth by a broad marshy jheel (or lake). It is the fort which, in the month of April, had cost the British army the loss of Colonel Adrian Hope ; but its defenders did not feel sufficient confidence in its strength to await a second attack : as the troops approa.ehed, dense volumes of smoke were observed issuing from the place, and it was found that it had been set on fire and abandoned by the rebels. On the 2nd of November the right wing of the regiment, consisting of B, C, and D Companies, under the command of Captain J. Whiteside, was detached from the column of Brigadier Hale, and ordered to join the column of Brigadier Barker : Lieutenant Eeginald Whitting was appointed to act as Adjutant of this wing. On the 8th of November Brigadier Barker's column Regiment had also arrived to hold the fort and station during the absence of the King's. 18S8 — 59] services of the first battalion. 147 advanced on Goosagunj, and after making several long marches, and razing to the ground several strong forts, on the 20th of November it crossed the Goomtee, and encamped at Neemsah. A large rebel force which was entrenched near this place, was dispersed by the cavalry, and Brigadier Barker's column, marching from fourteen to twenty miles a day in pursuit of these fugitives, followed them up to Misreegunj-, Mincheta, and Kyrabad. On the 3rd of December it made a long forced march to Bishwah, where it joined the column of Brigadier Troop.- Here the scouts, having reported that the rebels were in great force, and that their picquets were only two miles off,, an entrenched camp was formed for the pro tection of the sick and of the baggage. On the 5th of December it was reported to the General that a large body of the rebels had doubled back in rear of the column. Colonel Leith Hay, with the 93rd Highlanders, was ordered to remain in charge of the entrenched camp, and the remainder of the force, without tents or baggage, made a rapid march to Baxee, where the column arrived on the 7th of December. Here it halted until the 14th, when Brigadier Barker, leaving the wing of the King's and other troops to guard communications, marched with the remainder of his force to Sandala and the Seetapo.or district. 1859. The detached wing of the King's remained at Baree until the 12th of January. Meanwhile Brigadier Hale's column, to which the Head-quarter Companies were attached after the capture of Eooya, had taken up a position near Hurdui, where it had remained in reserve. On the 12th of January the Head-quarter Companies, which were then commanded by Captain Meade, received an order to leave Hurdui, and to return by forced marches to Futtehghur, where they arrived on the 16th. The same day that Head-quarters left Hurdui (12th of January), the detached wing under Captain Whiteside was ordered to march from Baree to Hurdui, where it arrived on the 16th, and remained until the 28th, during which time Lieutenant Eeginald Whit ting acted as Field Quartermaster to Brigadier Hale's column. L 2 148 THE king's regiment of foot. [1859 On the 28th the wing was ordered to proceed to Fut tehghur as escort to a siege train : it arrived there on the 2nd of February, and rejoined the Head-quarters of the regiment. The return of this detachment terminated the field ser vices of the regiment*. The officers specially mentioned in despatches as having distinguished themselves in the various actions of the campaign were : Colonel John Longfield, men tioned on one occasion, the capture of Delhi ; Colonel Edward Harris Greathed, on five occasions, viz., the capture of Delhi, the actions at Bulandshahr, Agra, and Cawnpore, and the relief of Lucknow; Captain John Hinde on four occasions, viz., actions at Bulandshahr, Agra, and Cawnpore, and relief of Lucknow; Captain Alexander Cuningham Eobertson on one occasion, attack by Brigadier Showers on post at Ludlow Castle on the 12th of August, 1857 ; Captain George Edward Baynes on one occasion, the assault of Delhi ; Captain John Millar Bannatyne on six occasions, viz., Mutiny at Jullundur, capture of Delhi, actions at, Bulandshahr, Agra, and Cawnpore, and the relief of Lucknow. These officers aE received promotion for distinguished service in the field, and three of them were also gazetted Companions of the Bath, Colonel Greathed on the 1st, Colonel Longfield on the 21st, of January, and Captain Hinde on the 16th November, 1858 ; Colonels Longfield and Greathed were further rewarded by Good Service pensions. On the 22nd of January Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel A. Cuningham Eobertson (who on being promoted to a regi mental majority had resigned the appointment of Deputy Judge Advocate) rejoined Head-quarters, and assumed tem- * A memorial cross, designed by H. S. Leif child, to commemorate the ser vices and death of the officers, non-eommissioned officers, and private soldiers, lost by the regiment during the campaigns of 1857-58, was erected on the Grand Parade at Portsmouth in 1862 by the officers of the King's. In 1877 this monument was removed to the grounds of the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, where it now stands. Subsequently (in 1879) a monumental slab was also placed in the wall of the cemetery, near the Cashmere Gate of Delhi, in memory of the officers and soldiers who fell during the siege and of whom, some were buried there, and some in the cantonment cemetery. — Vide Appendix No. "V. 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 November the station was visited by the Governor-General Lord Canning and the Commander-in- Chief Lord Clyde, and their ExceEencies remained at Futteh ghur until the 17th. On the 16th 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. Cuningham 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 1 1th of Deceniber,and the left wing 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 1st 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 150 THE KING'S REGIMENT OF FOOT. [1S60 companies, under the command of Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Cuningham Eobertson, 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 fareweE order was published by His Excel lency the Governor-General of India. Camp, Roopur, 6th April, 1860. His Excellency the Governor-General considers it due to Her Majesty's Eighth, the King's Eegiment of Foot, to take leave publicly of the regiment on its departure to Englandj and to offer to its officers and men the acknowledgments of the Government of India for their services in this country. The King's Eegiment 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 Jullundur 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 Eegiment 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 BATTALION. 151 under Brigadier Greathed, C.B., and was present at the actions of Bulandshahr, AEyghur, and Agra. It subse quently served with the force under His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief in the reEef 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. The Governor-General begs to assure the King's Eegiment 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 wiE always feel in its future welfare. (Signed) E. J. H. Birch, Major-General, Secretary to the Government of India with the Governor-General. On the homeward voyage the Head-quarters ship caEed 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 marched up to the tomb of the Emperor Napoleon. Section XXXI.— AT HOME, 1860—1866. 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 * 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 of voyage 135 „ The "Sevilla" 19th April; disembarked 20th August; length of voyage 123 „ The "Clara" (H.Q.) 5th May; disembarked 5th 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 — 152 THE king's REGIMENT OF FOOT. [1860 — 63 Paul Haines, C.B.*, joined and assumed command of the battalion. He had been transferred from half-pay and ap pointed Eeutenant-colonel in the King's on the 28th of October, 1859, in succession to Colonel John Longfield, 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 raE to Aldershot, and quartered in G and H Enes, 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 Bayly died at Hastings on the 16th December, 1874, His only son received the commission of ensign in the regiment on 1863 — 65] SERVICES OF THE FIRST BATTALION. 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 Corporation 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 have 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 4,993 4 5 For property destroyed or damaged 262,844 19 3 Total amount of compensation paid 276,918 11 7 The number of claimants among whom this sum was distributed was seven thousand and seventy-seven. 154 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 DubEn and quartered in Eichmond Barracks. On the 18th of August Major Baynes's detachment rejoined Head-quarters at Eich mond Barracks. On the 18th of December the battalion left Eichmond and took up its quarters in the Eoyal 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 fire 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 Eose, 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 Eifles, and rejoined Head quarters at the Eoyal 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, 1865 — 66] SERVICES OF THE FIRST BATTALION. 155 which was on the watch for a favourable opportunity to attempt a forcible rescue of these prisoners. The precautions necessary to guard against the success of such an attempt imposed very severe and harassing duties on the Dublin garrison, which, besides the King's Eegiment, consisted of the Fifth Dragoon Guards, Tenth Hussars, First Battalions of Twenty-fourth and Sixtieth Eifles, and the Sixty-first Eegiment. 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 Eegiment 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 XXXIL— ABEOAD, 1866—1879. Malta, India, Aden. The "Tamar," after a voyage of nine days, arrived at Malta on the 19th of March: the battalion landed on the 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. E. 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 BattaEon 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 Lieutenant-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 Bidley. Head-quarters and six companies moved into Lower St. Elmo Barracks, one company into Marsa- mucetto, and one company into St. James CavaEer 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 thiB 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 158 THE king's REGIMENT OF FOOT. [1869 — 70 its quarters ; the remainder of the battalion was 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 the 17th of the foUowing 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 Woods 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] SERVICES OF THE FIRST 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. 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 foEowing 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 haE-battalion and Head-quarters, under Colonel Woods, foEowed 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 160 THE king's REGIMENT OF FOOT. [1873 military districts and sub-districts, and in each sub-district there was established, under the command of a Colonel, a brigade depot, consisting of the depot companies of two battalions of the Line, and the permanent staff of two batta lions of Militia : aE the local corps of Eifle Volunteers were also placed under the command of the Colonel of the brigade depot. The two battalions of the King's and the Second Eoyal 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 Eoyal Lancashire Mllitiat, 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 estabEshed between the locality and the regiment. On the 31st August, in consequence of a threatened out- * The annexed extract of a letter from the Right Honourable Thomas Townshend, Secretary at War to His Grace the Duke of Rutland, 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 Bame 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 Lancashire Militia, vide Appendix No. VI. 1873 — 74] services of the first battalion. 161 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 hiU station. This recommendation having been ap proved, a depot was formed, consisting of five officers and two hundred and 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, aU 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 5th 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 haE-battalion, 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 Eyder M 162 the king's regiment of foot. [1874 — 76 Madden died of typhoid fever, at Cork, while in command of the Dep6t : 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 marched 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 the 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 baU 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 Eoyal Highness the Prince of Wales. 1876] services of the first battalion. 163 On the 18th, the battalion left the Camp of Exercise and, under command of Major Cochrane*, commenced a march of five hundred and eighty-five miles. Proceeding vid UmbaEa, Meean Meer, and Eawul Pindee, it reached Peshawur on the 17th of March, the sixtieth day after leaving Delhi. On the 16th of April a wing of the regiment (strength, eleven officers and four hundred non-commissioned officers and privates), under Major Longfield, was attached to a move able column commanded by Major Cochrane. The column encamped at Mattuni, about sixteen miles from Peshawur, in the direction of Fort Mackeson ; after remaining in camp for about a week two of the companies of Major Longfield's detachment were sent back to Peshawur and the other two directed to occupy Fort Mackeson, but a few days after wards these companies were also ordered to rejoin Head quarters at Peshawur. On the 18th of April a detachment of convalescents and recruits, under command of Captain Stuart, was sent to the hill station of Cherat, where it remained until the 23rd of December. On the 4th of August, for sanitary reasons, another de tachment, consisting of three officers and two hundred non commissioned officers and privates, under the command of Captain Eoberts, was sent to Nowshera, where it remained until the 16th of November. On the 28th of September, cholera, which had been raging in the town for some time previously, made its appearance in cantonments. SmaE cholera camps were therefore formed at various points in the district, which were occupied by detach ments of the battalion. It was found that in proportion to the number of cases which occurred in these camps and in cantonments there were more recoveries in the camps than in the cantonments. The loss sustained during the outbreak was : Sub-Lieutenant Hervey,. Serjeant-Major Snowden, and sixteen non-commissioned officers and privates')". * Colonel Woods had received fifteen months' leave of absence. t In a General Order dated Quartermaster-General's Office, Peshawur M 2 164 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 artiEery, 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 battaEon was relieved by the Fourth BattaUon Eifle Brigade, and commenced its march to Nowshera, where it arrived on the foUowing 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 Boss, 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 Bombay and Aden. (Strength, eighteen officers, six hundred and thirty-eight non-commis- 17th April, 1877, Major F. Longfield, Captain J. S. Wheely, Surgeon-Major Owen Owen, and Surgeon J. A. Smith received the acknowledgments of the Military Depar(jnent of the Government of India for the excellent arrange ments made by them during the outbreak. 1877—78] services of the first battalion. 165 sioned officers and privates, thirty-one women and forty-six children.)* On the 26th it was at Eawul Pindi, and 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 foUowing daythe 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 Dep6t, 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 officers 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, under 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 ExceUency 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 Officer: 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 the officers of the regiment and the men of his company. 166 the king's regiment of foot. [1878 the First Battalion of the King's was the first in order of merit. The figure of merit was 119"04, and was 14"76 points above that of any other battalion. C, or Captain Louis's Com pany, with a figure of merit of 123"08, was the best shooting company in the Presidency, and Private James BaU, who belonged to that company, was the best shot in the Presi dency; his score was 188 points. On the 31st of October, preparatory to the embarkation of the battaUon for England, sixty-seven men were trans ferred to the Second BattaUon, and seven men were aUowed 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, and the remainder in the East Indies. The foUowing statement shows the variations which took place in the strength of the non-commissioned officers and privates of the battaUon during the ten years of its service in India : — Strength of non-commissioned officers and privates on arrival in India 2nd Novem ber, 1868 734 Add increase — Joined from England . . . . 622 Head-quarter recruits . . . . 11 1878 — 79] services of the first battalion. 167 Transfers received from other corps 159 792 Total . . 1526 Deduct decrease — Died 156 Gazetted to commissions. . 2 Sent to England 547 Discharged in India 34 Transfers given to other corps . 276 1015 Strength on returning January, 1879 to England 22nd 511 Out of the five hundred and eleven who disembarked, there were only two hundred and one who had landed with the battaUon at Bombay in November, 1868. Section XXXIIL— HOME SEEVICE, 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- cEffe, 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 required 168 the king's regiment of foot. [1879 — 80 to protect them from the snowy blasts and icy rigours of an EngUsh winter. On the 12th of February Colonel H. G. Woods was granted a pension of one hundred pounds a year 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 Purfleet. On the 5th of August Major-General Eadcliffe, 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 BattaUon, 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 fareweU order taking leave of the battaUon*, 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 the 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 : " From the old soldiers the young ones may learn with what order and cheerfulness the men of the regiment made long marches and endured hot seasons in India. How the officers Bhared in all the sports and all the troubles of the soldiers, and how the King's has everywhere been distinguished by the spirit of good comradeship which has always prevailed in it." + For Lieutenant-Colonel Tanner's services, vide Appendix No. 2. 1880] services of the first battalion. 169 Eegiment, three officers and fifty-three non-commissioned officers and privates to the Twenty-fourth Eegiment, and one man to the Fourth Eegiment, making in all three officers and one hundred and fifteen non-commissioned officers and privates. On the 2nd of July the battaUon was inspected by Major- General W. P. Eadcliffe, C.B. (strength twenty-three officers and five hundred 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 battaUon 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 baU 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 BattaUon in India. During the seasons 1869 — 1880, the ball practice of the battaUon was carried out at Colchester, each company being detached in succession to complete its course of musketry instruction. On the 4th of December the Purfleet detachment rejoined Head-quarters, and on the 7th of December the battaUon, (strength twelve officers and four 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 in SaEord barracks. On the last day of the year, D Company under the com mand of Captain Sinkins was detached to Chester. 170 the king's regiment of foot. [1880 Section XXXIV— EECAPITULATION. The King's Eegiment 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 an 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 Uon is kiUed, 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 losses sustained by the regiment, and in others only the names of a few of the officers killed and wounded have been recorded. The following 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 Officers. Killed. Wounded. Non-commissioned Officers, Drummers, and Privates. Killed. Wounded, missing, and prisoners. 1690-91— Service in Ireland : one battle ; four Bieges ; no record of casualties 1702-12— Service in Germany and the LowCountries: 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 1715-16— Rebellion in Scotland : one battle. . 1745—46— Rebellion in Scotland : two battles ; casualties of rank and file not recorded 1743-45, 1746-48, 1760-62— Service in the Low Countries and Germany : eight battles ; one minor engagement 1776-77— Service in North America : three minor engagements ; no casualties recorded 1793-96— West Indies and Low Countries : three minor engagements . . 1801— Expedition to Egypt: one battle ; three minor engage ments 1809-1815— Service in North America : one battle ; one siege ; fifteen minor engagements 1857-58— Indian Mutiny : two battles ; one siege ; eighteen minor engagements Total casualties 21 26 5 97 39 12 117 46 25 70 320 33 24 332 14 69 307 137 916 172 the king's regiment of foot. [1756 — 1806 Part II. SEEVICES 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 continued 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 estabUshment of the regiment was again augmented by the addition of a second battaUon. It was formed of men raised in the West Biding of York shire, for limited service, under the Additional Force Act passed in July of that year, and was placed on the estabUshment of the army on the 25th of December, 1804f. 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 this battaUont. 1806. In the month of March the battaUon 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 Vide Part I, p. 69. X In the beginning of 1805 the .battaUon was quartered at Doncaster ; the strength at this time was forty officers, twenty Serjeants, 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 HoUand. 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 battaUon 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.— ABEOAD, 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. — Volume of MS. Military Notes, R. U.S.I. f The effective strength of the battalion at this time was five hundred and forty-two ; of this number four hundred were embarked. They were attached to the Fourth 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 During 1809 a bounty of sixteen guineas was offered 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. 174 the king's regiment of foot. [1814 — 15 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 BattaUon, 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 Uttle 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 Une of the United States, appeared before the town of Plattsburg on the 6th September. During the four foUowing 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 flotilla, 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 squadron on Lake Champlain, consisting of eight vessels and gun boats, under the command of Captain Downie, attacked the American flotiUa. 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. 1815 — 57] SERVICES OF THE SECOND BATTALION. 175 Section III.— AT HOME, 1815 (August to December). Eeturn to England. Eeduction of 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 BattaUon landed at Portsmouth in August. In the month of December all men of the Second Batta Uon, 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 battaUon, consisting of one thousand and seventy-seven non-commissioned officers and privates*. Section III.— AT HOME, 1857— 1858.f 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 estabUshment of the King's, and of many other regiments, was increased by the addition of second battaUons. On the 28th of October the officers were gazetted. Colonel Thomas Maitland WUsonJ was transferred from the half- pay of the Ninety-sixth and appointed to the command of the battaUon, and the foUowing officers of the First BattaUon 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 I. pp. 89 to 133. t For services of First Battalion during this period, vide Part I, pp. 133 to 144. J For services of this officer, vide Appendix No. II. 176 the king's regiment of foot. [1857 — 58 Beere, Erskine Nimmo Sandilands, George Corry, John Vere Webb, and WiUiam E. Ximenes, to be Captams ; the other officers were transferred from half -pay and from other regi ments.* The estabUshment fixed for the battalion was eight companies, three field officers, eight captains, ten Ueutenants, 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 battaUon, the formation of which was im mediately commenced, and was completed during the winter. 1858. On the 23rd of March the battaUon left Buttevant and was moved to Kinsale with a detachment at Charles Fort. On the 1st of AprU the estabUshment of the battaUon was augmented to twelve companies, the number of captains being increased to twelve, of Ueutenants to fourteen, of ensigns to ten, of staff to six, of Serjeants to fifty-four, drum mers 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 battaUon left Kinsale, and was moved in two divisions to the Curragh Camp. On the 20th of August the battalion received orders to form a dep6t 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 Kingstown, and embarked for Gibraltar on board the hired steam transport " Iwia " (strength, twenty- eight officers and seven hundred and seventy-three non-com missioned officers and privates). The depot (strength, five officers and ninety-two non commissioned officers and privates), under the command of Brevet-Major Bannatyne, on the embarkation of the service companies, was moved to Templemore. * For names of these officers, vide Succession List, Appendix No. I. 1858 — 65] SERVICES OF the second battalion. 177 Section IV— ABEOAD, 1858—1868*- GlBRALTAR — 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 estabUshment 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 estabUshment. On the 27th of September Colonel Thomas Maitland Wilson retired on half pay, and was succeeded in the command of the battaUon by the senior Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel, John Hinde, who was then at Gibraltar doing duty with ifrf\ 1862. On the 5th of AprU the establishment 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 BattaUonj. 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. J For services of this officer, vide Appendix No. II. N 178 THE king's REGIMENT OF FOOT. [1865 — 67 Head-quarters and four companies were quartered in Fort Manoel, and six companies in the Lazarette. On the 15th of June two companies, under Captain Moynihan, V.C., were moved from the Lazarette to Pembroke Barracks, Saint George's Bay; and on the 25th of June Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Woods with the other four com panies were also moved from the Lazarette to Pembroke Barracks. On the 29th 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 grave and commemorate his services and death. The senior major of the regiment, Brevet Colonel A. Cuningham Eobertson, then doing duty with the First BattaUon, succeeded to the com mand of the Second Battalion* 1866. On the 1st of April the estabUshment was aug mented by one serjeant cook. On the 1st of May Colonel A. C. Eobertson 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 stiU 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 BattaUon of the Sixtieth Eifles. 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 battaUon, and on the 11th and 12th of November it was * For services of this officer, vide Appendix No. II. 1867—68] SERVICES OF THE SECOND BATTALION. 179 inspected by Major-General W. J. Eidley (strength, thirty- four officers, six hundred and forty- six non-commissioned officers and privates). This year, during the absence on leave of Colonel A. C. Eobertson, the battalion was temporarily commanded from the 30th of June to the 29th of August by Major Meade, and from the 30th of August to the 14th of October by Captain Cusack. 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 Shute Piers, E.N. (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 after leaving Malta. On the foUowing morning the troops disembarked and were moved by raU to the North Camp Station, Aldershot. The battalion was quartered in A, B, and E lines, South Camp. Here it was joined by the depot 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 estabUshment was reduced, from the 6th inclusive, to ten companies, the strength being fixed at three field officers, ten captains, twelve Ueu 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 Benny 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 the king's regiment of foot. [1868 — 70 of May and 5th of October. At the former inspection the strength 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 1st 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 Eobertson, was moved by raU from Farnborough 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-five non-commissioned officers and privates. 1870. On the 28th of February, two companies, under Captain Eeginald Whitting, were detached to Burnley, and on the 1st of March the two dep6t 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 battaUon' 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 From the 29th of June to the 24th of September the Head-quarter companies at Bury, and from the 11th of June to the 10th of September the five companies detached at Ashton-under-Lyne were under canvas, and the barracks at these places were handed 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, marched into Manchester, and were quartered in Salford Barracks, relieving the Hundredth Eegiment ; two days afterwards the Burnley detachment rejoined Head quarters. 1871. On the 1st of February the estabUshment of pri vates was reduced from six hundred and sixty to five hundred and sixty. On the 5th of June 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, thirtyrtwo officers) ; one serjeant-major, one qaartermaster-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 182 THE king's regiment OF foot. [1872 — 73 of musketry, twenty-eight Serjeants, eighteen drummers, forty corporals, four hundred and eighty privates (total, five hun dred and eighty-six non-commissioned officers and privates). On the 17th of July the battalion and attached depot, under command of Colonel A. C. Eobertson (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 battaUon reUeved the First BattaUon of the Twelfth Eegiment. On the 2nd of July the depot of the Fifty-fifth Eegiment 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 battaUon was inspected by Major-General D. Lysons, C.B. (Strength, thirty-two officers and five hundred and eighty-six 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 19th 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 the 11th August one company, commanded by Captain WiUiams, and on the 13th of August, Headquarters and seven companies, under command of Colonel A. Cuningham Eobertson, were moved by rail from Preston to Eugeley, 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- shot, 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 1873 — 74] services of the second battalion. 183 officers and privates. The battaUon was attached to the First Brigade, commanded by Colonel Bell, C.B., and formed part of the Second Division, commanded by Major-General Sir John Douglas, K.C.B. On the 25th August the camp of the division was moved from Lower Cliffe to Brindley Heath, and on the 6th of September from Brindley Heath to the Beeches, near High Oak. On the 11th of September the whole of the field force, under the command of Major-General Lysons, C.B., was reviewed by Lieutenant-General the Honorable Sir James Lindsay, K.C.M.G. On the foUowing day (the 12th) the encampment was broken up, and the eight companies (leaving behind Lieutenant Jocelyn and the transport detachment) under command of Colonel A. Cuningham Eobertson, were moved by rail from Eugeley 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 F. Barry Drew, and the battaUon and dep6t 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 battaUon and depot disembarked at Kingstown, and were moved by raU to the Curragh Camp, where they were quartered in I lines. On the 30th September the battaUon,1 and the attached dep6t, were moved by raU to Cork, under the command of Colonel A. Cuningham Eobertson, where they relieved the Second BattaUon of the Seventh Eegiment. On the 6th of October A and H Companies, under com mand of Captain E. Whitting, were detached to Youghal. 1874. On the 2nd of June, Major Tanner and seven companies were detached to Fort CarUsle, where for the remainder of the summer aU 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 E. D. KeEy, K.C.B., inspected the Head-quarters of the regiment at Cork, and on the 4th and 6th its detachments at Fort Carlisle and Youghal. 184 the king's regiment of foot. [1874: — 75 During the month of November Martini-Henry rifles were issued to the men of the battaUon, and the Snider rifles were returned into store. 1875. On the 24th of March, Colonel Alexander Cuning ham Eobertson retired on haff-pay*. Brevet Lieutenant- Colonel Wm. F. Adam Colman, the senior major, was gazetted to the vacant Ueutenant-colonelcy ; he was attached to the First Battalion, and without joining the Second on the 12th of May he retired on fuU-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 on leave, and in the month of July he joined the Second, and assumed command of itf. On the 20th of AprU, the Fort CarUsle and Youghal de tachments rejoined Head-quarters, and the battalion, under the command of Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel F. Barry Drew (strength twenty-three officers and five hundred and seventy non-commissioned officers and privates) was moved by rail to Fermoy, where it was quartered in the new barracks, re- Ueving the Thirty-third Eegiment. On the 12th of May a new vaUse 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), under 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 battaUon (strength seventeen officers and * Immediately after retiring on half -pay, Colonel A. C. Robertson was appointed lieutenant-colonel of the Second Battalion Second Royai. Lan cashire Militia, the regiment which, in the reorganization of the 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, in Feb ruary, 1878, four months after his promotion to the rank of major-general. f For services of Lieutenant- Colonels Colman and Webb, vide Appendix No. II. 1875 — 77] services of the second battalion. 185 four hundred and forty-one non-commissioned officers 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 battaUon was inspected by Major-General Sir E. D. Kelly, K.C.B. 1876. On the 1st of April the establishment of rank and file 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, reUeving 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 battaUon 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 same day the battaUon disembarked and was moved by rail to Aldershot, where it was attached to the Second Infantry Brigade, and encamped on Eushmoor HiU (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 HiE was broken up, and the battaUon quartered in the 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 battaUon 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 of this officer, vide Appendix No. II. 186 the king's regiment of foot. [1877 Major-General 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 foUowing day (the 11th) returned to Aldershot and reoccupied its former quarters. (Strength, twenty-three officers and six hundred and ninety non-commissioned officers and privates.) On the 21st of September the Head-quarters of the bat taUon 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 battaUon, its two depot com panies, together with the two depot companies of the First BattaUon, were attached to the Eighty-sixth Eegiment, 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 HU1 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 depot-adjutant and quartermaster. In the month of April, 1878, the Warrington Barracks having been completed, the dep6ts received orders to occupy them. On the 17th, under command of Captain WiUiams, 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 battalion. 187 of the Army Eeorganization Scheme of 1873 which referred to the King's Eegiment, were at length fuUy carried out*. Section V— ABEOAD, 1877— (t). East 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 raU 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 battaUon (strength, nineteen officers and nine hundred non-commissioned officers and privates) under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Barry Drew, com menced its march to Eawul Pindi. At the viUage of Mundra it met the First BattaUon, 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^. On the 3rd the Second BattaUon arrived at Eawul Pindi, and was quartered in the Church lines. 1878. In the month of August of this year certain infor mation was received by the Government of India that a Eussian mission had been cordially welcomed at Cabul, and that the policy of the Ameer Shere AU was guided by in- * Vide Part I, p. 159. Colonel G. F. De Berry was at this time in com mand of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Brigade Dep6ts. Lieutenant Henry Thos. Granger was appointed adjutant of both these brigade dep&ts. On the return of the First Battalion from foreign service on 22nd January, 1879, Major Forster Longfield was detached to command the four dep&t companies of the two battalions. t 1st January, 1881. The Second Battalion is still serving in the East Indies. X Vide Part I, p. 164. 188 THE king's regiment of foot. [1878 fluences which were considered hostile and even dangerous to British interests. It was therefore resolved to send an Envoy to the Court of Cabul for the purpose of counteracting these influences, and, if possible, establishing more satisfactory relations. His Excellency General Sir NeviUe Chamberlain was selected as the representative of the Viceroy, and on the 30th of August a native agent, the Nawab Gholam Hussein Khan, left Peshawur to deUver a letter to the Ameer announcing Sir NeviUe Chamberlain's appointment, and requiring the Ameer to make the requisite arrangements for his safe con- duet and honourable reception. The Ameer evaded replying to this letter, and on the 21st of September, when Major Cavagnari, one of the officers attached to the mission, pre sented himself at the frontier post of AU Musjid and de manded a safe conduct, this request was absolutely refused, and he was informed that if the Envoy attempted to advance further, he would be resisted by force. This discourteous and unfriendly refusal was treated as an act of hostiUty, and on the 30th of October an ultimatum was addressed to the Ameer, informing him that unless a suitable apology were made for the insult offered to the Envoy, and certain other specified conditions were compUed with before the 20th of November, he would be treated as a declared enemy of the British Government. In the meantime troops were assembled, and active pre parations made for undertaking such military operations as might be necessary to enforce compliance with these demands. On the 8th of October orders were received to hold the battaUon in readiness for active service, and on the 15th twenty-seven officers and eight hundred and three non-com missioned officers and privates,, under the command of Lieu tenant-Colonel F. Barry Drew, commenced their march from Eawul Pindi to join a force assembUng at Kohat under the command of Major-General Fred. Eoberts, C.B. and VC. An unusually sickly autumn had much impaired the strength of the men, most of whom were very young. Fever 1878] services of the second battalion. 189 was prevalent among them, and they suffered much from the intense heat in the day time, and from the crowded state of the beU tents, to each of which sixteen men were aUotted. The road from Eawul Pindi to Kohat crosses a sandy plain, without shade and without water, and the long wearisome marches were a severe trial to the young soldiers, but they were excited with the idea of seeing active service, and though physicaUy in bad condition their spirit was exceUent. The Eiver Indus was crossed at Kooshalghur on the 22nd, by a bridge of boats, and two more marches brought the bat talion 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. ThuU, on the left bank of the Kurrum river, was reached on the 18,th. 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 day allowed, passed without any answer being received from the Ameer, and early on the foUowing morning the force under the command of Major-General Eoberts crossed the river. The bat talion had been ordered to leave another detachment at ThuU, 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 Eawul Pindi thirty-seven days before. The fort of Kapigunj, opposite ThuU, had been evacuated before the troops crossed, and during the next four marches 190 the king's regiment 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 previous 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 battaUon 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 officers and privates were left at Kurrum under command of the musketry instructor, Lieutenant Euek. 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 they 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. :#- Peiwar Kotal from British Camp. SPUH FROM SIKARAM spwGawai **™*um,*to£ Scale 3/4into lmile. SKETCH PLAN OF THE PEIWAR KOTAL. ACTION 2 DEC. 1878. Presented by Col. Barry Drew. C.B. 1878] services of the second battalion. 191 rear, and out of sight of the enemy. The next three days (29th and 30th November, and 1st 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 Eoyal Artillery, two guns of F. A. Eoyal Horse Artillery and the Twelfth Bengal Cavalry. The enemy's position faced the east, and was about four nriles 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 easUy 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 force 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 artiEery consisted of two twenty-four-pounder bronze howitzers and sixteen guns of smaUer 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 assaU 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 aU five hundred and fifteen British and one thousand seven hundred and forty-eight natives ; total, aU 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. Eoyal Horse Artillery, * These numbers are taken from General Roberts' dispatch. 192 THE king's regiment of foot. [1878 three guns G Battery Third Brigade Eoyal ArtiUery, Tweffth Bengal Cavalry, Second BattaUon of the Eighth, the King's Eegiment, Fifth Punjab Native Infantry, in aU five hundred and fifty-nine British and five hundred and eighty Natives, aU ranks included (total one thousand one hundred and thirty-nine)*. He received general instructions to open fire upon the enemy about 6 A.M., to 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 (caUed 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 repUed vigorously ; for the next three hours a weE sustained cannonade was kept up by the artiUery 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 Eegi 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 * In General Roberts' dispatch three hundred and forty-eight is given as the strength of the rank and file of the King's Regiment j this is a mistake. On 2nd December the strength of the battalion was eighteen officers and four hundred and thirty-six non-commissioned officers, drummers, and privates (vide p. 193). To correct this error eighty-eight has been added to the total strengths given in the dispatch. 1878] SERVICES OF THE second battalion. 193 o'clock the infantry was 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 extremity of the line, continued steadUy to advance from ridge to ridge, the soldiers being kept weU 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 the left flank from the gun on the detached crag called by the soldiers " the 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 Une. From this position the regiment kept up a sharp musketry fire for upwards of two hours, during 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, and obliged to resign the com mand of the brigade to Colonel F. Barry Drew, who was 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 hUls 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 guns, and one 0 194 THE king's regiment of foot. [1878 The next advance was up a precipitous ascent ; it was very difficult and laborious. Arrived at the summit of this ridge, the Uttle band of King'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- Henry 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, and the two companies of the King's, under Captain Dawson, which formed their escort, to ascend the pass by the road ; leaving the duty of protecting the guns to the Twelfth Bengal Cavalry. The ridge occupied by the five advanced companies of the King's was separated from the road leading to the pass by two deep ravines with precipitous sides. WhUe 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 hnl 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 misceUaneous 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] SERVICES OF THE SECOND BATTALION. 195 mountains, where they could not be foUowed. Meanwhile, strong picquets were thrown out by the King's, and at 9 p.m. the tents having arrived, the battalion encamped alone on the ground it had won, and there passed the night*. The strength of the battalion on the morning of the 2nd was eighteen officersf and four hundred and thirty-six non commissioned officers and privates. The casualties during the day were : killed, Drum-Major Owen Cuningham ; wounded, two Serjeants and five privates ; total casualties, eightl. The corps belonging to the Second Brigade bivouacked without tents at various points between the Spin Gawai Kotal and the village of Zarbadast KUa. About 9 o'clock on the night of the action Major-General Eoberts had received from Lieutenant-Colonel Drew a report informing him that * A correspondent of the Lahore Civil and Military Gazette thus describes the impression made on him by the conduct and appearance of the men of the regiment. "'The reputation of our young soldiers was bravely sustained by the King's at the battle of the Peiwar ; the average age of the men is about twenty-two ; but on this day, in resolute 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, and precision as if they had been on parade ; indeed, one of fcheir officers said to me, ' the men moved better than ever they did on a field day.' " The same correspondent says : " The cold that night on the Peiwar was intense ; although I had three postheens 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), Lieutenant-Colonel E. Tanner, Captains J. Dawson, E. Jervis, S. N. Roberts, Lieutenants J. M. Taylor, W. L. Brereton, L. S. Mellor, H. A. Fletcher, A. C. G. Banning, J. H. Balfour, O. D. C. Grattan, Sub-lieutenants C. G. Robertson, L. C. Dundas, H. J. Evans, J. B. Edwards, Lieutenant and Adjutant Fred J. Whalley, Quartermaster P. Spencer. Lieutenant G. V. Turner was attached as orderly officer to the ' staff of General Thelwall, C.B., commanding Second Brigade, and Lieutenant E. L. Maisey was attached in the same capacity to the staff of Brigadier- General Cobbe, commanding First Brigade. Surgeon-Major J. G. Gibsone was in medical charge of the regiment. J The men wounded were Serjeant James Howard (dangerously ; right arm amputated), Colour-Serjeant "William Innes (severely), Private J". Burgess (severely), Lance-Corporal J. S. Savage, Privates L. Jones, R. Jones, C. Delaney. o 2 196 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 lulls. 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 hoEow 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 battaUon, under Major George Cochrane, after furnishing detachments at Kurrum, Hazar Pir, and ThuU, was concentrated at Kohat. On the 24th of March His ExceEency General Sir Paul Frederick Haines, G.C.B., the Commander-in-Chief, arrived at the station, and, after inspecting the battaUon, addressed the men in the foUowing 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, and that you have performed deeds " that any men should be proud of. ... . "The two happiest years of my life were spent in the 1879] SERVICES OF THE SECOND BATTALION. 197 " command of the First BattaUon of the King's Eegiment, " and I look upon you as its brother ; consequently, I feel "that aE my sympathies must now be with the Second " Battalion of the King's." On the 10th of April a native foUower having been mur dered within haff a mile of the camp, the murderers (some twenty in number) were pursued by Captain Cope, Lieutenant and Adjutant WhaUey, and Lieutenant Dundas, and five soldiers. After an eight miles' chase, they were overtaken ; five of them were killed on the spot, and several others wounded. The Major-General pubUshed a divisional order thanking the party for this service. On the 26th April C Company, under Lieutenant Taylor, which had been detached at Kohat, rejoined Head-quarters, and F Company, under 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, under 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 officers 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 ; aU 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 198 THE king's REGIMENT 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 AU 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 AU Kheyl, but it was canceUed; and the Quartermaster and Serjeant-Major, who had accompanied Captain Jervis' detachment, returned to the 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 MeEor, from Kurrum, rejoined Head quarters. At daybreak on the morning of the 14th, just as the bugles finished sounding the reveille, the camp at AU 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-ninth 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 estabUshed 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 hiU 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 detachment of the King's commanded by Captain Jervis, soon compeUed them to retire from the lower ridges to a great plateau, where a large portion of the Cabul field force had encamped previous to its advance, and where the huts and stone breastworks, 1879], services of the second battalion. 199 which had been at that time constructed by our soldiers, afforded exceUent cover. From this shelter they were dis lodged by the Sepoys of the Twenty-ninth, who, coming from the right, drove them into the open, where the guns of C-IV Eoyal ArtiUery, stationed on a ridge behind the camp, had time to drop a few shells amongst them : and finaUy a mixed squadron of Native cavaUy, which had been sent out by the road, suddenly appearing on the left, lance and sabre com pleted the discomfiture of the assailants on this part 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 off in pursuit, and then to advance by a nuUah 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, wheeUng 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 hiU men crossing the river and occupying a vUlage 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 side 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 hiU 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 finaUy repulsed, these alarms entirely ceased, and the troops at AU Kheyl and the Peiwar were not again molested during the winter. 200 THE KING'S REGIMENT OF FOOT. [1879 — 80 On the 6th of November the AU Kheyl detachment was withdrawn, and G and H Companies, under Captain Jervis and Lieutenant Grattan, rejoined Head-quarters at the Peiwar. On the 11th November G Company, under Captain Jervis, was detached first at Kurrum and afterwards at Budesh Kheyl, and on the 26th of November H Company, under Lieutenant Grattan, was detached to Kurrum; the same day a draft of ninety-eight rank and file, under Brevet-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 ViUiers Turner (strength forty rank and file) was attached to the force under General Tytler during its operations in the Zymukt VaUey. 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 battaUon. 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 weE 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. * For services of this officer, vide Appendix No. II. oCO CO 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 battaUon*. 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 reUeved by a detachment of the Eighty-fifth King's Light Infantry, and under the command of Captain Cope, marched to ThuU to reinforce the troops at that place. On the 12th of June D Company under Lieutenant Taylor was moved to Kurrum to reUeve the detachment of the Eighty-fifth, and on the 14th E Company under Captain Eoberts was moved to ThuU to relieve A Company, which rejoined Head-quarters. On the 9 th July, 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 battaUon. On the 28th August E Company under Captain Eoberts was moved from ThuU, 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. 202 THE king's regiment of foot. [1880 quarters to replace C Company at Kurrum. On the 3rd of September H Company with Head-quarters moved from the Peiwar Kotal to Shalozan, and were joined by the two companies detached at that post. The Sirdar Abdur-Eahmann 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, B, 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 Eoyal ArtiUery 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 WhaUey was appointed to act as his staff officer. On the 15th this column commenced its march towards ThuU, and on the 21st it recrossed the frontier and arrived there. The strength of the battaUon 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 hundred and ten non-commissioned officers, drummers, and privates). Of the fifteen officers there were only four (Lieutenant and Adjutant WhaUey, and Lieutenants Brereton, Evans, and Edwards) who were with the colours when the battaUon 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. The 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 1st of March, 1881, were gazetted Companions of the Bath, and on the latter date Captam Jervis was promoted to a Brevet Majority. A war medal was granted 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 battaUon, which received orders to reUeve the Sixty- eighth Light Infantry at Meean Meer. Eawul Pindi was reached on the 6th November. Here the depot rejoined Head-quarters, and the battaUon 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 officers 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-two rank and file arrived from the First BattaUon. Section VI.— EECAPITULATION The establishment of the King's Eegiment has consisted of two battaUons during three different periods, forming an aggregate of thirty-six years. Out of this aggregate period the Second BattaUon 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 204 THE king's regiment of foot. [1881 of the Walcheren Expedition, and in 1814 the battaUon formed part of the force which invaded the United States, and was present at the battle of Plattsburg. In 1878-79-80r during the Afghan War, the battaUon was attached to the Kurrum VaUey Force : it was present at the battle of the Peiwar Kotal, and a detachment at the repulse of the attack on AU 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 kiUed, seven non-commis sioned officers and privates wounded. POSTSCEIPT. 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 waU 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 severe wounds, from the effects of which the child died. The perpetrators of this outrage were not discovered, but were believed to be agents of the Fenians, or of some" other organisation of disaffected Irishmen. During the months of January, February, and March, the country in the vicinity of Manchester was in a very dis turbed state, in consequence of strikes and riots among the coUiers. Major-General Cameron was detached from Aider- 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] SERVICES OF THE SECOND BATTALION. 205 ¦order. This service was performed successfully without a colUsion between the rioters and the soldiers. Another detachment of two companies, under Captains Stuart and Jocelyn, were sent to Wigan from the depSt at Warrington, and were equally successful in performing the ¦duties required of them without being obliged to use their arms against the rioters. On the 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 battaUons of the line and two battaUons of militia.* In accordance with the provisions of this reorganisation the two battalions of the Eighth, the King's, and the two battaUons of the Second Eoyal 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 Eegiment). 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. 206 THE KING'S REGIMENT OF FOOT. [1881 Line Militia Battalions. BattaUons. Establijhment of the King's (Liverpool) Depot. Regiment, I. Home. II. Abroad. 1st August, 1881. III. TV. Number of companies 8 8 8 6 4 Lieutenant-colonels 2 2 1 1 1 Majors 3 4 2 1 1 Captains 5 4 8 6 1 Lieutenants. . 12 16 12 9 2 Adjutant 1 1 1 .. Quartermaster 1 1 1 1 Total officers 24 28 25 18 5 Serjeant-major 1 1 1 1 I Quartermaster-serjeant . . 1 1 1 1 1 Bandmaster 1 1 Serjeant drummer 1 1 1 i Paymaster-serjeant 1 1 1 i 1 Armourer-serjeant 1 1 Orderly room serjeant 1 1 1 i "l Hospital serjeant 1 .. Colour-serjeants 8 8 4 Serjeant pioneer 1 1 Serjeant cook 1 Serjeant instructor of mus ketry } • 1 1 i Serjeants 24 32 #32 t24 4 Total warrant officers and Serjeants | 42 50 38 30 12 Drummers 16 16 8 6 2 Corporals 40 40 32 24 10 Privates 440 780 800 600 40 Total rank and file . . 480 820 832 624 50 Total all ranks 562 914 903 678 69 * 3rd Battalion . . . . { J j{ Serj«a»ts' J™ent Staff" t 4th Battalion ¦¦¦¦ {{I Ser^ants- M™ent SUff" 207 APPENDICES. APPENDIX No. I. Succession List of all the Colonels of the King's Regiment and of all Lieutenant-Colonels, Majors, Captains, Captain- Lieutenants, Lieutenants, Ensigns, Sub-Lieutenants, Second Lieutenants, Adjutants, Musketet Instructors, Paymasters, Quarter-masters, Surgeons, Assistant-Surgeons, and Chap lains who have served in the regiment from 1754 to 1st August, 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. From 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 ia 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 officer who entered the regiment after 1st January, and left it before 31 at December of the same year, will most probably not be found in this list. 208 APPENDIX I. small numerals which follow some of the names in this column 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. for "by Promotion;" E. for " by Exchange ;" T. for "by Transfer;" H. P. for "from Half Pay." The numerals which in some instances follow the letters P., E., 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 " Wounds" re ceived in action ; C. M. for dismissed or cashiered by sentence of " Gowrt Martial." Column E gives the date of each officer's removal from the list. The numbers in Column F refer to the page or pages of the Records in which the officer's name is mentioned . A blank space in Columns B, C, D, or E, indicates "not ascertained." The letter Jl 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 Yere, William Henry Webb, Edward Tanner, and Forster Longfield.* * Since the printing of Appendices Nos. I and II was completed, two other officers have been added to this list, Lieutenant-Colonel R. Whitting promoted on 7th March, and Lieutenant- Colonel E. Williams on 10th June, 1882; two old and distinguished officers have died, General Sir E. H. Greathed, K.C.B., on 19th November, 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 command of the Second Battalion (7th March, 1882). APPENDIX I. COLONELS. 209 A B C D E F Robert Lord "Ferrers1 A 19 June 1685 R 1686 1,2 James, Duke of Berwick2 A 1 Nov. 86 88 3, 4, 5, 6 John Beaumont3 A 31 Dec. 88 R 95 2,5,6,8,12 John Richmond Webb4. . A 26 Dec. 95 R 1715 12, 16, 30 33, 36 Henry Morrison5 # 5 Aug. 1715 D 20 36,39 Sir diaries Hotham, Bart.6 . . T36 3 Dec. 20 T t 25 April 21 39 John Pocock7 T36 21 April 21 D 32 39,40 Charles Lenoe8 T36 8 May 32 D Dec. 38 41 Richard Onslow9 . . T39 6 June 39 T (hgg) April t 45 41,43 Edward Wolfe10 T44 25 April 45 D Mar. 59 43, 46, 51 The Hon. J. Barrington11 T40 24 Oct. 59 D 2 April 64 51, 53, 54 John Stanwix12 . . T60 11 April 64 D 66 54 §DanielWebb13 T48 18 Dec. 66 (T14 Lt.D) 22 Oct. 72 54, 55 Bigoe Armstrong14 T83 20 Oct. 71 D 24 July 94 55,62 Ralph Dundas15 A 30 July 94 D 7 Feb. 1814 62,83 Edmund Stevens16 A 8 Feb. 1814 D 12 Sept. 25 83,90 Sir Henry Bayly, G.C.H.1? . . A 13 Sept. 25 D 23 April 46 90,94 Sir Gordon Drummond, G.C.B.18 T49 24 April 46 D 9 Oct. 54 II John Duffy19 T28 10 Oct. 54 D 17 Mar. 55 102 Sir Roderick Macneil, K.C.B. 20. A 18 Mar. 55 T78 3 June 60 97, 102 Eaton Monins21 A 3 June 60 D 16 June 61 IfTnos. Gerard Ball22 T46 17 June 61 S * Purchased appointment. t Royal Dragoons. X Horse Grenadier Guards. § In the Succession List of Colonels given in the Army Lists, the date of General D. Webb's appointment to the Fourteenth Light Dragoons is 22nd October, 1772. The date of the appointment to the King's of his successor, General Bigoe Armstrong, is 20th October, 1771. I am unable to explain why the two dates do not correspond. — (A. C. R.) || Sir Gordon Drummond, vide pp. 83, 85, 87, 88, 96, 102. T General T. Gerard Ball held the appointment of Colonel on 1st August, 1881. P 210 APPENDIX I. LIEUTENANT-COLONELS. A B C D E E John Beaumont3 A 19 June 1685 D Sept. 1688 2, 5, 6, 8, 12 7 Ramsay23 . . A ¦ 88 * # * # # * * # * # # # Richard Sutton24 (A*) 10 Dec. 1702 25 Mar. 1708 Lewis de Ramsey25 (B) . . P 25 Mar. 08 K 11 Sept. 09 33 # # * # # # # # # # # # George Keightly26 (C, D) lEeb. 32 1 May 45 40, 42, 44 Edmund Martin27 P 1 May 45 D 26 April 49 47,48 John LafausiUe28 (E, E) P 27 April 49 P63 24 Aug. 58 49,51 John Mompesson29 T 24 Aug. 58 23 Nov. 68 51 Dudley Auckland30 P 23 Nov. 68 27 Oct. 72 55 John Caldwell31 T 27 Oct. 72 11 Nov. 76 55 Mason Bolton32 T 11 Nov. 76 INov. 80 56 Alexander Dundas33 T INov. 80 13 Sept. 83 60 Arent Schuyler De Peister34 . . P 13 Sept. 83 3 April 94 61 Edward Dawson35 P 3 April 94 1 Mar. 9H 61 Gordon Drummond18 T 22 April 94 HP 8Eeb. 1814 62, 66, 83, 88 64 George Airey36 T 4 May 98 1814-15 Daniel Hoghton37 (2 B.) T 22 Nov. 1804 D 5 June 11 70, 172 Robert Young38. . P 27 April 09 4 June 14 74, 79, 83 Peter Thomas Roberton (2B.) . P 6 June 11 t 9 Sept. 19 74,90 James Ogilvie39 P 28 July 14 R 25 Eeb. 16 87,88 John Duffy19 T 9 Sept. 19 HP 20 Mar. 28 90 Hon. George Cathcart40 T57 20 Mar. 28 E 25 Sept. 35 90 Sir W. P. De Bathe, Bt.41 E 25 Sept. 35 R 2 Oct. 35 Thomas Gerald Ball22 P 2 Oct. 35 HP 25 Oct. 42 91 Charles St. Lo Malet42 P 25 Oct. 42 HP 16 Dec. 45 92, 93, 95, Richard Henry Winchcombe 165 Hartley43 P 16 Dec 45 D 25 June 58 I ft John Longfield44 P 3 April 46 HP May 60 § Thomas MaitlandWilson45 (2B.) HP 21 Oct. 57 HP 27 Sept. 61 175, 77 % Edward Harris Greathed46 . . P 26 June 58 HP 28 Oct. 59 144, 48, 51 Frederick Paul Haines47 HP 28 Oct. 59 HP 1 July 62 152,77,96 % John Hinde48 P 27 Sept. 61 EP 15 June 66 152,54,55, 56,77 152, 177, 78 % James Johnston49 (2 B.) P 1 July 62 D 29 Dec. 65 * The letters A, B, C, D, and E denote that the names to which they are affixed appear in the MS. War Office Army Lists : A, 1702 ; B, 1709 ; C, 1736 ; D, 1743 ; E, 1752. The letter E denotes the order of succession in the printed Army List of 1754, after which year the annual series of printed A Lists is consecutive. This explanation also apphes to the same letters affixed to names at pp. 212-15-22-23-24-36-37-38-50- 54-55. t Cashiered. J H. W. Hartley, vide pp. 100-02-04-05-06-08-44. § John Longfield, vide pp. 96, 97, 98, 99, 105-06-08-14-4.2-44-48-52. APPENDIX I. 211 LIETJTENANT-COLONELS- continued. Alexander Cuningham Robert- Bon50 (2 B.) Henry George Woods51 W. E. A. Colman52 ft John Vere W. H. Webb53 (2B.) Francis Barry Drew54 (2 B.) . . Charles Edward Grogan55 (2 B) $ Edward Tanner56 .. George H. Cochrane57 . . ft Forster Longfield58 PPPP P E14 PP P 30 Dec. 1865 15 June 66 24 Mar. 75 12 May 75 7 Mar. 77 13 Sept. 79 30 Jan. 80 1 July 81 HP P FPEP E14 D 24 Mar. 1875 30 Jan. 80 12 May 75 7 Mar. 13 Sept. 7779 t X 184, 85 § 200, 01, 03 168,69,95, 200 * A. C. Robertson, vide 178-79-80-82-83-84. t H. G. Woods, vide 156-57-58-59-61-62-64-66-68-87-201. J W. F. A. Colman, vide 156-57-58-59-84. § E. B. Drew, vide 165-85-86-87-88-92-93-94-95, 200-02. || These Officers were serving in this rank on 1st January, 1881. P 2 212 APPENDIX I. MAJORS. A B C D E F A 20 June 1685 2 Lewis de Ramsey23 (A*) 10 Dec. 1702 P 25 Mar. 1708 Frederick Cornwallis59 . . K 13 Aug. 04 22 # * # it # # # # # * # # Anthony Columbere (B) # * # # P * 23 Mar. * 08 # # # * # # George Keightly 08 P lFeb. 31 Hanmer60 S 15 K 13 Nov. 15 37,38 James Beschefer (D) P 10 Dec. 31 PT 6 Dec. 39 Edmund Martin27 (D) . . P 6 Dec. 39 PT 7 Feb. 43 James Barry61 (C, D) . . P 7 Feb. 41 W 29 June 43 42 John Grey62 (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 Loftus63 (E) P 27 Apr. 49 D 26 Aug. 53 Nehemiah Donnellan (E, F) . . P 27 Aug. 53 Sept. 56 John Cook64 (2 B.) P 25 Aug. 56 T63 28 Feb. 61 Henry Boisragon 28 Feb. 61 19 April 65 William Hunter. . 19 April 65 29 June 67 Dudley Ackland30 24 June 67 P 23 Nov. 68 John Corrance P 23 Nov. 68 4 Mar. 76 Hon. Lewis Duffe . . . . P 4 Mar. 76 6 May 77 Arent Schuyler De Peister34 . . P 6 May 77 P 13 Sept. 83 Richard Ber 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 Aug. 93 Edward Dawson35 P51 31 Aug. 93 P 3 April 94 Thomas Armstrong65 P 3 April 94 K June 94 George Armstrong 27 Nov. 94 D 19 Oct. 96 Durell Saumarez66 P 94 K 94 Thomas Bland67 P 17 Dec. 94 R 4 Jan 97 Archibald Campbell HP 20 Oct. 96 8 Oct. 1803 Robert Young38 P 4 Jan. 97 P 27 April 09 Alexander Duke68 P 10 July 99 R 04 67 Bryce Maxwell69 P 8 Oct. 1803 K 2 Feb. 09 72 Peter Thomas Roberton P 23 Oct. 04 P 6 June 11 Thomas Fortye70 P 24 Oct. 04 T 18 April 05 Samuel Huskisson T 4 July 05 4 June 07 James Ogilvie39 P 4 June 07 P 28 July 14 t Edward Cotton71 P 3 Feb. 09 PT 21 Oct. 13 78,83 Francis Battersby P 11 May 09 PT 3 Sept. 12 Thomas Buck P 6 June 11 20 June 20 Thomas Evans72 P 3 Sept. 12 T70 14 Mar. 16 X James Mundy73 (2 B.) . . P 21 Oct. 13 25 Feb. 16 John Blackmore74 (2 B.) P 29 Sept. 14 ,, 16 Hon. Gerard De Courcy T 14 Mar. 16 R 24 June 24 Robert Melville Browne T 20 June 20 PT 11 July 26 Thomas Gerard Ball22 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 I. 213 A B C D E F MAJORS — continued. Simcoe Baynes75 P 2 Oct. 1835 PT 26 Oct. 1841 Charles Barker Turner76 T 3 Feb. 37 T 9 Jan. 38 Charles St. Lo Malet42 P 10 Jan. 38 P 25 Oct. 42 91, 92 . Richard H. Winchcombe Hart P 26 Oct. 41 P 16 Dec. 45 92, 93, 94, ley43 95 Thomas Kenyon P 25 Oct. 42 R 19 Nov. 44 93 $ John Longfield44 P 19 Nov. 44 P 3 April 46 Henry Welladvice Roper P 16 Dec. 45 R 28 April 46 % Edward Harris Greathed46 . . P 3 April 46 P 26 June 58 * Francis Saunderson Holmes . . P 28 April 46 D 3 Aug. 49 96, 98, 99 F. Douglas Lumley P 4 Aug. 49 E31 11 Dec. 49 James Croft Brooke77 . . E31 11 Dec. 49 HP 15 Oct. 61 t $ John Hinde48 (2 B.) P 21 Oct. 57 P 27 Sept. 61 175 John Butler Wheatstone78 (2B.) PT 45 P 17 Nov. 57 FP 24 Aug. 58 $ James Johnston49 (2 B.) . . 26 June 58 P 1 July 62 Alex. Cuningham Robertson50 . . P 24 Aug. 58 P 30 Dec. 65 148, 49, 50 WiUiam Bayly79 P 27 Sept. 61 FP 9 Oct. 63 152, 53 Henry George Woods51 (2 B.) HP 15 Oct. 61 P 15 June 66 178 Edwin Gream Daniell80 P 1 July 62 HP 23 Jan. 63 Thos. De Couroy Hamilton81 |HP 23 Jan. 63 P64 20 May 68 (2B.) George Edward Baynes82 P 9 Oct. 63 PT 2 Nov. 66 154 De Tie Tupper83 P 30 Dec. 65 HP 22 May 66 WiUiam F. Adams Colman52 . . HP 22 May 66 P 24 Mar. 75 157, 58 Richard R. Meade84 (2 B.) P 15 June 66 HP 2 Sept. 68 178, 79 |i John Yere W. H. Webb53 . . P 2 Nov. 66 P 12 May 75 158,59,61 Fred. Bradford MeCrea85 (2 B.) P 20 May 68 R 24 Mar. 69 Francis Barry Drew54 (2 B.) . . HP 2 Sept. 68 P 7 Mar. 77 180,83,84,85 183,93,98, 202 162,63,90,96161,63,64, $ Edward Tanner56 (2 B.) . . P 24 Mar. 69 P 30 Jan. 80 George H. Cochrane57 (2 B.) . . P 24 Mar. 75 P 1 July 81 1 Forster Longfield58 .. P 12 May 75 P 1 July 81 65,"87 Reginald Whitting86 P 7 Mar. 77 St 168, 69 WiUiam Bannatyne87 (2 B.) . . P 30 Jan. 80 St 201, 02 Edward WiUiams P 1 July 81 st Thomas Gorges Crawley P ,, St WiUiam W. Egerton \2 B.) . . P ,, st Bennett E. Handy88 P ,, st Francis James Stuart P ,; st Nash Short89 (2 B.) P ,, st John James HamiltnTi P » st * E. H. Greathed, wrfepp. 96, 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 Croft Brooke, vide 99, 111-14-15-44. * These Officers were serving in this rank on 1st August, 1881. 214 APPENDIX I. CAPTAINS. A B C D E F Rowland Okeover A 20 June 1685 2 Charles Chudd ... A ,, i 2 Thomas Paston . . . • A „ > * Sept. 1688 2,5, 6 A ,, , * ii ,. 2,5, 6 Simon Packe A „ , # »» i, 2,5,6 A „ , 2 A »» i # ,i ,, 2,5, 6 Sir John Reresby A 87 3 5,6 S 88 # „ „ Barnes P 88 7 P 88 7 P 88 7 Mackarty P 88 7 Fletcher P 88 7 * # # « # • # * w w * # Ralph Congreve (A)+ 22 Feb. 92 Peter Hammers (A, B) . . 25 April 94 Anthony Columbier (A, B) 12 Mar. 91 P 23 Mar. 1708 22 Burluce Webb (A, B) . . 1 Jan. 1704 John Farcey (A, B) 2 April 04 WiUiam Congreve (A, B) 30 May 1696 Francis Napper (A) 25 April 94 John Balf oure (B) 4 May 1707 Leonard Lloyd90 (A, B) 10 Dec. 02 22 Fielding (A) . . Rater (A) Benjamin Cuttle (B) . . . . 25 Mar. 05 Arthur Usher (B) 17 May 06 James Beschefer (B) 24 April 06 P 10 Dec. 1731 Edmond de Fisher (B) . . # # # # # It N # • » # * Edmund Martin27 (D) . . 17 Mar. 18 P 6 Dec. 39 John Sprunger (D) 29 June 19 R 20 June 39 James Barry61 (D) P 7 Jan. 20 P 7 Feb. 40 George Banastre (C, D) . . P 23 Oct. 24 T 15 June 43 John Grey62 (C, D) P 10 Dec. 31 P 14 July 43 42 John DaUons91 (C, D) . . P 31 Aug. 33 D 16 Feb. 46 44 Edward Cornwallis (D) 3 April 34 PT 13 May 42 Peter Guerin (C, D) PT 20 June 39 D 16 Feb. 46 Thomas Launder (C, D) P 12 Jan. 40 D »> 11 WUUam Hele (C, D) T 7 Feb. 40 D )} >> Peter Ribton (C, D) P 13 May 42 R 4 Oct. 43 Francis Mercer (C) HP 25 June 44 PT 29 Nov. 45 Philip Jennings (C) PT 26 June 44 E 4 June 46 Malcolm HamUton (C, D) P 15 June 43 D 17 Feb. 46 John Lafausille28 (0, D) P 14 July 43 P 17 Feb. 46 Arthur Lof tus63 (C) P 4 Oct. 43 P 27 April 49 44 Richard Miggot92 (C) . . T 17 Feb. 45 K 1 2 July 47 48 * Dismissed by sentence of court-martial. + For explanation of these letters, vide foot note to page 210. APPENDIX I. 215 A B C D E F CAPTAINS— continued. Nehemiah DoneUan (C, E)* P 17 Feb. 1746 P 27 Aug. 1753 Charles Desclouseaux (F) P „ >J T 26 Feb. 55 WUliam Catherwood93 P E 16 Jan. 52 48 Henry Rogers P ,, t> D 25 Sept. 49 John Cook64 (E, F) P 17 Feb. 46 P 25 Aug. 56 t John Ekins94 P 29 Nov. 45 D 15 Aug. 50 44 Elliot Lawrence . . . . E 4 June 46 R 5 Mar. 47 John Trollop95 (F P 5 Mar. 47 P63 30 April 58 51 Richard Knight. . 25 June 47 R PureeU Kempe (F) HP 25 Sept. 49 PT Jacob Conway96 (E) P 16 Aug. 50 D 21 April 62 • WiUiam Arnott (F) E 16 June 52 P55 Henry Boisragon (F) . . P23 22 April 52 P 28 Feb. 61 Francis Wilkinson97 (F) P 27 Aug. 53 R 52 P 26 Feb. 55 P 23 Nov. 68 Thomas Spencer WUson P 16 Oct. 55 James Webb98 P 2 Nov. 55 22 Nov. 75 James Dundas (2 B.) HP 25 Aug. 56 R May 62 Robert CleUand (2 B.) . . T2 26 Aug. 56 T63 26 Aug. 56J Obadiah Bourne (2 B.) . . T2 27 Aug. 56 5 May 69 Joseph Fish (2 B.) P 28 Aug. 56 T63 28 Aug. B6J John Blomer (2 B.) T57 29 Aug. 56 T63 29 Aug. , 56t Henry Rogers (2 B.) T17 30 Aug. 56 T63 30 Aug. 56t John Ellis (2 B.) P 31 Aug. 56 T63 31 Aug. 56t Charles HamUton99 (2 B.) P 1 Sept. 56 T63 1 Sept. 66J Charles Gilman (2 B.) . . T 25 2 Sept. 56 T63 2 Sept. 56t William Wade (2 B.) . . T 3DG| P 3 Sept. 56 T63 3 Sept. 66J Henry Lee 28 Feb. 61 18 Deo. 66 Hon. Lewis Duffe 17 Dec. 61 P 4 Mar. 76 Robert Bridges 12 May 62 15 July 67 Massenden Johnston 18 Dec. 66 27 Mar. 70 Richard Ber-Lernoult 15 July 67 P 13 Sept. 83 A. Schuyler De Peister34 P 23 Nov. 68 P 6 May 77 George Steele T 5 May 69 5 Nov. 76 Theophilus Dame P 27 Mar. 70 12 Oct. 71 George Forster100 P 25 Dec. 70 P21 5 Nov. 76 56, 57, 58, 59 Henry Hatton P 12 Oct. 71 8 Mar. 78 William Potts 25 May 72 P 27 Jan. 86 Kenny Powell 15 Aug. 75 11 May 78 Andrew Parke 22 Nov. 75 P 18 Oct. 86 John Mompesson 16 Mar. 76 26 Oct. 85 Robert Clements P 29 Mar. 76 14 Sept. 85 Francis Le Maistre T 5 Nov. 76 8 Aug. 88 Samuel WiUoe P 6 May 77 93 * For explanation of these letters, vide foot note to page 210. t J. Ekins, misprinted Atkins in Records. * Dates of Commissions in 63rd Regiment. 216 APPENDIX I. CAPTAINS— continued. Robert Mathews Stephen Watts Henry Bird Thomas Bennet W. Osb-Hamilton Thomas Armstrong65 . . John Delgarno George Clowes Daniel Mercer Thomas Pepyat George Armstrong DureU Saumarez66 Gonville Bromhead Thomas Bland67 Alexr. Duke63 Thos. St. George Armstrong Riobert Young88 Robt. Pollard Bryce MaxweU69 Bryce MacMurdo101 James Booth102 . . *George A. Armstrong . . Peter Thomas Roberton John Armstrong Richard Oliver George Bowles Marcus McCausland Thomas Fortye70 Ralph Peter Dundas Robert Smyth Francis Battersby Stephen Pendergast Edward Cotton71 James Ogilvie39 Francis Battersby Thomas Buck Septimus Walp. Loane. . Thomas Evans72 John Charles Smith John Blackmore74 Robert M'DowaU William Scholly Henry Francis Goldicutt , Neale, M'Neale103 James Munday73 James S. Tyeth104 W. Cotter Arthur Newport TP PT P PP P PP T P PP PPPP P T38 P TTP P PPTP TP PP T P PP T T P TT 7 May 8 Mar. 11 May 13 Sept. 22 Sept. 14 Sept. 26 Oct. 27 Jan. 18 Oct. 8 Aug. 17 Feb. 31 Mar. 31 July 31 July 31 Mar. 31 Mar. 29 June 8 Aug. 26 Oct. 3 April 27 Nov. 25 Aug. 1 July 19 Aug. 1 Sept. 18 Nov. 27 Nov. 17 Nov. 26 Jan. 10 April 29 Oct. 18 Nov. 13 May 25 May 16 June 25 June 19 Nov. 24 April 23 Oct. 24 Oct. 25 Oct. 14 Nov. 24 April 25 April 21 Mar. 25 April 1 May 1777 787883 8385 85868688 90 9092 92 ». 93 93 9393 9394 94 94 949595 9595 9494 96 1801 02020203 03 0303 0404 040404 04040505 05 P P P P R P D P K PT P D D W P HP 22 Sept. 1783 12 Dec. 81 84 9084 949290 17 Feb. 3 April 31 July 31 Mar. 27 Nov. 17 Dec. 10 July 18 Aug. 4 Jan. 8 Oct. 12 June 1 July 23 Oct. 19 Oct. 20 Dec. 27 Mar. 3 Feb. 4 June 11 May 6 June 3 Sept. 17 Nov. 29 Sept. 27 April 21 Oct. 25 Feb. 9194 9394 99 9597 97 1803 03 1794 95 1804 17961802 05 1796 1804 02 00020609 07 09 11 11 12 07 1413 04 13 13 1316 26 10 62 6761 67 79 76,77 8079 * G. A. Armstrong promoted to an independent Majority. APPENDIX I. 217 C APT AINS— continued. George M'DonneU* WiUiam Robinson105 Thomas Couche Francis Campbell106 Peter Dickenson Henry Sadlier107 James Agnew (2 B.) Peter Moyles (2 B.) . . Edward Connor J. Walter Sweetman . . WiUiam SaU William Walsh John FitzGerald108 (2 B.) . John Bradbridge109 (2 B.) WiUiam Hanbury Davies James Hardy Eustace110 (2 B.) John Goldrisk (2 B.) . . fSamuel Hooker111 Henry Brewster (2 B.) . . Thomas Cross (2 B.) . . ' Thomas Miller (2 B.) . . Edward Brown Austin Neame (2 B.) George Rawlinson John M'Mahon112 (2 B.) Henry Raban (2 B.) . . Henry Simmonds (2 B.) Edward F. Davis John Tucker WiUiam Jervois. . Thomas Crosse Thomas Gerrard Ball22 . . F. A. Mackenzie Fraser Charles de Havilland . . David VanB Macben113 . . John Styles PoweU WiUiam Booth Harris HaQes Simcoe Baynes75 James Hannay Malcolm Ross . . . . Anthony Lyster Thomas PeUing Lang John Horatius Maitland Thomas Hart Davies . . Alexander Dirom Charles St. Lo Malet42 . . WiUiam Eleazer Pickwick D T TPT PP TP PT TP P P TP P PP P P P PT P T TT HP HPHP TTP TE TPPP T TTTTTP 4 Sept. 1805 5 Sept. 05 17 Oct. 21 Nov- 27 Mai-. 4 June 17 Nov. 3 Feb. 20 July 26 July 23 Aug. 16 May 6 June 12 Sept. 2 July 2 Sept. 3 Sept. 4 Aug. 5 Aug. 12 Aug. 24 Feb. 10 Aug. 11 Aug. 29 Sept. 27 July 31 Mar. 18 April 23 May 23 Dec. 24 Dec. 25 Dee. 10 June 14 Sept. 15 Mar. 28 Nov. 26 Dec. 31 July 24 June 30 Sept. 7 April 8 April lOct. 20 April 8 June 05 050607 0709 09 10 1011 1111 1212 12 1313 1313 14 14 14 141515 16 16 17 1717 1920 21 222223 24 24252525 26 26 PT R HP D HP HP HP K HPHP D HP HP HP HPHP HP R E 11 July 26 2 Sept. 1812 29 Sept. 24 10 26 1116 2021 16 16 1217 35 17 16 16 14 Sept. 15 Mar. 25 Dec. 5 July 23 Dee. 25 Feb. 25 Feb. ,, 5 June 25 Feb. R HP R P 25 Feb. 24 Dec. 10 June 24 June 7 Aug. 11 July 31 July 2 Oct. 29 Jan. 21 Feb. 10 May 10 Jan. 13 16 1615 1516 1722 22 1924 212235 262325 352828 26 26 35 33 33 38 83, 87, 89 86,87 85 8875,76 80 80 E 14 April 29 * G. M'DonneU promoted in Glengarry Fencible Light Infantry on formation of corps. t Hooker miB-spelt Hooper, at page 80. 218 APPENDIX I. A B C D E F CAPTAINS— continued. Charles Corkran. . T 24 April 1828 R 1837 Richard Henry Winchcombe T 5 June 28 P 26 Oct. 41 Hartley43 Thomas Kenyon. . E 14 April 29 P 25 Oct. 42 Thomas Rutherford Thompson. P 8 Mar. 33 D 21 Nov. 37 James Byron . . . . ¦ . P 10 May 33 R 2 July 41 i John Longfield44 P 30 Jan. 35 P 19 Nov. 44 92r93 WiUiam Calder P 6 July 35 36 WiUiam Chearnley . . . . P 7 Aug. 35 R 4 July 45 92, 93, 94 Irwine S. Whitty . . P 2 Oct. 35 R 20 Nov. 38 Richard Westenra T 27 Jan. 37 R 3 Feb. 37 James Pringle . . . . . . P 3 Feb. 37 R 27 AprU 38 Henry WeUadvice Roper P 23 June 37 P 16 Dec. 45 94 David Gardiner114 P 22 Nov. 37 R 24 June 42 Walter OgUvy . . P 10 Jan. 38 R 12 Dee. 43 93 ft Edward Harris Greathed46 . . P 27 April 38 P 3 April 46 93,94 John Terry Liston P 20 Nov. 38 E3 27 Mar. 46 93 Cyrus Plaistow Trapaud P 2 July 41 R 6 May 42 Francis Saunderson Holmes . . P 26 Oct. 41 P 28 April 46 94,96 Stephenson Brown P 6 May 42 D 16 Nov. 48 96,98 Alfred Augustus Malet P 24 June 42 HP 14 Nov. 45 95, 165 Frederick Douglas Lumley P 25 Oct. 42 P 4 Aug. 49 94,96 J. Eldridge West P 12 Dee. 43 R 27 Sept. 44 Coulthurst Holder P 27 Sept. 44 D 28 May 48 94, 96, 98 Ernest Lavie P 19 Nov. 44 R 20 Mar. 46 $. John Hinde48 P 4 July 45 P 21 Oct. 57 # John Long Marsden P 14 Nov. 45 D 16 Oct. 48 98 Thomas Clowes . . . . P 16 Dee. 45 R 21 April 46 James Speedy E 3 27 Mar. 46 HP 20 July 55 C. F. B. GrevUle Dickenson . . P 20 Mar. 46 E34 28 April 46 P 3 April 46 E40 19 June 46 $ James Johnston49 P 21 April 46 P 26 June 58 Alex. Cuningham Robertson50. . E34 28 AprU 46 P 24 Aug. 58 t Edwin Gream DanieU80 E55 29 April 46 P 1 July 62 98, 109 Ferdinand White115 E40 19 June 46 PT 21 Feb. 61 William Bayly79 P 29 May 48 P 27 Sept. 61 105, 11,. George Edward Baynes82 P 17 Oct. 48 P 9 Oct. 63 12, 43 t Richard WUson Hartley P 9 Feb. 49 E94 16 Jan. 67 J. H. Edwd. de Robeck P 9 Nov. 49 E4 28 Dec. 49 Charles Stainforth Hext E 4 28 Dec. 49 D 26 Jan. 55 102 Alfred Ingilby Garnett. . P 21 Feb. 51 E38 22 Aug. 56 Ellis James Charter P 15 Mar. 63 E21 2 Sept. 53 Robert Stuart Baynes116 P »; ,. PT 2 Deo. 59 104, 06, John MiUar Bannatyne117 E21 2 Sept. 53 HP 11 July 65 14,17 § * J. Hinde, 106-27-28-32-33-36-40-42-43-48. t A. C. Robertson, 110-12-42-48. t G. E. Baynes, 111-14-17-18-48. § J. M. Bannatyne, 105-10-11-14-20-25-26-27-36-43-48-76. APPENDIX I. 219 A B C D E F CAPTAINS— continued. Richard W. Woods118 .. P 12 AprU 1856 E80 22 July 1856 Hon. L. W. C. A. F. Cary . . E27 15 AprU 56 E96 3 Mar. 57 John Ball Campbell119 P 27 Jan. 55 E27 15 AprU 66 Shaftoe Craster Craster P 20 July 55 D 11 April 56 Astell Thomas Welsh120 E80 22 July 56 E 109 P 29 May 63 106 De Vie Tupper83 E38 22 Aug. 56 30 Dec. 65 106 Richard Raphael Meade84 E94 16 Jan. 67 P 16 June 66 147, 49 John Whiteside121 E96 3 Mar. 57 P HP 13 Feb. 66 143, 45, 46,47 Thomas George Souter122 P 21 Oct. 57 E51 2 AprU 60 *Daniel Beere123 (2B.).. P 1} >) HP 13 Feb. 63 176 *Erskine Nimmo Sandilands124 . P )) )> T BSC 17 Nov. 63 133, 76 *Swinnerton H. Dyer125 (2 B.) . HP 23 Oct. 57 R 20 Deo. 64 *Robert Cathcart Bruce (2 B.) . HP it M HP 28 Aug. 63 *John Allan Macdonald (2 B.) . HP ft „ R 22 April 59 *John Woods Dimond126 (2B.). HP i) >> R 4 Feb. 59 *R. P. Gould (2 B.) . . HP )t it D 14 Nov. 57 *Owen Wynne Gray127 (2 B.) . . PT 99 » t> R 4 Sept. 60 George Corry128 (2 B.) . . P 15 Not. 57 FP 17 May 61 143, 76 tlft John Vere Wm. Henry P 11 May 58 P 2 Nov. 66 176 Webb63 (2 B.) tAlex. Ross Bayly129 (2 B.) . . P „ )) E88 31 Jan. 60 fWUliam Raymond Ximenes130 (2B.) P „ » R 29 Mar. 64 176 fGeorge Henry Cochrane57 (2 B.) PT 96 HP 21 May 58 P 24 Mar. 75 179 24 Aug. 58 R 24 Sept. 68 Fred. Bradford McCrea85 P 26 June 58 P 20 May 68 144 |t Forster Longfield58 .. P 24 Sept. 58 P 12 May 75 146,49,80 Robert Lewis G. M'Grigor131 P 4 Feb. 69 E92 19 July 59 (2B.) WUUam F. Metge132 (2 B.) . . P 22 April 69 E 30 Dec. 69 WiUiam Edward NewaU E92 19 July 59 R 15 Jan. 61 John McQueen133 (2 B.) HP 2 Dec. 59 TJ 1 Mar. 64 Fred. W. J. Dugmore E 30 Dec. 59 E SJ?G TJ 18 Oct. 64 Lewis John FUIis Jones134 E88 31 Jan. 60 16 July 61 Robert Gordon Sanders Mason . E51 2 April 60 66 $ Edward Tanner56 (2 B.) . . P 4 Sept. 60 P 24 Mar. 69 Reginald Whitting86 (2 B.) . . P 15 Jan. 61 P 7 Mar. 77 180, 83 Fred. Anderson Stebbing135 (2B.) Alfred Downie Corfield. . P 17 May 61 HP 31 Oct. 71 P 16 July 61 R 30 June 63 * Appointed on formation of Second BattaUon. + Appointed on augmentation of the Second Battalion. J J. McQueen and L. J. F. Jones were appointed Adjutants of Dep6t Battalions. 220 APPENDIX I. A B c D E F CAPTAINS— continued. Walter John Tarte P 27 Sept. 1861 E 16 Oct. 1863 .Eneas Gordon Blair136 (2 B.) . . P 1 July 62 E 102 26 Feb. 64 Ashley George Westby (2 B.) . . P 13 Feb. 63 R 6 Mar. 67 Fraser NewaU T 29 May 63 R 15 Oct. 66 James Seager Wheeley P 30 June 63 RP 20 Aug. 79 156, 59, 64 John Cusack137 HP 28 Aug. 63 70 179 Andrew Moynihan138 (2 B.) . . P 9 Oct. 63 D 19 May 67 178 Hon. Somerset R. Ham. Ward139 E 16 Oct. 63 R 18 Oct. 64 George CampbeU Robs T 18 Dec. 63 E 20 H 19 AprU 64 Sydney H. Jones Parry140 (2 B.) E 102 T 26 Feb. 64 E84 12 Sept. 65 Angus WilUam HaU (2 B.) . . 1 Mar. 64 R 26 April 64 John WiUiam Hughes T 29 Mar. 64 R 29 Dec. 65 John CockereU . . E 19 April 64 R 29 Nov. 64 *William Theobald Butler (2 B.) 20 H E26 26 April 64 PR 18 Oct. 79 186 Henry Farquharson E 18 Oct. 64 R 20 Sept. 71 Robert D. Forbes Shirreff (2 B.) SFG P J) )) R 10 Nov. 65 John Coleberd Cooper P 29 Nov. 64 R 14 Aug. 67 George Nicholl James Bradford (2B.) P 20 Dec. 64 R 27 Nov. 66 Philip Homer Page P 11 July 65 R 23 Jan. 75 William Atcherley Ateherley (2B.) E84 12 Sept. 65 R 23 June 75 James Q. Palmer P 10 Nov. 65 R 26 Jan. 66 C. Dudley Ryder Madden P 29 Dec. 65 D 7 Nov. 74 162 WiUiam Edward Whelan141 . . P 30 Dec. 65 R 13 June 68 William Bannatyne87 (2 B.) . . P 26 Jan. 66 P 30 Jan. 80 WiUiam James Watson P 20 Feb. 66 R 5 Nov. 70 *Chas. Bradford Brown142(2 B.) P 15 June 66 PR 8 May 80 168 WiUiam Hunter BaiUie P 16 Oct. 66 R 1 Aug. 68 John Randle Minshull Ford (2B.) P 27 Nov. 66 R 10 Nov. 69 WiUiam Albert Bridge P 12 Feb. 67 E21 4 Sept. 67 Edward WilUams (2 B.) P 6 Mar. 67 P 1 July 81 182, 86 R. T. B. Browne (2 B.) P 20 May 67 E 1WI P 8 Aug. 68 Thomas Gorges Crawley P 14 Aug. 67 1 July 81 Ernest Lewis E21 4 Sept. 67 HP 23 Nov. 70 Jeremy P. Jones P 13 June 68 R 17 Apr. 80 *John Dawson143 (2 B.) P 1 Aug. 68 PR 23 Aug. 81 192, 93, *Armar Graham Lowry144 (2 B.) E 1WI P 8 Aug. 68 PR 18 May 81 94, 95, 201 Martin George Cole (2 B.) 24 Mar. 69 R 23 Mar. ] L870 * Brevet-Majors Butler, C. B. Brown, Dawson, and Lowry retire with honorary rank of Lieutenant-Colonels. APPENDIX I. 221 A B C D E F CAPTAINS— continued. WUUam WiUoughby Egerton . . P 10 Nov. 1869 P 1 July 1881 165, 205 Marmaduke Stourton P 23 Mar. 70 T63 3 Sept. 70 Matthew Liddon (2 B.) P 5 Nov. 70 R 21 July 77 *Edwin Jervis145 (2 B.) HP 23 Nov. 70 PR 18 May 81 195, 97, 98, 200, 03 WiUiam Howe Hennis P 20 Sept. 71 R 13 AprU 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 G. Moffat P 23 April 72 R 17 July 72 Charles Fred. Malet P 17 July 72 D 22 Nov. 77 162, 65 Bennett F. Handy88 (2 B.) . . P 4 June 73 P 1 July 81 Francis James Stuart P 14 Juna 73 P ,i >, 163, 205 Nash Short89 (2 B.) P 3 Mar. 74 P iy 197 ?Arthur Fawkes (2 B.) P 29 July 74 PR 7 July 80 John James Hamilton . . P 8 Nov. 74 P 1 July 81 W. Staneomb Sinkins . . P 23 Jan. 75 st 169 W. Toke Dooner146 P 24 Mar. 75 T 108 12 May 75 Thomas Blake Humfrey147 (2B.) P 1 April 75 st 201 D. W. Martin148 HP 12 May 75 HP 27 Sept. 79 164 Francis Moore P " H E 104 22 Sept. 75 Manley C. M. Dixon P 23 June 75 R 6 Aug. 79 185 Stanley N. Roberts149 (2 B.) E 104 22 Sept. 75 st 163, 95, 201 WUUam Louis P 21 July 77 st 166 Robert Julian Orde Jocelyn . . P 23 Nov. 77 st 205 Alfred Lewis150 (2 B.) . . HP st 189, 97 Arthur Henry Cope151 (2 B.) . . P 24 Sept, 78 st 197, 201 Stephen Brown P 6 Nov. 79 st Arthur Ashley Ruck152 P 30 Jan. 80 st WiUiam Richard Orme153 P 17 April 80 st Henry Thomas Granger (2 B.) . P 8 May 80 st Lawrence C. F. Thompson Jas. Mathew Taylor15,1 (2 B.) P 7 July 80 st P 9 Feb. 81 st Henry M. Wade P 21 Mar. 81 st Fred Jas. WhaUey155 (2 B.) . . P 18 May 81 st Henry Manley Briscoe (2 S.) . . P 31 )) st George Robert Stone P 22 June. 81 st * Brevet-Major Jervis retires with honorary 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 Verny Loyd (A*) 1702 Joachim Goudet (B) P 16 May 07 * # # # # # * # # # * * George Banastre P 5 Jan. 15 P 23 Oct. 1724 James Barry61 10 Mar. 15 P 7 Jan. 20 John Grey62 P 1 Jan. 26 P 10 Dec. 31 WUliam Hele 1 Jan. 35 P 7 Feb. 40 Thomas Launder (D) P 11 Sept. 36 P 12 Jan. 40 Peter Ribton P 12 Jan. 40 P 13 May 42 Malcolm Hamilton (C) P 13 May 42 P 15 June 43 John LafauBiUe28 P 15 June 43 P 14 July 43 Arthur Lof tus63 P 14 July 43 P 4 Oct. 43 t John Ekins94 P 4 Oct. 43 P 29 Nov. 45 44 James Ash Lee T 17 Feb. 45 PT 20 Oct. 46 Nehemiah DoneUan P 29 Nov. 45 P 17 Feb. 46 Richard Knight P 10 Mar. 46 P 20 June 47 John Locket E 20 Oct. 46 D 10 Mar. 46 Thomas Thompson156 P 25 June 47 HP 20 Nov. 50 Francis Wilkinson97 (E) P 20 Nov. 50 P 27 Aug. 53 John Corrance (F) . . . . P 27 Aug. 53 P 26 Feb. 55 Thomas Spencer Wilson P 26 Feb. 55 P 16 Oct. 55 Joseph Fish P 16 Oct. 55 P 28 Aug. 56 Henry Lee P 25 Aug. 56 P 28 Feb. 61 Robert Spence P 20 May 61 Richard Berr Lernoult. . P 31 Jan. 66 P 15 July 67 Arent Schuyler De Peister84 . . 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 WiUiam Potts P 12 Oct. 71 P 22 Nov. 75 Andrew Parke P 22 Nov. 75 P 16 Mar. 76 John Mompesson29 P 16 Mar. 76 P 11 May 76 Henry Bird P 11 May 78 P 12 Dec. 81 John Burnett P 12 Dec. 81 P 31 July 92 Thomas Bland67 PT 31 July 92 P 30 AprU 93 George A. Armstrong P 30 April 93 P 27 Nov. 94 Thomas Fortye70 P 27 Nov. 94 P 17 Dec. 94 Ralph Peter Dundas T 17 Dec. 94 P 21 Dec. 96 George J. Reeves P 21 Dec. 96 P 5 AprU 1801 James PoweU P 5 AprU 1801 P 13 May C2 James Ogilvie39 . . T 13 May 02 P „ ,¦> * For explanation of these letters, vide foot note to page 210. t Ekins, misprinted Atkins in Records. APPENDIX I. LIEUTENANTS. 223 B D Barnes . . Fielding . . Southern. . MackartyFletcher . . * # # Walker (A*) . . William Kerr (A) Bozier (A) Peter De Cosne (A, B) James Adams (A) Rupton (A) John Balfoure (A) Henry Clavers (A) t John Morton (A, B) Joachim Goudet (A) Henry Whitney (Adjutant) (A) Benjamin Cuttle (A) Charles Townley (A) Peter Ribton (B) Charles Mason (Adjutant) (B) JJohn Bazire157 (B) Theophilus Nichols (B) Bernard Smith (B) James Eaton (B) Paul Lewis (B) Thomas Redwood (B) Richard Kenny (B) tJohn Smith (B) Edward Hobart (B) Edmund De Fisher (B) David Mackasky (B) John Turner (fi) James Barry61 . . George Banastre # * * John Grey62 Thomas Launder Peter Ribton (D) Malcolm Hamilton (D) John Dallons91 . . John White (C, D) John LafausiUe28 (C, D) Thomas Nugent (D) Charles Duterme (D) WiUiam Boid (D) 1688 P 88 P 88 P 88 P 88 P * * # 1 Mar. 88 30 April 31 May 94 1701 1 Aug. 3 Oct. 02 1692 10 Dec. 1702 P 13 April 1 Sept. 25 Aug. 25 Mar. 92 88 04 05 P 25 Aug. 25 Mar. 04 05 23 June 06 10 June 07 4 May 1 Sept. 16 May 25 Mar. 07 0707 05 24 Mar. 04 15 June OS P 24 Sept. 23 Mar. 08 08 T 20 Sept. 09 P 23 Dec. 09 P * * # 22 Dec. 12 P 25 Feb. 16 P 17 May 12 Sept. 24 Jan. 212123 PPP 23 Oct. 24 D 12 Nov. 26 P Oct. 25 R 23 Dec. 26 PT Deo. 26 P1688 88 16 May 1707 25 Mar. 05 21,22 09 10 Mar. 15 5 Jan. 15 * # 1 Jan. 11 Sept. 12 Jan. 13 May 31 Aug. 3 Dee. 15 June 13 May 23 Jan. 20 June 26 36 40 42 3342 43 42 40 * For explanation of these letters vide foot note to page 210. t Grenadiers. t Bazire, spelt Bezier in list of Ensigns, and in pp. 21-22 of Records. a It is uncertain if these Officers served as Lieutenants in the King's, 224 APPENDIX I. A B C D JE F LIEUTENANTS— continued. Theophilus Cramer (D)* T 10 Dec. 1731 11 July 1741 Arthur LoftuB63 (C, D).. 23 Aug. 35 P 14 July 43 John Ekins94 (C, D) P 11 Sept. 36 P 4 Oct. 43 William Robinson158 (C) P 20 June 39 PT 24 Sept. 43 42 Nehemiah DoneUan (C) P 12 Jan. 40 P 29 Nov. 45 Charles Desclouseaux (C) P 23 Jan. 40 P 17 Feb. 46 William Catherwood93 (C) . . P 11 July 41 P 5) Jl Richard Knight (C) P 13 May 42 P 10 Mar. 47 Henry Rogers (C) P ,, 3) P 17 Feb. 46 Thomas Thompson166 P 15 June 42 P 25 June 47 44 Frank Wilkinson97 (C) . . HP 25 June 44 P 20 Nov. 50 Joseph Artiers (C) HP 15 3> R 19 Feb. 47 John Cooke64 P 4 Dec. 42 P 17 Feb. 46 44 WiUiam Rickson159 P 14 July 43 PT 6 Mar. 47 47 Jacob Conway96 P 24 Sept. 43 P 16 Aug. 50 48 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 AprU 52 John Corrance (E) P 17 Feb. 46 P 27 Aug. 53 John CaUaud (E) P 17 Feb. 46 R 31 Oct. 51 John Beckwith P J» )) PT 11 June 48 John TroUop95 P JJ J» 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. 51 Thomas Spencer Wilson (E, F) P 19 Feb. 48 P 26 Feb. 55 James Webb98 (E, F) . . P 5 Mar. 48 P 2 Nov. 55 JoBeph 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. WUUam Plaistow (E, F) HP 16 Aug. 50 P 58 John Ellis (E, F) P 20 Nov. 50 P 31 Aug. 56 Charles Soley HP 30 Oct. 51 E49 17 Mar. 52 Charles Hamilton99 (F) P 31 Oct. 51 P 1 Sept. 56 John Carter (F) E49 17 Mar. 52 P57 Henry Lee (Adjutant) (F) P 23 April 52 25 Aug. 56 Thomas Backhouse (F) P 27 Aug. 53 Robert Jenkinson 15 Oct. 54 George Coghlan P 26 Feb. 55 P63 26 May 58 Thomas Stuart P 31 May 55 Richard Berrenger Lernoult . . P 29 Aug. 56 P 31 Jan. 66 Robert Spence 1 Oct. 55 P 20 May 61 Grant Scott 2 Oct. 55 60 Harcourt Masters P 3 Oct. 55 T63 3 Oct. 55t Christopher Brown 4 Oct. 55 Ebenezer Warren (2 B.) T2 25 Aug. 56 65 Solgard MarshaU (2 B.) T2 26 Aug. 56 John Young (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 C D E F LIEUTENANTS— continued. John Anstruther (2 B.) T26 28 Aug. 1756 T63 28 Aug. L756* John Phillip Adams P 30 Aug. 56 T63 30 Aug. 56* George Borradale (2 B.) P 31 Aug. 56 PT 5 April . 57 Richard Dudgeon (2 B.) T Eng. 1 Sept. 56 WiUiam Heatly (Adjt.) (2 B.) . . 2 Sept. 56 T63 2 Sept. 56* Thomas Jesse (Serjeant) (2 B.) T 1FG 3 Sept. 56 T63 3 Sept. 55* James Ward (Serjeant) (2B.).. p 4 Sept. 56 T63 4 Sept. 56* John Ralph (Serjeant) (2 B.) . . p 5 Sept. 56 T63 5 Sept. 56* George Highton (Serjt.) (2 B.) p 6 Sept. 56 T63 6 Sept. 56* Mark Richards (Serjeant) (2B.) T15 7 Sept. 56 T63 7 Sept. 56* Henry de la Douespe (2 B.) . . A 5 AprU 57 Arent Schuyler de Peister34 T 21 Sept. 57 P 15 July 67 TheophUus Dame 22 Sept. 57 P 23 Nov. 68 Augustus Alt 25 Sept. 57 68 George Foster100 (Adjutant) . . 26 Sept. 57 P 25 Dec. 70 Mungo Law 28 Sept. 57 60 DiekCuUiford 29 Sept. 57 59 WiUiam Morrison160 30 Sept. 57 58 52 Michael Downes P 30 Sept. 57 T63 1 Oct. 57 WiUiam Dexter P 2 Oct. 57 T63 2 Oct. 57* Mitchelbourne Knox P 3 Oct. 57 Dec. 63 Gerard Alt P 4 Oct. 57 T63 4 Oct. 57* WUUam Reade P 5 Oct. 57 T63 4 Oct. 57* James Hart P 6 Oct. 57 T63 6 Oct. 57* P 7 Oct. 57 T63 7 Oct. 57* Richard Nesbit P 8 Oct. 57 T63 8 Oct. 57* Roger Parke P 14 Oct. 59 13 AprU 67 P 15 Oct. 59 61 Benjamin Ashe P 27 Jan. 60 61 Charles Parke 28 Jan. 60 61 Roger Twigge 18 Mar. 60 HP 63 Richard Taylor 18 Nov. 60 61 WUUam Marler 20 Dec. 60 61 Richard Steele 28 Feb. 61 62 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 WiUiam Potts 15 Nov. 65 P 12 Oct. 71 Timothy Edwards 31 Jan. 66 13 AprU 67 13 AprU 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 T 21 April 68 P 12 Dec. 81 Samuel WiUoe . . P 23 Nov. 68 P 6 May 77 Robert Mathews (Adjutant) .. P 27 Mar. 70 P 7 May 77 * Dates of Commissions in 63rd Regiment. 226 APPENDIX I. D LIEUTENANTS— continued. Thomas Bennet (Adjntant) Robert Clement . . » . Peter Le Conte . . t . George Dame WiUiam Highmore Henry Yonge Thomas Coote John Delgarno R. Leighton Kinnersley George Clowes Daniel Mercer . . . . Daniel Showrd R. Bounds Brooke ¦ . John CaldweU . . . . . . Thomas Peppyatt George Armstrong (Adjutant).. John Brock Durell Saumarez66 Joseph Wilmot Henry Stanley Monck Robert McDougal Robert Pollard (Adjutant) Andrew Armstrong . , T. St. George Armstrong William Pawlett . ; WiUiam Armstrong Daniel BUss Alexander Duke68 George Strickland Robert Molesworth Bigoe Armstrong Stoney George Andrew Armstrong Robert Young38 Edward Whitehead Bryce Maxwell69 (Adjutant) . . Thomas Fortye70 Philip Armstrong P. G. Rooke Mathews Bryce MacMurdo101 James Booth102 George J. Reeves (Adjutant) . . John Armstrong John Russell Marcus McCausland Richard OUver James Powell . . . , G. Rodolphus Perdieu . . Jacob Sankey Hon. George Annesley . . Arthur Beamish. . Joseph Davey P TT PPP TP PP P PPPP PP PPT PP PPPTP T PPP P TT P TP T PP PP T PTPT P PTPT PT PT P 1 Aug. 24 Dec. 25 Dec. 26 Dec. 12 Oct. 18 Nov. 15 Aug. 22 Nov. 23 Nov. 16 Mar. 29 Mar. 6 May 8 May 25 Dec. 11 May 1 Mar. 3 Nov. 5 Jan. 6 Jan. 1 Nov. 12 Dec. 13 Sept. 2 Mar. 26 Oct. 27 Jan. 29 Mar. 18 Oct. 13 Dec. 5 Mar. 31 Mar. 2 Feb. 2 Feb. 4 May 3 June 23 Nov. 18 Jan. 29 Sept. 31 Dec. 31 Mar. 30 April 29 June 8 Aug. 31 Aug. 31 Oct. 31 Dec. 28 Feb. 3 April 3 April 30 April 9 May 22 Oct. 1770 7070707174 75 7575 767677 7777 78 79 7980 80 80 8183 8585 86868086 89909191 919191 92 92 92939393 93 9393 93 94 94 94 94 94 94 13 Sept. 39 Mar. 18 Nov. 3 Nov. 25 Dec. INov. 26 Oct. 5 Jan. 27 Jan. 18 Oct. 6 Jan. 29 Mar. 8 Aug. 17 Feb. 31 Mar. 8 Aug. 13 Dec. 31 Mar. 31 Mar. 1783 76 777479 77 80 85 808686 809086 88 90 849092 8484 93 86 9390 9194 93 91 94 92 30 April 93 29 June 93 93 26 Oct. 93 27 Nov. 94 95 94 3 AprU 94 June '94 21 Dec. 97 1 July 95 94 18 Nov. 95 19 Aug. 95 5 AprU 1801 1795 13 Julv 96 95 95 96 61 APPENDIX I. 227 A B C D E F LIEUTENANTS— continued. Patrick Gibson . . . . . . T 26 Nov. 1794 1798 Robert Eason161 P 27 Nov. 94 1803 67 H. Brough OUver T 10 June 95 1797 Sept. Walpole Loane . . P 22 July 95 P 25 June 1803 R. VUleneuve162 P 25 Aug. 95 w 24 AprU 1797 John Blackmore74 P 1 Sept. 95 p 23 Oct. 1804 WUUam Bluitt Sheehy T 2 Sept. 95 D 10 Oct. 1796 J. R. Mont Caulfield P 3 Sept. 95 D „ )> WiUiam Gibson T 4 Sept. 95 1804 John Morse T 5 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'Brien163 T 28 Oct. 95 W Mar. 01 67 Vincent Beamish T 2 Dec. 95 D 12 Oct. 1796 James Thompson T 23 Dec. 95 96 John J. Leith . . . . T 30 Dec. 95 R 16 Nov. 96 Percy Gethin . . . . P 17 Dec. 94 D* 16 June 1800 Edmund Cullen P 12 Mar. 96 1796 John Church164 P 14 July 96 1802 67 Francis BatterBby T 10 Aug. 96 P 10 AprU 01 Thomas Evans7"2. . 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 Bullen P 4 Jan. 97 99 Edward Cotton71 PT 23 Mar. 97 P 18 Nov. 1802 James M. Guffey P 25 AprU 97 00 Robert M. DowaU PT INov. 97 P 24 Oct. 04 George R. Cooke P 8 Mar. 98 02 WiUiam Scholey . . P 20 Dec. 98 Dt 26 Oct. 02 69 Aug. (Viscount) de Mainbourg T 14 Feb. 99 00 Zenecho Preston T 17 Oct. 99 03 Henry Francis Goldicutt P 2 Oct. 1800 P 14 Nov. 04 Thomas Buck P 18 Sept. 00 P J.6 June 03 Lord Robert Kerr .1 T 26 Oct. 00 ,03 William Henry Forsteen T 01 01 Jon a Ringrose Annesley P 5 AprU 01 02 Jonn Bannatyne P 6 AprU 01 02 Thomas Couche P 29 Nov. 01 P 17 Oct. 05 Francis CampbeU . . T 30 01 P 21 Nov. 05 John Graham Douglas T 5 Aug. 02 03 Henry Sadlier107 P 7 Jan. 03 P 4 June 07 Richard James . . . . . > T 26 May 03 04 .lames S. Tyeth104 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. Scholey, died at Gibraltar. Q 2 228 APPENDIX I. A B C D E F LIEUTENANTS— continued. Peter Dickenson. . T 8 Dec. 1803 P 27 Mar. 1806 James Hardy Eustace110 T 24 AprU 04 P 2 Sept. 12 James Gauntlett T JJ JJ 07 John Fitzgerald108 T SJ J) P 6 June 11 Edward Connor T »J ;» P 20 July 09 WiUiam Walsh T J) )j P 16 May 11 Samuel Hooker111* . . , . P 11 Oct. 04 P80 13 John Bradbridge109 P 12 Oct. 04 P 12 Sept. 11 Thomas Edmund Dowlin P 24 Oct. 04 IDec. 04 John Goldrisk T 24 April 04 P 3 Sept. 12 Andrew LiddeU P 1 Dec. 04 PT 3 Sept. 12 Henry Brewster (Adjutant) . . T 5 Jan. 05 P 4 Aug. 13 George Browne P 21 Mar. 05 06 Francis Birmingham P 28 Mar. 05 10 Hugh Lloyd Franklin T 8 May 05 10 WUUam Scotton P 9 May 05 08 Thomas Cross P 22 Aug. 05 P 5 Aug. 13 Thomas MiUer (Adjutant) P 12 Sept. 05 P 12 Aug. 13 John Stanford P 3 Oct. 05 07 Edward Browne. . P 14 Nov. 05 P 24 Feb. 14 Carleton Burne P 5 Dee. 05 D 13 Adam Baillie P 2 Jan. 06 09 Austin Neame P 15 May 06 P 10 Aug. 14 John McMahon112 P 16 Oct. 06 P 29 Sept. 14 78 John Raymond P 30 Oct. 06 09 Thomas Waring Lloyd165 P 6 Nov. 06 D 14 78 Edward Goate P 8 Jan. 07 11 Henry Cooper (Adjutant) P 18 June 07 14 Morton Noel166 P 22 Oct. 07 K 15 Aug. 14 78, 87, 88 George Nutall167 P 25 Oct. 07 W May-June 13 79 Samuel Barber T 14 Jan. 08 12 Charles Barstow168 P 15 Jan. 08 K 17 Sept. 14 82,88 Charles Ince P 17 Jan. 08 , 10 Daniel McPherson P 18 Jan. 08 12 WiUiam Compton P 19 Jan. 08 R 14 Mar. 11 John Ivers . . P 20 Jan. 08 D 14 WUliam CoUis P 21 Jan. 08 HP 3 May 16 Andrew Gray T 25 Feb. 08 11 David Home P 25 Mar. 08 R 10 James Drummie169 P 5 Jan. 09 K 27 May 13 78 John Thorne Wayland170t T 1 Mar. 09 HP 3 May 16 80 Herbert Raban . . P 2 Mar. 09 P 27 July 15 Thomas Ivers P 30 Mar. 09 20 Edward Finch171 P 20 July 09 15 81 James Kenny P 31 Aug. 09 R 12 Roger M. Swiney T 19 Oct. 09 19 * At p. 80, Records, Lieut. Hooker's name is misprinted Hooper. t In Army LiBt of 1809, and several subsequent years, John Thorne Wayland is. designated Richard Wayland. APPENDIX I. 229 A B C D E F LIEUTENANTS— continued. Alexander Cumming T 8 Feb. 1810 D 1812 Caleb Eyre PoweU P 22 Feb.' 10 R 13 Marshal McDermott P 19 July 10 # 29 AprU 19 Charles Harris T 16 Aug. 10 11 P 14 Mar, 11 P 7 April 25 Jacob Ruddick P 16 May 11 D 16 Michael Flanagan P 6 June 11 15 Arthur Gardiner P 11 July 11 E 14 Nov. 11 Edward Boyd172 P 15 Aug. 11 20 80,84 Henry Palmer HU1173 .. P 12 Sept. 11 * 10 July 32 Bernard Clarke E 14 Nov. 11 R 14 Thomas Price (Adjutant) P 30 AprU 12 20 Wainford Ridge P 1 Sept. 12 14 Robert Spiers P 2 Sept. 12 D 17 Robert Dunbar Taylor P 3 Sept. 12 22 WUUam Bradford P 22 Oct. 12 17 Alexander Bourke P 5 Nov. 12 PT 20 Feb. 35 John Lowry174 P 24 Deo. 12 HP 13 July 20 79, 88 Richard Nicholson175 P 8 July 13 »j 14 78 Fred. William Vieth P 3 Aug. 13 26 WiUiam Kidman P 4 Aug. 13 17 J. G, PoweU170 P 5 Aug. 13 R 16 Brooke Young177 P 6 Aug. 13 17 82,88 Alexander Greig178 P 7 Aug. 13 HP 25 Mar. L7 79,84 Thomas RusseU P 12 Aug. 13 17 James 0. Flanagan P 24 Feb. 14 C L5 WUUam H. Clarence Scarman . . P 22 Mar. 14 " 15 James Grey P 23 Mar. 14 : L7 Robert Macnair179 (2 B.) P 24 Mar. 14 ] L7 88 John Radenhurst (2 B.) T 7 July 14 17 George R. Campsie (2 B.) P 14 July 14 HP 25 Feb. 16 Thomas Swayne180 (2 B.) P 9 Aug. 14 HP )) , Samuel Garner P 10 Aug. 14 HP 16 Edward Murray t (2 B.) P 11 Aug. 14 HP 25 Feb. 16 Charles Miliar P 29 Sept. 14 HP „ } P 24 Nov. 14 HP ( George Jarvis (2 B.) P 23 Mar. 15 HP , ) Charles W. Davis (2 B.) T 24 Feb. 14 HP George Richardson (2 B.) P 12 July 15 HP , 3 Charles Howard Short (2 B.) . . T 17 Aug. 15 HP , > Henry Proctor (2 B.) T 14 Sept. 15 HP , 1 John Street (Adjutant) ., P 26 July 15 1 7 Edward Murrayt T 11 Aug. 14 2 5 T 28 April 14 1 7 James Briscoe T 6 Oct. 14 1 8 David Vans Machen113 T 5 Mar. 18 P 15 Mar. 2 1 T 8 AprU 19 2 2 Smicoe Baynes75. . T 9 Sept. 19 P 24 June 2 4 George Lord Bingham181 T | 20 Jan. 20 HP 16 May 2 2 * H. P. Hill, appointed Paymaster. and reappointed. t -E. Murray, the same, placed on half -pay 230 APPENDIX I. A B D E F LIE UTENANTS— continued. Thomas Drury (Adjutant) Richard Spratt George Forman T. Rutherford Thompson James Hannay Archibald Machlachlan. . WiUiam Calder (Adjutant) Charles Cotter WUUam Eleazer Pickwick Edmund Gennys , , David Gardiner114 . . . , WiUiam Stewart. . Hon. Richard Hare James Byron Hon. Stanhope Hawke WiUiam Senho use George Burrard . . 1 John Longfield44 John Howard Edward Hudson Clarke J. Charles ViUiers Molesworth. . WiUiam Russel Lucas (Adjt.) . . WiUiam Chearnley Irwine S. Whittj(Adjutanf) . . Ralph Cheney James Pringle Henry Welladvice Roper Walter Lay Walter Ogilvy . . ft Edward Harris Greathed46 John Terry Liston Cyrus Plaistow Trapaud John HUton F. SaundersQn Holmes (Adjt.) Stephenson Browne .Ant. TisdaU Sydney Plunkett Cosby WUliam Wolseley John Eldridge West Henry Capadose. . Alfred Augustus Malet. . f. John Hinde48 Mark Pattison Seward . . Frederick Douglas Lumley Coulthurst Holder HughHUl Ernest Lavie John Long Marsden Thomas Clowes . . T TTT TTP PP TT TP P T T PPP T T TPP P TPP PPP T PPP PTP TPPP P PPP P 20271315 1 5 2430 78 5 9 23 172917 11 2630 30 14 5 15 25 22 31 21 8 8 10 7 1930 28 4 30 27 3 173030 1 8 10 27 20 72 April 1820 AprU 20 July Mar.Aug. Feb.June Sept. 202122 24 24 24 April 25 AprU 25 May JuneJune Deo. Dec. Sept.Nov. Feb. Dec. Jan.Aug. Nov. Feb. Mar. June 26 July 26 2626 AprU 27 Aug. 28 Feb. Oct. JuneJune Aug.Dec. Feb. Mar. 292930 32 3232 333333 3434 3535 Sept. 35 Oct. 35 35 3737 April 37 June 37 Sept. 37 Jan. 38 Jan. 38 AprU 38 Nov.June July 38 3941 PT HP P R R t P P P P DPP PP E4 PPRR P PT PP DP P RPPP 5 May 8 Mar. 30 Sept. 19 May 6 July 11 July 22 Nov. 10 May 8 Feb. 30 Jan. 7 Feb. 10 Mar. 7 Aug. 2 Oct. 3 Feb. 23 June 29 AprU 10 Jan. 27 April 20 Nov. 2 July 27 Nov. 26 Oct. 6 May 7 June 12 Dec. 30 AprU 24 June 4 July 30 May 25 Oct. 27 Sept. 13 May 19 Nov. 14 Nov. 16 Dec. 1825 2427 33 2425 35 282632 37 26 2633 26 33 29 35 293432 37 35 35 3437 37 373838 38 41 35 41 .42 393743 47 424542 .42 4442 44 4545 94 * A, Machlachlan, superseded. + W. R. Lucas, Paymaster. APPENDIX I. 231 A B C D E F LIEUTENANTS— continued. Charles Frederick Boughton Greville Dickenson P 26 Oct. 1841 P 20 Mar. L846 Arthur Leslie P 8 May 42 P 3 April 46 $i James Johnston49 P 13 May 42 P 21 AprU 46 WiUiam Bayly (Adjutant)7^ . . P 23 June 42 P 29 May 48 George Augustus Young P 24 June 42 E 30 Jan. 46 94, WiUiam Turnour GranvUle . . P 25 Oct. 42 PT 28 AprU 46 George Ed. Baynes82 P 12 Dec. 43 P 17 Oct. 48 Richard WUson Hartley P 27 Sept. 44 P 9 Feb. 49 John Henry Ed. De Robeck . , P 19 Nov. 44 P 9 Nov. 49 Alfred Ingilby Garnett. . P 4, July 45 P 21 Feb. 51 100 John Stone P 14 Nov. 45 R 5 Mar. 47 Ellis James Charter P 16 Dec. 45 P 15 Mar. 53 Robert Stuart Baynes116 (Adjt.) P 27 Mar. 46 P i) )» John BaU Campbell119 T 3 AprU 46 P 27 Jan. 55 Richard WUUam Woods118 T ,, „ P 12 AprU 56 Thomas Geo. . Souter122, . T » P 21 Oct. 57 . in Thomas Dowse T ,, 3, D 12 Sept. 49 97,98 Chas. Power Cobbe (Adjutant) PT ,1 P13 7 Sept. 55 Daniel Beere123 . . . . . . T20 ,, '3 P 21 Oct. 57 112, 14, 17,33 Thomas Aldridge P 3 April 46 P60 23 Oct. 57 106 Erskine Nimmo Sandilands124 . . PT 42 J) 3! P 21 Oct. 57 111,14,17,, 20, 33 George Coriry128. . . , . P „ 33 P 15, Nov. 57 133, 43 Shaftoe Craster Craster P 33 P 20 July 55 Ed. RawUngs Hannam. . P )) „ # 27 June 54 Robert Becher Stowards T 21 April 46 R 20 July 56 WiUiam Henry Herrick T 28 AprU 46 E 21 Dec. 55 Benj. Kennioott M'Dermott182. . T3 13 Nov. 46 R 15 May 57 McKay Rynd P 5 Mar. ' 47 E62 20-Dec. 50 Charles CoveU Neame T 30 April 47 HP 27 May 56 Horace Ximenes188 P 29 May 48 P 16 23 Mar. 58 127 John Biggs P 17 Oct. 48 Tt 31 Oct. 51 ; Wm. Waldegrave Pogson184 . . P 9 Feb. 49 W 17 Sept. 57 111, 14, 18 George FuUer Waller185 (Adjt.) P 13 Sept. 49 P 22 23 Mar. 58 109, 15, 17, 20 Allan John Robertson P 9 Nov. 49 R 15 Oct. 52 Timothy Walsh186 E62 20 Dec. 50 E29 11 Oct. 53 H John Vere Willm. Henry ¦ ' Webb53 ' .. ; ¦.-."•¦ P 21 Feb. 51 P 11 May 58 : 114, 20, 23,33 Edmund BagenaU T 31 Oct. 51 DJ 24 May. 53 100 Thomas Beattie Grierson187 P 15 Oct. 52 D 4 Sept. 57 110, 12 Alex. Ross Bayly129 P 6 May 53 P 11 May 58 114, 20, 21,22 Wm. Raymond Ximenes130 P 25 May 53 P )» )1 126, 33 E. R. Hannam, appointed Paymaster, 60th Foot. J. Biggs, appointed Paymaster, 4th Dragoon Guards. E. BagenaU, kUled by a tiger. 232 APPENDIX I. D 1853 P7 54 # 55 R 55 P 55 P 55 K 56 P 56 W 56 P 56 P 57 P 57 P 57 P 57 P 57 R J) P )J P J) R )> R „ R » R E 5LD 57 P 57 P 57 R 58 R 58 p 58 p 58 R 58 D 58 P 58 P 58 P E20 }) P )) HP E91 >> P E LIEUTENANTS— continued. Charles Sutherland Dowson188 . . Graham E. Huddleston189 Herbert Vervon LiUicrap Fred. Bradford McCrea85 William Fred. Metge132 Thomas Mackesy Vincent190 . . Fred. Anderson Stebbing135 WUUam Robert Webb191 Robert Lewis G. M'Grigor131 . . f Forster Longfield58 Alfred Downie Corfield (2 B,)J jEneas Gordon Blair136 (2 B.)t Andrew Moynihan138 (2 B.) J Wm. Ed. Whelan141 (Adjutant) Hobart Evans Fitzgerald192 (2B.)t James Q. Palmer (2 B.)J Chas. Bradford Brown142 (Adit) (2B.)t .. .. .'. F. Geo. Furlong Moore (2_B.)J James F. MacPherson (2B.)t- . James O'Hara (2 B.)t . . Charles Norris Fry193t William Edgeworth194 Richard Thomas B. Browne , . % Edward Tanner56 (2 B.) Ed. Thomas Pinniger ... Robert YaUop Stokes Reginald Whitting86 Walter John Tarte Henry Leeson (2 B.)§ J. E. W. Black \ Ashley George Westby. . James Seager Wheeley (2 B.) . . John WiUiam Hughes James Magenis Lovekin , . WiUiam Theobald Butler (2 B.) § John Evans F. Aylmer (2 B.)§ Chas. Dyneley Baynes Robert D. Forbes Shirreff (2 B.) § E29 P P P P E59 P PTP P P PP P18 PT 41 T63 PT 39 T62 T62T18 PPPPPP T31 T PPPTT PT 72 PT 33 T T 11 Oct. 27 June 27 Jan. 20 July 7 Sept. 21 Dec. 12 April 15 April 27 May 1 Aug. 15 May 5 Sept. 16 Sept. 18 Sept. 23 Oct. 15 Nov. 7 Dec. 11 Dec. 23 Mar. 23 Mar. 13 July 23 July 30 July 30 July 20 Sept. 1 Oct. 23 Oct. 1857 23 Mar. 55 22 Aug. 56 26 June 58 22 April 59 6 Dec. 57 17 May 61 16 Sept. 57 4 Feb. 59 24 Sept. 58 16 July 61 1 July 62 9 Oct. 63 30 Dec. 65 13 Dec. 59 10 Nov. 65 15 June 66 6 Sept. 61 23 Mar. 61 4 June 61 4 June 61 58 20 May 67 4 Sept. 60 26 May 59 60 15 Jan. 61 27 Sept. 61 16 Oct. 60 58 13 Feb. 63 30 June , 63 29 Mar. 64 60 26 AprU .64 1 AprU 70 30 Nov. 60 18 Oct. 64 126,44 114, 17, 18 140t120114, 20,21 104, 33 143143143 128 144,45, 46,47149 * G. E. Huddleston, appointed Paymaster in the King's Regiment t F. A. Stebbing, 105-06-12-14-20-21-23. t Appointed on formation of 2nd BattaUon. § Appointed on augmentation of 2nd Battalion, APPENDIX I. 233 A B C D E F LIEUTENANTS— continued. John Coleberd Cooper (2 B.) P 26 Nov. L858 P 29 Nov. 1864 George NiehoU Jas. Bradford (2B.) P 4 Feb. 59 P 20 Dec. 64 PhUip Homer Page P 22 April 59 P 11 July 65 Charles Dudley R. Madden (2B.) P 26 Aug. 59 P 29 Dec. 65 WiUiam Bannatyne87 (2 B.) . . WiUiam Unwin195 P 13 Dec. 59 P 26 Jan. 66 T 4 May 60 R 28 AprU 63 WiUiam J. Watson P 4 Sept. 60 P 20 Feb. 66 W. W. Madden (2 B.).. P 16 Oct. 60 R 25 July 65 Jeremy Peyton Jones (Adjt.) (2B.) P 6 Nov. 60 P 13 June 68 Wm. Hunter BaiUie (Adjutant) E91 30 Nov. 60 P 16 Oct. 66 Richard Chute P 15 Jan. 61 R 9 Jan. 63 Theodore Henry Skinner (2 B.) P 23 AprU 61 R 19 Jan. 64 Ed. Emerson P 17 May 61 P 13 AprU 72 Arthur Cook P 4 June 61 E28 27 May 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 Randle Minshull Ford (2B.) P 6 Sept. 61 P 27 Nov. 66 Ed. WiUiams (2 B.) P 27 Sept. 61 P 6 Mar. 67 Arthur Holden Turner196 E28 27 May 62 R 6 Feb. 66 Thomas Picton Fleetwood P 1 July 62 HP 21 June 70 Thomas Gorges Crawley (2 B.) P 9 Jan. 63 P 14 Aug. 67 John Dawson143 P 13 Feb. 63 P 1 Aug. 68 Martin George Cole (2 B.) P 28 AprU 63 P 24 Mar. 69 WUUam WiUoughby Egerton . . P 30 June 63 P 10 Nov. 69 Bowland Garrard Moffat (2 B.) P 9 Oct. 63 P 23. AprU 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 AprU 64 P 5. Nov. 70 E. E. Granville Clayton P 18 Oct. 64 R 26 Feb. 70 Bennett Fleming Handy88 (2B.) P 29 Nov.' 64 P 4 June 73 WUUam Howe Hennis (2 B.) . . P 20 Dec. 64 P 20. Sept. 71 John Mount Batten (Adjutant) P 11 July 65 P 31 Oct. 71 Francis James Stuart P 25 July 65 P 14 June 73 Nash Short89 (2 B.) P 10 Nov. 65 P 3 Mar. 74 Arthur Fawkes P 29 Dec. 65 P 29 July 74 John James Hamilton (Adjt) . . P 30 Dec. 65 P 8 -Nov. 74 WUUam Stancomb Sinkins P 26 Jan. 66 P 23 Jan. 75 Wm. Toke Dooner146 (2 B .) P 6 Feb. 66 P 24 Mar. 75 Thomas Blake Humfrey147 P 20 Feb. 66 P 1 AprU 75 Chas. J. H. Playter P 15 June 66 R 13 Feb. 67 P 16 Oct. 66 R 28 Oct. 68 Francis Moore (2 B.) . . P 27 Nov. 66 P 12 May 75 M. C. M. Dixon (Adjt) (2 B). . P 13 Feb. 67 P 23 June 75 WiUiam Louis (Adjutant) P 11 11 P 21 July 77 P 6 Mar. 67 R 16 Sept. 68 * T. P. Senior, appointed Paymaster. 234 APPENDIX I. LIEUTENANTS— continued. George Westrenen Sawyer (2 B.) F. B. J. Jerrard197 (2 B.) George Rowan Hamilton (2 B.) Henry Webster . . R. Julian Orde Jocelyn (2 B.) (Adjt.) L. L. A. Wise . . Arthur Henry Cope151 Walter Bell M'arley Stephen Brown . . Arthur Ashley Ruck152 (2 B.) John Parry Hamer James Matthew Taylor154 (2 B.) George ViUiers Turner198 Herbert Henry RusseU. . Rowland Oakeley . . . , WUliam Freeman KeUy William Riohard Orme153 (2 B.) Charles WUliam Atkinson Henry Thomas Granger (2 B.) . Joseph Wright Ward (2 B.) . . H. S. A. Fuller . . E. W. B. Hope . . L. C. F. Thompson H. N. McRae . . H. Meredith Wade W. C. F. Field . . Fred. James WhaUey155 (Adjt) (2B.).. .. George Alfred Money . Ed. H. H. Montresor . Henry Manley Briscoe . G. Robert Stone (Adjutant) D'Aroy ThuiUier Frederick Hawkins W. Lloyd Brereton199 Standish H. Harrison LleweUyn S. Mellor200 (2 B.) Orestes J. H. Brooker C. Blenheim Porter Chas. C. Chevenix Trench H. J. R. St. G. Richardson Henry A. Fletcher201 (2 B.) P P P P E26 P PT P PPPPP 20 May 1867 14 Aug. 67 1 Aug. 68 16 Sept. 68 28 Oct, 24 Mar. 10 Nov. 8 Dec. 26 Feb. 23 Mar. 5 Nov. 30 Nov. 22 AprU 20 Sept. 1 Nov. 11 Sept. 8 May 12 Nov. 28 Feb. 30 June 21 Sept. 2 Dec. 15 Jan. 11 Feb. 10 Sept. 12 Nov. 6869 69 697070 7070 25 Mar. 71 71 7171 8 May 72 8 June 72 727373747474 11 747575 7575 BoSC P91 HP R P R P R PP R PP h.p. R R. P h.p. P E26 PR TR P BSC p BSC BSCBSC P P BSCBSC s*s* s* E 2WI BSC BSC S* D 17 Nov. 1869 24 June 75 19 Aug. 71 25 Mar. 71 23 Nov. 77 22 April 71 24 Sept. 78 30 Nov. 70 6 Nov. 79 30 Jan. 80 74 9 Feb. 81 31 Jan, 80 27 Sept. 79 25 Aug. 80 31 Jan. 8.0 17 AprU 80 30 June 74 8 May 80 79 3 July 74 74 7 July 80 28 Oct. 71 21 Mar. 81 75 18 May 81 11 Sept. 72 8 May 73 18 May 81 22 June 81 28 Oct. 71 2 Jan. 78, 24 Jan. 80 3_Jan. 78 1 Mar, 78 26 April 81 182, 83 190 195, 97, 201, 03 195, 200 197 186, 87 195, 97, 202 195, 202 195 195, 98 * These Officers were serving in this rank on 1st August, 1881. APPENDIX I. 235 LIEUTENANTS— continued. Percy Schletter202 (2 B.) A. Chas. Greaves Banning203 (2B.) Joseph Hume Balfour204 (2 B.) Harvey Wm. de Montmorency ^'Donne1 ^^n^-tr «^.QffQT,205 (2 B.) O'Donnel CoUey Grattan205 Edward Levien Maisey206 (2 B.) Charles Gray Robertson207 (2 B.) Arthur A. W. Bright-Smith . . Lawrence C. Dundas208 (2 B.). . Horatio James Evans209 (2 B.) John Burnard Edwards210 (2 B.) Edmund H. Molyneux Seel . . Valentine A. M. Fowler211 (2 B.) Henry J. W. Guise GUbert T. Elliot August St. John Secon (2 B.) . . George CanipbeU Colin A. R. Blackwell212 Rowland F. L. Farrer Stapleton L- Cotton213 (2 B.) . . Lawrence E. Elliot (2B.) Arthur W. H, Tripp (2 B.) . . Basil John Bacon (2 B.) Harcourt L. Dodgson (2 B.) Simpson, M- R- L'Amy WUliam Adam Cuppage (2 B.) . . LesUe W. Shakspear (2 B.) Hyde Parker . . . , . . PP TP PP E 2WI P PPP P P P PP P t t t tt t t t t t 13 June 1876 10 Sept. 6 Oct. 29 Nov. 30 Jan. 25 Feb. 11 Mar. 17 April 7 July 25 Aug. 4 Sept, 15 Oct. 9 July 21 Mar. 76 7676 10 Mar. 77 22 May 77 11 Sep. 76 24 Jan. 80 80 7880 80 80 80 80 80 8081 S*s* BSC R S* s* s* s* s*s*s* s* s* s*s*s*s* s*s*s* s* s* s* s*s*s* 26 July 1881 4 Sept, 80 189, 97, 201 195194, 95 195, 200 195 197202202 * These Officers were serving in this rank on 1st August, 1881. t These Officers were transferred froni the list qf Secgnd Lieutenants on 1st July, 1831. 236 APPENDIX I. ENSIGNS. A B c D E E Francis Stedman (A*) . . A 24 Sept. 1694 Smith (A) S 1702 Paul Lewis (A) . . S Fletcher (A) s Gates (A) . . s Mason (A) . . s Burton (A) . , s Emanuel Howe (A) , . A 12 Feb. "oi TheophUus Nichols (A) A 1 June 01 P 25 Mar. 1705 Sutton (A) s 02 Edward Hobart (A) . . s 02 P 24 Mar. 04 # # * # # * # # * # # * Savage214 s 04 K 2 July 04 21 Bezier157t s 04 P 04 21 Henry Fletcher (B) A 25 Aug. 04 Robert Sutton (B) A 11 BaU (Conductor) (B) . . A 25 Mar. 05 John Turner (B) A ,, P 23 Mar. 08 Alexander CampbeU (B) A „ 11 Walter Reyner (B) A 23 April 06 David Mackasky (B) .,. A 25 June 06 P 24 Sept. 08 Edmund De 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 (B) John Lafausille28 A 15 June 08 J 26 Aug. 08 P 12 Nov. 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 WUliam Howe (B) S 09 Thomas Launder t 7 May 11 John White t 12 July 13 Justine Holdman215 s 15 W Nov. 15 37,38 Glenkennedy216. . s 15 38 Peter Ribton t 5 Jan. 15 Malcom Hamilton t 3 Sept. 19 John DaUons91 t 6 April 20 Thomas Nugent t Aug. 21 P Oct. 25 Arthur Loftus63 . . I 23 Oct. 24 P 23 Aug. 35 * For explanation of these letters, vide foot note to page 210. t Bezier, spelt Bezire in list of Lieutenants. t It is uncertain if these Officers served as Ensigns in the King's Regiment. APPENDIX I. 237 A ENSIGNS— continued. William Robinson158 (D)* John Ekins (D)94. Nehemiah DoneUan (D) Charles Desclousseau (D) George Meredith (D) James Magrath (D) tMaximilian Guerin (D) Daniel Vanriel (D) Henry Lewin (D) Osborn Jephson (D) Nicholas Turner. . Richard Knight . . John Cook64 (C).. Charles Thompson156 (C) WiUiam Rickson159 (C) WUliam Catherwood93 Henry Rodgers . . Jacob Conway96 (C) Thomas Paske (C) James Walter (C) John Beckwith (C) Charles Hemington (C) Jackson Brown (C) Antony Wagner . . John Hayward . . Richard CresweU JohnTroUop95 .. John Manning . . WiUiam Rickman John Haywood . . John Corrance . . J. Webbe98 John CaUaud WUliam Wright Thomas Troughear Thomas WUson217 (C) Calthorpe Harrington Henry Rogers . . James Davison . . Robert Bruce217" (Serjeant- Major) John Ellis Robert Berry Charles Hamilton99 (E) Whitshed Dec. 1726 P April 26 P Dec. 26 P May 29 P Nov. 30 PT Mar. 32 PT July 35 Aug. 35 PT Sept. 36 D Aug. 37 PT Jan. 40 HP Feb. 39 P Feb. 39 P Feb. 39 P- Feb. 39 P June 39 P Jan. 40 P Jan. 40 P July 41 P Mar. 41 P May 42 P 3, 11 P 31 I) R Dec. 42 R Aug. 43 R July 43 R June 43 P June 43 July 43 Aug. 43 R Sept. 43 P Oct. 44 P Oct. 43 P April 44. P P June 44 PT 33 SI P Oct. 44 P Feb. 45 R HP 33 PR Mar. 45 P July 45 E June Sept. Jan.Jan.Feb.Feb. MayFeb. Jan. Feb. Mar. May Dec. June JulyJulyMay-Sept. Oct.Oct. Feb. 1739 36 4040 393942 3941 40 42424242434142 4344 43 46 April ¦ 44 June 43 AprU 44 Oct. 44 Feb. 46 Aug. 43 20 AprU 17 Feb. 5 Mar. 17 Feb. 10 Mar. 25 June 19 Feb. 6 Mar. 10 Oct. 19 Mar. 44 464846 4647 48 484846 18 AprU 49 20 Nov. 50 25 Feb. 48 31 Oct. 51 5 Mar. 45 48 48 46 * For explanation of these letters vide foot note to page 210.- • t It is uncertain if these Officers served as Ensigns in the King's Regi ment. t M. Guerin, a " minor '' (note in MS. Army List of 1743, in War Office). 238 APPENDIX I. D" E ENSIGNS— continued. Thomas Davenant Henry Lee (E*).. T. Backhouse (Volunteer) (E) Joseph Fish Duke Butler (E,F) Richard Middlemore (E, F) Henry Gudgeon (Serjeant) (Adj.) George Coghlan (Volunteer) (E) Edward Hosea John Cooke Thomas Stewart (Volunteer) Thomas Stuart (E, F) . . Grant Scott (E, F) Charles O'Hara (E) , . Harcourt Masters (F) . . John Laulhi (F) Richd. Berenger Lernoult (F) John Philips Adams (F) George Borrowdale . < Henry De la Donespe . . Augustus Alt George Foster100. . Hugh Mackay Mungo Law Dick Culliford WUUam Morrison160 (2 B.) Michael Downes (2 B.) . . WUliam Dexter (2 B.) . . Mitchelbourne Knox (2 B.) . Gerrard Alt WiUiam Read James Hart (2 B.) James Wyatt (2 B.) Richard Nisbet (2 B,) . . ThomaB Campbell (2 B.) Christopher Weston James Nisbet (2 B.) Roger Parke 'WUliam RusseU (2 B.) . . Edmund B°yle . . . • W. Denholme . . . . Henry Savage Benjamin Ashe . . . . . .Charles Parke Roger Twigge Richard Taylor Duncan Bayne William Brooke . . T AAAA P A HP AA HPHP A A AA AA A 12 T 2 A A A AAA A A AA A A A A A A AA A A A 10 Mar. 19 Mar. 16 Aug. 19 Feb. 5 Mar. 6 Mar. 25 June 1 Sept. 25 Feb. 11 June 10 Oct. 18 AprU 20 Nov. 20 AprU 26 Nov. 22 AprU 23 Dec. 27 Aug. 12 Mar. 18 June lOct. 2 Oct. 3 Oct. 4 Oct. 5 Oct. 25 Aug. 26 Aug. 27 Aug. 28 Aug. 29 Aug. 30 Aug. 31 Aug. 1 Sept. 2 Sept. 3 Sept. 4 Sept. 5 Sept. 5 April 14 May 24 Sept. 25 Sept. 26 Sept. 28 Sept. 30 Sept. 1 Oct. 2 Oct. 3 Oct. 4 Oct. 1746 E 46 P 47 P 47 PT 47 CM 47 P51 47 47 P 48 R 48 Red. 48 Red. 49 P 50 5151 52 5253 55555555 55555556 56 56 56 56 •56 56565656 56 5657 575757 5757 575757 5757 T63 PP 16 Aug. 22 AprU 27 Aug. 11 June 2 Oct. 15 Oct. 1 Sept. 26 Feb. 20 April 31 May 2 Oct. 23 Dec. 3 Oct. 29 Aug. 30 Aug. 31 Aug. 5 AprU 25 Sept. 26 Sept. 30 Sept. 1 Oct. 2 Oct. 3 Oct. 4 Oct. 5 Oct. 6 Oct. 7 Oct. 8 Oct. 1 Mar. 8 Oct. 14 Oct. 25 Sept. 15 Oct. 27 Jan. 28 Jan. 18 Mar. 18 Nov. 1747 52 53 485554 47 55 51 55 55 52 55 5656 565757 57 5757 5757575757 5757 58 57 59585759606060 60 * For explanation of theBe letters, vide foot note to page 210. APPENDIX I. 239 A B C D E F ENSIGNS— continued. John Spence A 5 Oct. 1757 T63 5 Oct. 1757 William Marler A 6 Oct. 57 20 Dec. 60 Richard Steele A 30 Dee, 58 28 Feb. 61 James Tippet T 14 Oct. 59 20 May 61 Thomas Pennefather . . 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 Nov. 60 P 9 Dec. 67 S. WUloe P 7 Jan. 61 P 23 Nov. 68 Robert Mathews A 28 Feb. 61 P 27 Mar. 70 Fred. McDowaU A 20 May 61 65 Erasmus Corbett A 22 Mar. 62 66 George Heald A 20 Oct. 62 60 Thomas Bennett A 16 Nov. 64 P 1 Aug. 70 George Dame . . . . A 4 Jan. 62 P 26 Dec. 70 John Appreece A 18 April 66 27 May 71 WUUam Highmore A 2 May eg P 12 Oct. 71 Henry Youge A 16 Sept. 67 P 18 Nov. 74 John Gough (Adjutant) A 9 Dee, 67 27 Oct. 72 John Delgarno . . 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 P 16 Mar, 76 George Jennings A 26 Dec. 70 26 Dec. 71 Daniel Showrd A 27 May 71 P 6 May 77 WiUiam Fowke A 10 June 71 76 Daniel Mercer A 29 Nov. 71 n 29 Mar. 76 Robert Rounds Brooke. . A 6 Nov. 72 p 8 May 77 John CaldweU 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 1 Mar. 79 John Brocke A 24 Nov. 75 p 3 Nov. 79 DureU Saumarez 66 A 6 April 76 p 5 Jan. 80 Joseph WUmot A 12 AprU 76 p 6 Jan. 80 George Hanbury WUUams A 26 April 76 6 Nov. 78 Robert McDougal A 6 May 77 p 12 Dec. 81 Robert PoUard 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 15 Feb. 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 WUUam 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 * In the Army List of 1783, Walter Butler appears under the name of Walter Butler Sheehan, immediately after Robert PoUard, with the date of his Commission changed to 5th June, 1777. 240 APPENDIX I. D E ENSIGNS— continued. WUUam Pawlett Donald Murehieson Henry St. Germain Thomas Grant Daniel BUss George Strickland Isaac Brock Augustine Fitzgerald Robert Molesworth Bigoe A. Stoney George Andrew Armstrong Bryce Maxwell69 Thomas Rainsford Philip Armstrong Bryce MacMurdo101 James Booth102 Henry Louis Dickenson William RusseU. . George J. Reeves John Thomas Armstrong William Creagh. . Archibald MacMurdo218 George Robert Stoney Lorenzo Toole219. . Patrick MaxweU. . James Francis Bland James PoweU Robert Eason161 Pomeroy D'Arcy Percy Gethin Joseph Davy John Blackmore74 J. R. Mont. Caulfieid (Volun- Septimus W. Loane ( Volunteer) R. ViUeneuve162 ( Volunteer) . . Edmund CaUen George Pepyat Richard Burke John Babington. . John Fitzmaurice Samuel Speare Joseph Bullen John Church164 James McGuffy John Chapman John Stotesbury. . Archibald Cameron Richard Hungerford George R. Cook. . W. Robinson A 23 Feb. A 25 June TT 3 Sept. 11 Oct. AA 13 Sept. 30 April A 2 Mar. A 16 Nov. AT 5 AprU 27 Oct. A AAA 24 Sept. 8 Aug. 3 Sept. 9 AprU 6 Jan. A 17 Feb. A 31 Mar. T 9 Feb. A 9 Feb. T 30 Mar. A A 13 AprU 23 Nov. AA 29 Sept. 28 Feb. A 31 Mar. A A AA A 30 April 31 May 31 Aug. 30 Sept. 26 Oct. A 28 Feb. A 15 AprU AA 25 Aug. 27 Nov. A 17 Dec. TT T T T A 1 Sept. 2 Sept. 4 Sept. 5 Sept. 6 Sept. 28 Oct. A 28 Oct. A 4 Nov. A 12 Mar. A 8 June A 15 June A A A 14 July 18 Aug. 9 Nov. 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Plunkett A ,¦ 11 T 29 Nov. 76 Joseph Hume Balfour204 (2 B.) A 6 Oct. 75 P 6 Oct. 76 O'Donnel CoUey Grattan205 (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 Eobertson207 (2 B.) A 11 Sept. 76 P 16 Feb. 78 1 195 Appointment of Sub-Lieutenants discontinued. SECOND LIEUTENANTS. George Kenriek Moore Lawrence C. Dundas208 (2 B.). . Horatio James Evans209 (2B.). . Hugh O'Donnell Henry Seaton (2 B.) John Burnard Edward210 (2 B.) John D. M. Williams Edmund H. Molyneux-Seel . . John M. Longe Valentine A. M. Fowler211 (2B.) Henry J. W. Guise Gilbert T. Elliot Augustus St. John Seton George CampbeU Colin A. E. Blackwell212 (2 B.) Eowland F. L. Farrer Stapleton L. Cotton213 (2 B.) . . A AA A A T13 AA AAAA A A T92 A A 5 Sept. 30 Jan. 30 Jan. 24 July 21 Aug. 4 Dec. 21 June 13 Aug. 11 Oct. 14 Jan. 24 Jan. 25 Feb. 1877 P24 78 P P 78 T24 D 78 P 78 78 P 79 E 79 P P P 79 P 80 P 80 P 80 # # 11 12 AprU 1879 30 Jan. 25 Feb. 26 Mar. 23 May 11 Mar. Mar. 17 AprU 11 Feb. 7 July 25 Aug. 4 Sept. 15 Oct. 9 Feb. 21 Mar. 80 7879 7880 7980 808080 8080 81 81 195195 195 * On 1st July, 1881, these Officers were transferred to the list of Lieutenants, and the appointment of Second Lieutenants was discontinued. APPENDIX I. 249 SECOND LIEUTENANTS- continued. Francis H. Smalpage (2 B.) Lawrence E. EUiott (2 B.) Arthur W. H. Tripp (2 B.) BasU John Bacon (2 B.) Haroourt L. Dodgson (2 B.) Simpson M. E. L'Amy . . Willm. Adam Cuppage (2 B.) Leslie Wm. Shakspear . . Hyde Parker AA AAA A T99T75 A 25 Feb. 1880 11 Aug. 8080 22 Jan. 81 23 April 81 13 April 1880 * On 1st July, 1881, these Officers were transferred to the Ust of Lieutenants, and the appointment of Second Lieutenants was discontinued. 250 APPENDIX I. ADJUTANTS. A B C D E F Henry Whitney (A*) . . A 30 May 1696 flP ijp ?t? ^p * * * # # * * # 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.. . p SFG 25 Aug. 56 T63 25 Aug. 56 Eichard Berr Lernoult. . A 4 Feb. 60 P 31 Jan. 66 George Foster100 A 2 May 66 P 4 Oct. 70 John Gough A 4 Oct. 70 27 Oct. 72 T 27 Oct. 72 10 April 75 Robert 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 MaxweU69 A 31 July 93 P 26 Oct. 93 John Eaw (2 B.) T , 31 Oct. 93 27 Aug. 94 Marcus McCausiand A 27 Aug. 94 P 18 Nov. 95 George J. Beeves A 21 Dee. 96 29 Aug. 98 WiUiam Glen T 29 Aug. 98 D 18 June 1801 Peter Moyles A 3 Sept. 1801 12 Feb. 07 Thomas MUler (2 B.) . . A 24 Nov. 04 12 Nov. 07 Charles M'Carthy (2 B.) A 12 Feb. 07 3 Feb. 09 {Peter 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 AprU 20 Thomas Drury A 20 April 20 E 5 May 25 WiUiam Calder A 5 May 25 28 June 27 Irvine S. Whitty A 28 June 27 P 30 Oct. 35 WUUam Eussel Lucas A 30 Oct. 35 t 10 Mar. 37 Francis Saunderson Holmes . . A 10 Mar. 37 P 14 Dec. 41 WUUam Bayly79 A 14 Dec. 41 P 29 May 48 Eobert Stuart Baynes116 A 29 May 48 P 15 Mar. 53 Charles Power Cobbe A 6 May 53 PT 10 April 55 George FuUer Walker185 A 10 April 55 P 30 AprU 58 Edward Emmerson (2B.) A 6 Nov. 57 E 16 July 58 WUUam Edward Whelan"1 . . A 30 AprU 58 P 30 Deo. 65 Chas. Bradford Brown142 (2 B.) A 16 July 58 P 15 June 66 William Hunter BaiUie A lFeb. 66 E 4 Dec. 66 Jeremy Peyton Jones (2 B.) A 15 June 66 P 13 June 68 John James HamUton A 4 Dee. 66 P 8 Nov. 74 * For explanation of these letters, vide foot note to page 210. t W. E. Lucas, appointed Paymaster. X P. Moyles, re-appointed. APPENDIX I. 251 ADJUTANTS— continued. John Mount Batten (2 B.) Manley C. M. Dixon (2 B.) . . Will am Louis Eobert JuUan O. Jocelyn (2 B.) Fred. James WhaUey155 (2 B.) . WUliam Freeman Kelly George Eobert Stone 13 June 1868 15 Nov. 71 1 Jan. 7 Aug. 26 Aug. 12 Sept. 26 May PP P E S* PT 31 Oct. 23 June 21 July 26 Aug. 1871 757776 17 April 80 These Officers held the Appointment of Adjutant on 1st January, 1881. 252 APPENDIX I. INSTEUCTOES OF MUSKETEY. D E WiUiam James Watson J. Evans Freke Aylmer (2 B.) . . T. Picton Fleetwood (2 B.) . . J. P. Jones (2 B.) WiUiam A. Bridge John Mount Batten (2 B.) John Francis Stuart Manly C. M. Dixon (2 B.) F. B. J. Jerrard (2B.)197 WiUiam Louis WUUam Freeman KeUy P. K. WhaUey (2 B.)155 Arthur Ashley Buck (2 B.)152 . . Herbert Henry Eussel H. Meredith Wade O'DonneU C. Grattan (2 B.) 205. LleweUyn Salusbury MeUor . . 17 Feb. 30 May 4 June 16 Aug. 1 Mar. 15 June 12 Feb. 13 June 15 Nov. 31 Dec. 1 Jan. 24 June 6 Sept. 17 Jan. 1 Aug. 29 April 21 Mar. 1859 59 6165 66 6667 68 71 7275 7576 7879 8081 P # P 91 E # * P R P St 20 Feb. 1866 4 June 61 16 Aug. 15 June 65 66 12 Feb. 67 13 June 68 31 Dec. 72 15 Nov. 71 24 June 75 1 Jan. 75 12 Sept. 26 Aug. 30 June 7776 80 1 Aug. 21 Mar. 79 81 * Appointed Adjutant. t These Officers were serving as Instructors of Musketry on 1st August, 1881. APPENDIX I. PAYMASTEES. 253 B D George Eidge . . Michael Toler Kingsley Mark Hodgson (2 B.) Henry Howe MarshaU Mac Dermott Sampson Hugh Cox Henry Palmer Hill173 WiUiam EusseU Lucas Bartholomew Hartley22' G. E. Huddlestone189 John FaUs (2 B.)225 F. W. FeUows . . Thomas Palmer Senior Fras. Gilbert Hamley (Assistant Paymaster in Army) . Thos. E. W. Davidson (2 B.) (Paymaster Pay Depart ment) .. A A T48 AA E52 A A lFeb. 24 Dec. 5 Jan. 17 Mar. 29 AprU 28 Sept. 20 July 10 Mar. 17 Dec. 23 Mar. 4 Dec. 6 Sept. 15 May 1798 1802 05 1419 30323741 55576167 HP D TD E52 P HP T 22 Sept. 73 S 5 Jan. 80 S* 24 Dec. 17 Mar. 29 AprU 25 Feb. 28 Sept. 20 July 26 May 17 Dec. 9 Sept. 6 Sept. 1 April 15 May 1802 14 19 16 30 323641 54 61 78 6780 * These Officers were serving as Paymasters on 1st August, 1881. 254 APPENDIX 1. QUAETERMASTEES. A B C D E F Benjamin Cuttle (A*) 1 Sept. 1697 tJohn Balfoure (B) John Norman (E) 24 Jan. 1749 HP 16 Jan. 1752 Donald Valentine (F) . . HP 16 Jan. 52 T 28 June 56 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 Feb. 60 1 Jan. 62 A 1 Jan. 62 19 Oct. 63 Eoger Parke A 19 Oct. 63 11 May 67 A. Schuyler de Peister34 A 11 May 67 P 13 April 68 A 13 AprU 68 7 April 79 Patrick Gibson A 7 AprU 79 16 Jan. 1800 Mark Hodgson A 16 Jan. 1800 + 5 Jan. 05 WUliam Lewis (2 B.) . . A 12 Oct. 04 INov. 13 Charles McCarthy A 5 Jan. 05 t 12 Feb. 07 George Shaw (2 B.) A 12 Feb. 07 1 May 17 George Kiernan (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 JobAldridge (Q.M.-Serjt) .. A 10 Feb. 37 D 18 Oct. 42 John Boss226 A 8 Nov. 42 D 20 June 57 102, 06 ThoB. Massey Chadwick (2 B.) . HP 17 Nov. 57 T 1 Jan. 77 Joseph Hamilton227 HP 16 AprU 58 D 22 Sept. 59 John Keatinge228 (Serjt. -Major) A 23 Sept. 59 E19 25 Feb. 62 150 Charles Usherwood229 . . E19 25 Feb. 62 HP 20 May 64 AUred Berry230 (Serjt. -Major) A 20 May 64 E3 30 Jan. 66 George Eussel Holt White231 . . E 3 30 Jan. 66 HP 5 July 73 WUliam Eowe (Serjt.-Major).. A 18 Oct. 73 s§ PhUip Spencer232 (Q.-M. Serjt.) A 31 Jan. 77 s§ 195 (2 B.) * For explanation of these letters, vide foot note to page 210. + M. Hodgson, appointed Paymaster. X C. McCarthy, appointed Adjutant. § These Officers were serving in this rank on 1st June, 1881. APPENDIX I. SURGEONS. 255 A B C D E F Chirurgeon John Chambers A 30 May 1696 (A, B*) Eobert MUler (E, F) . 13 Sept. 1745 19 Feb. 1762 John Morgan 24 Sept. 1857 Joseph Goldie . . 19 Feb. 62 15 July 67 James Latham . . 15 July 67 18 Aug. 75 Eobert M'Causland 18 Aug. 75 9 July 89 Edward Smith . . 9 July 89 25 AprU 99 Francis Manson. . 25 AprU 99 25 Dee. 1806 Samuel Cathcart 25 Dec. 1806 28 Sept. 09 WUUam Hacket. . 25 Nov. 08 6 Jan. 14 John Moore (2 B.) P 28 Sept. 09 16 Charles Waring (2 B.). 6 Jan. 14 16 Perkins V. Crofton 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 Fraser P 6 Deo. 36 HP 3 Deo. 41 John Maitland, M.D 3 Dec. 41 E83 8 April 42 William Gardiner E83 8 April 42 E69 20 Mar. 46 John Chas. Graham Tice, M.D. E69 20 Mar. 46 E21 11 July 51 Francis Charles Annesley233 . . F21 11 July 51 T 11 Sept. 60 115 John Madden234 (2 B.)f PT 43 T 2 Oct. 57 HP 9 Dec. 75 John Irvine, M.D.235f 11 Sept. 60 T 14 AprU 63 Thomas Clark Brady236f T 14 AprU 63 T 24 April 69 Grahame Auchinleck, M.D.237t T 24 April 69 P 2 July 76 Frederick Eobert Wilsonf A Mar. 76 Aug. 78 * For explanation of these letters, vide foot note to page 210. t In the Army Lists from March to June, 1873, Surgeons Madden and Auohinleck are designated Surgeons- Major : from July, 1873, to August, 1878, Surgeon-Major Madden and those who foUow are designated Medical Officers ; in August, 1878, the appointment of Medical Officers to regiments was discontinued. ASSISTANT-SUEGEON S. Boyd (Surgeon's Mate). . E William Morien. . A John Brown A Thomas Sandall A John Moore . . . . . . A John Barlow A John Cooks A Charles Waring A Lucas Pulsf ord A Charles I. Ingham A 25 June 1739 lFeb. 98 25 June 1801 17 May 9 May 5 Mar. 0305 07 P 11 Feb. 08 6 July 17 May 0910 T 18 D 16 Aug. 10 25 June 1801 5 Mar. 07 08 28 Sept. 09 08 13 28 Mar. 11 19 256 APPENDIX I. A B C D E F ASSISTANT-SURGEONS— continued. Walter D. Irwin T78 28 Mar. 1811 1813 WUUam Steele # 18 May 12 18 John Douglas (2 B.) T 17 June 13 HP 25 Feb. 16 Richard Crofton (2 B.) 9 Nov. 15 HP i> ») WUliam Steele # 18 May 12 4 AprU 22 George Scott, M.D 4 AprU 22 27 Jan. 25 John Ferguson 27 Jan. 25 20 Aug. 29 John Knightley Adams 20 Aug. 29 D 25 Sept. 34 Peter Fraser T 18 June 30 P 6 Dec. 36 Gideon Dolmage T 26 Sept. 34 15 Jan. 36 John Charles Graham Tice A 15 Jan. 36 E 29 Jan. 43 ' Isodore Anthony Blake A 15 Sept. 37 E 25 Feb. 42 James Richard FfenneU E 29 Dec. 43 E79 12 April 50 Richard Domenichetti, M.D. . . 3 April 46 P75 10 June 57 Henry CUnton Martin 21 AprU 46 E94 12 Sept. 56 Henry Day Fowler E79 12 AprU 50 P 26 Feb. 56 WiUiam Henry Yates238 26 Feb. 56 T 1 July 62 115 Thomas James Biddle239 E94 12 Sept. 56 61 115 Thomas Smith Hollingsworth . . 4 Sept. 57 11 Feb. 59 WUUam Jay (2 B.) 23 Mar. 58 T 5 May 63 Joseph Edw. O'LoughUn (2 B.) 10 Sept. 58 61 E. Westrop Saunders, M.D. . . A 11 Feb. 59 60 Isaac Hoysted A 1 July 62 E 13 26 Jan. 66 t WiUiam George Boss, M.D. . . A 5 May 63 T AprU 73 John Stuart E13 26 Jan. 66 T 15- Feb. 68 Henry Joseph O'Brien, M.B . . T 15 Feb. 68 T 25 Jan. 71 t James Saltus Conyers, M.D.240 (2B.) A 31 Mar. 68 T AprU 73 Albert Halahan L'Estrange T 25 Jan. 71 T 12 Feb. 72 fE. Blood, M.D T 12 Feb. 72 T April 73 * W. Steele reappointed. + In the Army List of March, 1873, the Assistant Surgeons Ross, Conyers, and Blood are designated Surgeons. CHAPLAINS. *George PoweU (A, B). . George Hatfield Benjamin Thornton Phihp Rosenhagen WUliam Archibald Armstrong. 30 May 5 Aug. 29 May 18 Nov. 31 Aug. 1696 1747 6167 93 29 May 1761 18 Nov. 67 31 Aug. 93 97 Appointment of Chaplains discontinued.. * From MS. Army List of 1702, in War Office. APPENDIX II. 257 APPENDIX No. II. Biographical Notices and Abstracts of War Services of Officers who have served in the King's Regiment*. N.B. — The succession numbers correspond with the reference numbers Appendix I. INDEX. Name. A. Airey, Lt.-Col. G. Annesley, Surg. F. Armstrong, Col. B. Armstrong, Maj. T. Auohinleck, Surg, G. Auckland, Lt.-Col. D. B. Balfour, Lt. J. H. BaU, Col. T. G Bannatyne, Maj. W. Bannatyne, Capt. J. M. . . Banning, Lt. A. C. G. Barrington, Col. The Hon J. . • • . . , Barry, Maj. J. Barstow, Lieut. C. Bathe, Lt.-Col. Sir P. De, Bart. . . Bayly, Col. Sir H. Bayly, Maj. W. . . Bayly, Capt. A. E. Baynes, Maj. S. Baynes, Maj. G. E. Baynes, Capt. E. S. Number. W. 36 233 14 65 237 30 204 2287 117203 11 61 168 4117 79 129 75 82 116 Name. Bazire, Lt. J. Beaumont, Col. J. Beere, Capt. D. . . Berry, Qr.-Mr. A. Berwick, James Duke of, Col Biddle, Asst.-Surg. T. J.. . Bingham, Lieut. Lord G. BlackweU, Lt. C. A. E. . Blackmore, Maj. J. Blair, Capt. M. G. Bland, Maj. T. . . Bolton, Lt.-Col. M. Booth, Capt. J. . . Boyd, Lt. E. Bradbridge, Capt. J. Brady, Surg. T. C. Brereton, Lt. W. L. Brooke, Maj. J. C. Brown, Capt. C. B. Bruce, Ensign J. . . Caldwell, Lt.-Col. J. CampbeU, Capt. F. CampbeU, Capt. J. B. Cathcart, Lt.-Col. Hon. G. Catherwood, Capt. W. . . Number. 157 3 123 230 2 239 181 212 74 136 67 32 102172 109 236 199 77 142 217a 31 106 119 40 93 * In compiling these notices, the Editor of Habt's 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. Name. Number. Number. Church, Lt. J Cochrane, Lt.-Col. G. H.. . Colman, Lt.-Col. W. F. A Conway, Capt. J. . . Conyers, Asst.-Sur. J. S.. . Cook, Maj. J. Cope, Capt. A. H. CornwaUis, Maj. F. Corry, Capt. G. . . Cotton, Maj. E Cotton, Lt. S. L Cusaek, Capt. J. . . D. DaUons, Capt. J. . . 91 Daniell, Maj. E. G. 80 Dawson, Lt.-Col. E. 35 Dawson, Capt. J. . . 143 Dimond, Capt. J. W. 126 Dooner, Capt. W. T. 146 Dowson, Lt. C. S... 188 Drew, Lt.-Col. F. B. 54 Drummie, Lt. J. . . 169 Drummond, Col. Sir G. . . 18 Duffy, Col. J 19 Duke, Major A. . . 68 Dundas, Col. E. . . 15 Dundas, Lt.-Col. A. 33 Dundas, Lt. L. C. 208 Dyer, Capt. S. H 125 E. Eason, Lt. R. , . Edgeworth, Lt. W. Edwards, Lt. J. B. ' Ekins, Capt. J. . . Eustace, Capt. J. H. Evans, Maj. T. . . Evans, Lt. H. J. . . F. FaUs, Paymr. J. . . Ferrars, Lord R. . . Finch, Lt. E. Fitzgerald, Capt. J. Fitzgerald, Lt. H. E. Fletcher, Lt. H. A. 164 575296 240 64 151 59 128 71 213 137 161 194 210 94 110 72 209 225 1 171108192 201 Fortye, Maj. T. . . Foster, Capt. G. . . Fowler, Lt. V. A. M. Fry, Lt. C. N. . . G. Gardiner, Capt. D. Glenkennedy, Ensign Grattan, Lt. O'D. C. Gray, Capt. O. W. Greathed, Lt.-Col. E. H Greig, Lt. A. Grey, Maj. J. Grierson, Lt. T. B. Grogan, L(;.-Col. C. E. H. Haines, Lt.-Col. F. P. Handy, Maj. B. F. Hanmer, Maj. HamUton, Maj. T. de C. . Hamilton, Capt. C. Hamilton, Qr.-Mr. J. Hartley, Lt.-Col. E. H. W Hartly, Paymr. B. HU1, Lt. H. P Hinde, Lt.-Col. J. Hoghton, Lt.-Col. D. . . Holdman, Ens. J. Hooker, Capt. S. . . Hotham, Col. Sir C, Bart Huddleston, Paymr. G. E Humfrey, Capt. T, B. Irvine, Surg. J. Jerrard, Lt. F. B. J. Jervis, Capt. E. . . Johnston, Lt.-Col. J. Jones, Capt. L. J. F. 70 100 211 193 114 216 205127 46 178 62 187 55 47 88 608199 227 43 224 173 4837 215 111 6 189 147 235 197145 49 134 APPENDIX II. 259 Name. Number. Name. Number. K. N. Keatinge, Qr.-Mr. J. 228 Nicholson, Lt. E.. . 175 Keightly, Lt.-Col. G. . . 26 Noel, Lt. M 166 L. LafausiUe, Lt.-Col. J. . . NutaU, Lt. G 167 28 0. Lenoe, Col. C. 8 O'Brien, Lt. D 163 Lewis, Capt. A. . . 150 OgUvie, Lt.-Col. J. 39 Lloyd, Capt. L. . . 90 . Onslow, Col. E 9 Lloyd, Lt. T. W 165 Orme, Capt. W. E. 153 Lot'tus, Maj A 63 Longfield, Lt.-Col. J. 44 Longfield, Lt.-Col. F. . . 58 P. Lowry, Capt. A. G. 144 Lowry, Lt. J. 174 Parry, Capt. S. H. J. 140 Peister, Lt.-Col. A. S. de. . 34 Pocoek, Col. J. 7 M. Pogson, Lt. W. W. 184 PoweU, Lt. J. G 176 McCrea, Maj. F. B. 85 McDermot, Lieut. B. K. . . 182 Maodonald, Ens. D. M. . . 220 E. McGregor, Capt. E. L. G. 131 McMahon, Capt. J. 112 Eamsay, Lt.-Col. ¦ 23 Machen, Capt. D. V. 113 Ramsay, Lt.-Col. L. De . . 25 MacMurdo, Capt. B. 101 Rickson, Lt. W. 159 MacMurdo, Ens. A. 218 Roberts, Capt. S. N. 149 MacMurdo, Ens. W. M. S. 222 Robertson, Lt.-Col. A. C. 50 McNair, Lt. E 179 Robertson, Lt. C. G. 207 Macneil, Col. Sir E. 20 Robinson, Capt. W. 105 McNeale, Capt. N. 103 Robinson, Lt. W.. . 158 McQueen, Capt. J. 133 Ross, Qr.-Mr. J 226 Madden, Surg. J.. . 234 Euck, 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. E. E. 84 Saumarez, Maj . D. 66 Metge, Capt. W. F. 132 Savage, Ens. 214 MeUor, Lt. L. S 200 1 Schletter, Lt. P 202 Migott, Capt. E 92 Short, Maj. N 89 MompeBBon, Lt.-Col. J. . . 29 Souter, Capt. T. G. 122 Monins, Col. E 21 . Spencer, Qr.-Mr. P. 232 Morrison, Col. H. 5 Stanwix, Col. J. . . 12 Morrison, Lt. W. 160 Stebbing, Captain F. A. . . 135 Mountsteven, Ens. W. H. 223 Stevens, Col. E 16 Moynihain, Capt. A. 138 Sutton, Lt.-Col. E. 24 180 Munday, Maj.J 73 f Swayne, Lt. T s 2 260 APPENDIX II. Name. Number. Name. Number. 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. R 191 Trollop, Capt. J 95 Welsh, Capt. A. T. 120 Tupper, Maj. De V. 83 WhaUey, Capt. F. J. 155 Turner, Maj. C. B. 76 Wheatstone, Maj. J. B. . . 78 Turner, Lt. A. H. 196 Whelan, Capt. W. E. 141 Turner, Lt. G. V. 198 White, Capt. F 115 Tyeth, Capt. J 104 White, Qr.-Mr. G. R. H. 231 Whiteside, Capt. J. 121 Whitting, Maj. R. 86 U. WUkinson, Capt. F. 97 WUson, 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. G. 51 V. Woods, Capt. R. W. . . 118 VUleneuve, Lt. E. 162 X. Vincent, Lt. T. M. 190 Ximenes, Capt. W. R. . . 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. R. 38 R.H 139 Young, Lt. B. 177 COLONELS.* No. 1. Robert Lord Ferrars, 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 a pri soner in the Tower of London, on account of his loyalty to King 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. 261 hold to Queen Catherine, consort of King Charles II. ; and on the breaking out of the rebellion of James Duke of Monmouth, in June, 1685, he raised a company of infantry for the service of King James II., and on 19th June of that year was appointed colonel of the corps, which was then styled " The Princess Anne of Denmark's Regiment," 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 WiUiam III. and Queen Anne, and was advanced to the dignity of Viscount Tamworth and Earl Ferrars in Sep tember, 1711. He died in 1717. No. 2. James Fitz-James, natural son of King James II., by Miss Arabella Churchill, 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 Churchill 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 wa/r, 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 Cladisf ord ; was afterwards engaged in the siege of Londonderry ; and subsequently defeated some Inniskilling mili tia 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 262 APPENDIX H. 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 Catoir. 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, and 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 Caste! -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, and, 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. 263 Minas and the Earl of Galway, 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, Requena 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 Xerica, 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 Dauphiny, 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 Charles 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 Princess 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 several captains. He was brought to trial, and had 264 APPENDIX II. 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 from 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 Richmond 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 King'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, &c. ; and soon after the victory at Raroilies in 1706, he was promoted to the rank of major-general. In 1708 he distinguished himself at the battle of Oudenarde ; and during the siege of the celebrated fortress of Lisle, he com manded the convoy of an immense quantity of stores from Ostend to the besieging army. The fate of Lisle depended on the success of this enterprise. The troops under his orders amounted to about eight thousand men ; twenty-two thousand French and Spaniards under Count de la Motte advanced to attack the convoy ; and Major-General Webb formed the few men he had with him in the wood of Wynendale ; placing a battalion in ambush on each side of the road, he drew up the remainder in an open space at the end of the defile. Thrice the enemy penetrated the wood; but was driven back with severe loss, and eventually the French and Spaniards were forced to relinquish the contest and retire. Major-General Webb's conduct on this occasion was highly commended, and he received the thanks of Her Majesty Queen Anne, and of Parliament, for his skill and bravery.* * "Luna, 13° die Decembris ; Anno 7° Anna Regina, 1708. " ' Resolved, Nemine contradicente, — ' That the Thanks of this HouBe be ' ' given to Majoe-Genebal Webb for the great and eminent Services per- ' ' formed by bim at the Battle of Wynendale.' " And Majoe-Geneeal Webb being then in the House, Mr. Speaker gave him (in his place) the Thanks of the House accordingly, as fol- loweth : — APPENDIX II. 265 On the 1st of January, 1709, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant-general ; and at the battle of Malplaquet, on the ll,th of September following, he highly distinguished himself and was dangerously wounded. In 1712 he was advanced to the rank of general and placed in the command of the troops in South Britain, under the Duke of Ormond, captain-general of Her Majesty's forces. In 1715, political events occasioned his removal from all his commands ; but his former services were rewarded with the government of the Isle of Wight. He died on the 5th of Sep tember, 1724. No. 5. Henry Morrison served many years in the second regiment of Foot Guards, and was promoted to the command of a company in December, 1694. He served under King William III. in the Netherlands, and was taken prisoner at the storming of the outworks of the fortress of Namur in July, 1695. He con tinued to serve in the Foot Guards in the reign of Queen Anne ; obtained the rank of colonel in the army in 1704, that of briga dier-general in 1710, and in April, 1711, he was appointed second major of the regiment. On 5th August, 1715, he pur chased the colonelcy of The Queen's (now The King's) Regi ment of Foot, which he retained until his decease in 1720. No. 6. Charles Hotham, eldest son of the Rev. Charles Hotham, rector of Wigan, succeeded to the dignity of baronet on the decease of his uncle in 1691. He served with distinction in the wars of King William III., and also under the great Duke of Marlborough in the reign of Queen Anne. In 1705 he obtained the colonelcy of a regiment of foot, with which he proceeded to " ' Majoe-Geneeal Webb, — 'Tis with pleasure, Sir, I receive the com- " ' mands of the House to return you their Thanks for the great and eminent " ' Services performed by you at the Battle of Wynendale. " ' We are aU sensible, how much the reducing of the Fortress of Lisle " ' is owing to your courage and conduct. " ' I wish a more early notice than the Motion now made, ha'd been " ' given me, that I might have expressed myseU more suitably to the occa- " ' sion-; though at the same time I am very sensible, I should then have " ' wanted expressions. " ' One of the greatest Honours we are capable of conferring, is due to " ' your merits ; and as such, in obedience to command, I now give you the " ' unanimous Thanks of the House for your great Services performed.' " Upon which Majoe-Geneeal Webb said ; " ' Ms. Speaxeb,- — I return my hearty Thanks to this Honorable House " ' for the great Honour they have been pleased to do me. The Success I had " ' at Wynendale, is owing to the great Courage and Eesolution, which the " ' Officers and Soldiers showed in that action. " ' I have always endeavoured to deserve the good opinion of the HouBe, " ' and 'tis the greatest pleasure to me imaginable, that I have served my " ' Queen and my Country, to their satisfaction.' " 266 APPENDIX II. Spain in 1706, and was in garrison at Alicant when the unfortu nate battle of Almanza was fought. Sir Charles served with reputation during the remainder of the war ; but his regiment* having suffered severely in the defence of 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, 1723. 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 which he was removed on 21st 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- general. 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, or The King's Regiment, which he retained until his decease in December, 1738. No. 9. Richard Onslow entered the army in 1716; and in 1733 he was promoted to the rank of colonel. In November, 1738, King George II. appointed him to the colonelcy of the Thirty-ninth Regiment ; and on 6th June, 1 739, gave him the APPENDIX II. 267 colonelcy of The Eighth Regiment. 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. No. 10. Edward 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, 1759. No. 11. The Honorable John Barrington, third son of John, first Viscount Barrington, 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 was 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 AprU, 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 268 APPENDIX II. colonel-commandant of a battalion of the Sixtieth Regiment; He was promoted to the rank of major-general in 1759, and to that of lieutenant-general in 1761 : on 11th April, 1764, he was removed to the colonelcy of The King's Regiment. 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 highly 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, under his command, acquired additional honours at the battle, of Fontenoy. He was promoted to the colonelcy of the Forty-eighth Foot, in 1755 : obtained the rank of major-general in 1759 ; that of lieutenant-general in 1761 ; on 18th December, 1766, he was removed to the Eighth, or 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. Bigoe 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, and 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, Caven dish Square, on the 24th of July, 1794.* No. 15. Ralph Dundas was appointed cornet in the Fourth Dragoons in 1755, and in February, 1762, he obtained the com- * General Bigoe Armstrong held the appointment of colonel of the Kino's Eegiment from 20th October, 1771, to 24th July, 1794. During these twenty-three 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 kdled at the capture of Guadaloupe, June, 1794, another, Major George Armstrong, held the appointment of adjutant from 30th September, 1782, to 17th July, 1790. (For dates of the commissions held by these officers, vide Appendix No. I.) APPENDIX II. 269 m&nd of a troop in the Eleventh Dragoons, then serving in Germany under Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick. His regiment returned to England in 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, or The King's Regiment of Foot. He was pro moted to the rank of lieutenant-general in 1797, and to that of general in 1802 : he was also rewarded with the government of Duncannon Fort. He died on the 7th of February, 1814. No. 16. Edmund Stevens procured, in April, 1760, a commis sion of cornet in the Twenty-first 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, in 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 1795; 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 General Edmund Stevens, the colonelcy of the Eighth, or The King's Regiment of Foot, which he retained until his decease in 1825. No. 17. Sir Henrt 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 27th October, 1790, he was appointed ensign in the Cold stream Guards, and posted to the Second Battalion. In May, * The detaUs of Sir H. Bayly's services are extracted from the records of the Coldstream Guards, and were communicated to me by Colonel Fremantle. —A. C. E. 270 APPENDIX II. 1793, he was transferred to the First Battalion, which was then serving in Holland. He was present 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. From 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 5th September, 1799, he was promoted to captain and lieutenant- colonel in the Second 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 25th 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 King's Regiment. In 1834 he was made a G.C.H., and 23rd November, 1841, promoted general. He died on 23rd April, 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 born 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 King'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 was appointed colonel of the Eighty- eighth Regiment; on 16th January, 1824, transferred to the * This notice has been revised and corrected by Sir Gordon Drummond's daughter, the Eight Honourable the Countess of Effingham. — A. C. E. APPENDIX II. 271 Seventy-first Highland Light Infantry; on 21st September, 1829, to the Forty-ninth Regiment ; and on 24th April, 1846, to the King's Regiment. He was made a K.C.B. in 1814, and a G.C.B. in 1817. In 1792 he served as A.D.C. on the staff of Lord Westmore land. In 1794—95 he served in the Twenty-third Regiment with the army in Holland under the Duke of York, and distinguished himself at the siege of Nimeguen. In 1801 he embarked for Egypt as lieutenant- colonel of the King's Regiment. He commanded the regiment at the landing, at the battles of 8th, 13th, and 21st March, at the action of Ramanieh, 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 was 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 Margaret, 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 engign 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 Drummond's operations hi Canada, vide Alison's Europe, vol. x, chap. 7, pp. 700 to 740 ; vide also despatches in the Annual Register for 1814, vol. lvi, pp. 145—196, 203, 256, and 260, describ ing capture of Fort Niagara, Expedition against Oswego, the action of the FaUs of Niagara, repulse of sortie of garrison of Fort Erie. 272 APPENDIX II. No. 19. John Duffy, C.B., K.C., was appointed ensign on 21st October, 1795. On 6th January, 1796, he was pro moted to a lieutenancy in the Tenth Foot, and on 13th July, 1797, appointed adjutant. On 12th August, 1804, he was promoted to a company in the Forty-third Light Infantry, and in the same regiment to a majority on 17th June, 1813, and to a lieutenant-colonelcy 22nd November, 1813. On 21st Sep tember, 1815, he was transferred to the Rifle Brigade, and on 9th September, 1819, to the King's Regiment. On 20th March, 1828, he retired on half pay. He was promoted to be colonel on 22nd July, 1830 ; major- general on 23rd November, 1841 ; and lieutenant-general 11th November, 1857. On 18th May, 1849, he was appointed colonel of the Twenty-eighth Foot, and on 10th October, 1854, trans ferred to the King'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 Winter 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 Forty-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 Condeixa, Pombal, Redinha, and Sabugal; 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 ensiern in the Fifty-second Light Infantry on 17th March, 1808. "The dates * This notice is compUed from Hart's Army List and from the records of the Ring's and Forty-third EegimentB. Previous to 1811, General John Duffy is designated in the Army List " James." — A. C. E. APPENDIX II. 273 of his subsequent promotions, exchanges, and transfers are : 9th May, 1809, lieutenant Fifty-second. In 1813 he was placed on half-pay ; 1st December, 1814, captain Sixtieth Rifles ; 1st July, 1819, exchanged to First Life Guards ; 9th August, 1821, major First Life Guards ; 29th December, 1821, exchanged to Eighty-fourth Foot ; 25th June, 1822, lieutenant-colonel Eighty-fourth; 17th June, 1828, placed on half -pay ; 15th April, 1842, appointed to Seventy-eighth Highlanders ; 10th January, 1837, colonel ; 9th November, 1846, major-general ; 20th June, 1854, lieutenant-general ; 21st December, 1862, general. He was appointed colonel of the King's od 8th March, 1855 ; and was transferred to the Seventy-eighth Highlanders on 3rd June, 1860. In 1809 he served with the Fifty-second in the Peninsula under Sir John Moore, and received the Peninsular War medal, afterwards he was present with his regiment during the Wal cheren Expedition. In 1813 he served in Sweden and Pomerania. In 1813 he served in Holland with the Sixtieth, and was present at the attack on Bergen-op-Zoom. In 1815 he was present -at the battle of Waterloo, and re ceived the medal.* He died on 22nd October, 1863. No. 21. Eaton Monins, f son of John Monins, Esq., was born at Canterbury in the year 1795, and was educated at Charterhouse. The dates of his commissions and exchanges are : — 1st De cember 1814, ensign, Fifty-second Light Infantry ; 9th Septem ber, 1819, lieutenant; 23rd June, 1825, captain; 8th April, 1826, exchanged to Sixty- ninth Regiment ; 19th November, 1830, major; 2nd October, 1835, lieutenant- colonel ; 9th November, 1846, colonel by brevet; 20th June, 1854, major-general; 3rd June, 1860, appointed colonel of the King's Regiment. In 1815, while an ensign in the Fifty-third, he was present at the battle of Waterloo and received the medal. After his promotion to his lieutenancy he held the appointment of adjutant of the Fifty-second Light Infantry from 10th January, 1822, to 29th May, 1823, He served with the Sixty-ninth Regiment in the West Indies (1836-40), in North America (1840-42), in Malta (1847-48), and on the 10th November, 1848, he retired on half-pay, after which he did not return to regimental duty or hold any staff appointment. * This abstract is entirely taken from Haet's Army List— A.. C. E. t This notice has been revised and corrected by the widow of Major- General Monins. — A. C. E. 274 APPENDIX II. On 21st October, 1824, he married Margaret, daughter of Thomas 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, Walmer, in the tower of which church a memorial turret clock was placed by his widow. No. 22. Thomas Gerrard Ball,* the son of Abraham 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," line- of-battle ship, commanded by Rear-Admiral Tottie, which ship formed part of the squadron employed in the blockade of Brest. At 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 employed 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 17th September, 1807, he was ap pointed ensign in the Thirty-fourth Regiment ; he was promoted in it lieutenant on 1st December, 1808, and captain, 7th April, 1814. On 25th 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 retired on half-pay. The dates of his other commissions are : — Colonel (by brevet), 9th June, 1846 ; major-general, 20th June, 1854 ; lieutenant-general, 7th March, 1862 ; general, 10th June, 1870. On 24th 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-de-Molinos and Almiraz, battle of Vittoria, and action of the pass of Maya. At the battle of Vittoria he was. wounded in the head, and at the pass of Maya, severely wounded in the left leg. For these services he received the Peninsular medal with three clasps. . He married first, Elizabeth, daughter of the Honourable Edward Massey, of Chester; second, Charlotte, daughter of * This notice has been revised and corrected by General Ball. — A. C. E. APPENDIX II. 275 Mason, Esq., of Sheffield ; third, Catherine, youngest daughter of the Reverend Canon Jones, Rural Dean and Vicar of Llanrhaiadr, North Wales. LIEUTENANT-COLONELS. No. 23. Ramsay, on the dismissal of lieutenant-colonel John Beaumont (September, 1688) was appointed his successor. (Vide Records, p. 7.) (I have not been able to ascertain how long he commanded the regiment, or what other officers served with it in the rank of lieu tenant-colonel between 1688 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 iD 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 the regiment. (Vide Records, p: 33.) There is no record nf the names of the lieutenant- colonels of the King's between Wth September, 1709, and 1st February, 1731. No. 26. George Keightly 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 1743, 44, and 45. On 26th June, 1743, he was wounded at the battle of Dettingen ; and on 11th May, 1745, he was again wounded at the battle of Fontenoy. — Vide Records, pp. 40, 42, and 44. No. 27. Edmund Martin entered the service as ensign in 1703, was appointed captain in the King's 17th March, 1718; T 2 276 APPENDIX II. promoted major 6th December, 1739 ; promoted to be lieutenant- colonel, and transferred to Price's Regiment 7th February, 1741 ; again transferred to the King's on 1st May, 1745. He com manded the regiment for the next four years until his death on 26th April, 1749. During hig 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), lieu tenant-colonel Martin received a wound. — Vide Records, pp, 47, 48. No. 28. John Lafausille received the commission of ensign 26th August, 1708. The dates of his other commissions are : Lieutenant 12th November, 1726; captamrlieutenant 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 1 749 his promotion was rapid. He held command for upwards of nine years until 24th August, 1758, when the Second Battalion of the King's was constituted the Sixty- third Regiment. Lieutenant- Colonel J. Lafausille was then promoted to be colonel of the Sixth-sixth Regiment, and continued to command it until his death on 19th January, 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 August, 1758, to the King's Regiment from the Fiftieth, in which regi ment his lieutenant-colonel's commission was dated 16th Decem ber, 1755. He commanded the King's for ten years, during 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 ment on 24th June, 1767. 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 No. 31. John Caldwell's commission of captain is dated 20th December, 1755. He was then serving in the Seventh Fusiliers, of which regiment he was promoted to be major on 18th July, 1766. He was promoted to be lieutenant-colonel, and transferred to the King's on 27th October, 1772. He com manded the regiment for four years, and retired from the service on 11th November, 1776. During this period the regiment was quartered in Canada, and, in the campaign of 1776, it took part in the operations for expelling the Americans from Canada. — Vide Records, p. 55. No. 32. Mason Bolton's commission of lieutenant is dated 2nd October, 1755. He was then serving in the Ninth Foot, and in that regiment was promoted captain 011 23rd March, 1764, and major 31st May, 1773. On 11th November, 1776, 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 ohief duty assigned to it was the protection of the frontier. — Vide Records, p. 56. No. 33. Alexander Dundas was transferred from the Thirty- fourth Regiment on 1st November, 1780, The dates of his com missions in the Thirty-fourth are : — Captain 25th August, 1762 ; major, 6th January, 1776. He commanded the King's for rather less than three years, and retired from the service on 13th September, 1783. During his period of command' the regiment was quartered in Canada. — Vide Records, p. 60. No. 34. Arent Schuyler De Peister* 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, 6th May, 1777; captain, 3rd November, 1768 ; lieutenant, 21st September, 1757. During the campaigns in Germany of 1760-61-62, he served as lieutenant ; and in the American War, from 1776 to 1782, first as captain, afterwards as major. He commanded the King's for upwards of ten years, during which time the regiment was quartered in England and Ireland, and retired from the service on 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 * I am indebted to the Eeverend John Baton; minister of St. Michael's Cburchj Dumfries, for the details subsequent to Colonel 8. ue Peister's retire ment. 278 APPENDIX II. regiment he continued to command until his death, on 26th November, 1822, at the age of 96. He was buried 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. Schuyler 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 Schuyler de Peister, dressed in the uniform worn by the King's in 1790, 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 possession of Major Greig, C.B., Chief of the Liverpool Police. — Vide Records, 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 was 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,f son of George J. Airey, Esq., a landed proprietor in Northumberland, was born at Newcastle- on-Tyne in 1759, and was educated 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, 1788, captain; 1st May, 1796, major, and transferred to Sixty-eighth Regiment; 4th May, 1798, lieutenant-colonel, and transferred to Eighth, the King's Regi- * He possessed considerable poetical talent, and was an intimate friend of the poet Burns, as were also his wife and his wife's sister. Burns' verses beginning, — " My honoured Colonel, deeply I feel Your interest in the poets' weal — " were addressed to Colonel S. de Peister. Jean and Philadelphia McMurdo, his wife's nieces, are also celebrated in several of Burns' songs, t This notice has been revised by General Lord Airey. APPENDIX II. 279 ment; 25th April, 1808, brevet colonel; 4th June, 1811, major-general; 19th July, 1821, lieutenant-general; 28th Oc tober, 1823, colonel of Thirty-ninth Regiment. He was knighted in 1821, and in 1824 was made a Knight Commander of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order. In 1794 he commanded a company in a battalion com posed of light companies of regiments which formed 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-General 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 Fox. In 1801 he was detached on special service to the Island 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 the 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 division was then at Minorca ; he was after wards transferred to the Irish staff, and, after serving some time * Tide History of Muro-pe, 3rd Edition, Edinburgh, 1839, vol. iv, chap. xxxU, p. 442, concerning this service, the foUowing passage occurs in the Annual Register for 1802 (vol. xUv, p. 76) : — " It is much to be regretted that the particulars of the gaUant 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 pubUc." See also Dtjmas' Precis des JEvenemens Militaires (Edition Paris, 1817), vol. v, p. 354, and Victoires 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 the 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 smaU 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 obstinate resistance." 280 APPENDIX IL on it, returned to the staff of Major-General Fox at Gibraltar as military secretary. In 1807 he served in Egypt as acting deputy adjutant-general during the operations from 17th to 21st 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, he 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 a monument was erected to his memory. No. 37. Daniel Hoghton was appointed njajor 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 an 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 given 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, 1805j and major-general 25th July, 1810. He died in the following year, 1811.— Vide Records, p. 70. No, 38, Robert Young received his first commissiou 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, Eichard, James Talbot, and Dionysius, entered the army ; Dionysius, who was then a captain in the Eoyal ArtiUery, died on 28th October, 1845. Eichard and James are still serving : Eichard, who in 1876 was created a Baron, and who is Colonel of the Seventh Eoyal FusiUera, and a G.C.B., with the rank of General; and James, who is a K.C.B., with the rank of Lieute nant-General. APPENDIX II. 281 King's. He was promoted to bo captain 29th June, 1793, major 4th January, 1797, brevet lieutenant-colonel 29th April, 1802, and lieutenant-colonel in the King's 27th April, 1809. He was made colonel by brevet on 4th June, 1811, and, after commanding the 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. He served in Canada during the campaigns of 1812, 13, and 14. On 28th May, 1813, he commanded the right division of the expedition against Sackett's Harbour; for this service his name was mentioned in orders. During the summer of 1814, he was appointed to command the station of Kingston. — Vide Records, pp. 74, 79, 83. No. 39. James Ogilvie was appointed lieutenant in the Seventh Fusiliers 22nd August, 180U ; 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 5th 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 hundred and forty rank and file ; and was again wounded, and again men tioned in despatches. — Vide Records, pp. 77, 79 ; 80, 2, 3, 7, 8. No. 40. The Honourable 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 10th 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, 1826 ; lieutenant-colonel, unattached, 13th May, 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 282 APPENDIX II. Champenoise. In the campaign of 1815, he was A.D.C. to the Duke of Wellington, and was present at the battles of Quatre Bras and Waterloo (medal). He commanded the King'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 married the Lady Georgiana Greville, daughter of the Countess of Mansfield. No. 41. Sir W. P. de Bathe, Bart., exchanged from half-pay with Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable G. Cathoart 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. Corsham, 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 Twenty-first Light Dragoons and, after serving with them in India, to .the Eighth Hussars on 3rd July, 1823 ; promoted to be lieutenant 26th May, 1825. On 8th June, 1826, he obtained his company, and exchanged to the King's. On 10th January, 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 16th December, 1845, 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 has been revised by Colonel Malet. APPENDIX II. 283 regiment from 30th January, 1835, until 1 4th November, 1845, and his nephew, Captain Charles Fred Malet, from 9th Feb ruary, 1861, until 22nd November, 1877, when he died in India.— Vide Records, pp. 91, 92, 93, 95, 165. No. 43. Richard Henry Winchcombe Hartley, the son of Winchcombe Henry Hartley, Esq., and of the Lady Louisa Lumley, 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 1st October, 1825, he received an unattached company, and was placed on half -pay ; on 5th June, 1858, he exchanged into the King's, and in it was promoted to be major 26th June, 1841, and lieutenant-colonel 16th December 1845. His brevet promotions are dated, major, 28th June 1838 ; colonel, 20th June, 1854. In May, 1857, when the news of the Meerut 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, where he died in command of the 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. 92 to 95 ; 100, 02, 04, 05, 06, 08, 14, 42, 44, 48, 52. No. 44. John Longfield, C.B., the son of Colonel John Longfield, of Longueville, 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 1st 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, 19th 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, 1869 ; and general, 19th July, 1876. On 19th April, 1868, he was appointed colonel of the Twenty-ninth Foot. He commanded brigades in Bengal from May to 22nd No vember, 1855 ; from 4th April to 30th December, 1856 ; and from 29th June, 1857 to 9th April, 1859. 284 APPENDIX II. In 1857 he was present with the regiment when the Native troops mutinied at Jellundur, and at the siege of Delhi, on the arrival of the regiment, he was appointed to the command of the. second brigade. After the capture of the city he was left there in command of the station. For his services during the mutiny campaigns he was men tioned in despatches, made a Companion of the Bath (21st January, 1858), and received a medal and one clasp. He retired on half-pay on 31st August, 1860, and on 30th May, 1862, he was granted a good service pension. On 29th April, 1861, he married Frances Patience, daughter of the Rev. Mountford Longfield, rector of Desertserges, county of Cork. For details of his servioes vide Records, 92; 3 ; 96 to 99 ; 105, 06, 08, 14, 42, 44, 48, 52. No. 45. Thomas Mactland Wilson was the son of General John Wilson, who was Lieutenant-Governor of Ceylon when Sir Thomas Maitland was Governor. He was born at Colombo in Ceylon, on 15th September, 1806, educated at the Royal Military College of Sandhurst, and was appointed ensign in the Seventy-eighth Highlanders on 15th April, 1824, The dates of his subsequent commissions, transfers, and exchanges are : — Lieutenant Seventy-eighth, 13th May, 1826 ; captain, un attached, 23rd December, 1831 ; Ninety-sixth Regiment, 20th January, 1832 ; brevet major, 9th November, 1846 ; Ninety- sixth Regiment, 18th August, 1848 ; lieutenant- colonel Ninety- sixth, 15th June, 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 15th October, lb77, transferred from the Sixty-third to the Ninety-sixth, in which he had passed the greatest part of his regimental service. VVhile 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 June to 21st September, 1841. The second battalion of the King's during the four years it was commanded by Colonel Wilson was stationed first in Ireland, and afterwards at Gibraltar. — Vide Records, 175 — 177, No. 46. Edward Harris Greathed, son of E« H. Greathed, APPENDIX II. 285 Esq., of Uddens, Dorset, was born on 8th June, 1812. He was educated at Westminster School. On 22nd June, 1832, he was appointed ensign in the King's RegimenTj and after serving in it continuously for twenty-seven years, retired on half -pay 28th October, 1859. The dates of his regimental commissions are : — Lieutenant, 10th May, 1833; captain, 27th April, 1838; major, 3rd April, 1846; lieutenant-colonel, 26th June> 1858. His brevet promo tions are dated: Lieutenant- colonel, 20th June, 1854 ; colonel, 19th January, 1858 ; major-general, 6th March, 1868 ; lieu tenant-general, 1st October, 1877 ; general, 1st July, 1880. On 28th January, 1880, he was appointed colonel of the One Hun dred and Eighth Regiment. While a lieutenant-colonel in the King's, he was deputy adjutant-general of the Bombay Army from 23rd October, 1857, to 2nd February, 1859. After retiring on half-pay he was assistant quartermaster - general Northern District from 5th September, 1861, to 5th May, 1863 ; assistant adjutant-general Dublin District 1st September, 1863, to 27th July, 1864, and major-general commanding the Eastern District from 2nd April, 1872, to 31st March, 1877. In 1857> during the Indian Mutiny Campaign, he commanded the regiment at the siege of Delhi from 29th June until all resistance ceased, and the capture of the city was completed 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 this service, he attacked and dispersed considerable hordes of the enemy at Bulandshahr and Alighur, 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 subsequently at the action of the 30th November and battle of 6th December near Cawnpore, and at the action of Khuda Gunj on 2nd January, 1858, he commanded a brigade. For the details of these and his other services, vide Records, 93, 4; 100, 02, 06; 108 to 113; 115; 120 to 125 ; 127 to 142 ; 144, 148, and 151. He was five times mentioned in despatches, received the brevet of colonel and a good service pension. He was gazetted a Companion of the Bath on 1st January, 1858, and subsequently on 28th March, 1865, was made a Knight Commander of the Order. He also received the honorary degree of D.C.L. of Oxford. Since the formation of the regiment in 1685 until the pre sent time, Sir Edward Greathed is the only officer of the King's 286 APPENDIX II. who has received his first commission in the regiment, who has served in it through all the ranks from ensign to lieutenant- 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 Rev. George Tufnell. Thirds in 1869, Charlotte Frederica Caroline, eldest daughter of Sir George Osborn, Bart., of Chicksands Priory. No. 47. Frederick Paul Haines,* son of Gregory Haines, Esq., C.B., Commissary-General, was born 10th August, 1819, at Kirdfordj 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, 15th December, 1840 ; captain Tenth Foot, 16th May, 1846 ; Twenty-first Fusiliers, 31st March, 1847 ; major (brevet), 7th June, 1849 ; Twenty-first Fusiliers, 15th 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, 23rd May, 1846, to 7th May, 1849 ; commandant Balaclava, 10th December, 1854, 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, 28th December, 1861, to 30th 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, 28th March, 1865, to 27th Marchj 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 24th December, 1875; commander-in-chief in India, 10th April 1876, to 7th April, 1881. This notice has been revised by Sir F. P. Haines. APPENDIX II. 287 In the Sutlej Campaign of 1845 he served as A.D.C. and officiating 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 secretary 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 Inkermann, and at the siege and fall of Sebastopol. At the battle of Inkermann, after Colonel Ainslie 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 Evory 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. No. 48. John Hinde,* eldest son of the Reverend John Hinde Vicar of Ludf ord, Lecturer of Ludlow, and Head Master of Lud low Grammar School, Shropshire, was born at Yoxley, Hants, on 2nd August, 1814, and was educated at Ludlow 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 battalion, on 15th June, 1866, he retired on full-pay with the honorary rank of major-general. The dates of his regimental commissions are : — Lieutenant 30th June, 1837 ; captain, 4th July, 1845 ; major, 21st October, * This notice has been revised by the widow of Major-General Hinde. 288 APPENDIX II. 1857; lieutenant-colonel, 27th September, 1861. His brevet promotions are dated : — Major, 5th July, 1857 ; lieutenant-colonel, 19th January, 1858. In 1857 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, the affair of Ally ghur, 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, vide 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. Burney'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 commanded 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 his brother officers. — Vide Recordst 152, 177, 178, APPENDIX II. 289 No. 50. Alexander Cuningham 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 15th February he was appointed ensign in the Thirty- fourth Regiment, promoted in it to be lieutenant on 30th August, 1841, and captain on 11th November, 1845 ; on 28th Apri1, 1846, he exchanged into the King's Regiment, and in it was 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. v J The dates of his brevet promotions are : — Major, 19th January, 1858 ; lieutenant-colonel, 20th 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 iselected 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 1st 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. He was present at the relief of San Sebastian 5th May, 1836, at the battles of Alza 6th June, 1836 ; of the heights of Ametza, 1st 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 1st 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 King's at the siege of Delhi from 2nd July to 11th September. He was present at the repulse of the sorties of the 9th and 14th July, and. was in command of the regiment at the repulse of the sortie of the 18th July. On 12th 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 290 APPENDIX II. December he acted as deputy assistant quartermaster-general to Brigadier- General Seton's column, and was present at the actions of Gungeree, Pnttiala, and Mynpooree. On 1st January, 1858, he was appointed assistant adjutant-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, 1858, 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 5th September, 1860. For his 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 the com mand of the Second Battalion it was stationed in Malta, after wards, during his term of command, it was quartered at Aider- shot, Bury, Manchester, Preston, the Curragh. 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 11th September, 1876, and is still serving in it.— Vide Records, pp. 100, 12, 42, 48, 49, 50, 78, 79, 80, 82, 83, 84. No. 51. Henry George Woods, son of Henry George Woods, assistant-surgeon, Ninety-fourth Regiment, was born 6th August, 1825, 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 21st 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 was 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 2.:th 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-seventh Regiment in the Crimea from 20th November, 1854, and commanded the Grenadiers at the storming of the Redan 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 King'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. 156 to 159, 161, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8; 178, 87; 201. No. 52. William Frederick Adams Colman, the son of Captain George Francis Charles Colman, Thirty-first 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 10th March, 1845 ; captain in the Fifty-third Foot, 15th March, 1853, and major in the Fifty-third 19th April, 1864. In November, 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, 58, 84. No. 53. John Vere William Henry 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 Rifles ; on 5th March, 1847, he was trans ferred to the King's, and, after a continuous service of twenty- eight years in the regiment, succeeded Lieutenant- Colonel Colman in command of the Second Battalion On 12th May, 1875. The dates of his intermediate regimental commissions are :— U 2 292 APPENDIX II. Lieutenant, 21st February, 1851 ; captain, 11th May, 1858 ; major, 2nd November, 1 866. In 1857 he served with the regiment at the siege of Delhi from 6th June until 20th September. He was present at the repulse of the sorties of 9th and 14th July ; at the attack on the enemy's outpost and capture of four guns on 12th August, and at assault on 14th September, and fighting in the city on the six following days. In the subsequent operations he was present at the action of Bolundshahr, affair of Allyghur, battle of Agra, action of Dilkoosha, relief of Lucknow, affair of 2nd and action of 6th December, 1857, near Cawnpore, and at the action of Khuda Gunj on 2nd January, 1858. After commanding the Second Battalion two years, during which it was stationed at Fermoy, the Curragh, and Aldenshot, he retired on full-pay with the honorary rank of colonel dn 7th March, 1877. On 13th October, 1859, he married Lastitia Annie, daughter of George Llewhellin, Esq. — Vide Records, pp. 114, 20, 23, 33, 76, 58, 59, 61, 84, 85. No. 54. Francis Barry 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, 1845. On 12th 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-fourth Foot ; on 16th January, 1853, into the Eleventh Foot; on 26th January, 1855, into the Ninety-fourth Foot, and on 23rd August, 1859, into a depot battalion. On 23rd August, 1865, he was placed oh half-pay as a major unattached ; on 2nd September, 1868, he 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, 25th October, 1873; colonel, 23rd October 1878. He held the appointment of commandant of the Schools of Instruction of the Auxiliary Forces at Manchester, from 1st February, 1871, to 16th July, 1872, and at Aldershot from/ 25th 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 APPENDIX II. 293 the forcing of the Peiwar Kotal, during which engagement, when Brigadier Cobbe was wounded, he suoceeded to the com mand of the brigade ; he was also present at the action of Matun. 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 olasp. He married, first, on 2nd September, 1848, Anne Charlotte, daughter of John Cator, Esq., of Woodbastwiok 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, Cheshire. — - 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 eduoated by ar private tutor. He was appointed cornet in the Seventh Hussars on 16th April, 1847, and on the 3rd of September, same year, transferred to the Twelfth Lancers. He was promoted lieutenant on 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 born 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 promoted 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, 294 APPENDIX II. 1878. 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 Georgina, daughter of Major-General George Wm. Powlett Bingham, C.B. — Vide Records, pp. 183, 93, 98, 202. No. 57. George Henry Cochrane, son of Lieutenant-Colonel G. Cochrane, Ceylon Rifles, born in Ceylon, on the 24th Decem ber, 1829, and educated at the Royal Military College of Sand hurst. The dates of his commissions are : — Ensign Eighty-third Foot, 2nd August; Ninety-sixth Foot, 18th 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 served 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. Forster Longfield, son of the Rev. Mountford Longfield, vicar of Desertserges, county of Cork, and cousin of Colonel John Longfield (No. 44), was born at Church Hill, near Bandon, on 28th February, 1829, and was educated by a private tutor and at Bandon School. He received the commission of ensign in the Fifth Fusiliers on 15th January, 1856, was trans ferred 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 the 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 9th, 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 Oude 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 H. 295 MAJORS. No. 59. Frederick Cornwallis 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 after 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, 1 712 ; captain- lieutenant 1st January, 1727; major 14th July, 1743. He served with the regiment as a captain in 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 Barry. — Vide Records, pp. 43, 44. No. 63. Arthur Loftus. 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 on 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 296 APPENDIX II. 8th July, 1794, his name appears as Captain Armstrong, the news of his promotion (which is dated 3rd April, 1794) had not therefore reached him at the time of his death.* No. 66. Durell Saumarez 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 the MS. muster roll for the last half of that year he is marked " killed in the West Indies " (no date given), and in the " London Gazette " of 17th March, 1795, T. Bland is promoted major, vice Saumarez, 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 subsequent commissions are : — Lieutenant Twenty-eighth, 19th August, 1778, captain and transferred to the King's 31st July, 1792 ; major, 17th December, 1794. He 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. 67. 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. APPENDIX II. 297 Egyptian campaign of 1801, he served with the King's as cap tain, and was wounded on l^th March at the battle of Mandora. On 18th April, 1805, he was transferred to the 1st Royal Veteran Battalion; from 1827 to 1832 he held the appointment of barrack master in Guernsey, and in 1834 he retired from the army. — Vide Records, p. 67. No. 71. Edward Cotton entered the King's as a lieutenant 23rd March, 1797; was promoted captain 18th November, 1802, and major, 3rd February, 1809. He served with the regiment in Canada during the campaign of 1813-14 ; on 27th May, 1813, he was present at the defence of Fort George, and received a wound. A few months afterwards he died from the effects of the severe exertions he had undergone. — Vide Records, pp. 78, 83, No. 72. Thomas Evans, son of Richard Evans, Esq., was born near Wolverhampton in March, 1776. In 1793 he enlisted one hundred and fifty men for the service, and entered the army as a volunteer. On 3rd December, 1794, he was appointed ensign in the One Hundred and Thirteenth Regiment ; after its reduction on 11th October, 1796, he was transferred as lieutenant to the King's ; promoted in it to be captain 19th November, 1803 ; major 6th February, and brevet lieutenant-colonel 13th October, 1812. In this year he was also made a Companion of the Bath, On 24th December, 1815, the establishment of the King's was reduced to a single battalion, and on 14th March, 1816, he was appointed major in the Seventieth Foot ; on 24th Septem ber, 1829, he was promoted to be its lieutenant-colonel, and continued to command it for the next nine years. On 22nd July, 1830, he was made colonel by brevet. On 28th June, 1838, after having served forty-five years as a regimental officer, only two of which were spent in England, he was promoted to be major-general; on 11th November, 1851, to be lieutenant- general.; and on 18th May, 1855, to be general. On 12th July, 1847, he was appointed colonel of the Eighty- first Regiment. In 1794-95, he served in the West Indies. In 1796 he was present at the capture of Demerara and Berbice ; in returning home after that service he was captured, and kept a close prisoner in France until 1797. In 1798-99, he served in Minorca and Guernsey ; in 1800 on the coast of Spain in Malta and Marmorice; in 1801 he served with the King's in Egypt as lieutenant, and for some weeks performed the duties of adjutant. He was present at the battles of 8th March at Ahoukir, and 298 APPENDIX II. of 13th and 21st March near Alexandria ; also at the action of Ramanieh, and at the surrender of Cairo and Alexandria.* In 1804, 5, and 6, he served in the West Indies as captain in the King's, and A.D.C. to Sir Gordon Drummond. In 1807-8, he served in Nova Scotia ; in 1809-10, in Canada as A.D.C. and Military Secretary to Sir Gordon Drummond. During the campaigns in Canada of 1812, 13, 14, he, for part of the time, held the appointment of brigade-major, discharging the duties of deputy assistant adjutant-general, and for part of the time was in command of the King's.' He superintended the prepara tion of the force detached to operate against Detroit and Michilimacinac ; he was present a,t the defence of Fort George, and destruction of the enemy's batteries ; at the assault on Sackets Harbour, where he was wounded in three places ; at the attack on the force at Forty Mile Creek ; at the battle of Chip pawa ; at the night attack on the force investing Fort George, when the American General Swift was killed ; at the battle of Lundy's Lane, where his sword was shivered in his hand ; at the siege and assault of Fort Erie, where the piquets under his com mand on 5th and 12th August, 1814, repulsed two sorties, and inflicted severe loss on the enemy, and where he received a contusion, and had his horse shot under him. During the months of January, February, and March, 1814, he was detached to New Brunswick, in order to conduct the Second Battalion of the King's and a party of seamen through the wilderness to Quebec. For these services his name was mentioned in despatches on ten different occasions ; he received the brevet of lieutenant- colonel, and was made a Companion of the Bath. He married Harriet Lawrence, daughter of Judge Ogden, of Montreal. He died on 11th February, 1863, at Three Rivers, Canada, and a memorial chapel was erected at London, Canada West, to commemorate his name and services. Four of his sons received commissions in the army : Thomas, appointed ensign in the Forty-first Foot in 1839, and killed in Afghanistan in 1841 ; Charles Richard Ogden, appointed lieutenant in the Royal Artillery on 17th June, 1843, now brigadier-general commanding at Agra; Gordon, appointed ensign in the Sixty-ninth Foot in 1842, retired in 1848 ; Richard John, appointed ensign in the Twenty-ninth Regiment in 1846, retired in 1864 with the rank of major. — Vide Records, pp. 78, 9, 81, 3, 4, 5, 6, 174. * A journal kept by Lieutenant Thomas Evans, which commences on 1st May, 1799, and ends on 3rd September, 1801, is now in possession of his son, Colonel C. E. O. Evans, E.A., who kindly allowed me to read it and to make extracts from it. — A. C. E. APPENDIX II. 299 No. 73. James Munday (or Mundy) was appointed captain in the King's on the addition of a second battalion to the esta blishment in 1804 ;* he was promoted major on 21st October, 1813. He served with the regiment in the American campaign of 1813, and on 5th June of that year was wounded while commanding a company at the surprise of the American camp at Stoney Creek. He retired from the Army in 1816.— Vide Records, p. 80. No. 74. John Blackmore was appointed ensign in the King's on 15th April, 1794 ; for the dates of his other commissions, vide Appendix No. I. After serving twenty-two years in the regiment, he was placed on half-pay on 25th February, 1816 ; promoted to be lieutenant-colonel on 10th February, 1837 ; and died in 1845. He served with the regiment as captain in the American campaign of 1813 ; and in the attack on Sackett's Harbour on 29th May, he was wounded and taken prisoner. — Vide Records, p. 79. No. 75. Simcoe Baynes. The dates of his commissions are : — Ensign Royal Corsican Rangers, 24th June, 1812 ; lieutenant Royal Corsican Rangers, 28th December, 1815 ; cap tain the King's, 24th June, 1824 ; major the King's, 2nd Octo ber, 1835 ; lieutenant-colonel, unattached, 26th October, 1841. His brevet promotions are dated colonel 11th November, 1851 ; major-general 26th October, 1858 ; lieutenant-general 28th August, 1865 ; general 14th December, 1873. He was appointed colonel of the Thirty- fifth Foot, 27th March, 1863. He served three years as a midshipman in the Royal Navy, and in 1809 was present at the capture of Ischia, Zante, Cepha- lonia and Cerigo. On the 3rd May, 1810, he was in the action of the " Spartan" frigate in the Bay of Naples. From 1812 to 1817 he served in the Ionian Islands, and was present at the capture of Paxo in 1813, and at the occupation of Corfu on the evacuation by the French in 1814. On 21st October, 1821, he was with a detachment defending a Turkish man-of-war from an attack made by the Greeks, and in the disarmament which followed, he was specially and actively employed. In 1834 he served in the West Indies during the emancipation of the slaves, and in 1839—40. in North America during the settlement of the Boundary Question. He died at Malta on 13th September, 1874. Two of his nephews, George Edward Baynes and Robert Stuart Baynes, * He appears never to have served in the ranks of ensign or lieutenant ; his name is not to be found in the Army List previous to 1805- 300 APPENDIX II. received commissions in the King's, vide Nos. 82 and 116 of this Appendix.* No. 76. Charles Barker 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 tof 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 a Knight of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order 18th January, 1832. No. 77. James Croft Brooke^ The dates of his commissions are : — Ensign (Thirty- first Foot), 31st October, 1831 ; lieutenant, (Thirty-first Foot), 2nd September, 1833 ; captain (Thirty-first Foot), 31st March, 1846 ; majtr (Thirty-first Foot), 2nd October, 1849 ; exchanged to the King's 11th December, 1849 ; lieutenant- cojonel (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 Kinq-'s formed part, and which attacked Sackett's Harbour on 29th May, 1813, was an uncle of Major Simcoe Baynes. — Vide Records, p. 78. t TIUb notice was revised by the widow of Major-General 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 1857 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 15th 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 Rickmansworth, Herts, where a tombstone was erected by his widow.— 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, 52, 53 (medal) ; he retired on full pay with the rank of lieutenant- colonel on 23rd August, 1858. i No. 79. William Bayly was born, at Drogheda on 20th Feb ruary, 1796. He enlisted in the King's Regiment as a drummer on 25th November, 1807 ; on 11th January,T828, he was appointed serjeant-major of the regiment, and on 26th May, 1839, he received the commission of ensign 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 1857 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 he 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 * He never joined the Second West India Eegiment, but was aUowed ,to remain with the dep6t companies until transferred to the Kikg's. 302 APPENDIX II. ensign in the regiment (vide No. 129 of this Appendix), and his brother-in-law, John Ross, served in it as Quartermaster (vide No. 226).— Vide Records, pp. 100, 05, 11, 12, 43, 52, 53. No. 80. Edwin Gream Daniell. 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 January, 1858. In 1841 he served with the Fifty-ftf th 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 Tou-Tou (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-colonel 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 Courcy Hamilton, V.C. The dates of his regimental commissions are : — Ninetieth Light Infantry, 30th September, 1842; lieutenant Ninetieth, 10th 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 11th 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. George 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 Kind's from ensign to major, APPENDIX II. 803 vide Appendix No. I. In 1857 he was with the regiment at Jellundur when the Native troops mutinied on the night of 7th June ; he afterwards 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 second column ; for these services he was mentioned in despatches, received a brevet majority and medal and clasp. On 1st April, 1866, after twenty-five years' service in the regiment, he retired on half-pay with the rank of lieutenant- colonel unattached. From 30th March, 1867, to 11th 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 promoted 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 :—r Ensign in Thirty-eighth, 15th October, 1852 ; lieutenant Thirty- eighth, 11th August, 1854 ; 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 18th June, and at the fall of the city (medal and three clasps). In 1857 was pre sent with the regiment at Jellundur at the outbreak of the mutiny, and was afterwards engaged in various field services in the Punjab (medal). He 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. Richard Raphael Meade. 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 16th January, 1857 ; major, 15th June, 1866. He held the appointment of adjutant of the Ninety-fourth from 29th October, 1852, until his promotion to captain 31st August, 1855. He served as a volunteer with the artillery in an action at Agra, on 5th July, 1857, and with the regiment, as captain, at the relief of Lucknow ; at the affair of 2nd and action of 6th December at Cawnpore, and at the action of Khuda Gunj. During the campaign in Oude of 1858-59, he was in temporary command of the regiment. 304 APPENDIX II. He exchanged to half-pay on 2nd September, 1868, and died in 1873.— Vide Records, pp. 147, 48, 78, 79. No. 85. Frederick Bradford M'Crea. For dates of com missions in the regiment from ensign to major, vide Succession Lists, Appendix No. I. He served with the regiment during the mutiny of 1857, and was present at the two days' fighting in the city 19th and 20th September ; at the actions of Bulandshahr 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, he was stationed at Meerun-ke-Serai in Gommand 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 number 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 Brigadier Hale's column ; to this column he for some time acted as brigade- quartermaster (medal and clasp). — Vide Records, pp. 126, 144. No. 86. Reginald Whitting received the commission of ensign in Sixty-second Regiment on 26th December, 1856. He was transferred to the King's Regiment on 23rd October, 1857, and from that date continued to serve in the regiment (for dates of commissions, vide Succession Lists, Appendix No. I). In the Indian Mutiny campaign of 1858-59, he acted as staff adjutant to a detachment at Sasseram, and was engaged in the operations 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 SaTndee. During these operations he acted as adjutant to wing of the regiment, and from 16th to 28th January, 1859, as field quartermaster to Brigadier- General Hale's column (medal).— Vide Records, 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 21st May, 1858 (for dates of his other commissions, vide Appendix No. I). APPENDIX II. 305 During the campaign in Afghanistan of 1880, he served with the Second Battalion from 31st May, 1880, until the end of the campaign, and on 11th August, on Colonel Grogan being appointed to the command of the Lower Kurrum brigade, he succeeded to the temporary command of the battalion (medal) .— Vide Records, pp. 201, 02. No. 88. Bennett Fleming Handy. (For dates of commis sions from ensign to nlajor, 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, vide Appendix No. I.) He served as captain with the Second Battalion during the Afghan campaign of 1879 (medal);— Vide Records, p. 179. CAPTAINS; No. 90. Leonard Lloyd served with the regiment during 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 Magott) served with the regi ment in the campaign of 1 747, and on 2nd July of that year was killed at the battle df Val. — Vide Records, p. 45. No. 93, 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 Ekins (or Atkins) served in the regiment as a captain-lieutenant during the campaign of 1745, and on 11th May of that year was wounded at the battle of Fontenoy. He died on 15th August, 1750. — Vide Records, p. 44 (where his name is printed, most probably misprinted, Atkins). No. 95. John Trollop served with the regiment in the cam- x 306 APPENDIX II. paign in the Netherlands of 1746, and on 11th October of that year was wounded at the battle of Roucoux. He was promoted to be major, in the Sixty- third Foot, and was killed at the taking of Guadaloupe. — Vide Records, pp. 47, 51. No. 96. Jacob Conway served with the regiment as a lieu tenant during the campaign in the Netherlands of 1747 ; on 2nd July of that year he was wounded at the battle of Val. He died on 21st April, 1752. — 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 Records, p. 53. No. 98. James Webb served as ensign with the regiment in the campaign in the Netherlands of 1747, and was wounded at the battle of Val (1st July). — Vide Records, p. 48. No. 99. Charles Hamilton served as ensign with the regi ment during the campaign ill the Netherlands of 1 747, and was wounded at the battle" of Val. — Vide Records-, p. 48. No. 100. Geor&e 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 bf 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 the 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 he 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 31st December, 1784, lieutenant- colonel of the Sixty-sixth Regiment, which he continued to com mand 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 APPENDIX II. 307 Alexandria on 13th March of that year, received a wound. After leaving the army 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. Michael'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 oh 1st 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 2nd 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 King'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 King's devolved on Captain Robinson. Major-General Riall, who commanded thfe 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 commahd Of a corps of provincial militia; with the local rank of lieutenant- colonel, and on 25th July, 1814, when in commahd of that corps, he was present at the battle of Lundy's Lane, and received a wound. He was promoted x 2 308 APPENDIX II. to be a brevet major on 19th 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 Lieutenant- 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 Lundy's Lane. In Lieutenant-General Gordon Drummond's despatch his name was honourably mentioned. — Vide Records, 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 the night of 12th July, 1814, to carry off the general commanding the American troops encamped hear Fort George. He died in 1816.— Vide Records, p. 85. No. 108. John Fitzgerald received the commission of ensign in the Irish Brigade on 18th January, 1798; on its reduction he was placed oh half-pay, from which he was transferred to the Ninety-sixth on 23rd July, 1803. On 24th April, 1804, he was 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 5th Jul}', 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 1st December, 1807 ; at the capture of Martinique, February, 1809 ; and as a captam during the campaigns in America of 1813-14. No. 1Q9. John Bradbridge served with the regiment during the American .campaigns of 1.81.3-14. He was present at the siege of Fort Erie (August and September, 1814), and 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 APPENDIX II. 309 bayonet, and captured two stand of colours. His conduct was highly commended in despatches. — Vide Records, pp. 75, 76. No. 111. Samuel Hooker received the commission of ensign in the King's on 12th August, 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 1st January and 25th June, 1813. — Vidfi, Records, p. 80, where his name is misprinted Hooper. No. 112. John M'Mahon served with the, regimen^ 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 September, 1812 : was prompted lieutenant 27th July, 1814; transferred 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 15% March, 1821. He served as ensign in the Ninety-first Regiment at the unsuccess ful assault on Bergen-op-Zopm, 8th March, 1814. Bie retired from the service on 7th August, 1835. No. 114 . David Gardtner served as a subaltern with the Eighty-eighth Regiment in tjhe Peninsula during the campaigns of 1812-1,3 Vad 14. He made prisoner an officer pf the French Eighty-eighth. He was placed on half-pay as a lieutenant on 25th March, 1816, and appointed to the King's on 5th 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 21st February, 1851, * Son of Jose Maria Blanco (commonly caUed Blanco White), whose interesting autobiography was ' edited by J. H. Thorn, and pubUshed in London, 1845. 310 APPENDIX II. he was promoted to be an unattached lieutenant-colonel, and placed on half-pay. He died in 1856. No. 116. Robert Stuart Baynes, nephew of Major Simcoe Baynes, and elder brother of Major George Edward Baynes (No. 75 and 82 of this Appendix), was appointed ensign in the King's on 28th July, 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 are : Lieutenant-colonel, 17th June, 1859 ; colonel, 7th September, 1865 ; major-general, 1st October, 1877 (ante dated, 26th March, 1870). He served in the Crimea as military magistrate at Head quarters. For his services in this campaign he was promoted to be brevet major (25th December, 1856), and received the Rritish and Turkish medals. During the Indian Mutiny campaign of 1857 he served with the regiment as captain. He commanded the detachment which pn the night of 12th May was dispatched from Jellundur to secure the fort and magazine of Phillour. He was present at the siege of Delhi, and on the day of the assault (14th September), commanded the leading company of the King's, was severely wounded and had his leg amputated. After retiring on half-pay he held the following appoint ments : — Member of the Ordnance Select Committee ; deputy assistant adjutant-general for militia, Headquarters of the army from 1st May, 1860, to 31st March, 1861 ; military magistrate, Gibraltar, from 1861 to 1868 ; secretary 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 21st April, 1853; paptain, Twenty-first, 22nd April, 1853; exchanged to the King's, 2nd September, 1853 ; exchanged to 'half-pay, 11th July, 1865 ; was prompted 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 ; cpmmanded the regiment at the capture of Burn bastion on the night of 19th September, and the infantry of the column whi&h occupied the Great Mosque on the following day; served as brigade major APPENDIX II. 311 to Colonel Greathed's column ; present at action of Bulandshahr, affair of Allyghur and battle of Agra. Served as brigade major of Third Infantry Brigade at action of Dilkoosha and relief of Lucknow ; at affair of 2nd and action of 6th December near Cawnpore, and at the action of Khuda Gunj (six times mentioned in despatches. Brevet major ; medal and two clasps) . — Vide Records, pp. 105, 10, 11, 14, 20, 25, 26, 27, 36, 43, 48, 76. No. 118. Richard William Woods served in the Buffs at the battle of Punniar (bronze star). He exchanged into the Eightieth Regiment, afterwards (on 1st December, 1862) he was appointed staff officer of Pensioners. He retired from the army with the rank of lieutenant- colonel qn 25th August, 1880. No. 119. Jqhn Ball Campbell served with, the Forty-ninth Regiment in China from May, 1842, until the end of the war. No. 120, Astell Thomas Welsh, exchanged from the Eightieth Foot to the King'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, papture of the great Dagon 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, ano^ expedition into the Boungdey district in February and March. 1852 (medal). During the Mutiny campaign of 18,57 he served with the King's Regiment as captain (medal). — Vide Records, p. 106. No. 121. John Whiteside 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, and soon afterwards into the Ninety-sixth Regiment, in which he was promoted to a company on 11th, March, 1856. Exchanged into the King's, 3rd March, 1857. In 1842 served with the Ninth Regiment as quartermaster-ser jeant in the Afghan campaign under General Pollock (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 Sobraon (medal and clasps). In 1858-59 served as. captain with the King'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.— Vide Records, pp. 143, 45, 46, 47. 312 APPENDIX II. No. 122. Thomas George Souter, son of Captain T. A. Souter, Forty-fourth Regiment, 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 qf 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 Beere 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. Erskine Nimmo Sandilands, was appointed ensign Forty-second, 21st 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 wjth 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 Repoffls, pp. Ill, 14, 17, 20, 33. Nfl. 125. Swinnerton Halliday Dyer. In 1855 served with Nineteenth Regiment at siege of Sebastopol from 2nd January ; present at assaults of the Redan on 18th June and 8th Septem ber ; was also present at bombardment and surrender of Kin- burn (medal and clasp ; Third Class of the Medjidie, and Turkigh medal). No. 126. John W,°i°ds Dimond served in the KafjF war of 1851 in the Roya} Nayy, on board Her Majesty's ship " Hermes " (medal). APPENDIX II. 313 No. 127. Owen Wynne Gray served with the Thirty-ninth at the affair of Gorapore, near Kurnool, on 18th October,. 1839, and also at the battle of Maharajpore 29th December, 1843 (medal). No. 128. George Corry in 1857-58 served with the King's Regiment 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 corumand of a detachment of two hundred men of the regiment. — Vide Records, pp. 143- 176. No. 129. Alexr. Ross Bayly, son of Major Wm. Bayly (vide No. 79), appointed ensign in the King's, 2nd April, 1847. (For other regimental commissions vide Succession List.) Exchanged to Eighty-eighth Foot on 31st January, 1860 ; transferred to Bengal Staff Corps at its formation in 1861 ; employed in Depart ment of Public Works until 1st 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 Bulandshahr, affair of Allyghur, and battle of Agra ; at the action of Dilkoosha and relief of Lucknpw ; at the affair of 2nd and action of 6th December, near Cawnpore, and at the action of Khuda Gunj (medal and clasps). — yide 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, Brigadipr D. F. Evans, commanding Fourth Brigade Ottoman Contingent (Turkish medal). In 1857 served with the King's Regiment from 18th September until close of the campaign ; present at the action of Bulandshahr, affair of Allyghur, and battle of Agra ; at th,e 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, and died on 30th November, 1880,— Vide Records, pp. 126, 133. No. 131. Robert L. Grant M'Grigor served with the King's during the Indiai). Mjitiny campaign of 1857. Present at the siege of Delhi (slightly wounded) ; at the assault and fighting in 814 APPENDIX II. the city during the six subsequent days ; at the action of Buland shahr, affair of AUghur, and battle of Agra ; at the action of Dilkoosha and relief 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). — Vide Records, pp. 114, 20, 21. No. 132. William Frederick Metge 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 the city (wounded) . After wards served in command of the Police Cavalry with General Whitelock's column in Bundelcund (medal and clasp). No. 133. John M'Queen, ensign, Ninth Regiment, 5th Novem ber, 1854, lieutenant 8th March, 1855 ; adjutant, 15th February, 1855, to 7th October, 1879 ; captain, 23rd September, 1859. In 1854-55 served with the Ninth Regiment in the Crimea. Present at battles of Alma, Balaclava, and Inkermann 5 at the siege of Sebastopol ; repulse of sortie on 6th October ; assault on the cemetery on 18th June, and at the fall of the pity (wounded in left arm ; medal and clasps, Fifth Class, of the Medjidie and Turkish medal). No. 134. Lewis John Fillis Jones, ensign (Seventh Fusiliers), 14th July, 1854; lieutenant (Seventh Fusiliers), 8th December, 1854 ; captain (Eighty-eighth Foot) 27th May, 1856. Exchanged to the King's 31st January, 1860. Major, (by brevet) 16th April, 1861, served in the Crimea with the Seventh Fusiliers f rom 20th October, 1854 ; present at the siege of Sebastopol, at the battle of Inkermann (wounded} ; at the repulse of the sorties of 26th October, 1854, 5th April; 1855 (wounded) and 9th May, 1855 ; at the attack and capture of the quarries on 7th June (wounded), and at the attack on the Redan on 18th June, when he was severely wounded in three places. He was also wounded in the trenches on 27th March, 1855 (medal and clasp, and Fifth Class of Order of Medjidie). In 1857-58 he served with the Eighty-eighth Regiment in the Mutiny campaign, was present at the actions near Cawnpore of General Windham's force in November, 1857, also at the action of Bloognapore, the capture of Calpee, and the subjugation of Oudh (medal and clasps). On 16th July, 1861, he was appointed adjutant of a depot battalion, and on 21st January, 1872, he retired from the service with the honorary rank of lieutenantrcolonel ; his brother, Jeremy Peyton Jones, served in the regiment from 3rd July, 1858, until 17th April, 1880 (vide Appendix No. I). No. 135. Frederick Abderson Stebbing. (Fpr date of com mission from ensign to captain, vide Succession. List.) Served APPENDIX II. 315 with the regiment at the siege and assault of Delhi, and at the six days' subsequent fighting in the city : present at the actions of Gungeree, Puttialee, 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. ^Eneas Gordon Blair was present at Jellundur at the outbreak of the Sepoy troops, on the night of 17th June, 1857 (medal). No. 137. John Cusack enlisted as private in the Ninety- seventh on 23rd August, 1839 ; was appointed serjeant-major of it in August, 1854, and received the commission of lieutenant in the Land Transport Corps on 14th June, 1855. He was transferred to the 24th as quartermaster qf the Second Battalion on 13th April, 1858 ; was appointed adjutant of it 3rd February, 1860 ; promoted to an unattached company 6th February, 1863, and exchanged to the King's on 28th August, 1863. He served as serjeant-major of the Ninety-seventh Regiment in the Crimean campaign of 1854-55, and was present at the taking of the quarries ; at the assaults pn the Redan on 18th June and 8th September, and at the fall of Sebastopol (wounded). (Medal with clasp, medal for distinguished con duct in the field, and Turkish medal.) No. 138. Andrew Moynihan, V.C., was born on 1st January,- 1830 ; enlisted as private in the Ninetieth Regiment on 11th September, 1848 ; was appointed serjeant-major of it 29th January, 1856, and received the commission of ensign in the King/s 2nd May, 1856. (For commissions from ensign to captain, vide Succession Lists, Appendix No. I.) In 1854-55 he served as corporal with the Ninetieth Light Infantry during the Crimean campaign and siege of Sebastopol ; was present at capture of quarries 7th June, and at the assaults on the Redan on 18th June and 8th September ; on 8th belonged tp storming party, and was the first man who entered the work; was made prisoner while endeavouring to carry off the body of Lieutenant Swift, but was soon after rescued after receiving two bayonet wounds ; was one of the last men to leave the Redan ; after the troops had retired into the trenches he recrossed the open ground, and under a terrific fire rescued a wounded officer who had fallen near the Redan (medal and clasp, mentioned in despatches, and Victoria Cross, French war medal, and 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 Oudh campaign of 1857-58 he served with the regiment, and was present at the 316 APPENDIX II. capture of the town and fort of Sandee. He died of fever at Malta on 19th May, 1867.— Vide Records, p. 178. No. 139. The Honorable Somerset R. 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 Rajapootana Field Force, and subsequently throughout the operations in Central India and pursuit of the rebel forces under Tantia Topee and Rao Sahib ; present at the siege, assault, and capture of Kotah (medal and clasp) . No. 140. SiDNET H. Jones 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 1854^-55 served in the Crimea as assistant quartermaster-general of the Second In fantry Division of the Turkish Contingent (medal). In 1857-58 served with Sir H. Havelock's column at the relief of Lucknow ; present at storming of Secundrabagh, Shah Nujeef, and Tara Kotee ; afterwards served with Outram's force during occupa tion of the Alumbagh, and a,t 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 pf 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 pn 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, anfl transferred to the King's Regiment as lieutenant, 15th November, 1857. He held the appointment of adjutant of the Second Battalipn from 16th July, 1858, until promoted paptain oh 15th June, 1866 ; prpmpted major by brevet on 13th April, 1879. APPENDIX II. 317 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 Kinburn, 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, 95, 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 the Redan, 8th September (twice wounded)-, at the repulse of the , sprtie 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, he 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 August, 1868, and on 18th May, 1881, retired with the honorary rank of lieutenant- colonel. No. 145. Edwin Jervis served with the Thirty-third Regi ment during the AByssihian 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.— "PicZe Records, pp. 195, 97, 98, 200—03. No. 146. William Toke 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 Saudhurst ; 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 Ashantee war the Op1 dbo company Of Russell's regiment ; was present at 318 APPENDIX II. capture of Adubrassie, battle of Amoaful, capture of Becquah, advanced guard action of Jarbinbah, skirmishes between Ad- wabon and the river Ordah, battle of Ordahsu, and capture 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 Humfrey commanded a company of the Second Battalion during the Afghan campaign of 1879-80 (medal). — Vide Records; p. 201. No. 148. David William Martin. In the Indian Mutiny campaign of 1857=58, while holding the commission of subaltern in the Seventy-fifth Fodt, was employed as assistant field engineer during the siege of Delhi. At the battle of Budlee-ke- Serai, he acted as orderly Officer to the chief engineer (medal with clasp) ; oh 27th September, 1879, he retired on a pen sion with the honorary rank of lieutenant- colonel. — Vide Records, p. 164. No. 149. Stanley Napier Roberts serve'd as captain 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 one clasp). — Vide Records, pp. 163, 95, 201. No. 150. Alfred Lewis' served with the 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 times on his party ; for this service he was mentioned in general orders by Sir F. Williams, and recom mended for promotion. During the Afghan campaigns of 1878- 79-80, he served as captain with the Second Battalion of the King's (medal).— Tide Records, p. 189-97. No. 151. Arthur Henry 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, rm. 197 201. ** APPENDIX II. 319 No. 152. Arthur Ashley Ruck served as musketry in structor with the Second Battalion during the Afghan campaigns , of 1878-79-80 (medal).— Fide Records, p. 190. No. 153. William Richard Orme served as a subaltern in the Second Battalion during the Afghan campaigns of 1878-79- 80 (medal). — Vide Records, p. 197. No. 154. James Mathew Taylor served with the Second Batta lion 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). — Vide Records, pp. 195, 97, 201, 03. No. 155. Frederick James Whalley served as adjutant 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 did duty continuously with the battalion, from 21st November, 1878, the day it entered Afghanistan; until it recrossed the frontier, on 21st October, 1880. He was one of a party of eight officers and privates who, under command 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 and Clasp).— Fide Records, pp. 195, 97, 202. CAPTAINS LIEUTENANTS. 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 wounded at the battle of Fontenoy. — Vide Records, p. 44. LIEUTENANTS; No. 157. John Bazire (or Bezier) served with the regiment in the campaign of 1704; was wounded on 2nd July at the storming of the heights of Schellehberg, and again on 13th August, at the battle of Blenheim.— Vide Records, pp. 21-22. 320 APPENDIX II. No. 158. William Robinson served with the regiment in the campaign in Flanders of 1743, and on 26th June, he was wounded at the battle of Hanau. — Vide Records, p. 42. No. 159. William Rickson served with the regiment in the campaign in the Netherlands of 1746, and was wounded on 11th October at the battle of Roucoux. — Vide Records, p. 47. No. 160. William Morrison served with the regiment in the campaign 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 Eason served with the regiment in the campaign in Egypt of 1801, and oh 13th 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 Villenuve 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 the only casualty recorded. Vide in Bulletins of the Campaigns, a despatch of Sir R. Abercrombie, dated Trinidad, 27th February, 1797. No. 163. Donough O'Brien served with the regiment in the campaign in Egypt of 1801. On 13tn 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 Lloyd 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 cessful attempt made during that siege to turn the American APPENDIX II. 321 position between Snake Hill and the lake.— Vide Records, rm 78. 87, 88. ' ^ ' No, 167, George Nutall served with the First Battalion during the American campaign of 1813. He died of a wound received at the attack of Sackett's Harbour, on 29th May, 1813. —Vide Records, p. 79. No. 168; Charles 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 September, 1814, in a sortie made by the garrison during the siege of Fort Erie. — Vide Records, pp. 82 and 88, where Lieutenant Barstow's name is misprinted Barston. No. 169. James Drummie served with the First Battalion during the campaign in Canada of 1813. He was killed on 27th May, in the action fought near Fort George. — Vide Records, p. 78. No. 170. John Thorne Wayland served with the First Battalion in the campaigns in America of 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, 181 6. Subsequently he served as a captain in the Canadian Rifles (13th March, 1827). He was promoted brevet-major 23rd November, 1841, and letircd from the army in 1850. In the Army List of 1809 and of several subsequent years, 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 1813-1 4. After the sur prise of the American camp at Stoney Greek, 5th June, 1813, he was twice employed in carrying despatches. — Vide Records, p. 80. No. 172. Edward Boyd served with the First Battalion during the campaigns in America of 1813-14. He was wounded on the night of 5th June, 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 322 APPENDIX II. was present at the actions at York Town, Sackett's Harbour, Stoney Creek, Chippawa, Lundy's Lane, and at the siege of Fort Erie. He was appointed paymaster of the regiment on 10th July, 1832, and died of inflammation in the bowels at Up Park Camp, Jamaica, on 26th May, 1836. No. 174. John Lowry served with the First Battalion during the campaigns in America of 1813-14, and was present at the actions of Prescot, Sackett's Harbour, Chippawa, Lundy's Lane, assault on Fort Erie, and repulse of sortie. He was shot through the body on 29th May, 1813, at the attack on Sackett's Harbour, received a contusion at Lundy's Lane, and was severely wounded during the siege of Fort Erie, at the sortie made by the garrison on 17th September, 1814. He was placed on half-pay on 13th July, 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. Richard Nicholson 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 February, 1813. — Vide Records, p. 76. No. 177. Brooke Young served with the First Battalion during the campaigns in America of 1813-14. He was wounded on the attack on Black Rock on 30th December, and again on 15th August, 1 814, at the attack made by the flank companies for the purpose of turning the position between Snake Hill and the lake, during the siege of Fort Erie. — Vide Records, pp. 82 and 88. No. 178. Alexander Greig served with the First Battalion during the campaigns in America of 1813-14. He was wounded on 29th May, 1813, at the attack on Sackett's Harbour. 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 staff adjutant to Colonel Pearsou. He was placed on half-pay 25th March, 1817 ; appointed paymaster of the Eighty-third Regiment 10th April, 1823, and retired from the service in 1826.— Fide Records, pp. 79—84. No. 179. Robert Macnair served with the First Battalion during the campaign in America of 1814 ; was present at the siege of Fort Erie, and was made prisoner during the sortie of the garrison, on 17th September.— Fide Records, p. 88. No. 180. Thomas Swayne served as ensign with the First Battalion during the campaign in America of 1814. He was wounded at the battle of Lundy's Lane, 25th June, 1814. — Vide Records, p. 87. No. 181. George Charles Lord Bingham (afterwards third Earl of Lucan, G.C.B.) was appointed ensign in the Sixth Foot, 29th August, 1816 ; exchanged into Third Foot Guards on the 24th, and to half-pay on 25th December, 1818 ; exchanged into the King'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 of major-general on 11th November, 1851, of lieutenant-general, 24th December, 1858, and of general, 28th August, 1865. He was appointed colonel of the Eighth Light Dragoons, 17th November, 1855, and of the First Life Guards, 22nd February, 1865. From 21st 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 Kennicott 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. I.) He served with the regiment as a subaltern during the Indian Mutiny campaign of 1857, and acted as orderly officer to Colonel Greathed at the actions of Bulandshahr and Alighur, 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 Khuda Gunj 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 2 324 APPENDIX II. from the service on 2nd November, 1866, and died 18th June, 1868.— Fide Records, p. 127. No. 184. William Waldegrave 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 June, 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 23rd he received a slight wound. On thp 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 17th March, 1858. He served with the regiment as adjutant during the Mutiny campaign of 1857-58. Was present at the outbreak of the Native troops at Jellundur on the night of 7th June ; 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. 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 Agra, 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, 20. No. 186. Timothy Walsh enlisted as a private in the Forty- eighth Regiment on 17th November, 1825, was transferred to the Fifty-fifth Regiment 1st August, 1834, of which regiment he was appointed serjeant-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 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 October, 1841, capture of Chapoo, Woosung, and Shanghae, and at the escalade of Heling Kiang (medal). On 11th October, 1853, he exchanged with the quartermaster of the Twenty-ninth Regiment. No. 187. Thomas Beattie Grierson 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 Umballa on 4th September, 1857. — Vide Records, pp. 110—112. No. 188. Charles Sutherland Dowson served in the Twenty- ninth Regiment during the campaign in the Punjab of 1848- 49. He was present at the affair of Ramnugger, at the passage of the Chenab, and at the battles of Ohillianwallah and Goojerat (medal and two clasps). No. 189. Graham Egerton Huddleston 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 Bulandshahr, affair of Alighur, battle of Agra, affair of 2nd and action of 6th December, near Cawnpore, and at the action of Khuda Gunj (medal and clasp). On 6th September, 1861, he exchanged into the 52nd Regi ment, in which he served as paymaster until 1869. Afterwards (in 1871) he was appointed paymaster in the Seventieth Foot, and continued to serve in it until his death, on 15th February, 1877. No. 190, Thomas Mackesey 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 to 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 Robert Webb, served with the regiment during the Indian Mutiny campaign of 1857. He was present at the outbreak of the Sepoys at Jellundur, on the night of 7th June ; at the march from Jellundur to Delhi, 14th to 28th June ; 326 APPENDIX II. at the repulse of the sorties of 9th, 14th, 18th, and 23rd July, and at 'the assault of the city on 14th September. He was mortally wounded during the advance from the breach to the Moree bastion, and died on the following day. — Vide Records, pp. 114, 120. No. 192. Hobart Evans Fitzgerald served in the Crimea in 1854-55, with the Fifth Dragoon Guards. He was present at the battles of Balaklava, Inkermann, and Tchernaya, and at the siege and fall of Sebastopol (medal and three clasps). No. 193. Charles Norris Fry served with the 18th Royal Irish in the Crimea. No. 194. William Edgeworth (of Edgeworthstown), nephew of Maria Edgeworth, served with the regiment during the Mutiny campaign of 1857. He was present at the siege and assault of Delhi, and did duty with the artillery, to which he was attached as a volunteer. He was severely wounded in the action of Bulandshar, 27th September, 1857. Shortly afterwards he exchanged into the Fifth Royal Irish Light Dragoons, and was promoted captain the Third Dragoon Guards, 12th March, 1861. He died of cholera at Bombay, on 25th June, 1863. No. 195. William Unwin enlisted as private in the Twentieth Regiment, on 15th November, 1839, was appointed quarter master serjeant, 1st January, 1856, and received the commission of ensign in it on 8th April, 1858, was promoted lieutenant, 11th April, 1859, and was transferred to the King's, 4th May, 1860. In 1854-55 he served in the Crimea with the Twentieth Regi ment as quartermaster serjeant, present at the battles of Alma, Balaklava, and Inkermann, siege of Sebastopol, assaults of Redan on 18th June and 8th September, and at the fall of the city ; present also at the capture of Kinburn (medal with four clasps, and Turkish medal). In 1857-58 served with the Twentieth Regiment, first as quartermaster 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 Banhee (medal and clasp). He also received a medal for long service and good conduct. No. 196. Arthur Holden Turner served in 1859 with the 28th Regiment, at the storming of the forts on Beyt Island, and at the siege and capture of Dwarka. No. 197. Frederick Bartholomew Joseph Jerrard held an appointment in the Transport Service during the Ashantee war of APPENDIX II. 327 187.3-74. During the five days preceding the capture of Coomassie, he was employed in protecting communications north of the Prah (medal). On 24th June, 1875, as 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 Rifle Volunteer Corps. No. 198. George Villiers 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 Thel 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 (medal and clasp). On 24th January, 1880, he was promoted to an unattached 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 Brereton 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 Records, pp. 195, 202. No. 200. Llewellyn Salusbury 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 clasp). — Vide Records, 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 Records, pp. 195, 98. No. 202. Percy Schletter served with the Second Battalion during the Afghan campaigns of 1878-79-80 (medal).— Vide Records, 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 328 APPENDIX II. battle of the Peiwar Kotal (medal and clasp). — Vide Records, p. 195. No. 204. Joseph Hume Balfour served with the Second Battalion during 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 (medal and clasp). — Vide Records, pp. 194, 195. No. 205. O'Donnell Colley Grattan 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 at the action of A-li Kheyl (medal and clasp) . — Vide Records, pp. 195, 200. No. 206. Edward Lieven Maisey served with the Second Battalion during 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 Peiwar Kotal (medal and clasp). — Vide Records, pp. 195, 200. No. 207. Charles' Gray Robertson (son of Lieutenant- Colonel A. Cuningham Robertson, 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 Peiwar Kotal. During the campaigns of 1879-80, he served in the Transport Department, and was attached to the force of Sir Frederick Roberts. 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 ; 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 Records, 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 others. For this service the party was thanked in divisional orders (medal and clasp).: — Vide Records, pp. 195, 197. No. 209. Horatio James Evans served with the Second APPENDIX II. 329 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 at the action of Ali Kheyl ; he was one of four officers who did duty continuously with the battalion from 21st November, 1878, the day on which it entered Afghanistan, until it recrossed the frontier on 21st October, 1880 (medal and clasp). — Vide Records, pp. 195, 202, No. 210. John Burnard Edwards served with the Second Battalion during 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 four officers who did duty continuously 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 Augustus Milman Fowler served with the Second Battalion during the Afghan campaign of 1879-80 (medal) , No. 212. Colin Alex. Robertson Blackwell served (as second lieutenant) with the Second Battalion during the Afghan cam paign of 1879-80 (medal). No, 213. Stapleton Lynch Cotton served with the Second Battalion during the Afghan campaign of 1879-80 (medal). ENSIGNS, SUB-LIEUTENANTS AND SECOND LIEUTENANTS. No. 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.— Vide Records, p. 21. No. 215. Justine Holdmann was mortally wounded and taken prisoner at the battle of Dunblane (12th November, 1715). He was a young officer of great promise and conspicuous for his personal valour. — Vide Records, pp. 37, 38, No. 216. — - Glenkennedy was taken prisoner at the battle of Dunblane (12th November, 1718).— Fide Records, p. 38. No. 217, Thomas Wilson served with the regiment during 330 APPENDIX II. the campaign in the Netherlands of 1747, and was wounded at the battle of Val. — Vide Records, p. 48. No. 217a. John Bruce, after serving as a non-commissioned officer and attaining the rank of serjeant-major, received the commission of ensign on 17th February, 1745. He was severely wounded at the battle of Culloden, 16th April, 1745, and retired on half-pay on 18th April, 1749, — Vide Records, p. 46. No. 218. Archibald McMurdo, brother of Bryce McMurdo, and father of W. M. S. McMurdo (No, 101), was born in 1775; he was appointed ensign in the King'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 died in Dumfries on 11th October, 1829. No. 219. Lorenzo 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, 1796 (note in MS. Volume, Library, Royal U.S. Institution) . No. 220. Donald JEneas Macdonald was 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 17th September, 1814.— Vide 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 (vide No. 101), was appointed ensign in the King's on 1st July, 1837. He was promoted to be a lieutenant in the Twenty- second Foot on 5th 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 1st April, 1857, until February, 1860. He was gazetted major- APPENDIX II. 331 general on 27th March, 1868 ; lieutenant-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 quartermaster-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, 1866, and 4th March, 1873, he held the following commands: — 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 Meeanee, 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 again served as assistant quartermaster-general to Sir Charles Napier, 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 troops in the expedition against the Afreedies, and was present at the 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 Mountstevkn 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 Records, p. 109. PAYMASTERS. No. 224. Bartholomew Hartley served as lieutenant in the Royal York Rangers at the surrender of Martinique and taking of Guadaloupe in 1815. His son Richard Wilson Hartley was ap- 332 APPENDIX II. pointed ensign in the regiment on 26th October, 1841, and served in it until 16th January, 1857, when he exchanged into the Ninety- second Regiment. He is now serving 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 medal). He died in 1881. QUARTERMASTERS. No. 226. John Ross enlisted as private in the King's Regi ment on 7th March, 1826, on 25th of December of the same year he attained the rank of serjeant; on 15th November, 1840, he was appointed quartermaster-serjeant, and on 8th November, 1842, received the commission of quartermaster. He served with the regiment during 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 uncle 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, 1858. He served as a company serjeant R.A. in the trenches before Sebastopol from 17th October, 1854, until the fall of the town, 8th September, 1855. He was present at the battle of Inker mann, and was wounded on 17th June, 1855, while doing duty in the trenches. He 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). He died at Futtehghur on 22nd September, 1859. No. 228. John Keatinge 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 colour-serjeant during the Indian Mutiny campaign of APPENDIX II. 333 1857-58-59. Was present at the siege, assault, and capture of Delhi ; at the battle of Agra and other actions of Colonel Great hed's column; at the relief of Lucknow; at the actions near Cawnpore on 2nd and 6th December ; at the action of Khuda Gunj 2nd January, 1858, 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 McKenzie's farm, battles of Alma and Inkermann, 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 King'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 officer with the regiment during the Mutiny campaigns of 1857-58-59, and was present at Jellundur when the Sepoy troops mutinied on the night of 7th June ; at the siege, assault, and capture 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, 1859. No. 231. George Russel Holt White served as a non-com missioned officer with Ninth Lancers 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 Goojerat (medal with two clasps), and during the Indian Mutiny campaigns of 1857-58-59; was present at* the battle of Budlee-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, 1857 ; actions at Serai-ghat and Khuda Gunj ; at the siege and capture of Lucknow ; at the summer campaign of 1858 in Oudh and Rohilcund; present at actions of Rhodamore, Aligunj, Bareilly, and Shahjehanpoor ; at the pursuit to Mahumdee; passage of the Gogra at Fyzabad ; operations on the Nepaul frontiers 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, 1858 ; he attained the rank of serjeant 334 appendix ii. on 17th February, 1863, was appointed orderly room clerk, 20th October, 1865, and quartermaster-serjeant on 7th December, 1870. On 31st January, 1877, he received the commission of quartermaster, in which rank he 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.) SURGEONS. No. 233. Francis Charles Annesley served with the regi ment as surgeon in medical charge of the regiment during the siege, assault, 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 Kaffir war of 1851-53, and on the death of the surgeon succeeded to the medical charge of the regiment (medal.) No. 235. John Irvine, M.D. In 1857-58 served with General Havelock's column, in medical charge of Royal Artil lery ; present at actions of Futtehpore, Aoung, Pandoo Nuddee, Cawnpore, Oonac, Busseerut Gunj, Mungawara, Alumbagh, 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 Clark Brady served in the Fifty-seventh Regiment during the campaign in the Crimea of 1854-55 ; he was present at the battles of Balaklava and Inkermann, 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 Kinburn (mentioned in despatches ; medal, clasp, and Turkish medal). No. 237. Grahame Auohinleck 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. appendix ii. 33,5 ASSISTANT SURGEONS. No. 238. William Henry Yates. In 1857 served with the regiment at the siege of Delhi, and was in medical charge of the regiment during the subsequent operations ; present at action of Bulandshahr; affair of Allyghur, battle of Agra, action of Dilkoosha, relief of Lucknow ; affair of 2nd and action of 6th December, near Cawnpore, and at the action of Khuda Gunj (medal and two clasps). No. 239. Thomas James 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 Regiment in 1857 ; at the siege, assault, and capture of Delhi. No. 240. James Saltus Conyers served with the force under Sir Garnet Wolseley during the Ashantee war of 1873-74. He was present at the battle of Amoaf ul, attack and capture of Becquah, battle of Ordahsu and capture of Coomassie (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, C. 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. Burgess, L. Jones, R. Jones, C. Delaney (p. 195). 336 APPENDIX III. APPENDIX No. III. A. Establishment of the Non-Commissioned Officers, Drummers, and Privates, King's Regiment, at various periods from 1802 to 1881. Extracted from War Office Returns. 1st Battalion. CD 1 raB m DO H O&o 1 O H2 A O A December 25th, 1802, Gibraltar . . 10 35 22 40 710 „ , 1804, Home 10 44 22 40 760 „ 1807 do 10 •54 22 50 950 „ 1811, Canada 10 55 22 50 950 „ 1813 do 11 63 22 58 950 July 25th, 1815, Home 10 55 22 50 950 September 25th, 1816 do 10 45 22 40 760 October 25th, 1818, Ma'ta 10 35 22 30 620 August 25th, 1821 , Ionian Islands . . 8 29 12 24 552 December 25th, 1824, Home .8 30 12 24 551 - „ 1825 do. .. 10 42 14 36 704 January 1st, 1831, Nova Scotia 10 43 14 36 703 August 12th, 183y do. 10 47 14 40 760 April 1st, 1843, Home 10 47 17 40 760 1846 do. . . 10 58 21 50 950 July 24th, 1857, India 12 67 25 60 1,140 April 1st, 1858 do. 12 66 25 60 1,140 July 3rd, 1860, at sea 12 67 25 60 1,140 September 5th, 1860, Home . 12 57 25 50 900 February 14th, 1862 do. . 12 57 25 50 850 AprU 1st, 1863 do. . 12 58 25 50 750 1865 do. . 12 56 25 50 710 1866, Malta 12 57 25 50 710 , 1867 do... 12 59 25 50 750 , 1868 do... 12 59 25 50 860 , 1870, India 10 56 21 48 872 , 1872 do. . . 10 55 19 50 870 1873 do. . . 8 49 17 40 780 August 1st, 1878, Aden 8 41 17 40 560 April 1st, 1879, Home 8 42 16 40 440 August 1st, 1881 do. 8 42 16 40 440 APPENDIX III. 337 2nd Battalion. Formation ordered 25th December, 1804. m CD '1 i CO U CDa (a CO P PS a l < 23rd to lt3th June, 1803 20 Liverpool to Chelms ford (in 3 division's) 3 17 251 14-8 19th July, 1803 1 Chelmsford to Dun- bury Camp 1 1 5 5 24th November, 1803 . ., 1 Dunbury Camp to Chelmsford 1 1 5 5 19th to 28th Dee., 1803 10 Chelmsford to Woodbridge 2 4 55 16-2 6th and 7th Aug., 1804 2 Woodbridge to Lei den Heath 1 2 27 13-5 25th October, 1804 1 Lexden Heath to Colchester 1 1 1 I 4th to 23rd -July, 1805 . 20 Colchester to Sun derland 3 17 263 14-9 6th October, 1B06 1 Sunderland to North and South Shields 1 1 9 9 8th October, 1806 1 North and South Shields to Sunder land 1 1 9 9 1 Sunderland to Tyne- mouth 1 1 9 9 2nd May, 1807 1 Tynemouth to New castle 1 1 9 9 9th May, 1807 ... 1 Newcastle to Sun derland 1 1 13 13 1 Sunderland to New castle 1 1 13 13 8th to 19th June, 1807 12 Newcastle to Liver pool Liverpool to Hull . . 3 11 178 16-2 26th Oct. to 4th Nov,, 1807 29th May to 24th June, 10 2 9 , 145 16 1 27 Hull to Crediton . . . 3 24 341 14-5 1809 27th to 29th June, 1809 3 Crediton to Ply mouth 3 3 48 16 26th and 27th April, 2 Plymouth to Dart 2 1 16 16 1813 moor 21st and 22nd May 2 Dartmoor to Ply mouth 2 1 16 16 15th April" to 2nd May, 18 Plymouth to Monks- 1814 , town (by sea) 2nd and 3rd May, 1814 2 Monkstown to Mal low — 2 21 10-5 7th to 10th May, 1814 4 Mallow to Limerick 4 3 35 11-7 1st and 2nd Sept., 1814 2 Limerick to Birr. . . . 2 41 20-5 31st Oct. and 1st Nov., 2 Birr to Mullingar. . . — 3 39 19-5 24th to 27th Feb., 1816 4 Mnllingar to Dublin 2 2 38 19 29th Feb. and 3rd Mar., 4 Dublin to Liverpool 1816 (by sea) Total 109 1,587 14-5 APPENDIX VI. 357 During this period the number of volunteers given by the regiment was : to the navy in 1803, thirty-three ; to the line in 1805, one hundred and eighty-three ; in 1807-8, three hundred and seventy ; in 1809-10, two hundred and eighty-six ; in 1811, two hundred and seven ; in 1812, one hundred and seven ; in 1813, two hundred and twenty-two ; in 1814, fifteen. Total number of volunteers to the army and navy from 1803 to 1814, one thousand four hundred and twenty-eight. On the 20th of June, 1803, the establishment was augmented to twelve companies, fifty-five officers, and one thousand three hundred and sixty-eight non-commissioned officers and privates ; and on the 9th of July a circular was received authorizing two lieutenant-colonels, two adjutants, and two serjeant-majors to be borne on the establishment, thereby increasing the total strength of the officers to fifty-seven, and the non-commissioned officers and privates to one thousand three hundred and sixty-nine. On the 31st December, 1803, a letter from His Majesty King George the Third, dated Windsor, 25th December, was commu nicated to the Earl of Derby, authorizing the regiment and also the other Lancashire Militia Corps to bear on their colours the Red Rose, the ancient badge of the County Palatine. On the 27th January, 1804, permission was given to form two rifle companies. On the 12th of July, 1805, the extra lieutenant-colonel, adju tant, and serjeant-major were struck off the strength, and the es tablishment reduced to ten companies, thirty-seven officers, and nine hundred and eighteen non- commissioned officers and privates. In March, 1808, the establishment of non-commissioned officers and privates was increased to one thousand one hundred and thirty-two, but no change was made in the number of officers. On the 11th of October, 1811, the establishment of non-commissioned officers and privates was again reduced to nine hundred and eighteen. On the 13th of April, 1814, orders having been received that the regiment (which had been stationed at Plymouth for nearly four years) was to embark for Ireland, Major-General Browne, who commanded the garrison, published a farewell order from which the following is an extract : " The Major- " General regrets the departure of the regiment, because in all " points it was an example to other corps both as to interior " management and outward soldier- like appearance. To Colonel " Wilson, their worthy and excellent commander, the Major- " General requests the acceptance of his warmest acknowledge- " ments." On the 28th of May, 1814, Major-General Darby command ing at Limerick, after finishing the inspection of the troops under his command, published an order in which the following words occur : — 2 A 2 358 APPENDIX VI. " The fine appearance of the Lancashire Regiment was con- " spicuous, its movements were well executed, exact and steady. " The conduct of that cOrps in the field, particularly with regard " to its correctness in its movements, is worthy of imitation." The regiment was disembodied at Liverpool on the 15th of March, 1816. The adjutant, paymaster, quartermaster, surgeon, serjeant-major, drum-major, twenty-sevenserjeants, twenty-seven corporals, and twelve drummers, were retained on the peace establishment. In a letter dated the 8th of March, from Lord Palmerston, Secretary of State, giving instructions respecting the disembodi ment of the regiment, his lordship said : "I am commanded to " express to you the very great satisfaction which His Royal " Highness (the Prince Regent) has received from the ex- li emplary and meritorious services of the corps." Lord Stanley, the colonel of the regiment, also received a letter dated Horse Guards, 6th March, 1816, in which the Adjutant-General, Sir Harry Calvert, says : " I have received " the Commander-in-Chief's commands to desire that your lord- " ship will express to the officers, non-commissioned officers and " private soldiers of the regiment, the just sense which His " Royal Highness entertains of the zeal with which they have " continued in the performance of their military duties, after the " period when the termination of hostilities on the Continent " enabled the Prince Regent to dispense with the services of the " greater part of the militia forces. The Commander-in-Chief " desires to offer this testimony of his approbation in addition to " that which the Second Royal Lancashire- Regiment shares in " common with the militia force of the United Kingdom, for the " services performed during the late eventful war." Section Y .—Disembodied from the 15th of March, 1816, till the 18th of December, 1854. On the 11th of May, 1829, the establishment of the regi mental staff was reduced to one adjutant, one serjeant-major, twenty Serjeants, one drum-major, and seven drummers. On. the 28th of April, 1831, a letter was received from Lord Melbourne, Secretary of State, signifying His Majesty's pleasure that the three regiments of Royal Lancashire Militia should for the future be called the Duke of Lancaster's Own Regiment of Militia. On the 30th of April, 1833, a circular was issued notifying that lots had been drawn at the Palace of St. James's, in pre sence of the King, to determine finally and permanently the precedency of militia regiments, and that one hundred and thirteen had been the number drawn for the regiment. On the 8th of November, 1854, a letter was addressed by Lord Palmerston, Secretary of State, to the Earl of Sefton, Lord APPENDIX VI. 359 Lieutenant of the County of Lancaster, permitting the regiment to become a rifle corps, and authorizing a change 'of uniform from red to green at the next issue of clothing. Between 1816 and 1852 the regiment was only once called out for training, viz., in 1832, when it was embodied at Liver pool for twenty-eight days. In each of the years, 1852, 1853, and 1854, it was assembled for twenty- eight days' training, head quarters during that time being at Rupert House, Liverpool. Section VI. — Embodied from the 18th of December, 1854, to the 22nd July, 1856. In consequence of the exigencies of the Crimean War the regiment was embodied for service at Liverpool on the 18th of December, 1854, During this period it was stationed at Glasgow, and gave about five hundred men as volunteers to the line : while quartered there barracks for the permanent staff and store rooms were erected by the county at St. Domingo- road, Liverpool, in which the head-quarters of the corps was established, at the termination of its embodied service on the 22nd of July, 1S56. Section VII. — Disembodied, 22nd July, 1856, to 27th September, 1858. The regiment assembled at Liverpool for training and exer cise : — On 1 May, 1871, for 27 days. „ 6 May, 72, „ 27 „ ,. 5 May, 73, „ 27 „ „ 4 May, 74, „ 27 „ „ 3 May, 75, „ 27 „ „ IMay, 76, „ 27 „ „ 5 Mar., 77 (recruits), for 83 days. „ 30 April, 77 (regiment), for 27 days. „ 4 Mar., 78 (recruits), for 83 days. „ 29 April, 78 (regiment), for 27 days. On the 19th of December, 1878, the head-quarters and per manent staff of the regiment were removed from St. Domingo Militia Barracks, Liverpool, to Oxford Barracks, Warrington, the head-quarters of the Thirteenth Brigade Depot. (Vide Recofds, pp. 159 and 186.) Instructions were given that a de tachment of non-commissioned officers, under the superinten dence of the adjutant, should proceed to Liverpool, three days in each week to carry on recruiting. On 1st July, 1881, the 2nd Royal Lancashire was incor porated with the Eighth, the King's Regiment, and its two battalions were designated the third and fourth battalions of The King's (Liverpool Regiment). At the same time the number In 1857, no training. On 27 Sept., 1858, for 28 days. „ 4 July, 59, „ 21 „ ,. 23 April, 60, „ 27 „ „ 22 April, 61, „ 27 „ „ 8 May, 62, „ 21 „ „ 29 April, 63, „ 21 „ „ 18 April, 64, „ 21 „ ,. 1 May, 65, „ 27 „ „ 16 April, 66, „ 27 „ „ 29 April, 67, „ 27 „ „ 20 April, 68, „ 27 „ „ 26 April, 69, „ 27 „ „ 25 April, 70, „ 27 „ 360 APPENDIX VI. of the sub-district was altered from the Thirteenth to the Eighth. — (Vide Records, p. 205.) The regiment was embodied at Warrington for training and exercise — regiment, on 9th June, for 20 days. „ ,, 7th June, for 27 days. „ „ 6th June, for 27 days. In 1879. Eeeruits, on 28th April, for 63 days „ *1880. „ „ 26th April, for 69 days „ *1881. „ „ 25th April, for 69 days B D E F SUCCESSION LIST OF COLONELS.")- JEdward Lord Stanley Hon. Thomas Stanley .. Hon. Charles James Fox Stanley Sir Thomas Hesketh, Bart. Nicholas Blundell 1 Mar. 1797 R June 1847 R 1 Mar. 48 K 1 Mar. 52 D 5 Sept. 72 8 May 1847 1 Mar. 48 1 Mar. 42 20 Aug. 1872 Gren. Gds. SUCCESSION LIST OF LIEUTENANT-COLONELS. Henry Richmond Gale A 1 Mar. 1797 R Dec. 1799 Edward Wilson P 11 Dec. 99 D 12 Feb. 1823 William Horton. . P 24 July 1803 D 15 AprU 16 Robert Entwistle P 23 May 23 Nicholas Blundell P 9 Nov. 70 R 26 July 81 Hon. Frederick A. Stanley P 16 May 74 T 16 May 74 Gren. Gds. A. Cuningham Robertson A 24 Mar. 75 P 2 Oct, 76 8th Ft. (the King's) Charles S. G-arraway P 28 Oct. 76 S Richard Geo. Bomford Bolton . P 27 July 81 S R. H. Gds. SUCCESSION LIST OF MAJORS. Sir Thomas Hesketh, Bart. Edward Wilson . . James Starkey . . Edward Brooks . . William Horton. . Thomas Ash ton . . William Nicholson George Bigland . . Robert Entwistle Hon. Edward Stanley 1 Mar. 1797 R 26 June 98 P 17 Oct. 98 P 17 Dee. 99 R 22 Oct. 1802 P 8 Mar. 03 R 26 July 03 R 27 Sept. 11 R 14 May 17 P 20 Oct. 20 11 25 June 1798 11 Dee. 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-seven 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 SUCCESSION LIST OF MAJORS— continued. James Hilton E. G. Hornby Sir Thomas Hesketh, Bart. James Wardlaw. . Nicholas Blundell Robert Johnson Hon. Frederick A. Stanley Alexander T. Knight . . Charles S. Garraway Richard Geo. Bomford Bolton Henry S. Beresford Bruce George C. Bancroft George T. Bolton Sir ThomaB G. F. Hesketh, Bart Tbomas Gardner 16 April 6 Dec. 1825 27 21 Feb. 46 P 4 Oct. 52 D 3 Nov. 52 P 30 Oct. 67 R 27 April 19 Nov. 70 72 P R 16 May 16 May 16 Oct. 74 7475 PP R 3 Mar. 77 R 29 Oct. 79 S 27 July 27 July 81 81 S s 1 Mar. 1852 3 Oct. 25 Sept. 24 Aug. 16 May 21 April 28 Oct. 27 July 30 June 12 Sept. 67 7269 74 7676 81 81 79 Gren. Gds. R. H. Gds. Rifle Brig. Boy. Navy SUCCESSION LIST OF ADJUTANTS. 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 34 John Wilde A 21 May 04 R 15 Mar. 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 April 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 D »* HARRISON AND SONS, PEINTEES IN OEDINAEY TO HER MAJESTY, ST. MAETIN's LANE. Abvuan AiisuBAiNn =