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Full Half
Pay. Pay.
The Oxfordshire Light Infantry.
Second Lieutenants.
i Francis Harry Stapleion
2 Edward Robert Clayton
2 Charles Alexander Uardwell .
2 C.yril Halsted Frith
Charles Evelyn Forrest
Lancelot Edward Seth Ward ..
John Arthur Ballard
Paymasters. — i
2 Roger C. R. Owen, Lieut. 2 Battalion {acting),
Quarter Masters. — r Arthur Bysshe Molesworth, 29 July 96 ;
2 Thomas King, 24 Nov. 97; Hon. Lieut.
2ND LIEiUT.
2 Feb.
07
20 Feb.
97
24 Mar.
Q7
8 Sept.
97
1 Dec.
97
1 Dec.
97
1 Dec.
97
[the Colonial Office.
Son. Lieut., serving in West Africa, under
Facings White. — Agents, Messrs. Cox and Co.
1st Baft, returned from India, 1887. 2nd Batt. embarked for Gibraltar, 18S4.
1 Lt. General Wilkinson served with the 42nd Highlanders in the Crimea up to Oct. 1854, including the-
battle of Alma and siege of Sebastopol (Medal with two Clasps, 5th Class of the Medjidie, and Turkish Medal).
Served the campaign of 1857-58 against the mutineers in India, including the action at Khodagunj. siege and fail
of Lucknow, attack on the Fort of Rooyah, action of Allygunge, and capture of Bareilly (Medal with Clasp).
3 Major the Hon. A. E. Dalzell served in the operations in Burmah in 1891-92 in command cf the Maingkhwan
Column.
23 Captain Davies served with the Burmese Expedition in 1387-88 (Medal with Clasp).
24 Lieut. Powys served in the Wuntho Expedition with a detachment of the 2nd Oxfordshire Light Infantry
(Medal with Clasp) .
25 Captain Stanton served with the Dongola Expeditionary Force under Sir Herbert Kitchener in 1896 with ths
nth Soudanese Battalion, including the engagement at Firket and the operations at Ha fir (mentioned in des-
patches, Khedive's Medal with two Clasps).
26 Lieut. Owen served with the Manipore Expedition under Major General Graham in 1891 as Superintendent
of Army Signalling Tammu Column (Medal with Clasp) ; and with the Wuntho Expedition under Major General
Wolseley in 1891 as Superintendent of Army Signalling (mentioned in despatches, Clasp).
27 Lieut. Feilden. — See Civil Decorations for Gallant^', " Hart's Annual Army List," p. 7S6.
Record of the Services of the 1st Battalion Oxfordshire Light Infantry ,— formerly the 43rd (Monmouthshire
Light Infantry) Regiment.
Raised in 1741. Minorca, to 1747. Ireland, to 1757. America, to 1761. West Indies, to 1763. America, to 1764.
England, to 1774. America, to 1783. England, to 1787. Ireland, to 1792. West Indies, to 1795. England, to
1797. West Indies, to 1800. England, to 1801. Channel Islands, to 1803. England, to July 3807. Denmark, to
Nov. 1807. England, to 1808. The Peninsula, to 1808 (battle of Vimiera). England, to 1809 (one company
remaining in the Peninsula). The Peninsula, to July 1814 (battles of Corunna, Busaco, Fuentes d'Onor, Ciudail
Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Nivelle, Nive, and Toulouse). England, to Oct. 18.14. Gulf of Mexico, to
March 1815. England and Belgium, to July 1815. France, to Oct. 1818. England, to 1819. Ireland, to 1823.
Gibraltar and Portugal, to 1827. Gibraltar, to 1830. England, to 1832. Ireland, to 7834. America, to 1846..
England, to 1848. Ireland, to 1851. Capeof Good Hope, to 1853. India, to 1863. New Zealand, to 1866. England,,
to 1868. Channel Islands, to 1869. Ireland, to 1872. India, to 187a. Burmah, to 1882. India, to 1887. England,
1887.
Record of the Services of the 2nd Battalion Oxfordshire Light Infantry {formerly the 52nd Light Infantry}.
Raised in 1755 as the 54th Foot. Numbered 52nd, 1757. To Ireland, 175S. To Canada, 1765. To North
America, 1774. To England, 1778. (Entitled " The Oxfordshire Regiment," 1782.) To India, 1783. To England,
1798. Formed as the 1st Light Infantry Regiment in 1803. To Sicily, 1806. To England, 1808. To Portugal,
1808 (battles of Vimiera and Corunna). To England, 1809. To the' Peninsula, 1809 (battles of Busaco, Fuentes
d'Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz. Salamanca., Vittoria, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, and Toulouse). To England, 1814.
To Belgium, 1815 (battle of Waterloo). [2nd Battalion raised in 1807, and proceeded to Copenhagen. To England,
1808. To Belgium, 1S14. To England, 1815. Disbanded, 1816.] To England, 1818. To Canada, 1824. To Eng-
land, T831. To Gibraltar, 1837. To West Indies, 1838. To Canada, 1842. To England, 1848. To India, 1853;
(capture 'of Delhi). To England, 1864. To Malta, 1S68. To Gibraltar, 1873. To England, 1874. (Entitled
" Oxfordshire Light Infantry," 1881.) To Gibraltar, 1884. To Egypt, 1885. To India, 1886.