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The LuJce of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment).
32.6.
Lieutenants.
2 Henry Paton Rogers {Depot)
1 Allan Armstrong
Thomas Roche
1 Herbert Archibald Douglas
Cecil Arbuthnot Law
2 Mordaunt Cyril Richards
1 Charles Henry Kemble Chauney
1 Frederick William Stoddart
Second Lieutenants.
1 John D'Oyly, Commandant Ghizree'^
Sanitarium )
1 Charles Ernest Somers Cox
1 Myles Lonsdall Forrnby
2 George Monreal
1 Charles Edward Beevor Steele
Douglas George Nugent Irvine )
Wimberley $
Laurence Oliver Falaise Mellish
Ernest Radcliffe Cockburn
1 Alexander Wellesley Timmis
1 Lindsay Eiiott Lumley Burne
Trevor Irvine Nevitt Mears
Theophilus Hastings Parker
2N1I LIEUT.
10 Oct. Q4
20 Feb. 95
29 May 95
2q May 95
19 June 95
12 Dec. 94
7 Dec. 95
21 Dec. 95
29 Feb. 96
25 Mar. 96
9 Dec. 96
16 Dec. 96
20 Feb. 97
20 Feb. 97
15 May 97
15 May 97
21 Aug. 97
8 Sept. 97
24 Mar. 97
15 Dec. 97
2y July
18 Aug.
9 Nov.
1 Dec.
24 Dec.
1 Jan.
20 Mar.
12 Nov.
Quarter Masters.
-2 George Pepper. 23 Aug. 93 ; Son. Lieut.
1 Henry Mankelovv, 1 1 Au». 07 ; Hon. Lieur.
Facings White. — Agents, Messrs. Cox and Co.
1st Battalion embarked for India, 18 Sept. 95. 2nd Battalion returned from Burmah, 5 Nov. 2895.
1 Sir Henry Warre, while employed on the Staff in Canada in 1845-46, examined and reported upon the rive-n
communications (2,300 miles) between Montreal and Red River Settlement, with a view to the transport of troops p
also in surveying and reporting upon the various settlements in the Oregon Territory and on various Islands on tha-
coast of the Pacific. Served in the Crimean campaign from March 1855, including the siege and fall of Sebasto-
pol ; after Colonel Shadforth was killed he commanded the 57th Regt., and was present at the assaults of the Redan,
on the 18th June and 8th Sept. ; also at the bombardment and surrender of Kinbourn (Medal with Clasp, C3., 5th
Class of the Medjidie, and Turkish Medal). Commanded the 57th on the line of posts on the Taptee River in co-
operation with the Central India Field Force in 1858. Also in the war of 1861 in New Zealand, and at the assault on
the rebel Maori positions on the Kaitikara River on the 4th June 1863. Afterwards, as Colonel on the Staff, com-
manded the Troops in the province of Taranaki — under martial law — during the whole of the operations on the West
Coast in 1863-66, was present and in command of the Troops in the action at Poutoko 2nd Oct. 1863, at tha-
assaults and capture of the rebel Maori strongholds at Ahuahu and Kaitake in March 1864, and Mataitawa and To
Arei in Oct. 1864, also the occupation of Opunaki and subsequent operations at Warea and Te Puru, and in com-
mand of the Field Force which was ordered to meet the troops from the South, opened the coast line of 150 miles
from Taranaki toWanganui. Was specially mentioned in Sir Duncan Cameron's despatches for his conduct during
the war, and received the pension for distinguished conduct for his services in New Zealand (Medal).
7 Major Harford served throughout the Zulu war of 1879, first as Staff Officer of the 3rd Regiment of Natal
Native Contingent (two battalions), and subsequently as Second Staff Officer of " Clarke's Column " (Medal wit&i
Clasp).
8 Major Carter was employed in the Khvber Pass on the Lines of Communication during the Afghan war in
1879 (Medal).
14 Major Hill served in the Afghan war in 1879-80, first with the 2nd Division Peshawur Valley Field Fores,
and afterwards with the 2nd Division Cabul Field Force (Medal).
15 Major Alexander served with the 99th Regiment throughout the Zulu war of 1879, and was present in tha
engagements of Inyezane and Gmgindhlovu (Medal with Clasp).
16 Major Rowden served with the Mounted Infantry in the Zulu war of 1879, and was present in the engage-
ment of Inyezane and during the investment of Ekowe (mentioned in despatches, Medal with Clasp).
18 Captain Macmullen served in the Egyptian war in 1882, and was present at the battle of Tel-el-Kebir (Medal
with Clasp, and Khedive's Star).
la Captain Jones served with the 09th Regiment throughout the Zulu war of 1879, including the investment of
Ekowe (Medal with Clasp).
20 Captain Payne served with the 99th Regiment in the Zulu war of 1879, and was present during the investrnenS
of Ekowe (Medal with Clasp).
Record of the Services of the 1st Battalion Wiltshire Regiment (formerly the 62nd Foot).
Raised as the 2nd Battalion 4th Foot, 1756. Constituted 62nd Regiment, 1758. To Ireland, 1759.
(Four Companies to North America, which returned in 1760) To Dominica, 1763. To Ireland, 1763.
To North America, 1776. To England, 1780. (Entitled ''Wiltshire Regiment," 1792.) To Scotland,
Feb. 1784. To Ireland, Oct. 1784. To Jamaica and San Domingo, 1790. To England, 1797. (Formed
into two Battalions, 1799.) To Ireland, 1800. (2nd Battalion reduced, 1802; re-formed, 1804.) 1st Bat-
talion to Sicily, Egypt and Italy, 1805. To North America, 1814. [2nd Battalion to Ireland, 1805,.
To the Peninsula, 1813 (battle of the Nive). To Ireland and France, 1815 (Army of Occupation). To
Ireland and reduced, 1S16.J To Halifax, N.S., 1819. To Ireland, 1823. To India, 1830 (battles of
Ferozeshah and Sobraon). To England, 1847. To Ireland, 1854. To the Crimea, 1854 (siege of Sebas-
topol). To Nova Scotia, 1856. To Canada, 1862. To England, 1864. To Ireland, 1867. To India, i86g.
To Aden, 1880. To England, 1882. To the Channel Isles, 1886. To Ireland, 1887.
Record of the Services of the 2nd Battalion Wiltshire Regiment (formerly the ggth Regiment).
Raised at Glasgow in 1824 and proceeded to the Mauritius, 1825. Entitled the " Lanarkshira
Regiment," 1832. To Ireland, 1837. To Van Diemen's Land, 1842. To New Zealand, 1845. To
Ireland, 1856. To India, 1858. To China, i860. To South Africa, 1865. To England, 1S69. Entitled
" Duke of Edinburgh's Regiment," 1874. To South Africa, 1878 (Zulu war of 1879). 1 o Bermuda,
1879. To South Africa, 1881. Entitled ' l 2nd Battalion Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment),"'
1881. To India, 1881.

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