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War Services of Majors Retired by Sale, Sfc. 1129
. **> Major T. L. Roberts served with a field force in May and June 1S57 against the fort of Hote Murdan held by
(mutineers of the 55th Bengal Native Infantry, and subsequently towards the Swat Valley. Present as Adjutant
18th Punjaub Infantry at the mutiny of the 51st N.I. at Peshawur in Aug. 1S57, and was severely contused and
plightly wounded by a mu6ket-shot by the mutineers. Served the campaign of 1859 against the rebels on the
Nepaul Frontier as 2nd in Command 3rd Sikh Infantry; and for several months commanded posts on the fron-
tier with a Wing 3rd Sikhs and a troop of Irregular Cavalry ; present in the action with the Nana and Bala Rao at
'Rnttenpore, and in carrying their position in the Nepaul Hills on the 28th March ; when reconnoitring in the hills
with two Companies 3rd Sikhs fell in with and conducted into camp Mahomed Hoosain the Nazim of Gorruckpore,
jmih 200 armed followers and six elephants ; commanded the 3rd Sikhs in the affair with the Nusseerabad Brigade
on nth Nov. ; and present at the final surrender of the rebels at Dukairee in December (twice mentioned in de-
spatches, Medal). Served as D.A.Q.M. General to the force under Brigadier General Staveley during the operations'
.against the Taeping rebels in the vicinity of Shanghai in April and May 1862, including the capture of the stockades
of Naziang, assault and capture of the walled cities of Kading, Tsingpoo, Najow, and Tsolin, affair of Nagiang,
land relief of Kading (mentioned in despatches).
I a51 Major G. Rowland served with the 1st Royals throughout the campaign of i860 in China, including the taking
|of Sinho and Tangku, occupation of Tientsin, and surrender of Pekin (Medal with two Clasps).
252 Major St. John served with the 92nd Highlanders in the Central India campaign from 22nd Aug. 1858 to 31st
'March 1859 ; was present as Brigade Major at the affair of Rajghur, and as A.Q.M. General at the affairs of Mon-
.growlie, Sindwaho, and Korai (three times mentioned in despatches, Brevet of Major, and Medal) .
256 Lt.Colonel T. Simpson served with the 52nd Light Infantry at the defeat of the Sealkote Mutineers on the
|banks of the Ravee on the 12th and 16th July 1857 ; also from the 14th August at the siege, assault, and occupation
of Delhi — severely wounded in the right breast (Medal with Clasp).
"" Major R. P. Smith served with the 10th Hussars in the Crimean campaign from the 17th April to the 3rd July
1853, including the capture of Tchorgaun and siege of Sebastopol (Medal with Clasp, and Turkish Medal).
2i * Major W. Spall served in the Crimean campaign in 1855, including the siege and fall of Sebastopol (Medal
Iwith Clasp, and Turkish Medal), Indian campaign in iS58-59,and present at the attack and defeat of the rebel
[force posted on the first range of the Nepaul Hills in March 1859 (Medal).
- VJ Major W. Squirl served as a Lieutenant in the Austrian Army under Marshal Radetzkiin 1S48-49, and was
present at the battles of Mortara and Novara. Served with the 91st Regiment in the Kaffir war of 1S50-53 (Medal).
200 Major F. R. Stack served as an Ensign in the 45th Regiment at Newport in Monmouthshire dining the Chartist
jriots of November 1839, when his father's Company of that Regiment defeated a body of nearly 5,000 armed men
lied on by the ex- Mayor of Newport, Mr. John Frost, who attacked the town with the treasonable intention of com-
mencing a revolution in the government of the countrj-. The defeat of this insurrectionary host after eleven were
ikilled on the spot and about thirty or forty wounded, was characterized at the time 111 the Imperial Parliament as
[having been the means of saving the whole of England from anarchy and rebellion. For this service each of the
three Officers of the Company received the thanks of the Queen and of the Commander in Chief, and also the thanks
from the counties of Monmouthshire, Glamorganshire, and Breconshire. In April 1855 he was promoted to a
•Majority in the Turkish service, and served at Constantinople, Bayukdere, and the entrenched Camp at Kertch
] during the winter of 1855 until the disbandment of the Anglo-Ottoman Force, and has received the 4th Class of the
' Medjidie and a Lt.Colonel's commission from the Sultan.
' ,C7 Major D. Stuart served at the sieee and capture of Kittoor in the East Indies in Dec. 1824.
! * 8 Major Studdert served with the 9th Lancers at the battle of Punniar on 29th Dec. 1843 (Bronze Star).
I *» Major Sykes served with the 48th Regiment in the Crimea from the 21st April 1S53, including the siege and
, fall of Sebastopol (Medal with Clasp, Brevet of Major, 5th Class of the Medjidie, and Turkish Medal).
1 *•" Major G. J. Teevan served in the Abyssinian campaign in 186S in command of a Division of the Transport
J Train (Medal).
I 271 Major C. R. Tennant served with the 2nd Life Guards in the Egyptian war of 18S2, and was present in th?
I engagements at El Magfar and Mahsama, in the two actions at Kassasm, and at the battle of Tel-el-Kebir (Med il
with Clasp, and Khedive's Star).
JJj Major J. T. Tennant served in the Indian Mutiny campaign in 1858-9 (Medal).
I a " 3 Major Thellusson served with the Coldstream Guards in the Crimea from 2nd May 1855, including the siege
land fall of Sebastopol (Medal with Clasp, Brevet of Major, 5th Class of Medjidie, and Turkish Medal).
274 Major C. Thompson joined the 64th Regiment in the Persian expedition in March 1857 (Medal with Clasp).
I Served in Bengal and N.W. Provinces in suppressing the mutiny in 1857-5S ; commanded the escort which safely
ilconveyed the treasure from Gya to Calcutta (thanked by the Governor General in Council and by Lord Clyde);
I present in the operations at Cawnpore under General Windham, defence of Cawnpore and defeat of the Gwalior
mutineers, and action of Kala Nuddee (Brevet of Major, Medal).
[ 275 Major E. H. Thurlow served in the Zulu war of 1879 (Medal with Clasp). Served in the Boor war of 1881 and
I was present in the engagements at Lang's Nek and the Ingogo River.
27 « Majors Tillbrook and Wyatt. — For War Services, see the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, p. 130.
277 Major Hon. F. Le Poer Trench served in the 52nd Light Infantry during the Indian Mutiny campaign in
I 1857-58, including the defeat of the Seakote mutineers on the banks of the Ravee in July 1857, siege assault and
occupation of Delhi from 13th Aug. to 22nd Sept. 1857 (Medal with Clasp). Served with the 40th Regiment in the New
j Zealand war in 1863-65, and was present at Rangariri, Waiari, and Orakau (Medal).
I 278 Major Trevor served with the 4th Regiment the Eastern campaign of 1854, and up to 16th Feb. 1855, including
I the battles in the Crimea and siege of Sebastopol (Medal with three Clasps, and Turkish Medal).
i 27S Major Turner served with the 65th Regiment in New Zealand during the war of 1846, and also throughout that
J of 1860-61, and was severely wounded in theactionatMahoetahi (Brevet of Major, and Medal).
* l Major Vereker served with the 12th Regt. in the New Zealand war of 1863-65, including the storm and capture
! of the Maori position at Orakau on 1st and 2nd April 1864 (Medal).
282 Major Vesey served as Adjutant of the 72nd Highlanders in the Crimea from 28th May 1835, including the ex-
i pedition to Kertch, siege and fall of Sebastopol, and attack of the 18th June (Medal with Clasp, 5th Class of the
■ Medjidie, and Turkish Medal). Served at the siege and capture of Kotah, and was present with the leading
it Column of assault on the 30th March 1858, pursuit of the Gwalior rebels iu Rajpootana and battle of Bunass, sub-
II sequently throughout the operations in Central India and pursuit of the rebel forces under Tantia Topee and Rao
I Sahib in 1858-59 ; commanded Detachment of the 72nd Highlanders in the action of Oodeypore (mentioned in des-
| patches, Brevet of Major, Medal with Clasp).
I 2W Major Walter served the Indian campaign of 1858-59 with the 53rd Regiment, and was present at the passage of
I the Gogra at Fyzabad on 25th November, the affair of Bungaon, battle of Toolsepore (performed the duties of a
I monnted Officer), and some minor affairs. Commanded the Left Wing of the 53rd in Sir A. Horsford's Column during
I the latter part of the Trans-Gogra campaign — twice mentioned in despatches (Medal).
284 Sir Augustus Riversdale Warren served with the 20th Regiment in the Crimea from the 26th January 1855,
I including the siege and fall of Sebastopol, and capture of Kinbourn (Medal with Clasp, 5th Class of the Medjidie,
I and Turkish Medal). Served in the Indian campaign of 1857-58, including the actions of Chanda, Umeerpore,
<\ and Sultanpore, siege and capture of Lucknow (wonnded), subsequent operations in Oude and affairs of Pohun,
ami Meangunge, also at Churda, and Fort of Musjeedia (Medal with Clasp).
S88 Major R. G. Warton served in the operations in the Malay Peninsula in 1874-75 (Medal).
''-'"' Major Stephen Watson served in the Afghan war of 1878-80, and was present in the engagement at Ahmed
1 Kheyl— slightly wonnded (mentioned in despatches, Brevet of Major, Medal with Clasp).
■" Major Way served with the 29th Regiment throughout the Punjaub campaign in 1848-49, including the passage
\ of the Chenab, and battles of Chillianwallah and Goojerat (Medal with two Clasps).
"■ Major E. T. Webb Bervcd with the rersian expedition in 1857, including the storm and capture of Reshire,
I and surrender of Bushire (Medal with Clasp).
I rj " Major J. C. Weir served in the Kaffir war of 1851-53 (Medal) ; and with the expedition north of the Orange
River in 1852-53. Also the China war of i860, including the actions of the 3rd, uth and 14th August, 18th anu 21st
I Sept., and advance on Pekin (Medal with Clasps for the Taku Forts and Pekin).

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