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54° General Officers lietirecl under Royal Warrant—War Services.
1 General Whichcote joined the 52nd as a volunteer in December 1810, and served with it in the Peninsula,
France, and Flanders, and was present in the actions of Sabugal, El Bodon, and Alfayates, siege and storm of
Ciudad Rodrigo, and of Badajoz, battle of Salamanca, retreat from Burgos, battle of Vittoria, action at Vera, battles
of the Pyrenees, Nivelle, the Nile, Orthes, Tarbes, T<3ulouse, and Waterloo (War Medal with nine Clasps).
2 Lord Albemarle served the Waterloo campaign with the 14th Foot.
^f General Tate served in the R. M. Battalion on t.ie North Coast of Spain during the Carlist war.
' General Gascoigne served in the Baltic in July and August 1854 (Medal). Commanded the troops atShanghai,
established the posts, and arranged the defence when threatened by the Taepings in i860. Commanded the Bat¬
talion of Royal Marines during the campaign of i860, in China, including the action of Sinho, taking of longku,
assault and capture of the North Takoo Forts (mentianed in despatches), actions ol Chanchiawan and Palinhian,
which led to the surrender of Pekin. Had charge of the AlUed Forces at Tougchou during the time of the oc cu-
pation, and was in command of a Brigade in the advance to Teintsein, and again on the march to the port of
embarkation (Medal with two Clasps, CB., and Brevet of Colonel).
^ Sir George Langley served in the operations on the North Coast of Spain, in command of a Detachment of
Royal ilarines of H.M. ship Castor during 1834 and two lollovving year, and was severely wounded on the 5th June
1836, defending the Heights of Passages against a very superior force of Carlists,—for his conduct on this oc.asion
he was awarded the ist Class of the Order of San Fernando. He serv^ed subsequently on theNoitli Coast of Spain
from 1838 to 1840, and had the same Oi-der conferred on him a second time for his general services in Spain.
^ * General T. C. Smith, prior to entering the Army, served for a short period in the Navy, and was three
times wounded. He sei"ved in the Peninsula from June 1813 to the end of that war in 1814, and was present at the
affair of Ordal. He served also the campaign of 1815, and was wounded at the battle of Waterloo.
*t Gteneral Doherty served with the 14th Light Dragoons throughout the Punjaub campaign of 1848-49, in¬
cluding the action of Bamnuggur, passage of the Chenali, battles "of Chillianwallah and Goojerat, pursuit of the
enemy across the Jlielum, and of the Affghans o-\-er the Indus through the Khyber Pass (Medal with two Clasps).
At Ramnuggur he brought the charging squadrons, under Col. Havelock, who was killed, across the nullah and out
of the enemy's entrenchments: and at Goojerat he commanded a body of H.M. Dragoons and Native Light Cavalry.
° General Maxwell served on the China expedition, a,nd was j^resent at the battle of Chucnpee, attack of
batteries of Anunghoy and North Wantuug, advance on Canton, storming the Heights and entrenched Camp of
Canton, bombardment of Colongso (Medal).
•> General Marriot ■ served two j'ears with the expeditionary force in China, and was present at the firsk capture
of Chusan ; assisted at the demolition of the Bogue forts in the Cant'>n river; par ticipated in the actions of the
first and second Bars ; was engaged in the destruction of all the enemies sea and river defences, including the
fortresses of French Fnlly and Hoqua's Fort; bombardment and taking of Macao Passage Fort; storming of the
Bird's Nest Battery, and finally at the combhied attack on the enemy's position and entrenched Camp on the
Heights above Canton (Medal). Was in the action with the batteries and expulsion of the Russian Garrisoufrom
Redoubt Kaleh, 19th May 1854. Served with the R. M. Brigade in the Crimea until Feb. 1S55, after which with
the combined force at the battle of Balaklava and before Sebastopol until its fall; acted as Field Officer to the
Battalion, landed at Kertch, and occupation of Yeni Kale ; and was also at the surrender of Kinbourn (Medal
with two Clasps, Brevet of Major, 5th Class of the Medjidie, and Turkish Medal).
7 General Lowder was in the action at Eskuaes in the Gulf of Finland 20th May 1854; also at the operations
before Bomarsund and inaction with the forts istli August; andcommanded the detachment of Royal Marines at
thesun'enrterof E'ortPrasto, i6th Aug. 1854. Served with the Baltic expedition in 18^5, including the destruction of
a fort and shelling an encampment, blowing up of Fort Svartbolm and barracks, destruction of the barracks at
Lovisa, shelling a Cossack encampment and landingatKounda Bay, destruction of a Cossack barrack, action with
a Russian steamer, gunboats, and a battery near Wiborg, and with the batteries of Fredericksham, capture of
the Island of Kotka and destruction of military stores, and Ijombardment of Sweaborg (Medal, and Brevet of
Major). Commanded the Battalion of Royal Marines employed on special service in Mexico in 1861-62.
* General Lambrick served in Spain with the R. M. Battalion and was wounded 12th July 1836; he is a Knigh t
ist Glass of St. Fernando.
*+ Lt.General the Hon. St. George Foley served in the Eastern campaign in 1854-56, as Assistant Commissioner
at the Head Quarters of the French Army, and was present at the battles of Alma, BalakUiva, Inkerman, and
Tohernaya, the siege and fall of Sebastopol (Medal with four Clasps, Brevet of Lt.Colouel, CB., Officer of the Legion
of Honor, 4th Class of the Jledjidie, and Turkish Medal). Served as Military Secretary to the ex]jeditionary force
in China from March 1857 to Feb. 1860; was present at the capture of Canton in Doc. 1857 (Brevet of Colonel), and
other affairs in the neighbourhood. Served throughout the campaign as British Commissioner at the Head Quar¬
ters of the French Army in China from Feb. i860 to March 1861, and was jiresent at the storming and capture of
the Taku Forts, the actions of the i8th and 21st September—in the latter commanded 200 French Mounted Artil¬
lerymen, 50 Chasseurs dAfrique, and a s<)uadron of Fane's Horse—horse shot (mentioned in French despatches,
and made Commander of the Legion of Honor), and subsequent advance on Pekin (good service pension. Medal
with three Cliisps).
^ General Raines served throughout the Eastern campaign of 1854-55, including the battles of Alma
(where he carried the Queen's Color as a Captain), Inkerman, and Tchernaya, and repulse of the sortie of the 26th
October 1854 ; served as an Assistant Engineer throughout the siege and fall of Sebastopol (sevo;-cly wounded in
the Trenches during the bombardment of the 17th Oct.), and present in the Trenches at the attack of the Redan on
the 18th June (Medal with three Clasps, mentioned in despatches as " having served with zeal and distinction from
the opening of the campaign," Brevet of Major, Sardinian and Turkish Medals, and 5th Class of the Medjidie.>
Served throughout the Indian mutinv campaign in 1857-59, commanded the Troops at the assault and capture of
Rowa on 6th January 1S58 (received the high commendation of tbe Governor and the Commander in Chief of
Bombay in Council for " gallantry displayed and ably conducting these operations"); commanded the Left Wing^
95th Regiment at the siege and capture of Awah on 24ih January; commanded the 95th at the siege and capture of
Kotah, and commanded the 3rd assaulting Column on 30th March ; the capture of Ohundaree 26ih May; com¬
manded the Infantry of Brigadier Smith's Column at the battle ofKota ke Serai (specially mentioned in despatches
by Sir Hugh Rose for "good service and assisting to take and hold the position of Kota-ka-Seria") before Gwalior
on 17th Juno; and in the general action, storm and capture of the citj'and fortress of Gwalior on 19th June-
(wounded by a musket-ball in the left arm, specially mentioned by Sir Hugh Rose for " gallantry and taking; by
assault two i8-pounders " and for " good service in turning the guns captured on the enemj'"): present at the siege
and capture of Pouree on 24th August 1858 ; and the surprise and defeat of the rebels at Koondrye on the 19th
January 1859, (in addition to the above he has been four times mentioned in dcsiiatches, and marched 3,000
miles in comjuand of the 95th Regiment in Central India, Medal with Clasp, Colonel, and CB. lor distinguished
service in the field). As Brigadier General commanded the expedition from Aden into the interior of Arabia in
1865-66, when the troops captured and destroyed many towns and forts, including Ussala, the Fudthelis capital, and
seven cannon (received the commendation of the Commander in Chief of Bombay for the efficient manner in
which those successful operations were effected).
H General J. W. S. Smith commanded a Detachment of the 38th R«gt. in co-operation with a Naval expedition
under Captain Loch in the ascent, in boats, of the river St. Juan de Nicaragua, Central America, in 1848, including
the assault and capture of the port of Serapiqui, and surrender of the Forts of Castello Viejo and St. Carlos. He also
accompanied ('aptaiuLochto the town of Grenada, and was present at the deliberations and conclusions of a treaty
with the Nicaraguan Commissioners. Served the Eastern campaign of 1854-55, including the battles of Alma and
Inkerman, siege of Scbastopol, capture and occupation of the Cemetery and suburbs on the i8th Juno, and was
senior Officer of the 38th at the close of the war (Medal with three Clasps, Knight of the Legion of Honor, 4th Class
of the Medjidie, Turkish Medal, and CB.).
i" General Claremont served as Assistant Commissioner at the Head Quarters of the French Army throughout
the Eastern campaign of 1854 and up to the 6th August 1855, including the liattles of Alma, Balnklava, and lukerman,
and siego of Sebastopol (Medal with four Clasps.'Brevets of Major and Lt.Colonel, CB., Officer of the Legion of
Honor, and 4th Class of the Medjidie). Was also employed at the Head Quarters of the French Army during the
Italian campaign in 1859 and was present at the battles of Magenta and Solferino (Medal). Promoted to Com¬
mander of the Legion of Honor in 1869. Was present in Paris, as Military Attach(5, during the greater portion of the
p eriod of its siege and bombardment by the German Army in 1S70.

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