Army lists > Hart's Army Lists > New annual army list, and militia list > 1868

War Services of the General Officers. 32
of the Medjidie, and Turkish Medal). Commanded the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards on
the Expedition through New Brunswick after the Trent affair.
162 MajorGeneral William Napier served as Aidt-dc-Camp to Sir Charles Napier during his
campaign of 1845 against the Desert and Mountain Tribes on the right bank of the Indus. Served
also at the siege of Sebastopol as Assistant Director General of the Land Transport Corps
(Medal and Clasp, and 5th Class of the Medjidie).
163 MajorOeneralEUice served during thelndiau Mutinyof 1857-58,and commanded the troops
at the defeat of the Jheulum mutineer* on 7th July 1867—dangerously and severely wounded
and horse killed (_CB., Medal).
164 MajorGeneral H. R.Jones commanded the Carabineers in the Crimea from 14th Aug. 1855,
including the battle of the Tchernaya, siege and fall of Sebastopol (Medal and Clasp, 5th Class
ol the Medjidie, and Turkish Medal). Served in the Indian campaign ; commanded General
Penny's column in the action of the Kirkrowlie, that officer having been killed by the first
shot fired by the enemy, and captured a gun ; commanded a Brigade of Cavalry at the cap¬
ture of Bareilly ; commanded the left column with Lord Clyde's force in the attack on Benhi
Maidho's force at Dunderkera; commanded the Cavalry with Lord Clyde's force in the Trans-
Gogra campaign, including affairs at Magedia Chundal, and Bankce, also pursuit of the rebels
to the Raptee (CB., Medal).
165 Major General Whittingham served as Aide de Camp to Sir Hugh Gough throughout the
operations of 1842 in China (Medal), and was present at Segoan, Chapoo, Woosung, Shanghae,
and Chin Kiang Foo.
166 Major General Payne served in R. Marine Battalion on the north east of Spain during
the Carlist war in 1833-39. Served in the Crimea from 18th Sept. 1854 to the termination of
the siege of Sebastopol. Commanded battalion of 11. Marines in occupation and defence of
Eupatoria in Oct. 1854; also tlie 2nd Battalion in camp near Baidar from June 1855, attached
to Sir Colin Campbell's Brigade (Medal and Clasp, Brevet of Major, Sardinian Medal, 6th Class
of the Medjidie, and Turkish Medal).
167 Major General Lodder was present with the 59th Regt. at the operations before and cap¬
ture of Canton in 1867 (mentioned in dispatches. Medal with Clasp).
168 Major General Hagart served with the 7th Hussars in Canada in 1838, and returned
home with the Regt. in 1841, commanded the 7lh Hussars in the Indian cam])aign from Dec.
1867, including the repulse of the attack on the Alumbagh till promoted Brigadier in March
1858. Commanded the 1st Cavalry Brigade in the operations beyond the Goomtec, at the siege
of Lucknow (CB., Medal and Clasp), and duriiig the Roliilcund campaign, including the affair
of AUeegunge, and the captures of Ruyagliur, Shahjehanpore, Bareilly, and Mphumdee. In the
autumn of the same year was attached to the Oude field force, and commanded the Cavalry of
that Division of the occupation of Fyzabarl, passage of the Gogra, and during the whole of the
Trans-Gogra campaign till the conclusion of the war in 1859 (Several times mentioned in
dispatches).
160 Major General Steele served the Eastern campaign of 1854-56 as Military Secretary to Lord
Raglan and General Simpson, including the battles of the Alma (mentioned in dispatches),
Balaklava, and Inkerman (mentioned), and siege of Sebastopol (Medal with four Clasps, CB,,
Aide de Camp to the Queen and Colonel, Officer of the Legion of Honor, Commander 2nd
Class St. Maurice and St. Lazarus, .3rd Class of the Medjidie, and Turkish Medal).
170 MajorGeneral Gibson served in the Peninsula with the 1st Light Infantry Battalion of the
King's German Legion, from Aug. 1813 to the end of that war in 1814, including the siege of San
Sebastian, an action in the Pyrenees at the passage of the Bidassoa( wounded),and the subsequent
actions in which the left wing of the army was engaged. Served also the campaign of 1815, and
was present at the battle of Waterloo. He has received the War Medal with two Clasps.
171 Major General Last commanded the troops in the southern district of New Zealand during
the greater part of the operations against the hostile natives in 1846. He assisted in driving ba(tk
the rebels who attacked the detachment posted under Lieut. Page (58th Regt.) at Boulcott's
farm in the valley of the Hutt on the IGth May 1846 ; commanded ai the capture of Te Rau-
paraha and several other influential chiefs, as well as disarming part of the tribe on the 2.3rd
July ; and also commanded the combined force at the affair of the Horokiwi, on the 6th Aug.,
compelling the rebels to retreat and ultimately to disperse ; was particularly mentioned in the
Government Gazettes of New Zealand, and also in the Dispatches of Lieut.-Governor Grey.
172 MajorGeneral Sparks served on the N. E. frontier of the Cape of Good Hope against ihe
Kaffirs in 1817 ; on the expedition into Kaffraria under Col. Brereton in 1818 ; in the action at
Graham's Town -iind April 1819, and the campaign of the same year in Kaffraria under Col.
Wiltshire. Again on the N. E. frontier when the Kaffirs invaded the Colony in 1834; during
the war that ensued he commanded a local corps—the Graham's Town Volunteers—with the
Colonial Commission of Lt.Colonel. In 1848 he was sent from Jamaica to the Mosquito Coast,
in consequence of the death of H. M.'s Agent and Consul General there to attend to British inte¬
rests, and received the thanks of H. M.'s Government. Served throughout the Eastern cam¬
paign of 1864-55, except from the middle of Feb. to the end of May 1855 (sent to England on
duty). Succeeded to the command of the 38th llcgt. on the morning of the 18th June when
Lt.Col. Louth was wounded j was the senior unwounded officer of the 2nd Brigade ;?rd Division
at the close of the action, and commanded it fur ten days. Served in the cam])aign in Oude in
1858, including the capture of Lucknow; and commanded the Infantry Brigade in the action
of Mceangunge. Has the Kaffir war Medal, tlie Crimean Medal with three Clasps for Alma,
Inkerraan, and Sebastopol, and the Sardinian and Turkish Medals, is a CB., an Officer of the
Legion of Honor, has the 4th Class of the Medjidie, and the Indian Medal with Clasji for
Lucknow.
173 Major General Henderson served in New Zealand during the disturbances in 1847,
and was present at the repulse of 400 Natives iii their attack at Wanganui on the 19th July.