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22fl War Services of the General Officers.
1809; subsequently in the Peninsula. He had charge nf Napoleon at St. Helena when he died,
and he brought home the despatches of his death. Served afterwards in the East Indies. He
has received the "War Medal with four Clasps for "Vimiera, Corunna, Vittoria, and P^-renees
(severely wounded).
9 Lieut. General Grierson served at Cadiz during parts of 1812 and 1813, and afterwards
on the eastern coast of Spain.
10 Lieut. General Cartwright served the campaigns of 1813 and 14 with the 61st, including
the battles of the Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, and Toulouse, for which he has received the
Silver "War Medal with five Clasps. Served the campaign of 1815 with the 10th Hussars, and
was present at the battle of Waterloo.
11 Lieut. General Gore served the campaign of 1815 with the 30th, and was slightly
wounded at Waterloo.
12 Lieut. General Goodsman served in the Peninsula with the 6lst, and was wounded at
Talavcra, for which battle he has received the War Medal with one Clasp.
13 Lieut. 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, Toulouse, and W^aterloo. He has received the War Medal with nine
Clasps.
1+ Lieut. General Butler served the campaign of 1815 with the 3rd Battalion of the Grena¬
dier Guards, and was present in the battles of Quatre Bras and "Waterloo (where he carried
the colours), storming of Peronne, and capture of Paris.
15 General Darby served in Hanover in 1805; at the siege of Copenhagen in 1807; and the
Corunna campaign in 1808-9. Has the War Medal with one Clasp for Corunna.
10 Lieut. General Pester was present at the defence of Cadiz, and at the battle of
Barrosa—severely wounded (War Medal with one Clasp).
17 Major General W. H. Slade was present at St. Sebastian in July and August 1813;
blockade of Bayonne and repulse of the sortie. He was one of the officers selected to accom¬
pany the boats from Socoa to the mouth of the river Adour, and to assist in laying the bridge
across. He has received the Silver War Medal with one Clasp for St. Sebastian.
18 Major General Dalton served at Walcheren and at the siege of Flushing in 1809.
19 Major General Barry served in the Peninsula from August 1812 to October 1813, and
was severely wounded by a grape shot, 31st August 1813, when leading a party to the breach
ut the storming of St. Sebastian. He has received the Silver War Medal with one Clasp.
20 Major General F. W. Whinyates was present at the attack on Algiers by Lord Exmouth
on 27th August 1816. Served with the army in Franco in 1817 and 1818. In February 1839
was commanding officer of Engineers with the Field Force in New Brunswick when the dis¬
puted territory was invaded by the state of Maine. Has the Medal for the battle of Algiers.
21 Major General R. G. B. Wilson served in Holland, Belgium, and France, from December
1813 to January 1816, including the battles of Quafre Bras and Waterloo.
22 Major General Emmett's services;—sieges of Badajoz in 1811 and 12; passage of
the Nive, battles before Bayonne, Orthes, and Toulouse. Attack on the American lines at New
Orleans, every affair on that expedition, and the siege of Fort Bowyer. Slightly wounded at
Badajoz in 1811; again on the advance towards Orthes; and very severely wounded at the
assault of Badajoz in 1812. Ho has received the Silver War Medal with four Clasps.
24 Major General Pitcher served with the boats of the British fleet in 1801 in their
occasional attacks on the Spanish gunboats and vessels off Cadiz. In 1803 he served in the
North Sea. In 1804 at the attack on the gun-boats and batteries at Boulogne. On 22nd July
1805 in the general action and defeat of the combined fleets of France and Spain ; and on 16th
Aug. in action with La Topaze French frigate. In Jan. 1806 he landed with the R. M. Bat¬
talion at the attack and capture of the Cape of Good Hope ; in June following with the same
Battalion at the attack and defeat of the Spanish troops on the road to Buenos Ayres, and at
the capture of that city ; also at its defence in August, and after three days' action was taken
prisoner with the rest of the British. In 1811 he served in t>he North Sea in several actions
with Danish gun-boats. In 1813-14 off the coast of France and America. Appointed to the
2nd Battalion B. M., and as Adjutant was at the attack of the American Army and its defeat on
the road to Baltimore : at the attack on the American troops at Farnham Church he commanded
the advance. In 1815 he was at the attack of the American Rifle force near Point a Petie, and
at the capture of that fort in West Florida. From 1819 to 1821 heserved atSt. Helena—during
the last nine months of Napoleon's life, and assisted with the Royal Marines at his interment.
20 Major General Whylock served in Sir Robert Calder's action off Ferrol; in boats cutting
out from under batteries at Rota, 7th April 1808; commanded the Royal Marines landed from the
Anglo-Sicilian Squadron to assist in the defence of the island of (^lapri when besieged by Gen.
la Marque; at the capture of Leda from the harbour of Rovigno, 1st April 1809; at the attack
and capture of a convoy under protection of a battery at Pessaro, 23rd April; on 15th May
at the attack on the town of Rota and destruction of seven vessels; on 8th September at the
cutting out of La Pugltesse from the harbour of Barletta. On 1st June 1812, commanded a
storming party in Isle Verte, near Toulon—enemy routed and a demi-lune battery destroyed
At the capture of the Island of Powza, 27th February 1813 ; at the cutting out of an armed
vessel from under the batteries of Orbetello, 9th May; and 14th Oct. following, at the capture of
seventeen vessels at Marinello, after destroying a battery which protected them; at the siege
and capture of St. Maria in March, and the siege and capture of Gerona in April, 1814; com¬
manded the Royal Marines at the storming and capture of Sidon,26th Sept. 1840 (made Brevet-
Major), and was slightly wounded in the left arm; on 10th Oct. was in command of a super¬
numerary battalion when the city and garrison (2,000 men) of Bey rout surrendered; was senior