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^'^' De'^"t';:&^'1 85th (Bucl-s Volunteers) (Kuufs Light Infantry). r^"|^^>^'
to 52nd F. J —Linked to S2nd. [_ Oxi
'FUENTES d'OnOE" " NiTE
Si(h District No. 42.
de Depots
Oxford.
" Auctosple?idor€ resurffo.^'
J^„^."; Colonel.-George Campbell,";^. Ensign,^ 13 Mar. 35 ; i'. 2, Dec. 38; Capt." 26 Jan. 41; Major.v ,i May
5°; -^ff°('"f^v'7 ^"yss; Coloriel. 28 Nov. 54; Jfa>r General, 4 Feb. 67; i^.ffc^ra?, 8 March 73 ■
(oloiiel 85th Light Infantry, 19 Oct. 75. / . , ^a^^u 75,
Lieutenajit Colonel.—Frederick Ernest Appleyard.aCB. JE«!>t5'n,Pi4 June 50; i^PiaOct <i2- Cavt 20 Dec
54; Bt.Major, 26 Dec. 56; Major, ^31 Aug. 58; Lt.Colonel, ^6 Mar. 67; Colonel 6 Mar 72 ' ^
Majors.—Wilham Hallowes, Ensign, ^22 Jan. 53; i/. 6 June 54; Capt. 4 Mar. 61 • Maior P7 Oet m
Edward Musgrave Beadon, Ensign, P12 Mar. 53 ; Lt. " 2 Mar. 55 ; Capt. ' 9 Oct. 63 ; Major, 10 June 74.
CAPTAIIfS.
William Galbraith
Finch White
William Chipehase Henderson
George AVashington Smith,* Brigade ]
Major, Meeati Meer J
Hon. Charles Button .'
Gilbert Joshua Spencer Smith
Daniel Alexander Grant
Hon. Edward Alex. Holmes A'Court
Harry Harris Burland
Guy Newcomen Atkinson
Lieutenants.
Edward Harry Going Raveuhill
Charles Edmond Knox
Francis Wingfield Robinson, Inst. of\
Miuketry 16 Feb. 68 i
Rowland Purdon
Charles Francis Dixon Whish
Francis Langford
Edward Harbord Ives
Wellesley Welman
John Haines Vivian
Edward Burrell, Interpreter
IngoldsbyWm. Thomas Somerset Smythe
Cecil Henry CoUette, Adj. 10 June 74
VemonAnsdell Schalch
Duncan Alex. Allan Macpherson
James Sjiens
Sub Lieutenants.
James Ramsay Campbell
Christopher Douglas Fisher Hamilton
Ralph Henry Hayes Sadler
Acheson Francis Acheson Lyle
Herbert Godfray
Frederic William Galloway
I June
30 April
•"is Jan.
" I Feb.
^12 Mar.
^24 Mar.
''24 Jan.
^26 Feb.
P14 Feb.
P21Feb.
''25 April
■"30 June
10 Oct.
^29 Mar.
!o Sept.
S Sept.
" I May
P20 July
' 9 Aug.
4 Dec.
P 2 May
8 Jan.
'29 May
7 July
S5 ''30 Nov. 55
55 ^16 Nov. 55
56 P22 Feb. 61
56, 23 April 58
61 i'26 July
63 10 Oct.
65 P 7 Nov.
64 f 4 Dec.
65iP 8 June
65 ''12 June
65 ^20 July
65," 7 Aug.
fs^"" 7Aug-
61 •> 8 May
64 P 2 Dec.
62 I" 4 Aug.
67.i'25 Jan.
67JP 7 Oct.
67:514 Oct.
66 28 Oct.
671 28 Oct.
68; 28 Oct.
28 Oct.
28 Oct.
29 May
'25 April 6s
10 Oct. 65
• 6 Mar. 67
68
PiS Nov.
f 7 Oct.
"14 Oct.
13 Mar. 72
21 Nov. 73
10 June 74
10 Mar. 75
EEEV.StAJ.
SUB LIEUT.
Paymaster.—William Hughes, 20 Nov. 67; Ens. ''22 March 64 ; Honorary Captain, 20 Nov. 72.
Quarter Master.—James Hawkins,^ 21 Feb. 60.
Medical Officer.—Surgeon Major William Skeen, MD. Surgeon, 13 Dec. 59.
Facings Blue.—Agents, Sir C. R. McGrigor, Bt. and Co.—Embarked for India, February 1868.
1 Lt. General Campbell commanded the 52nd Light Infantry at the defeat of the Sealkote mutineers on the
banks of the Ravee on the 12th and i6th July, 1857, and commanded the third Column at the assault of Delhi (Medal
with Clasp).
^ Colonel Appleyard served with the 80th Regiment in the Burmese war of 1852 (Medal with Clasp for Pegu), and
was pr(Kont at the capture of Martaban. operations before Rangoon on the 12th, 13th, and 14th April, and captui'e of
the great Dagon Pagoda with the storming party; also at the capture of Prome. Served the Eastern campaign of
1854-55 with the Royal Fusiliers, and Was present at the battles of Alma (wounded) and Inkerman, and siege of
Sebastopol, including sorties on jth April and gth May, defence of the Quarries 7th June, and assault on the Redan
18th June—wounded (Medal with Clasps, Brevet of Major, Knight of the Legion of Honor, 5th Class of the Medjidie,
and Turkisti Medal).
* Captain Smith served with the 98th Regiment in the Peshawur Expeditionary Force on the Euzofzie Frontier
under Sir Sidney Cotton in April and May 1858, and at the affair with the Hindostanee fanatics on the Heights of
Sittana on the 4th May (Modal with Clasp).
^ Quarter Master Hawkins served the Punjaub campaign of 1848-49, including the battles of Sadoolapore, Chillian-
wallah, and Goojerat (Medal with two Clasps).
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