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War Services of the Officers of the Royal Engiiieers. 225
1 Sir Frederick Edward Chapman proceeded on a special mission to Constantinople in Jan. 1854. Was employed
survej'ing the positions at Bulair, Adrianople, and Buguk Tchekmadgie, previous to the arrival of the British
Forces in Turkey ; was attached to the ist Division, and accompanied it to Bulgaria and Bulganak, and M'Kenzie'a
Farm; also present at the battles of Alma and Inkerman. Served throughout the siege of Sebastopol, during the
early part of which he was Director of the Left Attack, and in the latter part he was Executive Engineer to the
Forces. Was several times mentioned in official despatches, and received the Brevet ranks of Major, Lt.Colonel,
and Colonel, CB., Medal with three Clasps, Officer of the Legion of Honor, Sardinian and Turkish Medals, and 3rd
Class of the Medjidie).
^ Sir Lintorn Simmons was employed for three years in the disputed territory on the N.E. frontier of the United
States in constructing works for its defence and in making military explorations. Happening to be in Turkey in
1853 he was specially employed by Lord Stratford de Redcliffo on several important services; joined Omar Pasha in
March 1854! escorted the new Governor into Silistria after the former one had been killed, and was present during
part of the siege of that fortress; laid out and threw up the linos of Slobodzie and Georgevo on the Danube, having
entire charge of the operation with 20,000 men of all arms under his command, a Russian Army of 70,000 men being
within seven miles: was present during the occupation of Wallachia and had frequent charge of reconnaissances
upon the enemy's rear. Went to the Crimea in Dec. 1854 to concert with the allied Commanders in Chief as to the
movements of the Turkish Army : was jjresent at the battle of Eupatoria, laid out and threw up the entrenched
camp round that place ; afterwards was before Sebastopol from April 1855 until after its fall, and then went to
Mingrelia and was present at the forced passage of the Ingui, where he commanded the Division which crossed the
river and turned the enemy's position, capturing his works and guns : Omar Pasha in his despatch attributed the
success of the day chiefly to Lt.Colonel Simmons. He served as Her Majesty's Commissioner to the Ottoman Army
throughout the war and'was employed in all the negotiations having reference to the movements of Omar Pa,sha's
Army. Has received the Crimean Medal with Clasp, the Turkish Gold Medal for the Danubian campaign, the Order
of Medjidie 3rd Class, and a Sword of Honor from the Turkish Government; also the 4th Class of the Legion of
Honor. Was Her Majesty's Commissioner for laying out the Turco-Russian boundary in Asia, and granted the 2nd
Class of the Medjidic by the Sultan, but was refused permission to accept it.
^ General Durnford served as Executive Engineer in the combined Naval and Military expedition up ine
Canton river in April 1847, and was present at the capture of eight forts, viz.. North and South Wantong, at the .
Bocca Tigris ; Pachow and Wookongtap, at the Barrier; Zig-zag, Segment, Shaneen, and Dutch Folly, at Canton.
* General Wynne served as Commanding Royal Engineer in the expedition to China in 1857-59 (Medal).
5 Sir Heiiry^Harness served in the Indian mutiny campaign of 1857-59 ^^ Commanding Royal Engineer,
including the operations at Cawnpore against the Gwalior Contingent from 25th to 29th Nov., and battle of the 6th
Dec. 1857 (mentioned in despatches). Siege and capture of Lucknow (mentioned in despatches, and thanked by the
Governor General in Council). Subsequent operations in Rohilcund and Oude (CB., Medal with Clasp).
^ Lieut.General Hadden was actively employed in Canada during the rebelUon in 1837-39, and was engaged
with the rebels at St. Eustache and St. Benoit.
' Lieut.General Stanton was attached to the Q.M.G.'s Staff with the expedition across the Orange River under Sir
George Cathcart in 1852, and was present at the action of Berea. Served the Eastern campaign of 1854-55, includ¬
ing the attack on the Port of Odessa, the battles of Alma and Inkerman, and siege of Sebastopol (Medal with three
Clasps, Brevets of Major and Lt.Colonel, CB., Knight of the Legion of Honor, Sardinian and Turkish Medals, and
5th Class of the Medjidie).
'" Major General Westmacott served in Canada during the rebellion, and the raids from the United States in
1838-39. Employed on the defences and reconnoitring frontiers of both Provinces. Subsequently compiling Military
reports on the whole of British North America.
'2 Sir William Jervois served at the Cape of Good Hope during the Kaffir war of 1846-47, and made a military
sketch of 2000 square miles of Kaffirla-nd,—1100 of which he surveyed during the war (Medal).
1* Colonel Hassard served the Crimean campaign from Nov. 1854, including the siege and fall of Sebastopol, sortie
of nth May, and expedition to Kertch and Yenikale (Medal with Clasps, Brevet of Major, Sardinian and Turkish
Medals, and 5th Class of the Medjidie). Served as Commanding Royal Engineer in the Kafir war of 1877-8 and in
the Zulu war of 1879 {Medal with Clasp).
"^ Major General Browne served for nearly six months in the Trenches before Sebastopol; was present at the repulse
of sorties on 22nd March and 5th April; was Senior Officer of Engineers at the capture and defence of QuaiTies on
7th June, for which service he was honoural^ly mentioned in deepatches, and received the Brevet of Major. Suc¬
ceeded Colonel Tylden as Directing Engineer of the Right Attack, and in the execution of the duties of that appoint¬
ment was severely wounded by a rifle-bal) on 24th August, which broke the left arm, iiassed through shoulder,
and injured jaw (Medal with Clasp, Brevets of Major and Lt.Colonel, CB., Knight of the Legion of Honor,
Sardinian and Turkish Medals, and 5th Class of the Medjidie).
'" Lieut.General Montagu served the Eastern campaign of 1854-55, including the battles of Alma and Inkerman ;
also at the siege of Sebastopol until 22nd March, when he was taken prisoner during a sortie, but exchanged, and
leaving Odessa on the 2nd was again in the Crimea on the 3rd August, and again present at the siege and fall of
Sebastopol (Medal with thi-ee Clasps, Brevets of Major and Lt.Colonel, Knight of the Legion of Honor, Sardinian
and Turkish Medals, and 5th Class of the Mediidie).
2° Colonel Cooke served in the Crimea from July 1855, including the siege and fall of Sebastopol (Medal with
Clasp, Brevet of Major, 5th Class of the Medjidie, and Tui-kish Medal).
2' Colonel Inglis served in the Kaffir war of 1850-52—throughout the year 1851 as Garrison Adjutant at Gra-
hamstown, and afterwards as Deputy Assistant Quarter Master General in the Field (Medal).
^^ Colonel Wray was sent on special service to Japan in Dec. 1863 as Commanding Royal Engineer under the
Naval Commander in Chief Vice-Admiral Sir Augustus Kuper. Was sent by him in August 1864 to reconnoitre the
batteries in Simonosaki Straits, and was afterwards present with a Detachment of Royal Engineers in the action of
the 5th Sept. 1864 and subsequent operations (mentioned in despatches. Brevet of Major).
23 Colonel Pasley served with a Detachment of the 12th and 40th Regiments under Captain Thomas at the cap¬
ture of a stockade occupied by insurgents at the Ballarat Gold Fields in Australia on the 3rd Dec. 1854. Served on
the Staff of Major General Pratt in New Zealand in i860, and wae severely wounded at the attack of a Pah on the
nth October (Brevet of Major, and Medal).
^^ Sir John Stokes served in the Kaffir wars of 1846-47 and 1850-51 (Medal); was thanked by the Commander
in Chief for gallant conduct in the action of the Gwanga on 8th June 1846, and again on 25th Jul.y for opening com¬
munication through the heart of the enemy's country. In 1851 was appointed D.A.Q.M. General of the Field Force
and assisted to organise some 3000 Hottentot Levies, and was engaged in all the operations of the Division from Feb.
to July 1851, and repeatedly mentioned in general orders. In 1855 was appointed Chief Engineer to the Turkish
Contingent and raised and organized the Engineer Corps and Train of that Force. Was employed in fortifying
Kerteh during the winter of 1855-56 (Brevet of Major, 4th Class of the Medjidie—promoted to 2nd Class in 1874—
and Turkish Medal). In May 1856 was appointed by Lord Pa,nmure, the Secretary of State for War, to be hia
Commissioner for settling all aifairs connected with the breaking up of the Turkish Contingent, with full powers
to decide all questions of compensation to Officers, and to dispose of the animals and stores of the force. This
service was completed and all his decisions approved of in July following. In July 1856 was appointed Her
Majesty's Commissioner for the Danube, under the Treaty of Paris.
" Sir Andrew Clarke was employed on special service in 1848 in New Zealand, and in command of a party
making a detailed reconnaissance within the disturbed districts, in presence of and engaged with the enemy.
27 Colonel Ewart proceeded to Turke.y on special service in Jan. 1854; joined the Army in the East on its
arrival, and served with it uninterruptedly until its return in June 1856, including one year as Major of Brigade, R.E.
(Medal with four Clasps, Brevet of Major, Knight of the Legion of Honor, Sardinian and Turkish Medals, and 5th
Class of the Medjidie).
23 Colonel Nugent served in the Baltic during the Russian war in 1854 and 1855. In 1854 s-s Senior Engineer
Officer attached to the Commander in Chief Admiral Sir Charles Napier, and was present at the capture of the Aland
Islands and fall of Bomarsund. In 1855, attached to the Commander in Chief Admiral Sir R. Dundas, and present
at the bombardment of Sweaborg (Baltic Medal, and Brevet of Major).
3' Colonel Belfield served in the Kaffir war of 1850-52 (Medal).
32 Colonel E. C. A. Gordon served in the Eastern Campaign from April 1854 to its close, when ho was appointed
H.M.'s Commissioner for the settlement of claims against the Turkish Government for the Crimeap war In 1862