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25« War Services of the General Officera.
102 The Hon. Sir James Scarlett served the Eastern campaign of 1854-55 in command of
the Heavy Cavalry Brigade and afterwards of the Cavalry Division, including the battles of
the Alma, Balaklava, and Tnkerman, and siege of Sebastopol (Medal and Clasps, KCB., Com¬
mander of the Legion of Honor, and Sardinian Medal).
103 Sir George BuUer served in the Rifle Brigade and commanded its 1st Battalion from
1841 to 1854. He served on the eastern frontier of the Cape of Good Hope in 1847-48 49;
commanded one of the columns which entered the Amatola Mountains in the campaign of 1847
against the Gaika chief Sandilla, who surrendered himself to him. He commanded the troops,
under Sir Harry Smith, which crossed the Orange River in 1848 to suppress the insurrection of
the Dutch Boers—was severely wounded, and had his horse killed under him in the action of
the 29th August at Boem Plaats, for which he was nominated a CB. Within a few months
after the return of his Battalion to England he re-embarked with it in January 1852 for special
service at the Cape ; was engaged in all the operations in the Waterkloof in 1852-3, and
commanded the 1st Division of the Army until the close of the Kaffir war (Mtdal). Returned
to England in January 1854, and in April following embarked as a Brigadier-General of the
Army of the East—commanded a Brigade of the Light Division in the Eastern campaign of
1854-55,including the battles of Alma and Inkerman, and siege of Sebastopnl: had two horses
shot under him at Inkerman, and suffered a severe contusion of the leg (Medal and Clasps,
KCB., and Commander of the Legion of Honor). In August 1856, appointed to the command of
the troops in the Ionian Islands.
104 Sir William Eyre commanded a Division under Sir Goorge Cathcart across the Orange
River in 1853, and at the battle of Berea,—was nominated a CB., and appointed an Aide-de-
Camp to the Queen, with rank of Colonel in the Army, at the termination of the Kaffir war, in
1853, in consideration of his distinguished services in that and the previous Kaffir war (Medal).
Commanded a Brigade of the 3rd Division and afterwards the Division throughout the Eastern
campaign of 1854-55. and was present at the battle of the Alma, and siege and fall of Sebas¬
topol (Medal and Clasps, and KCB., Commander of the Legion of Honor, and Sardinian
Medal): during the battle of Inkerman he held the command of the troops in the trenches; and
he commanded a separate column in the attack of the cemetery on the 18th June and was
wounded.
106 Major-General 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 accompany 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.
107 Major-General King served in a mortar-bnat in the Faro of Messina for two months
in 1810. Advanced into the United States with Sir George Prevost's army, and commanded
a battery against Plattsburg.
108 Major-General Grantham served at the defence of Cadiz.
109 Mdjor-General Victor served in the Peninsula from December 1812 to the end of the
war, including the battles of the Nive, Orthes, and Toulouse. He has received the Silver War
Medal with three Clasps.
110 Major-General Sherboume Williams served at the capture of Guadaloupe in 1815.
111 Major-Gineral Dalton served at Walcheren and at the siege of Flushing in 1809.
112 Major-General Barry served in the Peninsula from August 1812 to October 1813, and
was severely wounded by a grape shot, Slst August 1813, when leading a party to the breach
at the storming of St. Sebastian. He has received the Silver War Medal with one Clasp.
113 Maior-General Whinyates was present at the attack on Algiers by Lord Exmouth on
27th August 1816. Served with the army in France in 1817 and 1818. In February 18.'!9
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 received the Medal for the battle
of Algiers.
114 Major-Genaral Gough served as Deputy Quarter-Master-General of the army during the
war in China, and received the brevet rank of Major and Lieut.-Colonel, together with the Com¬
panionship of the Bith, for his conduct in action, he having been present in almost every
engagement during the expedition. He was afterwards present in the battle of Maharajpore,
as Military Secretary to the Commander in-Chief in India ; and he commanded a Brigade of
cavalry at the battles of Moodkee and Ferozeshah, and officiated as Quarter-Master-General
in the battle of Sobraon, and was very severely wounded. Served the Punjaub campaign of
1848-9 as Quarter-Master-General Queen's Troops, and was present at the battles of Chillian-
wallah and Goojerat.
115 Major-General Furneaux served in the Peninsula from October 1810 to April 1813, and
was with the covering army at the siege of Badajoz.
116 Major-General R. G. B. Wilson served in Holland, Belgium, and France, from December
1813 to January 1816, including the battles of Quatre Bras and Waterloo.