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War- Services of the Lieutenant Colonela. 7Q
Nive on the 9th, 10th, and lltli December 1813. Wounded at tlie storming of Bliurtpore on the
18th January 182G. He lias received the War Medal with tliree Clasps
17 Lieut.Colonel Jackson served in the Peninsula from Dec. 1809 to 1814, and was severely
■wounded througli the left breast and in both arms at the battle of Albuhera. Served subsequently
in the .Imericau war. He has received the War Medal wilii one Clasii.
18 Lieut.Colonel Robertson served with the expedition to Walchorcn in 1809, and was present
at the siege of Flushing. Also at the taking of the Kandian country, in Ceylon, under Sir
Robert Brownrigg.
19 Lieut.Colonel Warburton served the Nepaul campaigns of 1817 and 18, and subsequently
in the Deccan, including the capture of the Forts of Rhygluir and Assecrghur.
20 Lieut.Colonel Boyd was employed in the Peninsula and soutli of France from March 1812 to
tlie end of that war in 1814, and was present at the siege and storming of Bartajoz, siege of Burgos,
battles of the Nivelle and Nive, passage of the Adour, where he was actively employed in laying
down the bridge of boats ; investment of Bayonnc, affairs of Vic Bigorre and Tarlxs, and battle
of Toulouse, at which last he was wounded on the hip by a 12-pound shot; and he was wounded
in the thigh nt the storming of Badajoz. He has received the Silver War Medal witli four Clasps.
21 Lt.Coloncl Newman served witli tlie 14th at the siege and storming of Bhurtpore in 182.)-6.
22 Lieut.Colonel Alex. Campbell served tlie campaign of 1H14, in the south of Franco, in¬
cluding the investment of Bayonne. Served also throughout the Burmese war (Medal).
23 Lieut.Colonel Poyntz served in the Peninsula as a volunteer witli the 30th, from February
to November 1811, including the occupation of tlie Lines at Torres Vedras, pursuit of Massena,
actions of Sabugal, Almeida, and Barba del Puerco, and battle of Fuentes d'Ouor, for which he
has received the War Medal with one Clasp. ■
24 Lieut.Colonel F. Smith Hamilton served in the China expedition in 1842 (Medal), and
was present at the assault at the camp at Sagahon.
25 Lieut.Colonel Lynn is a Knight of Charles the Third, First Class of St. Fernando, and
Commander of Isabella the Catholic, of Spain.
26 Lieut.Colonel Kenny served in the Peninsula, from June 1813, to the end of the war, in¬
cluding tlie action at Osma, battle of Vittoria, siege and capture of San Sebastian, passage of the
Bidassoa (severely wounded above the left hip); St. Jean de Luz, and tlie series of actions Ijetween
the Otli and 13th Dec. 1813 in front of the intrenched camp near Bayonne. Served also in Aya,
and was present in most of the operations throughout the war. He has received the War Medal
and three Clasps for Vittoria, San Sebastian, and Nivelle.
27 Lieut.Colonel O'Grady was present with the G2nd in the operations in 1814*again8t the
French in retreatfrom Leghorn, iucludingthe affairs of Savonaand Spczzia, forcing their positions
on the heights of Neroi, and capture of Genoa. In the same year he served in the American war,
and was present at the capture of Castine. He served with tlie4Bth at the capture of Coorg in the
East Indies in 1834 ; in command of the left wing of the Queen's Royals, during the camp)aign of
1844-5, in the Southern Concan and Sawant Warree country, including the investment and cap¬
ture of the Forts of Monohur and Munsuntosh ; and on particular service in the Kaffir war (South
of Africa) during part of 1840-7 (Medal).
28 Lieut.Colonel L'Estrange served the campaign of 1815 with the 71st Regiment, and was
present at the battle of Waterloo.
29 Lieut.Colonel Bender served in Canada from Dec. 1808, to Jan. 1815, and was present in the
action of Jlaguaga, taking of Detroit, taking several Block-houses on the Miamie River, actions
at the river Raisin and Miamie, storming of Sanduskcy and Fort Niagara, engagement of 2nd
Jan. 1814, actions at Black Rock and at Buffalo. He has received the War Medal and one Clasp
for Fort Detroit.
31 Lieut.Colonel Norman served in tlie Peninsula, and has received the War Medal with
two Clasps for the battles of Vittoria and the Pyrenees ; and he was severely wounded and
taken prisoner in the Maya Pass.
32 Lieut.Colonel Mackay served witii the 21st Fusiliers the campaign of 1807 in Egypt.
Made prisoner of war in an engagement with the enemy in Calabria ICth June 1809, and
detained as such until 14th May 1814. Present at New Orleans, 8th Jan. 1815.
34 Lt.Colonel Pearce served at the blockade of Flushing, the Texel, and Brest, and was en¬
gaged in operations against the French when landed in the Scheldt, on tlio island of South
Beveland in 1814. Served in China in 1842 (Medal).
35 Lieut.Colonel Riley was in an engagement with a French squadron in the Mozambique
Channel 3rd July 1810 ; served the Nepaul campaign of 1814 and 15.
36 Lieut.Colonel Fynmore, previously to entering the Royal Marines, served several years as
Midshipman in the Navy, and was at the battle of Trafalgar and at Buenos Ayres in 1807. In
1809-10 he served in the Great Belt in command of a gun-boat employed in tlie protection of our
convoys, and was engaged with the enemy's gun and row-boats. 0,i the niglit of the 1st of Aug.
1810 cut out three merchant vessels under a heavy fire of field-pieces and musketry. Six weeks
detached from H. M. S. Vanguard the same year, to intercept the communication between tho
Port of Rostock and Wismar; assisted at the capture of a convoy of five sail, and drove on shore
and destroyed an armed row-boat. In 1810 he served at Algiers ; and in 1821, 22, and 23, in the
West Indies, and was engaged with piratical vesselsonthecoastof Cuba, five of which were captured.
Has received the War Medal with two Clasps for Trafalgar and Algiers,
37 Lieut.Colonel Newhouse served in the Light Division of the Deccan Army in the Mah-
rattawarof 1817 and 1818, asextraAide-de-Camp to Sir Lionel Smith, and commanded a Rassela
of the Poona Auxiliary Cavalry, and was wounded at the action of the 31st Jan. 1818. Served
also in two expeditions to Cutch, the first in 1819, under Sir William Kier Grant, in which he
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