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17th Regiment of Light Dragoons.—(Lancers.)
On the Standards or Guidons, “ Death's Head," with the Motto, “ Or Olory.’
40
Full
Pay.
20
20
14
14
11
8
8
5
5
6
4
7
4
4
2
1
2
1
2
1
26
2
9
29
14
Half
Pay.
Colonel.
®35E Sir Arthur Benjamin Clifton,
1
K.C.B. Cornet, 6 June, 1794; Lieut.
7 Aug. 1794; Capt. 27 Feb. 1799; Major, 17Dec. 1803; Lieut. Col. 25 July,
1810; Col. 12 Aug. 1819; Major Gen. HZ July 30; Col. 17th Lancers, 25
Aug. 1839.
Lieut.-Colonel.
Matthew C. D. St. Quintin, Hnd Lieut, p 29 June, 20; Lieut, p 8 Jan. 24; Capt-
p9 Nov. 26 ; Major, P15 April, 37; Lieut.-Col. p31 Dec. 39.
Major.
John Lawrenson, Cornet, 12 Nov. 18; Lieut. p6 Dec. 21; Capt. p27 Aug. 25;
Brevet-Major, 28 June 38; Megtl.-Maj. p 31 Dec. 39.
Captains.
William C. Douglas .
Lionel Ames
Walter Williams
Edward Croker
Robt. Arthur Fitzharding
Kingscote
Wallace Barrow
Lieutenants.
John R. Palmer
John B. Broadley ...
Francis Burdett
John Davy Brett ...
Archibald Earl of Cassilis
Aug. Saltren Willett .
Hon. Henry S. Blackwood
Cornets.
Thomas Lindsay
Edw. Calvert Scobell....
Henry Robert Boucherett
Abraham Hamilton .
Wm. Oxenden Hammond
Henry Roxby Benson
P20 May 26
p 3 Oct. 26
P26 Mar. 29
p 7 Sept. 32
p 2 Nov. 32
p 6 Mar. 35
p 7 Aug. 35
p 6 Nov. 35
p 18 Apr. 34
p 4 Mar. 36
p 5 July 33
p 9 Dec. 36
p 10 June 36
4 Jan. 39
p 1 Mar. 39
p 27 July 38
p 1 Nov. 39
p 3 Aug. 38
p 31 Jan. 40
p 6 Sept. 27
p 6 Jan. 32
p 21 Dec. 32
p 11 Aug. 35
p 4 Mar. 36
p 9 Dec. 36
p 18 Mar. 37
P15 Apr. 37
P14 Apr. 37
p 1 Mar. 39
p 19 Oct. 38
p 31 Dec. 39
p 4 Jan. 39
CAPTAIN.
p 11 Aug. 35
p 4 Mar. 36
P18 Mar. 37
p 1 Mar. 39
p 1 Nov. 39
P 31 Dec. 39
BREVET-
MAJOR.
Paymaster.—George Chandler,
2
25 Sept. 28; Ens. & Adj. 25 Feb. 11 ; Lieut.
26 March, 12; Capt. 25 March, 14.
0 Adjutant.—Thomas Lindsay, {Cornet) 8 Feb. 39.
0 Quarter-Master.—William Hall, 10 May, 31.
4 y 5121 James Goodall Elkington,
3
11 March, 13; Assist.-Surg. 7
July, 08; Hosp.-Assist. 8 Aug. 07.
Assist.-Surgeon.—James Brown Gibson, M.D., 12 Jan. 29; Hosp.-Assist. 14
Dec. 26.
0 Veterinary Surgeon.—John Wilkinson, 27 April, 26.
Scarlet—Facings White.—Agent, Messrs. Cox & Co.—Irish Agent, Cane & Co.
{Returned from the East Indies, May, 1823.]
1 Sir Arthur Clifton served in the Peninsula, and has received a medal and one clasp for Fuentes d’Onor,
and Vittoria. Served also at Waterloo.
2 Capt. Chandler’s services:—Campaign of 1790 in Holland, including the actions of the 2nd and 6th Oct. ;
siege of Malta, and surrender of La Valetta; battle of Maida; expedition to Egypt in 1807; Ionian Islands
in 1809, and siege and capture of Santa Maura in 1810 ; wounded before Rosetta in 1807.
3 Dr. Elkington served at the capture of Madeira in 1807, and in the Peninsula from April 1809 to Nov.
1812; present at the battle of Talavera ; left prisoner with the wounded at that city, and marched into
France ; released in 1810, and rejoined the army in Portugal on its retreat from Busaco; present with it at
the lines of Torres Vedras ; battle of Fuentes d’Onor ; sieges of Ciudad Rodrigo, and Badajoz ; battle of Sala¬
manca ; capture of Madrid; and during the whole siege of Burgos in charge of the Hospital for receiving the
wounded; in the retreat of the army he was left in charge of the English and French wounded, and again
made prisoner; present at Waterloo, and the capture of Paris.
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