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Majors Bray and Spence, Captains Shaw and Baldwin, are the only officers now serving in the 31st regt. who suffered in that lamentable
catastrophe, the burning of the Kent, East Indiaman, on the 1st March, 1825, in the Bay of Biscay.
Years’ Sen
37
Full j Half
Pay. Pay.
34
34
24
39
14
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!825/] 31sf {or the Huntingdonshire) Regiment of Foot.
“ TALAVERA” — “ AX.BUHERA ” — “ VITTORIA ” — “ PYRENEES” — ‘
“ NIVE’’—“PENINSULA.”
Colonel.
iam Sir Colin Halkett,
1
K.C.B. & G.C.H. Lt.-Col. 17 Nov. 1803; Col. 1 Jan.
12; Major-Gen. 4 June, 14 ; Lt.-Gen. 22 July, 30; Col. 31st Regt. 28 Mar. 38.
Lieut.-Colonels.— 13 <m C. Horace Churchill, C.B. Ens. 19 June, 06 ; Lieut. &
Capt. P27 Aug. 12; Brevet-Major, 22 Nov. 13; Brevet-Lieut.-Col. 18 June,
15 ; Begtl.-Major, 27 July, 26 ; Lieut.-Col. 16 July, 30; Col. 10 Jan. 37.
$ Samuel Bolton,
2
Ens. 5 Feb. 07 •, Lieut. 6 April, 09; Capt. I
1
24Oct. 22; Major,
14 June, 33 ; Lieut.-Col. i’24 Nov. 35.
Majors.—Thomas Skinner, Ens. 25 Jan. 16; Lieut. P6 Aug. 19 ; Capt. P9 Oct.
23 ; Major, P24 Nov. 35.
H. Clinton Van Cortlanclt,
3
Cornet, 8 May, 01; Lieut. 1 Nov. 03; Capt. 5
July, 14 ; Brevet-Major, 10 Jan. 37 ; Itegtl.-Major, 17 Sept. 39.
Captains.
Edward Wm. Bray
4

John Byrne
James Spence
5

|3 Charles Shaw
6

p Lambert B. Urmston
7
.
Geo. Cuthbert Marshall..
31211 George Baldwin
8
....
Holland Leckie M‘Ghee..
George Ogilvy
Wm. Gibson Willes ....
Lieutenants.
Thomas Bulkeley
Geo. Dobson Young ....
Geo. Francis White ....
John Cassidy Stock ....
Robert Norman
Thomas Pender
Thos. Conyngham Kelly
Edward Lugard
Frederick Spence
Robt. John Eagar
James Croft Brooke ....
John Snowden Scott ....
Arthur Du Bourdieu ....
Philip Le Couteur
lion. Geo. A. F. C. Graves
George Frend
Hen. Knight Sayers ....
Dalway MHlveen
Theoph. John Bourke ..
John iEneas Duncan ....
Joseph Greenwood ....
George Bainbridge Shaw
Thos. Henry Plasket ....
Ensigns.
William Bray
J. D. Carmichael Smyth
Duncan Stew. Robertson
George Fred. Moore ..
Wm. Fred. Willes Atty
John Lucas R. Pollard
Henry Wm. Hart ....
Robert Law
12 Jan. 05
1 Oct. 08
26 Nov. 08
13 May 11
1 Apr. 13
25 Aug. 25
2 June08
18 June 12
Jan. 07
9 Sept. 13
never.
6 Apr. 19
27 Jan. 25
23 Mar. 26
p 7 Sept. 26
13 Sept. 26
3 Apr. 28
31 July 28
24 Dec. 29
11 June 30
P31 Oct. 31
p 1 Nov. 31
P 25 Jan. 33
p 8 Dec. 25
P 15 Mar. 33
p 24 Nov. 35
p 17 Oct. 34
p 22 Jan. 36
10 May 35
p 7 Aug. 35
p 6 May 36
P14 July 37
P21 Oct. 36
20 Apr. 08
21 Dec. 09
p 20 Dec. 10
13 Apr. 20
11 May 15
11 June 29
9 Nov. 14
3 May 14
5 Nov. 07
p 19 Dec. 16
5 May 14
25 Aug. 25
3 Apr. 28
1 Feb. 29
2 Sept. 29
1 Aug. 30
P31 Aug. 30
P31 Oct. 31
p 1 Nov. 31
p 25 Jan. 33
2 Sept. 33
p 6 Mar. 35
27 Mar. 36
1 Apr. 36
p 30 Dec. 36
p 14 July 37
7 July 37
p 12 July 39
26 Sept. 39
26 Oct. 39
27 Oct. 39
28 Oct. 39
29 Oct. 39
6 Apr. 19
p
19 Apr. 21
10 Feb. 25
30 July 26
P12 Feb. 28
P24 Aug. 32
14 June 33
P24 Nov. 35
8 Apr. 25
26 Sept. 39
BItKV.-.M A.I.
10 Jan. 37
26 Feb. 30
28 June 38
28 June 38
4 Major Bray served the Mah-
ratta campaigns of 1817, 18,
and 19, and was present at the
siege and capture of Ryghur,
Amulnair, and Asseerghur.
5 Major Spence was present
in the action of Stuola, near
Genoa, 13th April, 1814, and
subsequent attacks upon the
city of Genoa until its surren¬
der.
6 Captain Shaw was present
at the battle of Albuhera. Also
at the attack and surrender of
Genoa in 1814, and, subse¬
quently, at the surrender of
Corsica.
7 Capt. Urmston served the
campaigns of 1813 and 14 in
the Peninsula, including the
battles of the Nive, Orthes, and
Toulouse. Served throughout
the Burmese war, including the
capture of Rangoon ; storm and
capture of the stockades of
Kemwandirieand Kummerute;
battles of Rangoon, Kokain, and Pagam-Mew ;
attack and capture of Donabew, Prome, and
Maloom ; actions of Simbike and Napadee.
8 Capt. Baldwin accompanied the expedition
to Walcheren, and was at the siege of Flushing.
Present on the 18th June at Waterloo, and the
storming of Cambray.
9 Paymaster Matthews served in the Nepaul
war in 1814 and 15; at the capture of Hattrass;
in the Mahratta war in 1817 and 18; and at
the capture of Bhurtpore.
21 June 39
P 12 July 39
p 30 Aug. 39
25 Oct. 39
p 15 Nov. 39
17 Jan.40
7 Feb. 40
8 Feb. 40
Paymaster.—John Henry Matthews,
9
21 Oct. 13
Adjutant.—
Quarter-Master.—Samuel Palmer, 8 May, 26.
Surgeon.—Henry Hart, M.D. 21 Sept. 30; Assist.-Surg. 31 Jan. 11.
Assist.-Surgeons.—T. Fames Ayre, 2 Nov. 26; Hosp.-Assist. 17 July, 26.
Charles Hugh James, 5 Oct. 32.
Facings Buff.—Agent, Messrs. Price & Son.
1 Sir Colin Halkett has received a cross for Albuhera, Salamanca, Vittoria, and the passage of the
Nive, and was severely wounded at Waterloo.
2 Col. Bolton served in the Peninsula, from 1808 to the end of the war, including the battles of ralavera,
Busaco, Albuhera (wounded), Aroya de Molina, Vittoria, the Pyrenees, Nive, Orthes, Aire, and Toulouse.
3 Major Van Cortlandt was engaged at the following battles, sieges, &c. in the East Indies, viz. Lasna,
Begaghur, Ruthowra, Agra, Deig, Bhurtpore, Allyghur, Coel, Delhi, Laswarrie, and Fallyghur, capture of
Holkar. Also several skirmishes during the campaigns of 1803, 4, 5, and 6. Present at the sieges of Ko-
mona and Gunowrie in 1808, and at Kalunga in 1814. Served the campaigns against the Pindarrees in
1817 and 18
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