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“ PENINSULA”—“ WATERLOO.”
Colonel.
^3 Stapleton, Viscount Combennere,
1
GCB. GCH. 2nd Lieut. 26 Feb. 1790;
Lieut. 16 March, 91; Capt. 28 Feb. 93; Major, March, 94; Lieut.-Col.
9 March, 94; Col. 1 Jan. 1800 ; 3Iajor-Gen. 30 Oct. 05 ■ Lieut.-Gen. 1 Jan.
12; Gen. 27 May, 25. Col. 1st Life-Guards, 16 Sept. 29.
Lieut.-Colonel and Colonel.
John Hall, Cornet, p 12 June, 17; Lieut. p24 July, 17; Capt. p2 Aug. 22;
Br.-Major, 8 Sept. 31; Maj. § Lt.-Col. p27 Dec. 37; Lt.-Col. Sf Col. 9 Nov. 46.
Major and Lieut.-Colonel.
Richard Parker, Cornet, P 2 Aug. 22; Lieut. P31 July 25; Capt. P30 June 28;
Brevet-Major, 23 Nov. 41; Major and Lt.-Col. 9 Nov. 46.
Captains.
Thos.Myddelton Biddulph
Lord F. A. Gordon .,
Lord Wm. Beresford.
Lord Chas. P. P. Clinton
Hon. W. H. S. Cotton ..
John Farrer
Henry Lowther
W. G., Earl of Munster
Lieutenants.
Henry Dorrien Streatfeild
13 R.Winterbottom,
2
R.M.
James Macnaghten Hogg
Geo., Viscount Dupplin
Hon. D.C. Fitz-G. DeRos
Henry Sam brook Crawley
George Andrews, adj. ..
E. J. C. Lord Eliot ....
Arthur Walsh
Cornets and Sub-
Lieutenants.
Sir Wm. Aug. Fraser, Bt.
Theophilus John Levett..
G.H.^aWo/MountCharles
Henry Lygon
St. George Caulfield ....
Edm.Waldo Meade Waldo
Richard Bateson
Henry Wyndham
COR. AND
SUB-LIEUT.
P 7 Oct. 26
p 2 Aug. 29
p 30 April 29
P24 Jan. 34
p 21 Oct. 37
P27 Dec. 37
p 24 Sept. 41
p 7 July 43
18 Dec. 37
p 6 Oct. 43
P29 Mar. 44
p 7 Feb. 45
p 1 May 46
11 Dec. 46
p 29 Dec. 46
p 23 April 47
p 4 June 47
p 13 Aug. 47
P31 Dec. 44
p 5 May 48
p 10 Nov. 48
p 9 Mar. 49
p 16 Mar. 49
p 27 April 49
P 23 Feb. 29
18 June 34
p 4 July 34
p 5 May 37
P18 May 41
p 16 Nov. 41
p 5 Sept. 43
p 1 July 42
p
4 June 47
19 July 47
p 13 Aug. 47
9 Apr. 48
p 5 May 48
p 9 Mar. 49
15 Mar. 49
p 16 Mar. 49
P27 April 49
CAPTAIN.
p 16 May 34
p 1 Dec. 37
P27 Dec. 37
P30 Dec. 42
p 29 Dec. 46
p 4 June 47
p 9 Mar. 49
p 16 Mar. 49
BREVET-
MAJOR.
9 Nov. 46
Adjutant.—Lt. George Andrews, 11 Dec. 46.
Quarter-Master.—William Binnie, 29 Jan. 47.
Surgeon.—James Cockburn, 12 Sept. 48; Assist.-Surg. 15 April 36.
Assistant-Surgeon.—Thomas Tardrew, 12 July, 44.
Veterinary-Surgeon.—$ William Percivall,
1
30 Nov. 12.
Scarlet.—Facings Blue.—Agent, George Samuel Collyer, Esq.
^Returnedfrom France, January, 1816.]
1 Lord Combermcre accompanied his regt. (the Gth Dr. Gds.) to Flanders in Aug. 1703, and served to the
end of that campaign, and until June of the following one. In 1706 he embarked in command of the 25th
Lt. Drs. for the Cape of Good Hope, and served a short but active campaign under Sir Thomas Craig, when
be accompanied his regt. to India, where he served in the memorable campaigns of 1798 and 99, against
Tippoo Sultaun, including the battle of Mallavelly, and siege of Seringapatam. Proceeded to the Peninsula
in 1808, in command of a brigade of cavalry, consisting of the 14th and 16th Lt. Drs., at the head of which
he distinguished himself, during the campaign in the north of Portugal, including the operations at Oporto,
and afterwards at the battle of Talavern. In Aug. 1809, the local rank of Lieut.-Gen. was conferred upon
him ; and, early in 1810, he was appointed to the command of the whole allied cavalry under the Duke of
Wellington, and remained in that command until the termination of the war in 1814, and distinguished
himself at the head of the cavalry upon every occasion that presented itself, including the various actions
in covering the retreat from Almeida to Torres Vedras, battle of Busaco, actions at Villa Garcia and
Castrajon, battles of Fuentes d’Onor and Salamanca (severely wounded), action at El Bodon, battles of
the Pyrenees, Orthes, and Toulouse. Served also at the siege and capture of Bhurtpore, in 1825 and 26,
as Commander-in-chief. His lordship has received a Medal for Seringapatam ; the gold Cross and one
Clasp for the battles of Talavera, Fuentes d’Onor, Salamanca, Orthes, and Toulouse; and the silver War
Medal with three clasps for Busaco, Ciudad Rodrigo, and Pyrenees.
2 Lieut. Winterbottom served in the Peninsula and has received the War Medal with one Clasp for the
battle of Toulouse.
4 Mr. Percivall served in the Peninsula from September, 1813, to the end of the War in 1814, and was
present in the battle of Toulouse. Served also the campaign of 1815, including the capture of Paris. He
has received the War Medal with two clasps for Orthes and Toulouse.

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