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Embarked for
Bombay, il Jan. 1849..
83?y? Regiment of Foot. [
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'CAPE OF GOOD HOPE”—“TALAVERA”—“BUSACO”—
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FUENTES D’ONOR”
— “CIUDAD RODRIGO” —“BADAJOZ”—“SALAMANCA” —“ VITTORIA” —
“ NIVELLE”—“ ORTHES”—“ TOULOUSE”—“ PENINSULA.”
Years’ Serv.
32
Half
Pay.
2-j>
Colonel.
13 Sir Frederick Stovin,
1
KCB. KCMG. Ens. 22 March 1803 ; Lieut. 7 Jan. 01 ;
Capt. 24 June 02 ; Major, 27 April 12 ; Lt.-Col. 26 Aug. 13; Col. 22 July
30 ; Major-Gen. 23 Nov. 41 ; Col. 83rd Regiment, 1 Sept. 48.
Lieut.-Colonels.— Botet Trydell,
2
Ens. 19 Oct. 04; Lt. 30 Oct. 06; Capt.
17 Nov. 18; A/({/o)-,P3Dec. 29; Brev.-Lt.-Col.%3 Nov. 41; Lt.-Col.Z Aup. 42.
13 Wm. Henry Law,
3
.Ens. 29 April, 13 ; Lieut. P28Nov. 16; Capf. P 14 July,
25 ; Brevet-Major, 28 June, 38; Major, 2 Apr. 41; Lt.-Col. 22 Dec. 48.
Majors.—}3 Joseph Swinburne,
4
Ens. 16 Aug. 09; Lieut. 4 June, 12; Capt.
6 Oct. 25; Brev.-Major, 28 June, 38; Mtjor, 2 Aug. 42.
Edward Townsend, I'.ns. 23 May 16; Lieut. p28 Oct. 24; Capt. p 18 Feb. 20 ;
Brev.-Major, 23 Nov. 41 ; Major, 22 Dec. 48.
Captains.
Henry Francis Ainslie
Henry Lloyd
John Kelsall
D. W. P. Labalmondiere
Edward Steele
Charles Wilson Austen ..
Septimus AlphonsoF.Cary
Samuel Bunjes Lamb ..
Thomas Spring
John Heatly,
5
s
Lieutenants.
William Nott,Ad;
Thomas Adams
Rob. H. Payne Crawfurd
J ohn Sharman Molony..
Henry De Renzy Pigott
William Mills Molony ..
Samuel Read
Edw. M. H. Mainwaring
6
Thomas Parker Wright..
0 James Verling Ellis
John Norris M’Kelvey ..
John Meade
Mowbray Baumgartner..
Wm. Kavanagh Bookey
Wm. John Nunn
Stephen Wm. Metge ....
Herbert Stanley Cooper
Frederick Dickinson ....
Cha.PeregrineTeesdale, s.
William Gumming Sheils
Sylvester W. F. M. Wilson
29 Jan. 24
p 5 Apr. 31
P14 July 25
21 June 33
p 18 April 34
p 14 Dec. 38
P3 April 35
p 14 Dec. 32
P 14 May 36
20 Sept. 31
19 Nov. 41
|P 20 Aug. 44
|p 27 Jan. 43
p 23 May 45
p 22 J uly 45
p 8 Aug. 45
31 Oct. 42
28 Jan. 42
2 Feb. 44
29 Mar. 44
p
25 Feb. 45
10 May 45
P4 April 45
p
3 April 46
P22 May 46
p12 Feb. 47
P19 Mar. 47
18 Aug. 48
p 7 Jan. 47
31 Dec. 46
P12 Nov. 47
John Sprot |p19 Sept.48
p 7 Nov. 26 p 5 April 31
p 8 April 34 p 10 April 40
p 30 April 27 4 Oct. 41
P25May 38 . p 7 June 44
p 15 Mar.39 P19 Mar. 47
p 15 Dec. 40 p 1 Dec. 48
20 May 40
’ 5 Feb. 36
2 Apr. 41
22 Dec. 48
7 July 48
15 July 49
28 Mar. 34 p 17 Nov. 43
BREV.-MAJ.
9 Nov. 46
William Hall
Ensigns.
Richard Thomas Sweeny
Fran. Hen. Digby Marsh
Ussher William Alcock ..
Marm. N. Richardson ..
Thomas Rowland
Thomas Graham
William FitzRoy
Edward Meurant
1 Aug. 48
21 Mav 461
2
hleut.-Colonel Tryiell served
1 ti*
C
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at the ca
P
ture of the Ca
P
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Good
p Mar. 47 j Hope, in 180G, and was present al
P 11 July 45 the battle of Blueberg. He served
qq , q I also in the Kandian Insurrection 04
j une 40 ,
817 and 18
^
in Ceylon>
3 Lt.-Col. Law served in the Pen¬
insula from Sept. 1813 to the end oi
the war, including the battles cf
Nivelle and Nive, for which he has
received the War Medal with two
clasps.
4 Major Swinburne served in the
Peninsula from 1809 to the end of
the war, including the battles of
Oporto, Talavera (wounded in the
right arm and foot), and Busaco ;
actions at Pombal, Leria, Condeixa,
Fleur-de-lis, Guarda, and Sabugal;
battle of Fuentes d’Onor, first siege
of Badajoz, action at Elbodon,
sieges of Ciuda Rodrigo and Bada¬
joz, battles of Salamanca, Vittoria,
9 T?ph 4.0 I Pyrenees.and Nivelle; action atSal-
* ‘ vaterre. battle of Orthes (wounded
P 18 Dec. 47 in the neck), action at Vic Bigorrc,
p 13 April 49 andbattle of Toulouse. He has re-
n
,
AT
ceived the War Medal with ten
Pll May 49
clasps
.
P29 May 49 i 5 Quarter-Master Calbnrn served
15 July 49 |
,v
'
th t,ie Bufls at the
battle of Pun-
^ Iniar (Medal).
P 19 Sept. 48
p 1 Dee. 48
28 Feb. 44
20 Mar. 46
7 Aug. 40
P8 Sept. 46
p 11 Dec. 40
9 Jan. 47
P26 Nov. 47
22 Dec. 48
do
do
do
6 Lieut. Mainwaring served in the Queen’s in the
campaign in the southern Mahratta country in 1844
(including the storming of the fortress of Punella), and
that in the Concan in 1845.
5 Capt. Heatljr served with the 49th, and as Deputy
Assistant Adjutant-General, throughout the operations
in China, and was present at Chusan, Canton, Amoy,
Chusnan, Chinhae, Ningpo, Chapoo, Woosung, Chin
Kiang Foo, and Nankin.
p 1 Dec. 48
31 Mar. 46
P17 Mar. 48
p 27 Oct. 48
22 Dec. 48
22 Dec. 48
p 29 May 49
p 10 Nov. 48
0 | Bay master.—John Dennis Swinburne, 2 Mar. 49; Ens. 25 Mar. 43; Lt. 3 Oct. 46,
0 \ Adjutant.—Lieut. William Nott, 19 Nov. 41.
0 ! Quarter-Master.—William Calburn,
5
16 Sept. 45 ; Ens. 22 Dec. 43.
0 Surgeon.—George Ledingham, M.D. 2 July, 41; A sslst.-Surg. 8 Nov. 27; Hosp.-
j Assist. 31 Aug. 26.
0 ! Assist.-Surgeons.—John Harry Ker Innes, 8 April 42.
9 [ William Nettleton Boyce, 12 Feb. 47.
0 James Hamilton Bewes, 22 Dec. 48.
Facings Yellow.—Agents, Messrs. Cox & Co.
1 Sir Frederick Stovin served at the Ferrol, in 1800; in Germany, in 1805 ; at the siege and capture of Copenhagen, in
1807 ; with the expedition to Sweden, in 1808; in Spain and Portugal, in 1808-9, including the retreat to and battle of
Corunna. With the expedition to Walcheren and at the capture of Flushing, in 1809 ; subsequently in the Peninsula, and
was second in command at the first defence of Tarifa; Aide-de-camp to Sir Thomas Picton at the siege and capture of Ciudad
Rodrigo and Badajoz. Assistant Adjutant-General to the 3rd division at the battle of Salamanca, capture of Madrid and
the Retiro, retreat therefrom and subsequent advance, passage of the Ebro, battles of Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, and
Orthes, action at Vic Bigorre, and battle of Toulouse. Served also at New Orleans, where he was wounded. Sir Frederick
has received the gold cross and two clasps for Salamanca, Vittoria, Nivelle, Nive, and Orthes } and the silver War Medal with
. three clasps for Corunna, Ciudad Rodrigo, and Badaioa

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