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War Services of the General Officers.
60 The Hon. Sir James Scarlett served the Eastern campaign of 1854-55 in command of
the Heavy Cavalry Brigade and afterwards of the Cavalry Division, including the battles of
the Alma, Balaklava, and Inkerman, and siege of Sebastopol (Medal and Clasps, KCB.,•Com¬
mander of the Legion of Honor, Sardinian Medal, and 2nd Class of the Medjidie).
61 Sir George Buller served in the Rifle Brigade and commanded its 1st Battalion from
1841 to 1854. He served on the eastern frontier of the Cape of Good Hope in 1847-48-49;
commanded one of the columns which entered the Amatola Mountains in the campaign of 1847
against the Gaika chief Satidilla, who surrendered himself to him. He commanded the troops,
under Sir Harry Smith, which crossed the Orange River in 1848 to suppress the insurrection of
the Dutch Boers—was severely wounded, and had his horse killed under him in the action of
the 29th August at Boem Plaats, for which he was nominated a CB. Within a few months
after the return of his Battalion to England he re-embarked with it in January 1852 for special
service at the Cape ; was engaged in all the operations in the Waterkloof in 1852-3, and
commanded the 1st Division of the Army until the close of the Kaffir war (Medal). Returned
to England in. January 1854, and in April following embarked as a Brigadier-General of the
Army of the East—commanded a Brigade of the Light Division in the Eastern campaign of
1854-55, including the battles of Alma and Inkerman. and siege of Sebastopol: had two horses
shot under him at Inkerman, and suffered a severe contusion of the leg (Medal and Clasps,
KCB., Commander of the Legion of Honor, and 2nd Class of the Medjidie). In August 1856,
appointed to the command of the troops in tbe Ionian Islands.
62 Sir William Eyre commanded a Division under Sir George Cathcart across the Orange
River in 1853, and at the battle of Berea,—was nominated a CB., and appointed an Aide-de-
Camp to the Queen, with rank of Colonel in the Army, at the termination of the Kaffir war, in
1853, in consideration of his distinguished services in that and the previous Kaffir war (Medal).
Commanded a Brigade of the 3rd Division and afterwards the Division throughout the Eastern
campaign of 1854-55, and was present at the battle of the Alma, and siege and fall of Sebas¬
topol (Medal and Clasps, and KCB., Commander of the Legion of Honor, Sardinian Medal,
and 2nd Class of the Medjidie): during the battle of Inkerman he held the command of the
troops in the trenches; and he commanded a separate column in the attack of the cemetery on
the 18th June and was wounded.
63 Major-General W. H. Slade was present at St. Sebastian in July and August 1813;
blockade of Bayonne and repulse of the sortie. He was one of the officers selected to accom¬
pany the boats from Socoa to the mouth of the river Adour, and to assist in laying the bridge
across. He has received the Silver War Medal with one Clasp for St. Sebastian.
64 Major-General King served in a mortar-boat in the Faro of Messina for two months
in 1810. Advanced into the United States with Sir George Prevost’s army, and commanded
a battery against Plattsburg.
65 Major-General Grantham served at the defence of Cadiz.
66 Major-General Victor served in the Peninsula from December 1812 to the end of the
war, including the battles of the Nive, Orthes, and Toulouse, for which he has the War Medal
with three Clasps.
67 Major-General Sberbourne Williams served at the capture of Guadeloupe in 1815.
68 Major-General Dalton served at Walcheren and at the siege of Flushing in 1809.
69 Major-General Barry served in the Peninsula from August 1812 to October 1813, and
was severely wounded by a grape shot, 31st August 1813, when leading a party to the breach
at the storming of St. Sebastian. He has received the Silver War Medal with one Clasp.
70 Major-General Whinyates was present at the attack on Algiers by Lord Exmouth on
27th August 1816. Served with the army in France in 1817 and 1818. In February 1839
was commanding officer of Engineers with the Field Force in New Brunswick when the dis¬
puted territory was invaded by the state of Maine. Has the Medal for the battle of Algiers.
71 Major-General Gough served as Deputy Quarter-Master-General of the army during the
war in China, and received the brevet rank of Major and Lieut.-Colonel, together with the Com¬
panionship of the Bath, for his conduct in action, he having been present in almost every
engagement during the expedition. He was afterwards present in the battle of Maharajpore,
as Military Secretary to the Commander-in-Chief in India ; and he commanded a Brigade of
cavalry at the battles of Moodkee and Ferozeshah, and officiated as Quarter-Master-General
in the battle of Sobraon, and was very severely wounded. Served the Punjaub campaign of
1848-9 as Quarter-Master-General Queen’s Troops, and was present at the battles of Chiliian-
wallah and Goojerat.
72 Major-General Furneaux served in the Peninsula from October 1810 to April 1813, and
was with the covering army at the siege of Badajoz.
73 Major-General R. G. B.Wilson served in Holland, Belgium, and France, from December
1813 to January 1816, including the battles of Quatre Bras and Waterloo.
74 Major-General Emmett’s services :—sieges of Badajoz in 1811 and 12; passage of
the Nive, battles before Bayonne, Orthes, and Toulouse. Attack on the American lines at New
Orleans, every affair on that expedition, and the siege of Fort Bowyer. Slightly wounded at
Badajoz in 1811; again on the advance towards Orthes; and very severely wounded at the
assault of Badajoz in 1812. He has received the Silver War Medal with four Clasps.
75 Major-General Waters served in the Peninsula from April 1812 to September 1814. Was