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25d
JVar Services of the General Officers.
of Pampeluna; actions of the 9th and 11th De» 1813 at Bayonne; do. Toulouse inl814 ; passed
and repassed His Grace the Commander of the Forces and Staff during the operations of the
day, from the right to the left bank of the river, on a fly-raft of three boats ; and subsequently,
advancing to Mohgiscard on the Canal Royal du Midi, proceeded thence to Bordeaux. Proceeded to
Ceylon, East Indies, 16th June 1816. Served as commanding engineer in the Kandian Provinces,
during the insurrections of 1817 and 18. He has received the War Medal with three Clasps.
107 Major-General Faddy, prior to entering the Royal Artillery, was a Midshipman on board
the Asia, at the capture of the Dutch Fleet in Saldanba Bay in 1795: present at the attack on
Fort Jerome, St. Domingo, and at the siege and capture of the city of Santo Domingo in 1809;
served in the Peninsula and France from July 1810 to June 1814, including the siege of San
Sebastian, passage of the Adour, investment of Bayonne and repulse of the sortie, besides
various minor affairs.
108 Major-General H. R. Moor served in the Peninsula from June 1809 to June 1813, including
the battles of Busaco, Fuentes d’Onor, and Salamanca ; sieges of Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajoz,
action at Castrajon, and twelve other affairs with the enemy. Has the War Medal with five Clasps.
109 Major-General F. R. Thompson was attached to the Prussian army in 1815, and served
at Maubeuge, Landrecy, Phillipville, and Rocroi.
110 Major-General Hughes served in the 80th Regt. with the army in Burmah in 1852-53;
was present at the capture and occupation of Prome, and at the night attack of the enemy on
the camp at Prome, 8 Dec. 1852. Commanded the expedition sent into the Poungdey district
in Feb. and March 1853 ; succeeded in capturing arms and ammunition, and in bringing to
Prome a large quantity of grain (Medal).
111 Major-General Cole has received the Medal for the Kaffir war of 1851-53, during which
he commanded the Royal Engineers in South Africa.
112 Major-General W. Yorke Moore served as a Captain in the 39th Regt. throughout the
campaign against the Rajah of Coorg in April 1834.
113 Major-General Matson served in the Peninsula from Nov. 1812 to the end of the war,
including the affair of San Milan, advance of the army and crossing the Ebro, battle of Yittoria,
blockade of Pampeluna, sieges and storm of San Sebastian, passage of the Bidaesoa, battle of
the Nivelle, blockade of Bayonne and repulse of the sortie. In 1815 on the expedition to
America ; and with the army in the Netherlands from June 1815 to Nov. 1818. He has
received the Silver War Medal with three Clasps.
114 Major-General Booth's services:—Siege of Callinger (wounded at the assault). Nepaul
war in 1814, including the sieges of Kolunga, Nahu, and Jetuck. Mahratta war in 1817-18,
including the sieges of Singhur, Latarak, Pourunder, and Wursetta. Burmese war in 1824-5,
wounded at the storming of Martaban.
115 Major-General Greaves served with the 7th Fusiliers in America, in the campaign of
1814, and was also present in the attack on New Orleans, on the 8th Jan. 1815.
116 Major-General Alves served the whole of the campaigns in Spain, Portugal, and
France, of 1810, 11, 12, 13, and 14, with the 74th in Picton’s division, without having ever
been absent from it for a single day, including the battle of Busaco, retreat to the lines of
Torres Vedras, occupation of them, and subsequent advance in pursuit of Massena, actions
at Pombal, Redinha, Foz d’Arouse, Guarda, and Sabugal, battle of Fuentes d’Onor, siege of
Badajoz in June 1811, actions at El Bodon and Aldea de Ponte, siege and storm of Ciudad
Rodrigo, siege, storm, and escalade of the Castle of Badajoz in March and April 1812, battle
of Salamanca, capture of Madrid and the Retiro, affairs on the retreat from Madrid to
Salamanca and Portugal in Nov. 1812, subsequent advance and passage of the Ebro, battle
of Yittoria, blockade of Pampeluna, the battles in the Pyrenees on the 27th, 28th, and 30th
July, battles of the Nivelle, the Nive, and Orthes, actions of Vic Bigorre and Tarbes, and
battle of Toulouse. He has the War Medal with eleven Clasps for Busaco, Fuentes d’Onor,
Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, and Toulouse.
117 Major-General Alex. M. Fraser was employed in the expedition against Sambas in the
Island of Borneo.
118 Major-General W. H. Elliott embarked with the Regt. for Lisbon, 26th Jan. 1811, and
was present at the battle of Fuentes d’Onor, covering the siege of Ciudad Rodrigo, second siege
of Badajoz, affair near Val Moresco, battle of Salamanca, capture of Madrid and the Retiro,
covering the siege of Burgos, retreat into Portugal, during which operation he served as Aide-
de-Camp to Colonel Mitchell, 51st Regiment, commanding the Brigade, and received a contu¬
sion on the shoulder when in the act of delivering an order to an officer in advance. In Juno
1813, he was appointed an Aide-de-Camp to Major-General Inglis, and was present at the
battles of the Pyrenees, 30th and 31st July—received a flesh wound, and had a horse killed;
action at Lesaca, passage of the Adour, battle of Nivelle, attack of the heights of St. Pd, and
battle of Orthes. Appointed Major of Brigade to the 1st Brigade, 7th Division, and served as
such until the end of that war. He has received the War Medal and five Clasps. Served
also the campaign of 1815, including the battle of Waterloo, capture of Cambray, and capitu¬
lation of Paris. Served in command of the Madras Brigade throughout the Burmese war
of 1852-53; was on board the steam frigate Ferooz during the Naval action and destruction
of the enemy’s stockades on the Rangoon River, and served as Brigadier commanding the