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fVar Services of the Colonels.
fought there: commanded a detached wing in the battle of Inkerman and subsequently the
regiment during the siege from 17th Nov. 18S4 to 6 Aug. 1855, including a special command
of two Kegiments in support of the storming party of the left column against the Redan on
the 18th June. Had command of the Regiment again on the 8th Sept., and daring the assault
was ordered to move to the point of attack in support. In the expedition to Kinbourn he held
command of a Brigade (Medal and Clasps, CB., Officer of the Legion of Honor, Sardinian
Medal, and 3rd Class of the Medjidie).
81 Colonel Haines’ services :—On the formation of the Army of the Sutlej in 1845 he
was appointed to officiate as Military Secretary to the Commander-in-Chief in India, Sir Hugh
Gough, and in that capacity he was present at the battles of Moodkee and Ferozeshah (Medal
and one Clasp); in the latter engagement he was severely wounded by grape shot at the attack
on the enemy’s works, his horse being killed under him at the same moment. At the recom¬
mendation of Lord Gough, he was promoted to a Company in the 10th Foot, without pur¬
chase. As Military Secretary to his Lordship, he served the Punjaub campaign of 1848-9, and
was present at the affair of outposts at Ramnuggur, 22nd Nov. 1848, and subsequent opera¬
tions resulting in the passage of the Chenab, and the battles of Chillianwallah and Goqjerat
(Medal and two Clasps) ; served with the 21st Fusiliers the Eastern campaign of 1854-55, in¬
cluding the battles of Alma, Balaklava, and Inkerman, and siege of Sebastopol (Medal and
four Clasps, and 5th Class of the Medjidie).
82 Colonel William Napier served as Aide-de-Camp to Sir Charles Napier during his cam¬
paign of 1845 against the Desert and Mountain Tribes on the right bank of the Indus. Served
also at the siege of Sebastopol as Assistant Director General Land Transport Corps (Medal
and Clasp, and Sth Class of the Medjidie).
83 Colonel Arney commanded three companies of the 58th during the operations against the
hostile natives in the Southern District of New Zealand in 1846. He commanded the troops
encamped in the valley of the Hutt and Porirua; and the 58th at the affair of the Horokeivi,
when the enemy were driven back and dispersed.
84 Colonel Skipwith commanded the 43rd Light Infantry in the Kaffir war of 1851-53
(Medal).
85 Colonel Donaldson served in the Peninsula with the 57th, from June 1809 to the end of
that war in 1814, including the siege of Badajoz in April 1811, battles of Albuhera, Yittoria,
and the Pyrenees.
86 Colonel Long served with the 71st in the Peninsula, from Sept. 1813 to the end of that
war in 1814, including the action at Cambo, battles of the Nive, before Bayonne (wounded), Orthes,
Aire, Tarbes, and Toulouse. Also the campaign of 1815, including the battle of Waterloo. He
has received the War Medal with four Clasps for Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, and Toulouse.
87 Colonel Birtwhistle served the campaign of 1814 in the south of France with the 32nd.
Also the campaign of 1815, including the battle of Quatre Bras (slightly wounded), retreat on the
17th June, and battle of Waterloo (severely wounded).
88 Colonel Algeo served in the Peninsula with the 77th from Aug. 1813 to the end of the war.
89 Colonel Palmer served the campaign of 1814 in Holland, including the attack upon
the village of Merxem, 13th Jan.; also second attack and capture 2nd Feb., when his Regiment
captured two guns; bombardment of the French fleet in the Scheldt, from 3rd to 6th February.
Actively engaged at Fort Frederick on the Scheldt, 22nd March, in impeding the passage of
French line of battle ships to Fort Lillo, for the purpose of throwing provisions and assistance
into the garrison. Again employed on the same duty 25th March following.
90 Colonel Jos. Swinburne served in the Peninsula from 1809 to the end of the war, includ¬
ing 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 El Bodon, sieges of Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajoz, battles of Sala¬
manca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, and Nivelle ; action at Salvaterre, battle of Orthes (wounded in the
neck), action at Vic Bigorre, and battle of Toulouse. He has received the War Medal with
ten Clasps.
91 Colonel Waymouth served in the Peninsula with the 2nd Life Guards from Nov. 1812 to
the end of that war in 1814, including the battle of Vittoria, investment of Pampeluna, and the
battles of the Pyrenees. Also the campaign of 1815, including the action of Quatre Bras, cover¬
ing the retreat on the 17th June, and battle of Waterloo. Severely wounded and taken prisoner,
when charging the French cuirassiers at Waterloo. He has received the War Medal with two
Clasps for Vittoria and Toulouse.
92 Colonel Edgar Gibson served in the Peninsula with the 1st Light Infantry Battalion of the
King’s German Legion, from Aug. 1813 to the end of that war1 in 1814, including the siege of San
Sebastian, an action in the Pyrenees at the passage of the Bidassoa (wounded),and the subsequent
actions in which the left wing of the army was engaged. Served also the campaign of 1815, and
was present at the battle of Waterloo. He has received the War Medal with two Clasps.
93 Colonel Morse-Cooper served the campaign of 1814 as a Volunteer from the R. M. Col¬
lege with the Royals, and was present at the investment of Bayonne and repulse of the sortie.
Also the campaign of 1815, including the battles of Quatre Bras and Waterloo. Also served with
the 11th Light Dragoons at the siege and capture of Bhurtpore in 1825-6, under Lord Com-
bermere, where he volunteered for the dismounted Cavalry storming party. Slightly wounded at