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JVar Services of the Colonels. Mid
Bayonne, and severely at Waterloo, having received five wounds. Has received the Waterloo
Medal, and a Medal for Bhurtpore.
94 Colonel Jauncey served on the expedition to Walcheren in 1809. Subsequently in the
Peninsula from. July 1812 to June 1814, including the battle of Castalla, siege of Tarragona,
retreat from thence, its second siege, retreat from Villa Franca after the battle of the Pass of
Ordall, and investment of Barcelona in 1814. Expedition to Naples in 1815.
95 Colonel de Lacy served with the 48th Regt. in the Peninsular war in the battle of Busaco,
lines at Torres Vedras, pursuit of Marshal Massena, first siege of Badajoz, battles of Albuhera,
Vittoria (woundedJ, and the Pyrenees (28th July to 2nd Aug. 1813), served seven years in
Jamaica and the West Indies. He has received the War Medal with four Clasps.
90 Colonel Scargill served with the 9th at. the defence of Tarifa, from May to Dec. 1811.
Also in the south of France from March to May 1814, including the blockade of Bayonne and re¬
pulse of the sortie.
97 Colonel Robert Lewis served in the Burmese war.
98 Colonel Ainsworth served at the siege of Flushing in 1809, and subsequently in the Penin¬
sula, including the battle of Fuentes d’Onor, and 2nd siege of Badajoz, and battle of Nivello.
Served also the campaign of 1815, and was present at the battle of Waterloo. He has received
the War Medal with three Clasps.
99 Colonel Wilbraham served the Syrian campaign of 1840-41 (Medal), including the
advance on Gaza and affair near Askelon. Served the Eastern campaign of 1854-55, as an
Assistant Adjutant-General, including the battles in the Crimea and siege of Sebastopol
(Medal and Clasps, Cl)., Officer of the Legion of Honor, and 3rd Class of the Medjidie).
100 Colonel Fordyce-Buchan served with the 74th Highlanders in the Kaffir war in 1851
(Medal). Served also with the Scots Fusilier Guards at the siege of Sebastopol (Medal and Clasp,
and 5th Class of the Medjidie).
101 Colonel Webber Smith served with the 48th Regt. the campaign against the Rajah of
Coorg, in April 1834, and was wounded. Commanded the 95th Regt. in the Eastern campaign
of 1854, and was severely wounded at the battle of Alma (Medal and Clasp, CB., and 5th Class
of the Medjidie).
102 Colonel Yorke commanded the Royal Dragoons in the Eastern campaign of 1854, and
was severely wounded (leg broken) at the battle of Balaklava (Medal and Clasps, and 4th Class
of the Medjidie).
103 Colonel George served throughout the campaign in Scinde (Medal) under Sir
Charles Napier, including the destruction of Imaumghur in the Desert, and the battles of
Meeanee and Hyderabad, 1843, at which last he commanded the 22nd Regt. He served also
the campaign in the Southern Mahratta country in 1844-5; and Brigadier Hicks being mor¬
tally wounded, Major George took command of detachments at the storm of the Petahs and
northern front of Panulla and Pownghur, Nov. 27, and was present at the investment and
capture of both those forts, being in command of the left flank post ; and during the operations
against the Forts Munnahur and Munsuntosh in the Southern Concan, commanded left wing
22nd Regt., and afterwards commanded the Field Brigade (temporarily) at Kolapore.
104 Colonel C. H. Burnaby commanded the Royal Artillery on the Eat tern Frontier, Cape of
Good Hope, during the Kaffir war of 1846-7, and for this received the Brevet rank of Major.
He also commanded the Royal Artillery on the Eastern Frontier from the breaking out of
the war in Dec. 1850 until July 1852, and was appointed commandant of Graham’s Town,
with the District of Lower Albany ; for services in this war he got the Brevet rank of Lieut.-
Colonel (Medal).
105 Colonel Brownrigg served the Eastern campaign of 1854-55, as Assist. Adjutant-General,
including the battles of Alma and Inkerman, and siege of Sebastopol, and was Chief of the
Staff to Sir George Brown in the expedition to Kertch (Medal and Clasps, CB., Officer of the
Legion of Honor, and 4th Class of the Medjidie).
106 Colonel W. B. Ainslie commanded the 93rd Highlanders throughout the Eastern cam¬
paign of 1854-55, including the battles of Alma and Balaklava, and siege of Sebastopol (Medal
and three Clasps, CB., Sardinian Medal, and 4th Class of the Medjidie).
107 Colonel S. J. Hill commanded an expedition 80 miles up the Gambia in 1849; stormed
and destroyed the fortified town of Bambacoo, 6th May; attacked and partially destroyed the
fortified town of Keenung, 7th May; action and defeat of the enemy on the plains of Quenella.
He also commanded a detachment of the 2nd and 3rd West India Regts. in the combined
attack of the British and French naval and land force under Commodore Fanshawe in the
attack and total defeat of pirates at the Island of Basis, Jeba River, Western Africa, 12th Dec.
1849. The thanks of the Lords of the Admiralty were conveyed to himself and detachment,
and he received the brevet rank of Major.
108 Colonel Tidy served with the 14th Regt. at the siege and capture of Bhurtpore in
1825-26 (Medal).
109 Colonel Sanders commanded the 19th Rrgt. in the Eastern campaign of 1854 and was
severely wounded at the battle of Alma (Medal and Clasp, CB.,nnA 5th Class of the Medjidie).
110 Colonel Holdsworth served with the Queen's Royals the campaign in Affgbanistan
and Beloochistan, including the storm and capture of Ghuznee (Medal) and of Khelat (severely
wounded). Also the campaign in the Southern Mahratta country in 1844 (including the storm

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