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servAprf 1842*.] V8th{Highland)Regt.of F. (orRoss-sldreBuffs.)
“ rw//;,.?,’,, —The Elephant, superscribed “ ASSAYE” “ MAT1
Years’Serv.
56
Full
Pay.
40
24
30
34
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Pay.
F Serving in India.
L Depot, Aberdeen.
Cuidich’n Rhi.”—The Elephant, superscribed “ ASSAY E” “ MAID A” “JAVA.”
Colonel.—^ 3M Sir William Chalmers,1 CB. KCH. Ens. 9 July 03, Lieut. 25
Oct.03; CaptSll Aug.07; A/aJor,26 Aug.13; Lieut.-Col.lHixmt\e>; Col.JO Jan.
37 ; Major-Gen. 9 Nov.46; Lt.-Gen. 20 June54; CW.78th Foot, 30 Sept. 53.
Lt.-Cols.—Walter Hamilton,'2 C{). Ens. i> 28 Jan. 19; Lt. M5 Apr. 24; Capt.
• p 15 Mar. 33; Jirev.-Maj. 9 Nov. 46; Major, P10 Dec. 47 ; Lt.-Col. 2 Oct.
49 ; Col. 28 Nov. 54.
Henry William Stisted,3 CB. Ens. p4 Dec. 35 ; Lieut. P29 Sept. 38 ; Capt. P29
Apr. 42; iliVy'or, P 26 May 48 ; if.-Coi. p 19 April 50; Col. 28 Nov. 54._
Majors.—Henry Hamilton,4 CB. Ens. P 13 Aug. 29 ; Lieut, p 29 Nov. 33; Capt.
P29 April 42 ; Major, p 19 April 50; Bt.-Lt.-Col. 9 July 57.
Colin Campbell M‘Intyre,3 CB. Ens. 9 Apr.25 ; Lieut, p 17 July 28; Capt. P28
Apr. 37; Major, 19 June 50; Bt.-Lt.-Col. 5 Sept. 57.
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Captains.
Jas. Duncan MacAndrew6
Graeme Alex. Lockhart7
Thos. R. Drummond Flay8
Alexander Mackenzie9 ..
John Henderson"
L.P. Bouverie12 Fc.20 J ulySS
Wm. M‘Gregor Archer13.
Thomas Anderson
ytH H.Tayl.Macpherson15
T. C. Belmore St. George15
Alfred W. Pym Weekes 10
Oswald Barton Feildeu 14
Lieutenants.
Geo.Digby Barker,20Md/.
Melville Aug. Walker21..
Frederick Henry Walsh22
Walter William Young23
Edw. Jackson Fitzsimons
William Thomson
Richard Pierce Butler ..
John Nathaniel Gower ..
Wm. Hen.S.M. Browne24
Richard Clay
Thomas Mackenzie..
Charles Pluut Bindon
Alexander Ewing ...
Thomas Hinde Thompson
Malcolm M'Neill ....
Ensigns.
Henry Anthony Ingles
S'irAlex.M.Mackenzie,I3f
Andrew Murray
Thomas Owen S. Davies
Alex. B. Ker Williamson
James Baron Baillie ....
Jas. Tho. S. Richardson
James Hart
Henry Swanson
John Ingle
ENSIGN.
p 15 Mar. 39
p 8 Dec. 37
p 2 Aug. 39
7 Feb. 40
p 18 April 45
7 Sept. 41
1 April 42
23 May 45
28 Feb. 45
p 29 Dec. 46
6 Oct. 48
P17 Sept. 50
LIEUT.
CAPTAIN. BREV.-MAJ.
p 21 Jan.
p 18 Aug.
p 18 Mar,
20 Feb.
29 Feb.
8 July 56
p 17 Oct. 56
p 1 May 57
19 June 57
2 Nov. 55
p 8 Feb. 56
15 Dec. 54
30 Oct. 57
27 Nov. 57
18 Dec. 57
18 Dec. 57
p12 Feb. 58
p 7 Feb. 58
16 Mar. 58
23 Mar. 58
30 Mar. 58
30 Apr. 58
10 Sept. 58
26 Nov. 58
p 21 May 41
8 April 42
p 5 Nov. 41
8 April 42
2 Dec. 46
28 Dec. 42
24 Oct. 44
p 10 Dec. 47
13 July 48
P 10 Nov. 48
P14 Sept. 52
p 15 July 53
p 16 Mar. 55
6 July 55
p 21 Sept.55
14 Sept. 55
f> 5 June 57
19 July 57
29 July 57
20 Nov. 57
23 Mar. 58
30 Mar. 58
30 Apr. 58
25 June 58
20 July 58
10 Sept. 58
p 24 Dec. 58
24 Mar. 58
19 Jan. 58
20 July 58
19 Jan. 58
20 July 58
p 6 Oct. 48
p 19 Apr. 50
P17 Nov. 48
15 Mar. 53
p 18 Mar. 53
p 22 Dec. 54
13 Dec. 56
17 Aug. 57
6 Oct. 57
2 Feb. 58
10 Sept.58
p 23 Nov. 55
10 Captain Weekes served
in the Persian war in 1857, in¬
cluding the night attack and
battle of Kooshab and bom¬
bardment of Mohumrah.
14 Captain Feilden served
in the 72nd Highlanders at
the siege and fall of Sebas¬
topol from 16th July 1855
(Medal and Clasp).
23 Lieut. Young served with the 19th Regt. at the
latter part of the siege of Sebastopol, including the
assault of the Redan on the 8th Sept. 1855 (severely
wounded), where he acted as Aide-de-Camp to Major
General Windham (Medal and Clasp).
13 April 58
Paymaster.—Joseph Webster,25 22 April 53; Ens. 23 Nov. 38.
Adjutant.—Lieut. George Digby Barker, 7 Dec. 58.
Quarter-Master.—Charles Skrine,26 12 Sept. 56. v
Surgeon.—Joseph Jee,27 23 Jime 54; Assistant-Surgeon, 15 Apr. 42.
Assist.-Surgeons.—Udt Valentine Mumbee Master,28 27 Mar. 55.
Samuel Stacy Skipton,29 M.D. 9 June 54.
Alexander Watt Beveridge,30 M.D. 15 Sept. 57.
Facings Buff.—Agents, Messrs. Cox & Co.
1 Sir William Chalmers served in Sicily in 160Gand 7 ; campaigns of 1808-9 in Portugal and Spain ; expedition to Wal-
cheren, including bombardment of Flushing; at Cadiz in 1810 and 11 ; and all the succeeding Peninsular campaigns, in¬
cluding the battle of Barrosa, attack of the enemy on the heights near Moresco, affair of Senhora de la Pena, battle of
Salamanca, action of San Munos, battle of Vittoria, attack at Maya, battles of the Pyrenees on the 30th and 31st July,
repulse of the enemy in his attack of the heights of St. Antonio, 31st August, attack of the enemy’s forts near Sane, 9th
Oct. 1813, battle of Nivelle, besides a great many minor affairs and skirmishes on the advance to Madrid and capture of
the Retiro. He was present with the army in the Peninsuladuring almost all the sieges, and was engaged in the following
affairs during the retreatfrom Burgos, viz. Olmos, Monasterio, bridge of Valladolid, and passage of the Huebra. Served
also in the Netherlands in 1814 and 15, including the battle of Waterloo, capture of Paris, and posterior operations in
France, to Aug. 1817. He was severely wounded in assault of the entrenchments at Sarre, and has had nine horses killed
or wounded under him in action, three of them at Waterloo. During the above campaigns he was on the staff, except at
Waterloo. Subsequently to his services in Sir John Moore’s campaign and Lord Chatham’s expedition, he was, in the
course of about four years (from 5th March 1811 to 18th June 1815), in seventeen engagements, six of them general actions—
exclusive of sieges ; and for his conduct in the field he was twice promoted, viz. to the brevet rank of Major at the battles
of the Pyrenees, and of Lieut.-Colonel at the battle of Waterloo, on which occasion he commanded the left wing of the 52nd
Regt, He has received the War Medal with eight Clasps,