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War Services of the General Officers.
61 Major General Whichcote joined the 52nd as a volunteer in December 1810, and served
with it in the Peninsula, France, and Flanders, and was present in the actions of Sabugal, El
Bodon, and Alfayates, siege and storm of Ciudad Rodrigo, and of Badajoz, battle of Salamanca,
retreat from Burgos, battle of Vittoria, action at Vera, battles of the Pyrenees, Nivelle, the Nile,
Orthes, Tarbes, Toulouse, and Waterloo. He has received the War Medal with nine Clasps.
62 Major General Butler served the campaign of 1815 with the 3rd Battalion of the Grena¬
dier Guards, and was present in the battles of Quatre Bras and Waterloo (where he carried
the colours), storming of Peronne, and capture of Paris.
63 Major General Johnston served in the 66th Regt. in Canada during the rebellion of
1837-38 and afterwards commanded the Regiment for many years on foreign service.
64 Major General Dunn served the campaign of 1805 in Italy; battle of Maida and capture
of Scylla Castle in 1806; expedition to Egypt in 1807, including the attack on Alexandria and
Rosetta, and battle of El Hamet (taken prisoner). Defence of Scylla Castle in 1808; Peninsular
campaigns of 1810 and 11, including operations before Ciudad Rodrigo, operations between the
Aguada and Almeida, battles of the Coa, Busaco, and Albuhera; actions at Usagre and Aldea de
Ponte, at which last he was severely wounded in the groin by a musket-ball, which remains un¬
extracted. Served also in the American war in 1814, including the taking of Moose Island, and
occupation of Castine. Has the War Medal with three Clasps for Maida, Busaco, and Albuhera.
65 Major General Fogo served in America during the whole war, including the battle of
Plattsburg.
66 Major General the Honourable William Arbuthnott served in the Peninsula, and was
present at the passage of the Douro, and the battles of Oporto, Talavera, and Busaco: for
the two last he has received the War Medal with two Clasps.
68 Major General Belson served in the Peninsula and South of France from July 1809 to
the end of the war in 1814, including the retreat from Talavera, action in front of Almeida,
action of the Coa, battle of Busaco, actions at Pombal, Redinha, Cazal Nova, Foz d’Arouce,
and Sabugal; battle of Fuentes d’Onor, actions on the heights of the Agueda, sieges of Ciudad
Rodrigo and Badajoz, actions at Castrajon (severely wounded), San Munos, San Milan, and
Osma; battle of Vittoria, action with the French, 28th June 181.3, in the morning before they
entered Pampeluna, in which he captured their last gun from Vittoria ; actions in the Pyrenees,
passage of the Nivelle, Nive, and Gave d'Oleron; and battle of Orthes, besides various minor
affairs and skirmishes. He has received the War Medal with nine Clasps.
69 Major General Portlock served in the last American War.
70 Major General Parker has the war medal with one clasp, and the Cross of the Tower
and Sword of Portugal.
71 Major General Wortham served the campaigns of 1813 and 14 in Spain and France,
including the siege of St. Sebastian, from 20th Aug. to 9th Sept. 1813; battles of Orthes and
Toulouse (War Medal with three Clasps). Served afterwards with the army in America,
from 14th Sept. 1814, to 24th May 1815, including the attack on the American Lines before
New Orleans, 8th Jan. 1815,and the siege and capture of Fort Bowyer from 8 th to 11th Feb. 1815.
72 Major General Harold served the campaign and battle of Corunna, for which he has
received the War Medal with one Clasp. Expedition to Walcheren and siege of Flushing.
73 Major General George Elliot served with the Royal Marine Battalion in co-operation
with the Spanish troops against the Carlists in 1837, and received the Cross of San Fernando,
1st Class. Served on the China expedition (Medal), antjjvas wounded in the attack on the
intrenched camps on the heights of Segoan, 15th March 1842. Was present at the bombard¬
ment of Odessa, 22nd April 1854 ; landed with the Royal Marines for the defence of Eupa-
toria; was at the siege of Sebastopol (Medal and Clasp, 5th Class of the Medjidie, and Turkish
Medal).
74 Major General Langford served with the Battalion in Spain from June 1836 to Sept.
1840, and was present in the actions of Fuenterabia and Hernani, besides various minor affairs.
While serving in H. M. S. North Star, from Sept. 1841 to Sept. 1846, he participated in the
operations of the Expeditionary Force in China, including the blockade of the Woosung River
(Medal). On the termination of hostilities with China he proceeded in the North Star to
New Zealand ; and was landed with all the detachments of Royal Marines from H.M. ships
present, and appointed to command that force, together with a detachment of the 96th Regt.,
with which he was actively employed in the field against the insurgent chiefs, whose strongly-
stockaded Pahs, or Villages, were successfully attacked and destroyed: for these services he
obtained the Brevet rank of Major. Accompanied the expedition to the Baltic in 1854 (Medal).
77 Major General M. C. Johnstone served with the 27th Regt. in the Kaffir wars of 1834-35
and 1846-47 (Medal).
78 Major General Meade served with the 88th in the Peninsula in the campaigns of 1811,
12, 13, and 14, including the battle of Fuentes d’Onor, siege of Badajoz in 1811, battle of
Salamanca (wounded), siege and storming of Badajoz, passage of the Nivelle and the Nive,
battles of Orthes and Toulouse. In 1814 he accompanied his Regiment to America, and the
following year joined the Army of Occupation in France. In 1821 he embarked for India on the
Staff of Sir Thomas Reynell, and was at the siege and storming of Bhurtpore, for the capture of
which fortress he received the rank of Major. He has received the War Medal with six Clasps.
80 Major General Macdowall served the campaign of 1814 in Holland with the 52nd,
including the actions at Merxem and bombardment of Antwerp.
81 Major General Bowers was slightly wounded at Waterloo.
83 Major General T. M. Williams previously to entering the Army served five years as Mid¬
shipman in the Navy, and was engaged in the attack of the French Fleet by Admiral Cornwallis on