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War Services of the General Officers.
160 Major General M'Killop served with the 11. M. Battalion in conjunction with the French
array at the bombardment and surrender of the Forts of Bomarsund in Aug. 1854 (Medal).
101 Sir Robert Walpole commanded a detachment of the Rifle Brigade at the Pandoo
Nuddee on the 20th Nov. 1857, a Brigade on the 27th and 28th Nov. at Cawnpore under
Major Gen. Windham, the 6 h Brigade of the Army in the action of Cawnpore on the 6th Dec.
under Lord Clyde, the 3rd Division of the Army at the capture of Lucknow, and a Field Force
that entered Rohilcund including Fort Rohea and battle of Ally gunge, also the troops at the
battle of Bareilly (wounded), under Lord Clyde ; commanded at the fight at Maylah Ghat on
the Saarda 15th Jan. 1859, when with 3(i0 men, 60 only of whom were Europeans, he entirely
defeated 2500 of the enemy (CJ7., KCB., Medal and Clasp).
162 Major-General Lake commanded the Artillery of the Light Division in the Eastern
campaign of 1854-55, including the affairs of Bulganac and M'Kenzie’s Farm, and the battles
of Alma (horse shot), Balaklava, and Inkerman (horse shot), and siege of Sebastopol (Medal
and four Clasps, Officer of the Legion of Honor, 4th Class of the Medjidie, and Turkish
Medal).
162+ Major General Lawrence commanded the 2nd ILtt. Rifle Brigade throughout the Eastern
campa gn of 1854, including the battles of the Alma (horse killed) and Inkerman, and siege of
Sebastopol (Medal and Clasps, CB., Officer of the Legion of Honor, 3rd Class of the Med¬
jidie, and Turkish Medal).
163 Major General Hon. Geo. Cadogan served the Eastern campaign of 1854, including the
battles of Alma, Balaklava, and lukerman. and siege of Sebastopol (Medal and Clasps, C/i.,Com¬
mander 2nd Class of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus, 3rd Class of the Medjidie, and Turkish
Medal). He was employed as the Queen's Commissioner to the Sardinian Army in the Crimea.
164 Major General Moore was at the destruction of 58 piratical vessels at Cho-Koum in
October 1849. Accompanied the expedition to the Baltic in 1855 (Medal).
165 Major General Cleaveland served on the north coast of Spam in 1837-39, in co-opera¬
tion with the Spanish army towards the conclusion of the war in St. Sebastian and its
vicinity.
166 Major General Simon Fraser served throughout the campaign in Syria (Medal and
Clasp, and Turkish Medal), including the storming and capture of Sidon (in command of three
companies which forced the Citadel Gate), surrender of Beyrout, bombardment and capture
of St. Jean d’Acre. Served with the R. M. Brigade in the Crimea in 1854-55, including the
battle of Balaclava, and siege of Sebastopol, acted as Major in the Marine Batteries, aid in
command of No. 3 Battery was actively engaged at the battle of Balaklava (Medal and two
Clasps, Brevet Major, 5th Class of the Medjidie, and Turkish Medal).
167 Major General Gibsone served throughout the K ifllr war of 1846-7, and was present
on almost every occasion in which the troops were engaged with the enemy ; and he had the
command of and led the charge of Cavalry in the decisive affair of the Gwanga, on the 8th
June 1840, when a large body of the enemy was encountered and utterly broken, leaving up¬
wards of 400 dead on the field, on which occasion his services were warmly acknowledged in
the public despatches, and his name particularly mentioned in General Orders.
168 Major General Fraser commanded a battalion of Royal Marines in the Crimea at the
siege of Sebastopol in 1854 (Medal and Clasp, and Turkish Medal).
169 Major General Russell commanded the 5th Brigade at the second relief of Lucknow
—severely wounded and particularly mentioned in despatches as having much distinguished
himself (CB.)-, commanded 1st Brigade under Outram at the repulse of several attacks on the
Alumbagh; at the fall of Lucknow he commanded 2nd Brigade which stormed the Imaum-
barra and captured the Kaiserbagh (Medal and Clasp).
170 Major General Burmester commanded the 59th Regt. at the operations before Canton
and capture of the city (Brevet of Lt.Colonel, Medal and Clasp).
171 Major General Horatio Shirley served the Eastern campaign of 1854-55; commanded the
88th in the battles of Alma and Inkerman, and siege of Sebastopol ; was General Officer of the
trenches in the attack on the Quarries on the 7lh June, and at the attack on the 18th June,
and commanded a Brigade at the attack on the Redan on the 8th Sept.—wounded (Medal and
Clasps, CB , Officer of the Legion of Honor, Sardinian and Turkish Medals, and 3rd Class of
the Medjidie).
172 Major General Newtonserved w ith the Coldstream Guards in the Crimean Campaign from
18th Oct. 1854 to 8tb April 1855 including the battles of Balaklava and Inkerman, and siege of
Sebastopol (Medal and three Clasps, 5th Class of the Medjidie,and Turkish Medal).
173 Major General Dixon served with the 77th Regt. the Eastern campaign of 1854-55>
including the battles of Alma and inkerman, and siege of Sebastopol (Medal and Clasps,
Brevet Lt.-Colonel, CB., Knight of the Legion of Honor, 4th Class of the Medjidie, and
Turkish Medal).
174 Major General Milman served with the Coldstream Guards in the Canadian rebellion in
1838. Served in India during the mutiny, and commanded a field force in the Ghazeepore
district in Dec. 1857, preventing the rebels crossing the Gogra and Ganges at their junction,
and at Azimghur on 10 March 1858 ; was engaged with the enemy at Atrowlea and Koelsa on
21st March. Commanded the left wing 37th K gt. ar, Azimghur until relieved by Lugard’s
force on 15 April ; held a bridge on the Benares road with a small picquet against a large
force of mutineers on 0 April and secured the passage of a large convoy of stores and am¬
munition into the Azimghur entrenchment (Medal).