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Kurrachee, Bombay. ] 56th {West Essex). Linked to 44th. 3°°
“ Moro ” “ Gibraltar,” with the Castle, Key, and ” Monti* Insignia Calpe.” ” Sevastopol.”
Colonel.—Henry William Breton, Ensign, 16 Mar. 15?- Lt. p27 July 20; Capt. p2i July 25; Major, *31
Dec. 28; Lt.Colonel, pn July 34; Colonel, 9 Nov. 46; Major General, 20 June 54; Lieut.General, 15 Dec.
61; General, 18 Dec. 69 ; Colonel 56th Foot, 23 April 60.
Lieutenant Colonel.—George Frederick Berry,1 7 Jan. 42; Lt. p25 April 45; Captain, 20 Oct. 49;
Bt.Major, 20 Sept. 61 ; Major, 3 Aug. 66; Lt.Colonel, 1 April 70.
Majors.—William Clutterbuck, Commandant Colaba Sanitarium; Ensign, p3 April 46; Lt. 3 Oct. 48;
Capt. p4 Aug. 54 ; „ Bt. Major, 22 Nov. 68 ; Major, 12 June 69.
Francis Charles Hill,2 Ensign, 21 Oct. 53; Lt. pi8 Aug. 54; Capt. i6aMar. 60; Major, 25 Jan. 71.
Full Hall
Pay. Pay.
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14
Captains.
Robert Thomas Thompson,2
D. A. A. G. for Musketry,
Aldershot
John William Huskisson,3 >
Adj. West Essex Militia ... S
Albert Greenland
William Bell3
William Richard White4
Joseph Fleming,5 Command-')
ant Ghizree Sanitarium )
Ollyett Woodhouse Braine, 'l
Garrison Instructor, Poona, >
Bombay )
George Wilding Wood
Almerick George Spencer,
Brigade Major, Bombay Dis¬
trict
William Frederick Hillatt Jones
Harvey Hamilton Kelly
Frederick Wm. Vans Leckie
11 Mar. 53
Lieutenants.
Walter Hughes Thomas Smee...
Thomas Prickett, Instructor')
of Musketry 27 Dec. 73 )
Alexander Marin De la Yoye
Harold Parminter Molineux
Fra. Tudor Campbell Du-)
Vernet, at Staff" College j
John Benet Thornton New-
bury, Adjutant 21 Sept. 74.. $
Daniel Alexander Blest
Henry Wyndham Ricketts
Edward Evans Kenny
Alfred Fox Cotton
Art.LnwrenceDingwallFordyce
Allan Smith
8 Nov.
12 Oct.
31 Aug.
1 5 Dec.
pi8 Aug.
pi7 Apr.
p23 Mar.
p29 Jan.
4 My
pi5 Feb.
5 July
p 9 Aug.
p 2 June
9 Feb.
• 1 Aug.
10 Nov.
20 Feb.
7 July
p23 June
3 Sept.
23 Sept.
23 Sept.
27 July 55
50 19 Jan.
59 1 Jan.
55 p25 Jan.
p3o Nov.
8 Dec.
Alexander Pringle
Harry George Wakelin Ford ...
Edmund Cox Parker, Aide de >
Camp to Sir C. Reid y
Sub Lieutenants.
Francis Edward Grainger
Geo. Penry Montague Prichard
Robert Burrowes Leslie ..
Henry Lawrence Daly
Claude Edward Harrison
Theodore Edward Stephenson
P2I Nov.
8 Feb.
60 pi9 Dec.
60.p 9 Sept.
6i|p28 July
60.p 7 Feb.
64 28 Oct.
64^13 June
64 p 1 Aug.
65!p 2 Jan.
64 22 Dec.
68 25 Jan.
65 p26 Feb.
63! 29 July
69 ^27 Oct.
691 28 Oct.
1 28 Oct.
28 Oct.
28 Oct.
30 Dec.
30 Dec.
28 Oct.
p 7 Feb. 65
10 Oct. 65
pi3 June 68
27 April 70
1 Apr. 70
1 Apr. 70
p27 Aug. 70
2 Aug. 71
pi2 Nov. 70
BREV.MAJ. BL.LT.COL.
12 Oct. 70
31 Dec. 72
p3i May 71
14 Mar. 74
2 Major Hill and Captain Thompson landed
with the 56th Regiment in the Crimea on the
25th Aug. 1855, served in the trenches at the siege
of Sebastopol, and were present at the final
assault (Medal with Clasp, and Turkish Medal).
Served also in India during the mutiny in 1858.
3 Captains Huskisson and Bell served with
the Bombay Column of the Goa Field Force
against the Dessai rebels from Feb. to June 1858,
including several skirmishes (Medal).
28 Oct. 71
SUB LIEUT.
9 Aug. 73
9 Aug. 73
12 Nov. 73
28 Feb. 74
15 April 74
21 Sept. 74
Paymaster.—Luke FitzGerald Bernard,6 8 Dec. 48 ; Ensign, p6 Aug. 41; Lt. p3 May 44; Hon. Major, 1 Jan. 60.
Quarter Charles Yalleyley Leech,8 6 Nov. 67.
Medical Officer.—Surgeon Major Frederick Oakes,9 Surgeon, 13 Feb. 63.
Facings Purple.—Agents, Messrs. Cox and Co.
Embarked for India, 28 February 1871.
1 Lt.Colonel Berry served with the 24th Regt. in thePunjaub compaign of 1848-49, including the passage of the
Chenab, and battles of Sadoolapore, Chillianwallah (slightly wounded), and Goojerat (Medal with Two Clasps).
Served in India during the mutiny of 1857-58; commanded the station of Murree (Punjaub) when attacked by
hillmen on the night of 1st Sept. 1857, and during proceedings of the three following days. In Nov. 1857 raised,
under orders of Sir John Lawrence, at Lahore a Battalion of Sikhs 1200 strong, and proceeded to North-Western
Provinces with it in Jan. 1858 ; was attached to Maxwell’s Column and present at engagements at Ooryah and
Sheerghurghal and at the taking of Calpee (Medal With Clasp for Central India).
4 Major White served with the 50th Regiment in New Zealand from 15th Nov. 1863 to 2nd Oct. 1866; led the
storming party at the assault and capture of Rangiawhia (mentioned in despatches), present at the repulse of the
enemy’s attack on the Camp at Nukumaru, appointed Aide de Camp to Brigadier General Waddy 26th Jan. 1865,
and served on the Staff to 7th April 1866 (Medal, and Brevet of Major).
5 Captain Fleming served with the 30th Regiment in the Crimea from the 30th May 1855, including the siege and
fall of Sebastopol (Medal with Clasp, and Turkish Medal).
6 Major Bernard served in the Crimea with the 82nd Regiment from the 2nd September 1855, including the siege
and fall of Sebastopol (Medal with Clasp, and Turkish Medal).
8 Quarter Master Leech served with the 57th Regiment with the Column under Colonel Warre on outpost duty on
the line of the Taptee river in co-operation with the Central India Field Force in 1858. Served in the New Zealand
war in 1861 at the Waitara before Te Arei’s Pah; also during the war in 1863-66 in the Provinces of Taranaki and
Wanganui (Medal).
9 Surgeon Major Oakes.—For War Services see “ Medical Department.”
Record of the Services of the 56th Regiment.
Raised in 1755. Proceeded to the Havannah, 1762. Home, 1763. To Gibraltar, 1770. Home, 1783. To Westlndies,
1793. Home, 1795. To West Indies, 1796. Home, 1799. To Holland, 1799. Home, 1799. (2nd Battalion raised in
1804; to India 1807; home and disbanded in 1817.) To India 1805. (3rd Battalion raised in 1813; proceeded
to Holland 1813; home and disbanded 1814). To Mauritius, 1815. Home, 1826. To West Indies, 1831. Home, 1842.
To Gibraltar, 1846. (Reserve Battalion raised in 1846; proceeded to Gibraltar, 1847; incorporated with 1st Bat¬
talion, 1850.) To Bermuda. 1851. Home, 1855. To Crimea, 1855. Home, 1856. To India, 1857. Home, 1866. To
India, 1871.