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18
Regiment of Life Guards.
32
25 0
13 0
Half
Pay.
“ PENINSULA”—“ WATERLOO.”
Colonel.
13 Stapleton, Viscount Combennere,1 GCB. GCH. 2nd Lieut. 26 Feb. 1790;
Lieut. 1C March, 91; Copt. 28 Feb. 93; Major, March, 94; Lieut.-Col.
9 March, 94; Col. 1 Jan. 1800 ; Major- Gen. 30 Oct. 05; Lieut.-Gen. 1 Jan.
12; Gen. 27 May, 25. Col. 1st Life-Guards, 16 Sept. 29.
Licut.-Colonel and Colonel.
Major and Lieut.- Colot2cl.
Richard Parker, Cornet, p 2 Aug. 22; Lieut. p31 July 25; Capt. P30 June 28;
Brevet-Major, 23 Nov. 41; Major #■ Lt.-Col. 9 Nov. 46; Col. 20 June 54.
Captains.
Lord. Francis A. Gordon
Henry Lowther
Henry Dorrien Streatfeild
James Macnaghten Hogg
Geo.,Fwco?miDupplin,s.
Hon. D.C. Fitz-G. L>e Ros
Arthur Walsh, s
Sir Wm. Aug. Fraser, Bt.
Lieutenants.
George Andrews, adj. ..
TheophilusJohn Lovett..
G.W.EarlafMoun tCharles
Henry, Vise. Elmley.. ..
St. Geo. Fra.Rob. Caulfield
Richard Bateson
Henry Wyndham
Francis George Hare.. ..
C. J. Vise. Ingestre ....
con. AND
SUB-LIEUT
p 2 Aug. 29
P24 Sept. 41
p 7 July 43
p 0 Oct. 40
P29 Mar. 44
p 7 Fob. 45
18 June 34 jp i Dec. 37
p 5 Sept. 43 p o Mar. 49
p 4 June 47 p 22 Feb. 50
p 13 Aug. 47 Ip 13 Dec. 50
9 Apr. 48 p 1C May 51
p 5 May 48
p 23 April 47 P27 April 49
p 4 June 47 p 22 Feb. 50
11 Dec. 40
p 13 Aug. 47
P31 Dec. 44
p 5 May 48
p 10 Nov. 48
PIG Mar. 49
P27 April 49
p 15 Mar. 50
p17 Jan. 51
Cornets and Sub
Lieutenants.
William Hessey, R.M. .. 13
Walter de Winton p 17
Algernon William Peyton P19
Arthur Henry Davenportjp 12
Fred. Dorrien Magens .. PI 3
James Keith Fraser ...Jp16
William George Craven.. i p 11
Robert W. Grosvenor .. p 5
Dec. 50
June 51
Aug. 51
Dec. 51
Feb. 52
April 52
June 52
Aug. 53
15 Mar. 49
1 1 Oct. 50
19 Oct. 50
’13 Dec. 50
’ 16 May 51
1 31 Oct. 51
’16 Jan. 52
113 April 52
1 5 Aug. 53
p 31 Oct. 51
P 13 April 52
p 5 A ug. 53
BREVET-
M AJOR.
11 Nov. 51
Adjutant.—Lt. George Andrews, 11 Dec. 46.
Quarter-Master.—Hugh Hanly, 3 Feb. 54.
Surgeon.—James Cockburn, 1*2 Sept. 48; Assist.-Surg. 15 April 36.
Assistant-Surgeon.—Owen William George, M.D., 0 June 51.
Veterinary-Surgeon.—\} William Percivall,2 30 Nov. 12.
Scarlet.—Facings Blue.—Agent, George Samuel Collyer,Esq.
[^Returnedfrom France, January, 1810.]
1 Lord Combermere accompanied bis regt. (tbe 6th Dr. Gds.) to Flanders in Aug. 1703, and served to th#
end of that campaign, and until June of the following one. In 1706 he embarked in command of the 25th
Lt. Drs. for tiie Cape of Good Hope, and served a short but active campaign under Sir Thomas Craig, when
he accompanied his regt. to India, where he served in the memorable campaigns of 1708 and 60, against
Tippoo Sultaun, including the battle of Mallavelly, and siege of Seringapntstm. Proceeded to the Peninsula
in 1808, in command of a brigade of cavalry, consisting of the Mth and 16th Lt. Drs., at the head of which
he distinguished himself, during the campaign in the north of Portugal, including the operations at Oporto,
and afterwards apihe battle of Talavera. In Aug. 1809, the local rank of Lieut.. Gen. was conferred upon
him; and, early in 1810, he was appointed to the command of the whole allied cavalry under the Duke of
Wellington, and remained in that command until the termination of the war in 1814, and distinguished
himself at the head of the cavalry upon every occasion that presented itself, including the various actions
in covering the retreat from Almeida to Torres Vedras, battle of Busaeo, actions at Villa Garcia and
Castrajon, bat ■ ‘ of Puentes dOnor and Salamanca (severely wounded), action at 111 llodon, battles of
the Pyrenees, Oi .lies, and 1 onion e. Served also at the siege and capture of Bhurtpore, in 1825 and 26,
as Commander-in-chief. His lordship lias received a Medal for Seringapatain; the gold Cross and one
Clasp for the battles of Talavera, P'uentes d’Onor, Salamanca, Orthes, and Toulouse; and the silver War
Medal with three clasps for Busaco, Ciudad Bodrigo, and Pyrenees.
2 Mr. Percivall served in the Peninsula from September, 1813, to the end of the War in 1814, and was
present in the battle of Toulouse. Served also the campaign of 1815, including the capture of Paris. lie
has received the War Medal with two clasps for Orthes and Toulouse.