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“ Salamanca” — “ Pyrenees” — “Nivelle” —“ Nive” — “Ortiies”—“ Toulouse”
—“ Peninsula.”
Colonel.—$) Sir John Wilson,1 KCB Ens. 26 Mar. 1794; 7.M2 Aug. 95; CaptA 8
Jan. 99; Major, “Zl May, 1802; Lieut.-Col. 22 Dec. 08; Col. 4 June, 14;
Maj.-Gen. 27 May, 25; Lieut.-Gen. 28 June, 38; Oen.20 June 54; Col. 11th
Regt. 10 May, 41
Lieut.-Colonel.—OaU Henry Keane Bloomfield,2Ens. 30 Sept.13; Lieut.117 Aug.
17 ; Capt. p 1 April, 24 ; Brevet-Major, 28 June, 38; Major, 1120 Feb. 41;
Lieut.-Col. P27 June, 45 ; Col. 20 June 54.
Majors.—$5 John Casemir Harold,3 * * Ens. 25 Sept. 00 ; Lt. 28 May, 07 ; Capt.
16 Feb. 15; Brevet-31ajor, 10 Jan. 37 ; Major, 6 Nov. 41 ; Brevet-Lt.-Col.
11 Nov. 51
John Singleton, Ens. P17 June, 26; Lieut. P31 Dec. 27; Capt. P15 Feb. 39 ;
Major, P 27 June, 45 ; Brev.-Lieut.-Col. 20 June 54.
Captains.
Edward Moore
Edward Lynch Blosse .
Augustus Fred. Jenner,
John Walpole D’Oyly .. I
Henry Maynard Ball....
Alex. Hy. Louis Wyatt ) \
Brcv.-Lt.-Col. 20 June 54 5
Thomas Peebles
John Roe
Francis Barry Drew ....
Robert Neville
Lawre. Hartshorne Scott
Lieutenants.
John Robt. 1V il ton j d. pm.
John T. Tho. Boyd, adj.
Richard Maunsell
Joseph Stewart Travers .
R. Wingfield Cardiff...
HenryJ no. Maclean, d.ad/.
Harry Clayton Hague ,.
Philip Doyne Vigors ....
Geo. Toddington Osborn
John Finch
William Dutton Naper.,
William Henry Clarkson
Owen Davies
William Alfred Swift .
Ensigns.
Richard Hotham
Fra. Wm. Henry Petrie
Sheffield Grace
Hy. L’Estrange Herring
21 May 18
p 15 Nov. 33
p 9 Oct. 35
p 17 Sept. 41
p 21 July 43
p 17 Sept. 25
p 17 Mar. 37
P 26 May 44
p 23 May 45
P24 June 43
25 Oct. 42
29 Dec. 38
p 21 Jan. 42
p 29 Sept. 43
27 May 44
P 6 Dec. 44
30 May 45
p 28 Aug. 46
7 Apr. 251 7 Feb. 39
p 25 Jan. 39 p 5 Sept. 43
P21 June 39 , p 5 April 44
5 Sept. 481 p 15 June 49
18 Apr. 51
6 Dec. 44
p 24 Feb. 29
p 6 Feb. 41
p 9 Oct. 46
17 Aug. 48
4 July 45
Pl3 Oct. 43
3 Dec. 41
4 July 45
p 4 July 45
15 Mar. 48
p 1 Dec. 48
p 15 June 49
7 June 50
P 9 Oct. 46 ( P 19 July 50
p 1 Dec. 48 p 16 Sept. 51
p 15 June 49 P25June52
BREV.-MAJ.
11 Nov. 51
20 June 54
9 Nov. 46
29 J une 49
29 June 49
p 16 Aug. 50
ril Feb. 48
p 30 Sept. 53 \
6 June 541
6 J uno 54
16 July 50[
p 29 June 32
6 June 51
P30 Sept. 53
P21 Nov. 51
25 April 53
6 J une 54
2 Col. Bloomfield served the
campaign of 1815, including the
battle of Waterloo, storming of
Cambray, and capture of Paris.
3 Lt.-Col- Harold served the cam¬
paign and battle of Corunna. Ex¬
pedition to Walcheren and siege of
Flushing.
4 Lt. Wilton served in the 55th
Regt. during the China Expedition,
and was present at the operations
before Nankin (Medal).
C Paymaster Boyd accompanied
the expedition to Walcheren, and
was present at the siege of Flushing.
8 Oct. 50
p 15 May 51
p 17 Oct. 51
p17 Aug. 52
Thomas Hill |p 30 Sept. 53
Edward Birch .....p 24 Feb. 54
Fred. Verney M. Raynes J 6 J une 54
Paymaster.—Alexander Boyd,6 8 Feb.21; Ens. 14 Sept. 08; Lieut.9 Aug. 09.
Adjutant.—Lieut. John Theodore Thomas Boyd, 10 March, 48.
Quarter-Master.—David Simpson, 4 May, 49; Ens. 2 June, 48.
Surgeon.—Nesbitt Heffernan, M.D. 7 Nov. 51 ; Assist.-Surg. 11 June 41.
Assistant-Surgeons.—Thornton Marshall, 11 April, 45.
Edward William Young, M.D. 7 Aug. 46.
Facings, Green.—Agents, Messrs. Charles R. and Walter M'Grigor.
1 Sir John Wilson served in the West Indies in 1796, and was present at the capture of St. Lucie, including the siege of
Morne Fortunee. Also at the taking of St. Vincent, including the operations against the forts in that island. In July fol¬
lowing he was made prisoner of war, and carried into Guadaloupe. In Jan. 1797, he was captured again in the British
Channel. In 1798 he was at the taking of Minorca. In 1800, he embarked on an expedition against Cadiz. In 1801, to
Egypt, and was present in the actions of the 13th and 21stMarch, and during the whole of that campaign. He preceded to
the Peninsula in 1808, and w as severely wounded at the battle of Vimiera. In Jan. 1809, he joined the Lusitanian legion,
and acted with this corps during an arduous period of service, in which it was repeatedly engaged with the enemy, being
employed in covering Ciudad Rodrigo and Almeida. In June 1810, he was attached to the Portuguese a»my, and during
the subsequent operations against Marshal Soult, as well in the north of Portugal as on the eastern frontier, he commanded an
advanced corps of Marshal Beresford’s army. In April 1811, he was appointed second in command to General Silveira in
the province of Tras os Montes, and acted as such during a period of the operations against Puebla da Sanabria, when the
place was taken by that general. In Sept, following, he was appointed to the command of the advanced guard of General
Bargellar’s Corps d’Armee, and employed on Marshal Massena’s rear during his invasion of Portugal, being repeatedly
engaged with the enemy. In April 1812, took the field again in command of the Militia of the Province of Minho, and was
engaged in active operations against Marshal Marmont, on the frontiers of the Beira. In June 1813, he joined the army at his
own request, and was appointed to thecommand of the 1st Portuguese Brigade of Infantry, with which he served at the siege
of San Sebastian, the passage of the Bidassoa, and battle of the Nivelle ; and on the 18th Nov. following, being engaged w ith
his Brigade, he was again severely wounded. Sir John has received the Gold Medal for San Sebastian, and the Silver War
Medal with two clasps for Vimiera and Nivelle,