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120 68th [The Durham) Regt. of Foot. (Lt. Inf.) [
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i Full
i Pay.
i 22
I31
! 19
Half
Pay.
Emb. for Malta, 28 Feb. 51
Depot at Belfast.
“ SALAMANCA”—“ V1TTORIA”—“ PYRENEES”—“ NIVELLE”—“ ORTIIES»’—“ PEN INSULA ”
Colonel. — p Sir William Lewis Hen-ies,1 CB. KCH, Ens. 23 Jan. 01; Lt. 17
March 03; Capt. 9 Oct. 09; Major, 2 June 14; Lt.-Col. 31 July 17 ; Col. 10
Jan. 37 ; Maj.-Gen. 9 Nov.40; Lt.-Gen., 20 June54; Col. 68th F., 17 April 54.
Lieut.-Colonel.—Henry Smyth, Ens. P28 June 33 ; Lieut. P'28 Oct. 36; Capt.
p 2 Dec. 42; Major, p 12 May 48; Lt.-Col. P30 Dec. 53.
Majors.—Harry Smyth, Ens. p 10 July 23 ; Lieut, p 13 Aug. 25; Capt. P 15
Oct. 29 ; Major, 21 April, 43. ; Brevet Lt.-Col. 20 June 54.
Heneage Griffith Wynne, Ens. P10 July 35; Lieut. ? 13 Oct. 38; Capt. p 30 Jan.
46 ; Major, p 30 Doc. 53.
Captains.
W. H. Gillman,?- o. 20Junc54
G. Macbeath, l.c.20June£4
Herbert Blount
Henry Harpur Greer....
John Edward Lewis ....
John A. Udny,f.c. ll Nov.5!
Thomas Henry Somerville
HoratioHarbord Morant,«
Hon. Dan. Greville Finch
Fred. Stuckley Savage ..
Thomas Whitmore Storer
Lieutenants.
John Cassidy
Stephen Croft
C. U. Shuttleworth
T.DeCourcyHami]ton,3«tf
William Henry Seymour
HarrisonW. J.Trent,d.urfy.
Henry White
Cavendish Chas. FitzRoy
Frederick Grote Barker..
Herbert Vaughan
Richard Lloyd Edwards
John Cator
Ensigns.
Harry Edmond Smyth..
Henry L. Batliscombe ..
Chris. Brice Wilkenson
Hugh Shelley Light ....
Aubrey Harvey Tucker..
Jonathan Morgan
James Marshall
Edward Rich. Fox Vicars
Edward Deshon
1 July' 28
p 15 Oct. 29
8 Nov. 33
p 10 Sept. 41
p 12 Jan. 30
never
25 Oct. 42
P 20 Aug. 44
p 2 May 45
p 30 Jan. 46
2 Dec. 42
19 May 43
p 28 Aug. 46
p 18 Sept. 46
P30 Sept. 42
p 7 May 47
014 Apr. 48
p 12 April 50
p 22 Nov. 50
p 12 Dec. 51
p 26 Dec. 51
p23 Jan. 52
30 July 52
23 Nov. 52
p 8 July 53
p 11 Oct. 53
p 21 Oct. 53
p 13 Sept. 53
p 10 Mar. 54
p 17 Mar. 54
p 5 May 54
6 June 54
14 May 31
p 31 May 33
p 15 Sept. 37
P20 Aug. 44
23 Jan. 35
captain.
p 13 May 36
p 28 Oct. 36
p 23 July 44
p 31 Dec. 47
13 July 47
p 13 Nov. 35 p 15 Dec. 40
p 28 Nov. 45 I p 2 Nov. 49
p 3 Nov. 46 | p 21 Oct. 53
p 22 Dec. 46 P30 Dec. 53
p 31 Dec. 47 I p 10 Mar. 54
p 23 Jan. 46' 6 June 54
p 14 Apr. 46
p 14 Apr. 48
p 12 May 48
10 Apr. 47
10 June 52
p 1 July 53
P21 Oct. 53
P20 Jan. 54
P 10 Alar. 54
p 17 Mar. 54
6 June 54
6 June 54
BltEV.-MA.T.
9 Nov. 46
9 Nov. 46
23 Nov. 41
2|S5l Paymaster.—Win Hadley,5 13 July 49 ; Ens. 10 April 25 ; Lieut. 24 Sept. 31.
0* Adjutant.—Lieut. Thomas De Courcy Hamilton, 23 Aug. 50.
0 Quarter-Master.—Thomas Tunks, 14 Apr. 48.
0 Surgeon.—John Stewart Graves,4 2 July 41; H.-S. 28 Sept. 26; H.-A. 22 Feb. 26.
0 Assistant-Surgeons.—Thomas Wildridge Shiell, M.D., 13 Dec. 50.
0 John Francis O’Leary, 21 Feb. 51.
Facings Green.—Agents, Messrs. Cox & Co.—Irish Agent, Sir E. R. Borough,
lit., Armit & Co.
1 Sir William Lewis Herries accompanied the 9th Dragoons to South America in Sept. 1806, and served
ns a Brb'ade-Major in the expedition against Buenos Ayres. Aide-de-camp to Sir Eyre Coote on the
Walcheren expedition in 1809, and was actively employed at the siege and taking of Flushing. Accom¬
panied Sir Edward Paget to Spain as his Aide-de-camp, in June 1812; and when Sir Edward was taken
prisoner on the retreat from Burgos,Lord Wellington appointed him to the Quarter-Master-General’s Staff,
on which he served until fhe end of that war in 1814, and was present at the battle of Vittoria,
sie^e of San Sebastian, passage of the Bidassoa, the three successive days’ actions at the Mayor’s House, in
front of Bidart, where he had a horse shot under him. On the 14th of April 1814, whilst endeavouring
with Lieut. Moore (now Major-Gen. W. G. Moore) to extricate Sir John Hope from his horse, which in the
sortie from' Bayonne was killed and had fallen upon him, he received a musket-shot In the left knee, was
taken prisoner with Sir John Hope and Lieut. Moore (both being wounded), and his left leg was amputated
the next morning. He has received the War Medal with four Clasps. P -
3 Lieut Hamilton served with the §0th in Kaffirland during the whole of the war of 184’S-/.
4 Mr. Graves served with the 4th Lt. Drs. during the campaign in Afghanistan under Lord Keane, and
was present at the siege and capture of Ghuznee (Medal). . - j
5 Paymaster Hadley served with the Queen’s Royals throughout the campaign in Afghanistan and
Keloochistan. under Lord Keane, and was present at the storm and capture of Ghuznee (wounded), and of
Khelat He served also the campaign in the Southern Mahratta country in 1844 (including the storm of
the Fortress of Punella),and that in the Concan in 1845, including the investment and capture of the Forts
Monohur and Munsuntosh, Medal for Ghuznee.