Volume 2 — APPENDIX.
Reading edition
APPENDIX I.
WARRANT FOR FORMATION OF THE FIRST COMPANY OF THE CORPS.
GEORGE R.
Whereas it hath been represented by the Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, and Chief Engineer of our garrison and fortress of Gibraltar, that many advantages would arise to our service if the fortifications, buildings, and repairs in that place, which are under the department of the Ordnance, were performed and carried on for the future by a military company of artificers, and that besides a saving of expense, the said company, by being subject to military command and discipline, would be more orderly and regular in their behaviour than has been hitherto experienced in the hired artificers employed there: Our will and pleasure therefore is that a company of artificers be forthwith raised, formed, and from time to time recruited with such soldiers serving in any of our regiments doing duty at Gibraltar, as may be fit for that purpose, being volunteers, and having the consent of the Colonels or Field Officers commanding such regiments respectively, or with any other men properly qualified, who shall have been bred to the trades of stonecutters, masons, miners, lime-burners, carpenters, smiths, wheelers, or gardeners, and who shall be duly enlisted in the said company, which shall not exceed the number of sixty-eight, non-commissioned officers and drummers included, with the respective pays mentioned in the establishment hereunto annexed. Our will and pleasure also is, that as soon as the said Company is raised and completed, you do cause them to be employed in performing and carrying on the fortifications, buildings, and repairs at Gibraltar, and to be instructed and paid, from time to time, by the paymaster of the Ordnance there, upon the same footing as the rest of our troops in that garrison are paid. And you are to cause such of the artificers hired in England, and now employed on the works at Gibraltar, as shall not enlist in the said company, to be sent back to England as soon as the nature of the service will admit. Our further will and pleasure is, that the said company shall be under the command and direction of the chief engineer of the said garrison for the time being, who is hereby appointed captain of the said company, and of such 530engineer or engineers serving at Gibraltar, as he shall find necessary for his assistance in the command of the said company. And we do hereby authorize you to pay, or cause to be paid, unto the non-commissioned officers and private men composing the said company, such allowance per diem for working money as you shall think fit, not exceeding two reals per diem each for the days they are actually employed on the fortifications, works, and repairs, over and above their established pay; the expense of the whole to be inserted in your estimates, and to be presented to Parliament.
Lastly, we do hereby require the Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, or Officer commanding in our said Garrison now and for the time being, to be aiding and assisting to the utmost of their power in carrying these our orders into execution; and for so doing, this shall be as well to you, as to them, and to all others concerned, a sufficient warrant.
Given at our Court of St. James’, the 6th day of March,
1772, in the 12th year of our Reign.
By His Majesty’s command,
(Signed) ROCHFORD.
To our Trusty and well-beloved Councillor Henry Seymour Conway, Lieutenant-General of our Ordnance, and to the rest of the principal Officers of the same, and to the Master-General, Lieutenant-General, and the principal Officers of our Ordnance for the time being.
Establishment of a Military Company of Artificers to serve in the Garrison and Fortress of Gibraltar.
Per Diem. Per Annum.
£. s. d. £. s. d.
Captain, Chief Engineer of the garrison for the time being.
1 sergeant and as adjutant 0 3 0 54 15 0
3 sergeants, 1s. 6d. per diem each, 0 4 6 82 2 6
3 corporals, 1s. 2d. per diem each. 0 3 6 63 17 6
60 privates or working men, 10d. per diem each. 2 10 0 912 10 0
1 drummer 0 0 10 15 4 2
68 clothing, 2d. each per diem 0 11 4 206 16 8
Total 3 13 2 1,335 5 10
531
APPENDIX II:
Masters-General of the Ordnance in command of the Corps, since its formation in the year 1772.
John, Marquis of Granby 1 July, 1763.
George, Viscount Townsend 1 Oct., 1772.
Charles, Duke of Richmond, K.G. 1 Jan., 1782.
George, Viscount Townsend 1 April, 1783.
Charles, Duke of Richmond, K.G. 1 Jan., 1784.
Charles, Marquis Cornwallis, K.G. 13 Feb., 1795.
John, Earl of Chatham, K.G. 16 June, 1801.
Francis, Earl of Moira 14 Feb, 1806.
John, Earl of Chatham, K.G. 4 April, 1807.
Henry, Earl of Mulgrave 5 May, 1810.
Arthur, Duke of Wellington, K.G., G.C.B., G.C.H. 1 Jan., 1819.
Henry, Marquis of Anglesey, K.G., G.C.B., G.C.H. 1 April, 1827.
William Carr, Viscount Beresford, G.C.B., G.C.H. 28 April, 1828.
Sir James Kempt, G.C.B., G.C.H. 30 Nov., 1830.
Sir George Murray, G.C.B., G.C.H. 18 Dec., 1834.
Richard Hussey, Lord Vivian, G.C.B., G.C.H. 4 May, 1835.
Sir George Murray, G.C.B., G.C.H. 8 Sept., 1841.
Henry, Marquis of Anglesey, K.G., G.C.B., G.C.H. 8 July, 1846.
Henry, Viscount Hardinge, G.C.B. 8 Mar., 1852.
Fitzroy, Lord Raglan, G.C.B. 30 Sept., 1852.
The appointment of Master-General was abolished on the 25th May, 1855. The military control of the royal sappers and miners was consequently transferred to the General Commanding-in-Chief of the army; and the civil, to the Minister for War.
Chief Engineers and Inspectors-General of Fortifications, second in command of the Corps, from 1787. (From 1772 to 1788 the officers in command of companies corresponded direct with the Master-General and Board.)
General Sir William Green, Bart. 15 Nov., 1786.c
” Robert Morse 1 May, 1802.
” Gother Mann 23 July, 1811.
Major-General Sir Alexander Bryce, C.B., K.C.H. 28 Oct., 1829.
” Robert Pilkington 5 Oct., 1832.
Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick Mulcaster, K.C.H. July, 1834.
” Sir John Fox Burgoyne, Bart., G.C.B. July, 1845.
Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance.
General Sir Hew D. Ross, K.C.B., during the absence of Lord Raglan in Turkey when the appointment was cancelled by transferring the control of the ordnance corps to the Commander-in-Chief and Minister for War. 2 May, 1854 to 25 May, 1855,
532
APPENDIX III.
Adjutants and Brigade-Majors of the Corps at Head-quarters, from 1795.
Lieutenant John Rowley Adjutant 15 May, 1795.
Captain John Thomas Jones ” 1 Jan., 1807.
” Gilbert Buchanan ” 1 July, 1809.
” Rice Jones ” afterwards Brigade-Major 20 Dec., 1814. 1 Feb., 1812.
” Frank Stanway Brigade-Major 8 June, 1830.
” Henry Sandham ” 14 Feb., 1831.
” John Walpole ” 1 June, 1848.
” Frederick Augustus Yorke ” 17 Feb., 1854.
Assistant Adjutant-General.
Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Augustus Yorke 17 Feb., 1854.
Acting Adjutants at Woolwich to assist the Brigade-Major.
Lieutenant Robert Dashwood 9 Nov., 1835.
” Frederick Augustus Yorke 4 Nov., 1839.
” Theodosius Webb 1 Aug., 1844.
” George Ross 16 July, 1846.
” Fitzroy Somerset 1 April, 1852.
” Francis Edward Cox 29 May, 1854.
” George Reid Lempriere 12 May, 1855, to 31 Mar., 1856,
when the appointment ceased, in consequence of the amalgamation of head-quarters with the establishment at Chatham.
Directors Royal Engineer Establishment at Chatham from its formation in 1812.
Major Charles William Pasley 23 April, 1812.
Colonel Sir Frederick Smith, K.H. 1 Jan., 1842.
” Harry D. Jones 1 May, 1851.
” Henry Sandham 1 Mar., 1855.
Adjutants of the Corps at Chatham.
Second-Captain John M. F. Smith[238] 1 Dec., 1812.
” Richard Zachary Mudge 21 Mar., 1815.
” William Reid 13 Mar., 1816.
” Harry David Jones 22 April, 1824.
” Edward Matson 14 Jan., 1826.
” Joshua Jebb 14 Feb., 1831.
” Henry Sandham 1 Aug., 1837.
” Montgomery Williams 24 May, 1841.
” St. George V. Whitmore 1 May, 1843.
” James Lynn 18 June, 1846.
” Charles Fanshawe 26 Jan., 1847.
” St. George Ord 1 Jan., 1852.
” ” Fitzroy Somerset Francis Edward Cox { Joint Adjutants } 17 Feb., 1854. 17 Dec., 1855.
533
APPENDIX IV.
Date of Appointment. Sub-Lieutenants.
1806 Dec. 1. John Palmer, died at Chatham March 9, 1814, aged 77.
” James Smith, died at Portsmouth October 10, 1828, aged 84.
” William Browne, died at Devonport February 21, 1833, aged 85.
” Anthony Haig, died at St. Helier’s, Jersey, January 9, 1836, aged 88.
” John Eaves, died in 1851, aged 89 years.
1807 June 1. David Falconer, died at Elgin May 20, 1833, aged 62.
Nov. 12. Robert Davie, was commissioned into the corps from the rank of quartermaster-sergeant in the royal artillery, in which he had enlisted in April, 1778. Served at the siege of Cadiz and battle of Barrosa. Was a few years on the recruiting service in Ireland, and enlisted upwards of 1,200 recruits for the corps. Died at Woolwich March 22, 1830, and the humble stone which marks the spot where his remains lie, alludes, with excusable particularity, to the fact of his success on the recruiting service.
” George Robinson, died at Carlisle October 8, 1821.
1809 May 22. Charles Millar, died at Devonport March 10, 1832.
1811 June 1. Thomas Longshaw, died September 29, 1825.
” Alexander Munro, died at Stepney, January 19, 1834.
” Alexander Ross, died at Nairn, February 7, 1826.
” John Dunbar, died at Guernsey, March 23, 1812.
” John Smith, was much employed on the recruiting service. In 1812, when the disturbances took place at Manchester, General Dirom ordered the recruiting parties of artillery and sappers to be placed under his orders, with six field-pieces from Lord Grey’s, to assist in keeping the malcontents in order. His conduct was much praised on the occasion, and General Dirom made a report of it to the Commander-in-Chief.
” Patrick Whelan, died at Kildare May 21, 1825.
” Robert Gibb, served at Cuidad Rodrigo and Badajoz, also in the operations in East Catalonia, including the siege of Tarragona, and was afterwards at Genoa and Gibraltar. Died at Lochee, September 4, 1828.
July 1. Deskford Charles, from sergeant-major royal artillery, in which he had served more than twenty-one years, and was present at Dunkirk and Nieuport in 1793, and the action of May 18, 1794. Died at Gillingham December 7, 1847, aged 80.
” Charles Booth, died at Freinada March 4,1813.
” Alexander W. Wallace, from royal artillery, in which he had served fifteen years, and was in the West Indies from 1796 to 1802. In the sappers he was wounded at Badajoz. He was also at San Sebastian, Bidassoa, Nivelle, bridge on the Adour, and Bayonne. Five years also he served at St. Helena while Napoleon was an exile.
” Stewart Calder, from royal artillery. Was present at the siege of Cadiz and the actions in the Pyrenees, Bidassoa, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse, and Algiers, where he was wounded. Died at Carlisle October 16, 1822.
5341812 Mar. 16. Richard Turner, served in the Peninsula, including Vittoria and Sun Sebastian, also at Waterloo. Died at Gibraltar July 16, 1825.
April 8. John Sparks, served eighteen years in the royal artillery, during which time he was present at Maida, Mount Leon, Scylla Castle (wounded), storming of Alexandria, and wounded at the siege of Rosetta; was also at the bombardment of Scylla in 1808, and capture of Ischia and Procida in 1809. In the sappers he served in the Netherlands and France and at Bermuda. He had two sons, John and Edward, educated at Sandhurst, who received commissions in the army, first as ensigns and afterwards as lieutenants. The former joined the 5th foot, from which he exchanged into the 95th, and afterwards selling out, obtained a majority in the Canadian Militia during the Papineau rebellion. He perished in October 1843, in an attempt to reach the shore from a vessel driven in a storm on the coast near Blackpool. The latter served an honourable career in Scinde, &c., in the 2nd foot, and with a young lieutenant and a military surgeon was, in 1839, while out shooting, burnt to death by the accidental firing of the jungle.
July 1. William Robertson, served in Holland in 1799, Hanover in 1805.
Dec. 1. Charles Gratton, commissioned from 3rd foot-guards for his bravery at Burgos. Served in the actions of the 8th and 19th September, and 2nd and 6th October, 1799, in Holland. At the last he was wounded. Also in Hanover; at the passage of the Douro, Talavera, Busaco, Fuentes d’Onoro, Cuidad Rodrigo, Salamanca, and Burgos. In the sappers he was at San Sebastian, Pampeluna, passage of the Adour, and siege of Bayonne, and also in the Netherlands and France. Died at Deptford July 4, 1848.
[The above officers, with the exception of Lieutenants Palmer, and Booth, retired from the corps on full-pay March 1, 1817.]
1813 Feb. 1. Hugh Baillie M‘Kenzie, enlisted into the corps January 17, 1809, was sergeant June 1, 1811, and from that rank received his commission. Talented, energetic and soldierlike, he filled for a time the office of Town Major at Bermuda. After retiring from the corps on full pay in June, 1817, he held for many years the rank of paymaster in the 77th regiment, and subsequently in the 70th, from which he retired on half-pay in March, 1853, and died June 25, 1854.
Mar. 1. James A. Stephenson, enlisted June 6, 1809; served in the war in Canada; retired on full-pay December 1, 1817, appointed clerk of works royal engineer department at Fort George, Upper Canada, in June, 1819, and died at Niagara June 11, 1828.
April 1. William Stratton, from royal artillery, in which he had served at Valenciennes, Dunkirk, Lincelles, Lannoi, Cateau, Camp of Cæsar, Tournai, and the actions of the 17th, 18th, and 22nd May, 1794, near Lille, also at Nimeguen, where he was wounded. In Turkey he was at Salahieh, Baalbec, and Grand Cairo. After joining the sappers he was at San Sebastian, Nivelle, Nive, bridge on the Adour, Bayonne, and storming of Peronne, where he was wounded severely, and for which he received six months’ pay. Retired on full-pay March 1, 1817, and died at Devonport September 27, 1851.
535July 1. Thomas Adamson, enlisted in May, 1796, as a drummer, was commissioned from the rank of sergeant, and killed at the storming of Bergen-op-Zoom March 8, 1814.
” William Knapp, commissioned from a militia regiment, in which he held the rank of lieutenant, and died at Tournay June 17, 1815.
1814 Jan. 14. Edward Sanders, commissioned from the Cornish miners, in which he was the sergeant-major; served in the Netherlands and France. After retiring on the 1st March, 1817, on half-pay, he went to France and engaged largely in the coach trade. During the revolution which dethroned Charles X. the vehicles of Mr. Sanders were broken up for barricades, and his horses plundered for the service of the insurgents. His stock in trade was worth about 8000l., but the wholesale destruction of his property by the rebels, ruined him. Subsequently he earned a scanty living by translating for a printer at Boulogne French works into English, and died in almost abject circumstances in 1851.
Mar. 21. Patrick Johnson, from royal artillery, in which he served eighteen years. Was in the actions at Antrim and Ballynahinch in 1798; also at Roleia, Vimiero, Madrid, Benevento, Astorga, Corunna, two sieges of Badajoz (wounded), Salamanca, Burgos, Vittoria, and San Sebastian. In the sappers he received the thanks of Sir James Carmichael Smyth for bringing up his company by a forced march, under peculiar circumstances, from Antwerp to Waterloo on the 18th June, 1815. Retired on half pay March 1, 1817, and died at Stirling Castle, September 7, 1833.
” James Adam, from royal artillery; while in that regiment he served with the Turkish army at Salahieh, Baalbec, Elhanka, and Grand Cairo; he was also present at Walcheren. In the sappers he was at the bombardment of the French fleet at Antwerp in 1814, and served subsequently in Belgium and France. Retired on half-pay March 1, 1817, and died at Barrie, Canada West, January 20, 1845.
1815 Mar. 25. John Armstrong, enlisted July 7, 1806, and served at Copenhagen and Walcheren; was commissioned from the rank of colour-sergeant on the recommendation of Colonel Pasley. Retired on half-pay March 1, 1817. In April, 1819, he enlisted into the 2nd dragoons, but his previous rank having been discovered while he was serving as a lance-corporal, he was discharged in August, 1823. Died at Cork December 1, 1831.
April 1. John Hoyland, from royal artillery, was present in the actions of Aboukir, siege of Aboukir Castle, and battle of Alexandria. Retired on half-pay, March 1, 1817.
” 22. Samuel McLean, from royal artillery. Was present at the battle of Corunna, and retired on half-pay March 1, 1817.
Oct. 2. Michael Knowles, from royal artillery. Served at Flushing, two sieges of Tarragona, and at Fort St. Philip. Retired on half-pay March 1, 1817.
Nov. 1. William Stevens, joined as a sergeant from the Royal Cornwall miners. Served at the bombardment of the French fleet at Antwerp and the storming of Bergen-op-Zoom, in 1814. Was promoted to be colour-sergeant for his gallantry at Merxam, in erecting a magazine under a spirited fire from the enemy. Retired on half-pay March 1, 1817, and died at Penzance November 21, 1851.
536
Date of Appointment. Quartermasters.
1814 Feb. 1. James Galloway. He discharged the duties of his appointment with singular correctness and efficiency to the end of his days, and died at Belle-vue House, Shooter’s Hill, November 9, 1835, aged 65 years. His only son is the senior colonel of the 70th regiment.
1835 Nov. 9. James Hilton, retired on full-pay January 14, 1848.
1848 Jan. 14. Jenkin Jones, still serving in the corps.
1853 April 1. George Allan, commissioned as captain in the Turkish contingent engineers, June, 1855.
” William Young Still serving in the corps.
June 26. Thomas Connolly
Dec. 17. Michael Bradford
1796 May 1. John Johnson, enlisted March 13, 1788, and attached to the Portsmouth company. Was commissioned in the 29th foot as ensign.
Oct. George Ross, enlisted July 31, 1788, and attached to the Gosport company. Was appointed lieutenant in the Carnarvon militia.
1799 May 22. Matthew Singleton, enlisted into the corps as sergeant-major, September 10, 1798, and promoted to the 46th regiment as quartermaster.
1828 Jan. 24. Thomas Townsend, commissioned as second lieutenant and adjutant of the second battalion 60th regiment. Ultimately he received a captaincy in the same regiment. A few years later he sold out, and is now a barrackmaster in the Ordnance department at Gibraltar.
1851 Sept. 23. Edward Hill possessed very creditable attainments. His duties, either as a clerk or as an overseer, were always executed with diligence and efficiency. Sir William Reid, under whom he was employed at Woolwich, praised him for his exertions and services. Ambitious and enterprising, he accepted the adjutancy of the Gold-Coast corps, and filled, in addition to his regimental offices, the appointments of colonial engineer, and clerk of works in the royal engineer department. In three or four expeditions against neighbouring chiefs, his military acquirements were found of great advantage in directing the formation of camps and the construction of roads and bridges. Once he commanded at Mansu, a body of 12,000 fighting men, gathered from the native tribes in alliance with the British Governor; and, a little later, he had under his orders four field-pieces and an army of 21,000 men, 18,000 of whom bore arms. His head-quarters were at Yancoomassie, and his force—distributed as far as Douguah, with divisions intermediately at Wartett and Donasi—carried out, under his personal orders, the field services necessary to render the movements of the contingents unchecked and successful. The army, intended to bring the king of Ashantee to terms, had the effect of inducing that powerful chief to accept, without a blow, the ultimatum of the Governor. Early in the next year Adjutant Hill was detached to Accra, to defend the Christianburg castle against an armed body of natives who menaced it. With his usual spirit and bravery he set about the work and met his fate on February537 22, 1854 (a few days after he was commissioned to be lieutenant), by the explosion of a small powder magazine while he was in the act of firing a gun upon the enemy. His employment in the colony was noticed in honourable terms in ‘The Globe’ for January, 1853. “Yesterday,” wrote Colonel Hill, the Governor, “the service lost a gallant, zealous, and most energetic and useful officer, by the demise of my valued adjutant, to whose memory much praise is due for the very efficient manner he ever performed his onerous duties in this trying climate, and to whom myself and the service are much indebted for his valuable and faithful services.” His widow, through the feeling appeal of Colonel Hill, received the Queen’s Bounty of 60l. a-year; and from the Compassionate Fund, an allowance of 40l. a-year for her three infant children.
1854 Oct 6. John Joseph Grinlinton, commissioned as ensign in the 65th regiment, and afterwards removed to the 4th King’s Own, with a view to render his sound practical intelligence and experience available in the Crimea. During his short career as an officer he has won golden opinions from his own circle and his commanding officers. Indeed it would seem that his connexion with the ranks has rather helped to increase than diminish his success, and the appreciation evinced for his exertions and efficiency. On his transfer to the 4th foot, his commanding officer officially stated, that his removal would be a loss to the 65th depôt. In less than six months after doffing the uniform of a non-commissioned officer, he received promotion as lieutenant, March, 1855; and in allusion to this rise, his former commanding officer, in a congratulatory letter, made this gratifying observation: “I frankly tell you that you carry under your head-piece the makings of a good officer.” Subsequently was at the siege of Sebastopol, where, receiving an appointment as assistant engineer, was generally employed on surveying duties, and recommended by Sir Harry Jones for promotion in a dispatch dated 16th September, 1855.
1855 June 12. James Simpson. Was commissioned as staff-quartermaster to the British Swiss Legion stationed at Dover, and on its disbandment, was removed with the same rank on the 1st October, 1856, to the depôt battalion at Stirling.
” 26. George Allan. From quartermaster; was commissioned as Captain in the Turkish Contingent Engineers.
July 13. Joseph Longland. Commissioned as battalion quartermaster in one of the British foreign legions stationed at Shorncliffe. The duties of his office in connection with the organization of a new force, which were most irksome, shattered his health, and induced him to resign on the following 31st August.
Dec. 1 James Falkner. From colour-sergeant to be Cornets, Land Transport Corps.
” John Landrey. From sergeant
” 16. James Spry. From colour-sergeant
1856 Feb. 4. William Lambert. From colour-sergeant to be quartermaster Land Transport Corps.
” 9. George Wohlmann. From colour-sergeant to be Cornets, Land Transport Corps.
” 9. Cornelius Godfrey. From colour-sergeant
[The sergeants appointed to the Land Transport Corps had all served at the siege of Sebastopol.]
538
APPENDIX V.
Date of Appointment. Sergeant-Majors.
1772 May 22. Thomas Bridges. See note, p. 5, vol i.
1781 Sept. 29. Henry Ince. See p. 31, vol i.
1787 Oct. John Drew. See note, p. 68, vol i.
Nov. 1. John Sipple, a native of Hesse-Cassel, born in 1740, joined from the royal artillery and was attached to the Portsmouth company. In June, 1791, he was transferred to the invalid artillery.
” 4. Charles Palmer, from royal artillery as sergeant-major; was attached to the Chatham Company, and commissioned as Sub-Lieutenant December 1, 1806.
” 19. Alexander Spence. See note, p. 68, vol i.
” John Hopkins, joined the Plymouth company as sergeant-major, and died there March 1, 1788.
1788 Mar. 2. William Browne, enlisted into the royal artillery in 1770, in which he became a sergeant-major in 1783. With that rank he joined the Plymouth company, and was commissioned as Sub-Lieutenant December, 1806.
” Anthony Haig, enlisted as a matross, in 1770, into the royal artillery. Served in Canada from May, 1773, to November, 1787, and was at the siege of Quebec, where he was wounded, and favourably mentioned for his gallant conduct in general orders by Lord Dorchester. In 1788 he joined the Guernsey half company, and in 1795 was highly complimented by General Small for his efficient services in training and drilling the royal Guernsey cavalry. On December 1, 1806, he was commissioned to be Sub-Lieutenant.
1791 June 1. James Smith, after a service of twenty-four years was transferred from the royal artillery, as sergeant-major, and attached to the Portsmouth company, in which he was made Sub-Lieutenant December 1, 1806.
Nov. Charles Millar, enlisted in March, 1778, in the royal artillery, and served at the siege of Gibraltar. Was transferred to the corps, as a corporal, in July, 1788, and became sergeant-major of the Jersey half company. In October, 1797, he was discharged and appointed overseer in the department at Jersey, in which situation he continued until May 1809, when he was made a Sub-Lieutenant.
” Joseph Chambers. See note, p. 20, vol i.
1793 Nov. John Finlay, enlisted July, 1788, and accompanied the expedition to Holland as sergeant-major. On December 24, 1794, he was reduced to a private, and on his return from Flanders was sent to the West Indies, and died April 20, 1797, on board the ‘Orpheus’ transport.
1794 Jan. 1. Matthew Hoey. See note, p. 90, vol i.
1795 Jan. Andrew Gray, in 1793 accompanied the expedition to Holland, and served in the campaigns of the Duke of York until 1795. He succeeded to the sergeant-majorcy of the Flanders company on the reduction of John Finlay, and was promoted in December 19, 1801, to the corps of surveyors and draughtsmen.
May 11. Thomas Fortune. See note, p. 117, vol i.
1790 Dec. 1. Joseph Makin joined the royal artillery December 30, 1768; from the second battalion of which, he was transferred to the corps at Gibraltar May 21, 1774, and served at the siege of that fortress. In July, 1804, he was superannuated.
5391799 May 15. John Eaves, was a native of Brumen, in Hanover, and enlisted October 15, 1773, as a drummer in the royal artillery. His promotions were, first gunner, August 1, 1779; bombadier, August 1, 1781; corporal July 1, 1791; and sergeant, November 1, 1793. His active services were at Goree, from 1779 to 1781; Gibraltar, July, 1783, to November, 1785; West Indies, from December, 1785, to May, 1790; and the campaigns in Holland, from February, 1793, to May, 1795. He joined the corps as sergeant-major, and from his fine soldierlike appearance, experience, and knowledge of drill, was retained for duty at Woolwich; and, sometimes, during the absence of the adjutant, carried on the duties of the chief executive of the corps. Became Sub-Lieutenant December 2, 1806.
1800 May 2. James Shirres. See notes, pp. 35, 120, vol i.
1802 April. Matthew Prideaux, appointed to the half company at Guernsey, where he died November 6, 1803.
1803 Mar. 1. Edward Watson. See notes, pp. 123, 135, vol i.
Nov. 1. David Falconer, became Sub-Lieutenant in June, 1807. The whole of his service was passed at Gibraltar.
1804 Oct. 5. John Levick, joined as an artificer from the artillery in April, 1791. Was sergeant-major of the company at Spike Island, where he died April 22, 1805.
1805 Oct. 8. William Bishop, joined the corps as a sergeant from the artillery in October, 1805, when he was attached to the Spike Island company, from which he was pensioned at 2s. 1d. a-day, on December 31, 1814.
1807 Jan. 1. Robert Wakeman, enlisted into the corps April 2, 1789, and on May 1, 1789, was promoted to be sergeant. Four years he served as sergeant-major of the company at Plymouth, and died there April 15, 1811.
” 12. John Cutteridge had been two years in the 46th regiment, and enlisted into the royal military artificers, January 8, 1807. Many years of his service were spent at Cambridge in recruiting for the corps. In March, 1821, he was appointed quartermaster-sergeant, and in February, 1824, pensioned at 3s. 6d. a-day.
Mar 2. George Robinson, from the artillery as sergeant-major, and commissioned as Sub-Lieutenant November, 1807.
July 1. Thomas Longshaw, enlisted July 19, 1793. For many years he served in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and was an able mechanic and assiduous foreman. He became a Sub-Lieutenant in June, 1811.
Aug. 1. Alexander Munro, was five years in the royal artillery, and transferred to the corps August 1, 1803. In January, 1805, he was promoted to be corporal, and in June, 1806, to be sergeant. He was a man of considerable ingenuity and talent, and for his services and useful inventions was made sergeant-major. On the formation of the establishment for field instruction at Chatham he was removed there to assist the director, and was commissioned as Sub-Lieutenant in June, 1811. See note, p. 186, vol i.
540 ” 1. Joseph Forbes, enlisted in the corps August 3, 1797, was promoted to be corporal March 1, 1803, and sergeant March 1, 1805. Being a skilful mason, his efficiency on the works frequently gained him the praise of his officers. From sergeant-major of the Dover company he was selected, on account of his attainments, to accompany the expedition to Walcheren, and, after serving at the siege of Flushing, died at Middleburgh, September 17, 1809.
Oct. 1. Richard Turner, enlisted November 17, 1798, and gained the rank of sergeant in February, 1806. Most of his service was spent at Gibraltar. Became Sub-Lieutenant in March, 1812.
1808 Jan. 1. James Galloway, joined from royal artillery. Enlisted in February, 1790, and served in Holland in 1799. The excellence of his conduct, and his imposing soldierlike appearance, won him the appointment of regimental sergeant-major. His efficiency in the office was quite a feature in his day; and in the absence of the adjutant he carried on the official business of the corps by corresponding with the commanding officers at the different stations. He was promoted to be quartermaster February 1, 1814.
Dec. 1. John Black, enlisted July 24, 1790. Was sergeant-major to the Guernsey half company. At the close of the war was appointed quartermaster-sergeant.
1809 April 3. Alexander Ross, enlisted January 7, 1789. Was both a carpenter and mason, and a valuable foreman. Was removed from Guernsey to be sergeant-major to the Portsmouth company. On the 19th October, 1808, he was discharged and appointed overseer of works in the royal engineer department, but his military knowledge and attainments again brought him into the corps in June, 1811, with the rank of Sub-Lieutenant.
July 10. John Smith, from royal artillery, as corporal, December 31, 1807, in which he had served ten years, and was wounded in action near the Seven Churches, county of Wicklow, in June, 1798. After his promotion to be sergeant-major, he was attached to the Walcheren expedition, and was present at the siege of Flushing. In June, 1811, he was made a Sub-Lieutenant.
1811 Jan. 1. John Dunbar, enlisted March 23, 1793, and in June, 1811, was commissioned as Sub-Lieutenant.
” Patrick Whelan, joined from the 68th foot in June, 1803, as a corporal, and, serving many years with the corps in the West Indies, was present in many actions and captures. In June, 1811, he became a Sub-Lieutenant.
” Robert Gibb, enlisted March 1, 1804, and in June, 1811, received a Sub-Lieutenancy.
June 1. George Poe, enlisted December 1, 1791. Served most of his time on the works at Portsmouth. Was present at Oporto and Talavera in 1809. On his return from the Peninsula was promoted to be sergeant-major. In February, 1819, he was pensioned at 2s. 3d. a-day, and died at Woolwich in December, 1848.
1812 May 1. Thomas Hounslow, served at Flushing. Cadiz, and Barrosa. For his efficiency and zeal, Colonel Ford, royal engineers, presented him with an elegant sword. Pensioned at 2s. a-day in March, 1817, he went to Canada, and obtained the appointment of foreman in the royal engineer department. About 1848 he died in London. A son of his, during the Papineau rebellion in Canada, was lieutenant and adjutant in the Beauharnois Loyal Volunteers. He did good service during the outbreak, and was taken prisoner by the rebels in November, 1848. He is now clerk of works in the royal engineer department at the Mauritius.
5411815 April 1. John Craig, died at Woolwich September 15, 1815.
Oct. 23. James Douglas, enlisted September 1, 1806. Was second-corporal September 2, 1810; corporal, February 1, 1811; sergeant, August 1, 1812. Served at Roleia, Vimiera, Torres Vedras, Cuidad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Vittoria, San Sebastian, Bidassoa, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse, and Waterloo, besides in numerous lesser affairs. He was an excellent artificer and a brave soldier. In moments of danger his presence of mind and facility of resource and invention made his services valuable. He died at Woolwich November 9, 1827.
1821 Mar. 1, Thomas Townsend, enlisted May 6, 1812. Was second-corporal, February 1, 1813; corporal, December 9, 1813; sergeant, August 12, 1814; and colour-sergeant April 1, 1816. Served a station at Gibraltar. Was a very fine soldier and a successful drill-master. For seven years he was the regimental sergeant-major at Chatham, and was commissioned as Second-Lieutenant and Adjutant in the 60th rifles in January 1828.
1827 Nov. 10. James Hilton, served with credit in Holland in 1813 and 1814, and in the Netherlands and France to 1818. Was sergeant-major of the corps in France, and afterwards at Woolwich. Became quartermaster in 1835.
1828 Feb. 1. Jenkin Jones, served a station at Barbadoes, and many years at the royal engineer establishment at Chatham, Was always an indefatigable and enterprising non-commissioned officer, and no man in the corps, perhaps, has been subjected to, and escaped without hurt, so many dangers. The innumerable experiments in mining, blasting, sapping, and the varied applications of gunpowder at the establishment in which he was engaged, were frequently not only attended with great hazard but accident. His particular services have been mentioned in the memoir. In 1848 he was appointed quartermaster to the corps.
1835 Nov. 10. James Forbes, mentioned in the Memoir. Retired from the corps on a pension of 2s. 4d. a-day, in April, 1843, having received an appointment on the Trent and Mersey Canal.
1843 Apr. 12. George Allan, served a station at Gibraltar. Was a very successful drill-master. His promotion as sergeant-major took him to Chatham, where his exertions and experience were of advantage in the practical education of the men in the field duties of the corps. As a reward for his services he received the commission of quartermaster to the royal engineer establishment, and in June, 1855, became a Captain in the Turkish Contingent Engineers.
1848 Feb. 1. Michael Bradford. Promoted to be quartermaster in December, 1855.
1853 Apr. 1. William Read, serving at Chatham.
5421854 Aug. 1. John J. Grinlinton, in the space of ten years became sergeant-major of the survey companies. Well educated, clear-headed, and accurate, he was intrusted with duties of great responsibility. For several years he annually disbursed about 24,000l. on the public service; and such was his physical activity and mental strength, that no amount of labour seemed to tire or weaken his energies. In the absence of his officers on particular duty, he acted with intelligence, decision, and firmness in emergencies and difficult cases. It was these capabilities, coupled with his gentlemanly manners, address, and deportment, that induced Colonel Hall, the superintendent of the ordnance survey, to bring forward his merits, to obtain for him a commission in the line. In this he succeeded. The Colonel stated, in his official recommendation of sergeant-major Grinlinton, that his ability could be turned to good account in a regiment by instructing young officers in the mode of sketching ground, describing localities and positions, and in various other staff duties essential for the movements of an army across a country. Being a good surveyor and draughts-man, and possessed of attainments to render him successful in services of reconnaissance, he was regarded as specially adapted for a post in the Quartermaster-General or Adjutant-General’s department of the army. In October, 1854, he was commissioned as ensign in the 65th regiment; and a few officers, under whom he had served, presented him with a purse of forty sovereigns, accompanied by a letter full of expressions of eulogy and esteem.
Oct. 6. James Steel, serving on the ordnance survey at Southampton.
1856 Jan. 1. John Jones, serving in Chatham.
” John Poole, serving at Chatham. Has been in Canada, Cape of Good Hope, Turkey, and the Crimea. Was mentioned in a dispatch for distinguished conduct in an affair near Grass Kop Tower in February, 1851, under Ensign Gill, cape mounted rifles. Was at the formation of the lines of Boulair, and those on Inkermann heights after the battle of the 5th November, 1854. For a period he was the sergeant-major of the corps at the siege of Sebastopol.
Quartermaster-Sergeants.
1811 June 1. Francis Allen, enlisted July 6, 1793. Was present at the siege of Flushing. Most of his time was spent at Chatham. Pensioned in 1833. See note, p. 290, vol i.
” George Hardie, after thirty years’ service, was discharged in March, 1817, on a pension of 2s. 4d. a-day.
1814 July 1. Joseph Paul, gained his several steps of promotion with great rapidity, and died after seven years’ service, at Truro, in May, 1815.
1815 June 1. George Hay, served thirteen years in the corps, and died at Woolwich, in November, 1820.
” John Black, after a service of twenty-eight years was discharged in February, 1819, and died some years after at Chatham.
1821 Mar. 1. John Cutteridge, on his removal from the recruiting service at Cambridge was found to be about 900l. in debt. Aberration of mind followed the discovery, and he was pensioned in February, 1824, at 3s. 6d. a-day.
1824 Mar. 1. William Parker, was a man of varied information and a clever clerk. After twenty-five years’ service he was discharged in September, 1829.
1829 Oct. 1. Britton Francis, was an able clerk, served many years at Gibraltar, and received much credit for his abilities and efficiency. Six years he filled the office of quartermaster-sergeant at Woolwich, and was discharged in October, 1835. He died at Newport, in 1851.
5431835 Oct, 14. John Bennett was discharged in January, 1843, after twenty-eight years’ service. See note, p. 257, vol i.
1841 Aug. 1. Thomas Fraser, was discharged in July, 1849, and retired as a farmer to Kinlochunagan, Inverness. See note, p. 379, vol. i.
1843 Jan. 11. Robert Shorter, was discharged in January, 1850, and is now a yeoman of the Queen’s guard. See note, p. 262, vol. i.
1849 July 11. William Ralph, served at the Cape of Good Hope and Gibraltar for fourteen years. Was an active and intelligent non-commissioned officer. He was removed from Gibraltar, where he held the office of acting sergeant-major, to Chatham, on promotion, and was presented by the non-commissioned officers of the corps at that fortress with a silver snuff-box as a tribute of esteem for his character and impartiality. Discharged in May, 1854.
1850 Jan. 9. Thomas Connolly, who was commissioned to the rank of quartermaster in June 1855.
1854 May 16. Samuel March, serving at Chatham.
Aug. 1. James Steel, promoted to be sergeant-major, October, 1854.
Oct. 6. James Simpson. Most of his military career was passed on the national surveys, and in appreciation of his rectitude, intelligence and activity, was promoted to the rank of staff-sergeant. When the foreign battalions were being organized, he was presented with a staff-quartermastercy in the British Swiss Legion in June, 1855.
1855 June 26. Noah Deary, served at Woolwich, and was discharged on receiving the appointment of foreman of works in the royal engineer department at the Cape of Good Hope.
July 1. Benjamin Keen Spencer, serving at Southampton.
1856 Jan. 1. Henry Brown, serving at Chatham.
Bugle-Majors.
1811 June 1. James Bailey, enlisted August 1, 1797. Served in Holland in 1799. Was first drum-major, and a few years after was appointed bugle-major. In July, 1835, he was discharged and died at Guernsey, about 1849.
1835 July 8. David Youle, serving at Chatham.
Staff-Sergeants.
1855 Oct. 9. James Rainey Mutch, chief clerk to the Assistant Adjutant-General. See Appendix vii.
” John Jones, chief clerk and draughtsman to the director of the royal engineer establishment. Served five years at Corfu, and while with the Baltic fleet was present at the capture of the Aland Islands and destruction of Bomarsund. Promoted to be sergeant-major, January, 1856.
1856 Jan. 1. Richard Leonard, succeeded the former on promotion. Served nearly eight years at Gibraltar, where he was the chief military clerk under the commanding royal engineer. So well did he discharge his duties that Colonel Rice Jones—a most particular officer—treated him with unlimited confidence.
Though the title of staff-sergeant is general in the service for all grades above that of colour-sergeant, the designation is employed as a specific rank for the two senior clerks of the corps.
544
APPENDIX VI.
Annuities and Medals to Staff-Sergeants and Sergeants for distinguished or meritorious Services.
Annuities.
1846. Jan. 1. Sergeant-major Jenkin Jones £. 20 Was distinguished in the discharge of his duties in the West Indies, and at Chatham and Woolwich. Relinquished the annuity on being commissioned to the rank of quartermaster in the corps.
” Quartermaster-sergeant Robert Shorter 10 For zealous and efficient services both at home and abroad. Was fourteen years at Corfu.
” Colour-sergeant James Young 10 For distinguished conduct in action with the Boers at Natal, and for highly efficient services and coolness in the defence of the position during its protracted siege by the Boers.
” Colour-sergeant Wm. Black 10 For devoted services at Corfu, Gibraltar, and Halifax, N.S.; and particularly so on the Euphrates expedition and in the Syrian campaign. Was present at the taking of Beyrout and Acre.
1848. Jan. 14. Colour-sergeant Wm. Young 10 For valuable services in connexion with the varied calculations pursued on the ordnance survey. Relinquished the annuity on being commissioned to the rank of quartermaster.
1848. Jan. 14. Sergeant Thomas Connolly 10 For service in the brigade-major’s office at head-quarters.
1853 April 1. Colour-sergeant Wm. Campbell 10 For distinguished services in prosecuting the ordnance surveys of Great Britain and Ireland.
” Bugle-major David Youle 10 For long service, well-directed zeal in the discharge of his duties, and proficiency in conducting the band.
1855. April 1. Sergeant-major Mich. Bradford 10 For constant zeal and uniform efficiency in his duties. Served several years at Gibraltar. Relinquished the annuity on being commissioned to be quartermaster.
June 26. Sergeant-major Henry Brown 10 545For highly useful services at Gibraltar, in Syria, the Aland Islands, and Crimea. Was at the taking of Tyre, Sidon, and Beirout, the destruction of Bomarsund, and siege of Sebastopol.
Dec. 17. Colour-sergeant James Donelan 10 For unimpeachable accuracy in observing with the three-feet instrument for the great triangulation of the United Kingdom—a duty to which he attended for many years under strange vicissitudes and difficulties.
1856. April 1. Colour-sergeant Hen. McDonald 20 For conspicuous bravery in the capture of the rifle-pits, 19th April, 1855, during which he was severely wounded. Served at Gibraltar, in Turkey, Bulgaria, and the Crimea. Was at the battles of Alma and Inkermann, and siege of Sebastopol.
APPENDIX VII.
Rewards to Non-commissioned OfficersOfficers and Soldiers of the Corps, from public or private sources, for particularly commendable services.
1831 Second-corporal Henry Scrafield. From Royal Humane Society. A reward of 2l. for endeavouring to rescue from drowning, five boys who had fallen into the Mulgrave Reservoir at Woolwich.Woolwich. For his spirited and humane conduct on this occasion, he was also promoted to be second-corporal.
1833 Sergeant James Forbes. From the Governor, Royal Military College, Sandhurst. A case of mathematical drawing instruments, “for his intelligence, zeal, and good conduct, in charge of the detachment employed in the field-work instruction at the college for four years.”
1835 Private John Down. From his officers at Chatham. A hold-all, containing a silver knife, fork, and spoon, and useful toilet articles, with an appropriate inscription on a silver plate, “for his gallant conduct in rescuing a comrade, private Thomas Adams, from drowning.”
1835 Sergeant-major James Hilton. From the officers of royal engineers at Woolwich. A purse of 20 sovereigns, and a regimental sword, suitably inscribed, on his promotion to the rank of quartermaster, as a token of their esteem for his services.
1837 Sergeant Hugh Lanyon. FromFrom the Governor of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. A case of mathematical drawing instruments, “for the intelligence, zeal, and uniform good conduct evinced by him in charge of the detachment employed in field-work instruction at the college.”
5471838 Sergeant-major Jenkin Jones. By the sergeants of Chatham garrison. A silver tankard, “in testimony of their gratitude for the undeviating attention evinced by him while superintending the formation of a military swimming-bath.”
1838 Second-corporal William Campbell. By the Commissioners of Education in Ireland. A case of mathematical drawing instruments, “in testimony of the intelligence and ability he displayed in teaching surveying and levelling to the inspectors of national schools.”
1838 Corporals William Spry and William Richardson. Gold medals from Sultan Mahmoud II. for service in Constantinople from 1836 to 1838.
1841 Private Henry Entwistle. From the Royal Humane Society. A silver medallion and vellum certificate for courage and humanity, during the pontoon practice on the 30th August, 1841, in plunging into the river Medway, near Rochester Bridge, and at imminent personal risk, rescuing from drowning private Samuel Turner of the corps, who had accidentally fallen overboard, and was unable to swim. Became a sergeant, and died before Sebastopol, 29th November, 1854.
1842 Sergeant-major Jenkin Jones. By the Corporation of the Trinity House. A gold snuff-box “to commemorate the assistance he rendered in the destruction of two wrecks in Sea Reach, by submarine explosions.”
1843 Corporal James Henry Drew. By the Society of Teetotallers. A silver medallion with gold lozenge-shaped coat-of-arms in centre, “as a token of respect for his talented lecture on the principles of total abstinence and Rechabitism, as well as for valuable services as local secretary at Chatham in promoting the cause.” Died from wounds received at the siege of Sebastopol, 22nd November, 1854.
1845 Private Patrick J. Hogan. From H. R. H. Prince Albert. A present of 5l. in admiration of his talents as an artist, as displayed in a beautiful etching of the Victoria Oak, in the Green Park at Windsor. He had previously received the high honour of an audience with the Prince Consort on his presenting to H. R. H. an etching of the Adelaide Oak in the Home Park.
1845 Privates Patrick J. Hogan and Charles Holland. From H. R. H. Prince Albert. Each a case of mathematical drawing instruments, “as a mark of his approbation for merit in the execution of a survey and drawing of Windsor and its vicinity.”
1847 Corporal John Rae. From the Governor of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. A case of mathematical drawing instruments, “for intelligence, zeal, and uniform good conduct in charge of the detachment employed in field-work instruction at the college.” Is now staff-sergeant at the college.
1847 Sergeant James Rainey Mutch. By the members of the Woolwich Literary and Scientific Institution. A silver snuff-box “for his valuable and successful services as secretary to the Institution.” This non-commissioned officer was chief clerk in the Assistant-Adjutant-General’s office at Chatham. His attainments are of a character to make his services very efficient and satisfactory. Having studied in King’s College, Aberdeen, where he graduated M.A., he has a fair knowledge of Greek and Latin, and is well grounded in mathematics. For many years, apart from his military duties, he held the office of secretary to the Woolwich Institution; and to his perseverance and untiring advocacy, it was mainly indebted for continuing so long in existence. 548When it passed from under his superintendence into other hands, it gradually lost energy and vitality, and, in time, uniting itself to a local speculation, fell to pieces with the insolvency of its new alliance. It should also be mentioned, to his credit, that sergeant Mutch had the honour of originating in Woolwich the movement in favour of the Great Exhibition. By consulting a few leading men, the project received the countenance it merited, and eventually, a meeting to extend the object, the largest demonstration ever known in Woolwich, was held in the riding-school, under the auspices of Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Downman, who presided on the occasion.
1847 Private James Peat. Bronze medallion, from the Royal Humane Society, for prompt and intrepid conduct in assisting to rescue from drowning, two gunners of the royal artillery, who had sunk while bathing in St. Mary’s Creek. Private Peat was pontooning at the time.
1849 Privates William Thomas, Daniel Jones, and James Cray. Bronze medallion each, from the Royal Humane Society, “for their noble courage and humanity in endeavouring to rescue from drowning their comrade, private Joseph Cox, who had fallen into the river Medway, on the 26th April, 1849.” The first private, on a previous occasion, had jumped into the Medway after a civilian, and brought the body ashore too late for resuscitation.
1850 Private Robert McDonald. A handsomely-bound Polyglot Bible, from the teachers and children of the village of Elrig, Mochrum, “in token of his Christian benevolence in founding the Sabbath school at Elrig, and conducting it with unwearied labour and at much sacrifice of his limited means and time to its present flourishing condition.” The Bible was presented at a soiree, and Mr. Routledge, on the part of the meeting, “expressed the gratitude felt to private McDonald for having reclaimed so many poor children, and brought them together for a purpose so calculated to promote their interests.”
1851 Colour-sergeant John Carlin. Gold pen and engineering pencil-case, from Lord Frederick Fitzclarence, “for showing himself exceedingly clever in calculations of a rather puzzling nature, and being a most zealous, active, and painstaking non-commissioned officer.”
1852 Sergeant Henry Quodling. By a number of civilians at York. A case of professional instruments, “was a token of their affectionate regard on his leaving England for Van Diemen’s Land.” It was presented to him at a dinner provided by the subscribers; “and it must,” writes the ‘Yorkshire Gazette’ of June 12, 1852, “be highly gratifying to the members of the corps connected with the ordnance survey in the city, to find that their general conduct has been such, as to win for them the respect of the citizens of York.”
1854 Sergeant Benjamin Castledine. From the Governor of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. A case of mathematical drawing instruments, “for intelligence, zeal, and uniform good conduct in charge of the detachment employed in the field-work instruction at the college.”
1855 Quartermaster Michael Bradford. From the non-commissioned officers of the corps at Woolwich. An elegant double-handled silver goblet, “as a mark of regard and esteem.”
1855 Sergeant-major James Steel and Quartermaster-sergeant B. Keen Spencer. Each a present of 10l. from Prince Albert, “as a mark of H.R.H.’s approval of their attention and care in making the survey of Osborne.”
5491856 Quartermaster Michael Bradford. From Captains Theodosius Webb, G. Ross, F. E. Cox, Fitzroy Somerset, and Lieutenant G. R. Lempriere, R.E. A regimental sword, “as a mark of their regard and esteem for his character and conduct.” He was the sergeant-major at head-quarters, while the officers who made the presentation successively filled the appointment of Acting Adjutant.
1856 Staff-sergeant James Rainey Mutch. From “inhabitants of Woolwich.” A neat silver tea-service of three pieces, “in grateful acknowledgment of the eminent services he has rendered to the Literary and Scientific Institution, the Mutual Benefit Building Society, and other associations, having for their object the benefit of the community.” The service was handed to sergeant Mutch by Richard Pidcock, Esq., the church-warden, at a public meeting of the subscribers. Mr. Mutch has since been promoted to be Quartermaster in the Corps.
1856 Corporal James Frankham Church. From the Royal Geographical Society of London. A silver watch and appendages, by Frodsham, in appreciation of “his meritorious and intelligent services on the Central African Expedition, 1853–54.” The testimonial was presented to him by the President, Admiral Beechey, and Sir John Burgoyne did the corporal the honour of replying to the observations of the Admiral, and thanking the society for the gift.
APPENDIX VIII.
Rewards to Non-Commissioned Officers and Men of the Corps, for Services at the Great Exhibition of 1851 under the Royal Commissioners.
Each man received a bronze medal, a certificate signed by Prince Albert, and a present, according to the value stated against the respective classes.
1st CLASS.
Presents value 10l. each.—No. 13.
Colour-sergeant Thomas Harding Acting sergeant-major, and general superintendent. Gold watch each.
Ditto Noah Deary In charge, foreign side
Sergeant William Jamieson In charge, British side
Corporal Archibald Gardner Clerk and draftsman Silver watch, box of instruments, and writing-case.
Second-corporal William Dickson Clerk and draftsman Gold watch each.
Ditto John Vercoe Clerk, charge of stationery, &c.
Ditto West T. Birmingham Clerk and draftsman Box of instruments and colours, and writing-case.
Lance-corporal James Mack Clerk and draftsman Gold watch
Lance-corporal Joseph Barrow Testing fitments, draftsman, &c. Silver watch and box of instruments.
Ditto Robert Fleming Testing girders, columns, &c. Gold watch each.
Ditto Richard Rice Lindsay Clerk and draftsman
Ditto John Pendered Clerk, autographer, &c.
Private George Campbell Clerk and draftsman Silver watch, box of instruments & box of colours.
2nd CLASS.
Presents value 5l. each.—No. 41.
Sergeant.James Henry Prance Box of instruments each.
Lance-corporalJohn Flude
PrivateHenry Hunt Smith
DittoJames William Newton
CorporalJames Stein Silver watch each.
DittoGeorge Jarvis
DittoThomas Dumvill
DittoWilliam Robinson
DittoWilliam Fraser
DittoGeorge Moore
DittoJohn McQuillan
Second-corporalJohn Kendrick
DittoRobert Shears
DittoAaron Crout
DittoWilliam King
DittoGeorge Lendrim
Lance-corporalThomas Hanns
DittoThomas Wm. Noon
DittoCharles Wm. Fear
DittoNicholas Clabby
DittoMichael Kelly
DittoHenry Jarvis
DittoWilliam Barnard
DittoThomas Jane
DittoGeorge Gall
DittoJames Miles
DittoDavid Mitchell
DittoJames J. George
DittoThomas Baker
DittoRobert Dow
DittoJohn Venner
DittoJames Wright
DittoThomas Pike
DittoCharles J. Mortimer
DittoGeorge Pearson
DittoJohn Ferguson
DittoJohn Rose
PrivateJames B. Murray
DittoAndrew Anderson
DittoJohn Smith
5503rd CLASS.
Presents value 3l. each.—No. 41.
Lance-corporal Ditto William Taylor Thomas Bennett Box of instruments each.
Sergeant Jacob Cavill Silver watch each.
DittoJohn Spencer
Second-corporalThomas P. Cook
Lance-corporalWilliam Wilson
Lance-corporalWilliam Chambers
DittoWilliam Strachan
DittoWilliam Thomas
DittoJames Hart
DittoJoseph Gartshore
DittoWilliam James
DittoJohn Ancell
DittoRichard J. Letton
DittoJames Curgenven
DittoWilliam Stewart
PrivateEdward Gill
DittoWilliam Jose
DittoThomas Hay
DittoJohn Doust
DittoJames B. Miller
DittoWilliam Maddick
DittoWilliam Webb
DittoJohn Rae
DittoServetus Bispham
DittoJames Craig
DittoAlexander Dunlop
DittoSamuel Harding
DittoWilliam H. Hayman
DittoJames Kelly
DittoJohn Lidford
DittoLewis Miller
DittoJames McAdam
DittoCharles Nobbs
DittoThomas Paterson
DittoGeorge Bartlett
DittoWilliam Ferguson
DittoCharles Reeves
DittoThomas Thomas
DittoLawrence Bowers
DittoRobert Robertson
CorporalEdward Taylor Box of instruments each.
Lance-corporalFrancis Irwin
DittoWilliam Simpson
PrivateAlfred Andrews
DittoRichard Bridgman
DittoChristopher Brown
DittoMark Day
DittoGeorge Fraser
551
DittoGeorge L. Law
DittoFarquhar McRae
DittoRichard Newcombe
DittoJohn Pheasant
DittoJohn Stewart
DittoWilliam Turner
DittoAlexander Cook
DittoWilliam Chapman
DittoGeorge Farrar
DittoCharles Burton
DittoMatthew Bowling
DittoAlexander Douglas
DittoWilliam Kelly
DittoBenjamin Mann
DittoAdam McKechnie
DittoJames Peacock
DittoJohn Smith
DittoAlfred Spencer
DittoWilliam Bilton
BuglerEdward Charles Dean
DittoJoseph Lyndall
PrivateThomas Evans Case of instruments and penknife each.
DittoEdwin L. Gwyther
CorporalWilliam Hutchens Writing-case each.
DittoWilliam Threipland
Second-corporalWilliam Wakefield
DittoWilliam Millin
DittoJohn Cosh
PrivateJames Holton
DittoJames McNicholl
DittoGeorge Low
DittoGeorge Anderson
DittoCharles Symon
DittoDavid Lindsay
DittoSamuel Coles
DittoCharles H. Cronk
DittoPeter Collings
DittoRobert Dixon
DittoJames Inkpen
DittoGeorge James
DittoThomas Jones
DittoRobert Parker
DittoMichael Park
DittoWilliam H. Reeves
DittoGeorge Stewart
DittoSeth Scottow
DittoJohn Summers
DittoJohn Stephens
DittoJohn Beaton
DittoThomas Booler
DittoArthur Gwin
DittoThomas Harvey
DittoJames Osborne
DittoSamuel Orr
DittoWilliam Thomas
DittoNicholas Bowers
DittoWalter Travenar
DittoWilliam Dickenson
DittoJohn Wilson
552
DittoJohn Whyte
DittoJohn Stewart Rowley
DittoJohn Gogan
DittoJohn Henderson
DittoWilliam Brown
DittoJohn Bandey
DittoJohn H. Biles
DittoWilliam Frost
DittoCharles Hayman
DittoFrederick Hazard
DittoJohn Henderson (2nd)
DittoDavid Lloyd
DittoRobert Lennox
DittoEdward Mitchell
DittoJohn McGowan
DittoWilliam Philpin
DittoRichard Potter
DittoWilliam Thompson
DittoJohn Thompson
DittoWilliam H. Townsend
DittoJames Thompson
DittoWilliam Crowdy
DittoWilliam Dowling
DittoSamuel Morgan
DittoAlexander McIntosh
DittoJames Reynolds
DittoJohn Stickland
DittoJohn Warner
DittoJohn Waycott
PrivateJohn Cummings Pocket-compass.
5th CLASS.
Presents value 10s. each.—No. 14.
CorporalThomas Parker Case of instruments each.
DittoRichard P. Jones
DittoJames B. Walker
Second-corporalJohn Donaldson
PrivateCharles Perry
DittoEdwin Prowse
DittoRichard Davis
DittoWilliam Hawkins
DittoWilliam Holland
DittoJames Ransey
DittoJohn Williamson
Private John Cameron Writing-case.
DittoJohn Langfield Penknife each.
DittoThomas Riddle
The four last classes attended to the general duties of the exhibition, both during the preliminary arrangements and during the exhibition. Many were classmen; several were clerks and draftsmen; a detachment attended to the fire arrangements; a few to the ventilation and registration of the thermometers; one was a modeller and in charge of carpenters; and one or two were attached to the photographical department. See also year 1851 of the memoir.
553
APPENDIX IX—Casualties.
INCREASE.
Year. Strength. Additions by Total Strength.
Recruits. Transfers. Deserters rejoined. Total Increase.
1st Jan. 1831 1342 39 4 2 45 1387
1832 1312 35 1 36 1348
1833 1179 36 1 1 38 1217
1834 1102 12 3 15 1117
1st April 1835 1011 65 1 66 1077
1836 985 90 2 92 1077
1837 1004 91 2 1 94 1098
1838 1016 60 20 1 81 1097
1839 1028 166 6 3 175 1203
1840 1126 134 6 3 143 1269
1841 1169 204 4 5 213 1382
1842 1310 52 5 3 60 1370
1843 1296 68 3 6 77 1373
1844 1260 102 3 1 106 1366
1845 1280 134 5 1 140 1420
1846 1311 349 13 4 366 1677
1847 1555 356 22 13 391 1946
1848 1768 333 37 10 380 2148
1849 1979 197 28 8 233 2212
1850 2042 129 6 8 143 2185
1851 2064 115 6 121 2185
1852 2084 100 7 12 119 2203
1853 2046 189 22 14 225 2271
DECREASE.
Year. Total Deaths. Discharges Desertions.
For disability. By purchase. Free by reduction or for inefficiency, &c. On modified pension. Limited service expired. For mis- conduct. Trans- ported.
1st Jan. 1831 41 19 2 1 7 1 4
1832 31 35 5 84 8 1 5
1833 25 60 2 24 1 1 2
1834 27 57 1 19 2
1st April 1835 27 47 3 5 8 2
1836 20 29 5 5 6 8
1837 21 33 11 5 1 3 7
1838 21 22 5 7 2 5 4
1839 21 25 10 8 1 2 9
1840 25 37 19 7 10
1841 19 24 11 1 4 10
1842 20 31 10 13
1843 44 39 9 3 1 12 5
1844 27 42 5 4 4 2
1845 16 48 20 11 2 3 7
1846 21 56 25 4 15
1847 22 65 16 32 5 31
1848 26 77 24 5 2 5 2 22
1849 50 73 18 2 1 6 19
1850 23 60 5 2 7 1 23
1851 28 26 15 1 5 25
1852 40 61 14 2 1 2 37
1853 48 38 39 8 2 54
DECREASE.
Year. Transient to other regiments, and deserters removed to their regiments. Total Decrease. Total Strength. Wanting to complete. Establishment[239] Year.
1st Jan. 1831 75 1312 34 1346 1831 31st Dec.
1832 169 1179 5 1184 1832
1833 115 1102[240] 1067 1833
1834 106 1011 56 1067 1834
1st April 1835 92 985 82 1067 1836 31st March
1836 73 1004 63 1067 1837
1837 1 82 1016 29 1045 1838
1838 3 69 1028 65 1093 1839
1839 1 77 1126 71 1197 1840
1840 2 100 1169 36 1205 1841
1841 3 72 1310[241] 1295 1842
1842 74 1296[242] 1287 1843
1843 113 1260 27 1287 1844
1844 2 86 1280 7 1287 1845
1845 2 109 1311[243] 1287 1846
1846 1 122 1555 42 1597 1847
1847 7 178 1768 29 1797 1848
1848 6 169 1979 203 2182 1849
1849 1 170 2042 140 2182 1850
1850 121 2064 118 2182 1851
1851 1 101 2084 98 2182 1852
1852 157 2046 136 2182 1853
1853 1 190 2081 572 2653 1854
554
APPENDIX X.
Names of Men who have been Killed or Drowned while on Duty or otherwise, by Accident, but not in Action, as far as the same can be now ascertained.
Date. Rank. Names. Where. Under what circumstances.
July 13, 1772 Private John Dobbs Gibraltar Killed blown up whilst blasting rock.
Sergeant George Sherriff
Michael Gib
George Shearer
Robert Taylor
William Robertson
John Mair
William Scott
Andrew Lindsay
Edward Fryer
David Buney
Francis Hardie
William Cleghorn
Henry Lyall
William McLean
William Duguid
John Brown
George Henry
John Steedman
John Burns
Robert Garrow
Thomas Peacock
Sept. 24, 1786 Recruits David Bain Near Dunkirk, on passage from Leight to Gibraltar Perished. In the wreck of the brig ‘Mercury’, with all their wives and children, numbering 28 of the former, and 14 of the latter.
John Stuppert
George Burn
John Napier
Charles Comb
Archibald Fullerton
William Muir
Peter Anderson
Thomas Hastie
John Hutton
James Ore
Robert Young
John Brander
James Douglas
Henry Lawson
Charles Ross
Gustavus Ross
James Tosh
Alexander Gray
George Duguid
John Macdonald
Simon Fraser
William Ross
Timothy Clark
Charles Crosbe
Joseph Abdy
James Burnton
David Hunter
James Comb
Alexander Forbes
James Burgoes
John Westwaters
Alexander White
Andrew White
William Ramage
25 or 26 Sept. Recruit Daniel Thomson Mardyck near Dunkirk Perished After gaining the shore from the ‘Mercury,’ from cold, wounds, and exhaustion.
June 4,1789 Private Francis Pearce Plymouth Killed In a riot.
June 26, Drummer Thomas Mitchell Chatham Killed By a wooden pipe 14 feet long, falling from a pump on his head.
1791 Sergeant John Fraser Gibraltar, at Ragged Staff Drowned
Dec. 18, 1794 Private John Vernon Woolwich Drowned
555
Private Miles Ratcliff Barbadoes Drowned
Aug. 1797 ” Alexander Wright On passage from England to West Indies. Drowned
Aug. 1, 1798 ” John Nancarrow On expedition to Surinam Drowned
April 19, 1799 ” Philip Patterson On passage from England to Turkey Drowned Washed overboard.
May 27,1800 ” George Laken Off Turkey Drowned
Aug. 21, ” ” James Strang Chatham Drowned When mooring a boat opposite Cockham Wood.
Oct. ” ” Walter Allen Halifax, Nova Scotia Drowned Fell overboard in the harbour.
June 2, ” ” John Rogers River Nile, near Rahmanieh,Egypt Drowned While assisting in the construction of a temporary bridge across the Nile.
Aug. 15, ” ” John Bain From St. Thomas to Martinique Drowned
April 4, ” ” Daniel Brown Jersey Killed By falling from the top of a tower while mounting guns.
Feb. 1806 ” John Marley From England to Gibraltar Drowned
June 22, ” ” James Dane Spike Island Drowned By the upsetting of a boat.
Jan. 9, 1808 ” Thomas Mitchelson Gibraltar Killed By blocks of stone falling on them from the quarry at the Devil’s Tower.
Jan. 26, ” ” Charles Cranham Gibraltar Killed
Sept. 15, ” ” George Spratt Merida, Spain Killed. By private Robert Costello in a quarrel; stabbed with a sword.
Oct. 7, ” ” Thomas Lane Madeira Killed By an explosion when reloading the evening gun at Ilches Rock.
Mar. 21, 1810 ” Thomas Hughes Tarifa, near to Killed By the springing of a mine.
June 15, ” ” John Screech Newfoundland, Signal Hill Killed By being blown up in blasting a well.
Oct. 22, ” ” William Cock Newfoundland Drowned
Dec. 3, ” ” Benjamin Hall Puntales, Cadiz Killed By the fall of a wall under which he was mining.
May 26, Corporal James Roope Newfoundland Killed By suffocation in a lime-kiln while on duty.
Oct. 4, ” ” William Brown Cadiz, near Isla de Leon Murdered Supposed by a private of the corps, who was tried, but escaped for want of evidence.
556
June 24, 1812 Private Thomas Grewer Carthagena Killed By being blown up whilst mining.
Nov. 28, ” ” Paul Harvey Tarifa Killed
April 21, 1813 ” William Liddle Gibraltar Drowned By being carried down the main drain during a storm, into the sea.
June 21, ” ” William Dunstan Gibraltar Killed By the springing of a mine.
July 6, ” ” James Ashcroft Woolwich Drowned
Dec. 27, ” Sergeant Patrick O'Brien Dublin Drowned By losing his way in a dense fog, and falling into the Ring’s End Docks.,
Dec. 31, ” Private Edward Mooney Nive, near Ustaritz Drowned
Nov. 22, ” ” Michael Fitzgerald From England to Peninsula Drowned
Jan. 1, 1814 ” James Duffy York, Canada Burned to death By the conflagration of the barracks.
Jan. 14, ” Corporal George Mulrean Falmouth Perished In the wreck of the ‘Queen Charlotte.’
Jan. 14, ” Private James McCartney Falmouth Perished
Jan. 28, ” ” John Stewart From Plymouth to Portsm. Drowned Fell overboard.
Feb. 24, ” ” John McNight Adour, near Bayonne Perished In the foundering of a chasse-marée in crossing the dangerous bar of the river.
Feb. 24, ” 2nd Corpl. Patrick Power Adour, near Bayonne Perished
Sept. 18, ” Private John Benoy Chatham, St. Mary’s Creek Drowned Whilst bathing.
Feb. 19, 1815 ” Daniel Dougherty Newfoundland Frozen to death Was benighted, and falling from exhaustion in the snow, was smothered, and thus died. He was discovered by a Newfoundland dog.
March 6, ” ” Edward Miah Off Dauphine Island, Amer. Drowned
April 7, ” ” Robert Hoston Bermuda Drowned
July 13, ” ” Thomas Williams Newfoundland Drowned He was pursued by a party sent in quest of him, and jumping into the Great Pond at Signal Hill to effect his escape, was lost in the attempt.
July 20, ” ” James White Seine, near Paris Drowned By falling off the bridge on arousing from sleep.
July 31, ” ” David Morgan St. Denis, France Killed By falling from a window, supposed in a state of somnambulism.
Nov. 1, ” Sergeant William Ritchie Epinay, France Murdered By private David Smith of the corps, who was executed 12 Dec., 1815.
May 1, 1816 Corporal Morgan Williams Plymouth Killed By a stone of 2 tons weight falling on him in a quarry when mining.
Aug. 8, ” ” James Miller Gibraltar Drowned
557
June 22, ” ” ohn Tretheway Chatham Drowned Whilst bathing.
Aug. 16, ” ” James Verner Barbadoes Killed By the explosion of a mine.
June 19, 1818 ” Alexander Milne Rheims, France Murdered Perpetrators were never discovered.
Oct. 22, ” ” James Scott France Murdered
Jan. 11, 1819 ” William Liddle Kingston, Upper Canada Drowned While endeavouring to cross the ice on Lake Ontario.
Jan. 19, 1821 ” Gamaliel Ashton Corfu Killed By falling from a scaffold.
Jan. 11, 1822 ” Walter Urie Chatham Killed By falling into the ditch of the fortifications.
April 1, ” ” Michael Connolly At sea, on board H.M.S.‘Salisbury.’ Killed By falling down the hatchway.
Sept. 8, ” Corporal Michael Harle From Gibraltar to England Drowned
April 5, 1823 Private James Blake Bermuda Drowned
Nov. 14, ” Corporal William Williams Gibraltar Killed By a fall. He had given orders to fire a mine, and was springing by means of a rope across a chasm, to take cover from the explosion behind a bold rock, when the rope was cut through by a projecting ledge, and falling many hundred feet down the eastern precipice, he was dashed to pieces.
July 29, 1824 Private James Ross Chatham Drowned Fell overboard from a pontoon raft.
Sept. 26, 1825 William Berry Chatham Drowned Fell overboard from a pontoon raft.
Dec. 23, ” ” William Widders Bermuda Drowned
July 14, 1826 ” David Marshall Corfu Killed Whilst blasting rock.
March 17, 1827 ” Richard Rosevere Bermuda Killed By being blown up when blasting rock.
July 24, ” ” Andrew Mathieson Chatham Drowned Whilst bathing.
Sept. 3, ” ” Henry Bennett Gibraltar Killed By falling from the rock when at work.
Dec. 1,, ” ” James Masters Rideau Canal, Canada Killed By being blown up whilst blasting rock.
Feb. 16, 1829 ” Walter Sim At sea, on passage to Bermuda. Drowned Fell overboard from the ‘Weymouth.’
558
March 4, ” ” Peter Bamford Bermuda Drowned
Aug. 24, ” ” Thomas Duffy Rideau Canal, Canada Killed By blasting in a quarry.
May 29, 1830 ” James Simmons Rideau Canal, Canada Killed By being blown up in a quarry.
June 18, ” ” John Kerr Halifax, Nova Scotia Killed By a stone falling on him on the works.
July 6, ” ” Alexander McMicken Bermuda Killed By the explosion of a box of gunpowder when blasting rock.
Jan. 28, 1831 ” Leonard Jasper Rideau Canal, Canada Killed By being blown up in a quarry.
March 9, ” ” John Higford Rideau Canal, Canada Killed By an explosion in the canal.
May 31, ” ” ” ” ” Gumple Nathan William Street Gibraltar Gibraltar Killed Killed By the falling of large pieces of rock upon them, which crushed them to death.
Aug. 11, ” ” Charles Shambrook Barbadoes Killed By the falling of the hospital during a hurricane, which crushed him to death.
Nov. 10, ” ” William Gunn Rideau Canal, Canada Drowned
July 22, 1832 ” Nathaniel Fulcher Halifax, Nova Scotia Killed By falling over the works at Fort George.
Nov. 6, 1834 ” John Strachan Bermuda, Morris' Island Drowned
Feb. 6, 1835 ” James Bennie Lough Strangford, Ireland Drowned By the upsetting of a boat while surveying the islands in the Lough.
Feb. 22, 1836 ” Matthew Rosevere Bermuda Killed By the explosion of a box of gunpowder when blasting rock.
May 21, ” ” Archibald McDonald River Euphrates Drowned By the upsetting of the ‘Tigris’ steamer, during a hurricane.
July 3, ” ” John Crossett Leixlip to Chapelizod Killed By a fall from a car.
July 17, ” Corporal John Reid L'Agulhas Reef, 70 miles S.E. Cape of Good Hope Perished With his wife and four children in the wreck of the barque ‘Doncaster.’
Mar. 8, 1837 Private John Porteous Passages, Spain Killed By a fall.
July 19, ” ” Robert Steele Chatham Drowned Whilst bathing.
May 21, 1838 2nd Corpl. Henry Mitchell Off Tilbury Fort Drowned In a diving apparatus, while employed at the demolition of the brig ‘William.’
Mar. 31, 1840 Private Thomas Bonds Bermuda Killed By an explosion in blasting rock.
Dec. 10, ” ” Joseph Maxwell Coast of Kerry Drowned By being washed from a rock into the sea, whilst endeavouring to recover his note-book. He was surveying Valentia Island.
April 24, 1842 ” Edward Lowe Kat River, Cape of Good Hope Drowned
Oct. 15, ” 2nd Corpl. William Finlay MoorsundeMoorsunde, River Murray, South Australia. Drowned In endeavouring to recover a wounded duck. When found he was entangled in the reeds at the bottom of the lagoon, with the duck clenched in his fist.
559
April 27, 1844 Private John Skelton Spithead Drowned By falling over the gunwale of a boat, during a lurch in a swell of the sea.
July 30, ” ” Daniel Martin St. Roque, Spain Killed In a quarrel, by a Spaniard striking him on the head with a chair.
Oct. 22, ” ” George Shanks Bermuda Drowned Whilst trying to swim from the sloop ‘Annawan’ in Grassy Bay to the shore.
May 16, 1845 ” ” 2nd Corpl. Private Thomas Bone Peter Marshall Bermuda Bermuda Drowned Drowned By the boat in which they were crossing the little sound near Hunt’s Bay, striking against a sunken rock and foundering.
June 12, ” ” William W. Riddle Chatham, St. Mary’s Creek Drowned Whilst bathing.
July 11, ” ” John Hamill Bermuda Drowned
Nov. 26, ” ” John Trellevin Hong Kong, China Killed By falling down a steep bank.
June 16, 1846 ” Thomas Kilbride River Ouse, York Drowned Whilst bathing.
Dec. 14, ” ” Joseph Rawlings Near Bermuda Drowned Fell overboard from the ‘Athol,’ during one of the heavy lurches of the vessel.
Jan. 2, 1848 ” Hugh Arnold Kowie River, Cape of Good Hope Drowned On the tide receding, he was found not far from the shore, in a hole. He is supposed to have missed his way, and fallen into the river.
June 25, ” ” Thomas Hudson Red River, Hudson’s Bay Drowned Whilst bathing.
Aug. 3, ” ” William Miller Hong Kong to Macao Drowned Fell overboard.
April 26, 1849 ” Joseph Cox Chatham Drowned Fell from a raft whilst pontooning.
June 19, ” Sergeant John Sutton Prince Edward’s Island, 12° south of the Cape of Good Hope, on passage to New Zealand. Perished. In the wreck of the ‘Richard Dart,’ freight-ship, with their wives and children, numbering four of the former and nine of the latter.
” ” Corporal Bartholomew Griffiths
” ” Bugler William Henderson
” ” Private David John
” ” ” Joseph McLachlan
” ” ” Robert Martin
” ” ” James Scott
” ” ” Charles Quigley
” ” ” James Baker
” ” ” William Walsh
560
” ” ” Malcolm Nicholson
” ” ” Samuel Pinch
” ” ” Alexander Clark
” ” ” William C. Green
” ” ” John Mulreany
” ” ” Robert Alexander
” ” ” Nathaniel Vicary
” ” ” Samuel Peters
” ” ” Paul Orchard
” ” ” Richard Holt
” ” ” Robert Bruce
” ” ” James Ferguson
” ” ” William Thomas
” ” ” William Mitchell
Aug. 24, ” ” William Goldsmith Prince Edward’s Island, 12° S. of the Cape. Perished From frostbite, exposure, and exhaustion.
Sept. 4, ” ” William Hillman Fort Brown, Cape of Good Hope. Killed By a waggon running over him.
Oct. 10, ” Oct. 23, ” Sergeant Private John Cameron Robert Player Sandhurst Sandhurst Killed Killed By an explosion of gunpowder, whilst employed in blowing up an experimental stockade.
Mar. 30, 1850 ” John Burgess Bermuda Drowned By missing his way in the dark and falling into the sea.
Sept. 6, 1851 ” Thomas W. Noon Bicester, near Oxford Killed By the upsetting of a railway train.
Aug. 9, 1852 ” David Jones Keiskama Hock, Cape of Good Hope. Killed By an explosion when blasting rock.
Oct. 31, ” ” John Callan Keyhaven, nr Hurst Castle Drowned By the upsetting of a boat.
Nov. 9, ” ” James Hicks Malta Killed By falling from a wall 36 feet high, on the works.
Dec. 27, ” ” John Harris Corfu Killed By a blow in the face from a comrade, who was tried for the offence, and sentenced to six months' imprisonment.
May 27, 1853 ” John Olivey River Swale, near Richmond, in Yorkshire. Drowned Whilst bathing.
561
May 14, 1853 ” ” Private ” Alfred Hawkins Samuel Parsons In a lake on the north shore, about 6 miles from Auckland, New Zealand. Drowned In a heavy gale of wind, by the swamping of a boat of peculiar construction, known as a “twin-boat,” consisting of two bottoms united by one deck, while out with Lieut. C.T. Hutchinson, R.E. who also perished. The officer had been taking sketches of the shore.
Mar, 11, 1854 ” Henry Clark Bermuda Killed By falling into Barrack-hill quarry.
June 7, ” Recruit John Bell Bangor Drowned Whilst bathing.
June 10, ” Private Richard Pemble Elvanfoot, Lanarkshire Perished From exhaustion and the inclemency of the weather. After a fatiguing day’s work he lay down to rest by the side of a mountain stream, and died.
June 29, ” ” Richard Wilkinson Halifax, Nova Scotia. Murdered Was shot through the heart by private William Sime, of the corps.
Nov. 14, ” ” ” ” ” ” ” Sergeant Private ” ” William Carne Samuel Lewis Thomas Price Thomas Toohey Outer Harbour of Balaklava, Crimea Perished During a storm in the wreck of the screw steamer ‘Prince.’
” ” ” ” Corporal Private John Pendered John Hammond Outer Harbour of Balaklava, Crimea Perished During a storm in the wreck of the ‘Rip Van Winkle.’
Nov. 19, ” ” Donald McKenzie Belfast Lough, off Bangor Drowned By falling out of a boat while sitting on the gunwale.
Jan. 4, 1855 ” James Deacon Near the camp in front of Sebastopol. Perished Found frozen to death in the snow.
Feb. 23, ” ” Daniel Law St. George’s, Bermuda. Drowned Whilst bathing.
Feb. 23, 1856 Corporal John Rowse On passage from Natal to Cape Town. Drowned Fell overboard from the ‘Wanderer’ schooner, during a heavy lurch of the vessel.
Aug. 11, ” Private Michael McGreevy River Tweed, Inverleithin. Drowned Went to fish. Was subject to fits, and it is supposed that being seized with one, he fell into the stream. His body was found at Kelso, upwards of forty miles from the spot where he perished.
562