Chapter XXX
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AFFAIRS IN HONDURAS, 1874—THE SHERBRO EXPEDITION 1875—THE ASHANTI EXPEDITION, 1881.
While the regiment had thus been engaged on the Gold Coast, the detachment left at Orange Walk had, in January 1874, had a narrow escape of a brush with the Santa Cruz Indians. On the 2nd of that month, in accordance with a requisition from the magistrate at Orange Walk, Captain F.B.P. White and Lieutenant J.R.H. Wilton, with forty men of the 1st West India Regiment, left that station about noon for Albion Island, in the River Hondo, distant about twelve miles, to demand the restitution of a woman who had been abducted by an armed party of Santa Cruz Indians from a place called Douglas, in British territory. The Hondo was reached about 4.30 p.m., and Captain White, finding a number of Santa Cruz Indians cutting bush, as if for an encampment, on the British side of the river, directed them to accompany him; and crossing to the island in their boats, sent them to tell the chief that he had a message to deliver to him.
On landing on Albion Island it was found that the public ball-room of San Antonio, a large, open, shed-like building peculiar to these Spanish-Indian towns, which was situated on a small hill, was occupied by an armed force of the Indians, about seventy strong. Opposite to them, on the nearest rising ground, the detachment was at once formed up, partly covered by a chapel.
After some time the chief of the Santa Cruz came over to Captain White's party, and inquired what was wanted of him; when he was told that no message could be delivered to him as long as he had an armed party on British soil, and that he must surrender his arms. After some little discussion the chief agreed to do so, provided that they were returned when his men left the island; and, on these terms, ten or eleven rifles were brought in; but while this was being done, a trumpet sounded in the public ball-room, and the Santa Cruz, quickly gathering together, began to load their rifles. The chief, being asked for an explanation of this sudden change, replied that his braves were only cleaning their guns, but at the same moment a sub-chief came up, and loudly declared that the Santa Cruz would not give up their arms.
The troops were rapidly posted in advantageous positions, and Captain White then informed the chiefs that if their men would not lay down their arms they must leave San Antonio at once, first handing over the woman who had been abducted. Some discussion ensued, but Captain White remaining firm, the chiefs agreed to go, and moved their men down to the boats. At the last moment, however, it was discovered that the woman, who was the cause of the expedition, was in one of the boats, and their departure was stopped until she was landed, and given in charge of the troops.
The Santa Cruz now refused to stir, but remained in their boats, which were moored to the bank. It being feared that the Indians were only delaying for reinforcements, thinking to overpower the British in the darkness, Captain White sent Lieutenant Wilton with ten men to give them a peremptory order to push off within a quarter of an hour. The Indians received the message with laughter, asking, "What will you do, if we do not go?" It was now rapidly becoming dark, and the country, wild and savage in itself, was entirely strange to both officers and men. After ten minutes had elapsed, without the Indians giving any sign of departure, Captain White had the "close" sounded, drew in his sentries, and descended towards the boats with fixed bayonets. Upon this the Indians pushed off, and were soon lost to sight in the darkness. The detachment remained under arms all night at San Antonio, and next morning, it having been ascertained that the Indians had retired across the frontier, the troops returned to Orange Walk.
The following letter was forwarded upon this subject:
"Horse Guards, War Office, "17th March, 1874.
"Sir,
"The Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief has perused the report which you forwarded to the Adjutant-General on the 29th of January, of the proceedings of the troops at Orange Walk, in British Honduras, who were called out in aid of the civil power against a band of Santa Cruz Indians in January last, and I am to request that you will cause Captain White, 1st West India Regiment, by whom they were commanded, to be informed that His Royal Highness considers that the discretion and firmness displayed by him in the performance of this difficult duty is very commendable to that officer.
"I have, etc., (Signed) "R.B. Hawley, "Asst. Mil. Sec."
In July, 1874, the head-quarters of the regiment were moved from the Gold Coast to Sierra Leone, one company being left in garrison at Cape Coast Castle, and one at Elmina. As in June the two companies stationed in Honduras had, with the one left in Jamaica, been removed to Demerara, the distribution of the regiment in July, 1874, was: Head-quarters and four companies (A, B, C, and H) at Sierra Leone, two (E and G) on the Gold Coast, and three (D, F, and I) in Demerara.
In July, 1875, disturbances once more broke out in British Sherbro. The inhabitants of the town of Mongray, on the river of the same name, in that month made a raid upon Mamaiah, a town on the British frontier, plundered several factories there, and carried off thirty-three British subjects as slaves. Fresh outrages were committed later on, and, on the 8th of October, 1875, Lieutenant-Governor Rowe, C.M.G., with forty men of the 1st West India Regiment, under Sub-Lieutenant G.V. Harrison, and sixty armed police, left Sierra Leone in the colonial steamer Lady of the Lake. The detachment was landed at Bendoo in Sherbro next day. Negotiations were at once opened with the Mongray chiefs, resulting in the surrender of the captives on the 15th, and on the 25th the party returned to Sierra Leone.
Almost immediately after, fresh disturbances broke out in another portion of Sherbro, on the Bargroo River, and, on the 15th of November, Lieutenant-Governor Rowe left Freetown in the colonial steamer Sir A. Kennedy, with Captain A.C. Allinson, Lieutenants J.H. Jones, and A.S. Roberts, and ninety men of the 1st West India Regiment, fifty armed police, a 4-2/5-inch howitzer, and a rocket-trough. The disturbance arose from a raid of Mendis upon villages in British territory, thirteen of which they plundered and destroyed, afterwards erecting a "war-fence" at a place called Paytaycoomar, in British Sherbro. Here the Commandant of Sherbro, Mr. Darnell Davis, attacked them with a few policemen, and was repulsed with a loss of three killed and several wounded, himself severely.
The expedition, on arriving at Sherbro, established a camp at Tyama Woroo in Bargroo, and all preparations for an advance being completed by the 27th of November, the troops marched on that day, occupying Mosangrah on the 30th. On the 3rd of December, Lowarnar, a town to the eastward, was entered, and on the 5th a move was made on the stockaded town of Gundomar, which was abandoned by the enemy on the approach of the force. The dead body of one of the captives taken from British Sherbro, recently strangled, was found in the stockade, and the town was accordingly burned.
On the 6th the force advanced on Moyamba, which was also found to be evacuated by the enemy, and was burned. On the 9th the troops left Moyamba and marched to Yahwi-yamah, which was also destroyed, with the outlying stockaded villages of Mocorreh, Bettimah and Mangaymihoon. On the 10th Modena was destroyed, and the force marched through Mowato and Geeavar to Sennehoo, arriving there on the 16th. To this latter town several of the chiefs came in to treat, bringing 212 of the captives with them, and on the 18th a treaty of peace was arranged, the Mendis promising to pay a fine of 10,000 bushels of rice. The troops returned to Sierra Leone on the 24th of December.
The country through which the detachment of the 1st West India Regiment had marched was most difficult. It consisted of dense forest, through which the only advance could be made along narrow paths, wide enough only for the passage of men in single file, and obstructed by fallen trees, swamps, and unbridged streams. Numerous swamps, black and full of malaria, had to be crossed, and, though the noon-day sun was excessively hot, the nights, owing to excessive damp, were very cold. Heavy showers of rain fell almost daily, and from sunset till an hour after sunrise the whole country was buried in an impenetrable fog.
The stockades were of the same character as those found at Mongray, but were here in some instances further fortified by mud walls, fifteen feet high, and about twelve feet thick at the base. Inside the walls were ditches about six feet wide and eight feet deep. In some of the towns, machicoulis galleries had been constructed over the gates, and the entrances further protected by semicircular mud bastions.
In March, 1877, the 1st West India Regiment was relieved on the West Coast of Africa by the 2nd West India Regiment, E and G Companies embarking in H.M.S. Simoom, at Cape Coast Castle, on the 24th of February, and the head-quarters, with A, B, C, and H Companies, at Sierra Leone on the 3rd of March. On arriving at the West Indies the regiment was thus distributed: Head-quarters, with A, D, E, and I Companies, at Jamaica, C and F at Honduras, G and H at Barbados, and B at Nassau.
During its three years' tour of West African service the regiment had suffered very heavy loss amongst the officers. In addition to the eight deaths that occurred in 1874, directly after the Ashanti war, Captain W. Cole died in Ireland of fever contracted on the Gold Coast; Lieutenant-Colonel Strachan and Sub-Lieutenant Turner in England; and Sub-Lieutenants S.B. Orr and G.V. Harrison at Sierra Leone in 1876.
The regiment remained without change in the West Indies until December, 1879, when the head-quarters and six companies embarked in H.M.S. Tamar for West Africa, leaving D, E, and I Companies at the depôt at Demerara. The head-quarters and four companies disembarked at Sierra Leone on the 17th of January, 1880, and the two remaining companies proceeded to Cape Coast Castle.
In February, 1880, there being some slight disturbance in the neighbourhood of the Ribbie River, a small party of the 1st West India Regiment proceeded thither as an escort to the Governor, with Lieutenants Madden and Tipping. The whole returned to Sierra Leone without any casualty, after an absence of a few weeks.
On the 28th of January, 1881, news was received at Sierra Leone that the Ashanti king, Mensah, had threatened an invasion of the Gold Coast Colony, and a reinforcement was urgently demanded. In consequence, Captain H.W. Pollard, 1st West India Regiment, commanding the troops on the West Coast of Africa, despatched to Cape Coast Castle next day in the mail steamer Cameroon letter B Company, under Captain Ellis, and letter H Company, under Lieutenant Garland. These two companies arrived at their destination on the 2nd of February, and on the 9th the former proceeded to Anamaboe. This rapid arrival of reinforcements induced the king to repudiate the action of his envoys, but affairs were still in a very critical situation, and much alarm prevailed in the colony. Early in March, Lieutenant-Colonels Niven and Smith and Major White arrived from England, bringing with them letter A Company from Sierra Leone. On the 18th of March, five companies of the 2nd West India Regiment arrived in the hired transport Humber. Negotiations were protracted till April, when an embassy arrived from Coomassie, and the difficulty was finally settled. On the 2nd of May, the head-quarters, with A, F, and G Companies, returned to Sierra Leone, leaving B, C, and H at Cape Coast Castle and Anamaboe. In February, 1882, C Company also proceeded to Sierra Leone.
It was intended at the termination of the African tour of the regiment, in January, 1883, to reduce the garrisons in West Africa from six to three companies, and the steamship Bolivar was chartered to carry out the relief in two trips. That vessel, however, was wrecked off the Cobbler's Reef, at Barbados, and H.M.S. Tyne was sent in her place. The latter embarked H Company at Cape Coast Castle on the 6th of February, 1883, and F and G Companies at Sierra Leone on the 14th, all three proceeding to Jamaica under the command of Major C.J.L. Hill. On the return of the Tyne to West Africa with three companies of the 2nd West India Regiment, the head-quarters and remaining three companies of the 1st West India Regiment, at Cape Coast Castle and Sierra Leone, were embarked on the 1st and 11th of April respectively, and sailed for Jamaica under the command of Captain Ellis, arriving at their destination on the 28th of April. On the 5th of May, B, G, and F Companies embarked in the Tyne, the first two for Honduras and the third for Nassau. On the conclusion of the inter-island trooping, the Tyne proceeded with the head-quarters and three companies of the 2nd West India Regiment to West Africa, the Government having, in consequence of threatened complications with Ashanti, abandoned their scheme of reducing the African garrisons.
The distribution of the 1st West India Regiment is now (May, 1883): Head-quarters and three companies (A, C, and H) at Jamaica, two (B and G) in Honduras, one (F) in Nassau, and three (D, E, and I) in Demerara.
APPENDIX.
Succession of Honorary Colonels.
Major-General John Whyte24th April, 1795.
Lord Charles Henry Somerset5th January, 1804.
Sir Peregrine Maitland, K.C.B22nd February, 1830.
Major-General the Hon. Sir Henry King, K.C.B.19th July, 1834.
Lieutenant-General Sir William Nicolay, K.C.H.30th November, 1839.
Lieutenant-General Sir Henry F. Bouverie, K.C.B., G.C.M.G 13th May, 1842.
Lieutenant-General Sir G.H. Bromley Way21st November, 1843.
General Sir George Thomas Napier, K.C.B.29th February, 1844.
Lieutenant-General Sir George Bowles, K.C.B.9th September, 1855.
General Sir Arthur Borton, K.C.B2nd May, 1876.
Succession of Lieutenant-Colonels.
1. Leeds Booth23rd May, 1795From Brevet-Major, 32nd Foot.
2. George Rutherford30th Dec., 1797From Major, 27th Foot, vice Booth to 87th Regiment.
3. James Maitland22nd April, 1803From 60th by purchase, vice Rutherford, who retires.
4. Alexander Cumine20th March, 1804From 75th Foot, vice Maitland, who exchanges.
5. C.D. Broughton21st April, 1804By purchase, vice Cumine, who retires.
6. Samuel Huskisson2nd June, 1807From Major, 8th Foot, without purchase, on establishment of a second Lieutenant-Colonelcy.
7. Benjamin D'Urban29th Sept., 1807 From 9th Garrison Battalion, vice Huskisson, who exchanges.
8. John Irving9th Jan., 1808 From 2nd West India Regiment, vice D'Urban, who exchanges.
9. George H. Duckworth16th Jan., 1808 From Major, 67th Foot, by purchase, vice Irving, who retires.
10. Henry Tolley27th Feb., 1808 From Major, 71st Foot, without purchase, vice Broughton, cashiered.
11. W.S. Wemyss18th June, 1808 From 48th Foot, vice Duckworth, who exchanges.
12. Joseph Morrison2nd Dec., 1809 From Major, 89th Foot, with purchase vice Tolley, appointed to 16th Foot.
13. Jonathan Yates21st July, 1810 From Major, 47th Foot, by purchase, vice Wemyss, who retires.
14. Clement Whitby16 July, 1811 From Major, 17th Foot, with purchase, vice Morrison, appointed to 89th Foot.
15. J.M. Clifton10th Sept., 1814 Without purchase, vice Yates, appointed to 49th Foot.
(Lieutenant-Colonel Clifton retired, Jan. 23rd 1819, and the second Lieutenant-Colonelcy was abolished.)
16. James Cassidy12th Dec., 1822 By purchase, vice Whitby, who retires.
17. Francis Frye Brown12th Jan., 1824 From half-pay, 6th West India Regiment, vice Cassidy, who exchanges.
18. Richard Doherty6th Dec., 1827 From half-pay, vice Brown, who retires.
19. William Bush4th Sept., 1835 From half-pay, vice Doherty, appointed to 89th Foot.
20. Henry Capadose22nd April, 1836 Without purchase, on re-establishment of a second Lieutenant-Colonelcy.
21. Edward Rowley Hill1st Jan., 1847 Without purchase, vice Bush, appointed Inspecting Field Officer of a recruiting district.
22. Robert Hughes14th April, 1848 Vice Capadose, deceased.
23. Fred. Aug. Wetherall1st May, 1855 From Major, 3rd West India Regiment, by purchase, who retires.
24. Luke Smyth O'Connor21st Sept., 1855 Without purchase, vice Hill, appointed to a Provisional Depôt Battalion.
25. Edward Last24th Nov., 1857 From Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel, 99th Foot, vice Wetherall, deceased.
26. Henry Dunn O'Halloran23rd March, 1858 From Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel, Depôt Battalion, vice Last, appointed to 21st Foot.
27. Augustus William Murray16th March, 1860 Without purchase, vice O'Halloran, retired upon full pay.
28. Bowland Moffatt4th March, 1862 From half-pay, vice O'Connor, who retires upon half-pay.
29. James Travers4th March, 1862 Without purchase, vice Murray, who retires upon half-pay on being appointed Deputy-Adjutant-General, Windward and Leeward Islands.
30. James Shortall Macauley29th July, 1862 Without purchase, vice Travers, retired on full pay.
31. William M'Bean18th Dec., 1866 By purchase, Moffatt, who retires.
32. G. Nigel K.A. Yonge3rd April, 1867 From half-pay, late 67th Foot, vice Macauley, who retires on half-pay.
33. Henry Anton8th June, 1867 Without purchase, vice M'Bean, who retires.
34. James Maxwell17th Aug., 1870 From half-pay, late 34th Foot, vice Yonge, who retires on half-pay.
35. J.M. M'Auley4th Oct., 1871Vice Anton, deceased.
36. W.W.W. Johnston24th Dec., 1873 Vice M'Auley, who retires.
37. W.H.P.F. Strachan15th April, 1874 Vice Maxwell, deceased.
38. Knox Rowan Niven24th March, 1877 Vice Strachan, deceased.
39. Joseph Alexander Smith29th Jan., 1879Vice Johnston, retired.
40. F.B.P. White4th March, 1882Vice Niven, retired.
Stations of the 1st West India Regiment from June, 1795, to June, 1883.
1795 (June). Head-quarters and 8 companies at Martinique. 1798 (December). Head-quarters and 6 companies at Morne Fortune, St. Lucia. 2 companies at Maboya, St. Lucia. 1801 (July). Head-quarters and 8 companies at Martinique. 1802 (January). Head-quarters and 6 companies at Martinique. 2 companies at St. Vincent. 1802 (July). Head-quarters and 6 companies at St. Vincent. 1 company at Martinique. 1 company at Antigua. 1802 (October). Head-quarters and 8 companies at St. Vincent. 1803 (April). Head-quarters and 6 companies at St. Vincent. 2 companies at Grenada. 1804 (May). Head-quarters and 6 companies at Dominica. 1 company at St. Vincent. 1 company at Grenada. 1807 (January). Head-quarters and 6 companies at Barbados. 3 companies at Grenada. 1 company at Tobago. 1807 (November). Head-quarters and 10 companies at Barbados. 1808 (January). Head-quarters and 6 companies at Barbados. 3 companies at Antigua. 1 company at Tobago. 1808 (October). Head-quarters and 9 companies at Barbados. 1 company at Tobago. 1809 (February). Head-quarters and 8 companies at Martinique. 2 companies at Barbados. 1809 (June). Head-quarters and 6 companies at Trinidad. 2 companies at Martinique. 2 companies at Barbados. 1809 (August). Head-quarters and 10 companies at Trinidad. 1814 (March). Head-quarters and 4 companies at Martinique. 4 companies at St. Lucia. 2 companies at Dominica. 1814 (July). Head-quarters and 8 companies at Guadaloupe. 1 company at Marie-Galante. 1 company at St. Martin's. 1814 (December). Head-quarters and 10 companies at New Orleans. 1815 (February). Head-quarters and 10 companies at Barbados. 1815 (August). Head-quarters and 6 companies at Barbados. 4 companies at Guadaloupe. 1815 (December). Bermuda. 1816 (March). Head-quarters and 10 companies at Barbados. 1816 (November). Head-quarters and 3 companies at Antigua. 1 company at Montserrat. 2 companies at St. Christopher's. 2 companies at St. Lucia. 2 companies at Dominica. — 10 == 1819 (January). Head-quarters and 3 companies at Barbados. 2 companies at Antigua. 2 companies at St. Lucia. 2 companies at Dominica. 1 company at Tobago. — 10 == 1821 (October). Head-quarters and 3 companies at Barbados. 1 company at Demerara. 1 company at Tobago. 1 company at St. Lucia. 1 company at Dominica. 1 company at Antigua. — 8 == 1823 (May). Head-quarters and 4 companies at Barbados. 1 company at Demerara. 1 company at St. Lucia. 1 company at Dominica. 1 company at Antigua. — 8 == 1823 (September). Head-quarters and 2 companies at Barbados. 3 companies at Demerara. 1 company at St. Lucia. 1 company at Dominica. 1 company at Antigua. — 8 == 1824 (October). Head-quarters and 5 companies at Barbados. 1 company at St. Lucia. 1 company at Dominica. 1 company at Antigua. — 8 == 1825 (February). Head-quarters and 4 companies at Trinidad. 1 company at Barbados. 1 company at St. Lucia. 1 company at Dominica. 1 company at Antigua. — 8 == 1826 (February). Same as in 1825, with the addition of a recruiting company at Sierra Leone. 1827 (January). Head-quarters and 3 companies at Trinidad. 1 company at Barbados. 1 company at St. Lucia. 1 company at Dominica. 1 company at Antigua. 1 company at Grenada. 1 company at Sierra Leone. — 9 == 1834 (May). Head-quarters and 2 companies at Trinidad. 1 company at Barbados. 1 company at St. Lucia. 1 company at Dominica. 1 company at Antigua. 1 company at Grenada. 1 company at Tortola. 1 company at Sierra Leone. — 9 == 1837 (December). Head-quarters and 5 companies at St. Lucia. 1 company at Trinidad. 1 company at Tobago. 1 company at Demerara. 1 company at St. Vincent. 1 company at Sierra Leone. — 10 == 1839 (December). Head-quarters and 2 companies at Demerara. 3 companies at Barbados. 1 company at Trinidad. 1 company at Tobago. 1 company at St. Lucia. 1 company at St. Vincent. 1 company at Grenada. 1 company at Dominica. 1 company at Antigua. 1 company at Sierra Leone. — 13 == 1840 (September). Head-quarters and 2 companies at Demerara. 2 companies at Barbados. 1 company at Trinidad. 1 company at Tobago. 1 company at St. Vincent. 1 company at Grenada. 1 company at Dominica. 1 company at Sierra Leone. — 10 == 1843 (November). Head-quarters and 5 companies at Demerara. 2 companies at Sierra Leone. 1 company at Grenada. 1 company at Tobago. 1 company at St. Vincent. — 10 == 1844 (June). (Head-quarters) Grenadier, No. 8 and No. 5 at Demerara = 3 companies. Light and No. 1 at Jamaica = 2 No. 2 at Trinidad = 1 No. 3 at Dominica = 1 No. 4 at Sierra Leone = 1 No. 6 at Grenada = 1 No. 7 at Cape Coast = 1 — 10 == 1845 (March). (Head-quarters) Grenadier, Light, No. 1 and No. 8 at Jamaica = 4 companies. No. 5 at Demerara = 1 No. 2 at Trinidad = 1 No. 3 at Dominica = 1 No. 4 at Sierra Leone = 1 No. 6 at Grenada = 1 No. 7 at Cape Coast = 1 — 10 == 1846 (June). (Head-quarters) Grenadier, Light, Nos. 1, 3, 6, and 8 at Jamaica = 6 companies. No. 2 at Trinidad = 1 No. 4 at Sierra Leone = 1 No. 5 at Tobago = 1 No. 7 at Cape Coast = 1 — 10 == 1847 (December). (Head-quarters) Grenadier, Light, Nos. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, and 8 at Jamaica = 8 companies. No. 4 at Sierra Leone = 1 No. 7 at Cape Coast = 1 — 10 == 1848 (August). (Head-quarters) Grenadier, Nos. 3, 4, 6, and 7 at Jamaica = 5 companies. Light and No. 8 at Nassau = 2 No. 1 at Honduras = 1 No. 5 at Sierra Leone = 1 No. 2 at Cape Coast = 1 — 10 == 1849 (March). (Head-quarters) Grenadier, No. 3 and No. 6 at Jamaica = 3 companies. Light, No. 7, and No. 8 at Nassau = 3 No. 1 and No. 4 at Honduras = 2 No. 5 at Sierra Leone = 1 No. 2 at Cape Coast = 1 — 10 == 1852 (September). (Head-quarters) Grenadier, No. 3, and No. 6 at Jamaica = 3 companies. Light, No. 7, and No. 8 at Nassau = 3 No. 1 at St. Christopher's = 1 No. 4 at Barbados = 1 No. 5 at Sierra Leone = 1 No. 2 at Cape Coast = 1 — 10 == 1853 (December). (Head-quarters) Grenadier, Light, No. 2, and No. 5 at Jamaica = 4 companies. No. 4 and No. 7 at Barbados = 2 No. 1 at St. Christopher's = 1 No. 8 at Dominica = 1 No. 3 at Sierra Leone = 1 No. 6 at the Gambia = 1 — 10 == 1855 (December). (Head-quarters) Grenadier, Light, Nos. 2, 5, and 8 at Jamaica = 5 companies. No. 4 and No. 7 at Barbados = 2 No. 1 at Demerara = 1 No. 3 at Sierra Leone = 1 No. 6 at the Gambia = 1 — 10 == 1856 (December). (Head-quarters) Grenadier, Light, and No. 8 at Jamaica = 3 companies. Nos. 4, 5, and 7 at Barbados = 3 No. 1 at Demerara = 1 No. 3 at Sierra Leone = 1 No. 2 and No. 6 at the Gambia = 2 — 10 == 1857 (June). (Head-quarters) Grenadier, Light, No. 5 and No. 8 at Nassau = 4 companies. Nos. 1, 3, and 7 at Sierra Leone = 3 Nos. 2, 4, and 6 at the Gambia = 3 — 10 == 1861 (April). (Head-quarters) Grenadier, Light, Nos. 5, 7, and 8 at Barbados = 5 companies. No. 4 and No. 6 at Demerara = 2 No. 1 and No. 2 at St. Lucia = 2 No. 3 at Trinidad = 1 — 10 == 1862 (December). (Head-quarters) Grenadier, Light, and No. 1 at Barbados = 3 companies. Nos. 5, 7, and 8 at Honduras = 3 No. 4 and No. 6 at Demerara = 2 No. 2 at St. Lucia = 1 No. 3 at Trinidad = 1 — 10 == 1863 (July). (Head-quarters) A at Barbados = 1 company. B at St. Lucia = 1 C at Trinidad = 1 D and F at Demerara = 2 companies. E, G, and H at Honduras = 3 — 8 == 1863 (November). (Head-quarters) A, B, D, and F at Nassau = 4 companies. E, G, and H at Honduras = 3 C at Trinidad = 1 — 8 == 1864 (April). (Head-quarters) A, D, and F at Nassau = 3 companies. B, E, and G on the Gold Coast = 3 C at Trinidad = 1 H in Honduras = 1 — 8 == 1864 (October). (Head-quarters) A, D, and F at Nassau = 3 companies. B, C, E, G, and H in Jamaica = 5 — 8 == 1865 (November). (Head-quarters) A at Nassau = 1 company. B, C, D, E, F, G, and H in Jamaica = 7 companies. — 8 == 1866 (August). (Head-quarters) A, D, and F at Nassau = 3 companies. B, C, E, G, and H in Jamaica = 5 — 8 == 1867 (January). (Head-quarters) A, B, E, F, D, and G at Sierra Leone = 6 companies. H and C at the Gambia = 2 — 8 == 1868 (August). (Head-quarters) A, B, D, F, and G at Sierra Leone = 5 companies. C and H at the Gambia = 2 E at Cape Coast = 1 — 8 == 1870 (November). (Head-quarters) A, B, D, E, and G in Jamaica = 5 companies. C and H at Nassau = 2 F and I in Honduras = 2 — 9 == 1874 (January). (Head-quarters) A, B, C, E, G, and H on the Gold Coast = 6 companies. F and I in Honduras = 2 D in Jamaica = 1 — 9 == 1874 (July). (Head-quarters) A, B, C, and H at Sierra Leone = 4 companies. E and G at Cape Coast = 2 D, F, and I at Demerara = 3 — 9 == 1877 (April). (Head-quarters) A, D, E, and I at Jamaica = 4 companies. C and F in Honduras = 2 G and H in Barbados = 2 B at Nassau = 1 — 9 == 1880 (February). (Head-quarters) A, B, H, and F at Sierra Leone = 4 companies. C and G at Cape Coast = 2 D, E, and I in Demerara = 3 — 9 == 1881 (March). (Head-quarters) A, C, G, and H at Cape Coast = 4 companies. B at Anamaboe = 1 F at Sierra Leone = 1 D, E, and I in Demerara = 3 — 9 == 1881 (June). (Head-quarters) A, F, and G at Sierra Leone = 3 companies. B, C, and H at Cape Coast = 3 D, E, and I in Demerara = 3 — 9 == 1882 (March). (Head-quarters) A, C, F, and G at Sierra Leone = 4 companies. B and H at Cape Coast = 2 D, E, and I in Demerara = 3 — 9 == 1883 (March). (Head-quarters) A and C at Sierra Leone = 2 companies. B at Cape Coast = 1 company. F, G, and H in Jamaica = 3 companies. D, E, and I in Demerara = 3 — 9 == 1883 (June). (Head-quarters) A, C, and H in Jamaica = 3 companies. B and G in Honduras = 2 D, E, and I in Demerara = 3 F at Nassau = 1 — 9 ==
INDEX.
TO THE
NAMES OF OFFICERS, NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS, AND PRIVATES
OF THE
FIRST WEST INDIA REGIMENT,
MENTIONED IN THE FOREGOING PAGES.
Abercrombie, J., 79, 82
Allinson, A.C., 279, 290, 318, 337
Alt, Ensign, 279
Anderson, Capt., 52
——, Ensign, 234, 237
Anton, H., 275, 278, 282, 284, 289, 298, 299, 346
Archdale, Lieut., 210
Atkins, R.W., 80
Bale, J.E., 293, 316, 318
Balmer, J., 50
Barlow, E.H., 279
Barne, W.C., 318
Beale-Browne, G.E., 318
Belizario, E. Sergt., 307, 308, 312, 313, 315
Bell, Ensign, 51
——, T., 318
Bentley, Lieut., 197
Bidwell, Pte., 309
Bingham, E.H., 210, 213, 217
Bishop, Surg., 80
Blackwell, N., 119, 120, 121, 123, 124
Bolton, H.F.S., 299, 300
Booth, Leeds, 79, 83, 99, 343
Borton, Sir A., 343
Bourke, J., 263
Bouverie, Sir H.F., 343
Bowles, Sir G., 343
Bravo, A., 278, 279, 284
Brennan, Ensign, 173, 178
Brew, R., 275
Brocklass, H., 183
Broome, W.A., 301
Broughton, C.D., 107, 113, 344
Brown, F.F., 345
——, R., 99
Bulger, C.O., 312
Burdett, G.S., 169
Burke, L., 318, 332
Bush, Lieut., 211
——, W., 194, 196, 197, 198, 199, 202, 203, 207, 345
Butler, D., 79, 82
——, F. le B., 303, 318, 320, 321, 322, 332
Byrne, T., 80, 99
Calder, J., 79
Campbell, N., 100
——, W., 32
Cantrell, D. Sergt. Major, 197
Capadose, H., 176, 177, 209, 345
Carden, J., 50
Cassidy, J., 80, 99, 124, 137, 139, 158, 161, 164, 165, 166, 167, 345
Cave, Ensign, 226
Chads, Major, 173, 200
Chadwick, B., 79, 82
Chamberlayne, W.J., 258, 259
Clarke, Bt. Lieut.-Col., 258
Clerk, A., 50
Clifton, J.M., 344
Clough, H.T., 318, 332
Coffin, E. Pte., 203, 204, 205, 206, 207
Coghlan, A., 80, 89
Cole, W., 293, 318, 340
Collins, F., 148
——, J.P., 50
Connell, F.J., 237
Connor, W., 80, 81, 99
Costello, F., 79, 99
Cotter, E., 79, 83, 99
Craddock, H., 50
Craven, Corporal, 199
Crump, Corporal, 80
Cullen, Ensign, 290, 296
Cumine, A., 343
Cunninghame, T., 79
Dalomel, Lieut., 148, 157
Dalton, Lieut., 80, 100
Darley, C.B., 80, 100
Deane, T., 79
De Winton, Lieut., 210
Dixon, C. Pte., 195, 202
Doherty, R., 345
Downie, H., 138
Duckworth, G.H., 344
D'Urban, B., 344
Duyer, G.H., 275
Edmunds, T., 275
Edwardes, C.G.W.E., 318
Egan, J., 80, 99
Elderton, W.S., 318, 332
Ellis, A.B., 318, 341, 342
Evans, Capt., 179
Fanning, J., 275
Farquhar, Ensign, 51
Fitzgerald, C.L., 261
Fletcher, R. D'O., 237, 239, 240, 242, 244, 246, 263
Fraser, J.A., 275
French, Capt., 210
Froggart, Lieut., 80, 99
Gardner, D., 316
Garland, V.J., 341
Garsia, M.C., 274, 275
Gavin, Lieut., 279, 303
Gillard, Bt. Major, 177
Gillespie, R., 79
Goodinge, H., 80
Graham, W., 80, 99
Grange, Capt., 224
Harris, W.W., 233
Harrison, G.V., 337, 340
Harward, Sub. Lieut., 318
Hemsworth, G., 177
Henderson, Lieut., 250
Henry, Capt., 37
Hill, C.J.L., 293, 301, 318, 324, 342
——, E.R., 345
Hoffer, Pte., 314, 315
Holbrook, T., 83, 100
Horsford, T., 100
Hughes, E., 318, 324, 326
——, R. Lieut.-Col., 187, 345
——, R., 223, 258, 259
Huntingford, E.W., 332
Huskisson, S., 118, 344
Innes, Colonel, 37, 39
Irving, J., 344
Isles, E. Ellis, 148, 157
Johnston, W.W.W., 302, 312, 318, 328, 346
Jones, J.H., 337
——, Lieut., 224
Kenrick, Lieut., 276
Kent, J., 51
King, Sir H., 343
Lafontaine, J. Corporal, 84
Last, E., 345
Leggatt, Lieut., 276
Lightfoot, Lieut., 80, 99
Lindsay, J., 100
Lowe, W., 50
Lowry, A.G., 279, 293
Luke, E.F., 250, 260, 289, 292
Lynch, Lieut., 173
——, R. Pte., 308
Macauley, Capt., 258
——, J.S., 277, 346
McAuley, J.M., 302, 346
McBean, W., 293, 346
M'Callum, Ensign, 80, 99
M'Connell, D., 50
McDonald, A., 148, 157
Macdonald, E.G., 301
M'Grace, D., 80, 100
M'Kay, J.C., 99
Mackay, Lieut., 261
McKenzie, Lieut., 148, 157
Mackrill, Capt., 52
McLean, Lieut., 80, 99
McShee, Lieut., 80, 99
McWilliam, D., 100
——, Lieut., 80, 100
Madden, G.C., 340
Magee, Lieut., 148, 151
Maitland, J., 99, 343
——, Sir P., 343
Malcolm, R., 63, 64, 66, 79, 90
Marraud, C., 100
Marshall, R., 50
Mason, Sergt.-Major, 263
Maturin, Lieut., 303
Mawe, T.G., 261
Maxwell, H., 79
——, J., 318, 320, 329, 332, 346
——, Pte., 314, 315
Meehan, Capt., 220
Meighan, B., 51
Merry, Sergt., 198, 207
Miles, Ensign, 174
Millar, Capt., 52
Miller, C., 99
——, Lieut., 148, 157
Moffatt, B., 346
Moffitt, J., 275
Molony, C.A., 318
Montagu, C., 50
——, G.C., 50
Montgomery, W., 179, 186, 187
Morgan, Lieut., 148, 157
Morris, W. or R.A. Pte., 314, 315
Morrison, John, 80
——, Joseph, 344
Murray, A.W., 228, 229, 232, 261, 266, 267, 271, 272, 273, 275, 346
——, Pte., 314, 315
Myers, Capt., 178
Napier, Sir G. T, 343
Nicholson, T., 275
Nicolay, Sir W., 343
Niven, K.R., 293, 301, 318, 322, 329, 341, 346
Nixon, L., 124
Nunn, A.A., 99, 106, 109, 110, 111, 115
O'Connell, Capt. 105, 106, 107, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116
O'Connor, L.S., 211, 219, 220, 226, 227, 228, 230, 232, 249, 250, 251, 256, 288, 289, 290, 294, 345
Odonnell, Lieut., 50
Ogston, M. Pte., 195 et seq.
O'Halloran, H.D., 345
Oliphant, W., 50
O'Meara, M., 100
Ormsby, W., 261, 293, 297
Orr, S.B., 340
Osborne, S. Pte., 314, 315
Owens, Capt., 276
Page, T., 80
Palmer, R., 50
Petrie, J., 50
Pilkington, Lieut., 148, 157
Plague, Corporal, 198, 207
Pogson, Ensign, 199
Pollard, H.W., 340
Powell, Capt., 221
——, W., 79, 81, 99
Pratt, Bt. Major, 261, 262, 276
Prendergast, Capt., 225
Pye, A.H., 79
Rainford, M., 50
Reed, J., 80, 99
Reid, J., 79
——, W., 80, 99
Roberts, A.S., 337
——, C.T., 80
——, J.C., 99
——, Lieut., 279
Robeson, Capt., 212
Roper, J., 321, 332
Ross, W.J., 289
Rudgley, H., 50
Russell, Ensign, 178
Rutherford, G., 343
Samson, A.M.W., 303, 318
Satchell, W. Pte., 202, 203, 204
Scott, D., 83
Shearman, F., 318, 321, 322
Smith, E., 276
——, Hopewell, 279, 281
——, J.A., 279, 303, 318, 322, 323, 331, 341, 346
——, J.G., 304, 306, 307, 308, 309, 311, 313, 315
——, Lieut., 50
——, Ensign, 51
Smithwick, W. FitzW., 279, 293, 297
Somerset, Lord C.H., 343
Speed, W.J., 99
Spencer, Lce. Corpl., 313, 315
Spitta, H.H., 318, 323
Splain, W., 51
Steward, C.B., 318, 322, 324, 326
Stewart, Capt., 171, 174, 175, 176, 178, 179
——, Ensign, 211
——, J., 79, 99
Stirling, Lce. Corpl., 314, 315
Strachan, W.H.P.F., 234, 237, 240, 246, 290, 318, 340, 346
Strong, Lieut., 173, 177
Sutherland, J., 79, 82
Tell, W. Pte., 315
Temple, A., 261, 275
Thomas, Ensign, 51
Tinkler, J., 318
Tipping, C.W.G., 340
Tolley, H., 131, 344
Torrens, Pte., 202, 203
Travers, J., 346
Tunstall, Lieut., 224
Turner, J.M.S., 340
Upton, Lieut., 228
Way, Sir G.H.B., 343
Wemyss, W.S., 344
Weston, R., 148, 151
Wetherall, F.A., 259
Whitby, C., 141, 168, 344
White, F.B.P., 312, 333, 334, 335, 336, 341, 346
Whyte, J., 77, 99, 343
Wieburg, Lieut., 210
Williams, T., 332
Wilson, R., 79
Wilton, J.R.H., 333, 335
Winkler, J., 116, 124, 126, 139, 158, 160, 164
Wylie, Lieut., 240, 246, 247
Yates, J., 344
Yonge, G.N.K.A., 299, 346