Note 126 — Chapter IV

‘London Gazette.’ Either, however, this list is incomplete, or the Record of the 2nd Battalion erroneous: for that Record gives the names of Sergeant-Major Adams, Corporal Port and 14 privates who volunteered on the forlorn hope. Of these Corporal Port and 5 Riflemen were killed and 6 wounded: 12 disabled out of 16. Nevertheless, even this list is not perfect. For Mr. Kenneth Stewart Mackenzie of Seaforth is in possession of a medal with clasp granted to Sergeant John Himbury of the 2nd Battalion for gallant conduct on the forlorn hope at St. Sebastian. This medal was presented to him by the General commanding his brigade. It bears on the obverse ‘ST. SEBASTIAN, 31 DE AGOSTO DE 1813;’ on the reverse, a bugle, the cords attached to a crown, ‘95’ in the centre, ‘RIFLE CORPS’ on a ribbon above.[127] And the clasp is inscribed ‘forlorn hope’ J. H. sergeant.