Note 3 — REGIMENTAL LISTS.
Reading edition
Afterwards Lt.-Col. S. Stretton, C.B., of Lenton Priory, Notts. Lt.-col. 21st June, 1817. Retired on h. p. 1824. M., 3rd March, 1821, the Hon. Catherine Massey, dau. of Nathaniel, 2nd Baron Clarina. (She d. 3rd July same year.) D. 6th Feb., 1842. M.I. in Athlone parish church. The tablet gives Col. Stretton’s services in the Pa. as follows:—“He was present in the following battles, in several of which he had the honour to command the above distinguished corps, viz., Vittoria, Pampeluna, Roncevalles, the several actions in the Pyrenees [gold medal] heights of St. Antonio, the passage of the Bidassoa, and heights above Vera in Spain. The battle of Sara and 155passage of the Nivelle, Bayonne, and passage of the Nive, Orthes, and Toulouse.”