Chapter XXIII: Part 23

‘Aide Memoire, R.E.,’ iii., p. 613.

Footnote 227:

‘Companion to the British Almanac,’ 1849, p. 37.

Footnote 228:

‘Hampshire Advertiser,’ January 17, 1852.

Footnote 229:

‘Hampshire Chronicle,’ March 13, 1852.

Footnote 230:

‘Hampshire Advertiser,’ March 31, 1855.

Footnote 231:

See illustration of the encampment at Creach Ben, ‘Aide Memoire,’
iii., p. 614.

Footnote 232:

It would be a pity to overlook the notice of an incident which
occurred in connection with this astronomical service. When Steel
left Southampton it was arranged he should hut himself with Mr.
Donelan—formerly of the sappers—till the latter had finished his
azimuthal duties on Ben Lomond, and then post away to Arthur’s
Seat with Donelan’s barometer, chronometer, camp and party.
Meanwhile a change was decided on—Donelan remained on the mountain
with his instruments and party, and Steel shot off to Edinburgh.
He could not however proceed with the observations without a
chronometer, and as time was pressing, he could not wait till one
were conveyed to him from the map office. Calling upon the
Astronomer Royal with a credential from Captain Kerr of the royal
engineers, Steel solicited the loan of a chronometer to enable him
at once to commence operations. Very few instruments had the
professor which were not in actual use, and except a pocket
chronometer he had no instrument measuring sidereal time such as
Steel wanted. Strongly interested in a matter so important, the
professor was determined, could Edinburgh prevent it, that the
sergeant should not be delayed an instant; and accordingly he
wrote to the principal opticians—Adie and Son—and to Mr. Bryson,
the chief clockmaker, begging, “for the scientific credit of the
city of Edinburgh,” that the sergeant should be temporarily
furnished with the instruments he required. Whatever could be
given was readily placed at the service of the military
astronomer, but, it was not in the power of the Scotch
metropolis—learned and scientific as are its sons—to supply a
sidereal chronometer! To make the best amends for the absence of
so indispensable an accessory, the obliging professor, although he
daily used his own pocket chronometer, lent it to the sergeant for
one week, by which time an efficient instrument had reached him
from Southampton.

Footnote 233:

Colonel James, ‘On the deflection of the plumb-line at Arthur’s
Seat,’ read before the Royal Society, February 21, 1856.

Footnote 234:

The full report is given in the ‘Hampshire Independent,’ December
8, 1849.

Footnote 235:

‘Lough Foyle Base,’ by Captain Yolland, R.E., pp. 147-149.

Footnote 236:

Ibid., p. 151.

Footnote 237:

‘Lough Foyle Base,’ Pref., viii.

APPENDIX.

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APPENDIX I.

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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 engineer 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.
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_£._ _s._ _d._ _£._ _s._ _d._
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_Captain_, Chief Engineer of the garrison for the time being.
1 sergeant and as adjutant 0 3 0 54 15 0
3 sergeants, 1_s._ 6_d._ per diem each, 0 4 6 82 2 6
3 corporals, 1_s._ 2_d._ per diem each. 0 3 6 63 17 6
60 privates or working men, 10_d._ per diem each. 2 10 0 912 10 0
1 drummer 0 0 10 15 4 2
68 clothing, 2_d._ each per diem 0 11 4 206 16 8
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Total 3 13 2 1,335 5 10
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APPENDIX II:

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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.

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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., July, 1845.
G.C.B.

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LIEUTENANT-GENERAL OF THE ORDNANCE.

General SIR HEW D. ROSS, K.C.B., during 2 May, 1854 to 25 May, 1855,
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.

APPENDIX III.

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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.
{ ” afterwards }
” RICE JONES { Brigade-Major 20 Dec., } 1 Feb., 1812.
1814.
” FRANK STANWAY Brigade-Major 8 June, 1830.
” EDWARD MATSON ” 14 Feb., 1831.
” HENRY SANDHAM ” 24 May, 1841.
” 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 { Joint } 17 Feb., 1854.
” FRANCIS EDWARD COX { Adjutants } 17 Dec., 1855.

APPENDIX IV.

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Date of SUB-LIEUTENANTS.
Appointment.

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.

1812 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.

July 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 8000_l._, 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.

Date of QUARTERMASTERS.
Appointment.

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 }

June 26. THOMAS CONNOLLY } Still serving in the corps.

Dec. 17. MICHAEL BRADFORD }

COMMISSIONED INTO OTHER CORPS.

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 February 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 60_l._ a-year; and from the
Compassionate Fund, an allowance of 40_l._ 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

” JOHN LANDREY. From sergeant } Transport Corps.

” 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

” 9. CORNELIUS GODFREY. From } Transport Corps.
colour-sergeant

[The sergeants appointed to the Land Transport Corps had all
served at the siege of Sebastopol.]

APPENDIX V.

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Date of SERGEANT-MAJORS.
Appointment.

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.

1799 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 2_s._ 1_d._ 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 3_s._ 6_d._ 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.

” 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 2_s._ 3_d._
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 2_s._ 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.

1815 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 2_s._ 4_d._ 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.

1854 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 24,000_l._
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 2_s._
4_d._ 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 900_l._
in debt. Aberration of mind followed the discovery,
and he was pensioned in February, 1824, at 3_s._
6_d._ 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.

1835 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.

APPENDIX VI.

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ANNUITIES and MEDALS to STAFF-SERGEANTS and SERGEANTS for
distinguished or meritorious Services.

Annuities.

{ Was distinguished in the
{ discharge of his duties in
1846. £. { the West Indies, and at
Jan. 1. Sergeant-major JENKIN JONES 20 { Chatham and Woolwich.
{ Relinquished the annuity on
{ being commissioned to the
{ rank of quartermaster in
{ the corps.

{ For zealous and efficient
” Quartermaster-sergeant ROBERT 10 { services both at home and
SHORTER { abroad. Was fourteen years
{ at Corfu.

{ For distinguished conduct in
{ action with the Boers at
{ Natal, and for highly efficient
” Colour-sergeant JAMES YOUNG 10 { services and coolness
{ in the defence of the position
{ during its protracted
{ siege by the Boers.

{ For devoted services at Corfu,
{ Gibraltar, and Halifax, N.S.;
{ and particularly so on the
” Colour-sergeant WM. BLACK 10 { Euphrates expedition and
{ in the Syrian campaign. Was
{ present at the taking of
{ Beyrout and Acre.

{ For valuable services in connexion
{ with the varied calculations
1848. { pursued on the
Jan. 14. Colour-sergeant WM. YOUNG 10 { ordnance survey. Relinquished
{ the annuity on
{ being commissioned to the
{ rank of quartermaster.

1848. { For service in the brigade-major’s
Jan. 14. Sergeant THOMAS CONNOLLY 10 { office at head-quarters.

{ For distinguished services in
1853. { prosecuting the ordnance
April 1. Colour-sergeant WM. CAMPBELL 10 { surveys of Great Britain
{ and Ireland.

{ For long service, well-directed
” Bugle-major DAVID YOULE 10 { zeal in the discharge of his
{ duties, and proficiency in
{ conducting the band.

{ For constant zeal and uniform
1855. { efficiency in his duties.
April 1. Sergeant-major MICH. BRADFORD 10 { Served several years at
{ Gibraltar. Relinquished the
{ annuity on being commissioned
{ to be quartermaster.

{ For highly useful services at
{ Gibraltar, in Syria, the
{ Aland Islands, and Crimea.
June 26. Colour-sergeant HENRY BROWN 10 { Was at the taking of Tyre,
{ Sidon, and Beirout, the
{ destruction of Bomarsund,
{ and siege of Sebastopol.

{ For unimpeachable accuracy
{ in observing with the three-feet
{ instrument for the great
Dec. 17. Colour-sergeant JAMES DONELAN 10 { triangulation of the United
{ Kingdom—a duty to which
{ he attended for many years
{ under strange vicissitudes
{ and difficulties.

{ For conspicuous bravery in the
{ capture of the rifle-pits, 19th
{ April, 1855, during which
1856. { he was severely wounded.
April 1. Colour-sergeant HEN. MCDONALD 20 { Served at Gibraltar, in Turkey,
{ Bulgaria, and the
{ Crimea. Was at the battles
{ of Alma and Inkermann, and
{ siege of Sebastopol.

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APPENDIX VII.

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REWARDS to NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS 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 2_l._ for endeavouring to rescue from
drowning, five boys who had fallen into the Mulgrave
Reservoir at 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. From 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.”

1838 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 5_l._ 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. When 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.”