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.
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 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.
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 YoungStill 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 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 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. 1James Falkner. From colour-sergeantto 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-sergeantto 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.]