[5]. Placed on h. p. 11th March, 1819.
ROYAL WAGGON TRAIN.[[N]]
(Attached to the Quartermaster General’s Department.)
Rank in the | |||||
| LIEUT.-COLONEL. | Regiment. | Army. | |||
| [1] | Thomas Aird | 4 | May, | 1815 | 2 June, 1814 |
| CAPTAINS. | |||||
| [2] | Thomas Pardoe | 1 | Oct. | 1812 | |
| [3] | Basil Jackson | 3 | Dec. | 1812 | |
| LIEUTENANTS. | |||||
| [4] | Wm. Aitkin | 9 | Feb. | 1809 | |
| [5] | Edward Smith | 23 | Feb. | 1815 | |
| [6] | Joseph McDowall | 16 | Mar. | 1815 | 4 July, 1811 |
| [7] | Henry O’Neil | 27 | Apr. | 1815 | |
| [8] | Robert Parkinson | 4 | May, | 1815 | |
| [9] | Charles Bott | 25 | May, | 1815 | 22 Apr. 1813 |
| [10] | Robert Kerr | 25 | May, | 1815 | |
| CORNETS. | |||||
| [11] | Thos. Glendinning | 9 Dec. 1813 | |||
| [12] | John Fenn | 4 | May, | 1815 | |
| SURGEON. | |||||
| Thomas Wynne | 6 | Oct. | 1808 | 20 June, 1799 | |
| VETERINARY-SURGEON. | |||||
| [13] | Frederick Cherry | 16 | July, | 1807 | |
| Blue. Facings red. Lace silver. | |||||
[N]. In 1816 the Rl. Waggon Train took up a new position in the Army List, viz., after the cavalry and newly-raised corps, the “Staff Corps of Cavalry,” so called to distinguish it from the “Royal Staff Corps,” which followed in the wake of the Rifle Brigade. The Waggon Train was reduced about twenty years after Waterloo, and after the Crimean War a corps called “The Military Train” sprung into existence, which, like its predecessor, was chiefly officered by old soldiers who had won their commissions while serving in the ranks. The Military Train was reduced in its turn, and “The Army Service Corps” may be said to be its present equivalent.
[1]. Placed on h. p. 25th Dec., 1818. D. 1839. (See [note] to Lieut. Elwes, 71st Regt.)
[2]. In 1830 this unfortunate officer was still a capt. in the corps.
[3]. Quitted the service after 1830, with rank of maj. D. 10th Sept., 1849, aged 92. His son, Basil Jackson (see Staff notes), wrote the military life of the Duke of Wellington, and several scientific works.
[4]. Serving in 1817. H. p. 1818.
[5]. H. p. 28th Aug., 1823.