Battles, Sieges, and other Military operations in which this Company has been engaged.
1799Expedition to Holland.
1809Expedition to Portugal.
1812Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo.
1812Siege of Badajoz.
1812Capture of the French Works at Alviarez.
1812Reduction of French fortified posts at Salamanca.
1812Siege of Burgos.
1813Siege of St. Sebastian.
1814Siege of Bayonne.
List of Captains who have successively commanded the Company, as far back as can be traced, down to introduction of Brigade System, in 1859.
1795Captain B. Stehelin.
1802Captain Gother Mann.
1804Captain R. W. Unett.
1808Captain Edward Wilmot.
1808Captain Frederic Glubb.
1813Captain H. Trelawney.
1816Captain John Briscoe.
1819Captain Francis Power.
1823Captain W. G. Power.
1827Captain S. Kirby.
1834Captain George Pringle.
1840Captain A. R. Harrison.
1844Captain F. Weller.
1845Captain N. T. Lake.
1847Captain J. McCoy.
1855Captain H. Clerk.
1857Captain W. L. Dumaresq.

SIXTH BATTALION.

By a General Order, dated 22nd July, 1799, four companies of Artillery were raised, and added to two already existing, which were designated the East India Detachment, to form half a battalion; and on the 8th October in the same year a further augmentation was made, consisting of two companies, and a Colonel-Commandant. The addition of a Colonel en seconde and two Lieutenant-Colonels completed the organization of what was now known as the Sixth Battalion of the Royal Artillery. The Staff of the Battalion on its formation stood as follows:—

Colonel-CommandantMajor-General P. Martin.
Colonel en secondeGeorge Feade.
1st Lieut.-ColonelEdward Fage.
2nd Lieut.-ColonelsJohn Barnes,
Bayley Willington.
Captain-LieutenantsRalph W. Adye, Adjutant.
Andrew Schalch, Quartermaster.

The companies, their stations, and commanding officers were as follows:—

Companies.Captains.Stations.
No. 1.Brevet-Major E. LemoineCape of Good Hope.
2.Captain W. SkyringCape of Good Hope.
3.R. EvansWoolwich.
4.D. MeredithWoolwich.
5.W. MillarWoolwich.
6.B. BloomfieldPlymouth.
7.G. SalmonWoolwich.
8.A. Schalch (promoted by augmentation)Woolwich.

An augmentation of one Major and two companies to the battalion,—Nos. 9 and 10,—took place in December, 1800.

The companies called above "The East India Detachment," which formed the nucleus of the Sixth Battalion, embarked at Woolwich for India on the 19th April, 1791. They left that country for the Cape of Good Hope in 1798, arriving in October of that year, and remained until incorporated in the newly-formed battalion, in 1799. They are now C Battery 11th Brigade, and No. 6 Battery 5th Brigade. Prior to 1799, although part of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, they belonged to no battalion.

The following was the strength of the battalion in various years:—