| List of Captains who have successively commanded the Company, as far back as can be traced, down to introduction of Brigade System, in 1859. |
| 1801 | Captain George A. Wood. |
| 1802 | Captain P. W. Colebrooke. |
| 1807 | Captain H. P. Grant. |
| 1812 | Captain W. T. Skinner. |
| 1822 | Captain Charles Gilmour. |
| 1832 | Captain H. L. Sweeting. |
| 1843 | Captain T. P. Flude. |
| 1844 | Captain H. Stow. |
| 1850 | Captain C. J. B. Riddell. |
| 1855 | Captain J. G. Boothby. |
No. 10 COMPANY, 6th BATTALION
(Afterwards No. 8 Company),
Now "5" BATTERY, 3rd BRIGADE.
| Battles, Sieges, and other Military operations in which this Company has been engaged. |
| 1811 | Capture of Java. |
| 1815 | Capture of Kandy. |
| 1855 | Expedition to Crimea and Fall of Sebastopol. |
| List of Captains who have successively commanded the Company, as far back as can be traced, down to introduction of Brigade System, in 1859. |
| 1801 | Captain R. E. H. Rogers. |
| 1805 | Captain C. E. Napier. |
| 1813 | Captain W. H. C. Benezet. |
| 1816 | Captain Jno. W. Kettlewell. |
| 1819 | Captain L. Carmichael. |
| 1824 | Captain D. Grant. |
| 1836 | Captain B. H. Vaughan Arbuckle. |
| 1846 | Captain H. J. Morris. |
| 1848 | Captain G. M. Glasgow. |
| 1849 | Captain W. J. Crawford. |
| 1855 | Captain F. W. Hastings. |
| 1858 | Captain C. L. D'Aguilar. |
SEVENTH BATTALION.
The Seventh Battalion of the Royal Artillery was formed on the 1st April, 1801. The Act for the Union between England and Ireland received the Royal assent on the 2nd July, 1800, and came into force on the 1st January, 1801. From this measure arose, as has been mentioned in a former chapter, the incorporation of the Royal Irish Artillery with the older Corps; and it was transferred as the Seventh Battalion of the Royal Artillery, consisting, at the date of transfer, of ten companies, with a proportion of Field and Staff officers. The incorporated officers took rank according to the dates of their respective commissions; but they were also allowed the option of retiring on full pay, or of taking commissions in the Line. The non-commissioned officers and gunners who were approved for transfer received each a bounty of three guineas.
The following table shows the proportion of ranks, total numbers, and rates of daily pay, in the Battalion when first formed.
| Daily pay each. |
|---|
| One Colonel-Commandant | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| One Colonel | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Three Lieutenant-Colonels, each | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| One Major | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| Ten Captains, each | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Ten Captain-Lieutenants, each | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Twenty First Lieutenants, each | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Ten Second Lieutenants, each | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| One Adjutant | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| One Quartermaster | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Forty Sergeants and two Staff Sergeants | Pay of various rates. |
| Forty Corporals, each | 0 | 2 | 3¼ |
| Seventy Bombardiers, each | 0 | 1 | 10¼ |
| 980 Gunners, each | 0 | 1 | 3¼ |
| 30 Drummers, each | 0 | 1 | 3¼ |
Some of the companies were in the West Indies when the transfer was effected; and on reference to the appended list it will be seen that much of the active service of the Seventh Battalion was carried on in these islands. It was in connection with West Indian service that the Battalion obtained a distinctive mark, as containing among its companies one known always, until the Brigade system was introduced, as
"The Battle-Axe Company."