At the commencement of the Crimean war, although the strength of the battalion was considerable, it only consisted of eight companies, two having been reduced in 1819; and of these eight, no fewer than six took part in the war.
Appended is a list—as in the case of the 1st and 2nd Battalions—showing, in anticipation, the various military operations in which the companies of the 3rd Battalion were engaged—the succession of Captains, as far as can be traced down to 1859—and the nomenclature introduced in that year, when Battalions and Companies became Brigades and Batteries.
No. 1 COMPANY, 3rd BATTALION,
Now "A" BATTERY, 4th BRIGADE.
| Battles, Sieges, and other Military operations in which this Company has been engaged. | |
| 1776-1783. | American War of Independence, including:— |
| Capture of Charlestown, South Carolina, January, 1778. | |
| Defeat of Rebels on Rhode Island, 29th August, 1778. | |
| Expedition on the Acushuet River, 5th September, 1778. | |
| Battle of Guildford Court-house, 15th March, 1781. | |
| 1791-1802. | West Indies. Present at the taking of the Island of Tobago, April, 1793. |
| Martinique, 23rd March, 1794. | |
| Saint Lucia, 4th April, 1794. | |
| Guadaloupe, 12th April, 1794. | |
| Saint Lucia (2nd time), April, 1796. | |
| Trinidad, February, 1797. | |
| Porto Rico, 2nd May, 1797. | |
| Surinam, August, 1799. | |
| 1809 | Walcheren Expedition, and Siege of Flushing, July, 1809. |
| 1813-14 | Peninsula. Present at the Siege of Tarragona, June, 1813. |
| 1854 | Crimea. Affair on the Bulganak. |
| 1854 | Crimea. Affair at Mackenzie's Farm. |
| 1854 | Battle of Alma, Sept., 1854. |
| 1854 | Battle of Balaclava, Oct., 1854. |
| 1854 | Battle of Inkerman, Nov., 1854. |
| 1855 | Siege and Fall of Sebastopol, 8th Sept., 1855. |
| List of Captains who have successively commanded the Company, as far back as can be traced, down to introduction of Brigade System, in 1859. | |
| 1757 | Captain John Innes. |
| 1779 | Captain Thomas Johnson. |
| 1781 | Captain James Dunbar. |
| 1783 | Captain Charles Smith. |
| 1790 | Captain Francis Whitworth. |
| 1796 | Captain Lawrence H. Newton. |
| 1798 | Captain John Sheldrake. |
| 1804 | Captain Alexander Campbell. |
| 1814 | Captain John Briscoe. |
| 1825 | Captain Archibald M. Maxwell. |
| 1826 | Captain Charles Blachley. |
| 1831 | Captain John Gordon. |
| 1843 | Captain W. H. Pickering. |
| 1851 | Captain H. J. Thomas. |
| 1854 | Captain C. H. Morris. |
| 1856 | Captain H. Bent. |
No. 2 COMPANY, 3rd BATTALION,
Now "7" BATTERY, 13th BRIGADE.
| Battles, Sieges, and other Military operations in which this Company has been engaged. | |
| 1791-1802 | West Indies. Present at the taking of the Island of Tobago, April, 1793. |
| Martinique, 23rd March, 1794. | |
| Saint Lucia, 4th April, 1794. | |
| Guadaloupe, 12th April, 1794. | |
| Saint Lucia (2nd time), Apr., 1796. | |
| Trinidad, February, 1797. | |
| Porto Rico, 2 May, 1797. | |
| Surinam, August, 1799. | |
| 1809 | Walcheren Expedition, and Siege of Flushing. |
| 1813-1818 | Holland, Netherlands, and France, including:— |
| Bombardment of Merxham. | |
| Storming of Bergen-op-Zoom. | |
| Engagement with French Shipping off Fort Frederick, on 21st March, 1814. | |
| Quatre Bras. | |
| Battle of Waterloo. | |
| 1855 | Expedition to Crimea, and Siege of Sebastopol. |
| 1858 | East Indies. Disembarked at Bombay, on 9th September, 1858. |
| List of Captains who have successively commanded the Company, as far back as can be traced, down to introduction of Brigade System, in 1859. | |
| 1761 | Captain Benjamin Stehelin. |
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| 1781 | Captain Orlando Manley. |
| 1793 | Captain Abram Du Vernet. |
| 1801 | Captain George B. Fisher. |
| 1801 | Captain Joseph Heaven. |
| 1801 | Captain Frederick Griffiths. |
| 1802 | Captain Henry Eveleigh. |
| 1806 | Captain Thomas Rogers. |
| 1825 | Captain William Miller. |
| 1826 | Captain Daniel M. Bourchier. |
| 1829 | Captain W. H. Stopford. |
| 1841 | Captain John Somerville. |
| 1842 | Captain Theophilus Desbrisay. |
| 1850 | Captain James W. Domville. |
| 1850 | Captain T. B. F. Marriott. |
| 1855 | Captain A. C. Gleig. |
| 1856 | Captain R. E. F. Craufurd. |
No. 3 COMPANY, 3rd BATTALION,
Now "2" BATTERY, 13th BRIGADE.
| Battles, Sieges, and other Military operations in which this Company has been engaged. | |
| 1805 | Expedition in Hanover. |
| 1807 | Siege of Copenhagen. |
| 1809 | Walcheren Expedition, and Siege of Flushing. |
| 1815-1818 | In position at Waterloo, but not engaged. |
| Siege of Cambrai, 24th June, 1815. | |
| 1826 | Expedition to Portugal, under Lieut.-General Sir W. H. Clinton, until April, 1828. |
| 1857 | East Indies. Disembarked at Madras, 6th November, 1857. |