The promotions consequent on the formation of the new Battalion were gazetted on 22nd May, 1806, and Major-General Thomas Blomefield was appointed Colonel-Commandant. The record-book of the Battalion, like that of the 8th, has been lost since the introduction of the Brigade system. It was permitted to accompany the head-quarters of the 9th Brigade, and during their frequent changes of station it has been mislaid—offering another argument, if one were needed, in favour of the centralization of all military records. As in the case of the 8th Battalion, so in Lieut. J. Ritchie, Staff-Officer Coast Brigade, R.A. the present instance the Regiment is indebted to an officer at Head-quarters for the following facts connected with the companies prior to 1850. Their present designations, and the stations in which they served, have been given, and the succession of Captains down to a certain date. The war services of some companies will be found mentioned in the succeeding narrative, and the tables will be completed, should the compilation of the separate work on the Crimea be at some future time accomplished.
No. 1 COMPANY, 9th BATTALION,
Now “G” BATTERY, 9th BRIGADE, R.A.
| List of Captains down to 1850. | Stations on which the Company has served. |
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| 1806 Captain J. S. Robison | 1806 Woolwich. |
| 1808 Captain J. T. Cowper. | 1807 Ireland. |
| 1819 Captain W. D. Nicolls. | 1816 Jamaica. |
| 1833 Captain G. Durnford. | 1825 Woolwich. |
| 1842 Captain R. B. Rawnsley. | 1827 Ireland. |
| 1845 Captain H. G. Teesdale. | 1833 Woolwich. |
| 1846 Captain R. M. Poulden. | 1833 Gibraltar. |
| 1846 Captain A. J. Taylor. | 1842 Woolwich. |
| 1850 Captain T. Elwyn. | 1843 Ireland. |
| 1846 Woolwich. |
| 1847 Barbadoes. |
No. 2 COMPANY, 9th BATTALION,
Now “E” BATTERY, 8th BRIGADE, R.A.
| List of Captains who have commanded down to 1846. | List of Stations where the Company has served down to 1850. |
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| 1806 Captain J. Smith. | 1806 Woolwich. |
| 1807 Captain J. W. Tobin. | 1807 Ireland. |
| 1814 Captain S. Bolton. | 1815 Holland and France. |
| 1815 Captain W. Clibborn. | 1816 Woolwich. |
| 1819 Captain C. Wilkinson. | 1822 Barbadoes. |
| 1825 Captain T. Dyneley. | 1828 Woolwich. |
| 1825 Captain J. Darby. | 1831 Scotland. |
| 1827 Captain C. Cruttenden. | 1835 Woolwich. |
| 1827 Captain P. W. Walker. | 1836 Gibraltar. |
| 1840 Captain R. Clarke. | 1845 Woolwich. |
| 1846 Captain C. V. Cockburn. | 1847 Guernsey. |
| 1849 Woolwich. |
| 1850 Jamaica. |
No. 3 COMPANY, 9th BATTALION,
Afterwards “8” Battery, 11th Brigade; then “7” Battery, 14th Brigade; then “G” Battery, 14th Brigade;
Now “B” BATTERY, 14th BRIGADE, R.A.
| Names of Captains down to 1843. | Stations on which the Company served down to 1847. |
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| 1806 Captain J. M. Close. | 1806 Woolwich. |
| 1819 Captain H. Pierce. | 1807 Plymouth. |
| 1824 Captain H. A. Scott. | 1810 Ireland. |
| 1836 Captain T. G. Higgins. | 1816 Jamaica. |
| 1842 Captain F. Holcombe. | 1825 Woolwich. |
| 1843 Captain J. Tylden. | 1828 Ireland. |
| 1833 Gibraltar. |
| 1842 Woolwich. |
| 1844 Ireland. |
| 1847 Woolwich. |
| 1847 Barbadoes. |
No. 4 COMPANY, 9th BATTALION,
Now “6” BATTERY, 12th BRIGADE, R.A.
| Captains who have commanded the Company to 1846. | Stations on which the Company has served to 1848. |
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| 1806 Captain H. Crawford. | 1806 Woolwich. |
| 1807 Captain W. Lloyd. | 1808 Canterbury. |
| 1808 Captain N. W. Oliver. | 1809 Walcheren. |
| 1810 Captain S. Maxwell. | 1809 Canterbury. |
| 1812 Captain J. Hawker. | 1813 Holland. |
| 1814 Captain C. G. Alms. | 1815 France. |
| 1819 Captain P. J. Hughes. | 1816 Woolwich. |
| 1825 Captain W. B. Dundas. | 1819 Ireland. |
| 1833 Captain C. Cruttenden. | 1825 Jamaica. |
| 1838 Captain G. T. Rowland. | 1830 Woolwich. |
| 1846 Captain G. Innes. | 1833 Newcastle, Leeds, &c. |
| 1838 Woolwich. |
| 1840 Jamaica. |
| 1846 Woolwich. |
| 1848 Ireland. |