Attestation from Major-General Watson, in favour of Lieutenant Shipp's general conduct.
I hereby certify that I knew Mr. Shipp when in the army in the year 1817, at which time he was on my staff, in the East Indies; that I had frequent opportunities of observing his character and conduct, and can with truth say, I never knew a more active or zealous officer. I always found him strictly honest, gentlemanlike, kind, and grateful, possessing docility of manners and nice feelings.
(Signed)James Watson,
Major-General.
Denton, Whitby, March 14, 1827.
No. V.
Certificate from Major-General Newberry, of Lieutenant Shipp's conduct during the Pindaree Campaign.
Certified: that I have known Lieutenant Shipp since the year 1813. He was in the 24th Dragoons with me, and was baggage-master to the left division of the grand army during the Pindaree campaign. I always found him a most brave, active, and zealous officer. He was a volunteer on my staff when the left division fell in with an immense body of those marauders, on the 14th of March, 1818; on that occasion Lieutenant Shipp cut two of their men down.
(Signed)J. Newberry,
Major-General.
No. VI.