[12] At Clonmel, the regiment lost a fine young officer, Lieutenant Frederick Close, whose body was found in the river Suir, together with the body of a young lady named Grubb. The cause of their melancholy fate was never ascertained.
[13] Names of the Officers who proceeded to the West Indies, in 1826:—
In the “Princess Royal,”—Lieut.-Colonel J. W. Mallet; Captains Robert Crawford, James Creagh; Lieutenants Francis Kearney, Lewis Halliday; Ensign Robert Mayne; Adjutant John Dolman; and Surgeon A. Cunningham.
In the “Waterloo,”—Captain R. B. Usher; Lieutenants P. North, F. H. Dalgety, Lewis Grant; Ensigns James Galwey, J. B. Selway, E. Davis, and W. Johnson.
In the “Thetis,”—Major Michael Creagh: Captains Alexander McLean, R. B. Wolseley; Lieutenants J. Grant, J. McIntyre; and Quarter-Master J. Jerome.
[14] State of Loss:—
| Trinidad and Tobago | 42 |
| Barbadoes | 71 |
| Antigua, St. Kitts, Montserrat, and Tortola | 72 |
| British Guiana | 114 |
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| 299 |
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE
Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and consultation of external sources.