Historical record of the Seventh Regiment, or the Royal Fusiliers: Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1685, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1846.Cannon, Richard
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Historical record of the Seventh Regiment, or the Royal Fusiliers: Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1685, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1846.
Cannon, Richard
Great Britain. Army -- History; Great Britain. Army. Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)
Names of officers of the ROYAL FUSILIERS present at the battle of
Albuhera.
_First Battalion._
Lieut.-Col. Sir William Myers, killed.
Major J. M. Nooth.
Captains Thos. Woodridge.
" Wm. F. Cholwich, wounded.
" Geo. King.
" Jas. Singer, wounded.
" Jno. Crowder, wounded.
Lieutenant Hy. Prevost, killed.
" A. C. Wylly.
" Thos. Moultrie, killed.
" Jno. Mair.
" Chas. J. Wemyss, wounded.
" Paul St. Paul.
" S. B. Johnstone, killed.
" T. T. A. Mullins, wounded.
" Digby Mackworth.
" T. Moses, wounded.
" Anth. Baldwin.
" Jas. Anderson.
" H. F. Devey.
" G. Henry, wounded.
" John Ormsby.
" H. J. Jones, killed.
" E. Morgan, wounded.
" Pitt Hannam.
" Johnson, wounded.
" F. Gibbons, wounded.
Adjutant Jas. Hay.
Pay-Master Jno. Armstrong.
Quarter-Master Jno. Hogan.
Assistant Surgeon Wm. Armstrong.
" M. Mahony.
_Second Battalion._
Major Edw. Blakeney, Lieut.-Col., wounded.
Captain Wm. Despard.
" G. Erek, killed.
" Jno. Orr, wounded.
" A. Fernie.
" Henry Tarleton, wounded.
" Richard Magines, wounded.
Lieut. Jno. Healy, wounded.
" Holt Archer, killed.
" Edward Penrice, wounded.
" W. A. Pyke.
" Ed. Irwin, killed.
" Tho. F. Wray, wounded.
" Thos. Hartley.
" H. R. Wallace.
" Wm. Green.
" Jos. Hutchison.
" T. Y. Lester, wounded.
" Geo. Seton, wounded.
" Chas. Lorentz, wounded.
" M. Orr, wounded.
" Wm. Dalgairnes.
" J. B. Fraser, wounded.
" Jno. F. Holden, wounded.
Acting Adjutant T. Meagher, wounded.
Pay-Master T. Berkeley.
Quarter-Master Crawford.
Surgeon J. Williamson.
Assistant Surgeon Duigenan.
" Sweney.
The list of killed and wounded, containing about seven hundred
officers and soldiers, proclaims with dreadful eloquence the
sanguinary character of the contest in which the ROYAL FUSILIERS
were engaged. Their heroic conduct was subsequently rewarded with
the privilege of bearing the word "ALBUHERA" inscribed on their
colours. Major Blakeney was promoted to the lieutenant-colonelcy
vacant by the death of Sir William Myers; Major Nooth was rewarded
with the rank of lieutenant-colonel in the army, and Captain
Despard (who succeeded to the command of the second battalion after
the fall of Lieutenant-Colonel Blakeney), with that of major.
A gold clasp was sent to the relatives of Sir William Myers;
Lieutenant-Colonel Blakeney was rewarded with a gold clasp, and
Major Nooth and Captain Despard with gold medals.
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