History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, Vol. 1: Compiled from the Original RecordsDuncan, Francis
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History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, Vol. 1: Compiled from the Original Records
Duncan, Francis
Great Britain. Army. Royal Regiment of Artillery
No. 7 COMPANY, 1st BATTALION,
Now "4" BATTERY, 5th BRIGADE.
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Battles, Sieges, and other Military operations in which this Company
has been engaged.
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1776 Action on Lake Champlain, in America.
1794 Battles of Cambray, Ostend, and Tournay.
1797 Detachments of this Company served on board the Bombs.
1799 Expedition to the Helder.
1801 Battle of Alexandria.[19]
1807 Siege of Copenhagen.
1815 Surrender of Guadaloupe.
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List of Captains who have successively commanded the Company, as far
back as can be traced, down to introduction of Brigade System, in
1859.
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* * * * *
1763 Captain John Carter.
1768 Captain William Gostling.
1779 Captain Thomas Hosmer.
1780 Captain Stephen P. Adye.
1782 Captain Edward Abbott.
1788 Captain C. F. Scott.
1788 Captain David Scott.
1791 Captain George Wilson.
1794 Captain George Bowater.
1799 Captain John Lemoine.
1802 Captain Andrew Schalch.
1803 Captain Percy Drummond.
1803 Captain Benjamin Fenwick.
1804 Captain George Forster.
1805 Captain Oliver Fry.
1805 Captain Charles Egan.
1806 Captain James P. Cockburn.
1813 Captain Richard S. Brough.
1822 Captain J. W. Kettlewell.
1832 Captain Forbes Macbean.
1837 Captain H. G. Jackson.
1840 Captain R. W. Story.
1847 Captain Hon. R. F. Handcock.
1848 Captain Henry A. Turner.
1855 Captain H. P. Newton.
1855 Captain F. A. Campbell.
No. 8 COMPANY, 1ST BATTALION,
Now "A" BATTERY, 11th BRIGADE.
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Battles, Sieges, and other Military operations in which this Company
has been engaged.
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1759 Battle of Minden.
1796 Surrender of Demerara, Essequibo, and Berbice.
1796 Taking of Saint Lucia.
1803 The next capture of the above Islands, &c.
1809 Capture of Martinique.
1810 Surrender of Guadaloupe.
1815 Surrender of Guadaloupe.
1855 Expedition to Crimea, and siege of Sebastopol.
1858 East Indies during the Mutiny.
_N.B._—At the reduction in 1819, the Men of a company of the 10th
Battalion were drafted into this company.
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