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
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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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1761 Captain Benjamin Stehelin.
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1781 Captain Orlando Manley.
1793 Captain Abram Du Vernet.
1801 Captain George B. Fisher.
1801 Captain Joseph Heaven.
1801 Captain Frederick Griffiths.
1802 Captain Henry Eveleigh.
1806 Captain Thomas Rogers.
1825 Captain William Miller.
1826 Captain Daniel M. Bourchier.
1829 Captain W. H. Stopford.
1841 Captain John Somerville.
1842 Captain Theophilus Desbrisay.
1850 Captain James W. Domville.
1850 Captain T. B. F. Marriott.
1855 Captain A. C. Gleig.
1856 Captain R. E. F. Craufurd.
No. 3 COMPANY, 3rd BATTALION,
Now "2" BATTERY, 13th BRIGADE.
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Battles, Sieges, and other Military operations in which this Company
has been engaged.
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1805 Expedition in Hanover.
1807 Siege of Copenhagen.
1809 Walcheren Expedition, and Siege of Flushing.
1815-1818 In position at Waterloo, but not engaged.
Siege of Cambrai, 24th June, 1815.
1826 Expedition to Portugal, under Lieut.-General Sir W. H.
Clinton, until April, 1828.
1857 East Indies. Disembarked at Madras, 6th November, 1857.
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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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1761 Captain Duncan Drummond.
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1782 Captain James Sympson.
1787 Captain John Reid.
1790 Captain Bailey Willington.
1797 Captain William Spicer.
1804 Captain Joseph Brome.
1806 Captain George Cobbe.
1806 Captain John Taylor.
1808 Captain William Holcroft.
1830 Captain Robert F. Romer.
1841 Captain Frederick A. Griffiths.
1843 Captain E. N. Wilford.
1848 Captain W. M. H. Dixon.
1854 Captain Richard Gregory.
1857 Captain Joseph Godby.
No. 4 COMPANY, 3rd BATTALION,
Now "4" BATTERY, 3rd BRIGADE.
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