History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, Vol. 1: Compiled from the Original RecordsDuncan, Francis
History
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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1764 Captain Josiah Jeffreys.
1777 Captain Richard Chapman.
1782 Captain Francis M. Dixon.
1783 Captain Robert Douglas.
1794 Captain John A. Schalch.
1794 Captain William Bentham.
1801 Captain Robert Beevor.
1808 Captain George Beane.
1812 Captain Thomas Hutchesson.
1830 Captain William Bell.
1841 Captain John Bloomfield.
1841 Captain W. B. Ingilby.
1841 Captain Robert Burn.
1849 Captain P. H. Mundy.
1851 Captain J. W. Ormsby.
1854 Captain P. F. G. Scott.
1854 Captain F. B. Ward.
1857 Captain E. E. Dynelly.
1858 Captain S. M. Grylls.
1858 Captain G. C. Henry.
No. 6 COMPANY, 3rd BATTALION,
Now "7" BATTERY, 3rd BRIGADE.
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Battles, Sieges, and other Military operations in which this Company
has been engaged.
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1776-83 American War of Independence:—
Defeat of the Americans on Rhode Island, 29th August, 1778.
Expedition on the Acushuet River, September, 1778.
Expedition to Horseneck, in Connecticut, February, 1779.
Engaged at the Capture of Charlestown, South Carolina, 1780.
1791-1802 West Indies. Present at the Capture of the Island of Tobago,
April, 1793.
Martinique, 23rd March, 1794.
Saint Lucia, 4th April, 1794.
Guadaloupe, 12th April, 1794.
Saint Lucia (2nd time), Apr., 1796.
Trinidad, February, 1797.
Porto Rico, May, 1797.
Surinam, August, 1799.
1808-9 Expedition to Peninsula, and Battle of Corunna.
1813-1818 Holland, Netherlands, and France, including:—
Bombardment of Antwerp, and Bombardment of Maubeuge
(attached to Saxon Army).
1855 Expedition to Crimea, and Fall of Sebastopol.
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