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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1759 Captain Thomas Smith.
1771 Captain Peter Traile.
1782 Captain John Downing.
1797 Captain John Godfrey.
1798 Captain Edward W. Drosier.
1805 Captain Robert Truscott.
1814 Captain Arthur Hunt.
1831 Captain William Brereton.
1837 Captain John R. Hornsby.
1838 Captain H. R. Moor.
1840 Captain Henry Stanway.
1840 Captain John R. Hornsby.
1846 Captain D. E. Wood.
1848 Captain G. A. F. De Rinzy.
1855 Captain H. A. Vernon.
No. 7 COMPANY, 3rd BATTALION,
Now "3" BATTERY, 7th BRIGADE.
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Battles, Sieges, and other Military operations in which this Company
has been engaged.
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1790-1802 West Indies. Present at the taking of the Island of Tobago,
April, 1793.
Martinique, 23rd March, 1794.
Saint Lucia, 4th April, 1794.
Guadaloupe, 12th April, 1794.
Saint Lucia (2nd time) 4th April, 1796.
Trinidad, February, 1797.
Porto Rico, May, 1797.
Surinam, August, 1799.
1809 Walcheren Expedition, and Siege of Flushing.
1815 Campaign of Waterloo.
1815-18 Holland and France, including the Siege of Cambrai, 24th
June, 1815.
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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 Thomas Howdell.
1771 Captain Ellis Walker.
1782 Captain Edward Fage.
1793 Captain F. L. Deruvynes.
1796 Captain George W. Dixon.
1800 Captain Joseph McLean.
1806 Captain John Matthews.
1808 Captain William Cleeve.
1808 Captain George W. Unett.
1825 Captain William D. Jones.
1828 Captain John E. G. Parker.
1829 Captain W. D. Jones.
1837 Captain Reynolds Palmer.
1837 Captain Charles Otway.
1846 Captain Alfred Tylee.
1854 Captain R. O'Connell.
No. 8 COMPANY, 3rd BATTALION,
Now "D" BATTERY, 4th BRIGADE.
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