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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

Name: History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, Vol. 1: Compiled from the Original Records
Author: Duncan, Francis

Duncan, Francis

Great Britain. Army. Royal Regiment of Artillery

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 Battles, Sieges, and other Military operations in which this Company
   has been engaged.
 ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 1791-1802  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.
 1807       Siege of Copenhagen.
 1809       Battle of Corunna.
 1809       Walcheren Expedition: engaged several times.
 1854       Battle of Alma.
 1854       Battle of Inkerman.
 1855       Siege and Fall of Sebastopol.

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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.
 ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
              *       *       *       *       *
 1762       Captain Charles Torriano.
 1773       Captain William Borthwick.
 1782       Captain Joseph Barnes.
 1794       Captain George Lewis.
 1801       Captain Charles Newhouse.
 1804       Captain Charles H. Fitzmayer.
 1806       Captain John W. Kettlewell.
 1808       Captain William Stewart
 1808       Captain Edward Wilmot.
 1809       Captain Robert Douglas.
 1811       Captain George Turner.
 1814       Captain Henry Bates.
 1829       Captain Forbes Macbean.
 1835       Captain Richard Hardinge.
 1845       Captain John Gore.
 1846       Captain J. W. Ormsby.
 1846       Captain George Maclean.
 1847       Captain J. W. Fitzmayer.
 1854       Captain C. T. Franklin.


                     No. 9 COMPANY, 3rd BATTALION,
                            _Reduced 1819._

 ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 Battles, Sieges, and other Military operations in which this Company
   has been engaged.
 ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 1791-1802  West Indies. Engaged at the taking of the Island of Tobago,
              April, 1793.
            Martinique, March, 1794.
            Saint Lucia, April, 1794.
            Guadaloupe, April, 1794.
            Saint Lucia (2nd time), April, 1796.
            Trinidad, February, 1797.
            Porto Rico, May, 1797.
            Surinam, August, 1799.
 1807       Siege of Copenhagen.
 1809       Walcheren Expedition and Siege of Flushing.
 1815       Battle of Waterloo.

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