The promotions consequent on the formation of the new Battalion were gazetted on 22nd May, 1806, and Major-General Thomas Blomefield was appointed Colonel-Commandant. The record-book of the Battalion, like that of the 8th, has been lost since the introduction of the Brigade system. It was permitted to accompany the head-quarters of the 9th Brigade, and during their frequent changes of station it has been mislaid--offering another argument, if one were needed, in favour of the centralization of all military records. As in the case of the 8th Battalion, so in [Sidenote: Lieut. J. Ritchie, Staff-Officer Coast Brigade, R.A.] the present instance the Regiment is indebted to an officer at Head-quarters for the following facts connected with the companies prior to 1850. Their present designations, and the stations in which they served, have been given, and the succession of Captains down to a certain date. The war services of some companies will be found mentioned in the succeeding narrative, and the tables will be completed, should the compilation of the separate work on the Crimea be at some future time accomplished. No. 1 COMPANY, 9th BATTALION, Now “G” BATTERY, 9th BRIGADE, R.A. ----------------------------------+----------------------------------------- List of Captains down to 1850. |Stations on which the Company has served. ----------------------------------+----------------------------------------- 1806 Captain J. S. Robison |1806 Woolwich. 1808 ” J. T. Cowper. |1807 Ireland. 1819 ” W. D. Nicolls. |1816 Jamaica. 1833 ” G. Durnford. |1825 Woolwich. 1842 ” R. B. Rawnsley. |1827 Ireland. 1845 ” H. G. Teesdale. |1833 Woolwich. 1846 ” R. M. Poulden. |1833 Gibraltar. 1846 ” A. J. Taylor. |1842 Woolwich. 1850 ” T. Elwyn. |1843 Ireland. |1846 Woolwich. |1847 Barbadoes. No. 2 COMPANY, 9th BATTALION, Now “E” BATTERY, 8th BRIGADE, R.A.