History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery Vol. 2: Compiled from the Original RecordsDuncan, Francis
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History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery Vol. 2: Compiled from the Original Records
Duncan, Francis
Great Britain. Army. Royal Regiment of Artillery
In the year 1807 the Regiment consisted of 12 troops of Horse Artillery,
90 marching companies, and 12 companies of invalids, besides the
Riding-house establishment, the last-named of which had been formed in
1806. There were also 10 companies of the Driver Corps. The Board of
Ordnance decided on augmenting the Regiment by another battalion of 10
companies; and this was the last augmentation of this description which
took place during the great wars with France. The _second_ 10th
Battalion, as has been stated above, was not formed until 1846; and the
others as follows: 11th and 12th Battalions in 1848; 13th Battalion in
1854; and 14th Battalion in 1855. All the augmentations which took place
between the formation of the _old_ 10th and the Battle of Waterloo, were
in the form of additional numbers to the ranks of the existing troops
and companies.
[Sidenote: Colonel Macleod to R. H. Crew, Esq., B. of Ordnance.]
The receipt in Woolwich, in the winter of 1807, of 1000 stand of arms,
was followed in February 1808 by the formation of a new battalion of 10
companies, in every respect like those already existing. The staff of
the brigade was as follows.
[Sidenote: MSS. R. A. Record Office.]
Colonel-Commandant Robert Lawson.
Colonels { John Schalch.
{ Henry Hutton.
{ G. A. Wood.
Lieutenant-Colonels { R. Dickenson.
{ Thomas Charlton.
Major William Dixon.
Adjutant 1st Lieutenant William Wylde.
Quartermaster Samuel Barnes.
The officers appointed to the various companies on their formation were
as follows:--
Captains. Second Captains. First Lieutenants.
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