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
3 Field Officers.
7 Captains.
14 Subalterns.
61 Non-Commissioned Officers.
478 Gunners.
There were also 224 _Gunner-drivers_ for service with the Field
Brigades, the Driver Corps having been formed in 1794 for that
purpose, the men being regularly attested soldiers. Hitherto, the
Drivers were generally called _Waggoners_.
An additional expedition, under Lord Moira, sailed for the Low Countries
during the war; and the Artillery portion of the force comprised a
field-officer in command--the 5th Company of the 4th Battalion--now B
Battery, 9th Brigade--with [Sidenote: MS. Returns to B. O.] 110 of all
ranks, and also 114 sergeant-conductors and _gunner-drivers_.
The present designations of five of the companies known to have been
with the Duke of York’s force are--
B Battery, 1st Brigade.
No. 4 Battery, 5th Brigade.
No. 4 Battery, 7th Brigade.
B Battery, 9th Brigade.
(No. 4 Company, 4th Battalion, which was also present, has since
been reduced.)
The 6th Company, which was with the Army, cannot be traced with
accuracy, but it was probably No. 7 Battery, 2nd Brigade. There were two
bomb-vessels, the ‘Terror’ and ‘Vesuvius,’ which did good service, and
on board of which were Lieutenants Suckling and Ramsay, 2
non-commissioned officers, 18 gunners, and 2 artificers, of the Royal
Artillery.
[Sidenote: MS. Returns to B. O.]
The total strength of the Regiment at this time was 4857 of all ranks;
and its distribution at the end of 1794 was as follows:--
Home Stations 6 Troops of Horse Artillery.
” ” 18 Companies.
Colonial Stations 22 ”
Holland 6 ”
Toulon and Corsica 1 ”
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Total 53 Troops and Companies.
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[Sidenote: Vol. i. p. 405.]
It will be remembered that the first five companies of a new Battalion,
the 5th Battalion, were raised in this year. In this estimate of the
strength of the Regiment, the Invalid [Sidenote: Kane’s List.] Companies
are not included. The companies on colonial service included 2 in the
East Indies, 7 in Canada, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland, 9 in the West
Indies, and 4 at Gibraltar.
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