PART VII
SERVICES OF THE REGIMENT, 1864–1907
Lieutenant Colthurst was promoted vice Baumgartner transferred to Bombay Staff Corps, and Lieutenant Blunt appointed adjutant vice Colthurst.
In April the regiment under Lieutenant-Colonel Hankey moved to Aldershot, and was quartered in the North Camp.
The depôt of the regiment joined the regiment from Chatham, making the strength up to twelve companies.
In April the head-quarters, seven companies, moved to Sheffield, and the remaining five companies to Weedon.
In May two companies were sent to Bradford, in June one company to York; the latter returned to head-quarters in September, and the former in October.
In June and July detachments of the regiment were called upon to aid the civil power during riots in connection with the elections at Nottingham, Grantham, Lincoln, and Rotherham.
In October two companies were detached for duty at Tynemouth.
In January the regiment embarked at Liverpool for Dublin, and was consequently distributed as under:—
| Head-quarters | Curragh. |
| Three companies | Armagh. |
| One company | Monaghan. |
| Two companies | Sligo. |
| Two „ | Boyle. |
In May the establishment was reduced to ten companies. Various changes in the stations of the detachments took place during the year, but at the end of the year the whole regiment moved to Richmond Barracks, Dublin.
On 27th December the regiment was armed with breech-loading converted Enfield rifles, Snider pattern.
The depôt companies moved in March to Colchester, and in April the regiment embarked at Kingstown, and was conveyed by the troopship Himalaya to Gibraltar, where it relieved the 86th Regiment in the Casemate Barracks.
Lieutenant Tollemache died during April of this year.
On 9th May the regiment received the new colours, the presentation being made by the Hon. Lady Airey.
Lieutenant Cooke Collis was appointed adjutant vice Blunt promoted.
Captain Luke O’Connor died at Glasgow.
On 11th March the regiment, under Colonel A. B. Hankey, embarked on the troopship Tamar and proceeded to Alexandria, marched to Suez, and embarked on the troopship Euphrates on 25th March. Arriving at Bombay on the 8th April, the regiment proceeded to Poona and was quartered in Wanourie Barracks.
In April, Ensign W. De Hoghton died at St. Remo.
In June the establishment was altered to eight companies.
Captain R. H. James died at Poona in April.
In November three companies proceeded on detachment to Bombay, two to Sattara, and one to Asserghur.
On the 19th November, Colonel A. B. Hankey retired on half-pay, and was succeeded by Lieutenant-Colonel J. S. Brown.
On the 11th November the whole regiment was assembled at Bombay, to provide guards of honour to Lord Northbrooke, the Viceroy, and for a viceregal durbar to invest the Begum of Bhopal with the “Star of India,” and proceeded on detachment again on completion of these duties.
The depôt companies, which had apparently now left Colchester, and were stationed at Chatham, moved to Newry.
The whole regiment was assembled at Chinchivad to take part in manœuvres, after which it left in December by rail to Ahmedabad, and leaving one company on detachment there, marched to Deesa, arriving there on 15th January. Companies were sent for change of air to Mount Aboo.
The “Glengarry” cap was taken into wear on 14th December, in place of one of the “Kilmarnock” pattern.
Lieutenant G. Cleaveland died at Mount Aboo.
The depôt companies moved to Fermoy, and were attached to the 86th Regiment.
Lieutenant G. Beresford shot himself at Deesa.
Two companies proceeded to Baroda on detachment in October, at which place the regiment found guards of honour on the 18th and 23rd November for the arrival and departure of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales.
Lieutenant A. H. Oakeley died at Deesa on 10th October.
In December one company from Deesa and the three composing the detachments at Ahmedabad and Baroda marched to Porebundur and embarked on the I.G.S. Dalhousie for Karachi; and then with the 50th Regiment were sent, on account of smallpox, into camp at Jemadar Ha Laudi.
The head-quarters of the regiment marched from Deesa to Mandavi, and arriving at this place (twenty-three marches) on 10th January, 1877, proceeded on the Dalhousie to Karachi, where they were joined by the companies from camp.
In February two companies were sent on detachment to Hyderabad.
The depôt companies, now at the Curragh, moved to Aldershot.
On 11th November telegraphic instructions were received at Karachi for the regiment to be in readiness for field-service in Upper Sind.
On 12th December, invalids, women, and children were sent, under Lieutenant Bell, viâ Bombay to Ahmednagar, and on 21st December the head-quarters (five companies), under Colonel T. S. Brown, proceeded on service to Sukkur, where on 5th January, 1879, they were joined by the three companies from Hyderabad, and on 30th January by a detachment from home. Of this draft 83 men came from the linked battalion (86th Foot).
The strength at Sukkur was then—20 officers, 41 sergeants, 15 drummers, and 779 men.
The regiment was encamped about 1½ miles south of Sukkur on the bank of the Indus.
The regiment left Sukkur, by detachments, between 20th February and 5th March, and returned by rail to Karachi, and was encamped on the Maidan.
On 13th March the regiment, under Colonel Brown, embarked on the I.G.S.’s Tenasserim and Czarewitch, and proceeded to Vingorla, where the party from Ahmednagar joined it, and marched by easy marches to Belgaum. One company was quartered in the fort and the remainder in barracks.
On 29th September, Colonel Brown was appointed to the Brigade Staff to command Sind District, and was succeeded in the command by Lieutenant-Colonel E. Meurant.
In February, two companies were sent on detachment to Sattara.
In September, as the regiment was about to proceed to England, volunteers to the number of 82 rank and file were transferred to other corps.
The detachment from Sattara returned to head-quarters in December.
Instructions had been received in November that the regiment would proceed to England in H.M.S. Jumna on 25th January, 1881, but on 3rd January of that year, a telegram was received ordering the regiment to Natal on field service owing to the outbreak of hostilities with the Boers.
The regiment left Belgaum on 7th January, marched to Vingorla, and on the 15th embarked on H.M.S. Crocodile (on which were also the Gordon Highlanders) for Durban; 46 invalids with the women and children proceeded to Bombay en route to England.
On 30th January the regiment, consisting of 20 officers, 574 rank and file, landed at Durban, and proceeded by rail to standing camp at Fillie Fontein; there it only remained for two weeks and then marched to Pietermaritzburg, thence to the base of operations, Newcastle, where it arrived on 9th March—a march rendered extremely difficult owing to heavy rains.
During March, April, and May the regiment was variously encamped at Signal Hill, Bennett’s Drift, and elsewhere, and employed wood-cutting, coal-mining, etc.
On 1st July, the following changes took effect (General Order No. 41 of 1881):—
The regiment (83rd Foot) became the 1st Battalion Royal Irish Rifles.
The regiment (86th Foot) became the 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Rifles.
The Royal North Down Militia became the 3rd Battalion Royal Irish Rifles.
The Antrim Militia became the 4th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles.
The Royal South Down Militia became the 5th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles.
And by General Order No. 70 of 1881:—
The Louth Militia became the 6th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles.
The No. 83 was assigned to the Regimental District.
The uniform was changed to “green with light green facings,” and the following badges and devices were added:—
“The Sphinx,” “The Harp and Crown.”
Motto—“Quis Separabit.”
Distinctions—“Egypt,” “India,” “Bourbon.”
In November, hostilities came to an end, and the force about Newcastle was broken up.
The regiment marched from Bennett’s Drift on 7th November, arrived at Pietermaritzburg on the 19th, and proceeded by train to Durban, arriving on 21st November.
On 23rd November it embarked on H.M.S. Tamar for England.
On 3rd January the Tamar arrived at Portsmouth. The regiment disembarked next day and proceeded by rail to Dover, consisting of 15 officers and 489 rank and file.
On 14th March, H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge inspected the regiment.
On 29th June, rifle uniform was taken into wear.
In August, owing to war in Egypt, the First Class Reserve was called up, but demobilized again in October.
In September permission was received (General Order No. 252 of 1882) for the regiment to “bear Cape of Good Hope 1806,” instead of “Cape of Good Hope” on their appointments.
The battalion remained at Dover.
A detachment, under Captain H. H. Jackson, proceeded to Halifax, N.S., to join the 2nd Battalion.
On 13th August, the battalion, under Colonel Meurant, proceeded in H.M.S. Assistance to Guernsey, sending four companies to Alderney.
On 5th October, Colonel Meurant was placed on half-pay, and was succeeded in the command by Lieutenant-Colonel F. Karslake.
A draft, under Lieutenants Welman and O’Leary, proceeded to Halifax, N.S., to join the 2nd Battalion.
On 15th December, the battalion moved from Guernsey and Alderney to Gosport.
The battalion remained at Gosport.
In February, Colonel Karslake was succeeded by Colonel C. J. Burnett from the East Yorkshire Regiment.
On 7th July, the battalion proceeded to Aldershot to take part on 9th July in the Jubilee Review, held on the completion of the fiftieth year of reign of H.M. Queen Victoria. Strength present—19 officers and 617 rank and file, and was brigaded with 2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade and 2nd Battalion King’s Royal Rifles.
The battalion returned to Gosport on 12th July.
On 14th December, the battalion moved to Ireland and was stationed at Mullingar, with a detachment at Sligo.
The battalion remained at Mullingar.
Colonel Burnett having been appointed A.A. General at Aldershot, Lieutenant-Colonel H. D. Cutbill, from half-pay, succeeded to the command.
In July, the battalion moved to the Curragh for drills, and in August to “New Barracks,” Fermoy, with a detachment of one company at Fort Carlisle, Queenstown.
A rifle busby was sanctioned and taken into wear on Christmas Day.
Captain Curzon was appointed adjutant vice Wilkinson.
The battalion moved from Fermoy to Newry on 19th June, sending a detachment in October to Drogheda.
A field-service cap was taken into use in place of the Glengarry, which had been worn since 1874.
On 4th June, Major R. J. Knox was promoted lieutenant-colonel, and succeeded to the command vice Cutbill, whose four years of command had terminated.
On 16th October, the battalion moved to Brighton. Strength—20 officers and 784 rank and file, sending two companies as a detachment to Chichester.
The regiment was armed with Lee-Enfield rifles, Mark II.
Lieutenant O. C. Baker was appointed adjutant on 1st January, vice Captain Curzon, whose tenure expired.
On 27th April, Lieutenant King-Harman with 1 colour-sergeant, 1 sergeant, and 25 men, proceeded to South Africa as part of an Irish company of mounted infantry for service in Matabeleland.
On 21st September, the battalion, numbering 16 officers, 586 rank and file, moved by rail to Aldershot, and was quartered in Ramillies’ Barracks.
On 3rd November, Lieutenant-Colonel C. Haggard succeeded to the command vice Lieutenant-Colonel R. J. Knox.
On 9th January, Lieutenant-General H.R.H. the Duke of Connaught commanding Aldershot District inspected the battalion. Captain O’Leary received and was permitted to wear the 4th Class Order of the Osmanieh, for services in the Dongola expedition.
On 24th April, the battalion embarked at Southampton on the transport Dunera for South Africa, and having disembarked at Durban on 24th May—strength 20 officers, 593 rank and file, 37 women, and 51 children—proceeded by rail to Ladysmith.
On 25th May the detachment under Lieutenant King-Harman rejoined head-quarters. This detachment had been employed on service for thirteen months with head-quarters at Fort Salisbury, and had had 1 man wounded. It received the thanks of the G.O.C. Natal and Zululand for “their soldierly qualities and good behaviour,” and subsequently received a medal for service in Rhodesia.
On 27th September, the battalion was put into khaki clothing.
On 10th August, a Maxim machine gun was issued to the battalion.
On 24th March, the battalion left Ladysmith for Durban, where it embarked on R.I.M.S. Clive for Calcutta, and arriving on 15th April, it proceeded to Dum Dum.
On 18th September, the head-quarters moved to Fort William, Calcutta.
War with the Boers in South Africa having broken out, Captain Fox-Strangways and Lieutenant Eckford were sent there for service on 18th September, and on 20th September, 1 sergeant and 14 men also went as trained transport drivers.
On 1st January, Lieutenant Macnamara succeeded to the adjutancy vice Baker, whose tenure expired.
On 1st February, Captain Noblett and 1 sergeant were attached to Lumsden’s Horse, a volunteer Mounted Infantry Corps, and proceeded to South Africa.
On 28th October, Lieutenant-Colonel A. T. Swaine succeeded to the command vice Haggard.
On 18th December, Lieutenant G. Forbes died from enteric fever.
Captain Noblett and 1 sergeant returned to duty from South Africa. This officer was mentioned in despatches.
The battalion remained at Calcutta.
On 3rd February, the battalion moved to Fyzabad.
On 14th February, 4 sergeants, 6 corporals, and 139 privates left from Bombay to join the 2nd Battalion on service in South Africa.
On 10th March, Lieutenant Low was killed in action in South Africa.
On 14th March, Major F. J. Tobin, who had joined as second-in-command, was decorated on parade with the Distinguished Service Order for service in South Africa.
On 18th November, the battalion went to Delhi and took part in the great Durbar held for the proclamation of H.M. King Edward VII as Emperor of India, and the following officers, warrant officers, N.C.O.’s, and riflemen received the coronation medal given for this occasion:—
- Lieut.-Col. Swaine.
- Major Tobin, D.S.O.
- Lieut. Dunn.
- Sgt.-Major Foster.
- Bd.-Major Williams.
- Colour Sergt. Cowden.
- Colour Sergt. Elphick.
- Corporal Verdon.
- Rifleman Heron.
Subsequently it took part in manœuvres near Delhi, and returned to Fyzabad on 21st January, 1903.
On 20th August, Sergeant Bingham went on service to Somaliland.
Sergeant-Major Foster was promoted Quartermaster on 9th November.
On 1st January, Captain H. R. Charley succeeded Captain Macnamara as adjutant.
On 20th May, a machine-gun detachment of 1 sergeant and 6 men under Lieutenant Bowen-Colthurst proceeded to Thibet with the mission under Brigadier-General (afterwards Sir) R. Macdonald, C.B., and subsequently received a medal for this service.
On 28th October, Colonel Swaine completed his tenure of command and was succeeded by Lieutenant-Colonel J. S. Brown.
On 15th December the battalion left Fyzabad and marched to Meerut, 351 miles, arriving on 1st January. En route two companies were detached for duty at Delhi.
On 30th November the battalion left by train for Rawal Pindi and took part in manœuvres and review on the occasion of the visit of T.R.H.’s the Prince and Princess of Wales.
During 1905–7 the battalion remained at Meerut, having a detachment at Delhi, and (during the hot seasons) at Chakrata and Landour.
Lieutenant Robinson died at Meerut.
In January the battalion went to Agra and took part in a review held in honour of a visit to India of H.M. the Ameer of Afghanistan.
On 6th March, Captain Charley’s tenure of the adjutancy expired and Lieutenant H. R. Goodman was appointed.
The following is a List of all Officers Killed and Wounded in the Regiment since it was raised in 1793.
| Killed. | |
| Colonel William Fitch | Maroon War. |
| Lieutenant-Colonel Gordon | Talavera. |
| „ Collins | Salamanca. |
| Major Widrington | Vittoria. |
| Brevet Major Hon. Powys | Talavera. |
| Captain Lee | Maroon War. |
| „ Fry | Badajos. |
| „ Samuel Read | Jeerun, India. |
| Lieutenant Montgomery | Talavera. |
| „ Dahman | Do. |
| „ Flood | Do. |
| „ Ferris | Fuentes d’Onor. |
| „ Lindsay | Vittoria. |
| „ Bloxham | Do. |
| „ Johnson | Canada. |
| „ Low | South Africa. |
| Ensign Hackett | Peninsula. |
| Wounded. | |
| Lieutenant-Colonel Collins | Albuera. |
| „ Carr | Orthes. |
| Major Blaquiere | Do. |
| Captain Venables | Vittoria. |
| „ Brunt | Maroon War. |
| „ Summerfield | Talavera. |
| „ Reynolds | Do. |
| „ Elliott | Orthes. |
| „ Venables | Do. |
| Lieutenant Abel | Talavera. |
| „ Johnstone | Do. |
| „ Nicholson | Do. |
| „ Pine | Do. |
| „ Boggie | Do. |
| „ Baldwin | Do. |
| „ Ferris | Do. |
| „ Colthurst | Busaco. |
| „ Vereker | Fuentes d’Onor. |
| „ Matthews | Ciudad Rodrigo. |
| „ Vereker | Do. |
| „ Broomfield | Badajos. |
| „ O’Neill | Do. |
| „ Bowles | Do. |
| „ Lane | Do. |
| „ Vavasour | Do. |
| „ Baldwin | Do. |
| „ Gascoigne | Salamanca. |
| „ Smith | Vittoria. |
| „ Baldwin | Do. |
| „ Barry | Do. |
| „ Watson | Nivelle. |
| „ Barry | Do. |
| „ Wyatt | Do. |
| „ Baldwin | Orthes. |
| „ Watson | Do. |
| „ Lane | Do. |
| „ Hingstone | Vic Bigorre. |
| „ Lane | Do. |
| Lieut. and Adj. Swinburne | Orthes. |
| Adjutant Brahan | Talavera. |
| Lieut. and Adj. J. Swinburne | Do. |
| Ensign Nugent | Orthes. |
| „ Burgess | Nivelle. |
| „ A. Tulloch | Talavera. |
| „ Barry | Do. |
| „ Carey | Do. |
| „ Irwin | Do. |
| Assistant-Surgeon Miles | Nimbharia. |
| Total. | ||
| Killed. | Wounded. | |
| Lieutenant-Colonels | 3 | 2 |
| Majors | 2 | 1 |
| Captains | 3 | 6 |
| Lieutenants | 7 | 31 |
| Ensigns | 1 | 7 |
| Surgeons | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | 48 | |
| Grand Total. | ||
| Killed. | Wounded. | |
| Officers | 16 | 48 |
| Sergeants and rank and file | 279 | 810 |
| 295 | 858 | |
List of Officers who have served in the 83rd Regiment, compiled from the “Officers Records,” preserved in the Regimental Orderly Room.
| Colonels Commanding. | Remarks. |
| William Fitch | 1793: Colonel Commandant. |
| James Balfour | 1795: Major-General. |
| John Hodgson | 1823: Major-General. |
| Hastings Fraser, C.B. | 1835: Major-General. |
| Sir Fred. Stovin, O.C.B, K.C.M.G. | 1848: Lieutenant-General |
| E. P. Buckley | 1865: General. Died 29th May, 1873. |
| W. G. Brown | 1873: General. Died 27th Nov., 1883. |
| W. H. Bradford | Lieutenant-General. |
| Colonels or Lieutenant- Colonels Commanding. |
|
| William Fitch | Killed in the Maroon War. |
| William Sleigh | |
| Thomas Gibson | |
| Sir Edward Baynes | |
| William Godley | |
| John Byne Skerritt | |
| Joseph Baird | |
| William Hutchinson | |
| Alexander Gordon | Killed at Talavera. |
| Richard Collins | Killed at Salamanca. |
| Jacob Blunt | |
| John Potter Hamilton | |
| Sir Henry William Carr | |
| Charles Cother | Retired, 1829. |
| —— Bunbury | |
| Hon. H. Dundas, C.B. | Retired on half-pay, 1842. |
| B. Trydell | Brevet Colonel, promoted to Major-General, 1856. |
| W. H. Law | Retired on full pay, as Major-General, 1856. |
| J. Kelsall | Retired on full pay, as Colonel, 1858. |
| Edward Steele, C.B. | Retired July, 1862. Died in London, 6th August, 1862. |
| Charles W. Austen | Exchanged to 14th Regiment. |
| A. Barnard Hankey | Retired 2nd August, 1871. |
| T. S. Brown | To Brigade Staff 28th February, 1880. |
| E. Meurant | Retired 5th October, 1884. |
| F. Karslake | Retired 12th February, 1887. |
| C. J. Burnett | To Staff 4th June, 1890. |
| H. D. Cutbill | Retired 4th June, 1894. |
| R. J. Knox | Retired 28th October, 1896. |
| C. Haggard | Retired 28th October, 1900. |
| A. T. Swaine | Retired 28th October, 1904. |
| J. S. Brown | Now commanding. |
| Lieutenant-Colonels. | |
| S. Flower | Retired 5th October, 1888. |
| C. G. Gore | Retired 10th January, 1883. |
| R. O. De Montmorency | To 2 R.I.R. 10th January, 1883. |
| Majors. | |
| T. Summerfield | Died at Limerick, 1834. |
| Peter Crofton | Retired. |
| Joseph Swinburne | Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel, retired as Colonel, 1853. Died, 1860. |
| Edward Townsend | Died of cholera at Kurrachee, 1851. |
| Henry F. Ainslie | Retired as Lieut.-Col. on full pay, 1855. |
| Henry Lloyd | Died of cholera at Cambay, 1854. |
| John Heatley | Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel; exchanged to 69th Regiment. |
| James F. Murray | Exchanged to 97th Regiment, 1862. |
| Edward B. Cooke | Retired, 1862. |
| Henry De R. Pigott | Exchanged to 19th Regiment, 1863. |
| Thomas Venables | Robert Bates |
| J. S. Wakefield | Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel; retired 7th August, 1878. |
| F. A. Wright | Retired 18th January, 1882. |
| E. A. Butler | Retired 18th April, 1885. |
| J. P. B. Forster | Retired 16th September, 1868. |
| G. G. Beazley | Retired 12th March, 1881. |
| C. J. Wyndham | Transferred to 2 R.I.R. 18th Sept., 1888. |
| B. H. Metcalfe | Retired 31st December, 1887. |
| H. H. Stuart | To 2 R.I.R., 1889. |
| W. Cooke Collis | Promoted half-pay Lieutenant-Colonel, and retired 4th May, 1892. |
| F. S. F. Stokes | Transferred to 2 R.I.R., 1st August, 1890. |
| J. J. Meynell | Retired 2nd March, 1893. |
| H. A. Eager | Transferred to 2 R.I.R., December, 1895. |
| W. Ayde | To Staff, 25th March, 1898. |
| E. Allen | Exchanged to 2 R.I.R, 29th April, 1899. |
| F. J. Tobin | Promoted into 2 R.I.R., 28th July, 1904. |
| W. J. McWhinnie | Retired 21st September, 1906. |
| F. E. P. Curzon | Appointed second-in-command 2 R.I.R., 13th July, 1905. |
| W. E. O’Leary | |
| H. M. Cliff | Retired 17th October, 1902. |
| K. Beresford | |
| F. J. H. Bell | |
| C. E. R. Harvey | |
| G. B. Laurie | Exchanged to 2 R.I.R. |
| A. V. Weir | |
| O. C. Baker | |
| Captains. | |
| Henry Caulfield | Removed to 58th Foot, 1833. |
| Francis Johnston | Retired, 1834. |
| Aretas S. Young | Exchanged to 63rd Regiment, 1835. |
| John Richardson | Retired, 1840. |
| Robert Colquohoun | Died in London, 1841. |
| John Harrison | Half-pay, 1839. |
| Robert Kelly | Sold out, 1839. |
| J. H. Anstruther | Sold out, 1839. |
| George Grey | Sold out, 1840. |
| John Rayson | Sold out, 1841. |
| Denis McC. Stubbeman | Sold out, 1845. |
| John Emslie | Sold out, 1844. |
| Edward D’Alton | Half-pay. |
| Thomas St. Aubyn | Died at Putney, 1846. |
| Benjamin H. Brown | Retired, 1847. |
| Duncan Campbell | Exchanged to 90th Regiment, 1848. |
| William Garston | Half-pay, 1849. |
| D. R. De Rinzy | Half-pay, 1849; died of cholera same year. |
| Hon. William Gage | Died at Poona, 1849. |
| D. W. P. Labalmondiere | Half-pay, 1850. |
| S. H. F. Cary | Exchanged to 31st Regiment, 1850. |
| David Anderson | Exchanged to 22nd Regiment. |
| Frederick Woodgate | Retired, 1848. |
| Thomas Spring | Exchanged to 35th Regiment, 1851. |
| Samuel B. Lamb | Exchanged to 10th Regiment, 1851. |
| Thomas Adams | Exchanged to 78th Regiment, 1854. |
| Frederick George Moore | Half-pay, 1855. |
| Thomas M. Keogh | Retired, 1856. |
| William Mills Molony | Exchanged to 22nd Regiment. |
| Samuel Read | Killed in action at Jeerun, 1857. |
| Robert Colville Jones | Died at Ahmedabad, 1857. |
| William Nott | Died near Birmingham, 1858. |
| Herbert Stanley Cooper | Died at Nusseerabad, 1858. |
| Hon. E. G. W. Forester | Half-pay, 1858. |
| Robert H. P. Crawford | Exchanged to 90th Regiment; died in Crimea. |
| John Sharman Molony | Removed to Staff—Falkland Islands. |
| Richard R. Wyvill | Retired, 1860. |
| Thomas Parker Wright | Staff officer of pensioners. |
| F. H. D. Marsh | Exchanged to 89th Regiment. |
| Henry Gandy | Retired, 1860. |
| Retired J. Sweeney | Half-pay. |
| T. Mowbray Baumgartner | Transferred to Bombay Staff Corps, 1861. |
| James Verling Ellis | Exchanged to Ceylon Rifles, 1862. |
| William Minhear | Retired, 1863. |
| F. Pemberton Campbell | Exchanged to 14th Hussars, 1863. |
| Frederick Dickenson | Retired, 1863. |
| Edward William Bray | Brevet major. |
| John Sprot | |
| Edward Meurant | |
| Julian Wakefield | |
| Chas. C. Gore | |
| James F. Sweeney | |
| Geo. G. Beazley | |
| Geo. L. Huyshe | |
| William H. Ivimy | |
| Lawrence Mackenzie | |
| G. F. Stehelin | Retired 6th November, 1868. |
| J. K. S. Henderson | Retired 9th April, 1890. |
| L. E. O’Connor | Died 10th January, 1869. |
| G. P. Fawkes | Retired 29th June, 1870. |
| P. C. Browne | Exchanged to 23rd Foot 2nd May, 1869. |
| J. F. Wyse | |
| W. C. Strickland | Retired 28th October, 1871. |
| C. L. Smith | Retired 30th April, 1873. |
| G. E. E. Blunt | Retired 5th January, 1870. |
| F. H. A. D. Roebuck | Exchanged to 46th Foot 20th July, 1870. |
| E. G. Johnson | Retired 28th May, 1870. |
| R. H. James | Died at Poona 4th April, 1871. |
| G. N. Stevenson | Exchanged to 91st Foot 31st Oct., 1871. |
| G. W. Cockburn | Retired 30th September, 1870. |
| G. E. S. Cartwright | Retired 10th February, 1877. |
| C. J. Shorburn | Retired 5th November, 1884. |
| W. Stewart | Retired 9th June, 1877. |
| T. F. Gibbs | Retired 19th October, 1878. |
| H. C. Bond | Died 27th March, 1882. |
| C. T. Davenport | To Army Pay Dept. 26th August, 1881. |
| J. A. R. Bell | To Army Pay Dept. 12th April, 1881. |
| J. W. H. Anson | Superseded 19th July, 1882. |
| W. B. Marling | Resigned 16th January, 1884. |
| E. C. L. Walter | Died at Alderney 4th May, 1885. |
| R. Taylor | Retired 11th July, 1884. |
| R. S. Graves | To Army Pay Dept. 9th December, 1885. |
| Hon. F. L. Colborne | Brevet Major to Staff, April, 1885. |
| M. E. Mulchinock | Resigned 17th August, 1887. |
| C. G. Harris | Retired 10th August, 1888. |
| L. T. V. Wilkinson | Retired 20th February, 1895. |
| A. W. Raymond | To 2 R.I.R. 1st February, 1888. |
| W. H. Dunlop | To 2 R.I.R. 20th May, 1892. |
| H. L. Welman | To Militia, Adjutant 20th Nov., 1893. |
| G. O. Callaghan Westrapp | Retired 20th February, 1889. |
| J. E. Hodges | To Army Pay Department 1st July, 1893. |
| W. G. Lillingston | To half-pay 12th July, 1896. |
| R. A. D. Rowley | Died 19th November, 1898. |
| G. W. W. D’Arcy Evans | To 20th Hussars 10th June, 1895. |
| P. M. H. Carew | Retired 3rd July, 1897. |
| T. S. Fox-Strangways | To Staff 22nd October, 1899 (retired). |
| A. F. Ryan | Resigned 24th August, 1898. |
| H. F. R. Despard | Retired 15th August, 1902. |
| W. E. O. C. Blunt | To Army Pay Department 29th April, 1908. |
| T. Carson | To Adjutant 5 R.I.R. 22nd February, 1900 (retired). |
| A. J. B. Addison | To Adjutant, Artists’ Vols. (retired). |
| B. H. M. Fox | To A.S.C. 15th October, 1900. |
| P. G. W. Eckford | Adjutant, Vols. 14th November, 1905. |
| H. G. Breman | To half-pay 8th May, 1902 (retired). |
| D. W. Silwell | Brevet Major. Exchanged to 2 R.I.R. 10th October, 1903. |
| L. H. Noblett | Brevet Major. Promoted to 2 R.I.R., 1907. |
| H. R. Charley | To 2 R.I.R. 6th March, 1907. |
| L. C. Sprague | To 2 R.I.R. |
| C. C. Macnamara | |
| J. H. Alston | |
| B. Allgood | |
| E. G. Dunn | |
| E. H. Saunders, D.S.O. | To Sr. T. Corps 24th November, 1905. |
| R. H. S. Dashwood | Retired 21st December, 1907. |
| C. H. Dixon | To 2 R.I.R. |
| L. G. B. Rodney | |
| E. C. Monro | |
| J. C. Bowen-Colthurst | |
| Lieutenants. | |
| Edward De Visme | Retired, 1831. |
| Henry S. G. Bowles | Died at Ballinrobe, 1832. |
| George Blakeney | Retired, 1835. |
| John J. E. Hamilton | Retired, 1837. |
| W. S. Johnson | Killed in action at Prescott, 1838. |
| Hanway Howard | Retired, 1837. |
| W. S. Ducie | Retired, 1838. |
| C. T. Egerton | Retired, 1839. |
| Roger Coghlan | Died in Dublin, 1834. |
| William J. Nunn | Half-pay. |
| James Goodrich | Retired, 1839. |
| Hon. R. H. Clifford | Killed from his horse at Limerick, 1833. |
| T. Taubman James | Retired. |
| Francis W. Bowles | Exchanged to 94th, 1837. |
| Wenman Wynniatt | Drowned at London, Canada, 1841. |
| James Clerk | Exchanged to 9th Light Dragoons. |
| James Foster | Exchanged to 1st Dragoon Guards. |
| William Blackburne | To 91st Regiment. |
| Thomas Stewart Lane | Died at Castlecomer, 1848. |
| Walter Hamilton | Retired, 1845. |
| Francis J. Hext | Retired, 1845. |
| John W. Crowe | Retired 1849. |
| John William Wellington | Exchanged to 4th Light Dragoons, 1847. |
| Sir Richard Gethin, Bart. | Retired, 1846. |
| James Sadler Naylor | Exchanged to 8th Hussars, 1846. |
| John T. Downman | Retired, 1849. |
| W. Sandford Wills | Exchanged to 5th Dragoon Guards. |
| Lord Alfred S. Churchill | Retired, 1848. |
| H. P. Villiers Villiers | Retired, 1855. |
| W. C. Sheills | Retired, 1852. |
| Chas. Peregrine Teesdale | Promoted to 55th Regiment, 1855. |
| S. W. F. M. Wilson | Do. |
| John Meade | Promoted to 30th Regiment, 1856. |
| John Norris McKelvey | Died at Deesa, 1856. |
| Braithwaite Chamley | Exchanged to 17th Lancers, 1858. |
| Thomas Rowland | Exchanged to 1st Regiment, 1853. |
| Usher W. Alcock | Retired, 1855. |
| Marmaduke N. Richardson | Retired, 1853. |
| William Fitzroy | Promoted into 63rd Regiment, 1855. |
| John W. Huskisson | Transferred to 56th Regiment, 1855. |
| Stephen W. Metge | Died at sea, 1856. |
| J. R. A. Colebrook | Died at Mysana, 1860. |
| G. W. H. Wardell | Retired, 1861. |
| Guildford M. Onslow | Retired, 1861. |
| John Healey | Exchanged to 66th Regiment, 1862. |
| Edwin Thomas | Retired, 1862. |
| R. Kenneth Gibb | Exchanged to 1st West India Regiment, 1863. |
| H. G. Davies | Exchanged to 96th Regiment, 1863. |
| James E. Brymer | Drowned at Hythe, 1863. |
| William K. Bookey | Retired, 1863. |
| George Dunlevie | Half-pay, 1857. |
| Alfred Holt | Promoted into 81st Regiment, 1855. |
| Thomas G. Coote | |
| Peter C. Browne | |
| Nicholas Pennefather | |
| Frederick Karslake | |
| W. Forbes Anderson | Died at Sandgate, 1863. |
| Hubert C. Whitlock | |
| Michael Murphy | |
| Littleton A. Powys | |
| James Geo. Scott | |
| Henry Albert Fuller | |
| Walter C. Strickland | |
| Frederick Augustus Wright | |
| Charles Lucius Smith | |
| Charles Hay Tollemache | |
| John Olphert Gage | |
| Thos. E. B. Townsend | |
| C. Horrocks | Retired 7th November, 1868. |
| H. L. Parry | Retired 1st February, 1873. |
| T. P. Powell | Retired 26th July, 1873. |
| H. W. Walker | Transferred to 2nd 19th Foot. |
| H. V. H. Brooke | Exchanged to 33rd Foot 1st December, 1869. |
| M. O. Kirkward | Retired 16th March, 1861. |
| W. F. Marriott | Exchanged to 41st Foot, 1875. |
| A. Fawcett | Retired 8th July, 1868. |
| J. W. Anderson | To Bombay Staff Corps, 11th July, 1874. |
| F. Bruce | Transferred to 39th Foot. |
| A. Chichester | Exchanged to 95th Foot, 31st August, 1870. |
| W. De Hogton | Died at S. Remo, 29th April, 1870. |
| R. W. S. Burnett | Retired 10th July, 1872. |
| Hon. E. F. Gifford | Exchanged to 2nd 24th Foot, 25th February, 1873. |
| C. W. Hinde | To Bombay Staff Corps, 7th February, 1873. |
| J. H. Hardtman Berckley | Transferred to 107th Regiment, 15th January, 1876. |
| L. F. Heath | To Indian Staff Corps, 1871. |
| C. G. B. Hervey | To Indian Staff Corps, 1878. |
| G. Cleaveland | Died at Mount Aboo, 19th March, 1895. |
| G. A. Beresford | Died at Deesa, 8th June, 1875. |
| P. A. Buckland | To Bengal Staff Corps, 24th April, 1875. |
| H. F. Cadell | To Madras Staff Corps, 36th November, 1876. |
| C. St. L. Wilkinson | Retired 25th November, 1874. |
| A. C. G. Mayne | To I.S.C., 1st September, 1877. |
| J. W. Hogge | To I.S.C., 23rd May, 1876. |
| C. H. W. Alexander | Resigned 30th October, 1878. |
| H. E. W. Beville | To I.S.C., 14th December, 1875. |
| A. W. Ancketill | Resigned 7th June, 1875. |
| H. Read | To Bengal Staff Corps. |
| H. B. Warden | To Bombay Staff Corps, 1876. |
| J. M. Johnstone | Retired 26th November, 1879. |
| A. D. Enriquerz | To I.S.C., 29th November, 1881. |
| H. Mansfield | To I.S.C., 5th August, 1878. |
| G. F. N. Ginley | To Bombay Staff Corps. |
| D. Cole | To I.S.C., 19th July, 1878. |
| L. B. H. Baker | To I.S.C. |
| W. D. Thomson | To I.S.C., 29th August, 1882. |
| G. R. D. Westrapp | To I.S.C., 26th April, 1880. |
| J. F. Trant | Exchanged to 2nd West India Regiment, 2nd August, 1882. |
| G. V. Burrows | To I.S.C. |
| R. W. F. Monteith | To A.S.C., 18th April, 1885. |
| A. P. S. Barnett | To I.S.C., 16th March, 1882. |
| E. A. Kettlewell | To I.S.C., 18th December, 1880. |
| W. G. Alban | To I.S.R., 9th November, 1880. |
| W. Browne | |
| M. A. Tighe | |
| H. F. Battersby | Retired 29th October, 1883. |
| J. Fisher | To 2nd Norfolk Regt., 7th Nov., 1883. |
| C. H. Orpen | Resigned 29th June, 1887. |
| J. R. Gray | To K.R. Rifles, 18th January, 1886. |
| H. R. Homfray | Transferred to 1st Life Guards, 7th November, 1888. |
| J. F. Stewart | Transferred to S. Rifles, 14th April, 1883. |
| G. W. Paliu | Transferred to North Stafford Regiment, 12th June, 1883. |
| A. W. Hasted | Transferred to 2nd Wilts Regiment, 25th August, 1885. |
| J. H. Lowry | To I.S.C., 5th May, 1887. |
| F. F. Bradshaw | To I.S.C., 2nd March, 1887. |
| G. W. Massey | Promoted into 2nd Battalion, 2nd March, 1893. |
| A. P. M. Burke | Resigned 2nd March, 1903. |
| E. W. H. Somerset | To Rifle Brigade, 3rd August, 1887. |
| A. H. Festing | To Royal Niger Coy., 29th July, 1885. |
| G. S. Carey | Transferred to 2nd R.I. Rifles, 23rd July, 1895. Died at Poona. |
| M. S. D. Westrapp | Resigned 8th June, 1898. |
| H. L. Low | Killed on service with 2nd R.I. Rifles in South Africa, 10th May, 1902. |
| W. A. King Harmen | |
| H. Wilding | Resigned 14th September, 1898. |
| R. L. Hughes Hallett | To Indian Army, 3rd October, 1900. |
| A. G. Forbes | Died at Dum Dum, 18th December, 1900. |
| C. S. Dixon | Promoted into 2nd R.I. Rifles. |
| C. L. W. Wallace | Resigned 13th June, 1905. |
| A. S. Kirkwood | To S. and T. Corps, 1st November, 1906. |
| W. M. Lanyon | |
| A. J. Biscoe | |
| H. R. Goodman | |
| W. M. Culloch | Resigned, 1907. |
| F. Robinson | Died at Meerut, 11th April, 1906. |
| Hon. B. A. Forbes | |
| E. M. A. J. Hogan | |
| G. A. Chatterton | |
| P. F. J. Smith | |
| J. F. Martyr | |
| C. C. Tee | |
| Geo. H. Cazalet | Promoted to 18th Regiment. |
| Robert Portal | Promoted to 41st Regiment. |
| T. G. L. Carew Gwyn | Exchanged to 6th Dragoon Guards, 1847. |
| W. T. Riley | To 52nd Regiment. |
| William A. Riddell | Retired. |
| H. M. Scott | Died at Manchester, 1832. |
| Frederick Ford | Retired, 1858. |
| James Pringle | Promoted. |
| Thomas Graham | Died at Kurrachee, 1852. |
| Graham Mylne | Promoted to 82nd Regiment. |
| William Blathway | Killed accidentally at Ilfracombe, 1859. |
| Geo. E. E. Blunt | Henry Geo. Wilson |
| A. Goring Bridger | |
| Henry Church | |
| James M. Lyall | |
| Sir Keith G. Jackson, Bart. | |
| R. O. De Montmorency | |
| John Blurton | |
| Anthony McClymont | Died at Deesa, 1856. |
| A. Crowley | Transferred to 48th Foot 1st May, 1878. |
| H. B. Brown | Transferred to 2 R.I.R. 27th May, 1888. |
| C. Gosling | Transferred to K.R.R. 28th Nov., 1888. |
| H. M. Biddulph | Transferred to Rifle Brigade, 6th February, 1889. |
| J. Murray | Died 25th October, 1898. |
| C. B. L. Clery | To I.S.C. |
| R. G. Baker | To I.C.S. 15th January, 1900. |
| R. C. Wilson | Resigned 1st October, 1901. |
| H. A. Gaussen | Resigned 7th April, 1906. |
| L. Pilkington | Resigned 1st November, 1901. |
| T. H. Barton | To Indian Army 16th November, 1903. |
| H. N. Jones | Exchanged to 2 R.I.R. 8th August, 1903. |
| A. H. Parsons | To Indian Army. |
| G. S. Scott | |
| E. C. Kenny | To Indian Army, 1903. |
| E. R. Ludlow Hewitt | |
| N. Hutcheson | |
| R. O. Mansergh | |
| E. De W. Waller | |
| A. W. Galway | |
| Paymasters. | |
| Richard Brough | Retired, 1849. |
| John Denis Swinburne | |
| F. Fereday | Exchanged to 95th Foot, 31st Oct., 1871. |
| F. Scrivener | Transferred to A.P.D. 1st April, 1878. |
| Adjutants. | |
| John Stubbs | Died at Kingston, 1840. |
| B. H. Browne | Promoted. |
| William Nott | Do. |
| William Hall | Died at Kurrachee, 1851. |
| Edward H. M. Mainwaring | Died at Poona, 1856. |
| James Nicholas Colthurst | |
| G. E. E. Blunt | |
| W. Coake Collis | 27th June, 1871. |
| H. H. Berkeley | To 21st November, 1875. |
| F. S. F. Stokes | To 19th October, 1878. |
| W. B. Marling | To 16th December, 1882. |
| J. S. Brown | To 26th April, 1886. |
| F. J. H. Bell | To 25th May, 1890. |
| L. T. V. Wilkinson | To 1st January, 1892. |
| F. E. P. Curzon | To 31st December, 1895. |
| O. C. Baker | To 31st December, 1899. |
| C. C. Macnamara | To 31st December, 1903. |
| H. R. Charley | To 31st December, 1906. |
| H. R. Goodman | |
| Quartermasters. | |
| John Rusher | Retired, 1838. |
| Robert Imray | Retired, 1844. |
| Joseph Cartmail | Exchanged to 3rd Regiment, 1847. |
| William Colburn | Died at Poona, 1852. |
| Patrick Hayes | Retired as Captain, 1863. |
| T. Copeland | |
| H. McQuade | Transferred to 6 R.I.R., 7th January, 1882. |
| H. Jones | Transferred to 3 R.I.R., 10th June, 1882. |
| J. McGarty | Retired 23rd August, 1883. |
| L. Duffy | Superseded 24th October, 1884. |
| P. J. Thorpe | Cashiered 3rd November, 1893. |
| J. Cunningham | Died in South Africa, 1st March, 1898. |
| Q. T. Drage | To Depôt, 21st October, 1903. |
| H. W. Foster | |
| Surgeons. | |
| Samuel A. Piper, M.D. | Removed to 30th Regiment, 1830. |
| James Cross | Half-pay, 1837. |
| John Maitland | Exchanged to R.C. Regiment, 1843. |
| William Gardiner | Exchanged to 8th Regiment, 1842. |
| R. J. O’Flaherty | Promoted, 1845. |
| George Ledingham | Died at Poona, 1850. |
| Frederick Hobson Clark | Died at sea, 1855. |
| Charles F. Stephenson | Died at Deesa, 1856. |
| Robert Browne | Exchanged to 25th Regiment, 1863. |
| Chas. R. Robinson | |
| J. H. Macfadin | Exchanged to 47th Foot, 8th Dec., 1869. |
| Surgeon-Major. | |
| A. R. Hudson | Transferred to Staff 28th March, 1879. |
| Assistant-Surgeons. | |
| George R. Watson | Died at Ballinrobe, 1882. |
| David Pitcairn | Exchanged to 15th Hussars, 1854. |
| James Flyter | Exchanged to 4th Dragoon Guards, 1847. |
| James Macbeth | Removed to Staff, 1843. |
| John H. Ker Innes | To Staff, 1851. |
| W. S. S. H. Monro | Retired, 1855. |
| John Hamilton Bews | To Staff (promoted), 1855. |
| W. N. Boyce | Died at Kurrachee, 1862. |
| Edward Touch | Promoted to Staff, 1857. |
| H. C. Miles | Promoted. |
| William Sharp | Half-pay. |
| Thomas Mould | Transferred to Royal Artillery, 1862. |
| C. S. Wills | |
| J. Bourke | Exchanged to 2nd 15th Regiment, 10th February, 1869. |
| E. Coffey | Transferred to Staff 6th March, 1870. |
| W. Geoghan | |
| T. G. Adye Curran | Transferred, 1874. |
THE END