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1 British Infantry Regiments and the Men Who Led Them By Steve Brown 81st Regiment of Foot Secondary Title: Loyal Lincoln Volunteers Regimental History, 81st Regiment of Foot 1793: Raised at Lincoln by Colonel Albemarle Bertie from the Loyal Lincolnshire Volunteers 1803: October - 2nd Battalion formed at Plymouth 1816: 24 March - 2nd Battalion disbanded at Blatchington 1881: 2nd Battalion, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1921: The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) 1970: The Queen's Lancashire Regiment (30, 40, 47, & 82), on amalgamation with The Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Volunteers) (30, 40, 59, 82) 2006: The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (King's, Lancashire & Border), on amalgamation with The King's Own Royal Border Regiment and The King's Regiment Service History and Demographics, 1st Battalion 81st Regiment of Foot 1793: Lincoln; Gainsborough 1794: Chester; Liverpool; to Ireland; Belfast; July - to England; Bristol; Windsor; September - Southampton; to West Indies; caught in storms in the Channel 1795: Jersey; March - Barbados; April - San Domingo; December - amalgamated with 32nd Foot due to fever deaths; Malabrie Heights 1796: Malabrie Heights; June - Fort Bombarde; Mole St Nicholas 1797: Mole St Nicholas; March - cadre to England;April - Portsmouth; Hilsea; Chelmsford; Chatham, recruited back to strength; September - Guernsey 1798: Guernsey; August - Portsmouth; October - to Cape of Good Hope 1799: Cape Town; Graaf Reinet; Algoa Bay 1800: Cape Town 1801: Cape Town 1802: Cape Town; April - flank companies to Hillenbosch; December - men drafted into 22nd, 34th and 65th Foot, cadre sent home 1803: St Helena; February - Portsmouth; received large draft of Irish recruits; April - Jersey; November - Plymouth 1804: Plymouth Dock; January - received Welsh unlimited service men from Army of Reserve 1805: Plymouth Dock; April - to Mediterranean; Lisbon; July - Malta; Fort Ricasoli; November - flank companies to Naples 1806: Malta; February - battalion reunited; April - Sicily; Messina; Carraba; June - to Calabria; MAIDA; September - Messina 1807: Messina; received two drafts from 2/81st Foot 1808: Messina; September - Milazzo; October - Capri; Milazzo 1809: Milazzo; June - Ischia & Procida; July - Milazzo; September - Messina 1810: Messina 1811: Messina; November - Milazzo 1812: Milazzo; February - Palermo; June - to east coast of Spain; Alicante; Palma; October - 5 companies at assault on Denia 1813: Alicante; received draft from 2/81st Foot; Biar; Castalla; May - Tarragona; June - Alicante; Altafulla; July - Valls; October - Vendrell 1814: Vendrell; April - Barcelona; to France; Biarritz; Bordeaux; June - Blanquefort; to Canada; August - Quebec; Montreal; October - Kingston 1815: Kingston; May - Quebec; to England; July - Portsmouth; August - to Belgium; Ghent; Paris; Army of Occupation 67% English/Welsh, 2% Scots, 30% Irish, 1% Foreign 1817: April - Calais; to England. Service History and Demographics, 2nd Battalion 81st Regiment of Foot 1803: October - formed at Plymouth; December - Mill Bay Barracks 1804: Mill Bay Barracks; June - Plymouth Dock 1805: Ireland 1806: Ireland 1807: Ireland; sent two drafts to 1/81st on Sicily 1808: Ireland; September - Falmouth; to Spain; Corunna 1809: CORUNNA: to England; Lewes; May - Blatchington; July - Portsmouth; to Walcheren; Flushing; December - Portsmouth; Blatchington 1810: Blatchington; April - sent draft of 260 men to 1/81st Foot; June - Bexhill; November - Eastbourne 1811: Eastbourne; October - Jersey 62% English/Welsh, 2% Scots, 36% Irish 1812: Jersey 1813: Jersey 1814: Jersey; February - to Flanders; Helvoetsluys; Antwerp 65% English/Welsh, 1% Scots, 34% Irish 1815: Antwerp; April - Brussels; Brussels garrison during Waterloo campaign; July - POW escort to Ghent; advance to Paris; Belleville 1816: January - Calais; to Dover & Ramsgate; March - disbanded at Bletchingley. Page 1 of 8 Placed on The Napoleon Series February 2015

2 Significant Militia/Volunteer Intakes: (militia units unless noted otherwise) 1803: Received Army of Reserve men from Anglesea, Brecon, Caernarvon, Carmarthen, Cardigan, Denbigh, Flint, Glamorgan, Hereford, Monmouth, Montgomery, Merioneth, Pembroke and Radnor 1804: 1st West Yorkshire 1805: East Suffolk; Warwickshire; 1st West Yorkshire; Ayrshire 1807: South Devon; Montgomeryshire; County Dublin; County Tyrone 1808: Limerick City; County Londonderry 1809: South Devon; Dorset; South Gloucestershire; Montgomeryshire; County Wexford 1810: County Monaghan 1811: Dorset; Warwickshire 1813: Dorset; Warwickshire 1814: Dorset; Warwickshire; Montgomeryshire Colonels Albemarle BERTIE Born: London 1744 Regimental Service: Captain & Lieutenant-Colonel in 1st Foot Guards 1 April 1776; 3rd Major 12 March 1789; 2nd Major 8 August 1792; Colonel of 81st Foot 19 September 1793; Colonel of 9th Foot 31 December 1794; Colonel of 77th Foot 15 June 1804; Colonel of 89th Foot 25 March 1808 Service : Governor of Blackness Castle 23 July 1814 Brevets & Staff Service: Brevet Colonel 20 November 1782; Major-General 12 October 1793; Lieutenant-General 1 January 1798; General 25 September 1803 Later Service: Governor of Charlemont 31 March 1818 Awards & Honours: KCB; 9th Earl of Lindsey 1809; MP Died: 17 September Hon. John Chapple NORTON Born: Surrey 1746 Relations: Son of Fletcher Norton, 1st Baron Grantley Regimental Service: Captain & Lieutenant-Colonel in Coldstream Foot Guards 1 June 1774; 2nd Major April 1786; 1st Major 26 May 1789; Colonel of 81st Foot 25 March 1795; Colonel of 56th Foot 24 January 1797 Early Service: Served in North America during Revolution Brevets & Staff Service: Major-General 28 September 1787; Lieutenant-General 26 January 1797; General 29 April 1802 Awards & Honours: MP , Died: Surrey 19 March Gordon FORBES Royal Military Calendar Entry: No. 40 Born: Scotland 1738 Regimental Service: Lieutenant-Colonel in 74th Foot 24 September 1781; Colonel of 105th Foot 18 April 1794; Colonel of 81st Foot 24 January 1797 (vice Norton); Colonel of 29th Foot 8 August 1797 Early Service: Served in Cuba and Louisiana ; served in North America 1777 Service : Governor of Mole St Nicolas, San Domingo Brevets & Staff Service: Brevet Colonel 18 November 1790; Major-General 3 October 1794; Lieutenant-General 1 January 1801; General 1 January 1812 Died: Surrey 17 January Sir Hew Whitefoord DALRYMPLE, Bt. Royal Military Calendar Entry: No. 39 Born: Ayr 1750 Regimental Service: Colonel of 81st Foot 8 August 1797 (vice Forbes); Colonel of 37th Foot 18 January 1798; Colonel of 19th Foot 25 June 1810; Colonel of 57th Foot 7 April 1811 Service : Commanded Guards grenadier battalion in Flanders 1793; Lieutenant-Governor of Guernsey March ; on staff in Gibraltar ; appointed to command in Portugal August 1808; cleared after Convention of Cintra but not employed again Brevets & Staff Service: Brevet Colonel 18 November 1790; Major-General 3 October 1794; Lieutenant-General 1 January 1801; General 1 January 1812 Later Service: Governor of Blackness Castle 1818 Awards & Honours: 1st Baronet of High Mark 27 December 1814 Died: London 9 April Page 2 of 8 Placed on The Napoleon Series February 2015

3 John Graves SIMCOE Born: Northamptonshire 1752 Relations: Son of Captain John Simcoe RN Regimental Service: Colonel-commandant of Queen's Rangers 1 September 1791; Colonel of 81st Foot 18 January 1798 (vice Dalrymple); Colonel of 22nd Foot 18 June 1798 Early Service: Served in North America as light infantry commander ; Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada 1791 Service : Commander-in-Chief on San Domingo 10 November ; appointed Commander-in-Chief India 1806 but returned home due to illness Brevets & Staff Service: Brevet Colonel 18 November 1790; Major-General 3 October 1794; Lieutenant-General 3 October 1798 Died: Exeter 26 October Henry JOHNSON, Bt. Royal Military Calendar Entry: No. 27 Born: Dublin 1748 Regimental Service: Colonel of 81st Foot 18 June 1798; Colonel of 5th Foot 12 July 1819 Early Service: Served in North America during revolution, POW at Yorktown Service : Inspector-General of Recruiting in Ireland ; commanded garrison at New Ross 1798; Governor of Ross Castle 18 June 1801 Brevets & Staff Service: Brevet Colonel 28 February 1783; Major-General 20 December 1793; Lieutenant-General 26 June 1799; General 25 April 1808 Awards & Honours: Baronet 1818 Died: Bath 25 March Lieutenant-Colonels John LEWES Regimental Service: Major in 64th Foot 9 March 1783; Lieutenant-Colonel in 81st Foot 28 January 1794; Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant 8th West India Regiment 15 September 1795; Colonel of 8th West India Regiment 3 May 1796 Service : Commanded 81st Foot ; served in West Indies Brevets & Staff Service: Brevet Colonel 3 May 1796; Brigadier-General in West Indies11 May 1795 Died: West Indies November Boyd MANNINGHAM Regimental Service: Major in 81st Foot (on transfer from 39th Foot) 28 January 1794; Lieutenant-Colonel 30 January 1794 Died: Of fever on San Domingo July Many biographies of Coote Manningham wrongly attribute that officer to this position. John ISAAC Regimental Service: Lieutenant-Colonel in 81st Foot 6 May 1794 (vice Lewes) Died: Of fever on San Domingo July John HAMILTON Royal Military Calendar Entry: No. 59 Regimental Service: Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 20 February 1795; Lieutenant-Colonel in 81st Foot 23 December 1795 (vice Manningham) Service : Saw no active service after 1795 Brevets & Staff Service: Brevet Colonel 1 March 1794; Major-General 3 May 1796; Lieutenant-General 25 September 1803; General 4 June 1813 John WATLING Regimental Service: Major in 81st Foot 20 January 1796; Lieutenant-Colonel in 81st Foot 9 November 1796 (vice Isaac) Retired: December Love Albert PARRY Regimental Service: Major in 81st Foot 27 February 1796 (vice Drummond); Lieutenant-Colonel 13 December 1797 (vice Watling) Retired: April Lewis McKENZIE Regimental Service: Major in 81st Foot 20 September 1798 (on transfer from 52nd Foot, vice Baynes); Lieutenant-Colonel 21 April 1803 (vice Parry); to half-pay 23 July 1803 Page 3 of 8 Placed on The Napoleon Series February 2015

4 Majors Sir James KEMPT Royal Military Calendar Entry: No. 400 Born: Edinburgh c.1766 Regimental Service: Major in 113th Foot 18 September 1794; to half-pay 1 March 1798; brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 28 August 1799; Major in 66th Foot 9 July 1803; Lieutenant-Colonel in 81st Foot 23 July 1803 (vice McKenzie); Colonel of 8/60th Foot 4 November 1813; Colonel of 3rd West India Regiment 31 March 1815; Colonel of 2nd Foot 23 December 1834; Colonel of 1st Foot 7 August 1846 Service : Served at Helder 1799 )ADC to Abercromby); served on staff in Egypt 1801; commanded light infantry at Maida; Quartermaster-General in Canada 24 August 1807; ADC to King George III 9 March 1809; commanded a brigade in 3rd Division in Peninsula January to July 1812, wounded at Badajoz; commanded a brigade in Light Division January 1813 to April 1814, wounded at Nivelle; served in Waterloo campaign, wounded at Waterloo Brevets & Staff Service: Brevet Colonel 9 March 1809; Major-General 1 January 1812; Lieutenant-General 27 May 1825; General 23 November 1841 Later Service: Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia ; Governor-General of Canada ; Master-General of the Ordnance Awards & Honours: GCB; GCH; AGC (Mai Bad Vit Nivelle Nive Ort Toul); MGSM (Egy) Died: London 20 December Patrick MacKENZIE Royal Military Calendar Entry: No. 578 Regimental Service: Major in 43rd Foot 23 January 1800; Lieutenant-Colonel in 81st Foot 28 August 1804; Colonel of 3rd Royal Veteran Battalion 1 November 1819 Service : Served at Gibraltar and Toulon 1793; served on Corsica ; served on staff in West Indies 1798; commanded 2/81st Foot 1808; commanded 1/81st Foot ; served in Peninsula (east coast of Spain) August 1812 to April 1814; commanded brigade in Catalonia April 1813 to April 1814 Brevets & Staff Service: Brevet Colonel 4 June 1813; Major-General 12 August 1819 Died: 7 March Henry MILLING Royal Military Calendar Entry: No Born: County Louth Regimental Service: Major in 81st Foot 8 January 1807 (vice Zouch); Lieutenant-Colonel 21 November 1811; to half-pay 1816; Lieutenant-Colonel in 81st Foot 12 August 1819 Service : Served in Peninsula November 1808 to January 1809, wounded at Corunna; commanded 2/81st Foot Died: 30 December Henry ANDREWS Born: c.1774 Regimental Service: Major in 81st Foot 30 January 1794 Died: Of fever on San Domingo September Richard Lewen GLYN Born: 1769 Relations: Son of Sir George Glyn, Bt. Regimental Service: Major in 81st Foot 27 August 1794 Died: Of fever on San Domingo 5 July Thomas BRINLEY Born: Boston, Massachusetts Regimental Service: Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 23 October 1796; Major in 81st Foot 9 November 1796 (on transfer from 104th Foot, vice Watling); exchanged to Major in 51st Foot 22 May 1797; Major in 4th Foot 6 August 1799; Lieutenant-Colonel in 4th Foot 7 October 1799; Lieutenant-Colonel in Nova Scotia Fencibles August 1805 Service : Deputy Quartermaster-General on Elba 1797; Quartermaster-General in West Indies 1805 Died: In West Indies John ELFORD Regimental Service: Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 12 October 1793; Major in 51st Foot 1 September 1795; exchanged to Major in 81st Foot 22 May 1797 (vice Brinley) Early Service: Lieutenant-Governor of St John's, Newfoundland 1784 Brevets & Staff Service: Brevet Colonel 26 January 1797 Retired: September 1797 Died: London James COCKBURN Regimental Service: Major in 81st Foot 7 September 1797 (on transfer from 2nd Dragoons); exchanged to Major in 24th Light Dragoons 3 October 1798 Retired: Page 4 of 8 Placed on The Napoleon Series February 2015

5 Sir Roger Hale SHEAFFE, Bt. Royal Military Calendar Entry: No. 380 Born: Boston, Massachusetts 1763 Regimental Service: Major in 81st Foot 13 December 1797 (on transfer from 5th Foot); to Lieutenant-Colonel in 49th Foot 22 March 1798; Colonel of 36th Foot 17 July 1851 Service : Served at Helder 1799; served at Copenhagen 1801; served in Canada 1802 to 1814; Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada Brevets & Staff Service: Brevet Colonel 25 April 1808; Major-General 4 June 1811; Lieutenant-General 19 July 1821; General 28 June 1837 Awards & Honours: Baronet January 1813 Died: Edinburgh 17 August Arthur BAYNES Regimental Service: Major in 81st Foot 5 April 1798 (on transfer from 11th Foot, vice Sheaffe) Retired: September Taylor WHITE Regimental Service: Major in 24th Light Dragoons 25 May 1795; exchanged to Major in 81st Foot 3 October 1798 (vice Cockburn); brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 1 January 1800 Retired: September William TENNANT Regimental Service: Major in 81st Foot 2 October 1800 (vice White) Died: June William Smythe PLENDERLEATH Born: c.1775 Regimental Service: Major in 81st Foot 21 April 1803; to Major in 100th Foot 1 January 1807 Service : Commanded 1/81st Foot at Maida Retired: 9 June 1808 Died: Ramsgate 5 June Henry Raleigh KNIGHT Royal Military Calendar Entry: No. 516 Born: c.1770 Regimental Service: Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 29 April 1802; Major in 81st Foot 9 July 1803 (vice Tennant); exchanged to Major in 5th Dragoon Guards 23 June 1804; Major in 56th Foot 25 July 1803; to half-pay 114th Foot 17 July 1806; Major in 4th Garrison Battalion 25 February 1808 Service : Inspecting Field Officer of Recruits 1811 Brevets & Staff Service: Brevet Colonel 4 June 1811; Major-General 4 June 1814; Lieutenant-General 22 July 1830 Died: London 7 August Sir Alexander SHARP (BETHUNE) Royal Military Calendar Entry: No. 959 Born: Scotland 1771 Relations: Took Bethune surname in 1815 Regimental Service: Major in 81st Foot 9 July 1803; exchanged to 16th Battalion of Reserve 26 October 1804; to half-pay February 1805; brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 25 October 1809 Brevets & Staff Service: Brevet Colonel 12 August 1819; Major-General 22 July 1830; Lieutenant-General 23 November 1841 Awards & Honours: de jure 7th Baronet Bethune in 1815 Died: January J Snow SMYTH Regimental Service: Major in 81st Foot 19 November 1803; to Lieutenant-Colonel in 4th West India Regiment 28 May 1807 Died: March Sir Loftus William OTWAY, Kt. Royal Military Calendar Entry: No. 617 Born: Ireland 1775 Regimental Service: Major in 5th Dragoon Guards 24 February 1803; to Major in 81st Foot 23 June 1804; to Major in 8th Light Dragoons 14 July 1804; brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 28 March 1805; to half-pay 24th Light Dragoons 1 May 1805; Major in 18th Light Dragoons 12 February 1807; Major in 26th Foot 2 August 1810 Service : Served in Ireland 1798; served in Peninsula December 1808 to July 1810; attached to Portuguese Army August 1810 to July 1813 Brevets & Staff Service: Brevet Colonel 4 June 1813; Major-General 12 August 1819; Lieutenant-General 10 January 1837 Awards & Honours: CB; Knight of Charles III of Spain Died: London Page 5 of 8 Placed on The Napoleon Series February 2015

6 Francis SHERLOCK Royal Military Calendar Entry: No. 771 Born: County Kildare 1779 Regimental Service: Major in 8th Dragoons 4 June 1801; exchanged to Major in 81st Foot 14 July 1804 (vice Otway); brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 25 April 1808; Lieutenant-Colonel in 4th Dragoon Guards 16 February 1809 Service : Served in Flanders 1794 to 1795; served at Cape of Good Hope 1801 to 1803; commanded 4th Dragoon Guards 1809 to 1815; served in Peninsula August 1811 to April 1813 Brevets & Staff Service: Brevet Colonel 4 June 1814 Retired: 15 May 1823 Died: Nottinghamshire January John TRENCH Regimental Service: Major in 81st Foot 28 August 1804 (exchanged from 4th Dragoon Guards, vice Sherlock); to half-pay of 121st Foot 8 November Sir William WILLIAMS Royal Military Calendar Entry: No. 847 Regimental Service: Major in 54th Foot 24 June 1802; to half-pay 25 July 1802; Major in 81st Foot 26 October 1804 (exchanged from 16th Battalion of Reserve, vice Sharpe); Lieutenant-Colonel in 5/60th Foot 15 November 1809; Lieutenant-Colonel in 13th Foot 25 June 1812 Service : Served in Flanders ; served in West Indies ; served in Irish Rebellion 1798; served in Egypt 1801; served in Peninsula with 81st Foot November 1808 to January 1809; serevd at Walcheren 1809; served in Peninsula with 5/60th Foot June 1810 to July 1812, wounded five times; served in Canada 1814 Brevets & Staff Service: Brevet Colonel 12 August 1819; Major General 22 July 1830 Awards & Honours: KCB; KTS; AGC (Cor FDO CR Bad Sal) Died: Bath 17 June Henry ZOUCH Regimental Service: Major in 121st Foot 26 November 1794; brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 1 January 1800; half-pay of 121st Foot; exchanged to Major in 81st Foot 8 November 1804 (vice Trench); to Lieutenant-Colonel in 10th Royal Veteran Battalion 8 January 1807 Service : Served in Canada ; Commandant at Quebec Retired: 18 November 1813 Died: Hon. Alexander ABERCROMBIE Royal Military Calendar Entry: No. 740 Born: Scotland 1784 Relations: Youngest son of General Sir Ralph Abercrombie Regimental Service: Major in 100th Foot 17 July 1806; exchanged to Major in 81st Foot 1 January 1807 (vice Plenderleath); to Lieutenant-Colonel in 28th Foot 10 December 1808; Captain & Lieutenant-Colonel in Coldstream Foot Guards 25 July 1814 Service : Served at Helder 1799; served at Ferrol 1800; served in Egypt 1801; Inspecting Field of Militia in Canada 1808; served in Peninsula with 2/28th Foot July 1809 to August 1811, commanded a brigade at Albuera; with 1/28th Foot September 1811 to January 1813; Assistant Quartermaster General in Peninsula February 1813 to April 1814; Assistant Quartermaster General and wounded at Waterloo Brevets & Staff Service: Brevet Colonel 4 June 1814 Awards & Honours: CB; AGC (Alb Vit Pyr Ort); MP Retired: On half-pay of Coldstream Foor Guards 1818 Died: 27 August James FARRER Regimental Service: Major in 81st Foot 2 July 1807 (on transfer from 61st Foot, vice Smyth); brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 4 June 1813; to half-pay of Greek Light Infantry Service : Served at Maida 1806; served in Peninsula August 1812 to April 1814; commanded 81st Foot in France Brevets & Staff Service: Brevet Colonel 22 July 1830; Major-General 23 November 1841 Awards & Honours: MGSM (Mai) Retired: Died: 1252 Wilbraham Tollemarche EDWARDS Royal Military Calendar Entry: No. 894 Born: 1770 Regimental Service: 9th Garrison Battalion; Major in 81st Foot 28 January 1808 (vice Abercromby); exchanged to 86th Foot 12 May 1808; Lieutenant-Colonel in Bourbon Regiment 25 January 1812; Lieutenant-Colonel in 73rd Foot 30 April 1818; Lieutenant- Colonel in 17th Foot 12 August 1819; Lieutenant-Colonel in 14th Foot 4 November 1822 Service : Served on Mauritius 1810 Brevets & Staff Service: Brevet Colonel 12 August 1819; Brigadier-General in India 1825 Died: Killed in action at Bhurtpore 18 January Page 6 of 8 Placed on The Napoleon Series February 2015

7 Charles CRIGAN Regimental Service: Major in 86th Foot 28 January 1808 (on transfer from 6th Garrison Battalion); exchanged to Major in 81st Foot 12 May 1808 (vice Edwards) Service : Served in Peninsula August 1808 to January 1809, wounded at Corunna Died: Of wounds at Plymouth 1 February Edward Davies MAURICE Regimental Service: Major in 81st Foot 6 April 1809 (vice Crigan) Died: February Edward GILLMAN Royal Military Calendar Entry: No Regimental Service: Major in 81st Foot 23 November 1809 (on transfer from 56th Foot, vice Williams); brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 4 June 1814; exchanged to half-pay of 15th Foot 27 April 1815 Service : Served in West Indies ; served at Helder 1799; served in India; served in Peninsula (east coast of Spain) December 1812 to November 1813 Died: Ireland 1 July Richard ANDREWS Regimental Service: Major in 81st Foot 15 February 1810; brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 12 August 1819 Retired: June Peter WATERHOUSE Royal Military Calendar Entry: No Regimental Service: Major in 81st Foot 21 November 1811 (vice Milling) Service : Served in Peninsula (east coast of Spain) August to December 1813, wounded at Denia Died: Halifax, Nova Scotia Robert Charles LANG Regimental Service: Major in 81st Foot 25 June 1812 (vice Andrews) Service : Served in Peninsula August 1812 to July 1813; Assistant Quartermaster-General on east coast of Spain April to July 1813 Died: December Mark Anthony BOZON Royal Military Calendar Entry: No Born: Devon 1766 Regimental Service: Major in 15th Foot 4 June 1813; to half-pay 25 December 1814; exchanged to Major in 81st Foot 27 April 1815 (vice Gillman); to half-pay 25 March 1816 Later Service: Acting Governor of St Lucia Died: Le Mans, France Adam Giff DOWNING Royal Military Calendar Entry: No Regimental Service: Major in 81st Foot 21 December 1815 (vice Lang). Service : Served in Peninsula November 1808 to January 1809, wounded at Corunna; served at Walcheren 1809; again in Peninsula (east coast of Spain) August 1812 to October Page 7 of 8 Placed on The Napoleon Series February 2015

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