Lionel S. Challis's "Peninsula Roll Call": Additions
Occasionally, we do find officers who served in the Peninsula, who
are not in the "Peninsula
Roll Call". These are some of them.
Last Name |
First Name |
Middle Name |
Regiment |
Change |
| Burton |
Robert |
Haly |
7th Foot |
Was commandant at Vitoria
in September 1813. |
| Caldwell |
William |
|
3rd Foot |
Was in southern France in 1814. |
| Doyle |
John |
|
95th Foot |
Lieutenant 10 October
1811; was severely wounded at the battle of Nivelle, he died
of his wounds 10 November 1813. |
| Gordon |
George |
St. Leger |
8th West India |
Capt
52nd Foot 8 Nov 04, Major 8th West India Regiment 11 Aug 08.
temporary commander 1/6th Foot 1808- January 1809; Peninsula
from ? 1808 - Jan 09; GM Corunna; died
late 1809 or early 1810 |
| Fenton |
Frederick |
|
|
Hospital Assistant; in the Peninsula 1811-14. Was
at Pasajes in 1813. |
| Hulson |
John |
|
3rd
Dragoon Guards |
was
a troop quartermaster in the 3rd Dragoon Guards and served
in Portugal between 1809 and 1811. He
enlisted as a private on 1st March 1794 at the age of 21 years
and was progressively
promoted corporal (1796), sergeant (1799) and then troop quartermaster
(16 June 1808). He retired
from active service on half-pay in September
1825, his last posting was in Ireland. |
| Marsden |
Thomas |
|
|
Deputy assistant Commissary
General; appointed 13 July 1813 and in Peninsula
Dec 1813. half pay 1814.
|
| Ponsonby |
William |
|
General |
Sir
William Ponsonby was buried in the graveyard of St Mary Abbotts
Church, Kensington in July 1815 from his home in Curzon Street. The
reason there is no known grave is that the church was knocked
down in the 1860's and a new one built and all the graves were
covered.
Source: Capt
(Retd) Alan Henshall, Curator, RDG
Museum |
| Ross |
Patrick |
|
48th Foot |
|
Placed on the Napoleon Series: February 2009; last updated November
2011
[ The "Peninsula Roll Call" ]
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