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KINGSTON REGIMENT - TWO BATTALIONS

-->The Number after each Officer's Name shews their seniority in the Regiment, agreeable to the Dates of their Commissions.

Colonel, Thomas Cockburn

FIRST BATTALION

Lieut. Colonel, John Jaques

Major, William Ross

ARTILLERY

Capt. William Mellor

1st Lieut. Maurice West 3

2d Lieut. James Murray 4

3d Lieut. Joseph Barnes 6

GRENADIERS

Captain, B. B. Nembhard 11

1st Lieut. Robert Sutherland 13

2d Lieut. T. F. Hardy 16

3d Lieut. William Taylor 23

LIGHT INFANTRY

Captain, George Siddon 1

1st Lieut. J. __. W. Bennett 2

2d Lieut. Alexander Henry 3

3d Lieut. John Garnett 30

1st COMPANY (Fusiliers)

Captain, W. Dennis Hall 7

1st Lieut. Alexander Innes 12

2d Lieut. Edward Evans 20

Ensign, Richard Roper 12

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SECOND BATTALION

Lieut. Colonel, Jasper Farmer 2

Major, John Dawson 2

ARTILLERY

Captain, John Nicoll 2

1st Lieut. Thomas Stevenson 1

2d Lieut. W. A. Moore 2

3d Lieut. John Drummond 4

GRENADIERS

Captain, George Cleland 15

1st Lieut. W. Cowgill 7

2d Lieut. Edward Lambert 25

3d Lieut. William Walker 36

LIGHT INFANTRY

Captain, James Walker, Br. Lt. Col. 5

1st Lieut. John Burke 1

2d Lieut. Andrew Heron 18

3d Lieut. Thomas Ryburn 22

2d COMPANY (Fusiliers)

Captain, Daniel Moore, Br. Lt. Col. 3

1st Lieut. Robert Hamilton 6

2d Lieut. John Burrows 33

3d Lieut. John Marr 3

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FIRST BATTALION

2d COMPANY (Jews)

Captain, Robert Finman 14

1st Lieut. Hugh O'Connor 8

2d Lieut. George Kincaid 21

Ensign, B. O. Williams 4

3d COMPANY (Mulattoes)

Captain, John J. Vidal 13

1st Lieut. Donald Davidson 4

2d Lieut. Charles J. Sims 34

Ensign, John Collier 5

4th COMPANY (Quadroons)

Captain, Samuel Wh. Linwood 10

1st Lieut. Arthur Savage 17

2d Lieut. Alexander McKenzie 28

Ensign, John Fowles 2

5th COMPANY (Blacks)

Captain, Charles W. Alder 9

1st Lieut. Richard Kincaid 19

2d Lieut. Francis Robertson 20

Ensign, Angus Kennedy 6

6th COMPANY (Blacks)

Captain, David Baillie 6

1st Lieut. Hugh Fraser 14

2d Lieut. Aaron Holt 27

Ensign, John Orr 10

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SECOND BATTALION

2d COMPANY (Jews)

Captain, John Bridgman 8

1st Lieut. John Campbell 9

2d Lieut. John Douglas 24

Ensign, Andrew Aikman 11

3d COMPANY (Jews)

Captain, William Young 12

1st Lieut. John Hart 5

2d Lieut. A. B. Young 35

Ensign, David McCaa 9

4th COMPANY (Mulattoes)

Captain, J. F. Stevens 4

1st Lieut. Thomas Hynes 10

2d Lieut. Robert Gibb 26

Ensign, Richard Carey 7

5th COMPANY (Quadroons)

Captain, Daniel C. Audrouin 16

1st Lieut. Robert Chamberlain 11

2d Lieut. T. C. Shaw 31

Ensign, James DIngwall 8

6th COMPANY (Blacks)

Captain, John Gutzmer 8

1st Lieut. James Vicars 15

2d Lieut. John McCall 32

Ensign, Edward Freeman 1

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STAFF

Adjutant, Alexander McKenzie

FIRST BATTALION

Quartermaster, James Muir

Surgeon, Richard Trower

Mate, Archibald Menzies

SECOND BATTALION

Quartermaster, Alexander Murphy

Surgeon, Edward Carroll

Mate, William Tinker

Deputy Judge Advocate, John Hurrie

Chaplain, Rev. Thomas Rees

Quartermaster to Artillery, John Boswell

Surgeon to Artillery, A. Jennings

Marchal, David Blake


ST. ANDREW'S REGIMENT

Colonel, Samuel Kuckahn

Lieut. Colonels, Edward Edward Frearson [?] and John Woolfrys

Major, William Robertson

Captains

James Concanon

John Thomson

Charles William Hall

H. Nolan

Dugald Campbell

Thomas Kaylett

Lieutenant

Joseph Dunkerley

James Minot

Peter Stewart

John Jackson

William Mackey

William Pearce

Thomas M. Hemsley

Isaac Fox

Kenneth McLean

Pierce Smith

David Sutherland

James Rattray

Mile Dwyer

James Fullarton

Ensigns

George Simpson

E. Plunket

R. Burk

William Mattocks

John Gibbon

Ebenezer Edie

Richard Jackson

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Adjutant, Joseph Dunkerley

Quartermaster, Richard Jackson

Surgeon, William Morley

Deputy Judge Advocate, Ebenezer Robertson


PORT ROYAL REGIMENT

Colonel, Thomas Dennis

Lieut. Colonel, Digby Dennis

Major, Nathaniel Marston

Captains

John Fraser

Peter Rieussett

Anthony Duart

Lieutenants

John Harris

David Stewart

G. H. Townshend

Ensigns

W. R. Waugh

Stephen Minott

Stephen Hill

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Adjutant, John Fraser

Quartermaster, T. Townshend

Surgeon, Walter Wordie

Deputy Judge Advocate, David Ferrier

BULL-BAY COMPANY

Captain, R. Jackson

Lieut. H. Stanley

Ensign, J. P. Kellerman

YALLAH'S-RIVER COMPANY

Captain, Daniel Salt

Lieut. W. Thame

Ensign, B. Hall

Deputy Judge Advocate, Joseph Boyden

Quartermaster, John James Barry


ST. THOMAS IN THE EAST AND ST. DAVID'S REGIMENT

Colonel, Hon. John Scott

Lieutenant Colonels, Robert Paterson and Kean Osborn

Majors, James McGibbon, and Richard C. Panton

Captains

Nichol McGregor

Robert Logan

George Scott

John Blake

William Walker

Joseph Forsyth

John Drysdale

N. A. Grant

B. Major, W. Holgate

Philip Forsyth

John Johnston

Samuel Thomson

Lieutenants

Martin McEachern

John Reid Baillie

William McPherson

Lauch. McGillivray

Alexander Johnstone

John McCourtie

George Panton

William Lumsden

Ulick M. Burk

Samuel Francis

Daniel Broughton

Robert Gordon

Hugh Nevin

John Kelly

William Milner

Ensigns

John Ross

John Broomfield

Andrew Miller

Leward Baxter

William Kerr

Anthony Lynch

John Shaw

Thomas Leigh

William Carter

Charles Murray

Robert Lindsay

Francis Stirling

James Nicholson

James Harriot

Andrew Hamilton

Drummond Hynes

Charles Thompson

James Porteus

John Smith

William Reid

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Deputy Judge Advocate, J. Renny

Surgeons, Donald Cameron and William Scott

Surgeons Mate, Alexander Balderstone

Quartermasters, Colin Donaldson, and Peter Smith


PORTLAND REGIMENT

Colonel, William Downer

Lieutenant Colonel, William Burke

Majors, Samuel Brown, and W. A. Orgill

Captains

William Valentine

Henry Pasley

John Crowley

Colin McPherson

Lieutenants

Robert Downer

Andrew Pasley

John Sutton Minot

William Betts

William Burke, junior

J. F. Tyrrell

J. B. King

John Steel

Ensigns

James Innes

William Minot

William Hepworth

P. Anderson

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Adjutant, William Minot

Quartermaster, Thomas Edghill

Deputy Judge Advocate, George Kinloch

Surgeon, William Proctor

Mates, Alexander Clacher and Anthony Lindsay



COMMISSIONERS OF FORTS AND FORTIFICATIONS

Clerk Edward Bullock, Esq.

Master Builder, and Inspector of Public Buildings, Ed. Woollery Esq.

Engineer, and Surveyor of Harbours, Lieut. William Fraser

Superintendent of Forts

Windward, Lt. Col. James Welsh

North Side, Nathaniel Bayly, Esq.

COMMISSIONERS OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS

William Mitchell

Simon Taylor

Henry Shirley

John Rodon

Richard Batty

George Murray

William Blake

Eliphalet Fitch

John McLean

Archibald Galbraith

Kean Osborn

Charles Grant

James Jones

Robert Shawe

George Cruickshank

Robert Hibbert

John Jaques

Patrick Ballantine

William Bullock, Clerk to the Board £500

OFFICERS OF FORTS

Fort Augusta

Captain, Clotworthy Dobbins

Master Gunner, John Green

Apostles Battery

Captain, Andrew Ross

Lieutenants, Richard Pusey, and Alexander Rattray

Fort George, Port Antonio

Captain, John Veitch

Lieuts. J. F. Greathead, and Samuel Smith

Fort Charles, Port Royal

Governor, Major General Ed. Smith

Deputy Governor and Capt., Major John Ramsay

Lieut., William Dixon

Master-Gunner, William Willox

Rock Fort

Captain, James Lee

Lieuts. George Kinghorne, Thomas Holcombe, Thomas Chisholme, Alexander Jopp, B. Waterhouse, and James Maxfe [?]

Fort Charlotte, Lucea

Captain, John Brissett

Lieuts. George Gray and Alexander Campbell

Fort Balcarres, Trelawny

Captain, John Henry Schroeter

Lieuts. John Baillie, junior, and John Black


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