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1857 JAMAICA ALMANAC

ARMY

STAFF

Commander of the Forces-Major-Gen. Edward Wells Bell.
Assistant Military Secretary -Capt. Andrew Pellett Scrimshire Green, R.A., 1st Nov. 1848
Aide-de-Camp to General-Captain James Francis Birch, 3rd W. I. Regt., 6th April, 1855.
Deputy Adjutant-General-Lieut.-Col. Thomas Holmes Tidy, 14th. Foot, 28th March, 1854.
Deputy Adjutant and Deputy Quarter-Master General-Lieut.-Col. Thomas Holmes Tidy, 14th Foot, 28th March, 1854.
Garrison Quarter-Master- Lieut. Edward Staines Harrison, 1st W. I. Regt., 31st Aug. 1854.
          
Clerk to Assistant Military Secretary William Livingston.
Clerks to Deputy Adjutant-General -Staff-Sergeant Laurence Path, Staff-Sergeant ----- Gardiner.
2nd Clerk - Staff-Sergeant Laurence Path.

The respective officers of the Ordnance, are the Commanding officers of the Artillery and the Royal Engineers, the Ordnance Storekeeper, and the Deputy Storekeeper.

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ROYAL ARTILLERY.

HEAD QUARTERS, PORT ROYAL.

Lieutenant-Colonel - Charles James Wright, and Commander of the Fortifications at Port Royal, 7th Feb. 1855.

Captain - Andrew Pellett Scrimshire Green, Assistant Military Secretary, 1st Nov. 1848.

Captain - Henry Heberden, at Newcastle, 18th October, 1855.

Captain - Walter Chidwick Nangle, at Stoney Hill, 23rd February, 1836.

Lieutenant - George William Holmes, at Port Royal, 23rd June, 1852.

Lieutenant - William Henry Wardell, Adjutant and Quarter-master at Port Royal, 20th April, 1855.

Lieutenant - Francis Lyon, 29th November, 1853, Nassau.

Surgeon - W. H. McIntosh, 1st April, 1854, Port Royal.

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ROYAL ENGINEERS.

HEAD QUARTERS, CAMP.

Colonel - William B. Marlow, 1st April, 1852, Camp.

Captain - Hugh Williams, 21st March, 1856, Stony Hill.

Lieut. 1st.- Charles Lie' Gallais, 17th Feb. 1854, Newcastle.

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36th REGIMENT OF FOOT.

HEAD QUARTERS, NEWCASTLE. DEPOT AT CASTLEBAR.

Colonel and Lieut.-Colonel - Charles Ashmore. 22nd May, 1845.
Brevet Lieut.-Colonel - Edward R. King, 20th Jan., 1854, Newcastle.
Brevet Major - James Nugent, 22nd Sept. 1843.

Captains-
   John Pratt, 22nd May, 1845, Stony Hill
   Lewis A. Boyd, 30th March, 1847, Newcastle.
   Richard Lloyd. 6th June, 1854.
   W. H. A. Dashwood, 1st June, 1855, Newcastle.
   Bernard R. Shaw, 28th Dec., 1855.

Lieutenants-
   George R. J. Marshall, 26th June, 1816 (on leave).
   Alfred McDonald, 30th June, 1852, Newcastle.
   William Tyler Stewart, 3rd March, 1853, Newcastle.
   J. Mandeville Hugo, 6th June, 1854.
   Richard B. Lloyd, 9th March, 1855, Newcastle.  
   Chris. Hodgson, 8th Nov., 1855, Newcastle.

Ensign - Rhinardt Gunn, 21st Dec., 1855.
Paymaster - William Stewart, 11th Jan., 1850 (on leave),
Lieut. & Adjutant - Rich. Harbord, 11th April, 1851, Newcastle. Quartermaster -Joseph Brookes, 30th March, 1855, Newcastle,
Surgeon - James Jopp, M.D., 1st Jan., 1847, Newcastle.
Assistant-Surgeon - John R. Tobin, 21st Oct., 1853, Newcastle.

Facing - Grass-Green.
Army Agents - Messrs. Cox and Co..

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FIRST WEST INDIA REGIMENT.

HEAD QUARTERS, SPANISH TOWN, 17th JULY, 1856.

Rank and Names, Date of Present Rank, Stations, &c.

Lieut.-Colonel Fred. A. Wetherall, 1, May 1855. On leave.
Major George Robeson, 21, September, 1855. Spanish Town.

Captains -

   Robert Hughes, 6, April, 1848. Spanish Town.
   Henry Anton, 21, May, 1854. Port Royal.
   William N. Watts, 21, September, 1855. Spanish Town.

Lieutenants -
  
   W. H.. P. F. Strachan, 25, February, 1853. Spanish Town.
   Edward S. Harrison, 31, August, 1854 Kingston, on staff employ.
   William Kenrick, 21, September, 1855. Spanish Town.

Ensigns -  

   Alex. M. W. Samson, 25, September, 1855. Spanish Town.
   John McAuley, 1, October, 1855. Spanish Town.
   Henry Callanan, 15, November, 1855. Spanish Town.
   William Hartrick, 16 November, 1855. Port Royal.
   Joseph Alex. Smith, 7, December, 1855 Spanish Town.
   Augustus Sullivan, 14, December, 1855. Spanish Town.
   Edward Smith, 21, December, 1855 Port Royal.

Paymaster - Charles Stokely, 27, May 1853. Spanish Town.
Lieut. & Adjt. - Thomas Edmunds, 26, October, 1855. Spanish Town.
Surgeon - Robert J. Cole, 24, December, 1852. Spanish Town.
Assist.-Surgeon - Frederick M. Skues, 28, February, 1855. Spanish Town.
Quarter-Master - William Thomson, 17, June, 1853. Spanish Town.

Two companies at Head Quarters, One Company at Port Royal, Four at the Windward and Leeward Command, and Three in Africa.

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THIRD WEST INDIA REGIMENT.

NAMES OF OFFICERS OF THE ABOVE CORPS. CAMP, JAMAICA, 17th JULY, 1856.

Rank and Names, Date of Present Rank, Stations, &c.

Lieut.-Colonel George D'Arcy, 7, July 1854, Up Park Camp.
Lieut.-Colonel Sir William Gordon, Baronet, 9, January 1855. On leave.
Major George Butter Triscott Colman , 7, June 1854. On leave.
Major Edward Conran , 15, May 1855. On leave.

Captains -
   James Palmer, Brevet-Major, 25, August 1839. Kingston Barracks.
   James Eaton Travers, Brevet-Major, 15, April 1842. Camp, Jamaica.
   James Waddell, 1, May 1846. Camp, Jamaica.
   Richard Plunket Ireland, 17, July 1849. Land Transport Corps, Crimea.
   Charles Samuel Hext Kingston, 2, June 1850. Gambia.
   Francis Richard Taylor, 21, May 1850, Royal Military Col., Sandhurst, England.
   Peter John Macdonald, 26, March 1852, Land Transport Corps, Crimea.   
   William Beverly Robinson, 24, March 1852. On leave in England.
   Reginald Gerard Palmer, 7, June 1854. Sierra Leone.  
  William Henry Wilson Haweaye, 4, August 1854. On Staff at Barbadoes, A.D.C. to Lieut.-G.
  James Francis Birch, 6, April 1855. On Staff at Kingston, A.D.C. to Major-G.
  Frederick George Nuttall Clarke, 13, May 1855. Nassau.

Lieutenants -
   Thomas McCurdy, 2, June 1843. Camp.
   John O' Flanagan, 1, October 1846. Camp.
   Robert Willock Davies, 7, August 1847. Gambia.
   William Ivers Lutman, 27, April 1849. Fort Adjutant at Nassau.
   William John Russwurm, 28 April 1849. Nassau, Acting Adjutant, Left Wing.
   Robert William Harley, 29, April 1849. Nassau.
   Claudines Kerr, 5, June 1951. On leave.
   George Alleyne Rogers, 6, June 1851. On leave in England.
   Henry James Rainsford, 10, Sept. 1851. Africa.
   William D'Esterre Taylor, 24, July 1853. Camp.
   Thomas Maurice Quill, 14, August1853. Nassau.
   Thomas Hanrahan, 28, May 1854. Kingston Barracks.
   West Holmes Hill, 25, August 1854. On leave in England.
   James Watson, 18, August 1854. Gambia.
   George Gant Beazley, 1, Decr. 1854. On leave in England.
   Alfred Augustus Richardson, 16, March 1855. On leave in England.
   Henry Wellington Hartford, 16, March 1855. On leave in England.
   Alexander Dunlop, 24, April 1855. Camp.
   James John Leslie Duncan, 24, April 1855. Gambia.
   Henry Rowland, 15, May 1855. Nassau.
   William Rice Muttner, 21, Sept 1855. On leave in England.

Ensigns -

   William Cody, 10, Novr. 1854. Sierra Leone.
   Francis Shearman, 19, January 1855. Camp.
   John Tucker, 20, June 1855. Sierra Leone.
   Richard Alexander Skues, 6, July 1855. Nassau.
   Thomas Dunn, 16, October 1855. Turks' Island.
   Charles O'Laughlin Lamb Prendergast, 23, October 1855. Camp.
   George Stow Beet, 20 October 1855. Nassau.
   James Bower Jackson, 2, Novr. 1855. Camp.
   Spencer Cobbold Page 23, Novr 1855. Camp.
   George O'Connell, 14, Dec. 1855. England.
   Frances Graham Dunn, 1, April 1856. Camp.

Paymaster - John David Blythe, 3, June 1853. Camp.
Adjutant - Parr William Kingswill, 28, May 1854. Camp.
Quarter-Master - Martin Doorley, 16, October 1855. Camp.
Surgeon - O'Connor D'Arcy, 12, January 1855. Camp.

Assistant Surgeons -
Thomas Manners, 22, Decr. 1854. Port Royal.
Horatio George Martelli, 15, February 1850. Camp.
Frederick William Moore, 28, October 1853. Camp.

Agents - Messrs. Cox & Co.
Facings - White.


CIVIL DEPARTMENTS OF THE ARMY.

I.-COMMISSARIAT DEPARTMENT.-HEAD QUARTERS,
KINGSTON.

Deputy Commissary-General.-(P.) John Bland, 26th Dec., 1846.

Assistant Commissary-General. - Maximilian Malassez, 26th
December, 1846, Kingston.

Deputy Assistant Commissary-General. - John. B. Gallway, 29th Dec., 1846, Kingston.

Deputy Assistant Commissary-General. - Croker Lovel B. Pennell, 2nd January, 1856, Kingston.

Assistant Clerk.-Jeremiah Mais.

Uniform - Blue.
Facings - Black Velvet.

II.-MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. - HEAD QUARTERS, KINGSTON.

Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals.- [blank]
Acting ditto.-1st Class Surgeon. -- Dr. Thomas Fosse, 21st Oct. 1853.
2nd Class Staff Assistant Surgeon.-D. Taylor, 28th August, 1846, Bahamas.
Staff     ditto       ditto       E. Walker Skues, M.D., 11th June, 1852.
Staff     ditto       ditto        C. B. .Mosse, 25th Feb., 1853.
Staff     ditto       ditto        Michael C. Tonnee, 28th April, 1854.
Staff     ditto       ditto        Robert Heatley, 17th May, 1855.

Medical Clerk.-William Joseph Kidd, Kingston.

III.-WAR DEPARTMENT.

STOREKEEPERS DEPARTMENT, KINGSTON.

Ordnance Storekeeper.-Joseph Leacock, 30th May, 1856.
1st Clerk.-Henry Fane Travers, 10th February, 1847.
2nd Clerk. - Charles Felix Marriott, 29th July, 1850.
3rd Clerk. -John Oxley, 29th April, 1856.
Physician & Surgeon.-Joseph Magrath, M.D., 30th May, 1851

Uniform - Blue
Facings.-Red.

BARRACK DEPARTMENT.

Newcastle and Up-Park Camp. - Edward Harrison.

Spanish Town, Port Royal, Fort Augusta, Apostles' Battery, and Kingston-Captain David Gordon, 29th July, 1850.

Port Antonio, Lucea, Falmouth, Montego Bay, and Maroon Town are in charge of Acting Barrack Sergeants.

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ROYAL ENGINEERS' DEPARTMENT.

CIVIL BRANCH.

Clerk of Works - 2nd Class.-William Walsh, 15th August 1848, Newcastle.
Clerk of Works - 2nd Class.-William White, 26th January 1850. Camp.
Clerk of Works - 3rd Class.- Henry Williams, 14th October 1852. Falmouth.
Clerk of Works - 3rd Class.- Frederick Burgoyne, 23rd Nov. 1852. Honduras.
Senior Clerk.-Henry W. D. Green, 25th Dec. 1852. Camp.
2nd Clerk.-Samuel R. Leacock, 2nd October 1855. Camp.
3rd Clerk.-James Marshall, l0th July, 1856. Camp.
Office Messengers.-
   Alex. Howden, 15th January 1851. Camp.
   Henry Straw, 12th February 1851. Falmouth.
   James Tilford, 15th November1854. Honduras.
Officiating Chaplains-
   at Port Royal, Rev. Thomas B. Turner
   at Kingston, Rev. Thomas Stewart, D.D.
   at Newcastle, Rev. Colin Maclavarty, Protestant
   at Newcastle, Rt. Rev. J. E. Dupeyron, Roman Catholic
   at Up Park Camp, Rev. Alexander Campbell
   at Spanish Town, Rev. Dr. Musson
   at Stony Drill, Rev. [blank]

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NAVAL DEPARTMENT.

DOCKYARD DEPARTMENT.

Clerk in Charge.-Charles Harris Jones, 20th April, 1850.  
Clerk of Works.-John Garret.

VICTUALLING DEPARTMENT.

Purser in Charge of Stores.-Edward D. Back.

NAVAL HOSPITAL

Deputy Medical Inspector.-Dr. McKinley
Assistant Surgeons - John Murphy, James McE. Wallace.


MILITIA.

NOTE. It is impossible to get reliable information respecting the Militia at present, it being in such a state of disorganization. The following particulars are given, as a few commissions are still issued from King's House; and they who take them out, will no doubt like that their names appear in the "Jamaica Almanack."

MILITIA STAFF

Captain-General, and Commander-in-Chief. - His Excellency
Aide-de-Camp. -Lieut.-Colonel William Thomas Kemble.

Adjutant-General-- Colonel Samuel Rennals.
Assistants ditto-Captain J. H. James, Lieut.-Colonel T. P. Rogers.
Deputy-General-Major Henry Lord Garrigues.
Deputy Physician and Inspector of Hospitals for Middlesex - Lewis Quier Bowerbank, M.D.
Major-Generals-Hon. Samuel Jackson Dallas, Andrew Graham Dignum.

DISTRICTS.

No. 1-St. Catherine, St. John, St. Dorothy, St. Mary, Clarendon, and Vere-Major of Brigade, *Colonel Asher Asher
Aide-de-Camp, Lieutenant William Robertson Myers.

No. 2.-Kingston, St. Andrew, and Port Royal-
Major-General, Dallas
Major of Brigade, Capt. John Duff, Kingston Regiment
Aide-de-Camp, Lieutenant John Fowles, Kingston Regiment
Secretary, Captain William Wright, Kingston Regiment.

No. 3.-St. Ann, Trelawny, St. James, and Hanover-
Major-General, Laurence Hislop
Major of Brigade, Lieut. Montague Salmon, Trelawny Regiment
Aide-de-Camp, Lieut. James L. Williams, St. James's Regiment
Secretary, Lieut. James Fletcher.

No 4.-Manchester, St. Elizabeth, and Westmoreland-
Major of Brigade, Alex. Cochrane Logan

No. 5.-St. Thomas-in-the-East, St. David, Portland, St. George,
and Metcalfe - [blank]

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MIDDLESEX REGIMENT OF HORSE MILITIA.

Colonel-*Asher Asher.
Lieut.-Colonels-James McCatty, Richard Henry Zouch Hemming.

Majors - Adam Gunn, G.  F. Willett.

Captains-Hon. John Reed Hollingsworth, Gilbert Shaw, J. R. Tingle, Robert Russell, Solomon Da Silva Lindo, John Brown.

Lieutenants-Robert Darling, James Derbyshire, John Mogg, James Wood, John Dillon, William Jarman, John Wilson, Daniel Fogerty, John Bowan, F. S. Fleming, John McPhail.

Cornets -J. Smallhorn, William Payther, James Falconer, George James McQueen, Frederick Jarman, A. Thompson, James Harvey, John Dobson.

Surgeons-Robert George Bruce, Thomas Lloyd Bayley, William Bromley Rose.

Lieutenant and Acting Adjutant: James Dundas.
Quarter-Master: Thomas Dobson.
Deputy Judge-Advocate: James Allwood.

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SURRY REGIMENT OF HORSE MILITIA.

Colonel and Lieut.-Colonel [both blank]
Majors: John Gordon, Diedrick Cooper.
Captain: Michael Joseph Taafe.

Lieutenants:  Moses Mendas Sollas, William M. Dunn. James Henry McDowell, ---  Douglas, John Fogarty, Duncan Campbell.
 
Cornets: H. V. Richardson, William Mowat, Joseph Midgley.
Surgeons: William Pine, Gilbert McNab, William Forsyth Henderson.
Adjutant-James Henry McDowell.

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CORNWALL REGIMENT OF HORSE. MILITIA.

Colonel: Hon. Hugh A. Whitelocke.
Lieut -Colonel:  John Lawrence Walcott.
Major:  Frederick Coy.

Captains:
   William Vaughan Walcott, in command of Moreland Troop;
   Joseph Isaacs, in command of Trelawny Leeward Troop;
   John Lennox McKie, in command of Trelawny Windward Troop;
   [blank] in command of St. Elizabeth's Troop;
   James Fletcher, in command of St. James's Troop.

Lieutenants:
   John Stokes Salmon
   Jonathan Brown
   Alexander Davis
   Edward Rhodes Chambers
   William Anglin Tate.

Cornets:
   Thomas Murthwaite
   William Kerr
   Robert Burge Deans
   Simon Forsyth
   James Dickson.

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MIDDLESEX FOOT MILITIA.

ST. CATHERINE'S REGIMENT.

Colonel: Andrew Henry Lewis.
Lieut.-Colonel: William Kemble.
Major: James Philip Clarke.
Captains: Charles Harvey, William Thomas March.

Lieutenants:
   James Gayleard
   David Jacob Soares
   William Robertson Myers
   Charles C. Hamilton
   Robert Russell.

Ensign:  Edward Kemble.

ARTILLERY COMPANY.

Captain:  John Vincent Leach.
Lieutenant:  James Samuel Facey.
Acting Adjutant:  James Gayleard.
Quarter-Master: Alexander Hugh Cathcart.
Deputy Judge-Advocate: James Allwood.
Marshal:  B. Valentine.

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ST. JOHN AND ST. DOROTHY'S REGIMENT.

Colonel: Thomas Ludford.
Lieut.-Colonel: John Price Nash.

Captains:
   Peter Harrison
   Thomas Hansill
   Michael Collman.

Lieutenant:  George Robert Francis Bourke.
Ensigns:  James Smith. George Cates, Joseph Reid.
Chaplain.- Rev. George Wilkinson Rowe.

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ST. THOMAS-IN-THE-VALE.

Colonel:  Peter Francis Garrigues
Colonel en Sec., James Heighington.
Captain:  John Herman Hall.
Lieutenants:  †Samuel Rogers, William Rodon.
Adjutant:  William Rodon (acting).
Ensign:  Edward Kinkead
Surgeon:  Charles Brackenridge.
Deputy Judge-Advocate:  John Masterman.
Marshal: Archibald Mossman.
Chaplain:  Rev. John Campbell.

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CLARENDON.

Colonel, and Major [both blank]

Captains:
   Nicholas Grose
   Hon. Edward Thompson.

Lieutenants:
   John Gervan
   James Lawrance
   Matthew Smith Farquharson
   Frederick Miller
   Francis Lowe.
 
Deputy Judge-Advocate:  Francis. Henry Moxsy.
Ditto en Seconde:  Hon. Louis Fullerton Mackinnon.
Chaplain:  Rev. Charles Henry Hall.

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VERE

Colonel and Lieutenant-Colonel [both blank]

Captains:
   Daniel Callaghan
   John Stirke

Lieutenants:
   James Mitchell Gibb
   Alexander Goldie Kerr
   John Moore
   John Birmingham

Ensigns:
   J. Baldwin
  Thomas Trench

Adjutant- Alexander Goldie Kerr
Sergeant-Major: James P. Lewin
Chaplain:  Rev. Thomas Garrett, B.A.

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MANCHESTER.

Colonel:  Joseph Lewis

Major: John Davy
Captains:  ---- Robertson, John Clarke

Lieutenants:
   Robert Pearson
   James Brown
   Thomas Burrell
   Charles Middlemore Ingram.

Adjutant:  H. Depass (acting)
Ensign:  H. Depass
Secretary:  John Palache
Chaplain:  Rev. George Augustus Addison, B.A.

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ST. MARY.

Colonel:  *Patrick Morgan.
Lieut.-Colonel:  Abraham DeSouza
Major:  Henry Attwood Thompson.

Captains:   
   William Tharp Martin
   Thomas McCulloch
   Charles Draeseke
   Richard Rigg.
 
Lieutenants:
   Alexander Fairweather
   George James Armstrong

Ensigns:
   Theodore Augustus Geoghegan
   Patrick O'Sullivan
   William Moore James.

Adjutant:  George J. Armstrong (acting).
Deputy Judge-Advocate:  William Gray.
Surgeon:  James Donald.

Secretary:  Richmond Braham, jun.
Chaplain:  Rev. John Moore, D.D

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ST. ANN'S EASTERN.

Colonel: Samuel Whitehorne Rose
Lieut.-Colonel:  Robert Robinson
Major:  George Robinson.

Captains:
   Charles Clement Bravo
   Samuel Horlock

Lieutenants:
   Donald McIntosh
   William Burrowes
   Joseph Bravo
   Hon. Charles Royes
   Michael Solomon
   John W. Gaynor

Ensign:  Edmund Burke.
Adjutant:  Michael Solomon (acting).
Assistant-Surgeon: James Stewart.
Deputy Judge-Advocate: Charles Clement Bravo.
Quartermaster:  Rowland Parkinson
Sergeant-Major: John A. Gray.
Chaplain: Rev. John Smith.

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ST. ANN'S, WESTERN.

Colonel-John Clark.
Lieut.-Colonel -
Major-Henry -Ridley Gray

Captains:
   James Broderick
   William B. Brown
   William Mattheson
   Alexander Fullarton Brown
   William Wilson
   Henry Cooke Tapper
   George Hall

Lieutenants:
   John McCrone
   John L. Mawbey
   Hamilton Brown
   John Strong Codner.

Ensigns:
   John Mullett
   Alexander Palache
   James Wilson
   Thomas Cunningham.

Surgeon: Thomas Johnston.

Deputy Judge-Advocate: Edward Tucker.

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SURRY FOOT MILITIA.

KINGSTON REGIMENT.

Colonel:  Edward Charles Mowat.

Lieut.-Colonels:  
   William A. Nethersole
   Donald Campbell
        
Captains:
   John Duff (Brigade Major)
   Hon James Porteous
   Henry Hutchings
   Henry J. Kemple
   E. C. Lewis
   *Andrew Scott
   George Delgado
   *William Wright
   John Branday
   James Kay Fingzies
   David Smith
   Robert Bogle.

Lieutenants:
   †John Fowles (Aide-de-Camp)
   James Minot
   John Harvey,
   Thomas Beacher Wiltshire
   William Girod (Deputy Judge-Advocate)
   Samuel Hendrick
   Peter Alexander Espeut
   Thomas Stratton Cushnie
   Colin Campbell
   Charles Armstrong
   John Wray
   Henry Delgado
   †John T. Dias
   Foster Henry March
   Charles George Barclay.
         
 Ensigns:
   Thomas Rodgers
   William Phillips
   J. H. Beuling (acting Adjutant)
   John Lawrence
   Richard. Hitchins
   P. Belinfante
  *Frederick William Nethersole
   John Macdonald
  
Surgeons: Charles Campbell, Sampson Altman.  

Assistant-Surgeon:  Alexander Fiddes.
Quartermaster: Thomas M. Clarke
Marshal:  N. Nunes.

ARTILLERY.

Captain:  Saul Moss.
Lieutenants:  Solomon Belinfante, Alexander Aria
Chaplain:  Thomas Stewart, D.D.

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PORT ROYAL.

Colonel:  James Williams.
Lieut.-Colonel: William George Lowe.
Major: Edward Lucas.
Captains:
   James Brookes
   James Gilbert
   John McNair.

Lieutenants:
   Peter John Ferron
   Benjamin Magill
   Thomas Wilson.
 
Ensigns:  
   John R. Kerr
   Solomon Levy Barnard
   Theodore Depass
  H. Stevenson.

Surgeon: William Thompson.
Quartermaster:  J. Mc Gregor.
Deputy Judge-Advocate:  Henry Franklin.
Chaplain:  Rev. Thomas B. Turner.

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ST. ANDREW.

Colonel: †William Robertson.
Lieut.-Colonel:  Colin Chisholm.
Major:  Thomas Lundie.
Captains:
   Charles Hicks
   Thomas Ellis.

Lieutenants:
   John Rider Brice
   Thomas N. Jones
   George Henry Chevannes.

Ensigns:  Stephen Weise Mais (acting Adjutant).
Deputy Judge-Advocate:  Alexander Wells Aikman
Marshal:  Alexander Cockburn.
Chaplain:  Rev. Alexander Campbell.

Rendezvous:  (Half-way Tree), Residence of Commanding Officer.
Head Quarters:  Glebe Chateau, near Half-way Tree.

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ST. THOMAS-IN-THE-EAST AND ST. DAVID.

Colonel, Lieut.-Colonel, Major [all blank]

Captains:
   George James McQueen
   J. Wilson
   Duncan McPherson
   William Paterson.

Lieutenants:
   James Paterson
   Henry Needham
   †George Silvera
   William McKay.

Ensigns:
   J. McPherson
   A. Jeffry
   James Duffus
   Charles Payne Lord
   C. Trench.

Adjutant: William Paterson.
Deputy Judge Advocate: Richard Greaves Marshall.
Chaplain: Rev. Stephen Hope Cooke.

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PORTLAND

Colonel: John Pugh Jones

Lieutenants:
   Charles Anderson
   William Barnett Lawrence
   Richard King.

Ensigns:
   George Bayly Clachar
   George Ffrench
   Alexander Escoffery.

Surgeon: John James Henderson.
Deputy Judge Advocate:  Alexander James Brymer.
Quartermaster:  David Bolt.
Chaplain:  Rev. Joseph Williams

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ST. GEORGE'S

Lieut.-Colonel:  Hon. William Hosack
Captains:
   Henry Mason
   John L. James.

Lieutenants:  
  John Gray
  Horatio Guscott
  Robert Joseph Robertson.

Ensigns:
   *Joseph Brough
   Edward Skyers
   *Henry Westmorland.

Adjutant:  Edward Skyers.
Deputy Judge-Advocate:  Robert Dunbar.
Surgeon:  *Charles Thomas Rapkey.
Chaplain:  Rev. Charles Thomas May.

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METCALFE REGIMENT

Colonel:  George Scotland.
Lieut.-Colonel: †Richard Cussen Burke.
Major:  Henry A. Thompson.
Captains:
   William James Espeut
   Augustus Hire.
 
Lieutenants:
   James Prestwidge
   William Bell
   Andrew Rudolf
   Alexander McGregor

Ensigns:
   Duncan Davidson
   Roger Jones Swire
Adjutant: Roger Jones Swire (acting).
Chaplain -Rev. Richard Forbes

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CORNWALL FOOT MILITIA.

ST. ELIZABETH REGIMENT.

Colonel:  Thomas Mason.
Captains:  
   John Boiven Wells
   John Allen
   John Wiggan.

Lieutenauts:
   Duncan McTaggart
   Robert Smith
   John ,lames
   Charles Lediard
   Francis Maxwell
   Raynes Waite Smith
   William Henry Donald McBean
  Archibald Moore
   John Cuff
   Thomas Doran.

Ensigns:
   Frederick Hendricks
   Edward Maris
   Nicholas Heath
   Emanuel R. Tavares
   John Calder
   Arthur Beswick
   William Harriot Coke.

Surgeon:  Alexander Dewar.
Adjutant: Thomas Patrick Mahon.
Deputy Judge-Advocate:  John Myers Cooper.
Quartermaster: Emanuel R. Tavares.
Chaplain:  Rev. John Campbell Stone.

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WESTMORELAND REGIMENT.

Colonel:  Charles Braine.
Lieut.-Colonel:  Thomas Tate.
Majors:
   William King
   James William Fraser.

Captains:
   John Robert Brown
   Walter Comrie
   George Cunningham
   Aaron Deleon
   John Deleon
   Abraham Henriques Qualo (Artillery).

Lieutenants:
   John Dick
   William Johns
   David Tavares
   Samuel Bernard (Artillery)
   Peter Easson
   Richard Pessoa
   John McKenzie
   †James Silk Buckingham
   Jacob Segre (Artillery)
   George Robert Ruthven
   David King.

Ensigns:
   Alexander J. Bose
   Anthony Berrie, jun. [Rerrie?]
   Henry Hylton
   Charles Braine, jun.
   Thomas Anglin Tate.

Surgeon:  Simon Allen McDonald.
Assistant Surgeon: John Edie Tullis.
Deputy Judge-Advocate:  George Ronnie Gow.
Secretary:  Giles Williams
Quartermaster:  Charles Tomlinson
Chaplains:  Revs. William Mayhew and Daniel Fidler.

___________

HANOVER REGIMENT

Colonel:  William Hutton.
Lieut.-Colonel:  Jacob Lyon
Major:  George Malcolm
Captain:  William Whitmore
Lieutenants:
   Abraham Henriques Qualo, jun.
   James Hugh Casely
   John Robert Braganza Bowen
   Henry Phillips
   Duncan Dewar
   James Deans
   William Brown
   Edward Sharp.

Surgeon:  William Brebner.
Assistant Surgeon:  John Donaldson Potts.
Adjutant:  J. Robert B. Bowen (acting).
Deputy Judge-Advocate:  Alexander Campbell Johnson
Secretary:  William Chalmers.
Quartermaster:  John Campbell.
Marshal:  John R. Kirkaldy.
Chaplain:  Rev. Edward Galbraith.

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WESTERN INTERIOR REGIMENT.

Colonel:  Hon. Thomas McNeel.
Major:  Frederick H. Thompson.
Captains:  Hon. Benjamin Vickers, William Hilton Cooke.
Lieutenants:  John W. Parkin, Joseph Whittingham.
Ensign:  Richard Hind
Adjutant:  Edward H. Clarke.
Surgeon:  James Davidson.
Deputy Judge-Advocate:  Henry G. Groves.
Quartermaster:  Henry McFarlane.

___________

ST. JAMES'S REGIMENT.

Colonel:  Robert   Dewar
Lieut.-Colonel:  William Boyd.
Major:  Rodolphus Walter Buchanan.
Captains:
   George Lyon Phillips
   Edward Foster
   Ralph Brown
   Richard Turnbull.

 Lieutenants:
   William Charles Morris
   John Argiumbeau
   William Owen Dunbar
   Octavius Lawson
   Samah Gedelia Corinaldi
   Edward Fray
   William James Jennings
   Charles William Masters
   James L. Williams.

Ensigns:  
   Francis Blakeley
   Edmund Morris
   Findlater Roper
   Richard Chambers
   William Breakspear
   James B. Haslam
   Henry Haslam.

Assistant Surgeon:  John E. Chambers.
Deputy Judge-Advocate:  John A. L. Mouchet
Quartermaster:  Jacob T. Corinaldi
Marshal:  Henry Sylvester.
Adjutant:  Lieut. Dunbar (acting).
Chaplain:  Venerable Archdeacon Williams.

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TRELAWNY REGIMENT

Lieut.-Colonel:  John Richards Kitchen.

Captains:
   Samuel Thompson Scharsmidt
   James Murray
   William Sewell
   Frederick Levy Castle
   Phineas Abraham
  William Cooper (Artillery).

Lieutenants:
   Paul King
   Stuart Edwards
   George Lyons
   Montague Salmon
   John Peryer
   John Fabian Lions
   James Nathan
   James Wilson
   Daniel Abraham (Artillery).

Ensigns:
   David Kerr
   Thomas W. Cooper
   John Reid

Adjutant:  R. S McLachlan.
Surgeon:  George McCartney.
Assistant Surgeon:  William Scott
Armourer Serjeant:  J. Robert Lions.
Secretary:  D. L. Chrystie.
Chaplain:  Rev David R. Litteljohn.
Head Quarters:  Falmouth


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