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1878 JAMAICA DIRECTORY

GENERAL INFORMATION

THE MILITARY

R. Fellows, Major-General commanding the Forces in Jamaica and its dependencies

Acting Brigadier-Major, Lieut. S. L. Foster, 2nd W. I. Regt.


ROYAL ARTILLERY

7th Battalion 7th Brigade

Commanding-Captain Platt, Newcastle

Lieut. G. M. Lloyd, Port Royal


ROYAL ENGINEERS

Commanding Royal Engineer-Major H. Locock, Up-Park Camp

Divisional Officer-Lieut. C. W. Sherrard, Newcastle

Surveyor-J. A. Medlin, Up-Park Camp


35TH REGIMENT

Brevet-Lieut. Col. S. Hackett, Newcastle

Brevet-Major W. H. Ballingall, Newcastle

Lieutenants - F. S. Campbell, Newcastle; A. S. H. Gem, Newcastle; L. J. Trafford, Newcastle

Sub-Lieutenant.- V. A. B. Donne


1ST WEST INDIA REGIMENT

Colonel-Arthur Borton, K.C.B.

Lieut-Colonels-

William W.W. Johnston

Knox-Rowan Niven

Majors-

Joseph Alex. Smith

Frederick B. P. White

Captains-

C. Bradford Stewart

Francis Shearman

Arthur C. Allinson

Charles Jones L. Hill

Henry George Wilson

John Edward Bale

C.A. Moloney

Charles G. Loveridge

Nicholas M. Brock

Lieutenants-

Henry William Pollard

Thomas Bell

J. Meredith Maltby, adj.

Samuel Fletcher

J. R. H. Wilton

G. E. B. Bealle-Browne

John Tinkler

Alfred Barden Ellis

James Charles C. Gray

Edward Story Humphreys

Arthur Bosworth

George Colquhoun Madden

Arthur Graves Spratt

Francis Charles Annesley

J. F. Wyndham Bredin

Herbert Lawson

Hon. James Thwaytes

Thomas M. G. Thackeray

E. Paley Aphthorp

Thomas P.E. Lowry

Percy O'Brien

Alexander Sankey Roberts

John Alex. Duntze

Edgar Herapath

Thomas H. Haughton.

Sub-Lieutenants-

Francis B. Winter

Arthur Campbell Yate

Douglas Minto Allen

Charles Edward Peirse

Arthur Bor

George B. O'Donnell

Arthur W. Lyster

Thomas Henry Browne

Henry Wightman Benson

Vincent John Garland

Frank W. N.W. Browne

William Stewart

Art. Harcourt Grove

Art. Bentinck Murray

Harold A. S. Barkworth

J. W. Astley-Marshall

Henry B. Bourke

Paymaster - George William Smith

Captains, (Hon.) -

I. of M., J.C.C. Gray

Adjutant. J. M. Maltby

Q. M. Thomas Nicholson


Commissariat and Transport Department

District Commy. General-F. C. Blunt, Kingston

Deputy-Com. W. B. Eldrige, Up-Park Camp

Deputy-Com. S. G. Granville, Up-Park Camp

Assistant.-Comy. J. W. B. Parkin, Up-Park Camp

Assistant.-Comy. W. Chambers, Kingston Transport Officer

Deputy Paymaster, J. A. B. O'Brien, Kingston

Commissariat Clerks- S.R. Whitehorne; E. C. Preston, Kingston


Ordnance Store Department

Commy.-In charge of Dept. of Ordnance-W. S. Haldane, Kingston

Ordnance Store Department Clerk-W. M. A. Marshal, Kingston


Army Medical Department

Senior Medical Officer-Surgeon Major J. H. Beath, M.D., Kingston

Surgeon-Major A. S. K. Prescott, Up-Park Camp

Surgeons- J. Creed, Up-Park Camp

W. A. May, Port Royal

J. Powell, Newcastle

H. Scott, M. B., Newcastle

Staff Compounder-W.H. Norton, Kingston


Naval

Vice Admiral-Sir A. Cooper Key, K.C.B.

Flag Lieutenant-Swinton C. Holland

Secretary-Herbert F. Roe

Commodore commanding West India Division-A. M. C. Lyons, A.D.C.

Secretary-G. Liddell


H. M. NAVAL YARD

Paymaster in Charge- George W. Anderson

Clerk-George D. Meadows


VICTUALLING DEPARTMENT

Paymaster in Charge-George W. Anderson

Clerk-G. C. Baylis (acting clerk.)


NAVAL HOSPITAL

Deputy Inspector Gen.-J. Laslett (acting.)

Surgeon-John Tindall


SHIPS ON NORTH AMERICAN AND WEST INDIAN STATIONS

Urgent (Guard Ship)- Commander Mather Byles

Heron-Tender to Urgent

Argus-Commander Harris

Bellerophon, Flag Ship-Capt. Fisher

Eclipse-Captain, J. E. Erskine

Bullfinch-Commander Rodney M. Lloyd

Pert-Commander Aitcheson

Plover-Commander Hector B. Stewart

Rover-Captain Barmardiston

Sirius-Captain Sullivan

GUN BOATS

Contest-Sub-Lieutenant S. B. Thomson

Zephyr-Lieut-Commander Cocq.


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