O R IG IN AND HISTORY

O F TH E

FIRS T OR GRENADIER GUARDS .

PROM D O CU M
E N T S IN TH E ST A T E P A P E R O FF I CE,

WAR O F F I CE . H O R S E G UA R D S , CO N T E M P O R A R Y
H IS T O R Y , R E G I MEN TA L R ECO R D S, E rc '
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11 the 2 0th of June an enormous con ,

m embled in H yd e P a rk to witness the -

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men of the Secon d
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gi um ; the home compan ies however of , ,

l ion aen in g
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aboldin g the ran k of Field

or cap O fi oers ,
mim in the First G uArds ; of these Ms j or ,
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I D is mey retired in the month of April ,

ic e Gene
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Id Maj orflen eml Frederick White to the
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l msj orities Major Gene ral Francis Kelly

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mthe sa me time leaving still in the month , ,

Ien esn l Ofi oers in the Regimen t Three .

of c omponies were promoted to the rank of

by the breve t of the 4 th of J une viz Lord , .

to Ms ith nd and Hon Edward Cnpel It

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red to pu t a sto p to su ch a sys tem in the

I it was on ly partially carried o u t in Reg i
ine and on the 2 5th of J uly 1814 all the
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re a in sen ior to Colon el Lo rd Frederick

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{ Gene ral O fi o ers were rem ove d the nu

,m ber ,

3 re duced by three five of the senior lieu ,

tains were pro moted to compan ies an d the

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m n cies were given to the followin g officers

1 the li n e viz , .

m u IAien t CoL -
of the R oyn l Comiooa n g ers ,

w t, 3 Capt of 4 3rd B ast . Liam c

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u ry to Oommm der in C hief afterwards Lord
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c m . o f 9z ud Reg t Isieuh o
Col ., of 1 812 , d ber

s wore humorously ca lledthe D uke of

In the a bo ve lis t a re the n a mes of two
n der H R H F ra t/a n te p m f
o Y ork

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urn to Eng la n d
t of the Firs t and Third Bat Aug -
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a rds fro m the
u south of France on the 9th of ,

Companies and the four Companies

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on tha t ha d been left in En la n d were ordered

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ad quarters of their Battalion in the Low
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as draft for the Secon d B a ttalion of the Regi

n g to 4 60 men embarked before the end of

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I on arr ival in the beginning of Septembe r

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o which to wn the Head Quarters of the

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omas w li as e of the rest o f the B rig a de, ha d

tha n An twerp in July the 2n d Battalion ,

ts proper eo mplemen t and Lord Proby who , ,

ved fiom the G u a rds by the opera tio n of the

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acceded in the co mmand by Colonel H Askew . .

n e about EOO in va lids a n d o thers of the Firs t eayt.

rafted o ut of the service companies to return
a following Ofi cers of the Regiment being
Impa n y them ho me

E l ectors ,

Q Chambm .

W . B arton .

battalion s of G uards were now mostly quar AW

L Eliz abeth a u d other barracks in B russ els ,

we billeted on the inhabitan ts Though the .

M on m u th is M e in Flan d ers ma kin g an

the Flemish fortresses all the troops in ,

intries B ritish as well as foreign were

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HR H the Prince of Orange

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he 18th of Au u s t the d u ti e of his important Au 13

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11 amon gs t others
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two officers of the Firs t
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an Ho n A de R oe and Viscoun t B u
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W a up The Guards were ordered on all

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M u m s to his R o
ya l Hig hn ess a ud to the
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H R } ! F rederic of York .

g of pa rtu
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ca r in teres t o ccu rr ed a t B r u
ss els d urin g
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mon ths o f this year ; the us ua l pm de a n d fen de -

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p h cc o n the o cea s i
e of th e Q ee n s birt hd ay o n ,

of Ja n n n y ; the se veral garrisons of B russels

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town s on the l st of Fehru

ary , to fire a feu de
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m en tion of the en try of the allied troops in to
al of the coun try ; an d on the fifith of F ebrua ry M eo.

L took put iua '

review of a ll the troops in B u
r s sels ,

be oceas ion of the P rin ce of Orang e bein g ra ised to

meme ny ima g in e that even ts were oc u

c rrin g a t the
a in the
south of E uro pe which would again bring ,

amis s of the Con tin ent and of Great Britain in to

an d m ake the year 1 815 one of the most me morable

na h of war .

It day Napoleon had qu iM d Elba and after nar , ,

upin g some m us pectin g cruisers landed n ear ,

ritt O men who wem e soon to b

, e in crea sed to
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w an d for ever the distmher '

ofthe public pea oe of

The Duke of Wellin g ton was at the time at

M mmd m mflm mm m m at

mdcn d lfims elf lia hle to public ven g ean ce ; and

w ry , they wo u ld bc m d y to g iv ever)
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o F oot Gu a rds [ CR AI

1 81 5. Fran ce passing by Gren oble Lyons Mac

, on Chalo r , , ,

Auxerre . Everywhere the peasantry received hin

enthusiasm and his army daily increased On the 5
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March he reached Fontainebleau where he heard th ,

King had qui tted Paris and retired to Belgium a! ,

same evening sa w Napoleon reinstalled in the Tuileri

While he was still advancin g on Paris the allied G e ,

w ere assembling their force s on a line of which the It ,

near Basle on the (hiper Rhine and the right of

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the B ritish formed a part was near the fron tier of Be,

towards Ath and Oudenarde .

Ma rch 1 7. The 2n d battalion First Guards still at Brussels , ,

Colonel Askew recei ved orders on the 17 th of Ms:

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take the field with the rest of the army ; and the
baggage which had been allowed while the troop s v
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ca n to umeuts was sent off to Ostend The Guard

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ready to march towards the fron tier on the 2 2 n d ,

furthe r delay of three days occurred before the;

orde red to move their destination being Enghien
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miles south west of the Capital At five in the mor

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the 2 5th the two Battalions of the First and Third

asse mbled on the Grande Place opposite the Hotel d ,

an d w ere soon on the march to Hal the battalion o ,

streams joining a few hours later afte r being reliev ,

the public duties The Prince of O range had forI

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resolution to besiege Lille ; and the Guards while ,

march to Enghien received orders to contin ue the

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twelve miles further through Enghien to Ath wh ,

l a rch 2 6. reached o n the 2 6th thus strengthening the extra:

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of the allied line and being in a position to re

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attack fro m the direc tion of Valen cieun es Tow .

end of Ma rch previous to the Duke of Wellin g to

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command of the king s forces on the continent th ’

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troops in Belgium amounted to 7 800 Cavalry an

I n fantry the Hanoverians to
, men .

The three battalions of Guards still formed at tl

o n ly one Brigade making part of the first D
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strength bein g z l st Regimen t 97 4 ; Coldstreat ,
I un der H R H . w ep mf o y or e

It, 833m A Light Division was also formed , 181 5.

if Sir H en ry Clinton s Brigade Adams s 5 2n d

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eg imc n tman d a brig a de Of the King s G erman

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he Guards were held rea dy a t Ath to move

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Idlie at the sho rtest n otice having always one ,

Iion s read y cooked with them ; bu t in come ,

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he return of Napoleon to Paris and the move ,

Ie I mperia l fo rces the proj ect of besieging

, ille L
med an d thc brig a de return ed on the 4 th of
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M an d its n eighbo urhood where it remained ,

so Regen t lost no time in d ecluin g his '

intention April 1 1.

the n n mber of the K in g troops in the Low

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air an iva h at on ce se ut on to B elg ium. O f the

e srd B a tta lion First Reg imen t un der
of the
In William Stuart was even tually selected to
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d B a tta lion abroad bein g ordered on the 2 nd

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p p
r e a re fo r im m e dia te serv ice a ud after severa l ,

W orden it marched fro m the Birdcage

ix w on Wedn es d a y the 5th op , ril to ,

m which ooea sio n the Duke o ork in his

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w lo u el od the rcg imen h ac compan ied it to the

bi s ection I t ma y here be mention ed tha twhen
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op rd h was fimt d ec ided to sen d an o ther

I tht st G u ards to j oin the Sec on d in Fla n

irst B ottalion was put in ord ers , a

ud wa rn ed fo r

n din g Ofi cer of the l s t B a tta lio n , an d also Aide

the Dulte o or k. H e hs d previously desired
d the men t o f hlilita ry Attaché to the
appoin t

I fing cmof the allied Army which he co u ld n o t ,

M a hon wcn t on service an d to w commoda te , ,

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mmt of F oot Gu a r ds [ Cs / w .

him, the change was made by the Duke of York .

private infl uence caused an important public chan g e

a whole Battalion was deprived of the distinguished s
at Waterloo No soone r had the 3rd Battalion First G
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left London than the l at Battalion of the Regimen

sen t fro m the T owe r of Lon d on to o ccupy their barru
Portman Street while a Ba ttalion of the Fourth Reg
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was sent to do duty in the Tower .

From Deptf ord the 8rd Battalion marched to R am:

arriving there on the 9th of April when it immed ,

e mbarked an d reached Ostend on the following day ; O

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1 1 th it proceeded by canal to B ruges and on the 1 9 ,

Ghent by the same means of transport reaching the v ,

of Marcq near Enghien on the 1 4 th Sev eral 01

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join ed the 8rd Battalion at Marcq a few days late r , ,

Lieutenant Colonel J H Stanhope on the 20th ; Cc

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Hon William S tuart L ieuten an t Colon el J Reeve Cs

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J G untho rpe B rigade Major a n d Captain Boldero

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2 3rd ; Captains Ellison and H Powell Surgeon W: . ,

a n d Ensign Butler o n the 24 th and Lord Saltoun c

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2 6th of April .

April 1 1 . The Duke of Wellin gton assumed the command

Kin g s British and Hanoverian forces on the Continent
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1 1 th of April an d the Prince of Orange on g iving or

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command issued a G eneral Order . returning thanks

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Henry Clinton an d to the o ther G eneral O fiicers fo

cordial suppo rt congratulating them upon being pls
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more able hands an d exp ressing his approbation

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behaviour of the T roops in quarters and their s tri ,

servation of discipline which was the best pledge c ,

their co n duct in the field would he should they be

into action .

Major Generals George Cooke and Peregrine N

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were originally on the 15th of April named to cc

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the two B rigades into which the four battalions we:

divided o n the 8rd Battalion First Guards reacl
d estin ation ; but on its arrival at Enghien Major
C ooke was at once p ut in co m mand of the wholq
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y to co mmunica te to y ou the satisfaction he was
ex press a t ha vin g on ce more un d er his command
B rigade s of Guards I congratulate you on the
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ion he entertains of us ; and I say let us not only ,

t bu t let us add to it by our good conduct Let it .

ith the g rowmof his longer acquaintan ce with us

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ien eral Sir John Byn g took over the co mmand of Ma y 0.

[ B rigade oq a rd s on the 8rd of M ay a n d on ,

he Prince of O
r an ge assumed that of the first

the B ritish Hanoverian Dutch and Belgian

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in g his head quarters at Braine is Comte Colonel .

as on the 1 4th of May during the absence of

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tu art in temporary co mmand of the Third B a t

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m G uards a n d Lord Saltoun was on the 1 5th

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uma n d of partof the Lig ht Infantry of the Guards .

fi eir stay near Enghien the several battalions of

are qu artered partly in the town itself and partly
M t villag es such ,as Ma rcq and Hove on the ,

fivefl es bein g frequen tly exe rcised and marched

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rid e n t a n d Brigades ; an d as we shall soon see ,

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ching powers were pu t to a severe te st on the first

cricket matches now filled

at Brussels an d,

O n the 80th of
May the whole Division
can tomnen ts for
the purpose of being re
followin g day by
the Prince of ran ge at Mt ! St O ,

the high road leading fro m

also was a tryin g day for the troops ,

a t two in the morning a n d though the weather

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they ha d gon e over forty miles before their re turn

remarked at the time that this was
the men but if the order was issued
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E a s tman l at of J! ,

M ajor General Cooke has g reat pleasure in co m

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ea tin g to the division the en tir e satisfac tio n of H R l . .

Prin ce of Orange a t their appearance yesterday mo:

and the warm approbation that he exp ressed at the s
ness and disciplin e with which the several cor ps perft
the movemen ts The Prince of Orange was pleas
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remark a lso to other officers that although he had , ,

many years with the B ritish army he never befo rc ,

seen so perfect a body of men ”

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During the first fortnight of June wh ile little alte r ,

was made in the disposition of the allied army the Dr ,

Wellington was calmly but vi g ilan tly watching for thc

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demonstrations of the enemy who was asse mb lin g his for ,

B eaumon t In the early part of the month Na poleon ha t

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directing fro m Paris the mo v e men ts of his troops on th

gian frontier His first corps was at Valen cieun es op
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Ath where the extreme right of the B ritish army under

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Hill was posted His second at Maubeuge in a pc

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to threaten the centre of the Anglo Hanoverian and -

ar my while others were assembling along the fi

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further south oppo site the Prussians The Fren c .

pe rial Guard left Paris a t the begin ning of June ,

the 1 8th the whole of the F rench troops we re co n cen

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a t Beaumont south of the Samb re opposite to the

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sian army under Blucher who was in posi tion in h ,

Charleroi Napoleon having quitted Paris on the

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reached Beaumont on the 1 4th of J une when he iss ,

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last address to his Army and at once putting his to , ,

motion he suddenly crossed the Sambre on the mory

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the 1 5th and attacked the Prussians who retired t

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Charleroi and Fleu rus to a position near Ligny .

The Duke of Wellington was soon apprised or

m ove m en ts ; and the in formation of the passage of t
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and upon the arrival of further info rmation

of the l fith, tha t the
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oclock in the even in g

twere retirin g fl righ t wing of the Third Bat he

ls direc ted to j oin the left win g s t Hove and ,

ith it till further orders On the morning of the .

Duke had g imn direction s for the l at Division to

at Ath but when at a la te hou r of that day the
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be Fren ch adva n ce reached B rn s sels , he is sued an

ed ten o clock at n ight, directing , amongst other
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n t the l at Divisio n should mo ve from Enghien to

min g of The drums immediately bea t to

the 1 6th.
l at two the Guards having asse mbled at Hove
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ly to move cd At fo ur o clock they commence d

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ah the First Brigade leadin g preceded by its light

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a, un d er Lord Saltoun Their route led them .

p os ition of S te inkirk rende red fa m ous 1 2 3 years, ,

y the gallant co n d uct of their pred eces sors in 1 692 ,

rea ch ed B ra in e le Comte a t n in e in the morn ing ,

m j a h a d on the march by the secon d Brigade

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ne rd . On his ret um at mid o

d ay he wok upon h m
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fin men we re s uffer ing fro m the weight of

an d the
h . m Division of G u
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ards were therefore ag a in en

Lk d u ecours e a rrived a t thme o clock a t a
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pos ition

M e d b livelles where they expected to res t ,

rfl h bu t they ha d n ot halted man y minu tes

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m bd ore an Aide d , brought an ord er to -

heavy an d apparen tly very close that the e n emy was out
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Nivelles on the other side it moved o ff at the double

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the hill to encounter the m Afte r passing through the

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where the Artillery was allowed to pass to the fron t tl ,

alo ng the cha ussée lea d in g to Namn r Durin g this p a .

the march many woun d ed were passed goin g to the

a n d a wounded ofi cer of the 44 th Re giment that was

u rged the quick advance of the Division as thin g ,

said were going on badly for the Allies As the marcl .

tin n ed more and mo re wounded were met on the road

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te lling of the seriousness of the work going on in frm

last about five o cl ock in the a fternoon the leading
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p a n ies of the First Gu ards viz the Ligh t Infantry

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Lord Saltoun arrived at a critical mo ment at the

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western extre mi ty of a wood called the Bois de B o ssn ,

three quarter s of a mile lo n g and 800 yards broad (see

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which lay to their right on the south side of the ch:

near Quatre Bras The Fren ch had just taken pos a
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of this wood thereby se riously threatening the D uke
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mun ica tion with the Prussians It appears that No .

quickly following up the previous day s passage of the S ’

had abou t two o clock on the 1 6th attacked with

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co rps d armec the left of the Dutch Belgian army ur

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Prin ce of Orange that was in position in front of

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Bras while he himself engaged the Prussians at

,

On the first info rmation of the direc tion of Na)

advance Wellington had ordered the whole B ri tish
,

move to its left on those cross roads The 5 th d .

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l st B s ttaliouQSth B eg imen t. 8rd B a ttalion ls t

l et 79th 44th
l at 9 6th 92 n d
 BATTLE

QU ATR E ERAS
“
ml tui tion of fln two Armie s
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a t 9 PM J unelfi 1 8 15
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r H R H Frmfm ké Dues qf Y ork. 1 7

ir us sels being despatched at on ce to the

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“Ni
pm by Genappes and was for some J une 1 3
d , .

iva l of the First Division of Guards . the QM

sh troops that came to the assistance of

lg e A sharply con tested action raged

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ftern oon as the several regimen ts of the

cops u nd er the Du ke of Brunswick and
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lessen successively reached the scen e of

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ch superior in In fantry and possessing

, ,

he force of Cavalry made repeated attacks ,

ed lin es of the allies At length the F rench .

Led in drivi ng the Dutch Belgian infantry -

e Bossu while so me of them almos t

,

atween tha t wood and the high road th u s ,

P icton s 5 th
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r of the day very doub tful .

y very much reduced and it had beco me ,

his to make any offensive move ment bu t ,

y that the Allies were even ma intainin g

then at this critical j u ncture the oppor
0 lea din g B rigade of Guards afte r a 3m 19 , ,

Lm iles changed the aspect of affairs and

, ,

r skirmishers to pause in their onward

ran ge who had galloped along the road

,

G uards ordered the ligh t co mpanies of

,

m in der Lo rd Saltoun to advance into the ,

f the road and drive the ene my out of

,

not perceiving the enemy at the mo ment ,

r con cealed from view asked the Prince ,

The Prince mistakin g this for hesita ,

the ofl ioer replied in a hurried hasty

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on don t like to unde rtake it I ll find ,

at q uietly repeated his question ; a n d on

I t to him that they we re in the wood ,

Ffi mishers and led the attack A , .

no rth and south through the centre of ,

s hed is a hollow
, way , affording pro

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18 Tee F irst R eg imen t qf F oot Gu ard s Ca n .

tection to troops who may occupy it As the leadim .

l ompa n iw of the Second B attalion under 0

3m m ta ion c ,

Askew came up they also were ordered by the P rii

, ,

enter the wood two companies at a time and though w

, , ,

with a fifteen hours march the men received the orde '
,

a cheer and wi th fixed bayonets p ushed forward afie

, , ,

comrades Once in the wood the leading co mpan il

. ,

nothing to guide them but the sound of the ene my s 1 ’

but in vain did the thick trees impede their prog res s
although the enemy made a resolute d efence they ,

driven back on eve ry side and the loud sharp ra ,

musketry which was heard gradually but stea di

,

van cin g told plainly how successful was the p]

,

of the B ritish G uards and that even in this q , ,

where the enemy had hitherto been most successf ul ,

encoun tering a most vigorous and determined resi

The F rench skirmishers attempted to take a dvan
the rivulet which cross es the wood to form up a n d
, , ,

the further progress of the attack but their s ta n d w

momentary for the First Guards forcing their way
, ,

charged and with a cheer drove everything befor

, , ,

till they deb a uched on the othe r side Durb .

man c eu vre the Light Companies sus tained con s

,

addition a l loss fro m the hasty and hurried manner i

the Battalion companies were ordered forward by th
of Orange to support Lord Saltoun for upon ente
, , ,

wood and hearing a heavy fire in the ir front these im

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was the enemy and commence d firing and a lthou , ,

S altou n s subaltern Cha rles Ellis was sent back to e

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was imw ssible to stop the firing till they emerged

wood a t the other end From the spot where th
,
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came into the open they observed the 38rd B eg in ,

sheltered behind a low hedge about 1 50 yards to

, ,

rear while on their right was the deep ravine or he

,

before referred to and the Guards had no scon e ,

this spot than they beca me expo sed to the dire

the enemy s artillery and reserve infantry The
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of the u n derwood ha d thrown the lin e in to so me e

 l 9

itin ed to be to this g a llin g fire of

ex posed 13 ”

ich no return could he made , it was d eemed j m u ,

M M to the stream in the wood , whic t

ef unga ; but even co mpa
here un d en, the
f the mm some men were killed or ma imed
y fi re that the French contin ued o
t direct

W on of the First Guards un der Colonel ,

Stuart had now come up and the Regiment

, , ,

n omen ts
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repose again advanced being
, ,

m lin e outside an d to the left of the

, ,

ras a t on c e c ommen c ed Aa tbe co mpanies

.

in advancing through the tangled thicket the ,

p in s u c ces si on to the r ig h t as they ca me

n; and men of other Regimen ts who had

before the First Division arrived gallan tly ,

r w d fell in takin g the op portu

, n ity of

g h t w ith the G u ards T heir .right now r ested

hile thmlefi ex ten ded through the fields of
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towar ds the Chaussée leading from Brussels

,

In this form tion Gen e al Maitland again and

r
rrd the First Guards to the a tta ck an d as ,

we the enemy back but could never g et

,

in poin t The Comman ding O ffi cers of both

.

skew an d Stuart wer e wounded and put

,

tin these repeate d encounters an d were suc ,

on els Edward Stables and F rancis D Oyly

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w d s could n ot break the en emy s lb s they

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po u ri n g a wi t hering fi i
re n to the French

we “ tempte d g radually to deploy ; while the

lin e, a battalion of B run swickers followed it

an d m in the act of movin g so as to fo rm u p ,

130, when the Fren ch Cavalry came s u ddenly

Rfl
an k of the Secon d Battalion forcing it back ,

bod ; au d it bein g impossible to form square

the en emy, owin g to the previo u s irregular
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20 Tlzc F irst R eg imen t o f F oot Gu a rd s [ Ca

fo rmation of the line the men intuitively made

,

protection o fiered to them by the ho llow way above

to Here the line was immediately reformed proteo
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any furthe r Cavalry attacks and again the men con

,

pourin g upon their assailants a fire so destructive as 1

annihilate them Nothing perhaps could have bettc
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the pe rfect discipline of these Battalions of G um

the celerity with which after having been te mper:
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in confusion by a sudden charge of cavalry they ral ,

formed and becoming thems elves the assailants

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the en emy The B run swickers wh ose fron t

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exposed when the Guards we re forced into the wood

square and opening fire upon the ad vancing t
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materially assisted in their destruction Many Fre .

we re he re tak en prisoners and several of their ,

which fled ride rless were appropriated as fresh c

by the F ield O fficers of the Guards The fir .
.
kept up as long as daylight lasted when Gene r ,
.

land led the Third Battalio n forward beyond the c

of the wood fo r which the enemy no longer co:
,

and throwing out a line of picquets in his front

night showing thereby undisputed possession of ti
,

field he directed Colonel Stables who b rought thJ

, ,

Battalion out of action to move his men to the

,

at the end of the wood where they enjoyed a wel

,

sho rt repose before the labours of anothe r day con

Major Gene ral Maitland in wri ting to the D uk c
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fro m Nivelles on the day after Wate rloo thus ,

the part taken by the First Guards at Quatre B ran

N IVEL L E S , 1 9 th Ja m
Sm
It was at Quatre B ras that the (first )B ri
came in contact with the enemy Here they at .

opportunely after a march of twenty six miles -

moment the F rench with two Battalions ha d

wood which extends from the road leading fro:
,

to Quatre B ras about a mile an d a half to

,
 under F ra len z é
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Dues of Y
ork. 2 1

ne my main taiued himself here he would have ,

131 5

e eommn n ic a tion between Lo rd H ill and the ym m ,

O
he Prin ce of range The B rigade formed . m
e wood advan ced (wi th bayonets fixed and
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an d drov e the en emy en tirely from the post .

er c on tin u ed to haras s u a n d to ma ke fie
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mpts to reg a in the wo od with a reserve of ,

iiom s on the rig ht of the wood whic h is lon g ,

road an d with two p ieces of artillery at the

,

He also pushed on a corps on our left which

to cu t u s oflfro m the hig h ro ad bu t a ll his
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e rendered vain by the spirited resistance of

e I caused the B rigade to advance fre quently

.

s la st m en tion ed corps of the ene my and as

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drove them ba ck Nothing could exceed the .

oth of the O fiic e rs a n d men In one of the .

med atta cks poor Lord James Hay my ,

ay m y sid e O ur loss
. on th is d a y as yo ur ro
ya l ,

will have perceived by the returns was very ,

I in men an d in valuable ofiicers

”
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in g e xtra ct fro m a letter addressed by Lieu

s,to the Duke of York giving an account ,

bafi les of Wa terloo and o uatta B ras at ,

g to Wat erloo he says , ,

ct men fi
ued the action of the l 6th though
o ,

ill s h e meet your Royal Highness s a pproba

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t

rT irst Brigade arrived at the critical mo ment

h ig h “ were giving wa y Were it possible .

dd anything to the r
m l
eputation of Mai t and by ,

a y he has shown upon bo th occasions ,

his ha t ofi I could d well long on the

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r with ,

£1 m eon vin ced y o ur R oya l H ig hn ess is s utfi

h ad - n ud e ad muse um
22 Th F in a! R g z mmt of Foot
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Gu a rds [ Cm

The losses of the two Battalions First Guards at , ,

Bras were in deed as G en eral Ma itlan d said very s

, , , ,

In the Second Battalion there were B O fi cers l Sc ,

22 R an k an d File killed ; 4 0 fiicers , 6 8erg ean ts , 25

an d File woun d ed . In the Third Battalion 8 Ofi c ers ,

g ea n ts ,Drummer 1 7 Rank and File killed ; 4 Cd

1 ,

Sergeants 1 D rummer and 22 5 Rank and File wc

, ,

Total casualties 6 O fiicers killed 8 woun de d ; 4

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killed 4 9 1 wounded : in all 548 casualties

, .

The o fficers of the First Guards killed m e

Ij eut Colon el William Miller,
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Ca ptain T. B rown , 2n d bm
ard butto n died on 19th a t En sig n Id amcs B a y , .

Oa pta in fl G rose, 3rd ba ttn . En sig n H on . S. P . B a rrin g

Ca pta Adair , 3rd ba ttn ., battalion .
died on 2 3rd at B ruseels.

They were b uried the follow ing morn ing by a 1

their Regiment under a large tree on the right of tb
n earest towards Nivelles .

The o ffice rs of the First Guards wounded were

Colouel H Askew
. , Command in g .

Colon el H on . William Stuart Comman din g , .

It is recorded that Lieuten an t Colon el Williar

Lord J. H ay wu actin g u sdj utaut to Lord Saltoun, moun ts

ut at a fm
fi mfu n d m md, an d tric
e d to whcel roun d
p
m prom ding dm a M after pamin g throug h the wood oc
fell across hin hom s nock an d rollod ofi. l t wa s that of Lord H
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j us t been shot by a ca va lry akirmiahcr, who wu iuhis turn aho t

dier closc to Saltou n.
24 Tbe F ir st R eg imen t f
o F oot Gu ar ds .
[ Cm a

Tota l ca s ua lties o f B riti sh troop s at Quatre B ra s , 0

Ja m 16
,
l 6th of Jun e 1 8 1 5 were
, ,

2n d ba tta lio n l st G ua rds 2 79

l st brig a de
3rd 2 55
2n d 0
2 n d bn g a de
3rd 7
8th brig a de, four ba tta lion s
5 th d iv.
9 th brig a d e, four ba tta lion s

Tota l
G en era l Sta ff, R oy a l Artillery Lieuten a n ts

The tota lB ritish l o sses a ccordin g to the ori g in al r

,

s en t in by the D u k e of W ellin g to n on t he 30th of

w ere

O fficers . Serg ts . Drmrs . B . and F .

27 17 3 2 69 k illed .
14 2 1 00 5 1 9 09 w oun d ed
1 2 2 27 missin g .
 Tao F irst R a w f
o Foot Gu a rds [ Ca m

u
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r0 ad to B ; an d tr s s els
o cover this opea ation he ] -

stron g rear guard on the heights above Quatre B rat

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deceive the my as to the strength of the British

en e

remaining in his front When Napoleon had complett .

dispositions with the view to renewing the attack he 1 ,

only a rear guard of cavalry opposed to him which l

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leisurely to retire The French cavalry were sent in in

.

pursuit and o vertook the British ligh t cavalry at G em

,

These latter having failed in checking the en e my ,

Uxbridge brought forward the Life Guards and rep , ,

the attack efl ectua lly checked the purs u

, it thus a llowii ,

British army to take up their position before We

without further molestation .

Upon the order being given for the allied army to

fro m the neighbourhood of Quatre Bras the First Di ,

of Guards left their ground a little after eleven o cloc

‘ ’

moved along the cha uasée leadin g to Brussels Tl .

was excessively hot with indications of a coming ,

The roads were much crowded but the movemen

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tinned with little interruption and the stoppages we ,

short except on one occasion at Genappes caused

, ,

narrowness of the bridge at that place over the

Afte r a march of about eight miles the First DiVlS lO D ‘
the high road and moved to its le ft along a cart tra
,

soon brought it behind the chateau and farm of Houg

with its garden orchard and wood all of which beet
, , ,

ever memorable on the following day Here the D .

was halted and the men were preparing their him

,

the n ight when orders came to move to the right a t

,

up a position on the next rise al ong the south west -

the Chaussée leading fro m Nivelles to Mont St

Scarcely had the several battalions moved to the
position than the sto rm of rain that had long been tl
ing came down and con tinued throughout the g ra d
,

of the n ight deluging the men to the skin

, .

’
About six o clock in the evening the four Light Co:
of the Division were suddenly ordered to take pox
of the farmhouse and grounds of H oug omon t — the t
2 8 Th F érst R g r immt o f F oot Gu a rds [ Ca m xx

fl
e ective stren gth of the foreign contingents of the all
army was— King s German Legion 67 98 Hanoverians n
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B ru n s wickers 6800 Nassa uers 2 92 6 and Da , ,

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Belgians making a total of men and 1

The effective stre n gth of the F rench Army at the as

time was men and 240 guns .

The allied army was in position by eight o clock on ’

morning of the 1 8th of June on the rising ground bef ,

Wate rloo The lin e extended alon g the front of the fa res
.

Soign ies ; the extreme right under Lord Hill co n sistet , ,

Clinton s second Division co mposed of Adams s brigade ;

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the 52n d 7 l st and part of the 9 5th regiments of a brigad

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a

the King s German Legion under Du Plat and a H an ovei

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brigade under Colonel Halkett These were thro wn l .

towards Merbe Braine defending the road fro m Nivel ,

an d were prepared either to repel an attempt to turn

,

right of the position or to move up in suppo rt of the r

,

centre should that part of the lin e as eventually pr<

, ,

to be the case be the p rincipal object of the cue]

,

attacks .

The left of the allied army rested on Ter la I

and P a pelo tte and was co mposed of Picton s fifth Divi
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of the B ritish army and V an d eleur s and Vivian s caval ' '

In fron t of the l eft centre on the Charle roi road was

farm of La Haye Sa in ts o ccupied by a Hanoverian batta ,

while in front of the righ t centre was the before menti -

ch ateau and farm of H o ug o mo n t held by the G ! ,

and so me fo reign tr oops This was the key of the posi .

and the Division of G uards was formed in rear of it

Second B rigade immed iately in rear ready to supp er ,

garrison if hard pressed ; the Fi rst B rigade to the h

the Second with its left resting on H a lkett s Brigade a
,
’

with K ielma n seg g e s and O mpte da s Brigades ex tt

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towards the Charleroi road .

The second Brigade of the Fourth Division und e ,

Charles Colville which was at Hal beyond the ex

, ,

right did n ot arr ive in time to share in the action

, .
 F ra ia icé
'
De e of Y or k 2 9

the morn ing of the 1 8th of 1 81 5.

Ju
n e 1 8.

the Guards were poste d on

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go mont in t
,he following order .

G uards on the extr eme left ,

a quarter dis tance column of

-

on First Guards in the sa me

rear of the Third Battalion .

id e, under Byng stood on the

,

right of the First Brig ade and

thus forming a suppo rt to the

a rds under Saltoun remained

the action of the 1 8th Such .

rly mornin g just before dawn

, ,

post a Battalion of Nassauers ,

iflemen and 1 00 L fin eber ers

, g ,

an order to deliver up the

)fl icer commanding the m and ,

join his Brigade posted on the '

After taking the Nassau e m eer

rin
g hi m all the plans and
su n was marchin g towards the

rid ge behind H ou g om o n t when ,

rey of the mo rning he met the ,

 Ta F irst R eg imen t of F oot Gu a rds (Cw . xx

D uke of Wellington and Lord Fitzroy So merset The Du .

called out Hallo who are you 7 where are you going
, ,

Saltoun immediately halted orde red arms directed 3 , ,

men to lie down according to an invariable custo m ; a

,

on advancing to the Duke exp lained to him the orders ,

had received The D . uke was surprised and said Well , ,

was not aware of such an ord er ; but however don t j c , ,

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the b rigade yet ; remain quiet here whe re you a re m

further orde rs from me and then he rode away Sal ts
,
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remained hereos everal hours when just as the battle 1 , ,

beginning an Aide de Camp rode up and said he was

,
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follow out his former orde rs and join his Brigade on res ,

ing which he gave up his te mporary command and resun ,

that of his company in rear of his own battalion L

, .

Saltoun had no sooner don e this and ordered arms whe ,

shout came up Light infantry to the front and a

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arose of The Nas sa uers are driven o ut of the orchart

and such proved to be the case for the Fren ch ,

attacked and in spite of the gallant defence that

, ,

made had swept them clear and clean out of it

, .

time was to be lost ; Salto un was aga in put in com

of the light companies of the First Guards and ,

down the hill to attack the French The firs t duty th .

fore that these Light Companies had to perform that

was to retake the o rchard n ot to resist an attack a pe )
,

and that made a great difference in the wo rk to be perfon

so fa r as these companies were con ce rned ; for when
had re occupied the wood which they were not 10 1
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,

doing they found nearly all the p reparations they had 1

,

for defence co mpletely destroyed and during the action ,

had to trust to shee r hard fightin g ofte n hand to bar ,

maintain their ground .

Shortly before the action commenced the Duke of ,

lingtou visited the advanced position of H oug omon t ,

pied by the second Brigade of G uards under Byng at ,

riding off to another part of the field left as his p : ,

inj unctions to that General that it was to be d ef ,

to the last extremity and nobly we re those inj un

,
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resp o nded to by the British Guards .

 a n d” H RH F ra ton cé
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Duke of Y ork.

p from the wood into the orchard he seized ,

1 315.

ity ®a rg ed the head of the c olumn with the Jnno l s

, .

f light companies and drove the en emy ba ck flom out

,

L
tempt was shortly made by a considerable body
f alight troops to turn the left fl
an k of the
i on g omon t by ad va n cin g alon g the eastern

r ough the wood and orchard occupied by

, the
a . H e had already lost man y men an d was ,

>hli ed to withdra w retirin

g g fro m tree to
, tree

d the ahelter of the hollow wa y in the rea r fa ce

u
s re , where he awaited rein forcements before
ew any forward move ment The Duke fro m . ,

vows observing hey matters were progressin g

, ,

lg to send down reinforcements from his

.ahortly a fterwards two c o mpanies of the Third
seen a dva n cin g a lon g the eastern en closure to

my when Lord Sal toun being thus reinforced

, ,

an d the advance of the French skirmishers in

ving exposed them to the flanking fire fro m

rden wall resumed the o fien sive cleared the
'

ga , ,

is en emy and reoccu , pied its fron t hedge .

m mlates that the sevma l a tta cks against the

pos t were at the time attended with more or
su cces s but tha t in the end the Fren ch were
,

B ed ; tha t in on e of thes e attacks when he ha d

from the front hedge of the orchard to the
n rear of it, the en emy occupi ed the fro n t hedg e

y, an d hro u g ht up a g u
n to bea r u po n him ,

M oun d to seiz e ; he fa iled in that attempt,

d pom saion of the hedge, where he firmly
’

h on H on g omon t were ag ain ren ewed at a la ter

onfin med fit failed in a ba tin g either the spirit o r

D
 Tke F irst R M qt F oot G ua r d s (Cm .

as the chapel in which the woun ded , both frien d s an

were soo n in fl
ha d been pla ced , a mes in the mid s t of ,

the inmate s perished B ut still though the flames

. ,

above shells b urst aro un d an d shot ploughed thro ug

, ,

shattered walls an d win dows the British Guards ,

Abo ut two o clock after Byng had reinforced H oug l

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with two compan ies of the Third Guards he perceive ,

these ren ewed attemNs of the en emy upon the on

with its defen ce ; acting therefore upon the dir t

, ,

g iven to him b y the d uke to reliev e th e m en as o fte n

fo u n d it necess ary bu t to kec

, p the p os t to the l a s t m ‘

he desired Col onel Hepburn to move the remain

his Secon d Battalion T hird Guards down the slop
further rein forcemen tto tha tpo sition Hepburn on rt . ,

the hollow way found it occupied by very few men v

, ,

su rvivors of the two ligh t companies of the First

un d er Saltoun who (his own subaltern Charles Elli s
, ,

wounded ) was left with scarcely an e ffective mt

who m to c ontinue the gallant defence which he h ! ,

main taining with varied success for nearly four hour

wood and orchard in front of the Chateau Lord 5 .

therefore gave over to Hepburn the charge of that

,

H o ug o mon t and at three o clock rej oin ed his own b :

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the Third on the heights above

, .

General Maitland said . with referen ce to the tv

companies of the First G u ards that they we re da ted
,

the other brigade and that General Byng spok

,
e

highest te rms of the conduct of L ord Salto un and c

o ffice rs and men on this occas ion saying of Lo rd ,

that his cond uct was ad mirable .

"

The battalion of Co ldstreams under Colonel A ,

Woodford (with the exception of two companies ls

ridge in charge of the Colo urs )was also s ubseq ue ,

forward to assist in the de fence of H oug omor

 m F ra ie cé pfl mf o Yor k .

ttha uks to the n n e a rriva l of

opp ort these co m -
J anus.

fresh ba ttalion s oq a rds , the en emy s cha rts

’

ae that Nap eleon a ttached to the pos ses sion of this

be ma tcd by the fact tha t eig ht thousan d of
esti

s were placed hora d c comba t in these several

ul atte mpts tc ca rry it, an d when even in g an d
E
e to him, the bu
t n g ru
rn i in s were still in possessicn
mt dd en ders .

at, an d dn rin g their co n tin uance he , ordered a

m on ada which was well rep lied to fl

o be directed w
c etha -

pa rts of An g lo allied lin e, in h0pes of

the

L before he hn rled his n umerous ca va lry a g a in s t

a g un l a . The cann on a de wa s very hea vy , an d

on o m though exposed to its full force

rds , ,

with the utmost steadin ess Their original .

a t the commen ce men t of the action was in

ut on
r seein g
‘
that the hren ch ca va lry were ma kin g a vd ry
ma te M they formed squares on their res pec
ag w mpa n iemthe Seco n d B a ttalion First G uards
newhut in rem of the lin e o f the Third B attalion
'

md
,

m w a van ce of the g en era l lin e.

g eould exceed the galla ntry with which the

Con lry of Fran ce advan ced in immense masses

l attempt ap in st the squa res of the G ua rds, they

M 100 0r 150 ya rds , an d ag a in return tc the

nly to be a g a in driven ofi a n d decimated by the
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.o ulybe hu
torled bac k by the fire an d ba yon et
i
ii- ah u
J
qm e. S om etimes they wo uld h alt a t a

M m aud sen d forwa rd a few skirmishers to

M M M but the B ritish G us rd s were too
stead y to reply to these, an d reserved their a mmu
the cha rg e which wa s s ure to follow.
Siborn esays Of all the troops comprising t
.

allied army at Wate rloo the most expo sed to ,

on slau ght of the Fren ch cavalry an d to the ct

cann on ade of their artillery were the Third Battali ,

First Guards and the 80th and 7 8rd Regimen

,

posted d urin g a very g reat portion of the battle it

, ,

of the narrow roa d which ran alon g the cres t of th

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position It was upon these troops he s ays
. , ,

the first bu rst o f the g ran d ca valxy atta cks and it ,

th ese troops also that the French gunners seldo m

to pour their destructive missiles so long as tl ,

tin ued to constitute by their exposed position suc

nent marks for their fire .

"

About two o clock in the afternoon Napoleon c

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vigorous attack to be made with the infantry and

of DErlon s corps again st the left wing of the alli
’ ’

Picton with his 5th division was gallantly maints

, ,

ground .Picton at length seeing the French ,

wave r ordered his men to charge which they

, ,

ed ect ; but as they drove the ene my back thei:

’

General received a mortal wound but died not un s ,

Several attacks were also made in the course of t]

another portion of B Erlon s corps against the fa r
’ ’

Haie Sain ts . on the Charleroi road where s on ,

German Legion were posted Three ti mes did the .

gallantly repel all atte mpts of the enemy to talc

upon a fo urth attack being made about three 0
the afternoon when the ammunition of the garr
,

exhausted the farm fell te mporarily into the pa ss

,

the French whereupon the emperor immediately

,

an attack to be made from this advanced post 6

o n the centre of the allied position and entr ,

duty to Don z elot s and Allix s troops For thit

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some Fren ch skirmishers from these Corps were

under the shelter of so me low ground west of
hou se who upo n advancin g fro m their compara
,
38 TIre First R eg imen t o f F oot Gu dar s [ Ca n

1815. very hea vy durin g the in te rval of the Ca va lry charg e

3m m two comman ding o fficers of battalions , D Oyly an d t ’

coon were both woun ded an d placed hora dc combct wl

m
, ,

ud comman d of the 8td Battalion devolved upon Lord 5

upon Lieuten an t Colonel Reeve The two m

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were carried ofltbe field an d Colcn el S ta bles died v

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lowin g morn in g , to the g rcet reg ret cf all his

About the same time Maj or General Georg e Cook . -

men din g the Division of Guards was obliged to 9 ,

field so seriously wound ed as to necessitate the am;

,

of his left arm The command of the Division now d

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upon the senior Brigadier Meier General Hon S ,

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“
Byn g who very shortly after four o clock rode cv ’

, , ,

the Secon d to the First Brigade , j ust before the n ex

of the enemy s Cavalry in time to witness the steady
’
,

in which the l at Brigade received the several ch :

which it was exposed .

Major General Maitland who had been most of

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,

with the 8td Battalion of the First G uards which h ,

the most exposed says of the 2n d Battalion that

,

continually supporting the 8rd and was repelli ,

Fren ch cavalry thro ugho ut the day with the same m

perseverance .

The D uke now often looked to the left to s ees ,

the Prussians wo uld soon be coming to his ass ists

the repellin g of these constant and desperate atta
ca using a fearful loss in the British and allied m ‘

was ind eed to this that Napoleon truste d for

success for well aware of the acknowledged b
,
rave rv

British he calculated on thus wearying them in tc

,

but when he saw his Cavalry were driven back frt

impene trable squares ; and British battalions thot ,

mated by his Artillery yet showing a perfect it ,

still holding their original ground he could not ,

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Tbo fu
ture h rl of Stn flbrd an d Oolonel of tt olds m
VI.)ua de r li I F reda zké M
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f
o York.

“
How bea u tifully those En glish fight ! but they
e way He was however to be bitte rly unde
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ruly as thou
t , g h rooted to the ground did th e y to ,

cn tin ue to ma in ta in th e pos ts en trus ted to them .

m sian s at lmg th beg an to make their appea ran ce

ld n ea r P lan chen eit to the right an d rig ht rea r of
,

ch a n d Na poleon was n o w pres sed by them on

,

In va in ha d he en d ea vo u red witb his c a va lry to

r B ritis h squ ares : in va in ha d he stormed ag a in

n the stronghold of H ou g om on t on the Br itish

s t of hie troops ha d been ba md e , but there still

to him one more cha nce of re trievin g the fortun es

fly ; he atill fon dly ho ped that the h our o f his

N a t ha n i an d that he should be a ble on ce more

as firmly as evcr the F ra n ce
sceptre cf l mperial -

red m om mies the column s of G ren a diers and

s of his I mp eria l G us rd s a n d hurl them a g a in s
, t the

a l et brig a de of British G uards .

fl
o win g an ecdote refi rrin g is recorded to this perio d
Salto un by an intimate friend and his former ,

Dufin g a lull j ust afier the repulse of oue

,

d before the fin a l cn e, the Duke was on his horse

c
g the whole of the Fren ch position , turn ed to

ll to ld ou Salto nn immcdiatcly sa id to on e
”
t n ow .

a! ofi c
“
cra. I domt kn ow ; when I was o u
’
tside
La t W oun this mornin g before the action ,

watd ned a column of men , as far as l can guess

B um mg o into a hollow opposite I have kept ;
rfi al pot allday , a n d have never seen them come
Upo n Duke he turned
this bein g repea ted to the ,

ln tha t direction a n d afie r a mo ment s pause

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“ B B o d he is ri ht l the are co miu cu

a y g , y g t
d it is said that the Duke was so much struck
n

W and power of observation exhibited by

ward s spo ke of him as a thomug h soldier .

t n the Duke m impen din g over tl

sa w the sto r

of the pos ition he directed that the m e to the

,

the First G u ard s lefi va ca n t by detachin g the fiu

, t
to H oug omon t should be occupied by Adams
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con s is tin g of thc bfl n d 7 l st an d 95 th B eg imem

, ts , .

ad van ce od the ard B attalion Fii st G ua rds ag a st

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m
mis hers n ea r La H a ye Sa in te , but ha d res umed its

with the flat an d 95th B eg imen ts now rcsc

5 2n d , ,

more advanced position but they had not an op ,

of takin g part in the defeat of the first column of

For an ho u r before ca rryin g out his plan ,

artillery upon that portion of the allied position lyin

,

the farm of H oug omon t and La Haye Sain ts F .

there ra n alon g this pa rt of the field of battle a

on one side of which was a ditch and bank .

unde r cover of these the l et Brigade of Guards

,

themselves during this terrific cannonade wh ,

about three quarters of an hour and wi thout its

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the two battalions must have been annihilated .

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p robably calculated on such an cfiect but he i ,

learn the extent of British fortitude and en d ura n c

The Duke was well aware of the enemy s in tc ’

being at this time close to the two battalions o :

Guards which at firs t were in squares and wit]

, ,

remained during the subsequent atta ck he desin ,

Maitlan d to form them into line four deep as be ,

possible that Napoleon would support the utter

cavalry Maitland immediately carried out the D1
.

covering his change of formation with a line of 3

under Swinburn who only rejoined his batta
'

moments before the ene my was upon them Th . e

in to line in stead of being made by deployment v

, ,

by simply wheelin g up to the front the four deep fl ,

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ormin g the extremities of each

E 1 81 5.

ier companies were in the centre 3m , 13,

ea dily form square ag ain should ,

The whole brigade as it now

mly the length of one batta lion

8 also present with the First

3 action b ,ut as a true gentleman ,

o m Maitland the credit of co m .

[ ch an occasion he wro te in his

,

that neither his presence nor his

a t he o n ly sta y ed with him as a

. that M a itla n d s own gallan try

’

hat was necess ary .

as scarw completed and the ,

again when at a quarter past

, ,

ade suddenly ceased As the .

away under co ver of which

,

sing his attack near La Belle

,

p ened upon the brigade C lose .

the Old Imperial Guard 5000 ,

o n himself and led by Ney on

, ,

sen shot under him ) were seen

,

p oo d o c ha rg e direct u pon the m ,

p erm !
”

u p os ed of the 2 ud brd and

, 4 th ,

the Old I mpe rial G u ard under ,

of G enerals Christiani Po ret , ,

ttta lion close col umns forming a ,

The l s t regiment of grenadiers

ema in ed in reserve on the heights

en era l Coun t Frian t the colon el ,

the Old Guard re mained wi th

,

apparen tly as regularly formed M M

ascend the in clin e omthe top of a m
ta rd s we re pos ted they became ,

d artillery fire of the right wing

4 2 Th F irst R eg im l f
o F oot Gu a rd s [ Ca m xm

Ju
n .1 8.

with the grea test en thusiasm preceded by a cloud ,

skirmishers : but these were soon driven back upon the

main body by a fire of can is ter grape an d shra pn el shell , ,

delivered at a distance of less than 1 00 yards At first . ,

Now Maitlan d now a your fime

, , ,

men were ordered to rise They had already hw n m .

to rm n e f fim fill the enemy should a rrive withi

very sho distan ce It was as Sibora s rela tm a mo m
t
r
. , ,

The Firs t Guards springing u] ,

four deep line appeared to -

,

1 out O f the groun d The I mperid G m .

ridge appeared to the B rihs h through the moky haze

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. e field like a corps of giants ad vancing upon th

o
,

The Bri Guard s instantly opened thei r fire wit

ous volley thrown in with great coolne ss
n
,

precision and the enemy were then so close upon tl

,

some o ly fifie en y ards that the men would fire v

n ,

M ir muskem to the shoulde r whil e ,

acceler ate the subseq t file firing the rear ranks p a

their n ed muskets to the floa t An oblique fire was
a »
.

poured in upon the right flank of the advancin g colum

the 33rd an d 69th British re g iments which had ,

promptly pushed forward by N et on the left of

Guards The he ad of the column surprised at this an
. ,

apparition halted an d the entire mass staggered und e

, ,

e ffect of the fire poured into the m a t such

of the Vieille fell to rise no more but the ,

spirit an d i nn ate m i of the I mpe rial G u

t a rd we re r
 Tie F irst K W o f F oot Gu ar ds [ Ca s s xx

column . Maitland perceiving this and seeing that

, ,

right fl an k might be turned halted and ordered the ri , ,

win g of the second ba tta lio n to be thrown ba ck so as to ,

parallel with the line of advance of the Fren ch oclul

In the midst of this ma n uauvre the third battalion r ,

taking the word of command ha lt f ron t f ormu p fo r j , , ,

squ are co mmenced that formation expecting the on e:

, ,

ca valry to be down on the m The mistake however . , ,

soon rectified and in a few moments the brigade was a

,

nea r its fo rmer position in a four deep line with its

,
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column of the Imperial Guards .

ground formerly occupied by the second brigade of G m

had formed his line throwing fo rward his right shoe
,

the second battalion 9 5th on the left then the 5 2n d an ,

7 l st on the right extending towards H ou

, g o mon t A .

second col umn of the Chasseurs of the Imperial G us t

van c ed up the slope in similar formation to the Fi
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received by Adams B rigade which poured a destn

’
,

fire into its left flank and was met in front by the
,

fire of the First G uards who had thrown forward ,

left ; to be more directly opposed to the advancin g col

This flank fire of Adams Brigade mainly contribui ’

the final overthrow of the second column and as the ,

of Wellington saw it beg in to waver he ordered a 5 ,

advan ce of the whole line ; Adams Brigade followe

’

second column while the First Guards under Ms

, ,

followed the track of the first column till it reach ,

Charleroi road near La Belle Alliance

, Here tl .

regiment of Grenadiers of the old French Imperial (3

that had been left in rese rve atte mpted after f , ,

sq uare to ste m the flyin g torrent an d its p ursuers ;

,

n o avail ; it share d the fate of the othe r regiments ,

a n d no ught re mained of the army of Imperial Fral

a con fused mass of soldiery which during the whole ,

in g n ight continued a disorderly retreat pursued

, ,
ica l ly o f the Fren ch G uard ,
rep

rend p a s ! G en eral Ca mbrou

”
n e,

L
, did s made
urren d er , an d was
lrd s ; and it was Lord Saltoun

tof his surren der gave him in ,

amed Kent who cond u ,cted him

{ pursued as far as the Charler oi

1d continued their advance alon g

whole depth of the la te French

>r the night in the fields on the

of the position of Wars a n oo ,

c ry a n d discipline as well as ,

sign an d their cou ntry had this ,

render immo rtal .

ene my s artillery 1 22 guns , fell

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a.

t
r gained without great losses.
rians alone lost in killed 1 1 6

ie pre portion of British being

at 504 officers and 65 12 men of ,

tabular form the losses of the

,

e s both at Quatre Bras and at

,

ass in the regiment during those

mded of 1084 men

, .
Bm x oe n, Wom xn ,m n msmo -

, or m mm v or m
G om o um Bm “ Wum o o -
, Jun 18, 18 16 .

The Second an d Third Battalions of First Guards

The Officers of the l irstG uards killed a t Waterloo m

‘

Sir F. DOyly .K G B lieutenan t colon el z ’

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Licuten a n t 0010uel W.
~ H . Mila ca, wo un ded sin ce dead , .

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uu
Lio te an b cclon cl Bir h t ncia DOyly
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of tt irst

ninc ct tho pcriod of hla duth. Ho en tcred the First G u a rds i

131 1799 .ca tim e pedition to the Holder, he m aide d am p to h

x -

Gc DOyly. ln 1805 he wu with the Fin t Gu/ards in 8ic

’

1808~ 9 in tho Coru nna c am i

p g n.
a H e w as with his reg i men t d o

m
m p a ut of thctia c of c
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ghdiz . Durin a l rt of the l cnins ulu

p
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g
m unda the Duke of Welling ton aa us t w di is a u uta n bg cn era l
Dhu
al o sie
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r div id o n cf tt fit h rmy, o
i
a a o t h a t hc sh a rcd in tb e

tho bd th o o f fl d o m m w o m mm whi ch his m g iu

dcpfl mn ec D u t di i i f th ’

vod of tnd c cco i rd a lh o s e l v s o n o e

4 8 Tee F in ! K W o f F oot Gu a r ds [ CH AR

The pa rticula rs of this actio n , iven in the despa tc

g
Major Gen eral Byn g and of Maj or General Mai -

have been embodied m the foregoing n arrative an d a ,

p rod uced in th e A pp en dix Extra cts referrin g to the

. cc
of both cm cc ta and men a re given below Gen eral Ma .

“
says in writin g to the Duke o ork : I n the la st g la
,

action the two Brigad es of Guards bore a most con spi

share and neve r was praise more unqualified tha t
,

which was bestowed on them by the Duke of Wellix

An artillery om cer on our right assured me that he
the Duke say d uring the action Guards you sh:
, , ,

rewarded for this I need scarcely comment upo

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splendid conduct of both ofl icers and men .

"

Maj Ob G en era l Byng writing to the Duke of York, ,

referring to the severe losses of the two Brigades :

“ I have the authority of the Duke of Wellin gton t

they highly distinguished the mselves and that fror ,

commencement to the end of the actio n their condu<

most excellent .

In referring to General Maitland General Byng ,

I cannot say too much in his praise or in that ,

several co mmanders his Battalions had The cond i .

every offic er and ma n of both Brigades was cverytl

, ,

co uld wish the ofi cers being on every occasion con s p

,

S crub to the mm!o of

Lt C ol. B rutu
s, Captain Nawros Can aa n

8111 m a DOn
’
r, K nt , Th om Enows .
Cumi n Ta on s Wt lA)! Ens ig n En waa n an or, m
Mrm a, J ua na Loan B u.
Wint un Hm r Minn ,
H os . Su m P. 1
Captain B onn er Mm re s .

B owm Gm ,

m m Jun 1 815
1 611 ! a n 1s ,
.

Ta n Om en s o r r un R mxm r lu vs Emm a 7 8 18 M om
oo n m oa a rtos or ru n n u or rams on u s ? c on u .
 Th F irst K W o f Foot Gu
a rd s. [ Cs

the dig nity an d security of their So vereig n they ,

be seen a mon g the foremost to protect their cour

the atta cks of its en emies .

Besides the Waterloo medal which was grant ,

ofi c ers a nd men alike who too k a rt in this c m

p a p
followin g ofi cers of the First G ua rds received foren
from the several allied sovereigns for their se:
—
Wate rlo o z Lord Fitzroy Somerset an d Lord S:
be lmig hts of the ordeuof Theres a (Au stria n )
'
an d

of St George (Prussian ) Colonel Sir Henry 1

. .

an d Lieuten an t Colonel Cooke Assistant Quin ta

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,
-

Gen eral 4 th class of St Vladimir (Russian ) Lt

, . .

Gen eral Sir Henry Clinton Maj or Genera ,

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Colonel the Hon William Stuart 4th class of the

. ,

order.

The acco unt of the battle of Waterloo cannot

appropriately concluded than with the words of flu
Wellingto n written on the followin g da y in his despo
,

Home Govern men t and with the expression s of a p

,

of H R H the Prin ce Regent his Grace writ

. . . ,

gives me the greatest satisfaction to ass ure you

that the army never upon an y occasion co ndu
better The Division of Guards under Lieuten m
. ,

Cooke who is severely wounded Major Gen eral

, ,
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an d Major General Byn g set an exa mw

- e which w

by all and there is no em

,

,
eer nor d escrip tion of
"
did not behave well .

The D uke of York writing on the 2n d of ,

D uke of Welling to n conveying the thanks of

,

Regen t to all ofi cers non co mmissioned o fl

,
icers
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under his co mmand says No lan guage can d

, ,

the sen se the P rin ce R eg en t en te rta in s of their d

merit which has even surpassed all fo rmer
,

their characteris tic firmn ess and discipline

”
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 MAR CP

B RI GADE 0 1
 m OF P ARIS AND AR MY O F OCCUP ATION.

m e m s —5m m n ew ar ma m . 181 7— 1 81 8. cox

m an or: no mm — ra m n n mn n m or r un n ot : or

a w o rm —M t or m or rn mn
new cu s to m —m o
m ne m
onic m m u m a n oam or m ar r ow
,

m 1 81 9 —um is m a n 1 820—mzun or .

m a n — m m m m cr l ul —mm a r xos or an cxcz

.

—
m n u rn o r m am m e m os or cox rmm m m m m
—

1 m m M : nv 1826 ucoxn ur rm os ro x m m rz a -
m a

1 815.

O- nd s m “M et al: ea rly hour.an d in the co urse of 1 nno 19 .

3 mother dire ction only three da ys before, on their roa d

to Q - tre Em . The Du ke himself a rrived there the same
W an d m h t ence wrote his bulletin o f the battle ,

h o m eo w ner] its a d van ce on the 20th an d l

whi e j m g o,
54 The F irst R eg imen t q/ F oot G eran u
im
reached Bavay the Duke s head quarters being
,
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l
p qa uet ; and it was a glorious incident in his 1
career to be thu s trea din g g ro un d im m o rta lis et

great p redecessor Here he was near the fro

.

France and before crossing them he warned the a

,

it was entering a country with whose pres en t ruler

Jm 23 »
so vereigns were on friendly terms On the M d .

of the army marched to Le Catca uCambresis th ,

to G ourmig nies The weather had continued very

.

Jm fi sin ce the action n f the 1 8th inst an d the 28rd .

,

made a day of rest to most of the army in ,

allow stragglers to rejoin and ammunition an d ,

to be brou g ht up a s wc ll as to en
, a ble the D uk e tc
necessary steps to get possessi on of Ca mbra i and
While at G our mig uies so me modifications were u
usete d with the M of the Guards Sir John If .

had commanded the Second B rigade in the late m

n ow temporarily pu t in command of the first Corps
consisting of the First and Third In fantry Divisio
afl a irs of the n ew Kingdo m required the presence
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chief the Prince of Orange in his own country :

mand of the Guards division thereupon devol ‘

Major Gen eral Maitland who took William Bath u

-
,

First Regiment as his Aide de Camp vice Lo rd Js - -

killed at Quatre B ras ; and Lieutenant Colonel J -

.

was appointed Assistant Quartermaster General a t

Division vice Bradford wounded at Waterloo a ftc
, , ,

Bentin ck Coldstream Guards had been cfl

,
icir ,

1 m 9 5, The three First Divisions of the army were at

Cateau on the 2 4th the First Guards being at ,

where the Fren ch Kin g Louis VII I came u , X .

,

O n the 2 5th the First and Third Divisions with

, ,

B elgic Infantry advanced and were encamped a

,

near Serain while the Fourth division o ccupie

which surrendered to them that evening .

The number of ofl icers present with the

Battalions was n ow much reduced owin g to so u ,
un der H R H F ra len cé Dnéw f y ore
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.
55

with their B a ttahon s 181 5.

of Juna md in the

Ad i" Licut, an d Ca pt.

Surg eon William Curtis .

a nno y an h cob. An t Sin g

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. JAB -flinch .
J . Ga rdner.
Samuel H ard.

Joseph St John. .

F. Luttrell.

11 mm , Wom an .

B. I n tern. Hon. H. Townshen d .

 abo ut eleven miles from the Guards then positi ’

havin g given the necessary instructions to Maitla n

of First Guards and to a Dutch Belgian briga de
,
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,

ma rched ofla t on ce an d rea c P eron n e a t thc

'

“Pum
,
a.

Soa pbox.
was g iven the tas k of assa ultin g the place , while the t
Battalion carried the fascin es for their co mrades .

G uards (E )advanced they separated into two col m

attack the left on e (C)destined to scale the le ft face
,

right de mi bastion the right one (D )to force an en

-

by the ravelin and through the gate which was blow ,

by the Engin eers who assisted in the opera tion 1 .

immediately rushed to the assault with his light con

which experienced so me slight loss as they crossed th
while Saltoun himself was struck by a grape shot as
mountin g the scalin g ladder but fortun ately the shot
, ,

a p urse full of coins in his pocket lessened th

, ,

so that it in fl
icted but slight injury and he refused t
,

himself wounded . The hornwork was carried wi

loss an d a Dutch brigade of four 9 pounders (1
,

bro ught up an d established to the east of the town

in re verse the face to be attacked a few shots v ,

changed while a brigade of four field pieces (B )we -

so as to co mman d the front of the hornwo rk itself

a sh ort in terval General Byng sent forward Lie
Col on el Stan hope . his acting Q uartermaster Gene
a fl ag of tru ce upo n which the garrison ca pita ls
,

Putna m 81: thou

-
-uni M at in ee - m employed a t the

mea t of the last cen tu

ry (171 0)in con structing this fortress, bring
the key c ert m
s- y .and oven of m
m on our side.
in the n eig hbourhood of Sen lis n the l at ot . O
Briga des of Guards with the Third Division we
, ,

left extendin g to the F orest of Bondy a position ,

been previously occupied by the P russia n mwho

evidence of their es timation of the British tree]
ha d n ot hitherto apprecia ted them so hig hly but 1 ,

Firs t B rig ad e oq a rds was pa ssin g to the fion t t ‘

ad vanced posts, the Prussians formed up and g um

—
the British Guardsmen a scene that could n ot

have been very animating to the troops of Duve t

occupying Montmartre who were thus spectate
,

g oo d feelin g ex istin g in the allied armies D 1 .

march Lord Saltoun continued in temporary

of the Second Battalion .

The D uke took up his head quarters at Gous sa -

between Louvres and St Den is on the 2n d of Jul

. ,

ma ined there three days durin g which very little

,

was made m the position of the allied tr0 0p s ex cep ,

villages of Asn i eres Courbevoie and Suresnes wen

, ,

by detach ments of the Duke s army thus completin

’
,

Prussians the investment of the north and wes t

On the 4th the D uke in conjunction with Blu e
,

elu ded a military convention with the French a t

whereby the troops of France we re to evacuate
and Neuilly the same day the heigh ts of Mon tma r
,

5th an d Paris itself on the 6th

,
The Duke in an .

the signing of the convention to the army congre ,

on this res ult of their late glorious victory Th‘ .

the convention were strictly fulfilled and on the 6 ,

the Anglo allied troops took possession of the l

-

the north of the Seine while the Prussians posses

,

selves of those to the south .

The allies entered Paris o n the 7th the B ritish 1 ,

campi n g in the B ois de Boulogn e The Guards we .

marched through the streets with laurels in their

at the last momen t the au thorities directed them
et wa yof en tering the capital
ofi c ers or men Louis VIII . X .

axis on the 8th the same day ,

u hetort Two days later fallin g

’

deposed E mpero r yielded m

,

“
mman din g the Bellerophon ”
.

B imper ial prisoner to Torbay

iah Government decreed that

areer of one whose indomitable

ion after raising him to the
,

e used him to end his da ys a

r

rock in the Atlantic in the ,

i n a tion that he had in vain

mstain ed on those occasion s

a B a ttalions for besides the

, ,

on ha d now lost by death since ,

the T hird Battalion 7 5 men .

“
of J uly The detachment o f
.

sr Lieu ten a n t Colon el Dawson

~

icers accompanied it or j oined ,

u s an
r n

ra ms .

da wn ed. E Bun
. ard ,
-

gg in aon , B o bt. B ruce.

h
as ,
Sack. W. L Fox .

Dawson West and John Han

mma n d of th e Third a n d Secon d 301!
 Battalions respectively till the recovery of Colonels A
,

and Stuart from the woun ds received at Waterloo .

The detachmen ts arrived in time to witness the nevi

the Prussian Guards , strong which took place h
,

sen ce of the Allied Sov ereigns on Saturday the M O! ,

J uly 2 4
. and they took part on the following Monday the 24th ,

B ritish could n ot show such a fin e body .

Battalions of the First G umd s received the no tifica tior

Upon a of the ofi cers that the band

the D uke of n and join ed the se rvice Bati

 w id er H R H F r eder i k Duéw f Y ork.

m
e a in lmg er un der canvas but the q u arters 1815 , .

them viz, , V
er sailles St Cloud Sevres St
.
, . , , .

Ml others were at the time occupied by the

,

d id it was not wi thout so me difficul ty that at ,

g of No v embe r t h ese were p revailed upon to ma ke

,

British Hanoverian Dutch an d Belgic troops

, , , .

f that month however the Duke s army broke N” 3

’
n , , , ,

m t and, was distributed in the above towns ,

eption od the Divis io n o f Guards under Mait

’
~

ca me in to P a ris A repo rt was cu rren t tha t the

.

e B ritish being kep t so much longer u nder

na l affairs of France and the state of Europe Nov . 2o.

>oming more settled towards the end of the year ,

signed on the 2oth of November whereby it was ,

emove a considerable portion of the several

[ic e thm upon French territory while the ,

wu ld form an army of occupation in the coun try

a o f three years
‘
under the supre me command
,

of Wellington Cambrai was fixed upon as

.

m of the British army but the other stations ,

en definitively settled ; they were all howeve r , ,

Department du Nord f the B ritish troops . O

is and its neighbourhood three Regiments of ,

Ca valry seven other Ca valry Regiments the

, ,

ta lions of Gren adier and Third G a s and ,

hB a tta lion s of the Lin e in a ll ten R e imen ts of

g ,

thirty Battalions as well as five battalions still

,

amoun tin g altogethe r to men were ,

retu rn ho me and they proceeded acco rdingly to

,

the beg in n in g of December The Second Bat .

M iter Guards was at Abbe ville on its march ,

h im “ Day There remained in France as

.

arm y of occup ation nin e Regiments of Cavalry ,

ans of Guards . and twenty fo u r Battalio n s of -

 Tile F irst or G rena dier Gu
a rd ; [ CB AE XX

the Line This reduced army was divided in te on e et

.

of Cavalry under Lord Combermere an d one corps

Infantry un der Lord H ill The Infantry was divided 3 .

three Divisions respecti vely unde r the co mman d of L

,

tenant Generals Sir Lowry Cole Sir Henry Clinton

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, ,

Hon Sir Charles Colville The one Brigade of G ua

. .

consisting now of the Third Battalion Grenadiers an ,

the Second Battalion Coldstreams re mained un der Ma ,

General (n ow Sir P ereg rin e)Maitlan d as the First Brig ,

of the FirstDivis ion Sir James K empt an d Sir John La m]

,

commanding the Second and Third B rigades of the a:

Division Colon el H on William Stuart resumed comm
. .

of the Third Battalion Grenadier Guard s in Paris at ,

end of the year ; an d Captain Gunthorpe retained his 1

’
of B rigade Maj or to the Guards Brigade
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.

As a fitting termin a tion to the year 181 5 it may herc ,

r ecorded that on the 2 8rd of Dece mbe r

, the Prince Hg ,

was pleased to approve of the Gren adier Guards bo

permitted to bea r on their colours an d appointmen ts
word Wate rloo in commemoration of the distin g uu
,
”

servic es of the Second and Third Battalions of that E

ment on the 1 8th of June 1 815 , .

The Second Battalion Gren adi er Guards unde r Co ,

Askew tfi urned to England in the middle of January

, ,

and arrived in London on the 1 7th of the month an ,

to its future quarters at Windso r .

Jan 1 8.
.
A general th a nksgiving was appointed for Thursda
1 8th of January but previous to the religious servi
, ,
l

the churches a military ceremony took place on the f

,

Guards Parade At nine o clock in the morning the

.
’

Regimen ts of Foot Guards including the Second Ba ,

‘

Grenadiers just arrived were inspected by the Do

, ,

York Kent and Glouceste r after which a ful

, , ,

parade of both Horse an d Foot Guards took pla c

the purpose of solemnly depositing in Whitehall
1
. W E R E F m ma y y ore

w received with loud acclamation s

e They .

placed in the centre of the guard of hon our

adier G ua rds and marched 0 5 to the chapel ,

were deposited with due honours In the .

chapel the band of the Grenadier Guards led

resent Wa terloo ; then the eagles home by

at ,

to of the Gren a di er and Coldstream Guards ,

the guard of honour and the three Regiments

,

by . the 22 n d January , s ix weeks a ft

er they ha d l m sa.

ae Seco n d B a ttalio n G ren adiers , head ed by their

ith the band playin g, marched in to Win dsor

d they rem h ed there fiflM on dq the 26th of l obho '
,
.

rhen the usua l half yea rly cha n g e of quarters

I t was in those days the cus tom to rin g out a

from the bells of S t. Marg aret, Westmin s ter ,
asio u od uch u u
'

a cha n g es of q a rters b t it is,

thein g d d ot their lodg era beca use the ot

or her
king this mean s n g the plea su
of testifyi re they

pact. The a n n iversa ry of the

battle of Waterloo
M g , and t h e Troops ‘t home
Household
oom emorate the even t with all d u e honour ,

s of the three reg imen ts of Foot G u a rd s in

md tog ether on the l Sth of June at the

LE ou while the Life G ua rd s
"
ae, an d the G ren a

mth i e r men were en terta in ed at dinn er in the

ro l the B rig ade oq a rd s a t P a ris du

rin g the

316 1 6
-
was ren dered so mewhat notorious by the
W id ths Gren adie r G uards Captain J H , . .

a n ephew to the Earl of Don oughmore who

, , ,
un der PM }: Duke of Y ork.

ing nea rly three months of the win te r in Paris .

n d the rest of the army of occupation pro

co unt ry quarters allotted to the m the D uke

-

1 and the pr incipal officer s of the Head

remaining for a ti me in to wn The First Divi .

ry under Sir Lowry Cole in cluding beside s

c , , ,

If Guards ,
—
two line Brigades viz ” the 7 th Jan 2 7 , . .

the 43rd 7 th and 28 rd Regiments an d

, , ,

s kti n
g of the 2 7 th 4 0t h and , firs t batta
,

igede left the capital on Saturday the 2 7 th

, ,

s a ving to Cambrai and the adjacent villages ,

of Guards be ing quartered in the town

m lry ‘moved on the following Mo n day and ,

Mont Cases ] and St Omer in the Pas . ,

Clinto n s Second Division marched to the

’

d of St Amen d and Colville s Third Divi

'
. ,

rear Va len c ieun es all in the Department d u

,

m ain and Ques noy we re also occupied by some

m y . The D uke was a t C am brai m the m onth April 10 .

which time the strength of the Battalion of

nrd s m the to wn wa s twenty se ven O fi cers l 25 9 ,

renty five horses ; the stren gth of the Cold

-

lirty oo
n e O ffice r s 1 1 7 9 m en ,with se venty ,three -

W a rned Battalion was nearly all distributed

cu ring villages two companies on ly remaining
,

fi ere were two at Marcoing two at G ouz ea u ,

Villa s Ghislain on e at Hon neco urt on e at

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, ,

I an d B ea u q ua rt and one , at B an tea u Ban

1 Govern ment informed the Duke on the 28rd April 23 ,

.

.they did n ot wis h him to reta in in Fran ce

500 men The Duke in replying to Sir Henry
. ,

to 2 n d of May said he had now 85 2 9

, fficers O
wid ened Officers and rank and file
,

—hn t that he is sending away 4 00 Guards ,

h a n d 1 7 00 men e n ti tled to their discharge

 In consequence of rumours being afl oat in the full
month of a proposed insurrection in Fran ce the ,

warn ed all Co mmande rs of corps to be rea dy in ct

n eed and so me Englis h regiments tha t were ordered
,

were de tained abroad till the beginning of the following

The troops at Camb rai we re quartered during the t
ei ther on the inhabitants o r in barracks but as the an
, ,

advanced the First Division in cluding the Third B a t

, ,

Grena dier Guards was en camped upon the ramparts

,

city an d to assist the officers in whiling away the en

,

a garrison life the band of the Coldstreams was in it!

,

sent to Cambrai at the beginning of June and it ren ,

abroad for some mon ths .

D uring the autumn months of the three years tha

army of occupation remained in France ma n e uvres ,

large scale took place an nually on the plain s of D

seven miles north east of Cambrai -
In this tb . ,

year the Contin enta l and British troops to the n

, ,

of including cavalry and a large t) ,

artillery asse mbled there in the last week of O

,

The three Infantry Divisions an d the Cavalry , ,

British army were concentrated from Cambrai St 1 , .

V a len cieun es .and St O me r ; and in addition to thee

. ,

were assemb led fro m their respective cantonments

veria n s ; Russians un der Woron z o f Prussians ;
,

and Saxons A special interest attached to thi s

.

manoeuvres in the fact that the troop s were divi d

two co rps which pe rformed the movements executor
,

two opposing armies in the battle of Denain i ‘

when after the British troo ps un d er Ormond had ab

, , ,

their allies the F rench Marsha] illars gained a

, V
over the troops of Prin ce Eugen e of Savoy which ,

blished the tottering throne of Louis IV On tl X .

sion the Duke of We llington

. co mmanding the ,

troops executed the man ce uvres of Marshal

,

army while Coun t Woron z o f co mmanding the re

,

allies represented Prince Eugene s forces The

,
'
.

was very fine durin g the ope rations and it was ,

 O
'
Callaghan an d Keane ceased to
the Battalions co mpo sing them were eithe r sen t h
in corporated in the other corps Repo rts of still .

reductions we re in circula tion .which howe ve r were , ,

Towards the en d of August and

18 1 7 the British Cavalry was
,

at the same time previous to

,

men including the B

,

Danes were en camped fo r

,

the fortress of Lille on the ,

Sep te mber a grand review

Wellin gton and se veral o the r foreign

,

to the crops being still on the groun d ,

he executed Another grand review of the whole fore

.

place on the same ground ten days later and on t

'

of Octobe r the camp broke up the Brigad e of t ,

returning to Cambrai but it was there only tw

,

when it was ordered 03 to B ouchai to aken m r~

,

Cambrai for the Sta ff O fl icers of the Russian P 1 ,

an d o ther contin ents p eparato ry to the asseml

g r ,

the whole Army of Occupation of the several allied

on the plains of D enain The man oeuvres he re a
. ,

the B rigade of Guards were p resent took place ,

1 5th and l 6th of October and when the cam , ,

up. the troops returned to their seve ral can to n mc

Guards to Cambrai whe re the O fficers had rec o
,

“81131 during the winter to much huntin g and co m

, ,

A rein force men t of 1 50 men of the G renadie r

under Lieutenant B ridgeman was despatched from ,

Dec 1 4
. . on the 14th of December to replace 2 50 me! ,

Brigade who had been invalided from Camb rai to

,

in the previous sp ring ; they e mbarked a t Dove r f

on the 20th and j oined the se rvice Ba tta lion a t
,

before the end of the year .

 Severa l cha ng es in the command of the B ritish t
at Cambrai took place this year Sir Peregrine .

laud who had long and a t Qua tre B ras and Waterh
, ,

gloriously commanded the F irst B rigade of Guards

,

M I 4.
on the 1 4 th of January 18 18 appointed Lieuten a n t G ov
, ,

of Uppe r Canada when the co mmand of the Brigad e d ev

,

upon Maj O b G eueral Sir John Lambert but owin g t , ,

John s temporary absen ce on leave it was ass ume

'
,

Colonel Alexander Woodford of the Coldstreams , .

Charles Colville whose Third Division had been broka

,

the previous year succeeded to the Second Division

,

Lieutenant G eneral Sir William Clinton obliged to

-
,

from ill health ; and on the 8rd of May the co mma

-
, ,

the First Division to which the Guards were atte

,

de volved te mporarily upon Sir James Ke mpt .

The Third Battalion Gren ad ier Guards re mained 45

.

the whole of the spring of this year in quarters at Ca l

and no French troops were allowed to be p ermanen tly
tored in the place but as parties were occasionally p
,

through to othe r towns it was n o t always possible to p

,

May 1 0. collisions such as occurred on Sunday the l oth oi

, ,

when so me French soldiers we re on the march tl

Cambrai from Paris to Douai O n that occasi on . ,

the British troops exe rcised great forbearance th ,

four of the Coldstreams were wounded The B rig e .

called out and kept under arms all night and ,

ally the disturbances were supp ressed but for son ,

after the troops were not allowed to qui t the tov

ofiic ers were desired n ot to attend the theatre when

troops were passing through The nex t day .

,

Alexan der Woodford then in co mmand of the I,

issued the following orde r on the subject

B ure a us O s man Ma y 1 1 , .

Colonel Woodford desires to express his s a tis ft

the tenm era n ce a n d fo rbearance shown by the N4

O
missioned ffic ers and Soldiers of the Brigade in t
between them an d the French soldiers and ia l
 Tbe F ir s t or G ren a d i
er Gu ar ds [ Ca m X 20

to the plains of Denain followed by the two B atmlion

,

Gua rds the Third Battali on Grenadiers ban g still a t

,

the command of Colonel S tuart ; by the cavalry staff co :

and by the re maining B rigades of the First Division
been encamped in the neighbourhood . The First and Sew
B rigades encamped the fi rs t night near Noyelles on ,

taking up th
Denain On.

of the Second Division from Valen cieun es and of ,

the D uke reviewed the whole army It .

for above six weeks ; and on the mm of Octo ber

siou arrived on the at Cambrai I t was o ri g .

intended that immediately on the re turn to that fc

,

of the B rigade of Guards it should ret urn to Er

,

the other Regiments upon the arrival of the B a th

,

Cambrai An O rder was issued on the 2 2 n d of C

. ,

but a t the last mo ment a Counte r O rde r was iss u

, ,
-

the Brigade was (low ed there so me weeks longe r .

meantime however on the departure of the re mai

, ,

the F Division from the neighbourhood of Ca mb

f:

of the Second Divi s ion h o m V a len cieun es Lord Hi

'

Orde r on th e 26th of October expressin g ,

to S ir Lo wr Cole and Sir Charles Co lvilla

y
and Non Commis s icn ed
 Tlee F irst or Gr en a dier Gu a rds [ Cm . xx

five miles to the south east of the ci tadel of St O mar -

. .

the 2 2 n d afte r a long day s march of eighteen

’

passing round S t O mer they reached the small villa ge

. ,

L on ches two miles to the south wes t of Ardres and on

,
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,

28rd after passing Ardres they reached Calais when

, , ,

embmc a tion of the troops i mmediately proceeded and

'
,

Major General -
S ir J Lambert can not
.

and soldie rs on the termination of a service of ye n

duration during wln ch they have acquired to the mselves

'

every occasion the greatest honour and credit .

wil
'

The Majo r Ge n eral requests that the

- n

assured that he was perfectly sensible of the honour

ferred upon him on his a ppo in m n en t to the B rigade ,

feels certain that ha d circ ums ta nces permitted that

,

exertions in the field might have been more efi ci '

called for that he should now have had the sa tis fa cti
,

exp ressing his tion of that distinguished cm

in

which has ever called forth the encomi ums of those

have had the good fortune to be in co mmand .

(Signed ) Jo m: LAMB ER T ,

Majo General Commanding B rigade of

r
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G ua m

Colonel William Stuart had gone on leave in O c

wheren pon Colonel Henry D O yly assu med the comm
’

the Thfi d B a tm1io n of G renadier Guards and broug l ,

England ; but on its arrival a t Dover on the 2 8rd ,

ve ma
Colonel Townshend joined it and as senior , ,

took over the m I t p roceeded a t once to

en

Nov 2 4.
.
bury to Sittingbou rne and Rocheste r en f r
, ,

London , when an ord er was sent to mee t the B 1

it to proceed to Windso r so a
.fl
,

p rese n tan d assist at the in termen t of Queen Ch

, ,

who had died on the 1 7 th of Nove mbe r the day the ,

left Cambra i The Third Battalion G renadie r

,
 un der H R f '
r. c er iré
’ Dul e o/'
Y
ork.

n finn ed i
c mm on the 2 7 th thron g h Dart . 1 81 8

lso r on the 80th of November .

Batta lion of the B rigade via the Secon d Batta Nov 30

, , . .

cm G u rda un der Colonel Alexander Woodford

, ,

Chatham to do duty in tha t garrison

,
.

ton y o f thc ftmera l o ue en Cha rlotte took

ulcer on the 2n d of Dece mbe r previous to ,

hird Battalion Grenadiers was inspected by the

in Chief an d Colonel of the Regiment the Duke

~
,

remain ed tvm days more at Windso r and on ,

1111 marched to Lon don being met a t Hyde D

,
ec 4 ,
. .

he Armoury in Birdcage Walk where the

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, ,

mus bein g lodged and left under a competen t

,

s then the cus to m the men were marched ofi

'

active billets On the 5th of Dece mber the

.

gin sen ta l Order wa s issued

Lord Frederick Bentinck is commanded by

D uke of Yo rk to exp ress his than ks and high
if the soldierlike appearance of the Third Bat

in spection in Windso r Barracks on Wednesday

B i l trus ts that they will ever con tinue to
.

m e good order and discipline which has pre

err

midsra ble red uction was made in the army at

on of the occu pation of France by the allies ,

be n umber of co mpanies in the G uards was

reduce d . the strength of each compan y was os za.

M ot those rmkmn ot inclu d ed in the

1 reduction might from various causes be
, , ,

pctirin g on half pa y, it was in tima ted to them

-
 u d £1 s F reden cé Due of Y
'

1 n er . er/e.

ma s ry 1 820 ele vated the Prince Regent to the 1 820

, ,
.

es t B ritain On the oc casion of the fune ral of 1 m

.
,

g, whi c h took place on the 1 7 th of F eb ruary ,

tta lio n s of the three Regi ments of Foot G uards

to Win dso r and the Second Ba ttalion of the
,

ua rds was brought up from Ports mouth to take

ere mony All the dispo sable men of the othe r
.

L ondon were also ordered to attend After the .

First Battalion of the Gren adiers was quarte red

while the re mainder re turned to their several

la ys of George IV s reign we re made notorious

’
.

ret y and suppression of a plot called the Cato

airw ay when a p a rty of the Third G u

, ards under ,

sClaren ce ( the future Lord Frederick) was ,

capturing the ringleaders The design of the .

was to assassinate the several cabinet ministers

bled at d inner at Lo rd H arrowby s house in
’

qua re F ro m information received so me peace

. ,

M by the Foot Guards surrounded the house

m
,

e conspirators had et One of the peace .

killed hi attemptin g an entrance but owin g to ,

5 made by Capta in F itz Cla ren c e nine out of the ,

m e captured and the tenth though he escaped

, ,

wa s even tually ta ken They we re all tried and M

.

.and on the l at of May five of the ringleaders

id and the rest tran sported

, .

the bes t dress ed ma n of his day . was not

is made some modifications in the uniform of

fo r in April he order ed the jacket to be done April .

md a lcug coa t, with s kirts turn ed ba ck with

su bstituted The lacing was made fuller and

.

md f the butto ns we re placed straigh t up the arm

ma d the sleeve while large bosses or kn o ts
,

[ to be worn on the shoulders The Grenadier .

p ted this n ew clothin g on moun ti n g guard on

bul li on G rena dier G ua rd s was suddenly ordered

 up on Satu rday the 1 7 th of June fro m Windsor
, , , t<
“
King s Mews to take the public du ties a nd m old :
’

,
"
,

six in the morning they arrived in London in six ho urs

, .

J une 1 8 . the following day the anniversary of Wa terloo tbe Seco m

, ,

Third Battalions the former fro mthe Towe r the latter

, ,

Westmin ster he a ded by H R H the Duke of York as

, . .

Colonel atten d ed divin e service togeth er to celebrate

, ,

fifth anniversary of that grea t victo ry .

1 82 1 .

The death of Napoleon Bonaparte the life long ene n ,

-

182 1 . Englan d took place on the 5th of May 1 82 1 but the

, , ,

E mpe ror had for nea rly six years been so co mpletely d o:
the world that the event caused but li ttle pub lic exciton
,

though it relieved Gre at Britain of the res po n sibilit

watching him to prevent his again disturbing the pea
Europe .
'

The three Battalion s of the Grenadie r G uards un der ,

Frederick Bentinck the Fi rst und er Colonel Hon A U

, . .
'

the Second under Colonel Henry Askew the Third t ,

Colonel Hon William Stuart all took part in the

. ,

J uly 19 . cere monial of George IV s Coronation on the 1 9th of .

’

1 82 1 besides the Gren adier Guards the two B a tta lic ,

Coldstreams and the Second Battalion of the Thi rd G 1

were also present the whole B rigade being placed 0
,

occasion under the command of Colonel Hon Henry I .

the future Lord Dacres who since 1 814 had been the ,

tenant Colon el of the Coldstream G uards Forty c

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.

and 1 1 41 men of the Brigade were told off for diffe rent ,
and posts while about 1 500 more with their O fficer:
, ,

posted in single rank along each side of the whole or

the platfo rm ove r which the procession was mar

from Westminster Hall to the Abbey ; two co mpa

Grenadiers being on duty in the Abbey The troo] .

ordered to parade at one in the mo rning to be i ,

respective stations at two A Gene ral O rd er was sa bse.

i s sued by the Co mmander in Chief in which be it - -

the tr00 ps that he ha d received the Kin g s co mm

’
80 T114: F irst or G ren a d i
er Gu a rds [ CB A E X

under Colon el Leslie Jones being first on the ros ter for
,

a duty was ordered on the 1 st of December 182 1 to

, , , ,

its elf in readiness to embark a t Paddington and proce ,

Dea l. canal to B ristol I t left London by that rou te on th

.

of D ece mber unde r Colonel Jones and reached D

, ,

about the middle of the same month .

Tho ugh so me B attalions of Guards had been sen t o x

Irelan d to quell the rebellion at the end of the last cen
this was the first occasion on which any G uards were
over to form part of the permanen t Dublin garrison a n ,

practice was contin ued uninterruptedly till the year 18

Lord Wellesley arrived in Dublin and made his p
en try in to the to wn in s ta te on the 2 9th of De cember I ,

The troops were all o ut on the o ccasion whe n the ,

Battalion Grenadier Guards lined Dame S treet and CC

Street I t remain ed in Ireland till relieved in the n
. ,

of August of the following year by an othe r B attalic ,

the B riga de .

Several stringent laws were passed by Parliament on

1 82 2 respecting Irelan d ; and the Habeas Corpus A<
su s pen d ed oin order to give incr eased powe r to the
,

Lieutenant ; for the general state of that country ha t

dered such measures absolutely necessary fo r the p rot
of perso n s and p rope rty Unfortu n ately the disc ente
. ,

distress were still further aggravated by a severe ,

which visited the country in the cou rse of the year .

The First Battalion G renadier G uards left L en d

Dublin in July 1 82 2 to relieve the Third Battalion
, ,

same Re gi ment ; on which occasion considerable de

curred owing to a strike for wages amongst the ba r
It appea rs that the Battalion was o rde red to p roceed ,

J uly 2 5. 2 5 th of July by canal to Live rpool and thence eml

, ,

I reland but as it wa s on the point of e mbarkin g

,

din gtou in the canal bea ts a serious affray con ,

amongst the navigators who de manded an advance 0

,

week The constables were called in and after a d

.
, ,

con flict several of the rin gleaders were secured ax

,
la n d er PM Duke of Y ork. 8!

ing rowing feat performed this year by ofl

icers , April 24.

h m f h l
'

L wit x o is own p p ,
eo e distance to ro w the

to London 1 1 8 , miles in eig hteen hours

, ,

Colon el Sta n den , t he Third G u auls mad e ,

x ofi cers of the G ua rds wo uld do it in tw o

rithin ux teen hours The bet bein g ta ken up ,
'

ms an d Captains Geo F Harrin gto n Hudson

, . .
,

fi
ns Sta n den a n d Hon J C Wes te n,ra of the . . . ,

i
s.

s H olyoa k ba cked the Guards for 1 0001 Sir

as laid 6001 a g a in st them and ma n y thou
. san d s ,

the result The race came off on the 24th of

. ,

mg a t th ree in the m orning the crew lost m uch ,

caches between Marlow and R ea din g the wind ,

gai n st the m and arrived a,t Maidenhe a d an hou r

hen the ma tch was s upp oeed to be lost Starting .

after ten min utes rest they ma de up the

’
er , ,

in g ton a n d finally rowed under Westmin ste r

,

st the enthusiastic cheers of their assembled

—
out a quarter before seven thirteen min utes

" son West the sen ior Major retired on the

, ,

amber 1 82 8 fr om the command of the first

, ,

I! was succeeded by Co lon el John Han bury ,

m ud of the Second Battalion vice Han ,

a n later in November 182 5 ord Saltoun 1 335

, , , L
the comman d of the Third Battalion vice xm n hc , .

n lyu ha ppen ed in the yea r 1 82 5 to a

ooc rren ce

l the Gren adier Gu ards Colonel Hon H , . J . .

82

m y,
la te wars .He had served as
Moore an d to L ord Lyn doch ;
Qua tre B ra s an d Wa terlo o a nd ,

Duke s staflwith him when the

’ '

on the 7th January 182 5 .

’

who were finding most of the public duties The p: .

of the G uards to ta ke the rig ht of the line of in fa n tx

clearly laid down that it appeared scarcely n eces
refer the question to higher authority but Sir John r
the circu mstan ce to Colonel T ownshen d command ,

Re gimen t who referred it to the D uke of York thrc

, ,
’
Herbert Taylor and his Royal Highn ess s answer
,

n o privilege of the Guards could be more u n d ou hd

that of bein g a llowed to take the right on all occasi
3 l! 10 '
An other question relative to the extra rank
G uards was also this year raised in Dublin an ,
:

bein g referred to the D u ke of York his Royal I ,

decided in accordance with a well understo od prin c

,
-

Lieuten an ts and Capta ins in the Guards cannot 1

upon to do Sn ba ltern s duty in a mixed garrison Ii
'
.

“
Highn ess added they are similar to Captain s of t
,

with brevet ran k of Major, who do Field O fl ic

in garrison .
"
ma m H R H M . o ne f
o y ore

we ary of the y ear 1 82 6 Id euten a n t Colon el ,

~

les browe of the Grenadier Guards was a p

, ,

nista ut Military Secreta ry to the Comma nd er in

-

Bo ldero, ad j utan t of the Secon d B attalion at

con tin us d in tha t post till the yea r 1 82 9 . Cap

Edwa rd Dou g la s was n ow Adj u ta n t of th e Firs t
a ud Cuptain V eruon of the Third .
oe d
c Ba tta lionG ren a d ier G ua rd s , un der Colon el
. bsin g relieved from Du blin in the a utumn of
e S econ s tta lion Cold s trea m , was sen t to Ma n

h lon g er. On the depa rture of the Second

G ren ad iers for London the following letter was
,

to Co lon el Woodford by or der of Sir John Byn g

, ,

mg the Dutn ct e
’

Er Jolm B y ng ha - dssirs d me to in fima t e to y ou tha t hs

a llow ths B s ttalion d G m ad isa G ua rds n dsr y ou

-
r com m

t ils himsslf od the oocssion to s dd his

m
s an

d of s c orps whic h so hig hly disting uished

b b l ott e
’
d Ws tsrloo , an d fo r v hose wellam sn d hig h

I have, t o"

B. M r,
Maj or an d B rig -

M on

l W .Comma n dixmSeco nd B attalion .

B an -dist Cumin Man chester
, .
"
84 7 715 F irs t or G ren a dier Gu sm
a rd an }

Towards the latter en d of the y ear 1 826, the servil

a
expedition ary force to support the interests of the Pri

soon became the scene of intrigue and civil war .

headed by the Queen Dowager Don Miguel and, ,

mutinied and they and others ill afiected to the

,
-
P

vance of the Spanish government encouraged as 1 ,

were by a body of French troops who had cut

coun h y in 1 823 an d who were now occupying the
'
,

of Andalusia and the form s s s of C

'
adiz .

Early in Decembe r the Princess Re gent of For

an earnes t appeal to George IV claimin g his a ss
.
,
 It was customary for the B s mho n of
the B a nk pieque

mam mal ia n to that civic dign itary

Jd od hm.
u
1
. un der H R H P M . Dua q/ y or k . 87

m the morn in g of Frida y , 1 5 th of December , 1 826.

le fimt to fi ve in the Ta g m an d its s ppea r

s g o o d o msn . The res t of the B eg imen ts

rs the first of the n ew ys a r, a ud upon

, the
fin g ths y pmoeeed ed at on c a ke u
e to t p their

he harracka s t B elem. The reg imen ts of the

med in to tvm Brigades, un d er Major Generals -

mma nd of Maj or G en eral -

S ir Henry Bouverie .

on gave him mo st min ute instructions , in

hors es ofmy ; the order of march ; and

O
the ar

ctisin g marchin g out ; referring on severa l of

u
w his o wn former o rd ers in the P emin sula ; an d

ircuits in the open excep ting when absolutely

c ,

ng to war un der existin g circumstances with

, ,

a
s or Spain and tha t the chief obj ect of the
,

to sssist in dn vin g P ortu u

’

ss the rebel g es e over

t lin tou on a rrivin g at Lis bon was re

m
, ,

be P orm g ue se a utho r i to detach a portion

o Oporto an d was alao o fl ered the command
‘

t ,

iy ; b oth of th ese req u ests he declin ed ; he

p an te hi s sm a ll bo d y of m en ; an d if h e ha d
“ ma de to him. an other Gen eral Ofi cer
,

m m t out to take comman d of the British

leir ov m troops s g ain st the insurge nts ; from a

 7h F ir si or G ren a d ier Gu a rd s [ Cas s ava

fin ally succeeded in dispersin g a body of 1 2 , 000 ins urg

at Coruches .

S William very prudently dechn ed to cm

h i
Thoug
r

The Brigade of G n ud, -

o . in the mo mm a of

Gw d a of the Royal
their Colon el for the last twen ty on e
ms or oo m x nn -
lx o
-
mn wrm m n m s m m

s a n to br unt. lam -
cm
o m l us—rm n

loyal Hig hn ess the Du lce o ork hs d been for

lin g in hea lth, a n d in the ls tter pa rt of the

e fs i

fi m s ttacked by a mortal malady , which soon

 Tire F irst or G r en a d i
er Gu a rd s (Cw . XX V

ant improve ments in drill tac tics and general supervis i

, ,

and various refo rms wi th regard to inte rnal econ omy v

carried out during his administration When it apps s .

certain that death wa s approaching the question had b ,

raised by the Kin g how the duties of Commande r ih Cl

,
- -

were to be performed in the interval between that event

the no mination of a succe sso r when Sir Herbert Tay ,

h
t e Adj utant and Qua rter Ma s ter General bein g of the K
»
,
i‘

sta fl performed them takin g the King s pleas u

’ '

, , re on
arra ngements connected with their respective depa rtme
while the Secretary of War took the King s commands 1 ’

reference to pro motio n s and appoint ments This explana '

.

'
appears to have originated an idea in the King s n
that he might himself be the Duke of Yo rk s succesao ’

Commander in Chief of his o wn army At !

- -
all s ven a .
,

impression to that e ffect existed amongst the mem

of the Govern ment while other reports were c urrent
,

his Majesty would nominate to that post one of his B

Brothers either the Duke of Gloucester or the Dull
,

Cambridge The ministry howeve r principally 1

. , ,

Liverpool an d S ir Robert Peel , were most decided in

oppositi on to the first of the above steps , and con sic
’

the Duke of Wellington the fittest person of all othen ,

succeed The King had it is true intimated to

.
, ,

Duke of Wellin gto n only three months previously .

,

he wished him to succeed the Duke of York ; but his

con sidered there was nothing definitely settled at that
and no furthe r reference was made to the subject ti
Royal Duke s death when the D uke of Wellingto n 1“
’

, ,

also of the report of the King s in tention to succeed hi ’

brother withdrew at once from town in orde r th

, ,

presence might n ot create an i mpression that be

expecting the appointment for himself Two days .

n amely on the 7 th of January the Duke received tb

, ,

mation of the King s intention to select him ; but 1

'
,

the Kin g wished his decision to be at once made pul

desired that the appointment should not take place ti
DUKE OP WB LM NG TON .
 Gm a d za Gu a rd s m
'

7 3: P in t or
'
an . XXV I !

m
1 . to be Colon el vice his Royal
, Hig hn ees the Duke 4

On the occa sio n of ta kin g o ver the comma n d of tl

army , on the 24th of Ja n ua ry , the Duke iss ucd the fo

Om an . Oan s a . z 4l a Ja n u
a ry .

In obedien ce to his Maj esty s most gracious command '

Field Marshal the D uke of Welling ton assumes the cor

-

ma n d o f the army and earn estly req ueets the assista n

,
'

and support of the General and other ofi cers of t ,

characte r .

When Sir Henry Bou verie then in Portugal heard , ,

the appointmen t of the Duke of Wellington to be Colo

of the G renadier Guards he wrote the following lette r
,

M 2. VIL LA Fa mca, 2 134 Feb. 182

Mr nn aa Loan , In a letter which I received from Six Will -

y o ue ha s the Oolon sloy of the G ren a dier G uard s .

oe
“
Ha vin g the hon our to be en tru sted with the c omman d

B rig ad e.in which the Fimt B atta lion of y our G raoe s reg hn en t bc
’

con s picuo us fig ure, I am ha ppy to be able to as sure youtha t the

it bac bad an opportun ity of evin cin g it, been most a dmira bly
ted I t has n ever fa llen to m lot to hm t o do with a B a ttali
por .
y
a more perfec t state ot disciplin e ; there has been little or n o drux
'

without havin g M a t the en d ot the ma rch m n e of them a be

lag g in g in the rear.

B a tta fion of the G mn a di m

l am fa r fivm fi ahin g to detxa ct fic -

merit of the Beoon d B a ttalion Third G uards , which forms the

half of my B xig ado, an d I beg lea ve to assure y outha t the z sal
ofi m an d g ood will of the men of tha t B a tta lion is n ot t
o b

The B rig ad e is a t prescn t ver much in con ven ien ced by th

m
y
a rriva l of a 9a . I trust tha t thil will soon be remedie
kr i ll” .
93

e Colon el Town shen d

iva l to to u
req est tha t hs 1 827 .
slim us from this wan t .

H . F . B ouvs n m, Maj G en
.- .

Douglas continued as Adj utant of the

F G renadiers throughout the campa ign ,

the receipt of the above lette r he ,

message from Lord F itzroy Somerset

satisfaction which had been felt both
if the Battalion on leaving town an d ,

behaviour The following letter from

.

o n to Sir Hen ry B ouverie speaks for

Lmnox , 8th of fi n g , 1 827 .

the B aig ad s
-
G uard a un der y on r ocmman d ,
of

Is of ex preasin g to y ou the r ea l aatista c tion l

’

to their retnrn a an d l requ est tha t youwill do

p a in tin
g b oth Oom m m din g Ofi oe m th a t it is

leg ree sa til futory to me to receive su ch mports

ha ve been by such fa voma ble men tim aa tha t
'

Dear Sir Hemy . -

h P crtu
”
g a l.

lloucester ha d now become the sen ior

mds in poin t of date an d in tha tcapaeity
,

n sidered certain duties such as pro mo

»
,

1 as the confirming of proceedings of

l Courts ma rtial whi ch the Duke o
-

,
ork

as sen ior Colon el bu t as Co mman der

,
94 7 7k F in d or G n a di
re er a rdflc
Gu fia rmx v

1 82 7 . inChicf This coming to the knowledge of the Duke

v
.

Wellington he addressed the followin g letter to his R c

,

Highnes s the Duke of Gloucester

Lo rmo s , 9 ih

m9 . S IB r -
I hl d the honour Of calling at

is quite con d umve upon the subject an i

’

propose to read an d confirm that procee ding of a Gen e

?
y
f i? 0 0 m mT ; W hich had been h id before (
Y,

I M likewis e in ten ded to in to some ex plan a t

‘

with your Royal , if I had the honour of see

ou upon other p om“connected with the duties of
y , y a pon which I am apprehensive thmI ma h
y
;

“w e M n t vl ew from tha t taken by you c

.

es s an d I beg here t
g o assure your Royal High!
,

that nothing but a of duty md of the m po n sibi ,

which I conceive m ts upon me could induce me to b) ,

any opin ion in which I might be so un fortm

t

as to f: fiom your Royal Highness

i .

records of this o fi c e show a uniform co urs

cu ts of the pro motion s and appointments in

cuts of Guards passin g through the hen ds o i
ih Chief equally with those of any 0
- -

regimen ts of the army with the exception of the ,

of the G uards have been in varia bly conducted under

bu hm a ppointed on the St:

cw . m u)W . EM A m M o d hhg tom 97

it doe- n ot a ppea r whetlm he wa s on the Thc h tter, however

-
m ,

h ad h m
o ba ble u them is an ord er in v hic
, h he is n amcd , tog eM

ha boan of the P rivy Oou nciL a n d is ocoa d on ally sty led His ‘

W y fl but the la ttm titlc ma y perhapa have belon g ed to his

'

ut eocg a fl ’
o fima u it doss still in G erma n y to tha t of
-

M M Of fl
ie rd g n s o m E , d filh m md

d p vo order mmd in him a ll the thm cla u

m

To fi o Duke ol Ma rlboroug h Lord Oa d og a n cucoeeded and then

m
, ,

se a - s u

M d m ii n t kcg hn cn t thcre is un torhma tely a chasm ct a bout

‘

a d sn ; bu
d g ht ya a. in tho collection of c t, a t the md of the y ea r
1 14 A m m
md m g iven in the Duke of Oumbed md s ’

m not sonior Oolon el by datc of appoin tmen H as In cd -

” m m C
blopd d tbe First
” g hn en t or as OOm
M in Chief AM the duth d the Duke d Oumheflmd the
mp
-
.

a b -
s to thc h fig a d cm g iven by h rd n ier , 0010n el of the

M ’
of the l hird kcg imen t an d to Lord l yra wlcy , Ooloml of
tha w

M d fic m mg h n en t or as Oo mma n dcr in - -
Chiefi
‘

m l to dc with the C
rd olon el of the First Reg imen t. Lord

am z l ve ord ers to t
M . ol the OolMt rc he B rig ade du
, rin g ths
-

p l d l fll ; but proba bly this ma y bs acoou n ted for b y the

“ M tb ba in n in of thc ca r l i
g g y
'
m Hi B oyal Hig hn sss was atthe
s

“
,

a ths lbtcl l ajor OM an d Co lon al of tho Third R e i

g
-

m In April of thc aa me yea r Hia B oya l Hig h n cas wa s

—
fir
lh tm n t G emul . an d Colon el od the Fin t B egp man t.
' '

fi l To

“ p i- d a s com cy d a e rea sog imen cm muw m w

“ M g to m g m t du
cu d ng tho com m lu l l h
d n r

“ m h m mm a
mg
m m am a
l oyal lleg imsn t cf fl
mr u m m
W M ot thc mrda
'
it - a

m m
0
um d B othea v ho n ccasded la rd Du nm orc in 1 762 .

m m m
-

d m w h a a w ic um .
 Th First or W G era rd : [ Ca s a zt
'

W tha oa ly Fid d Um hd then mth m y “ l

e a an a
m
-

m
,

who dicd two or ss ysa rs afier.

'

“ To ron rt to K in Oha rles’a order

g , “appea s t luvcbd
r o
'

tain ly aotsd upon in thq can d Sir (Hrarlss Willa if net a lg n

’

m ol ths Duko ol Om bulan d an d M um m

mies a d e -

yea r l 7 7 0, thm a m no ordm v ha tcv er g iven ex cept thm'

Fid d Ofi ou ia
-
W o Waifin g by tho kin g m r by tho Golom
r. xx v utj m da '
R M Ar Me uée g H/ d fing
’
m
ucomequen ce of the sudden illn ess of Lord Liverpool, 1 337 ,

y in A p ril 1 82 7 an
, d his retire,men t from mb li
c li fe,
w
sa n g e oi g overn men t occu rred , when the K in g ca lled
'

a Mr Ca n n ing to form a n ew adm1ms trati on , under

.

In e ral members of the old cabinet declined to act ;

s ve

i
r dered the letter a ddrcssed to him by Mr. Can n ing on

. an d on the l fith mo n th sen t in his resig n a April

of tha t ,

both cd the comman d of the army a n d of his post of

” Ge neral of the O rd nance ; at the same time ex
l in g to his Maje s ty the reg ret he felt in fin din g hims elf

M ed so to a ct T he K in g on the
. fo llo win g da y

m an d his Maj es ty, in g

revert to his former idea of

ng the comma n d of the army into his own hands , ug

s

ed to Sir Herbert Taylor, on the l 7 th op 1 il,

-
to ac
t as
Adjutan t G en a al in the po sition of Chief the Sta fi.
'

of
-

t ik tha n kin g the K in g for the g ood opin ion of

M m , tha t it wo uld fa cilita tt u

e t ke
'
s ret um,
s thm if a R oy a l Duke were pu t in to thc post ; an d

to have been the K in g s own obj ect in

’
appears n ot

ig it A propos a l had also been made tha t ths

n p.

b ol the an n y should be en trus ted to a board with a ,

the Adjuta nt an d Quartermaster G en eral

-
as members

m the comman d of the army but he wes determined ,

to d a m u n less Mn Ca n n in g ap olog is ed tc him ; an d ,

rhavin g n m aincd in ofi ce till the w d of the mon th of

l ha left the Horse G uards in dig nan t at the sug g es ,

l ol l n rd Pahncrston , tha t all hia acts were illeg a l from

10 2 The F ir st or G ra n dm '
Gu a rd s [ Cma XX V l

182 7. the day the K in g ha d accepted his resig n a tion , for he held i
afi m
ce by pa ten t n d tha t paten t had n either been reca l
n or a freah pa ten t ma de o ut. The Du
'
ke s view of the c

to be prepared by the attorney general which was sign -

,

The Duke however reta ined in the mea ntime the Co lom
, ,

of the G ren a dier G ua rds while the post of C

, omman der

Chief rema in ed in abeyan ce B ut an unexpected event s

.

la ter, the 8th of Aug ust Mr Can n in g d ied bein g t

on . ,

ceed ed by Lord Goderich an d on the l 5th the King w

,

ag ain to the Du ke ofierin g him thc co mman d of the A)

,

The D u ke had n ow no reason for refusing an d ha , ,

accepted the King s gracio us ofier resumed his fm

' '

duties at the Horse G uards on the 1 7 th of August .

Durin g the time that the o ffice of Commander in -

was in abeyance the King desired the Adjutant G e1

,
~

of the foros s ou the 6th of July to inspect the se

, ,

Battalions of the Guards and report to him upon ,

state of em cien cy , and the two ho me Battalions of

Grenadier Guards were accordin gly inspecte d by
—
Cfi cer the Third Battalion on the 12th of J uly
, ,

Secon d Battalion on the 1 4 th On the arrival of the C .

of Wurtemberg on the previous l st of June a g un

, ,

honour of the Foot G uards was sen t to Greenwich to 8

her Maj esty as she disembarked In the early part 0 .

year a small draft of Non Commissioned Ofl icers an t

-

had been sent out to the Battali on servin g in Por

which arrived there in the month of March .

In the early sprin g, the Spanish and Portuguese

neers c rossin g the fron tier ha d been met by an ad v ,

guard of Portuguese troops when an action en sued ; s,

the Spaniards and mutineers were eventually driven

neither the Brigade of Guards n or any other portion ,

Henry Clinton s force was required to be sent form

’

support of the Constitutional troops .

After some mon ths spe n t in the neighbourhood of

tarem Sir Hen ry Clin ton who had been strongly a
, ,
1 04 Tfie F irst or G r ena d ier Gu ar ds [ ca m xxv

1 338. hon our in England those home companies of the sen

,

Battalions were ordered to furnish the public duties on

The Duke of Wellin g ton was n ot destin ed to rema in im

months at the head of the B ritish Army for as L , ,

Goderich who ha d a ttempted to form an administrati on

,

Mr Can n in g s d ea th ha d been un a ble to con solid a te

.
’
,

Kin g , on the 25th of Jan ua ry , 1 828 , to form a min ii

min istration returned to power and amon gst them 1 ,

Aberdeen who was appointed Secretary for Foreign Afl

,

This chan ge was as unexpecte d to the D uke himself :

the coun try for he had declared only in the previous
,

that he would have been ma d to give u p his o fiice of

mander in Chief for which he was suited for that of P
-
, ,

Minister for which he considered himself neithe r suites

,

On becoming first lo rd of the Treasury the D uke at ,

resigned the co mmand of the Army and ofiered it 1 ,

old friend and comrade in arms General Lord Hill ,

accepted it with equal powers but with the lesser til ,

Gen eral Commanding in Chief. Lord H ill held hil - -

”

levée on the l st of March at which Colonel Ho: ,

Town shend comman ding the G ren adier Guards , was pi

,

as Field Ofi cer in Brigade Waitin g for the month on ,

occasion he received permission couched in most fia t ,

terms for the Field Officer to wait upon him at any tim
,

the service of the Brigade should require his presence .

Duke still retained the Colonelcy of the G renadie r G

and it will be reme mbe red that this was not the first t
the annal s of that Corps that the Colonel of the Regime
held a very high political appointment about the S ovc
Henry Viscount Sidn ey afterwards Earl of R omn e ,

great friend of William III acco mpanied his Soven .,

the campaign of 1 69 1 in Flanders both as Colonel ,

First Regiment of Guards and as Prin cipal Sec ret

State In th ose days the Colonelcy of a Regiment v
.
m m )under E M . . A r téur Duée q/ Wellzhg ton . 10 5

of comma n d ,
and it was on tha t occasion that Lo rd ,

signified to the Lieuten ants of the First Regiment of

5 both in his capaci ty of Secretary of State and Colonel
,

Re giment that it was the King s gracious pleasure

,
'

rt them the ex tra ra n k of C

t a pta in in the Army.

he month of February Don Miguel, who had procured

ic tion of Great Britain Austria and the continental
, ,

l w mm m w w , w a ss ume the R eg en cy in

ice of the In fan ta of Spd n , on behalf of his n iece a n d

lied wife Don n a Ma ria the rightful

, landed Queen , —
m the 22n d of F ebruary 182 8 under a solemn oath , ,

M and adhere to the constitution Relying on the .

f th e oa th the B ritish Government withdrew pa rt of

,

d iti fi ce at the end of Ma rch fro m Portugal ,

p s on a ry er

eB rig iid e oq a rde were almost the on ly British troops

the cou ntry ; but no soone r had Don Miguel esta

l himself than he re moved fro m their posts all the
,

ofi m civil and military and received the Mon ,

is in to favour, who lo cked with an e vil eye upon the mi

In n ovations of Great Britain ; an d while the mob in

I ha d become loud in their acclamations in favou r of

on to mpt to disarm the few B ritish tro ops that

atte

led . The new government at home which with Lord , ,

sen se F oreign Secretary was bent on following a ,

of n eu trality and non interference determined n ow

‘
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Ma w 1 100 the Brigade of Guards ; these accordin gly

bed at the en d of April at the very spot in B elem
m
,

uons were being made for proclaiming Don

I K in g to preven t which had been one of the principa l
, ,

i of the P ortu g ues e in a l i

pp y g
n to G rea t B rita in

fi an ce The French commen ced a t the sa me time

.

year later the yo ung Queen of Por

ten years old having co me to E n glan d ,

er un ele Don Miguel ha d us u rped the throne was , ,

turmns esived a t the B ritis h Cou rt where the K in g ,

 Tée First or
’
G rmad zo Gua rtlf
'

'

[ Cs a X Vi

en terta in ed H er M aj es ty with festivities at St in mel e

Palace , “which Her Royal Hig hn ees the Princess Victor

On the arrival in Lon don fro m Portugal of the Fir

Battalion Grenadier G ua rds un der Colonel Han bury , ,

April 1828 it proceeded to the Knightsb ridge B arrw l

, ,

an d. in the following month of A u gust, was sent a seem

time to Dublin to relieve the Third B atta homu n dee

Saltoun an d to do duty th ere for a year .

,

Sir Hen ry Torren s Adj utan t G en era l of the army, dyii

,
r

o u the 2 5th of Aug us t, was succeed ed by Sir H erbs

Taylor who had refused the co mmand in India an honm
, ,

which had been ofiered to him by the Co mman den in Chie -

An even t to ok place in l 829 which is in terestin g to tho

feelin g tha t ex isted in the a rmy and in the country g en ,

rally in the reign of James II . when the atte mpt to tolers

, ,

the Roman Catholic religion cost the sovereign his th e:

his army and the a fiection s of his subjects On the 1 8
, .

of April this year under a Conservative min istry t

, ,

Catholic R elief B ill having passed both Houses of Parl

men t received the royal assent and before the end of 1
, ,

month several Roman Catholic Lords had taken their se

in the H ouse of P eers It ha d taken 140 yea rs to p
.

su ed e the people of Great Britain that such eu a ct .

toleration would not subvert the established religion of

cou n try , an d the carrying of this measure has a pecu

in terest to the Gren adier G uards indepen den tly of ,

bearin g on religious matters as affording a curious c ,

tru s t in the conduct of two Colo n els of their R eg immt .

I n James II a reign it is true it was more t

’
. , ,

more toleration of the Ro man Catholic religion tha t

army and the co un try were called upon to witness it w ,

to tal subversion of all Prote stan tism : and the Colone

the First Gu ards in the person of the D uke of Gral
,

preferred in the yea r 1 688 to desert his Sovereign rs

, ,

than lan d himself to such s ubversion .

The Colon el of the Gren adier G uards in the perso

to8 Tbs First or G ren a d ier Gu a rd; [ m a m
Third Regi ment to have the St Andrew Star as t] . ,

distinguishing Regimen tal Badge . O fiicers of the G ut

were to coutin ue to wear the bra id ed g rea t cost to dis ,

guish them from the Lin e . A g old sa sh was tc he v

with the red coa t, an d the red sa sh with the g rea t e

while the gaiter trowsers were still retained for gala days
guards of honour .

The bay on et ex ercis e as n ow practis ed was in trod u

abou t this time in the B ritish army a ccordin g to a syst ,

p ra ctis ed by M A n g elo ; an
. d de ta chm en ts o f th e G us

were drilled in this n ew ex ercise preparatory to its be

O

generally adopted but two years later the ex ercise

, ,

meeting with the approbation of the then G enera l Ct '

manding in Chief was discontinued by his ord er

- -

, .

M , 12. Colonel Hon H G P Townsend re tired fro m the ct

. . . .

mand of the Regimen t on the 1 2th of February 1 880 1 , ,

as Colonel J Hanbury did not purchase Sir John Wo

. ,

ford , the second Majo r succeeded to the L ieuten i ,

Colonelcy Colonel Hanbury retired in the month of J

.

following and the three Majors of Battalions for the 1

,

seven years were Colonel Lo rd Saltoun Colonel H e ,

D Oyly.and Colonel Samuel Lambert

’
.

George IV who in cludin g the period of the Rege

., ,

had n ow exercised Sovereign Power in the country since

y ou r 1 8 1 2 had
, for so m e tim e been su fferin g fr om a
g er ou s m alady which soon
, proved fatal and he died or ,

g m go ,
26th of June 1 880 D u , ring that Regen cy
. the Mil ,

reputation of the country had been raised to the hi;

pitch by the successes of the D uke of Wellington O r .

occasion of the funeral of George IV at Windsor in .

all the Battalions of the Guards except the First Batt ,

Coldstreams then at Dublin took part in the ceremon

, ,

The year 1 880 the first of the reign of William

,

ushered in a period of gen eral political disturbance w ,

commencin g on the Continent gradually though 11 , ,

so great an exten t involved this country in its v .

,

The revolution at Paris causing the dethronemez ,

cit took pla ce in the la st da ys of July only : ,

LA W Dué my ll ing vvm
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/
1 09

George IV and it was succeeded 1 m.,

.

elg iu m the people of which coun Au 2 6

,
g . .

m of their nation al independence

'

in d It had been annexed by the

.

aou n try with the view to forming

,
'
rance but without consulting the
,

o naturally preferring their inde

,

mally on the 4th of June 1 88 1

, , ,

laxe Coburg for their Sovereig n

-
.

reign revolutions the minds of the

a excited and the growing liberal

,

state of the agricultural districts ,

and the increas ing de mand for a

fo vember, 1 880, when the King

rm a new administration
) which ,

mentary reform D uring his ad .

Wellington had in coa uen ce ,

a fia irs in Europe gen erally in ,

by 7 000 or 8000 men and added ,

n tin in many parts of the

uin g
ary to have r ecourse to the troops

f insurrection and at the end of ,

T
the G uards as well as the Non November
, .

md soldiers on furlough were ,

rd ered to join immediately The .

re fixed upon for the several Bat ~

q uartered about the metropolis ,

Am mbly P osts
a t tt in g a Ms ws B an
’
aoh
-
,

in the B a rra ok Squm ,

at an d the

in H ydo P uh n ea r the Sta tno,

ld od
'

to be station ed a t ea ch of
 l
I
l
l )
I .

g . j»:
f b
l

of Field Amnery practice to en s

x

was h ow adg e

Mi m g uns in the field A demhmen t o

oe
’
.

the idge Barracks un der a S

Br
se n t dawn t I slan d
o
,

course and co n sid e ,

as Guards of Hon «
on the 1 st of Aug ust ,
1 12 Tfie FW w '
G rm diee '
dr [ G ua m
of the prog res a tha t was bein g ma d e by L ord G re)
his secoud en dea vours to pas s the Reform B ill, wl
he had ag ain in trbd uced . The secon d rea din g wa s ca r
in the H o u ril, b a ma c
” a, “
se of Lords , on the 1 4th op
y j
of n in e ; but the ministers being subsequently defeated

thirty -
six on a particular clause threatened to resign ,

and the peers at last withdrawin g their opposition ,

bill fin ally passed on the 4th of Ju n e rec eivin g the R ,

assent on the 7 th o f the same month .

The Second Battalion Grenadier Guards was recs

fro m Dublin shortly after this a t an earlier period t ,
.

tha t fixed for the usual change of quarters in order i ,

it might be present with the First and Third B a tta liom

the occa sion of K in g Willia m IV g ra n tin g to the R eg in .

a n ew Royal Stan dard carried by the King s comp ,

’

chiefl y on state occasions of Guards of Honour A aim .

Royal Stan dard quite distinct from the Sovereign s Co]

,
'

of the Guards which is plain crimson throughout

, ,

the Sovereign s In itials and Crown e mblazoned in

'

cen tre had bee n presented to the Grenadier G uards

,

1m “ .
The day fixed for the cere mony was the 2 6th of J :
On the previo u s day the Adj utan t General had is : -

a me m oran d um to the Head Quarter Staff of the a) -

to the efl ect that as his Maj esty had exp ressed

’

gracio us in ten tion to presen t an additional insignia

the Gren adier G uards all o fficers who should atten d
,

Majesty on that occasion were to appear in plain un ifor

At eleven o clock on the d ay in ques tion the
’
,

Battalions un der Colonels Lo rd Saltoun Col onel H D

,
"
,
.

an d Colonel Sa m u el La m bert asse mbled in Hyde f ,

un der the regi m e n tal co mm an d of Colonel Sir John V

ford , the Lieute n an t Colonel and after forming three
-
,

of a sq uare the presentation of the Standard was ma

,

his M e aty in all due form wh en the Regiment h , ,

reformed lin e marched past his Majesty

, The First .

tall on Soot! Fu nnier G u ards was bro ught up tb

mt ] W E M A rt/mr M eo f Wellin
g torz. 1 13

mi Windsor to as sist in furn is hin g the d n ties and

-

,
1 888.

g the gr oun d while the Seco n d Ba ttali on Fusiliers

,

e
L ceremony .

hike of Wellington as Colon el of the Regiment

, ,

ed the ir Maj esties at Apsley House in the eveni n g , ,

sd all the ofi oers of

the corp s to be presen t a t
lio n, when the Fusilier Guards ag ain furn ished the
hon our of 1 80 men
'

over the So vereig n .

mal change of quarters of the Household B rigade
l d min g the rema in in g years of W illia m I V s
'
.

t on ly few in ciden ts worthy of record occurred ; a

rance will however be made to so me of the reviews
t , ,

ng tha t period The K in g wa s pleased in Aug ust to

.

ttha tthe twelve flank companies of the Foot Guards ,

u should be encamped in Windso r Park from the

, ,

1 4th of that mo nth and the following was the,

of those companies on the occasion bein g all ,

nder the command of Colonel Lord Saltoun the ,

Sarah . Drumra
. R . &F . R t F.
l et M 18
18
5
7
8

ite sel ecte d forthe en camp ment was in the Great

of Quee Anne s M a
m n '
ween the two lodg es a t the botto 10

or P n k for five daymthc camp was broken up on

 Th Fir st G r m d zer G w d s [ cw xx w
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1 14
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or .

The dreaded c h olera had made its first appearance in t

country in April of the previous yea r a t Sunderland whet
, , ,

extended with more or less severity th rou

, g hout the thi ,

kingdo ms On its reaching London the atten tion of t

.

authorities was called to the crowded state of some of t

metropoli tan Barracks as we ll as to so many ma rried m ,

in the brig ad e o f G na rds tog ether with s o me of the sun ,

man being still fro m wan t of barrack acco mmod a tic

, ,

billeted an d qua rtered in the mid s t of so me of the un

crowded parts of W es tmins ter Wi th the view to checki .

the spread of cholera amongst them a detachmen t ,

twen ty five married men of the Firs t Battalion G rena d

-
,

Gua rds with their wives and children was in May 1 82

, , , ,

re moved fro m their billets and quartered in B on n

Barracks while several pri vate houses in the Horn:
,

Road were rented by the gove rnment an d all the sin ,

men of the B rig ad e s till in billets to the n n mber of 4 ,

were placed in th em with five ofiicers in charge , .

1888 .

A review of the Household T roops took place on the 1

of May 1 888 before His Royal Highness the Duk e
, ,

Gloucester acco mpanied by the General Co mmande r

,

Chief at which there we re presen t a de ta chment of R

,

Artillery the l st an d 2 ud Life Guards 1 7 th Lance rs I

, , ,

and Second Battal ions G renadie r Guards unde r I ,

Saltoun a nd Colonel D Oy ly Fi rst Battalion Coldstreu ’

and Second Battalion Fusilie rs the whole unde r the ,

man d of Major General Sir Charles Dalbiac the Ca

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,
r

un der Colon el Hon H Ly g on , the Foot Guards u . .

Colon el Sir John Woodford The ground was kept or .

occa sion by two squadrons of the Kin g s Dragoon G u: ’

an d His Royal Highness the Duke of rlean s who O ,

present was received wi th a royal salute

, .

The n ew barracks in St James s Park we re report

'
.

O ctober of this year complete and ready for the a ccor ,

dation of 7 20 Ran k and File besides Non Co mmissi ,

-

O Mcers ; they were shortly afterwards occupied the ,

1 16 Th Fir st or G r ena d er i Gu a rd s [ Ca a a x

on the l dth of O ctober, an d followin g da ys , on the oc

ot the fim ot the H ouses o f P a rha men n which red u ce
interesting old pile of buildings to ashes .

In September 1884 the T hird Battalion

, , Gre
Gu a rds pmc eed ed to D ublin an d was a g a in relie\

m
,

Bo ber, 1 885 , by the Firet B atta lion of the sa me

mon k und er Lord Sa ltoun , bn t previous to this la tter .

lion proceedin g to Duhhn , it mih d rn s e a g n n d

-
of l:

K ing at Woolwich , on the occa sion of his Maj esty m

the Roya l Artillery in tha t g arrison .

B efore it ca me to the tu rn ot an y other B attalion

’

Gren a dier G ua rds to procw d ag a in to Dublin the c ,

m fo r s tun s disco n tinued ow in g to tw o B utta ln

the B riga de bein g sen t abroad Captain Hon R . . .

ha d been Adju ta n t of the First B a tta lion G ren a dier G

sin ce the mon th of May 1 885 having then suct , ,

Captain C Stua rt ; but he resign ed the Adjutancy in

.

1886 while the Battalion was still in Dublin and we

, ,

cccdcd in that post by Lieuten an t F W Hamilton . . .

No chan ges ha d taken place in any co mmands i

”7 0
regiment sin ce 1880 ; but on the 10th of January ,

both Sir John Woodford an d Lord Saltoun being ptt

to the ran k of Major Gen eral Colonel H enry I
-

however remain ed but a few weeks in co mmand

,

T hird Ba ttalion Colo n el T urn er Gran t succeeding

,

M lf . the 17 th of the followin g mo n th .

by Act of Parliamen t to have attained her majority

be en titled to take u l
pon herse f the rei s of Gover
n t

the even t of the Kin g s death — event

'
which the
n
e ,
M I L] a n d er F M A 71 .61e f
o Wellzag ion . I I 7

us illn ess o f H is Maj esty was is s ued on the 9th of

d in the co u
. rse of the next few days fe eling his ,

r
e aching he expressed a wish that he migh t survive
,

w eary of Waterloo ; that wish was fulfi lled for he ,

till the 2 0th of June when he expired in the,

third year of his age having nearly co mpleted the

,

M om ent took place at Windso r on of July a the 8th

ten deta ch ments of all the Battalions of Guards ,

f the First Battalion Coldstreams then in Dublin , ,

1 in the ceremony The fi rst Battalion of the

.

are unde r Colonel Lambert was at the ti me at

, ,

and the strength of the detachmen ts of the Brigade

u fro m London was ,

t M
ln St i G d
us lier un s .
Lh d M Soots Fusilier G ua rds .

Total

deta chmen ts
return ed to their respective quarters
after the above cere mony .

to death of the King and the operation of the

,

Law the C rown of Hanover became severed from

,

h eat Britain and Ireland and his Royal Highnes s ,

to of Cumberland succeeded as an independen t

p to those sta tes which si

,n ce the accessio n of ,

I had formed part of the British Continental

.
 xx ax iom wa n mo -
ca nm or s m artest m cu ms . 1881

ms a n ten n a s -
W a rs a w vp s
or ro a n t or m cm
-
m JO H N co ns ona nt a m a ss ! or a s s umes —cas s a v a“ 0 0.
e -

m i ro s ca m s w a rn s ca uruo x some o r r s s or uv lu
-
.

—m JOH N co n ow a rro w ran oovr as o u G u zm an—moot )

-

a? ro o m m o mm a 1 839 or co lu
. mn no q ou
d e a n m a sh
-
r u n es rm . 1 8 4 2 no us n a n r o um o u— raa m

m o s s or ova m ro m o uss e—ra m“ m a r m um is m ‘

w s n maro o n —r a ter ea r ru ne s a r c a mer ama n or sa me

-
-

ima m— o u rs or c omm n ausea l aw— ca n in e? more . .

—uu rs or p m or w m ms mN — vrs oo m m e mos on !

oox m o mc rx ca n t — n a s ra m s s u g a r co mma or a m .
o -
.
,
.

ou s ans rx r ao ou
-
on o n or mmi a n us —m a rr-s w a t mo
WO N—PR EP AR ATIOB G 7 0 3 ca n 0, mm u cn on '
.

H en Majes ty Queen V icwria ascended the throne or

2 0th of June 1 837 a n d was proclai med on the 2 2 n d wit
, ,

usual ce re monies The Coro n ation took place on the

.

of J une of the fo llowing year when a grand proce ,

was formed fiom Buckingham Palace to Westmin stt

which the foreign ambassadors and ministers took
an d much interes t was evin ced at the presence in the
cessi on as French A mbassado r of the Duke of We
, ,

ton s former galla n t antagonist Marshal So ult w h<

’

, ,

most cordia lly received All the available B a ttalic .

Guards includin g the Firs t and Third Battalions c

,

Grenadier Guards under the command of Colonels S,

Lambert and T urn er G rm t were present Shortly ,

.

i
the access on the question of the position of the
,

O fficer in Brigade Wa iting on state occasions was 1-

It had been the invariable prac tice during the

of George III and G eorge IV that that ofi cer aboul o
. .

a seat in one of the royal when the Ki n g w v:

 h arp - M inute.
A Cox
. , JH
. . P urves .
HA . . H itchell,

F . W Allin ,
. H on . A G ordon ,
J. B . Flemin g , 0 8 CW
. . , JAU
. . dn y ,
H . H e wood,
y J. A. La mbert, J W
. 8 . efi ,
H on . H
Percy . H on : B . 0. Neville.
B . 11. G ly nn .
H
H on . . 8 . Forester,
G 0 . Hou r.

Quarter ma ster“ Quarter master. -

R Fra n ce . J. P ay ne. J ie L ll y
surg eon s surg eon
J D Wrig ht. J Jo n o h s n.

G . B rown

CA ADA. N
1888.

The services of a Battalion of the Grenadier Guards v

req uired in Canada in the year 188 8 to assist in supp : ,

in g a revolt which had in the previous year b roke n

, ,

into armed rebellion both in the Upper and Lower

vin ccs on the British Government not dee ming it eX pec
,

to give way to the excessive demands of the Col (

Asse mb lies . The concessions that had been made in fm
years had only led to further de mands ; when in 1
,

the Asse mbly in Lower Canada co mplained that they

n o control over the public money that control was con e ,

to them as far as all the mon ies derived fro m taxes

co n cern ed Not satisfied with this they claimed in 1
. , ,

that the Senate w hich was n o min ated by the Crown 8!

, ,

be elective but the British House of Co mmon s to v

, ,

the q u estio n was sub mitted rejected this de mand ,

maj ori ty of 2 64 votes to 46 whe reupon when the Col , ,

Ass e mbly wa s called toge ther in 1887 the me mbe rs re ,

to deliberate Matters bein g thus brought to a

.

so me of the in habitan ts of Lo wer Can ada u rged b ,

r. XXIX )under E M A r t/mr Dmér of
. Wd lzfig ton . 12 1

s s en t fo r from Halifax , an d
Govern orS ir Fran cis H ea d,
Upper Canada con fidin g in the loyalty of his Provin ce
, ,

ud ed it of troops and sent the m to the disturbed dis

,

ta w hile Sir John Colborne at that time Co mman ding

, ,

Jlrief gav e directions with the sanction of the Govern lim

,
b-r.

rt for two detachmen ts under Colon el Gore and Colonel

, ,

therall to proceed a g a in st the rebels at St Den is and

,

Charles Colonel Wetherall was completely successful

.

St Cha rles ; when the rebels at St Denis retreating

. . , ,

on e] Gore was als o e n ab led to occupy that post and in

L ,

following mon th Sir John C olbo rne with 1 800 men , ,

seeded in dialodg in g them from the villa g e of St .

ively announced tha t the ch etive coun cil would n ot be

M tha n disturba n ces broke out there also and on a ,

U
po n the serio u
s cha racter rebellion beco min g
of the
m in En g la n d towa rd s the cn d of December 1 887 the bee n .
, , ,

mom en t bm g ht in a bill early the followin g year sus ,

o

rdin g the ex istin g leg iah tu re o f L o wer Cma dm an d

ratitutin g a sp ecial council appoin ted by the Crown .

oy appoin ted the Earl of Durham Governor G en eral an d

s -

h C m m iss ion er for the adj ustment of afl i and dete

g o a r s r ,

ns d to sen d ou t a d dition a l troops ; and the Secon d

ataliom o f G ren a dier a n d Co ldstrea m G u a rd s were
noted to hold themselves in roa din eas fo r servic e. The
M on of G ren adiers at the time a t Win daor pro
, ,
o

M to Lon don on the t h of February an d occupied St qea u , .

it was augmented to 800 Ran k

soldiers un der eig hteen yea rs

'

t sen ia service being

M The Second Battalion was now comma n ded by
don el Tumee g w ho ha d su cceeded to tha t B a tta lion
tho mtirm en t in the prev io u
,s mon th of Colon el Jod relL ,
l22 TA: F irs t or M a ster Gu
a rd s
"

[ Ca se xx :

1 808 9 ; at Walcheren ;
-
and in the
18 12 18 1 4.
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The foll owin g s me rs belonged at this time to the

a

B attalio n

0. HN icholson .
.

Hon H . M iouter,
.

O. A. Lewis ,
B . Elan . Oo uls on ,

Aug Go a . ,

Lin duy sum d od before the B a tta lion leftLon d on .

The of the B rigade was delayed till the mo

of March so that the navigation of the St Lawren ce mi
, .

he r on their arrival on the other side of the Atlar

i

M aj or“ Sir James Macdonell , late of the Cold s tr r

Gu ards , wa s appoin ted to the command of the B rigade ,

Ca ptain Wellesley Torrens who ha d now for a l ,

six years bee n the Adj t of the Second Battalion Gr ,

dier f u d s was appointed Brigade Major bein g s uccec

e
,
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,

as Adintan t by Caph in Hon James Lindsay . .

Th Battalion was reviewed m Hyde Park by the I

e w
v ay
.

the $ 1 at of March an d
. .
, ,

d m the person al directions of

a
a

much satisfied with

1 24 TM F irst or G rena dier Gu a rds [ Cm . xx ix .

l ess . the Citadel the leading inhabitants of British origin being

,

present to welcome the m Several o ther regimen ts also were

.

despatched to Quebec in the course of the summer .

Govern or of Upper C anada , in place of Sir Francis Head ,

J une 10 of n otoriO l
'

was ss en tly proved on the occw on the

‘ "

. s ss

volleys of exema tion s by the acco mpanying c rowds as thn ,

were esoo fro m the wharf to the citadel by an office r

At the ti me of the accession of H er present Majesty to t

e , O
thron Colonel Hen ry D yly was Lieute n ant Colonel
’
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sisan t havin g succeeded Sir John Woodfo rd on t ,

l 0th of “ “1 887
"

L Colonel D Oyly had been in co ’

man d of a B attalion for seven years but retained that of 1

,

regimen t sf mon th s being promoted to Maj

i
,

1888,when he was by Colonel Samuel La mbt

da d
This havin g the J‘ of removin g Colonel T urne r G r
XX IX un der F M A r té ur Dué f
s o Welling ton 125
] .

me Canada Battalion to the F irst Battali on at ho me ,

l Robert Ellison an old Waterloo o fi cer was sent

L , ,

Canada to succeed him in command of the Second

on ; while C
s o lonel Alexander Higginson succeeding ,

eg imen ta l Majority was app oin ted to the co mmand

,

Brigade of G n a rds in Can a da was in s pected by S ir

'

Colborne the Gen eral C omman ding in Chief on the

,
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f June 1 838 when he was pleased as stated in

, , ,

e o rders
s to express his most unqualified app robation
,

r discipline
L movemen ts and steadin ess in the field
, , .

g hon t the sum m er the two Battalions

, of Guards
md in turn s a detachment of an office r and thirty men

July , the famous ordinan ce was promulgated which ,

M r.

s uch unfortunate results Of the principal ins ur

.

Wolfred Nelson and se ven othe r prisoners had

d odged their treason and sub mitted themselves to
,

emen c y of the governo r ; but Papineau and fiM en

took refuge in the United States and as it was ,

libie to obtain a convic tion by an ordinary j u ry an ,

a ce, issued un der the authority of the Governor ,

d thfi the pfi m en were to be ex iled an d tran sporte d

mudmwhfl e n on e o f the p row rib cd were to retu rn to

ton y on pain of death The prisoners were acco rd

.

transported and a general amnesty acco rded to all

,

.c xc eptin g a lways those who had taken refu g e in th e

l States .

won as this ordin an ce was trans mitted to En glan d ,

g a lity was at once recognised I t fo r m ed the subject

.

m discussions m Parlia men t which were only termi ,

by Lord Melbourne announcin g that the Queen had

med it Lord D urham stu n g by the atta cks made
. ,

him and by the lukewarm support he received from

,

a m t resign ed his ofiic

, e but remained a few weeks
,

to complete certain inquiries and the state of public ,

g i n th e c ou n try tow a rd s him wa s sh o wn a t a la ter

Lby the n n mber of ad dresses of respect an d sy mpa thy

32 6 W M I W G m adc
kr Gu a rd s [ Ca m xx u
t

ms . which he received when thc disa llo wan ce of the a bo ve ordi

n an ce by the sovers ig n was promu lg a ted on the mh o

O ctober . Sir John Colborn e hs d also ten d ered his res ig

n a d on as comma n der in v -
chicf , bnt was req ucsted to con tin u

The ofi cers of the brigade of Guards having recei

vet

his Govern orship and regretting his departure . entertai ns

-
,

him st din n er on the 25th o f October. previou s to his lem

in g the country The entertain ment was in tend ed to be e

.

s pu rely soc ia l chara cter but advan ta ge was taken of th,

opportunity to give it a political tendency and un fortt

, , ,

h ately Sir James Macdonn ell

, who had been one of Lo t ,

D urham s special council carried away by his fee lings g a r

'

, ,

a reason a ble c olo urin g in his speech for s uch a n opin im

Whatever Lord Durhamhad chose n to say mus t in courtei
ha ve been listen ed to but it was felt that no opinion upc
,

the state of afia irs sho uld ba ve becn ex pres sed by ar

ofi c er which ga ve to the collective body a n appearance

poli tical bi as .

Duri n g the autumn indications of a turbulent spii

became eviden t An organisation was kn own to exis t. tl
.

me mbers of which were bound by secret signs and oath

The loyalists fl ocked in to the town s and the len ien ,

shown c ombin ed with the reversal of the tran sportii

,

ordina n ce . raised the hopes of the disa fl ected

’
.

As s ma tter ot preca ution .two co mpanies of the G ren a di

'

Gu ards , under Lieuten an t Colon els Lyster an d J R Cra . .

fu rd were deta ched on the 80th of October fro m Que h

, , ,

to a station at Three Rivers on the ba n ks of the 5 ,

L awren ce six ty m, iles from Quebec and about thirty mil ,

below Montreal both for the purpose of ma n taining co:

,
i

munications with th at latter town during the winter and

s hoedin g protecti on to a small powder magazine establish
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in its neighbourhood while a party u n der Lieutenant H (

,

A Gordo n was deta ched from these co mpan ies to a pls

.

c lled Nicolet higher up the ri ver as the mag

a , is tra :
,
n
. xa “W E / ll A rt/ in r
. Duét af Welling ton . 12 7

muoh a h rmed a t the rebellious spir it man ifes te d in 1 333 ,

quarter .

a the de parture of the Govern or fo r England on the l st

“
m “?
,

member S ir John Colborne who had gone to Quebec

, ,

be him o f was sworn in admin istrator of the go vern

,
~

L Sir J ohn immediately returned to Montreal an d on

. ,

my up as he pas eed by Three Rivers g a ve n tion s to

, ,

ten ant Colonels Lyste r and Cra wfu

-
rd with reference to

r emaining there during the winte r n ot suspecting a t the ,

a n y immediate disturbances On his arri val a t Mon treal

.
,

aver seeing the threatening a tti tude of the pe ople

, and ,

the re belli o n was on the poin t of breaking out he at ,

took the preca ution of occupying the approaches to the

I with g u a rd s a n d pieqn ets an d severa l a rres ts were
,

e on the 2 nd of Nov ember On the std the ha bitan s

.

in arms The y had in tended doing so in Mon treal

.

e the troop s were in c hurch an d n n armed an d to ,

t ra in ed the
g ov e rn m en t au tho r ities a n d chief m ilitary
m but the arrangemen ts which the General ad o pted
s t o f the se em
,

p let r ly d is co u cer t ed th eir plans A li . e ers

dh eovered from whi ch it appeared that so me of them
,

rdo omed to de a th and o thers to be retained as hostag es .

,

r John Colborne at once des patche d a steamer down

E
river to brin g n p the two co mpan ies fro m Three
m hi h f
’
' c was also to call at Nicole t or Gordon s de tach
t. “ ey hro u fl it th em ofl w ith
'

so m e difl icn lty ow in g to ,

ro u h t t of the w t h t h e ofi oer oe mma n din

g s a e ea e r , g
ped in g et the sa me time in ca ptu rin g an d brin g in
g
I Mr Macdonald one of the chief rebels
.
, The .

mar then return ed to Mon treal an d dise mbarked the ,

rten ot the B a ttalion from Que bec Sir Jame s Mac .

ha d in the
tll , mean time on the 5th of Nevemher Nov , . 5.
M a deepd ch from S ir John Colborn e d esirin g him ,

m w ith a win g of a B atta lion oq ards to M as

Dubels were n ported to be ed m cin g on St. Ours. At

t o eloch the
’
ume even in g five compa n iea of the
“
,

B atta lion G ren adim . with head qn artm ,

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e mh rked
1 28 The F irs t or G r ena d ier Gu a rd s [ Ca s a xx

un der Celen el Ta mer Grant leaving only six men in h ,

pital Subsequen t orders were received by steame r the t

.

lowin g day fro m Sir Jo hn Colborne directing Sir Ja n ,

Macdo nell to prom d with these troops to Mon treal whi ,

they reached on the 6 th and disembarking at 2 r , , .

'

proceeded to the Queen s Barrack s The risi ng was n .

ge n eral on the righ t ban k of the St Lawren ce s ud t . ,

rebellion of 1 888 commenced with the occupatio n of B el

harn ois and the capture of Mr E llice by the in surgen t
, .

lan g Dr Robert N elson Dr Cote and Gagnon to t

, .
, . , ,

n umber of 4000 had established themselves a t Na piervil

'

some miles beyond St John s To check the sympto ms

.
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.

in surrection in the bud several regiments were di rected

,

move in that direction and amongst the m were the six co:
,

panics of the Second Battalion Grenadier Guards which , ,

the 8th c ro ss ed over the St Lawrence to La P ra irie a s m

,
.
,

village about eight miles fro m Montreal where they wu ,

j oined by three gun s These with three companies of

. ,

Guards were forwarded at once by rail a distance of (w e

,

miles when ce they proc eeded by route four miles furthez

,

L acadie The train that conveyed these t roops so

.

on their road wa s o rdered back to La Prairie to bring ,

the three remaining co mpanies w hich le ft Montreal ,

later period of the day but it ran off the line and
,

upset there being strong suspicions that the accident

,

the result of design Colonel Lyste r who was in com

. ,

of these companies having w aited for the train till

,

midnight determined to march at once for Lacadie

, ,

lieving that the ad vance on the rebel position would

place the next morning and they arrived a t their desti n
,

a t half past seven A H on the 9 th with but few strag;

-
. . ,

though the roads we re completely broken up and there ,

been continuous rain and sno w for several days rend ,

the adhesive mud more than ancle deep .

La ca die was a scen e of great confusion The .

Hussars and 7 l st Regiment had ar ived i d d f

en en
r n ep
the aftern oon of the 8th The village was . d e se rted l
 The F irs t or Gr en a dier Gua rd: [ Cm . xx

o f rebels to s ubvert the r ulin g powers . Ne in tren cln n e

ha d been thrown u p, in wo rks of detenn o a bilit shown
y
n o determin a tio n , n ocourage ; but the leaders aud prie:
a fter ex citin g the misg uid ed hahitan s , were the first to sc
their own safety , leavin g the deluded people to the mere)
an ontmg ed Govern ment . As a warn in g to the insurger
orders we re issued on the followin g day Sunday to bl
, , ,

Napierville be fore evacuatin g it sp arin g only the hon ,

of the loyalists and althoug h a co un ter order w

, as sub
quently issued it a rrived too late to save the town
, .

The same da y the battalion followin g the lin e of retn

, ,

of the rebels arrived a t St Ed wards a n d on the 1 2 th v

, ,

p ro cee din g to S t R ém i wi th the A rtill

.ery w hen the rc ,

was fou n d to be so d eep in mu d that the artillery hon

could n ot drag the gun s through ; a compa n y of the G um
was therefore , turned into a wood which flanked each a
, ,

of the read an d the men with their regulation axes cc

,

w eneed cu tting down small trees so as to make s cord u ,

road but the edge of every axe and every billhook turn ec
'

a few minutes and became utterly useless ; the artillery v

co n seq uen tly left to bivouac at an adjacen t fa rmhou
,

two companies of Guards being left in support and it 1 ,

be con sidered fortunate that this exposure of the in ferio

of the ordn an ce tools did not take place in the n eig hbc
,

hood of an en terprisin g enemy .

Nov 18.
. The col umn proceeded to the village of St G eorge on .

1 8th of November an d n ext day the 7 th Hussars,

Gre nadi er G uards return ed to La Prairie occupying ,

deserted ho uses while the Artille ry and 7 l st movec

St John s . where Sir J ames Macmmell now in com
,
'
. ,

of the distric t on the so u th ban k of the St La wn .

established his Hea d Q uarters . -

This demon stra tion together with that of Ge neral ,

therew s brig ad e which took a more easterly d irec

'
,

proved to the dis afl ected population the futility of n

'

an ce to British po wer . an d though the winte r was

advan cin g . an d the weath er mis uited for military operat

Sir John C olborn e determin ed to c on tin ue his mil
 a n der R M A rtAur Duee of WM ”. 1 31

st yet been visited by quartering the troops

,

pursuan ce of instruction s to that efiect the

Grenadier G uards march ed on the mat of Nov ,
. 2 1.

o Boucherville about fifteen miles down the

,

t
.
, where it had been intimated to the men they
free qua rters, but Co lonel Ellison gave strict

lopted was in the firs t place to obtain a list of

me ters of the rebellion in the vicinity of each
pa rties were then sent out unde r the c omman d

m The meat and vegetables thus collected

.

in charge of the quartermaster who served ,

each company and by this mean s the obj ect

,

shed and disciplin e p reserve d The cold was

, .

are a n d mu
, ch ice was fl oa ting d own the strea m;

however continued th eir march and on the

, ,

y a wing of t he battalion of Guards under ,

id a half miles lower down the river .

mies were sent on the 24 th from H ead Quartem

Ble to L Es tmg a to f rag e a n d sea rch for
’

o
da y the Head Q u arter wing le ft Boucher ville ,

ned o n the roa d by the d etached win g marched ,

miles to St Charles lying on the right

. ,

Richelieu The morning again was intensely

.

m oanete r twelve degrees below ze ro of Fah

e Battalion wi th the artillery did n ot arrive
, ,

ck in the aftern oon at S t Mark opposite St

, . , .

ire it was stated in the i n s tructio n s for the

w heat would be in readiness to convey the

out the river which h ere was ex tremely rapid
“
, .

he ferry bos tha d crossed and re c rossed the pre -

ith a o great ditliculty the frost had been so

,

the last twenty four hours that it was now

-

&me d me ofiicers an d lig hter men firat

,

£ 3
1 32 The F in t or G r en a d er i Gu a rds [ Ca m x x

tried the ice and even tu

, ally seven companies marched c
by sections in extended order ca rryin g their kna psa ,

between the m in their han ds The artillery was left at .

Mark with two co mpan ies of Guards in support and

, ,

the following morning the guns an d materiel were brou

over on sleighs .

Nov 26
. .
The mw h was contin ued on the 2dtb fourteen miles furt ,

to St Hyacin the on the Yam aha river whence orders it

.
, ,

iss ued to capture certain prominent insurgen ts who u

lyin g in the vi cinity in fancied secu rity and several prism ,

were made including Monsieur Papin eau s brother

,
'
.

the 2 9th the Battalion returned to St Charles the re . ,

being li ke glass The next day they reached Cha ml

.

eighteen miles distant up the Richelieu riv er outside wl ,

village was a small fort on a lake occup ied by the l

, ,

Regi ment co mmanded by a former Grenadier G uards n

,

L ord Charles Wellesley ; and on the l s t of Decembe r

Battalion re occupied its former quarters at La P ru
-

where it continued undisturbed till the en d of the year .

In the meanti me a General Court Martial of which -

following oilicers of the Gren adier Guards were me mbe

viz.
, Lieutenan t Colonel Sir John Eustace Ca)
-
,

Honourable G eorg e Cadogan and Captain Mitchell ,

assembled at Montreal under the presidency of M ,

General Clithero w for the trial of prisoners taken in t

,

of whom 7 60 had bee n lodged in Montreal gaol .

The year 1889 ope n ed with gloo my an ticipations

the main te n an ce of friendly relatio n s between the E
Govern me n t an d the Uni ted State s owing to con t ,

lawless depreda tio n s on Can adian soil a n d the oppata u ,

’
of power or in cl in ation on the part of the Uni te d S tates :
ritiea to repress or p u n ish the m The disputed north e .
-

bo un da ry q uestion was also a s ubj ect of un easiness ,

the begi nn ing of J an uary repo rts being p re valent the

bodies of United States sympa thirers were asse mbl ’
134 Th F irst or G
ro w n? Gu a rds [ am
c s

l soldiers had no beds but slept, on straw with their

, blot

It ha d bee n the intention of the authorities We) ,

Battalion sha d d return to its former quartm at Quebe

cheap no man
, had been drun k on duty for ri
g

a; e o flen ders were exec

'

tion . These Coun s lasted four

but on ly five were execuMd on which occas ion st ,

of the garrison occupied the gaol in an n cip

'

of an pt at a rescue and a corporal and two g rcn a

,

were on du ty at the s cafiold ’

.

In th e course of the su mmer of 1889 d uring a dis ,

ance in a court of law a t Montreal a picquet of fifly m ,

the Guards was marched in and cleared the court owi ,

an that t he loyalists were threa teuing again st r

j erity of the jury wh o r ef
, used to convict a ma n of mu
and late r on the 9
of September a detach ment 0
’
5 f
f i 17
‘

, ,
.

compan ies under Li , Perceval was a ,

to a large number of prisoners

rta tzion He returned with his (I
a
 1 35

ficers ,
t and Soldiers of
s approbation of th eir

in c on the Champ de

md uct of all ra n ks of
this Garrison The .

is and satisfaction in
so honourable a tes

ey may contin ue to

ted Governor General

[ -

t having in the course

L

sign he was succeeded

,

b le Paulet Tho mpson ,

std Jackson was tip

the Forces in Canada .

glan d on the 1 7 th of
l was created a peer
, ,

1 re ward for his long

3 country .

s of the n ew Govern or
two Canadas though ,

ms agreed to by the
l oth of February the M 10.

r a separation of fifty
lhompson now Lord
‘

nor Gen eral

-
Kings ton
,

rn men t a n d under his

,
the co u ry, bu
nt t the ques tion of the n orthw tem W
still caused much an xiety in the public min d.
The Secon d Battalion Grena d ier G uard s received ondi
in April to move to Qu ebec bu t previo us to its depa rti,

wa s in spected by the Comman der of the Forces an d ,

the 28th of tha t mon th it left Mon treal u n d er the c

, o

day at its destination Major Gen eral Clitherow um

.
-
,

whose immediate co mmand it had served at Man ta

wrote to the o fficer co mmanding the Regimen t in Low
the followin g letter expressing his approbation of
,

cond uct
Moa rm n 4 mm 184

Mr o m Co mm —I
can n ot allow the G ren adier G ua rda to
the Mon treal district witho ut bearin g testimon y to their excel

habitan ts, an d on This mag n iticcn t ba tta lion V ill immadii

d uty .
return to Q u obec, an d c an y with them the g ood wiahea of a ll
'

in habitan ts of Mon treal, an d I n eed n ot assure you how sin ew

aha ll reg rot pa rtin g with my old frien ds .

J ca n Cmrn s a ow Maj on G en exa

,
-
‘

Lieutenan t Colonel Lyster whose health had been

-
,

so me time failin g was fo un d dead in his bed two

, I

after the arrival of the Battalion at Quebec to the ,

grief of all his brother O fi cers ; highly appreciated a

ha d been in the fashion able circles of London he set ,

more fitted for society than the camp yet d uring ,

i n s urrectio n of 1888 when arrange ments were n eces

,

co n seq uen t upo n either weather or marches no ofiiccr ,

have be en more active an d en ergetic and none disch e ,

their d uty with more ab ility li e was bu ried with mil

.

honours in the ce metery upon the St John s road Co .

’
.

Ellison havi ng r t urned to E nglan d on leave shortly b

e

this even t Lie uten an t Col on el Greenwood assu med

,
-
1 38 TI}: First or G ren a d i
er Gu a rds [ Ga m ma
was generally understood that the brigade of Guards woul
remain in Canada until the settle ment of the boun din g
question and at the approach of winter . with the view t
, ,

occupying the men during the lon g cold seas on the bat ,

talion was in s tructed in the use of snow shoes ; a pa rty c

thirty men from each Battalion being also sent for severe ,

days into the bush acco mpan ied by some Indians to prac
, ,

ties the art of encamping or hutting in the sn ow .

1841.

A draft was sent out from the Home Battalion s in April

1 84 1 consisting of one Ofiicer one Sergeant and fifty titre
, , ,
-

men thus rai sing the battalion to 82 7 rank and file and of
, ,

Colonel Clive returning to E ngland at the end of the yes :

the co mmand of the Second Battalion devolved n po
Colonel Charles Lascelles who retained that commun ,

till the Battalion left Canada in the autumn of 1 842 .

Sir James Macdonell who had been p romoted by tl

,

general b revet of N ovembe r 1841 to the rank of Lieuten an

, ,

General but had been allowed for a time to retain the co n

,

mand of the B rigade resigned it in June 184 2 and Colon

, , ,

Bowles of the Coldstream Guards the senio r Comma n dii ,

O ffice r of the two Battalions succeede d to the brig w ,

Command .

As the no rth easte rn boundary question was still

-

abeyance the B ritish Government in the sp ri n g of 1 84

, ,

selected Lord Ashburnham who from his long personal a:

, ,

co mmercial acquaintance with the States was well qua lifi ,

for the duty to come out as special e n voy to nego tiate

,

treaty He arrived at New Yo rk in April and in anticipati

.

of a successful termination to the deliberations the us : ,

drafts for the B rigade which we re under o rde rs to s

,

fro m England were counter orde red and the leave of -

offi cers then in England was extended till further orders .

The trea ty of Washington settling the boun da ry ques t

was sign ed and received the sanction of the Presiden t a
,

Se n ate on the 9th of August 1 84 2 It was certainly , .

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 m W P M A n ew M
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1 a j d rg lon . I 39

wtory to tlre B fitish pn blic, a n d it was an en or in a

ry poiut of view ; for whi le the American s obtain ed
rall they claimed , the B r ifis h los t tha t which alon e

thc territory va hia ble to thcm, viz ., a short an d direct

thw agh theirfrom Quebec to New
own coun try ,
n ick and the removal of the United States boun da ry
’
,

r fr
e om the St La wren ce This they lost but they . ,

the n ews of the ra tification of the trea ty bein g received

lg hn d mrd ers were is sn ed fo r the ret rn u of the Can ada

is of Guards The Head Qua rters an d six compan ies of
.

ra u a diers embarked at Quebec on board her Maj esty s

l
F ,

“
)
”
ship , Res istance (Captain Patey on the 2 9th of Sep t , . 29 .

amber in the midst of most enthusiastic de monstra

,

and sailing on the l st of Octobe r anchored at ,

ca d on the 2 0th o f the sa me month Ou tbe 22nd .

ix companies disembarked a n d proceeding to Lon don ,

lil ,occupied the Wellingto n barracks The two re .

mg compan ies which embarked on board her Majes ty s

,
’

Pique on the 1 8th of October reached London on

,
"

. m
4th of Nove ber followin g . N ov . 1 4.

fore leaving Quebec a number of men being an xio u

, s
ttle in the co untry were discharged upon modified
,

(m s or obtained free discharge

, and it was notified ,

this was an ind u lgence granted in consequen ce of the

,

M o n which the Co mmander ih Chief expres sed of - -

na dn c t of the B rigad e durin g its stay in Can a da By .

M erg es the atren g th of the Second Battalion on its

um Tic F irst or G ren a d i
er Gu a r ds [ Ca m xx m
184 2. esprit dc corps en titled to the highest admiration and pre
, ,

senting an example which it is to be hoped will be followed

by regimen tal posterity The accoun t of the service of the
.

Battalion in Canada would not be complete without record

in g that Captain the Hon Ja mes Lin dsay fi lled the post of
.

Adj utant during the whole period of its foreign service .

B om b ! After the Battalion ha d re assembled in Lond on all ,

the men s ervin g in its who had been drafted

q s ,

from the First and Third Battalio n s were re transferr ed to ,

-

their own co rps and the Second Battalion received its pro
,

portion of the recruits raised in each year d uring its

absence The co mmanding officer of the regiment Colon el
. ,

G rant on the breaking up of the Batta lion recorded his

, ,

opin ion of its conduct in the following Regimental Orders

R s cms s r u. O nn s a s , 8th December, 1 84 2 .

The Co mmanding O fiicer of the Regiment has great

pleasure in record ing his unqualified app robation of thc
discipline and good conduct of the Second B atta lion o
G renadie r Guards during their stay in Canada .

He looks with great satisfaction to his having j oin e o

this Battalion and sailed with them from England ; sin c

,

his return he has received the most favourable report

fro m his successors in co mmand and he can assure the : ,

that every time he has had occasion to communicate wit

the authorities at the Ho rse Guards they have spoken a
the m in the highest terms of co mmendation ”
.

The final half yearly ch ange of quarte rs this year w

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delayed till the re turn of the Canada battalions when as , ,

was con s idered desirable instead of sending one battc

,

to I reland to send it to coun try quarte rs in England whe

, ,

the men would have s o me relief fro m the con tinued n ig

duty of London Wincheste r was chosen as a Guam
,

quarter and the barracks in that town continued to be o cc

,

p ied by the several battalions in succession till the y e ,

1 85 2 when the wooden huts at Chicheste r we re selec ted a

, ,
l 42 Tee F irst or G renad ier Gu a rd s [ Ca m x x m
1 841 . Captain Hon Alexa nder Gordon was appointed Adj utan t
.

of the Third Battalion in February 1 841 on the resigna , ,

tion of that post by Captain Hon. Grosven or H ood who ,

had held it sin ce March 1 887 , .

mins ter on the l st of July 1 84 1 the Battalion s of G uard s

, , ,

in the Wellington and St George s B arracks were ordered

’
.

to be closely confin ed to their qu a rters for three days ,

in cludin g the day before and the day after the election The .

ord er was of course rigidly atten ded to but on the thir d da

y , ,

on the Field O fiicer pointing out that the Act o f Parliament ,

directin g such a practice in other towns had not hitherto ,

been applied to the troops quartered in Westmin ster as ,

’
guards over her Maj esty s person the Quarter Master ,
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General replied that it had not been the in ten tion to restr ict
the Foot Guards in Westminste r and the Tower to their
barracks further than had been custo mary on such occasion s
, .

A destructive fire of the old armoury in the Tower of

London took place on the 80th of Octobe r 1 841 whi ch , ,

besides destroying a large store of old pattern flint musket:

of no great value as the new percussion firelo ck was bein g
,

adopted cons umed a mos t inte restin g memorial a trophy

, ,

consisting of gun s arms swords kettledrums and fl

, ,
ag : , ,

taken from the French at the battle of Ble n heim in 1 704 ,

and which a Battalion of Gren adier Guards then the Fir s ,

Guards , had been so in strumental in securin g The s it .

of the ar mo ury was at once made use of for the ere .

tion of a large barrack for the Battalion of G uarc
’

formin g the garrison of the Tower and a few years lat ,

e

the buildin gs used by the Ordn an ce Survey Department we .

p ulled down and barracks for o fficers erected in their plac

,

The ann als of the G renadier G uards would be in cox

p lete were they to fail to record the last services of
member of that c orps on e of many whose conduct a:
,

character sho n e forth d urin g the latter years of the revol

tiona ry war .Maj or Gen eral Lord Saltoun who had left t
-

G uards in Jan uary 1 837 was o ffe red by Lo rd Hill to ws:

, ,

the en d of the yea r 1 841 a co mman d in China u ,

nt ,
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] M AM A r . m y Duée qf WW W .
M3

Hug t gh which he a ecep ted , an d ca i ried

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ut the
o 1 84 1 .

to a success ful en i ln l mh er Maj esty wa s g raciously

n d to in vest Lord S altoun with the Order of the

tie. H e had been a ll his life a s h on g Con serva tive, and '

w ed upon him by a Liberal min istry was honourable

, ,

ith pa rties as the following extracts of a correspond

m
,

which was carried on towards the end of 185 1 su

ly testifies .
t L ord John B u ss ell in his letter to Lord ,

The military servicLord S alto un so lon g an d so

es of ,

itin g uiahed make me desiro us of pla cing his name

,

tom the Queemas deservin g of a ma rk of hon or which

long s to the Scotch peerag e .

Of co urse I do n ot wish to influen ce in an y way his

litica l con duct and I a m qu
, ite aware that I could not
”
v e for hi su port
p s p .

LLord John Russ ell s request Lord John Fitzroy com

'

his wishes to Lord S altoun and the honour thus ,

him in so co mp limen tary a manner was duly

wrote himself to Lord Sa lto un ,

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distin guished se rvices in her Majesty s
ea rn ed for you this honourable dis

ren a dier

fixrther opportunity of seeing active

be an inappr opriate time to refer to

a Kn ight Comman der of the Bath ,

of Han over and a Knight of the ,

an d ro ug h mann er, pa rtly ac

but in a g rea t deg ree ass med

u ,
1 44 T118 F irst or G r ena d i
er Gu a rds [ Cua n XX IX .

to veil the n atural kind h ea rtedness of his disposition -

he was stern ly severe against anything that savoured of

co wardice treachery or deceit but kind and ten de r as
, , ,

a woman to un merited mis fo rtune or s ufl erin g

'

He rose .

to the highest rank in his profession and while in public life ,

he recei ved the approbation of his Sovereign and of a ll

those who were in a po sition to j udge his con duct ; he was

ants to have sustain ed the still more excellent part of a

thoroughly honest a nd g ood man He died on the 1 8th o f .

August 1858 in his 69th year havin g held the family

, , ,

dignities for above sixty years His remains were carrieé .

to P hilorth in Abe rdeenshire whence on the 25 th 0

, , ,

August they were conveyed to their final resting place ii

,

the family mausoleum at Fras erburg h .

As it was c usto mary on the birth of an heir to the thron

for the Lieutenant of the Queen s Guard to receive his brew
’

majori ty that p ro motion fell this year to Captain J A Udn g

, . .

of the G renadier Guards who was on duty with his Re g ,

ment at St James s Palace at the time of the birth of tl

.
'

Prince of Wales on the 9 th of Nove mber 1 84 1 On tl

, , .

occasion of the christening of His Ro yal Highness on ti ,

2 5th of the following Jan uary the First Battalion G ren a di ,

Guards 600 stron g under Colonel Ellison with Capt:

, , ,

F W Hamilton as adjutan t was ordered to proce

. . ,

fro m Head Quarters St J ohn s Wood to Windsor carryi

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, .
’

, ,

with it the Royal Standard ; the Q ueen s Co mpan y ti

’

commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Charles Bagot be

’

orde re d to mount as a guard of honour in the Castle y -

over her Majes ty s person d uring the ce re mony The P

’

talion p roceeded accordingly to Windso r at 6 mu on , .

2 5th returning to London the same day

, .

Sho rtly afte r the re turn of the Second Batta lion G rt ,

diers fro m Canada in Nove mbe r 1 842 when it wen t

, , , ,

London quarters in the Wellington Barracks the First 1 ,

talion unde r Colonel R Ellison proceeded to Windso r

, .
, ,

the Third Battalion under Colonel Ho me wa s the fir: , ,

occupy again the new country quarters for the G uard

1 46 TIn F irst or G r en ad i
er Gu d } [C ue ar ai n xx

a uthority of a warrant of the l l h of Octob r

t hy w e ; t e art

n ot looked upon at first however with much favour it

, ,

the G ua rd s a s it wa s suspected tha t if men in vested thei

,

sa vings it would be taken by the authorities as an argu

,

men t for reducing their pay .

At the spring cha ng e of qua rters on the l et of March

1 844 the Fi rst Battalion Grenadier Guar ds under Colon d
, ,

Clive occupi ed the Winchester Barracks and was succeed ec

, ,

in September by the Second Battalion of the sa me Regiment

un der Colonel Lascelles .

O n the occasion of the Q ueen receiving a visit from the

E mperor of Russia in the summer of 1 844 her Maj est
, ,

entertained him at Win dsor with a review of the H ousehol '

troops All the Battalions of Guards then off duty fro :

.

Win dsor and London the Household Cavalry and sew

, ,

Artillery from Woolwich were asse mbled in the Great P ar

,

for the purpose ; but the First Battalion Grenadier G um

was not b rought up fro m Wincheste r .

Upon Colonel Grant retiring from the command of tl

regiment on the 8th of Nove mber 1 844 Colonel Ed wa
, , ,
'

Clive succeeded to that post and Colonel Henry Fe rgus ,

to the command of the Third Battalion Colonel Cli ve d .

n ot lon g survive the enjoyment of his new dignity for , ,

the 1 5th of April of the following year he died after , ,

short illness at his house in Grafton Street

, He 1» .

buried at the family estate of Whitfield in H ereford shi ,

but a funeral process ion was formed near Hyde Park of 1

three Battalion s of his Regiment a ll of which were at 7 ,

time in London the Second Battalion at the T ower and

— ,

other two at the West end The procession accompan

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.

the hearse to the Paddington station whence the body ,

taken by his frien d s to its final restin g place in the coun -

'

Upon Colonel Clive s death Colonel John Home s uccee

’
,

to the Lieuten a n t Colon elcy of the Regiment Colonel I

o

celles to the co mmand of the First and Colonel Bolder ,

,

the Second Battalion ; Colon el Henry Fe rguson bv

alread y in command of the Third .

Sir 0rd H on yman succeeded on the 2n d of Octo ,

fi x .)a n der R M A r lkm '
Duke of Wd lz ng tw c . 147

thccon rma n d of the Seco n d B a tta lion vice B o ldero ,

h
e of the Regimen t . Captain F W Hamilton who . . ,

d tha t post in the First B a tta lion for n early ten years ,

the 8rd op ril, 1 84 6, promoted to Captain an d Apd l a .

M being succeeded by Captain John Home

olon el,

an d tour mon ths later on the 1 4th of August Aug

, , . 1 4.

Ralph Bradford succeeded to the adjutancy of

0 n d Battalion upon m e promotion of Captain
,

li ght The First B attalion un der Colonel

yea rs . ,

a on the l st o f S ep tember o f this y ea r again ,

l thc barra cks at Win chester for the win ter and on ,

. Ma rch 1847 , it was

of , repla ced by the Third
a under Colonel Ferg uson
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.

47
l Hen ry B arn a rd Grenadier G u
c ards was on the
M 1“
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, , ,

ma of the following year appointed on the M

y ,

an y ,to serve as Adju G en eral in the Northern

ta n t o

ha d districts O n the 2 9th of May Captain Edward

.
M” 39
,

:y 04 First B a ttalion f wa s appointed Assistan t

d ie
Secretary to his father Maj or General Edward B ,
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.

I an old Grenadier G uardsman lately appointed

, ,

m an d of the troops in New South Wales ; and

Hon H enry Percy succeed ed to the First Battalion 301 0 11
.

1 847 , and was succeeded in the command of the

l tttlion by Co lon el Godfrey Thornton .

changed
on Gre
nn dc ir Ord H on yman wa s sen t there in March , ,

ooeu py th c hu ts tha t ha d be e n b uilt as te m po r ary ’

nd uing the m s at the beg in nin g of the cen mry .

u tc n ta in g in to the po litica l even ts tha t le d to the

fim th oug hou t the con n try in this y ea r it will ,

den t to men tion that great demons trations .

l.
1 48 Th First or G r en a di
er Gu
a rds [ Ca m xx

1848. risings of discontented masses of the people were

m p ec ted in the m etropolis on the l oth of Ap r il whe n ,

services of the Brigade of Guards were put in to requisiti

n ot luckily to supp ress any dis turbances bu
, , t to checlu ,

atte mpts at riots that might unfortunately be made .

The Duke of Welling ton , who atten ded personally

every detail of the preparation s for the security of th e to
in ned directions to the Field Ofi cer in Brigade Wai ting a
the respective posts each Battalion of the Foot Guards abc

Lascelles was stationed in the Wellington Barracks

, ,

Second Battalion under Sir 0rd H on yma n which had l

, ,

b rought up from Chichester and quarte red in the Peni

tia ry occupied So merset House . The Third B etta]
,

unde r Colonel Godfrey Thorn ton was on duty at the Pa]: ,

and in occupation of the Magazine Hyde Park The 1 , .

Battalion Coldstreams came fro m the Tower to Bride '

and to B ridge Stree t Blackfriars leaving deta chmen

, ,
‘

the Mint and Bank ; the Second Battalion Cold s tro

from Kensington was stationed in the Royal Mew
Pimlico ; and the Scots Fusilier Guards occupied
George s and Portman Stree t Barracks
’

, .

Guards were placed at all the Park gates by six o clo ’

the morning furnished by the several battalions n eare

,

the posts to be occupied and all the troops re mained w

,

their barracks or at their respec tive posts in pe rfect r

,

n ess to turn out at a moment s notice in aid of the ’

authori ties for the p rese rvati on of the public peace bu

precautions taken bo th by the mili tary and civil author
the enrollin g and display of thousan ds of special co a s t:
and the firm attitude of the more reapecta ble classes 8 ,

the metropolis the fearful resul ts of a confl ic t in the s t

and co mpletely frustrated the p lans of the riote rs Wh .

d anger of disturban ce was ove r the troops we re di am ,

except the picquets of the Third Battalion G renadier G

’
at the Queen s a n d Tylt Yard guards and a picqt ,

fifty men with one Lieute n an t and one E n sign to bc

, ,

in readin ess in each ba rrack to tu rn out if requ ired i

of the civil po wer .
md er E M A rté ur Dubs of Wd lzhg ton . x4 9

me who had now been in co mmand of the 1349

, .

15th April 1 84 5 retired on half pay on the

, ,
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1849 having served in the reg imen t thirty M 10

,

in ta kin g lea ve of his old corp s , is s ued a reg i

ins uring ot his earnes t wish

every in divid ual

fi tness and welfare He was s ucceeded by .

B owley Lascelles Sir 0rd H on yma n was .

to the F irst an d Colonel Spencer Stanhope,

he command of the Seco nd Battalion .

Barracks were again occupied by the Grenadier 1 850 .

0 when in March of that year the First

F , , ,

er S ir 0rd c yma n pro ceeded the re and at , , ,

mg e of quarters it was replaced by the Third sept 4 ,

.

er Colonel G Thornton Colonel Lascelles . .

e command of the Regiment on the 2 7 th of Dec 27 . .

m Sir Ord H on y man succeed ed to the Lieu

c y Col
, onel G Tho r nton to the co m mand of .

Llico and Colonel J J An gerste in to that of

, . .

irement
t of Colonel G a scoigne Ca pta in La m ,

held the Adju tancy of the Third Battalion for

a re was pro mo ted to a com
, pany November NW ,

Captain H S H Prince Edward of Saxe

u
. . .

vp oin ted to the Adj tancy of that B a tta lio n in

re 22 n d of the same month .

B attalion Grenadie r G uards under Colonel ,

o pe. proceeded in March 185 1 for the six 1 35 1 , , , ,

s to Winchester .

are of the R eg imen t were a bou t this time and ,

g on the sta fl Lieuten ant Colonel Hon B

'

m
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. . .

a y Secretary to Lord Elgin Governor . ,

fth America ; Captain Hon R Curzon was . . ,

2 appoin ted Ai d e de Camp to Major General

,
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1359
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lathca rt Gov ernor and Co mman der in Chief Jan 2 1

,
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'

Good Hope : Captain Hon A F Egerton . . .

I A dde d e Ca mp to Lieuten an t G en era l Sir

~ »

to we Marquis of Dalhon sie Govern or ,

1 50 T/ze F irst or G
r en a d ier Gu a rds [ Ca m x x m
1 862 . On the appointment of Lord Eglin ton to the Lord Lieu -

M1 1 5. tenancy of Ireland B revet Major Hen ry Ponsonby was ,

-

named Aide de Camp and B revet Major Ch Maitland and

- -

,
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.

Captain Thesiger extra Aides de Camp to his Lo rdship ; -

Dec 81.
. h at of December 1852 Lieutenan t Wallace
an d on the t , , ,

ta ry to the G en eral comma n d in g the troops in N ew South

Du ring the summer of 1 852 parties of twen ty five men ,

d

with an ofiicer from the several Battalions of Guards which

, ,

were relieved periodically were de tached to Chatham fot ,

the purpose of undergoing a course of instruction in siege

operations a n d in the cons truction of field w orks unde
, ,

Colonel Jones of the Royal Engineers

, .

Sir Ord H on yma n retired from the service on the fit}

July 1 852 and Colonel Godfrey Thornton succeed ed to th
, ,

Lie utenan t Colonelcy of the Regiment Colon el Willis :

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,

Flu dy er at the same tinie became a Regimental Major ; tlx

three Battalions were now commanded as follows -

l st B attalion , by
Colon el J Ju iu
l s An g el stein .
ohn
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2n d B attalion , by Colon el William Fludyer.

Colonel Tho mas Wood and Colonel H on Gr osven or H m .

became sen ior and j unior acting Maj ors respectively

' '

cd t

His Grace the Duke of Wellington had now been Colo r

of the Grenadie r Guards for a bove a quarter of a cen tm
viz since the 22 n d of Janu a ry 1 82 7 He ha d latte;
. ,
.

become very infirm and on the 1 4th of September of t

,

y ear this
, great warrior and statesman after a short illne ,

breathed his last at Walmer Castle in the eighty fou

, ,
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year of his age full of honours the greatest true pat:

, ,

—
that Great Britain ever possessed her worthiest son , .

greatest soldier and one whom all Englan d since )

,

mourn ed The Gen eral O rder issued by direction of

.

Queen on the occasion well represents the loss sustain ed

the death of so great a man After expressin g her grief .
1 53 TM Fin d or G remd zkr Gu a rd s [ Ca s a xx t

It was the Queen s wish that every regimen t in t '

service should be represented in the procession on t

occasion of the fun eral which took place on the 1 8th ,

November and for this special purpose each of the sev

,

B atta lion s of G ua rd s were directed to select for tl

honoura ble duty one field o fiicer, on e captain , one as

were all as sembled at au early ho ur on the day in questk

opposite to Chelsea H ospital In ad dition to these t . ,

whole Brigade of Guards in London consisting of the thi ,

Battalions of Grenadier Guards. un der Colonels Staubo]

F ludy er and Angers te in and the F irst Batta lio n s of t
, ,

Coldstream and Fusilier Guards all unde r the command ,

Major General Sha we late of the Coldstreams took part

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, ,

the procession The flank companies of the First a

.

Second Battalions of Grenadie rs as belonging to the 11 ,

D uke s regi ment proceeded to St Paul s and were post

’
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’

on both sides within the iron railings from the Oathe d

towards the entrance gate while 1 80 men of the same re
-

men twe re formed up in Charing C ross in aid of the civil pow

Many of the hig hest in the real m took part in the processi <
while others attended the last obsequies in the Oathed
itself ; and thus followed by or in p resence of all that v
, , ,

most noble in the land were the re main s of En g la n ,

greatest soldier consigned to the peace of the g rave .

Upon the death of the D uke of Wellington Gene ,

Viscount H ardinge who from the year 1 81 4

, ,

1 82 7 had se rved in the Grenadier Guards and had s ix

, , ,

greatly dis tinguished himself in India was appoin t ,

Gen eral Commanding ih Chief w hile as a successor - -

his Grace in the Colonelcy of the Grenadie r G ua rd s l ,

Maj esty was pleased to name Field Marshal His R o;

Highness Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg and G o ths K ‘ -

, .

K T K P
. .
, . and
., who had held ,

above ten years the Colonelcy of the Scots Fusilie r Guar.

,

his Royal Highness being replaced in the Colonelcy of t

Fusiliers by H R H . the Duke of Cambridge
. . .
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Th F irst or G rena d ur Gu a rds [ Cn a r. XX lx .

1 m tion ed for the army . This code authorised for the Second ,

January . B attalion was partially adopted for the whole of the Grena
,

dier Guards and towards the end of the year Lo rd H ar

, ,

din ge be ing informed of the steps taken by Captain Fox in

,

the Guards sent for that o ffice r discussed wi th him the

, ,

proj ect of establishing a Central School for carrying out the

same syste m throughout the service and d esired him to ,

revise his Reg ulations so as to make them applicable for ,

gen eral purposes This he d id and gave his n ew code the

. ,

title of Instruction of Musketry introducing a t the same ,

”

time the syste m of poin ts by means of which the relative ,

me rit of Regimen ts might be compa md .

The first Mini es we re issued to the brigade of G uards in

January 1 858 but only at the rate of twenty five per com
, ,
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pany the men to who m they we re iss ued being, by desire

,

of Lord Hardinge selected as the most careful and expert

,

marksman In the following April Lord Hardinge sent

. ,

Captain Fox to Ports mouth desirin g him to sub mit his ,

proposed regulations to Colonel Hay 1 9th Regimen t who , ,

was to be appointed co mmandant of the n ew School of

Musketry to be established at Hythe and after giving six ,

months instruction to detachments of various regiments

’
,

Captain Fox with the additional experience he had thus

,

gained carefully reco nsidered and revised the whole code

, .

It was approved by Lord Hardinge and a first edition was ,

printed and issued appearing necessarily under the authority

,

and name of the comman dant Colonel Hay Subsequent , .

revisions were also made by Captain Fox and although ,

certain modifications have fro m time to time been adopted

since that period the principle re mains as originally intro
,

du ced by him .

Fm It bein g in contemplation in the early part of the yea:

1858 to form a Cain p of Instruction during the summe:
mon ths in the neighbourhood of London and many place ,

formerly available for such purposes ha ving been of lat

enclosed and cultivate d the Quartermaster General d esiro u ,
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,

of having former surve ys corrected and reports drawn a ,

of the present state of the several parts of open country the

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till he made use of for camping and exercising “531

e lec te d for this purpose in January two ofi cers , ,

ren a dier Guards Lieu tenant Colonel F W Hamil ,

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Lieutenant Colonel Hon H Percy The country

-
. . .

d by the fi rst of these o meara lay twenty five to thirty -

st and south west of London. including Chobham

-

Pirbright and Ash C ommon M ping Down and all

, , ,

ttry now occupied by the Aldershot Camp and its

abood The Alder shot Heath was pointed out as
.

co mbining a fair exten t of exercisin g ground good ,

ad more particularly good railway co mmunication

, ,

coast the metropolis an d other parts of the in

, ,

the country and having a can al ru nn ing through it

, ,

if uired
req . The reports an d pla n s of these ofi cers rea m
sent into the Horse Guards within the week and ,

idg ed by Colonel A W Torrens with the than ks . . ,

o bs tio n of the Quartermaster General -

.

rat Batta lion again proceeded to Chichester un der lim b ,

Stanhope on the 2 n d March 1 853 and remain ed

, , ,

calle d up in June to take part in the s u

, bseq uen t ,

cen t at C hobham .
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t o vw —a - —
Atan m arrm a u rr m or m m or c m 1864 m ,

om m m s ca m — em s or a l um na m m —o a ow aa —o caxns

m en TO 0 m m THENCE TO —
GAL AI A EM U EM ! FOB '

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cam s — mash er ACRO m B LACK BI A— LANDING AT O LD FO RT IN
ca n n u—sxvou a c—ua n ca TO TH E AL K A B ATTLE 0! ru n ALI A
m ous e ON HEI GHT S OF 7 8 3 ALMA.

O wn qo to the threatening attitude of Russia and the ,

probability that Great Britain would sooner o r late r beco me

involved in a wa r with that e mpire for the defence of
‘

Turkish independence it was dete rmined by the B ri tish ,

authorities to assemble in a Camp of Instruction in the ,

course of the summer of 1 858 a certain nu mber of troops ,

of all arms of the service in order both to give them ,

selves a be tter opportunity of testing the efiicien cy of the

military system then in force and to afford the troops an ,

opportunity of being moved in large r bodies than the s mall

garrisons hitherto asse mbled in diffe rent parts of G reat
Britain and Irelan d had enabled the authori ties to bring
together for many years past The neighbourhood of Chob .

Ju
ne 1 4. ham was selected and on the 1 4th of June one Brigade of
, , ,

Cavalry three B rigades of Infantry with Artillery and Engi

, ,

n eers amounting to about 8000 men were asse mbled the re

, , ,

under the command of Gen eral Lord Seaton an old Penin

, ,

sula warrior who in Sicily in 1 807 and in the Canadas in

, , , , ,

1 888, had already served in co mpany with the Grena

dier Guards C olon el Arthur W Torrens , formerly of
. .
1 58 First or G renad i
er Gu a r ds [ Cs / mxxx .

Durin g the contin uance of these camps the French ,

Jun e 29 . E mperor desirous of ascertaining the state of the Mili

,

tary establishments of a country with which he would in

a ll probability be shortly in close alliance in the field ,

sent over at the end of the month of June a commission

of fo ur o m
, ,

eara of the several arms viz the Co mte de , .,

Monte bello General of Cavalry ; the V iscomte de R eille

, ,

Colon el on the Stad ; Mon s Salvador Ca ptain of Artillary

'

. ,

a n d Mon s de Lauren ces Lieutenant Colo n el of Infantry to

. ,
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,

report to the E mperor upon the whole military syste m ,

and establishments of Gre at B ritain An ofi cer of the .

Third Battalion Gren adie r Guards was on the l at of

’
, ,

July un der the authority of the General Commanding in

,
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Chief appointed to acco mpany these ofiicers in their in spec

,
’
tion s which included during their three weeks sojourn in
, ,

the country se veral visits to the camp to Portsmouth and

, , ,

Woolwich.
Shortly afier the return of the troop s from Chobham ,

a chan ge took place in the command of the Regiment and

Battalions by the retiremen t of Colonel Godfrey Thornto n
, ,

on the 1 8th of September when Colonel Spen cer Sta nhope ,

was gazetted to the Lieutenant Colonelcy of the Re gi -

men t Col onel Angerstein succeeded him in the com

.

man d of the First Battalion a n d Colonel Astell being , ,

p romoted by purchase to a regimental majori ty was ,

appointed to the command of the Third Battalion .

The following table shows the changes that to ok place in

the comman d of the Regiment and Battalions during the
e n campmen t and up to the breaking out of the Crimean

Orrxcs a s Dom e s tics

R ea m . l s r B a r r.
'
2m) B a rr . uSa n B a r r.

1 86 3.

m
Ju e
n G Thorn ton
.

a . 8. Stan hop e,
, S . Stan hope,
'

JI An g erstein ,
JW A u
.

.
n
Fl dyer,
g ers tein ,
W
W
.

.
Flud er

F eb. 24 S. Stan hope . J . Ang erstein W . . Fludyer . Thos . Wood

The a uthor .
M . P r im / mK
416 , G . 1 59

own rig g
r promoted to a compa ny was “ 13

r when he resigned the R eg imen ta I Oec l s

, .

Septain La Touche H u tton wa s a p

The three Battalion Adjutants at
1 Ralph B radford Second Batta lion ; ,

Elhs on First Battalion ; Captain

'

3 year political horizon became 1 854

the »

en in g aud at th a begin n ing of 1 854

,

a speedy rupture with R ussia .

en t though still in hopes of avert

,
~

make a strong demonstration in

tile the fl eets in the Bospho rus and

ready for all eventuali ties to show ,

dd be prepared if necessary to sup , ,

mm to arms In anticipation of the .

ties Sir John Burgoyne and other Eu

,

at to Turkey to make a rec o n n ais sa n ce

he Balkan Mountain s in the neigh ,

aop le and at Gallipoli in the B ands

,

F0“3
f February a gene ral increase of the ;

by the Queen and the B rigade of ,

rom 80 to 1 00 men per company ,

Qty six co mpan ies of the Gren adier

-

»f 520 me n and later in the y ear , ,

betiou was made to the B rigade .

February the troops destined to form,

lespa tched fiom the country received '

foreign service Fore most amongs t .

q a rd s to be placed under the co m

,

y B en tin ck of the Coldstrea m s ,which ,

e 1 0th to be in readiness to embark

,

month The B rigade included the

.

adier Guards under Colonel Tho mas ,

oted to a Regi mental M ajority on the

e Astell retired ; the First Battalion

u nder Colonel Charles Murray Hay ,

lion Scots Fusiliers u n der Colonel ,

 G rmaa zcr ’
Gu a rds m
’

1 60 Th F irst or [ C . x xx .

sa me time sent to several cm ccta of the G renadie r Guards ,

who were on foreign leave on the continen t at Rome and , ,

elsew here desirin g themto return to England without d elay

, .

The above Battalio n s of eight companies each were to be

, ,

au gmented to such a n umber as would ens ure under ordi ,

n a ry circums tan ces a n efiective of 800 men actually in the

,

field, and this was efiected by transfers and vol unteers fro m
'

the ho me B attalions No man however was allowed to

. , ,

volunteer who had served less than seven years nor we re ,

an y men sent ou
'
t of above eighteen years service The .

magn ifi cent appearan ce of a Battalion of Guards thus con

stituted will be well remembe red by all who witnessed it
before its departure .

The o m ea ra of the Third Battalion were

Oolcn el H on . Fran cis G rosven or ood , H W W m

Ed ward B irch Reyn ardson .

Lmoras m s a m) Ea s tern; m
rea m Co mm
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.

P rin ce Ed ward of

Saxe Weimar ,
JM . on t. B urg o yn e,

H on . G eorg e Cadog an , 0a m M u n ro , Na p S turt . ,

Alfred Tippin g ,
.

J
Sir ames Ferg uson
H H
,

W . . B . De or sey B art
E. W. P a k
en h am .
,

Sir B o bt . N wma
e n, Rt.
H on . Wyn d Q uin . .

Ed wy n B urna by , Ch . H . Turn er,

Wm G ordon Ca meron
.
,
F. B yam Da vies,
Sir Chas R ussell , B t. . Robert An struther.

Srm
Captain G emg s W A -
. . H ig g in son , j
Ad utan t .
16 : PM or G r ena d a}? Gu a rds (Cw . xxx .

the Third Battalion Gren adier Guards consistin g of the

above n amed thirty five o m
,

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cers with 9 49 men asse mbled -
, ,
’

in St George s Barracks and a t dawn of day amidst the

’
. , ,

enthusiastic cheers of the populace who collected at tha t ,

early hou r to give them a parting greeting marched to the ,

Waterloo Station whence they proceeded by rail to South

,

m ,
—
a pton and embarked Colonel T Wood with head . ,

quarters and six co mpanies on board the P and O , . .

“
steamer Ripon while the other two companies under
,
”
,

Co lonel E B R eyn ards on and Lieuten an t Colon el F.

. .
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“Ma
placed on board a smaller and slower steamer the ,
0

E R H Prin ce Albert Colonel of the Regiment

"
nilla
. . . . ,

came over privately from the Isle of Wight to be p resent a ,

the embarcation and evin ced the most lively in terest in th

p resent wants and future p rospects of both o m
,

, eara and men ,

Colonel Spencer Stanhope the Lieu tenant Colonel of th ,

-

Regiment was presen t at their departure from London an

, ,

issued the following Regimental Order on the occasion

Regimental O rder .

F ebrua ry 2 2 , 1 854.
The Lieutenant Colonel of the Regiment has ve ry gre -

‘
pleasure in recordin g the pride he felt in witn essing t
fine soldie rlike appearance and conduct of the Third B :
,

talion a t its departure this day for foreign se rvice whi ,

he shall have the honour of reportin g to H R H t . . .

Colonel of the Regiment .

The L ieutenant Colonel begs to tender to Colonel We -

and the O fficers Non Commissioned O ffice rs and Priva

,
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of the Third Battalion his most cordial and anxious wi el

for their honour glory and welfare and he feels co} , ,

den t tha t if the occasion o fiers itself the Battalion

’

, ,

add fresh laurels to those which have already b

so nobly won by the Regiment in many a glori
struggle .

captain s ] ? serg ea n t
mmua an d sw n n k and fils .
dru
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)W R M H R H P rin ccA léefl K G .
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ffirs t Battalion Coldstream Guards tha t had left ,

fo r G hiches ter on the 1 4 th of Febru a ry also arriv ed ,

n m p ton early on the 22 n d when it i m mediately ,

d on board the Orinoko The First Battalion .

”

n iliers did n ot lea ve London till the 2 8th on which Pu b 28 ,

. .

er Her Majesty had taken a farewell of the m as ,

nehed at an early ho ur of the mo rning within the ,

of B u ckin gham Palace the y proceeded to Po rt»,

l hm the Simoom awaited them The 50th Regi

"
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the lixre was the firs t co rps to emba rk from Du blin ,

4th of February ; then came the 98rd Highla nders ,

mouth on the 27 th an d other re giments followed

,

wm rep orted rea d y or co uld be spa red from the

,

service a t h ome .

“
B ipon wi th Head Quarte rs of the Gren adiers and
,
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,

rin olco wi th the Cold s treams reached Malta on the

,
"
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er a most prosperous voyage and the troops dis ,

.

pd on Su nday the 5th of March but owing to the 1m 5

, , , . .

“ ”
sa id breaking down of the Manilla the two othe r ,

ies of the Grenadiers did n ot reach Malta till the

m kh ter when the B a ttalio n was ag a in un ited in the
,

m of the L a m etto which for

, the tim e were con

into fairly comfortable barracks The Fusilier .

c rived shortly afterwards when three regi ments of ,

to were formed into a brigade to co n stitu te a ,

B ritixh tro ops ha d , up to the p resen t time, been

with the old musket familia rly kn own as B rown
M on the a rriva l of the G ua rds , an d other reg i
“ Ma lta , they were all by degrees supplied with
I an d fa r superi or Min ié for ins tructi on in the
,

which , the 8 chool oa s lzetry ha d been la tely

l in En g la ud, un d er Colonel H ay with Capta in , Fox ,

w p ri n cipa l in s tructo r.

g to tMs “cent intr oduction of a n ew ar m the

,

“MM du rin g their stay a t Ma lta , were fre

m
,

a the rg cg ac m
cording to the n ew reg u
mdcr the uperin ten den ce d Ca puin Fomwho hs d
 The F irst or G ren ad ier Gu ard s [ Cn u . xx 1

been sent out by Lord Hardinge to Malta on particuh

service , to instruct the regiments in its use wha tevc
"
,

their destination That office r was eventually to form

. ,

possible a school of musketry with the army in the tie}:

,

Captain Rowley of the Grenadiers Captain Baring Cola

, , ,

stream and Capta in Buckley Scots Fusilier Guards we:

, , ,

selected to receive instruction under him as ba ttalic ,

musketry instruc tors and the sites ch o sen for prac tice we!
,

St Georg e s and St Julian s Bays Sliema Fo rt Tigne a t

.
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.
, , ,

others So important did it appear to Lo rd Hardin ge thi

.

every soldier and rec ruit should have a thorough kno w

ledge of the use of the a rm recently introduced that stei ,

were taken throughout the army to ensure it and M t ,

Maitland was in the following mon th of May appo in ts

, ,

instructor and Lieutenant Alexande r assistant instructor

,

musketry to the Gr enadier G uards at home and ex empu ,

from all othe r duty .

The Brigade of G uards under Colonel Bentinck an d , ,

B riga de of the Line we re reviewed on the Florian a Parade

co mplete marching order by Lieutenan t General Ferg us c ,
-

commanding the troops at Malta on the 2 3rd of March , ,

which occasion the F rench Generals Can robe rt and B osq u ,

were bo th p resen t Afte r the march past these ofiio

. ,

came up to the G renadier Guards who we re orde red to fo ,

square and p repare for cavalry in order to show the pr ,

ciple of the drill of the B ri tish army The square be .

formed they we re in vited to enter— the fi rst time the

,

F ren ch general and his sta ff ha d had an opportunity

seeing a B ritish square fro m such a point of view T .

were much struck wi th the sight afforded the m and G en ,

Canrobert declared that he had never seen such troop :

his life ; he had always heard a great deal of the B ri
Guards but had no idea they were such a fine body of 13
,

And well mig ht he say so for ea ch company turned ,

1 00 strong on parade every ma n looking tho roughly fr

,

work The B rigade of Guards we re again inspec ted by

.

Lieutenant Gene ral on the 4th of April

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.

The Battalions of Guards were detain ed seve ral wee ]

 Th F irst G ren a aia G ua rd: (Ca m i:
'

1 66 or

m mn ted to ta ke comman d od the First Dtfimo a

' ' '

app

the B ritish ar my .

On passin g throng h P aris a at mview wes held m

the Emperor in their honom outhe Cha mp de Ma m l
w mch my m e ed ed m m jm y w mm ma a i
on the t h o p ri L the B rig nd e oq a rd s rece ve i d oi

the several Batta lio ns marched on board their respec

stea mers on the m ah md a t su s e on Satu
n ri rday ,
“
22 n d the three steamers the ct
"
, Golden Fleece , ,

ing the Gren adier G u a rd s u n der Colo n el Thoma s W ,

an d the H ead Quarters of the brig ade ; the

-

with the Coldstreams ‘

a n d the Kan garoo with
,
"

S co ts Fusiliers steamed grandly out of the harbour

,

in the nig bt of the 25 th t0 26 th April an cho red in ,

Dardan elles ofi G a lhpolL in sig ht of the ca mps o

'

British and Fren ch troops t The following day they .

again under way an d after a fair pass age across

, ,

Sea of Ma rma ra arrived on the morn in g of the 2 70

,

the B osp horua anchorin g between the Golden Hort

,

Scutari . The large neighbo uring barracks of So

b uilt for 8000 or 9000 men bein g already occupie ,

some Regimen ts of the Second Division un der Si ,

L acy Evans by General Ofiicers and their sta fi an

,
'

the Co mmissaria t Depa rtmcn t there was no roomto q1

‘

Another buildin g ofieret

'

the B rig ade of Guards .

n o t considered suitable and the Brigadier prefi , ,

that the whole Brigade sho uld be en camped tog

selected a site on a slightly risin g ground about a n ,

the sou th south e ast of the barracks its left restin g c

-
,

Sea of Marmora nea r the village of K adikeui the a

, ,

‘
Ou e compa n y of the Ooldctrea ms wa- alco on boa rd the ‘

fleece. The G renad iers were 84 o cmu n d 930 noucomn id oucd

"
m -

dmmm m md rank and file strong

1 Lieuten s n t Oolon el Sta dheim B rown rig g , of the G ren adiers, we
-

M to follow s fcw dayn ls ter in a sa illn g vess clfin charg e ot all

bon es of the brig s d e, while Ca pta in For , the in stru cto r of mu d
the
1 68 Tee F ir st or G e
r na d i
er Gu ar ds [ Cm a x x x.

m B ig r . J. L. P enn efathcr.80th.
2n d Div Maj G en Bir De h c
y
., -

“t
H

2n d B r g i .
,
Adama ,
a , d 7tb,
49th.
l st B rig Sir J. C ampbell, l at,
En g la n d . K .O B . sth, 38th.
C. H Do. l
y e, A.A.G . 2 n d B rig ., Ey re , 28th, 44 th, 60th.
l at B rig ., B rig G en . Airey , 7 th,
-

L t. Dim, Lian a G en . Sir G eorg e

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2 3rd . 3ard .
2 n d B r g ., i Sir G eo B ullet , 1 9th,
.

W Sullivan
. , A.A.G . 7 7th. 88th, 2n d ba t

Cavalry Div Maj G en Earl of Hea brig . H on . ames Scarlett, J

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Lig ht brig ad e, Earl of Cardig an .

Although the weather d uring the month of May was very , ,

changeable b roiling days alternating with rain and cold

, ,

“A! 15 . the health of the men continued good and on the 1 5th the ,

Grenadier Guards out of upwards of 900 efiectives had

'

, ,

only eleven men in hospital .

A further augmentation of the Brigade of Guards was

approved of by the Queen on the 1 7 th of May by which , ,

the establishment of the G ren adie r Guards was raised to the

following numbers
l st B a tta lion at ho me 1000 B an k an d File.
800
3rd B attalion in Tur ke y 1400

It was not however in tended to maintain the Third

, ,

Battalion at above 1 000 men in the field the extra 400 ,

being held as a reserve of which 2 00 were to be attached to

,

each of the Home Battalions .

The Queen s birthd ay was celebrated with all due honour

’

on the 24th of May At midday a review of the B ri tish

.

troops was held on the plain of Haida P as ha in presence of ,

the Sultan Abdul Medjid after which a succes sion of games

m
,

was kep t up with grea t spirit in the G uards enca pment ’

,

to the astonishmen t of the Turks who looked on in utte r ,

presence of not a few yashma cks At night the camp . w as

ill uminated with festoo n s of Chinese lan terns while ,
the
x x x. ) m R M H R H P r ee r A
. . . .
m K G .

lo taste of Lieutenant Colonel Hon . G Cadogan

-

pro .

in its cen tre an obelisk thirty or forty feet hig h,

m
.

e decorated wi th lea ves and flowers surrounded at ,

as with a palisade of piled arms with fixed bayonets ,

i which wa s a trophy o f dru ms and arms .

ring the stay of the army at Scutari in consequen ce of ,

fio n that the troops shoul d march into the interior

g
e s

country and encamp there both for change of a ir and ,

means of occupying and exercising the men the co untry ,

urvey ed for eight or ten miles inland by an o fficer of

rexmdier Guards bu t it was found too devoid of water

,

e purpos e
r an d though the troops were frequently
, ,

sed in marchin g short dis tances into the country they

A ,

B ed in the clo se p roxi mity of Scutari wi thout ,

ing their camping ground until a general forward ,

mlities at sea bed alread y commen ced both in the ,

bourhood of Sevastopol and a t Odessa but as the , ,

h fleet protected the en tran ce to the B la ck Sea and ,

Turks had hitherto been enabled to mainta in them o

z on the Da n u be the B ritish army was exp o sed to no

,

r by rm a in in g for a time at Scutari which was both ,

ren iem t poin t a t which to assemble the troops pending

or operation s and a first ra te market where supplies
, ,

p lentiful and water good ; but the atten tion of the

san ders of the allied armies was now turned mo re pa r

rly to the attitude of the R u ssians on the Danube ,

hn in g already invaded Wallachia had commenced ,

ieg e of Silistria an d were in occupation of the Do

,

h a low country lying south of the mo uths of that

, ,

it was resolved therefore previous to any movement

, ,

ops towards the C rime s to make such a demon stra ,

a B u lg a ria as wo uld check a Russian a d van ce in the ,

of thef u further forcing the T urkish frontier

'
.

th this view abon t the middle o f Ma y the Fren ch

, ,

rt G aB ipoli stron g co mmenced to move by

, ,

don g ths shoree of the Sea o f Marmora towards Con

nople an d was g ra d u
, ally c o min g u p in lin e with the
1 7: Tde F ir st or G r en a dier Gu a rds [ Cs a a x xx

tria d uring the first weeks of June and if an immediate , ,

advance of the allies had become necessary as was originally ,

contemplated either to save that town or in consequence of

, , ,

any possible successes of the Russians on the Danube it had ,

been agreed that the French should form the right wing their ,

right restin g on the sea ; that the British should advance

direct from B evus and Pravadi (a march which would ,

however have been made under difficulties owing to the

, ,

al most total absence of water for many miles of the road)

and that O mar Pacha should ad vance with his Turkish
troops fro m S chu mla Such a general movemen t of the
.

allies was however rende red un necessary by the failure of

, , ,

the Russians befo re S ilis tria Wi thin three weeks of the .

fi rs t appearance of the English and French troops in B ul

garia that town had been sa ved by the obstinacy and
,

courage that the Turks exhibited in its defen ce aided as they ,

had been by the advi ce and untiring en ergy of so me B ritish

o fficers Nas myth Butler a n d others and encouraged by the
, , , ,

nearer approach of the allies ; while the Russians tho ugh ,

they advanced to within a few yard s of the fo rtress and ,

sprun g mines unde r the very feet of the defenders had been ,

forced afte r several unsuccessful as saul ts to raise the siege

'

, , ,

and withdraw to the northe rn bank of the Danube Not .

wi thstanding this howeve r a forward move ment of the allies

, ,

was co mmenced in order to fo rce the ene my to evacuate

,

altogether the Danubian province of Wallachia and o fficers ,

havin g been sent to reconnoitre and report upon the p ra cti

ca bility of the sche me it was eventually ca rried out
, A .

force of French troops was sent by sea fro m Varna to land ,

in rear of T rajan s Wall at K uste n dj ee o r even fu rthe r

’
,

north in the Dobrud ska thus threate ning the Russian ,

left while the B ritish co mmander should make a forward

,

movement on the left of the al lied army .

The Light Division of infantry as well as part of the Light ,

Cava hy were pushed fo rward to Devn a and Pravadi the

'

, ,

Light Cavalry under Lord Cardigan advancing still further

to the front to reconnoitre the interior but throughout the ,

whole of B ulgaria not a trace of an enemy was discernible .

 X XX.) und er E M H R H P r in ce A léerI, KG . 1 73

or , moved their camp on the 29 th of Jun e about a , ,

o the westward beyon d the Du ke of Cambridge s head ’

are where they remain ed only two days

, and on the ,

July the whole Division under His Royal Highness July I

'

, , .

ordered to move further up the country proceeded to ,

ip a po s ition a tAla dyn above the head ofthe Devn e La ke

, ,

be groun d lately vacated by the light tr0 0 ps The day s

’
.

l was u nder a fierce sun and a cloudless sky rendere d ,

a more O pp ressive fro m its being over a deep san dy

,

he country only partially covered wi th short stunted ,

9 cf oak a n d other trees The new encamp ment . ,

ten miles west of V ern a situated in the midst of ,

woods afiorded a delicious shelter and relief from

'

urning rays of the sun but for that same reason it ,

d most treacherous as in rainy weather the neigh ,

ood wa s s teaming wi th dampness

e Notwi thstanding .

source of dan ger however the health of the B a t

, ,

during a ll the early days of July continued very

a obj ect of the advance into B ulgaria havin g now been

iplis hed a new plan of operations had to be decided
,

and fully tw o more months were spent in makin g

ec ess a ry p reparations a n d in collec ting troops and

m
,

before the allied armies could be tran sferred

,

e Allied Commanders met early in July to discuss

plan s whe n Omar Pacha from Schumla as well as the
, ,

pal General Ofi cers and Admirals of the combined

{

3 and fl eets assembled a t Head Quarters in arna to

,
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V
at the deliberations at the conclusion of which ,

ta ke of Cambridge invite d O mar Pacha bef ore his ,

i ts Schu mla an d Marshal St Arn aud to be present

,
.

in spection of his two Brigades of G uards and High ,

rs .These b oops were a ccord in g ly dra wn out for the

as ,on the fith of J uly on some co mparatively open ,

d n ea r Aladyn an d looked ma gnifice nt ea ch Batta lion

, ,
x74

marchin g and execu ting some field move ments the six
pa st ,

W an ts form ed line advanced and charged

, up to wi thin
a few paces of the Turkish Commander in Chief who was - -

equally pleased and astonished at the sight and to , ,

inquiries from an cfiicer of the Grenadier Guards in G er ,

“
man ii he had been zufrieden (pleased ) he replied ”
, , ,

that wa s scarcely the word to express what he felt he had ,

n ever seen such a fin e sight in his life Omar Pacha then ”

.

return ed to the Guards camp and on his leaving it the

’

, , ,

men turned o ut an d gave him three hearty English cheers .

The Division Orders of that day intimated that Marshal S t .

Arnaud an d O mar Pacha had expressed approbation of the

steadin ess and appearance of the troops on the occasion .

The brevet of the 2 oth of June was made known to the

army on the 9th of July while at Ala dyn awaiting further
, ,

orders to move Its effect upon the Third Battalion

.

Gren adier Guards was to p ro mote Colonel Wood to the

command of the Regiment at home vice Stanhope promoted ,

to Major General Colonel Hon F rancis G ros venor Hood

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succeeded to the co mmand of the Third Battalion G renadier

G uards and being on the spo t he ha d already assu med its
, ,

duties on the 7th of that month when Colonel Wood left ,

Varna for England Colonel F W Hamilton was a t the

. . .

same time pro moted to be j unior Moun ted O fiicer of the

service Battalion and Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar t e
,
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ceived a b revet Majority By the promotion to the ran k

.

of Major General of Colonels John J An ge rs tein and

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, .

William Fludyer Colonels J R C raufo rd and William

, . .

Thornton were p romoted to Regimental majo rities an d ,

to the command of the First and Second Batta lions a ‘

ho me In the two othe r Battalions of the B rigade of Guard :

.

in Turke y the p ro motion of the B rigad ier Henry Ben tin ck

, ,

an d of Colonel Charles B ay of the C oldstreams gave the ,

regimen t to Colonel Hon Arth Upton while Colonel Hor

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,

George Upton succeeded to the co mmand of the se rvie

Battalion Lord Rokeby and Colonel George Dixon of th
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Fusilier Guards having also been pro moted Colon .

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1 76 Tire F irst or G r ena d ier (h a rd: [ Ca / m m
The eata bliah men t of the G ren ad ier G ua rda was n ow e

l ot B atta lion 10
mm 10
ard B a ttaiion 10

ever never se n t out to the Crimes but re mained n ominal]

, ,

as the Compan ies of the two Mounted o fi cers of thi

Battalion attached on e to each of the home Battalions

, , .

Captain Ralph Bradford Gren adier Guards who at th

, , ,

outbreak of the war gave up his appointmen t of Adj utar

,

to the Second B attalion to accep t that of extra Aide d !

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C amp to S ir Richard E n glan d accompanied that G en es ,

V
O fficer to Gallipoli and arna and upon his pro motion beir
, ,

poste d to the Service Battalion in Turkey he joined ,

previo us to the troops e mbarkin g for the Crimea a! ,

served with it till in valided after the battle of Inkerman .

Ju
ly 13. L ord Ragl an had occasion during the summer to fil
, ,

much fa ult with the sty le of dress of ofiicers genera

in the army . a n d issued stringent orders on the subje
forbiddi ng the growth of the beard which had already beg ,

to show itself an d which at a later period became so gene:

,

At the same time howe ve r he not only sanctioned

, , ,

directed that mo ustaches should be worn .

The first sympto ms of cholera appeared amongst

troops about the middle of July while the Light Division ,
'

still at Devn a an d the Guard s and Highlanders at Alad

,

Commencin g with a mild form of dysente ry it a ttac ,

many .an d as it was supposed to be daily aggravated by

d ampn ess of the hot woods in which the camp was p itcl
many trees were felled to the gro und . a process whic l

firs t led to booeficial res u lts a n d the troops con tin ua

,

a time on the same campin g gro un d .

A dutructivcfire broke out in varn amn the l Sth oi l

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Aléerf ,
KG . 1 77

red uced a considerable part of the town to ashes July 1 8 . .

e tra nsports were not yet ready for the conveyance

m ics to the ir nex tdestination and the enemy had,

ared from the banks of the Danube two o fficers of ,

sg imen t were allowed to go on lea ve for six or seven

id many availed themselves of the per mission The .

cars of the Gren adier Guards visi ted S chumla ’

,

l a n d B ustchn k, then ce p roceeded down the Danube

uki h
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tn ka i an d O lten itz a to S ilistria , an d its T r s

I. and returned by B aaa xj ik thus acquiring much

,

1 information relative to the interior of the coun try .

78 having been issued in England on the 6th of June

men to be in read in ess on the l at of July to embark ,

looted from the First Battalion and sixty six fro m

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an d : this draft ,wi th three o fiicers and twelve ser

left England on the 2 7 th of Jun e and ma rched into ,

t Ala dyn on the 22n d of July ; the O fiicers that J uly 2 2 .

mied it being Lieuten an t Co lon el J R eeve Captain

~ . ,

s C hris tie and Lieutenant R W Hamilton . The . .

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was inspected the day after its arrival by H R H . . .

re of C a mb ridge .

ns eq u eu ce of the progress that the cholera was now

an d the impression that the wooded neighbourhood

ca mp at Ala dyn was p rej udicial to the heal th of the

the B riga de of G uards received orders to move .on the Ju ly 2 7 .

July .to the heigh ts lying to the north of their presen t

men t in the vicini ty of the village of G evreclek
, ,

w e its na m e to th e new ca mp Three co

. mpan ies of
d one fro m ea ch Regimen t (No 5 of the G ren a
g o s,
.

were left a t Ala dyn for two days longer wi th the sick
whole hospita l establishme n t These j oined head
.

I on th e 29 th of July afte r a march much reta rded by

,

den ou tburst of a thunderstorm which rendered the ,

flan es almost impas sable and the greatest difficul ty

The Author a nd Lt Ool. H on. H . Percy .

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While the G ren a dier G ua rd s were hont o: n ow lo ain g s

man per da y from the fa ta l epid emic the scourge was at ,

more se riously felt higher up the coun try and the Lig ,

Divis ia n los t abo ut eighty men in ten days The fi ne. .

d u a lly mc a sed m vrru l e and hy the 8th cl An n

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en c
g ra re ,
g
the G ren a diers ha d lost twen ty dive men acme of them fro .
,

typh us ; and in the First Divisio n there were already 7 1

men in hospital ; nor were the Cm cc ta ex empt On the 9 .

of August Captain H on W Q uin as well as Lients un

, . .
,

Robert Anstruther and A ssistan t Surgeo n B lenkin s ho -

of whom had rejoined their Battalion from Varn a (m Ju

10 were all invalided and sent back to England
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French had sufl ered still more in that unnecessary expel

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tion to K usten dj i in the Dobrudska where without seei , ,

an enemy they left 2 500 men buried u

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n der the soil .

Durin g the stay of the First Division at Ala dyn the tw o;

in ad dition to atten ding the usual Divis ional Brigade s
Musketry Instruction field days were constan tly occupi ,

un der the superintendence of their officers in ma k ,

entrenchments and erecting earthworks ; and orders we

issued on the Sl st of July that 600 men of the Divisi
, ,

1 00 from each Battalion “ with a due proportion of ofi c

,

should also be daily employed in the construction of fuel

and ga bion s for which the country afforded abundant
,

te ris l . These when collected were forwarded to Va

, ,

all betoken ing. to the eager troops the approachin g s ,

of some important place .

The authorities having fixed upon Sevastopol as the

P M “ a“a ckm n d ther e bein g p
a ro b ab ility that the reqv

tran sports for the conveyance of the Allied Armies w

shortly be asse mbled at Varna orders were at length is ,

{ or the grad ual move of the troops towards the sea c -

l

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This uumhar m ina m ed on the fith of ltugu
st to soo men fro
1 80 Ti e F irst or G r ena dier Gu a rds [Cine

Ten uneven tfu l daya were s pen t at G als ta B um u

the order a t la st ea me , on the 28th of Aug ust fo r the I
A1 5 ” .
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oq a rds to e mba rk for the Crimea The ten t

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str u
ck a t da wn of da y on the S c .a n d the B rig ad e m

o flat
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s ix o
'
clock. At the pier
seven they were at

an d » ha lf miles d ista n t ; a n d by eleven o clock the l

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diets , 1 000 stron g , were a ll on boa rd the 8imoom.

S tad emba rked in the Kangaroo the rema in

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the , ,

the Coldstreams in the Ta n nin g .

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The following o m cers acco mpanied their Battalion

the pa ssag e to an d la n din g in the Crimea an d wea ,

Colon d E R a a rd aon
Colon l W. Ha milton .
,

iH ted O m
,

Ga m ma .

H aj or
Aug 00 1 .
. Prin ce Ed ward of

Saxe Wiema r .

R on . B u ry P ercy, Captain s
J . h a r mi ,
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“ Hon . HN
eville
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Ralph B radford , Alfred Tippin g ,

B a ht. Pa hen ha m, H
De o rsey ,

Evelyn Rowley ,

Sir B o b ewman
. N , B t.

W . 0. Cameron ,

Surg eon Hu thwaite , As sistan t Surg eon -

JM . .

Each Battalion of the Brigade left about 100 men

hospital on the heights of Galata B urnu besides a ,

number of orderlies to atten d upon them as well as ,

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men to look afte r the bat ho rses that were to follow to -

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Crimea at a later period The Grenadier Guards left .

I n hospita l a t G alata B urn u

As httmen 13 an d ”
Duty men a n d om
o o

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is Captain E B urn a by who was himself at the time an

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slid ,
was left in charge of the detachment at Galata
mu with Assistant Surgeon H Lawrence
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lp to the period of embarcation the Infantry of the ,

tish army consisted of only three numbered Divisions

id ea the Light one ; but on the 2 ud of September Sir e” ; , g ,

ar ge Cathcart with his stall arriv ed fro m England to take

, ,

mand of another Division which ha d been for so me ,

e in course of formation The First B rigade of this new.

irth Di vision consisted of l st B attalion Rifle Brigade ,

h Sl at and 68rd Regiments un der B rig adier G en eral

, , ,
v

die ; the Second B rigade of the 4 6th 57 th and 68th , , , ,

lcr B rigadier Gen eral A W To rrens

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This ofl .icer was . .

na rly the efi c ien t Adjutant of the Second Battalion ,

nudist Guards ; he subsequently commanded the 2 8rd

ml Welsh Fusiliers afte r which he was appointed Deputy

,

M Ma s ter General at H ea d Qua rters at home Lieu

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In t Colo n el Charles B Maitland also of the G renadier

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arda who had been appointed on the 4th of A ugus t

,

p uty Assistant A dj u ta n t G en era l to this Division

~
cam e ,

fimn En g la n d at the sa me time a n d both these O fficers ,

it su bsequen tly dangerously wounded at the desperate

ta le on the Heights of Inkerman .

la the school of musketry was for a time partially sus

M on leaving Scn ta ri Captain Augustus Fox acce pted ,

ost of D ut A i t t Quarte Mast r G neral to the

p ep y s a s a n r e e
' - -

ice Muske try In structor he acco mpa n ied Sir De Lacy

as ,

m to the Crimea bein g presen t with tha t Divisicn a tthe

,

tlc of the Alma .

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i n cludin g a Brigade of ight Cavalry Except the Simo om
.

whlch was left to

or two tran s ports .

dlsts n ee fro m each other havin g ea ch their distin g u

,
ishh
p n dant sailed in this order towards the CriIn ea n coast a)
e
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lull. tlw B rltlnh fl eet of men o f war to act in depen deu

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fi
in tlm man ner most con d u ci ve to the safety of the tn !
p o m . l l u
rln g the first three days the co m bined fl eets sail
in s n orth n orth oaste rl directio n . a n d at n oon on the 8
y
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w rs o f! the mo uths of the Dan ube ; the n ext day in t

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a
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W W W " . they an chored in twen ty fathoms half w -

b e n mam a and the Cri mes in latitude 4 5

,

e tw e
,
'
10”
tmls 0" W V. Here the fl eets remained at anchor
Su nd ay the l 0th o f Septe mber an d on the 1 1th stee
,

ma th mos t tow ards Se vas topol . The were 06 Eups tt

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“ W Nth. and «
y
t il am . on that day n o less than 1
shi ps of vario u s tonna ge were assembled , an d " who
s ho u t hm mu m the mthe show .
 7 754 First or G r en a d ier Gu a rds lem ma

o fiicers , two for ten ts and medical sto res, a n d on e for t

sick and casual ties on the lin e of march .

m
a 19. Havin g ascerta ined that the en emy was drawn up on t
heights south of the Alma prepared apparen tly to dis pi ,

the passage of that ri ver the Allied Co mmanders resolved

,

advan ce and fo rce the pos ition a s soou a s the dim ba rcm
of all n ecessary material sho uld be co mpleted Accordin g .

the morning of the 1 9th of September with the ex cepts ,

of the Second Brigade Fourth Division under B rig ad it

General Torrens left at Old Fort to cover the re embarca tin
,
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of the ten ts the whole British army advanced to the riv

,

B ulgan ak taking up a positio n at night on its southe

,

bank only five miles distant fro m the en e my an d bet

, ,

for the first time the British li g ht cavalry came in cen ts

,

with the advanced posts of the Russ ians The Fren .

again formed the right of the allied army towards the at

wi th a Division of T urks on the extreme righ t; the Briti
formed the left w in g The plan of attack was soon decid
.

upo n The right columns of the French and so me T urlu

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troops marchi n g along the sew coa s t were to cross l

, ,

River Alma at its mouth and attack the le ft wing of 1

Russian Army which was placed on co mmanding g roc
,

south of the river. and durin g this attack the French w

to be supported by the fire of the co mbined fleets on t
'
part of the Russi a n General s position ; the left of
Fren ch army wo uld advance again st the sa me heig hts furt
to the eastward while the British were to atta ck
,

ene my s right strongly posted on gently ris ing ground 0

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lower level The stre n gth of the Third Battalion G ren a o

.

Guards un der Colonel Hon Grosveno r H ood on

,
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mornin g of the 20th of Septe mber was 83 o fficers , ,

sergean ts 18 drummers and 7 81 Ban k an d File

, ,
.

At an early ho ur that morning the allied troops v

un der a rms ready to march and whate ve r may have been ,

ca use of the s ubsequent delay in the advance of the B ri

a m
r y
,
it was n o t consequent upon any want of a la critg
the pa rt o f the troops who having bivouacked in , ,
tsé Th F irst or a m Gu a rd s: [ Ca m xx x .

Ahna by a bridge then rendered impassable for Artillery .

,

a n d ofl
erin g o n ly a precarious footing over a few lon g itu

dinal beams for Infantry .

Shortly a fter on e o
'
clock, as the Allied troop s were
steadily advanc ing the co mbined Fleets at the mouth of the
,

Alma began to shell the heigh ts where reste d the left of ,

the R us sia n a rmy ca us in g

, i
t to withd ra w from that part of

p g
ro ress of the extreme righ t of the Fren ch an d of the ,

T urks. About the same ti me the village of B urliuk , ,

hitherto occupied as an advanced p ost by the Russian s was ,

abandoned but not before they had set fire to the houses
, ,

and the smoke an d fl ames which speedily arose interfered ,

to a great exten t with the subsequent reg ular move ments of

the right wing of the British army .

Befo re co ming within range of the Russian guns the British ,

columns formed two lines to the front by echelon on their ,

cen tre when in consequence of its being found that the

, ,

righ t of the First Division ex tended too near to the extreme

le ft of the French Army and interfered wi th the deploymen t
,

of the S econd Division the Duke of Camb ridge ordered the

,

Guards and Highlanders to take ground to the left in open

column of co mpan ies . Having efl ected this move ment
'

which both enabled the Third Battalion Grenadie r Guards ,

which was on the right of the Guards brigade to leave ’

,

entirely to its right the burning villa ge of B urliuk and a t ,

the same time bro ught the right centre of the Brigade of
Guards more immediately opposite the centre of the prin
cipa l poin t of attack the whole Army continued its advance
, ,

the followin g being the original o rde r of fo rmation .

In first line wer e the two Brigades of the Light Division

under Sir George Brown consisting of the right or firs t ,

Brigade un der Codrington 7 th 2 8rd and 88rd Regiments , , , ,

and the Second or left Brigade under Bulle r the 1 9th 7 7th, , ,

an d 88th Regiment On the right of Codrington in fron t

. ,

line was P enn efa ther s brigade of Evan e s Second Division ’

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9 5th on the left 55th in the centre and 80th on the ex treme
, ,

right In second line was the First Division unde r the

.
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xxx ] d a
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n lé f . . .
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of Ca mbridge viz , .
, Bentin ck s B rigade of Guards in
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, 1 35 4,

w 2 0.
rt o f Buller ; and to the right rear of P en n efather s ’

in secon d lin e was Adams s brigade 4 7th 49th

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b
e, , , , ,

lsh which wa s in ten ded to ha ve been in firs t lin e.

Sworn Division .

St! 19 23 33 7 96 66 30
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4 1.l 79

M Drvmor, Dm or Om a tn oa

m S h a ck e m 47 49 41

s formation , as regards the ight and First Divisions L ,

ta in ta in ed in the advance to the river bu t the bu rning ,

a of B u rliuk very much in terfered with the regu lar

es of Evan s s two Brigades
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The left of the 95th .

u sed its p rogres s on the right of Codrin g to n s brigade

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the right of that c orps and the 66 th Regimen t were

, ,

Ito ta ke g rou n d to the left to clea r the bla z in g ru

, in s ;
Dtb Regimen t at first moved to the right of the village ,

I8 su bsequen tly recalled an d pa ss ed to the left also by ,

fl ank movemen t it lost its position in line with the

f its Brigade .

this manner the advance con tin ued and the First ,

of the en emy s g un s from the heig hts above when the

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m mo re tha n on ce ordered to halt and lie down to ,

ime thr the a ttack of the first line to develop itself .

Gren adier G u a rd s when last ha lted were so placed

, ,

bh lla e of nun ben in dica te tho keg imcnt .

r fig m in m d nm n pru m t the m ald u ol t t,

xw mm m m m m m w
1 88 Tie F irs t or G rena dzirr Gu a rd: [16 m
1 864. Cox and Major Prince Edward of
, Sa t e Weimar m ,

battery of the First Division in their fio n h m specid

tin g the fire of the en emy s g u n s those two cempan i
’
attra c ,

were for some time expos ed to the sa me direct fire till t ,

ord er was at le n gth iv t d v c t th attack In t

g en o a an e o e .

meantime Co drin g to n s brigade with the 19th B eg ime1

,
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formin g the rig ht o f B uller s an d pa rt of the 96th fro m t

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left of P en n efa the r a had pressed gallantly forward n ude:

,

murderous fire crossed the Alma an d ha d driven ba ck t

, ,

ene my s skirmishers that lin ed the river bank ; and the

’

without waitin g to reform thou gh they had lost some of t

,

regularity of their original formation in passing through if

in terve n in g vin eyards and the several fo rds of the river th ,

co n tin ued their in trepid attack in a so mewha t loose order 1

, ,

grad ually co n vergi n g towards the principal objects in tht

fron t viz the great ba ttery . and the troops that defend:
, .,

it. They stormed the battery successfully a nd gain ed ,

temporary footin g therei n capturing a t the same time

,

u m 05 before t
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g n which the ene y had fa iled to draw

British en tered . Then co mmenced a confused comb:
the British ben t on holdin g their p rize the Russia ,

space of several Regimen ts which thereby l ost the adv!

, ,

tag s of the B ritish lin e formatio n .

When it beca me eviden t that the attack of the 6

lin e without furth er support would prove una vailing ,

secon d lin e co mposed of Gu a rds an d Highlanders a n

, ,

the D u ke of Cambridge . who had placed himself in

cen tre of his Divisio n . wa s ordered forward The am .

who had been for so me time exposed to the en emy s f

'

were on b too an xio us to respo n d ; n ot a momen t was 1.

'

a n d the G ren adier: as well as the other Regi men ts wert

on ce in motio n . The advan ce of the ce n tre and left of

Grena dier G ua rds wa s over sto n e walls an d through vi
yards in w hich the compan ies cou ld o uL
v advan ce by fo r
N in loose lin e W
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ON the right wi n g advanced c
 X XX ] W E M H R H P rince / 116 m KG,
.

m
d eq ua lly en eloeed an d cultivated till the comman ders
, 135 4
,

ruined bridg e formed fours inwa rds made a rush for m

, , 20,

ad cro ssed si multaneously wi th the res t of the battalion ,

h dashed thro ugh the river above and below the bridge ,

m ar they came upon it In many places the river .

as breast high
it was .

olem el Hood observin g that his line was irregular after

, ,

in g these several obstacles very coolly and judi ,

'
ldy ordered the leading files to halt under the river s

t ma n again into their places Not a mo ment was lost .

his operatio n Colonel R eyn a rd s o n a n d Cap tain Higgin

,

superinten ding the right wing ; C olon el Ha mil ton the

the O fiicers comman ding Companies on this day were

new Wa rs .

I. LL -
Col A Cox
. . . No . 6 . Lt Ool. 8 . B rown r g g
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i .

2. P rin ce Edward of 6. B.
Sat e Weimar . 7. B a ht. P a ken hs m.
3. H on . 0 . M eg a n . 8.
t J . Reeve.

ten an t B urg oy n e (subsequen tly relieved by Lieuten a n t H mi

a lton )
,

lov in g his B attalion now well in hand , Colonel Hood

Ne w run m m
mass es of the lng htDivision
as co n fused ,

lof part of P en nefa ther s Brigade were in front mixed

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with the en e my Th en were to be seen the Gren adiers

.

b their tall caps after ris in g from the river s ba n k

,
’

usin g n aj eetica lly to the fro n t firm as a wall in their ,

sipha c a n d regularity incapable of being put into con

,

buby a n ythin g tha t mig ht imped e their progress They .

1 90 7 » F irst or G m a drkr Gu ard s [ Cm a x x x

was seen to fall Lieuten an t B urgoyne the bea rer having

, , ,

been stru ck by a ball in the s n kle ; the Colo ur was imme

dia tely seized by Lieutenan t R W Hamilton the Subal te rn
W 20. . .
,

of No 4 company who in another moment was also struck

. ,

down hit by a spen t ball on the left side but soon recover
, ,

ing himself he contin ued to carry the Colour thro ughout

,

the subsequent attack and the battalion con tin ued its ,

also hit bya spent shot sho rtly after crossing the river but ,

was not put hers de combat Meanwhile it appears tha t .

considerable Russian reinforce ments at fi rst co mple tely ,

concealed by the fall of the ground behind the battery ha d ,

suddenly advanced to the support of their comrades who ,

were struggling to repossess themselves of t hat wo rk ; and

after a most obstin ate and g allan t resistance on the part of
the British during whi ch it was impossible for the m to
,

re acquire any regular formation the Russ ians succe eded in

-

clearing the Battery recapturi n g their gun and in forcing , ,

the first line of the B ri tish attack to relinquish its hold of

the work The B rigade of Guards was at this mo ment
.

app roachin g the left of the G renadie rs and the right of the
,

Fusiliers being more immediately in front of the great

Battery These two Regimen ts as they continued their
. ,

forward movement were met by nearly the whole of the ,

first line which although it ha d nobly done its duty w a s

, , ,

at last overwh elmed by numbers and un able to reorganiz e , ,

itself in the mids t of the ever increasin g foe was retirin g -

,

in order to reform behind the co ming supports .

It ha s been said that had these supports ad vanced a for

min utes earlier it is possible that they would have bee !
,

able to reinforce the first line befo re it re tired but it run s ,

be m ollected that mere numbers would have been of n

avail and would on ly have increased the confusion alread
,

existin g Had the G uards followed up cl ose r the attack

.

the Light Divi sion and part of P en n efa ther s b rigade the '
,

might it is true have reached the battery before the first lir
, ,

abandon ed it but in so doing they would have becon

,

mixed up in the mass already the re and instead of beir ,

192 Tee F ir s t or G
r ena d ier Gu a rd s [ Cum x x x .

forward still keeping up their fire and as a p roof of the

, ,

steadiness and cooln ess of the Battalion a t this momen t it ,

may be mentioned that a soldie r quie tly asked his captain

to what dis tance he should set the sight of his Min ié .

The Grenadie r Guards had advanced in this manner up

the smoo th and unb roken hill side to wi thin a sho rt distance
-

p roceed from their Co mmanding O mcer and not a w gave ,

e

an inch The Battalion however was then halte d a n d

. , , ,

to pour a more fire upon the enemy about the v

4

a r
I

tenant Colonel Honourable H Percy was d

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,

its right by its co mmande r so as to pou r a flanking fir

, ,

in to the advancing Russian column that was en d ea vo urin ,

to turn its lefi flank ; and thus the G renadier battalion stoot
,

immovable as a rock pourin g in its fire to the fron t and t

, ,

the lefi un suppo rted fo r a time on eithe r flank for Adams

,

Brigad e which should have been fo rmed up to the right

,

the Guards having been much impeded in their advance 1

,

the burning village of B urliuk had not by this tin ,

advanced beyond the rive r and though exposed to t]

,

Russian fire d uring their ad vance to its banks but few ,

them had an oppo rtuni ty of fi ring a sho t that day .

I t must he obse rved to the c redit of the o fiicers and m

,

of the first Line that though ove rpowe red for the mo mc
,

a nd put into co n fusion by which they we re fo rced to ret

,

to re form d the ad vancing line of Guards ms ,

took the ea rliest opportunity of again facing the cues

xx x ] W E I” E R f l P rin ce A léer t K C
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e rea dy to fill up thepla ces As an in s ta n ce

va can t . ,

Fths 95th Regimen t had retir ed through the Grena Alma .

lu a rd s with thei r colours one of which was then B lmso

, , a , .

I by the major of the regiment Major Ho me who , , ,

mly eight or ten of his men came up to Colonel ,

ton in charge of the lefi wing sayin g tha t they were

, . ,
.

t had held together that they wished to con tinue the

,

md asked leave to fight with the Guards They were .

ed to fa ll in on the left of the Grenadier s A few .

as late r Lieuten an t Colon el Be rkeley co mmanding

, ,

hird co mpany of the Fusilie r Guards having re ,

i hia men in rear of the Grenad ie rs made the same ,

t to the same office r and he wa s also placed on the

,

In this posi tion the firing was con tin ued so me ti me

when the Russian masses were seen to waver and ,

nally ga ve way under the continuous fire of the whole

le of Guards for the Scots F usilie rs though they
, ,

[tiered heavy losses especially in o ffice rs had pressed

, ,

fin and had now regained their fo rme r po sition

, ,

the Coldstrea ms on the left less exposed to a front

, ,

a n the rest of the B rigade p rese n ted still an n u ,

I front The whole B rig ade now ad van ced with a cheer
. , ,

g th e Russians before them ; t he co m panies of t h e left

of the G renadie rs tha t we re i mmediately opposi te
,

ma y stormed it and cleared it of the enemy the

, , ,

h and eigh th co mpanies under L ieuten a n t Colon els ,

~

and Pakenham wi th Colonel Hamilton passing

, ,

to and captu ring the one remaining u n left there

g ,

ha d previously been taken by the Light Division but ,

it ha d been forced to relin q uish when the ene my

ed possession of the Batte ry These o fficers a ll .

d the battery by the emb rasure in which this on e g un

'

and both Colon el Hamilton and Lieutenant Colonel -

ha m wnote u po u it the n a m e o f th ei r lte g im mxt .

er g u n whic
, h the enemy had removed fro m the bat
nt ha d failed in carryin g 0 3 the field wa s also ca p ,
.

a t the same time The G u ards Brigade continued ’

.
1 94 Th F irst or G rena dier Gu a rd s [ Ca u x.x x .

they halted the Russian Battalions retreating in complete

,

confusion and so me B ritish artillery coming up on the

, ,

right of the Guards and firing in to the retreating columns

, ,

only hastened the en emy s flight The right flank of the ’

.

G re n adiers had been unprotected during the whole period

of this attack ; for the 30th Regiment which formed the ,

right corps of P en n efa ther s brigad e having been delayed ’

,

by the obstruction raised by the burmn g village of B urliuk ,

was un able to reg ain its orig in a l position in line till towards
the close of the action .

The Coldstreams m their advance were somewhat delayed

by coming upon some sharp bends in the river which ,

caused part of the Battalion to pass it three times The .

Highland regiments to the left of the Guards had ad

v enced in line but ha d not expe rienced the same didien l
,

ties ; the Coldstreams and 42n d however were enable: , ,

to pour an oblique fire in to the Russians on their aid: ,

of the battery ; and as soon as the Highland brig a d

attain ed the summit of the hill in their front they poure , ,

some volleys in to the retreating ene my The loss fell obie d .

upon those troops principally en gaged viz on Codrin g , .,

ton s brigade and the 1 9th 55th and 95th Regiments . a

’

, ,

in first line and on the Grenadier and Sco ts En silic

,

Guards in second line Lieutenant Colonel Percy receive

, . -

a shot through the upper part of his arm while in fron t ,

the enemy s Battery and after a moment spen t in ban d ag ix

’
,

it up on the spot continued gallantly in co mmand of h

, ,

co mpany to the end of the action as well as durin g the eu

'

seq uent advance to Balaclava Captain Rowley Lientsun . ,

J M B urgoyne and Lieute nan t Robert W Hamilton we

. .
, .

the other ofiicers wounded on this occasion Of the m .

there were eleven privates killed ; and six sergeants n i ,

corporals and 1 65 privates wounded many of whom subi

, ,

quently fled at Scutari Total casualties of all ranks .

,

killed 1 80 wound ed Nor should it be omitted that Cap t:

, .

Charles Fox who had formerly served in the G ren ad

,

Guards but who had left the service joined his old co:
“ s imm er at the Alma an d was woun ded in the ac ti
, ,

, , '
1 96 T/u F irs t '
or G ren a dier Gu a r d s. [ Ch a s
m
would be co mplete without ad ding that while the B ri:
n ot

W 20
g a d e was ha lted in lin e o n thc ground they ha d co n qn m d ,

after the pursui t of the enemy was over ,

gratulating each other o n the brillian t

crowned their efforts sudden ly a cheer ,

line and the D uke of Cambridge was

,

front of the Third Battalion Grenadier Guards by wha t ,

he was rec eived with victorious shouts and calling Galen a ,

Hood out to the front publicly thanked him for the ski] ,

j udgmen t an d cooln ess with which he had directed and ti

, ,

Grenadie rs for the manne r in which they ha d m utt

their advance that day Three days later also before tl .
,

army moved from the heights above the Alma the B atta lit ,

was thanked by the majo r general for its conduct in tl -

The following six Non Co mmissioned ofiicers of the G r -

n a d ier Guards who particularly dis tinguish ed the mselves

,

the Battle of the Alma were reco mmended by their cot ,

manding o fficer for the medal and annui ties for g a lls
conduct in the field viz z Sergeant Major William Thoma
—
, .
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Co lour Sergeant Geo rge Blurton Quartermas ter Tho m

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Hill Drill Sergeant John Algar Armourer Sergean t Char

‘
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, , .

Smith Colour Sergeant Henry Russell

,
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.

As howeve r under the exis ting regulations such a

ward could on ly be given to one non co mmissioned o m
, ,

c -

Sergeant Major Tho mas was the recipient He was shor

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invalided and the above Tho mas Alg er appointed Serg eal
,

Major in his place ; but this latte r b rave soldier was sv

sequently killed at the battle of Inke rman and as 1 , ,

commanding ofiicer of the regimen t at home declared ,

Lord Raglan in his disp atch referrin g to the part m

, l ,

“
in the action by the B rigade stated that the Duke ,

Cambridge havin g succeeded in cro ssing the river 1

, ,

moved up in support and a brillian t advance of the B rig ,

of Foot Guards under M ajor General Bentinck drove ,

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,
DO C] W E I” H R H P rin ce A lber t
.
, KG ,

bach a n d sec ned u the fin a l posses siou of the work.

o mma mler wimfl hief in au order of the d ay of the
on g ra tu la ted the troops on their brilliant succe ss in
g a fo rm id a ble po sition and added that th
,ey ha d
the Qu een s approbation and gloriously main tained
‘
,

following are ex tracts from Colonel Hon F G . . .

letters and memoran da concern in g the cond uct

,

Ba ttalion a t the Almmfo un d in his possession a fter

ith in the trenches befo re Sevastopol only a few ,

In c rease!) to be proud o f my co mmand : the Grena

sha ved nobly Afte r the action was over the Duke
. ,

abridge very han d so mely call ed me to the fron t of the

Battalion shook hands with me before my fin e

,

, tu d tha n ked me and them for o u r conduct d u ring

m t I replied : — S ir I a m g ra tefu
‘
l th a t you
pg e en . ,

re d id ou r du ty .
mel H ood ad ds in his n otes , I can n ot spea k too
of the cond uct of both n on commission ed ofiicers o

an : the ofl icers worked to their utmost I have .

i n g le re ma rk to make but in pra ise of my tru st .

mmmouseuse ma n ceuvre ot a lin e ag a in st a den se ’

I ts m y on ly m erit : it was d o n e a t Wa terloo efl e c

'

md on the Alma yes terda y I hope due credit will .

e to my h e fellows J or it wa s a prou d sig ht to see

behave so well What an honour to co mman d such
.

v ol men ! My Battalion has been the admiration

etch ,En glish an d Russians , Sir Colin Campbell .
,

hther an d Adams have complimented me on my

,

ion . I feel proud o f the comma n d of such a ma g n ifi

Ody of m en I t is impossible for me too strongly
.

t ees my admiration of the exerti on s of o fiicers and

m is fim d ofi cers an d the steadin ess of the men

, .

it c loaiu in u
g
n d er t e steep ba k
h of the river n ,
1 98 TIre Fir st or G
r ena d i
er Gu ar ds [ Ca l m xx x .

1 854. to see th em up to c o ver my le ft fl a nk It is tr u

. e I ha d the
Alum . h o n o ur to co mma n d but th ey co mma n d ed th ems elves
,
"
.

Sept. 20.

The se ex tra cts testify to a feelin g of Regi menta l pride

a n d a th o ro u h i n teres t in his p ro fe ss ion
g th,at co
, mbin ed

with his other s oldi erlike qu a litie s wo uld doubtless had he

, ,

s urvived, ha ve ra ised him to a very hig h position in the

Crime a n Army .

After the actio n the Brigad es of Gu a rd s a n d Highla n ders

moved on to the heights to the west n ea rer the l eft fl ank of
,

the French army whe re they bivou a cked fo r the n ight while
, ,

the Ca val ry wa s sen t fo r wa rd in purs uit and to form a cha in

,

o f ou tpo sts
.
 Crimea and joined the
,

of the Alma relieving ,

the second corn pan y ,

during the late ac tion Colonel Edward Walker of fi t . ,

Sco ts Fusilie r Guards havin g also arrived in the Calu met ,

fro m England took comma n d of his batta lion of tha t regi "
,
1
men t o n the 24th of Sep tember relieving Colo n el Sif ,

Charles Hamilton who re turn ed ho me , .

On the morning of the 28rd of September the Fon rti ,

Division ha ving co me up to the front the co mbined a rmie ,

advanced across the table land separating the Alma fro m th -

Katcha and afte r crossin g that river the steep hills 0

, ,

each side of which would have affo rded very fa vou rahl

position s for defen ce to an en terprising and not dispirits ,

ene my bivouacked for the n ight on the heights above Th

,
.

Sept 24 . nex t day the 24 th the armies continued their prog reo
, ,

through a country affording many proofs of the diso rganise

s tate of the Russian Ar my during its retreat In the afte .
'

noon the allies c rossed the B elbec and bivouacked on i ,

'

southern he igh ts and during the n ight were kept on tl

,

alert by a false alarm of the app roach of the enemy .

Lieutenant Colonel Hon Alex ander Go rdon who hr

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,

hi therto ac ted as As sistant Adjutan t General to the Fir -

Division was while in th is bivouac appointed to tl

, , ,

Q uarter Master General s depart ment a t the head quarts

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,
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of the army and Lieutenant Colonel B rownrigg of t]

,
-

Gre n adier Guards was appo inted Assistant Adj uta u ,

General of the Firs t Division in his place .

I t now beca me a question wheth er to contin ue the purer

of the enemy upon Sevastopol and attack the Northe ,

Fort or move to the left by the shortest route di rect upc

,
"
, ,

Balaclava an d thus gain a new base of operations fro

, ,

whence to attack Sevas topol from the south ; and aft ,

due deliberation the latter plan was adopted , .

The fl ank march having been resolved upon Lo rd Ragi ,

ordered the Fourth Division under Cathcart to remain a , ,

'
20 2 Th F irs t or G r en ad i
er Gu
a rds (Ca n . m l.

or fifteen hours The fatigues of this ma rch proved fata l to

.

many o fficers and men for from the bat horses not havin g
, ,

accompan ied the army the fo rmer were obliged to carry fo r

,

the mselves whatever they req uired .

The n ext morn in g the march was resumed towards Bala

clava part of the Light Division in advance As the troops
, .

keui ; an d the fimt and w n d co mpanies of the h e

,

i h
n s a guard to the m . HMS . . .

ro u
n d that fro m the Kat oha river followed by tht
g
c ,

rest of the fl
eet . This great strate g ica l success was n ot an
Cw . m 1.) W EM H R H P . . . . m AM .K G . 20 3

B attalio n march till the last day

on the , u
ref sin g a ll as aist 13“
an ce till he s uceumbed H e was carried . on boa rd MS aspe n .

was buried by a detachment of his Battalion under the ,

command of Licuten an t Colon el Charles Lindsay in what ,

a t tha t early period of the occupation of B a la cla va was a

secluded orchard adj oin in g Lord Raglan s head quarters ,
’
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,

bu t the ma rc h of even ts soon robbed it of its secluded

cha ra cter Major P rince Edward of Sax e Weimar suc
.
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s eede d Colonel C ox in the co mman d of No 1 C ompany . .

Mr Huthwaite the surgeon maj or of the Gren adiers who

. ,
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,

u un d ed him, a lso succumbed from fa tig ue

s rro on the morn
in g of march an d
the fian k , , thoroug hly worn ut, was
o

carried on board the Apollo troop ship where he died

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,

m ach superadded to the eEects o f the B ulg aria n low fever.

,

fiom which the men had n ot yet recovm d beg a n n ow to ,

tell upon them ca us in g a still f

,urther m d uct i
o n in the

G rm dier G uards wa s n ow red uced to 550 men .

The Fren ch army , abou t the same time, ha d to d eplore

the lc ot their comman d er in chief , Ma rs hal B t Arn a ud, - o

who died o n the 29 th of 8 eptember, his stren g th provin g

m qu l to the fa tig ues of the ca m fl g n .

The day after their m hd at B M a the B rig ade of m

O n arda were ordered to form a depot batta lion of those
men lust fit for work, an d Ca pta iu Sir R o bert Newman -

an d Lieuten a ut S turt were ord ered to ta ke c ha rg e of the

dd achmeut of the G reu a dier G ua rda. Ca pta in a Cameron

m were aen t on duty thc same day into B alacla va an d

The Fouth Division un der C athcart in which Colon el

, ,

W of the Grenadier Guards was servin g on the

M hein g one da y s march in rea r of the a rmy mn ly rea ched
’

the pM n a of B a lacla va o n the m th of September ; when ,

thoug h the h at a rrived it w as a t o n ce sen

, tup to the heig hh
 TIts F irst or G rena d ier s r ir [ Cn a a XXX L

before Se vastopol to co mmence the in ves tmen t of the town

, ,

and it took up the ground subsequently occupied by the

Third Division on the extre me left of the British position .

The Firs t Division re mained a few days longer in the

plain and upon the Second a n d Third Divisions movin g up
,

to the front. it was ordered to change its position throwing ,

back its right flank so as to fa ce n orth and occupy the ,

the app roaches to B alaclava and the Guards re mained on

,

M 2. this ground till the 2 n d of Octobe r when the Brigade , ,

wi th the 42 n d and 7 9th Highlande rs followed the res t of ,

the army and moved on to the heights taking up a position ,

nea r the Windmill which was slightly changed a few days

later Here both em
,

. cers and men a waited the arrival of the

tents but seven weeks elapsed before the army recovered
, ,

the kn aps acks tha t ha d been left on boa rd ship when

On its arrival on the heights the Brigade of Guards at ,

once established an ou tpost to the front on the tongue of ,

land overlooking the K ara beln a ia ravine , about one quarter

of a mile in front of the camp .

About ninety convalescents of the B rigade had been left

near the village of K a dikeui for the recovery of their he alth ,

in charge of two subalterns of the Gre n adiers Lieuten ants ,

H V erschoyle and Robert Hamilton who were subsequently

. ,

relieved by other O fficers of the Guards Lieutenant Vers .

oboyle wa s relieved in that duty in the middle of the month

by Lieutenant Bathurst and on the 2 9th of October both

,

Lieute n ants Bath urst and Hamilton on being relieved re , ,

turned to the camp before Sevas top ol .

No firin g was directed agains t the town fro m any B ritish ,

batteries for several days utter the inves tment but detach
, ,

ments of every Regiment were daily employed in the

tren ches breaking ground and con structin g batteries and
, ,

approaches under the direction of the Royal Engineers In

, .

these works the Guards took their share with the rest 01
the army commencin g on the 6th of October ; on the 7 th
,

Lieuten ants Turner an d Davies were sent in with a fa tig u¢

2 06 T/w F irst or G
ren a dier Gu a rd: [ Cm a XX X L

13 “ detachmen t of con va lescen ts of the G a a rd s w ta rn oa t m

the m n o orders to tha t efiect.

Captain Cuthbert Ellison of the , G ren a di m Guards
'
,

arrived in the Crimea on the l 6th of O ctober, an d ina ne

of G a a rds , to which post he ha d been app o in ted in aa cces

sion to Lieuten an t~Colonel Frederick Stephenson of the ,

to open fire upon Sevastopol till a ll the ba tteries were

complete an d fully armed ; as far as their means would
,

then allow This being accomplished by the evening of the

.

l 6th of October when sixty guns 24 poa n d ers and others

, ,
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, ,

were ready in position in the British batteries it was ,

resolved to commence at daylight the following day .

Accordin gly at a m on the 1 7 th all the g u

, n s of the
. ,

allies open ed fire upon the doo med city The Allied Fleet .

to co operate wi th the land attack fro m the seaside The .

fire fro m the Fren ch batteries was on the first day almost
paralysed by the explosion of a magazine in their tr en ches ,

but by g rea t exertions they were en abled to recommence the

followin g day The contin uous fire fro m the British bat
.

teries havin g very soon red u

, ced the stone supers tructme '

o f the Ma lakofi Tower to a stete of ru

’
in and silen ced its ,

gun s the res ult of four or five days fa rther bomber(b ent
’
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was an xio usly watched for .

The Gu ards con tin ued n ew daily on d u ty either in the ,

right or left attack . O

n the 17 th Captai n s Kinloch and Sir ,

Charles Rus sell were sen t in to the tren ches and on the fol ,

lowin g day while the bomba n lmen t was bein g vxg orousb
,

replied to fro m the town the First Divisio n fu rnished :

,

largucoverin g an d workin g pa rty under Colonel Hood ; tim ,

other o flioera of his B attalion of G ren adicrs bein g Lie u

ten aa olou el Hon Charl es Lin dsay Sir Robert Newman
. ,

Sir J ames Ferg u s s o a an d Ba th urst The G re n adier G ua rd

, .

on thia ooc aaion c ufi red the irrepm hle loas of their g alh n
ew . xx x 1.] un der F JlI H R H P r m A lbert
. . . .
, KG
Commandin g Ofiicer Colonel Hood who while superin tend
, , , 1 854.

ia g the works in the tren ches , was sta n din g on a half~ fin ished mm
parapet , the better to movemen ts of the en emy
obs erve the ,

when he was stra ck by a roa n d shot in the middle of the

bo dy and expired instantaneously
, Colon el Hood was .

un iversa lly looked up to and his loss was most sin cerely
,

fd t a n d regretted hy a ll un der him who so well knew his ,

wo rth He had led his Battalion to victory at the Aims

. ,

and his coolness and judgment on the field of battle had

ten ded much to the credit it gained on that occasion .

La d R a g lan wrote of him as an excellen t ofi cer and deeply

h ea ted He was buried on the following day an d was
. ,

succeeded in the co mmand of the Battalion pen din g the ,

arrival of Colonel Charles Ridley from E n glan d by Colonel ,

estimation in which Colonel Hood was held by the

The
mean t Comma n d er in Chief is shown by a letter His Ro yal
o -

G meral S. Stanhope the former Comman ding O fiicer

, of the
W an t, of which the following is an a bstract :
“
m an x io a s ag a in to ass ure y oa in wxitin g that l
I a

never met wi th any o m cer so thoroughly devo ted to his

profess ion or who evinced so much ca pacity for comman d
,

dnn n g the short pe riod he was permi tted to hold it

'

From the momen t he left England with the exp edition to

the Ea s t he was hig hly thou g ht o f in his R eg imen t an d in

the Brig ade a n d Division I had the hon ou r to co mma n d ;

,

bn t it was on his as s u min g the co mman d of the Battalion

tha tln s n ihta ry quahn es became more prominen t an d c on ,

fin a ed till the close of his ea rthly career At the ba ttle of .

the Alma J the G rea a d ier G uards were placed in a posi

‘

tion of g raa t promin en ce a n d n o little da n g er ; they be

,

have d most n obly , a n d the whole R eg imen t ad mired the

talen t with which they were ha n d led on tha t occasio n by
Coloncl H ood . The sa me feelin g to wards him was ma in
h ined w the h s t an d on a ll ocoa sion s he was ca lled a pon
for dn ty . that da ty was sa re to be performed n ot a lon e with
r ea l. bu
"
t with ability .
 upon the 42 n d and 7 9th Highlanders received orders to move

however as we have seen been sent in the morning in to the |

, ,

tre n ches un der Colonel Hood so that wh en the Duke o f ! ,

Camb ridge and Gen eral Ben tinck came up to the Guards ;
camp to lea d the men ofi d a ty to the threa ten ed po in t theyl
'

found that the whole B rigad e could muster bu t 52 5 m en ,

upon which the move of the to ig hla nd
was countermanded At Balacla va howe ver the
. , ,

detachmen t of seventy or eigh ty Guardsmen wa s aga in

°

brought to the fron t for which Major General Sir Co lii

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Op ell then in co mmand of the troops in the plain

,
'

thanked the Ofi cer Commanding This d etachmen t occupied .

a small fo rt armed with seven guns in front of K a dikea i i , ,

‘

support of a body of Turks On the following day a .

,

well as o n the 20th it was ag a in drawn out in an ticipa tio

,

of an attack but the enemy made no se rious attempt c

,

any of these occasions to force the line of defen ce of tl

base of operations of the British army their object app ,

ren tly being mo re to reconnoi tre the position taken up ?

the Allies previous to the conte mplated attack on the 25

of the month .

M 19. O n the 1 9th Colonel R eyn ard son was in comman d

,

the trenches with detachments fro m the several B a tta lil

,

of the Brigade acco mpan ied by the following officers of

,

Grenadier Guards z—Major Prince Edward of Saxe Wein -

Captains Kinloch Christie Neville and Lieutenant Davi

, , ,

Captain Kinloch and Lieutenant Davies being with

coverin g party of Gren adiers In the course of the .

both Prince Edward and Lieuten ant Davies were s trucl

the splin ters of a shell that exploded close to them .

Prin ce was struck in the leg but the fo rce of the l ,

was diminished by a thick wrapper and handkerc hief w ,

were both ou t thro ugh an d through , and though so sew

2 10 Th F W or G rm dia '
G ua rd f [Ca m eo s

It“ . u
oec rred in the G ren adier G ua i da, thoug h the
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o fl
icers ,

tion bein g ren dered very difi cult o win g to the ro cky M
ofthe soil .

The bombardmen t continued now daily an d the W ,

was pronounced so satisfactory that an early day was na m

for the fa ll of the town . I t was sa i
d 5000 dead were a lrea

lying within the walls The firing however during t

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subsequen t days was n ot kept up with as much vig o

o win g to the appma c ure of ammun itiomwhen ea
hin g fa fl '

in the mornin g of the 25 th of O ctober the R us siana ha vi

secretly matured their plans and received oon aid eral ,

reinforce ments made a vigorous advance on B at-elm

,

B attle s! In hop es of divertin g the atten tio n of the allies fiom t

siege they commen ced with an a tta ck on a line of forts oec
,

pied hy the T urks on the heights tha t run ea st and m

,

across the Balaclava plain On the first alarm the B rig:

.

of Guards and the two reg imcn ts of Highlanders were a n .

arms and proceeded wi thout loss of time un der the D1
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of Cambridge along the ridge of the B epouna heights, to

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vicinity of B osquet s French Division whence could be a

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the gallan t and impetuous charge of the light cavalry ; f)

then ce they descen ded in to the plain and on arrivin g ,

front of K adikeui n ear the deta chment of Guards for

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two lin es faoing the n orth (the Guards in first lin e ,

Highlan ders in secon d)across the approaches to B ala cl

,

so as efl ectua lly to check the progress of the enemy sh

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he attempt to penetrate thus far Before the arrm .

this rein forcement the 98rd Highlanders had che ,

the advance of the Russian Cavalry with a heavy ,

fire in a two deep line formation

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The charges or .

Heavy Cavalry Brigade under Scarlett and of the I

, ,

Cavalry under Cardigan though forming the pri:

, ,

features of the action of Balaclava are not here describ ,

they do not come within the scope of the work ; but it

possible to refer to the battle without recordin g the
pa rt the British Cavalry played on that even tful day T .
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ths B us sia n s ha d efiectan lly dxiven the Tu rks ou t o f the forts 1 354
,

tha t ha d been en tru sted to themfl he former saw the fufility mu

o f an
y a ttem p t to force their w a y further o n war d tow a rds

n ow un ited ba rred the

, a pproa ch in fron t, an d other corps

tion . Subsequen tly more British troops the Fourth Division , ,

descen d ed from the heig hts to wards the middle of the pla in ,

when the Ru ssian s refused their right and withdrew fro m ,

M o st fort which the Fou rth Division reoccu

, pied .

The Russians having thus partially changed their fron t so ,

as to fa ce westward to wards the S a pou ne heights . the

B rig a de o q a rds ma d e a corresponding change o f position ,

throwin g forward their le ft the Highlanders in second lin e

,

so me time in this positio n , the G u momen ta rily a waitin g

arda

the exp ected ord er to advan ce and drive the R us sia n s from

to be let loo se upon the en emy . an ofl

icer of the G ren a dier
G uards , Lieuten ant Colonel Maitland on Sir George Oa th
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w ts staff was despatched by Sir Georg e to reconnoitre

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the Ru s sians con cealed behind the ao called Can robert -

H ill To do so it wa s neces sa ry to ride n ea rly a mile

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ia f ron t of the army and Colo n el Maitland having reached

,

n p ort m wly esoaped

the res n lt to his G en emL ha vin g na

m hy a pa rty of the en emy who sallied ou t fro m the

fort with the in ten fion of cutxin g oflhis mtmat
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In rd B eg la n evmu ia lly with the c on cn rren c

, e of the

French Command a ia Chief resolved upon making n o

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m md m fi w m m m md u mm
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M a m
W w b e n o in ten tion on the pa rt o f the en emy to ren ew

the M the aeveral corps , after wa itin g till n ig htfa ll,

mun d o fl
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to their a llotted poata. The whole of the Hig h

” M e m ord ered to re ma in in the plain , un der 8ir

k o f o’n fiom while the three B attalion s of c ard a

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before Seva stop oL wa s fl

an ked on the left hy ths Li

two .The g rou n d in their immed ia t

e fron t, towards S et

topol, exten ded mmton gue of land , half a mile dia l

with very precipitous sides , falling into the two bran c

extremi ty of this ton g ue of filte r ed

lan d, when ce in
there wa s a comman din g view of the ground in flo w
the Second Division encampment the B rigade of G u , i
furnished daily an outlying picquet which was alt ,

relieved before dawn .

The night of the 2 5th and the early part of the follm
day passed over quietly but about twel ve o clock at n ooa ’

alarm was raised that the Russians were advancing fron

to wn whereupon the troops immedia tely stood to the ir :
,

Uncertain at first from which side the dan ger threat:

the Guards were moving off to the left in support 0
Light Division which was observed to be advancing ti
,

brow of the hill in front of their encampment ; but

,

were soon counter marched and wi th the Duke of

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bridge and General Bentinck at their head moved ,

the right in suppo rt of the Second Division In the 1 .

t ”.
Oc time while the battalion was fallin g in Colonel H an
, ,

was despatched to the ou tlying picquet of the G 1

to re connoitre the mo vtzmen ts of the ene my and chat ,

on his a rrival tha t the enemy were advancing o .

opposite si d e of the ravine towards the 2 n d Divisi

,

hastened ba ck to report the state of affairs The Gre: .

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Gu
a rds [ Cs a a fi

several Batta lions of Guards

employed in streng th
an d the reds fl a

a n d lin e d co n miva llafion , in th at The J ;

4x

of Colds s was at this time removed

Brigade camp ne a r the Mill to the ridge of m
, e ,

heights ; while the Gren adier and 800 “Fusilier

continued in their forme r en ca mm n en t between the

mill and Second Division and in addi tion to their outl;

i
p qc u towards Sevastopol the b r igade of G uards
,

n ew ordered to find daily thm additional companies as

lyin g picq above the Cmrobert redoubt overlool

r
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the plain to the with the view to keeping up the c

mun ica fion between the left of the French and the Sec ,

The allied armies were now occupying an exten

ground whose fion t extended from the E agle s Ne
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above the Genoese fort near Balacla va to the ex tr

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left of the French army towards Kamis sch a , Cl ,

nearly fo urteen miles As a considerable portion

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of bo th nations we re daily occupied in s

duties but a commatively small numbe r were left
,

of such ex ten mve lines and while the Fre

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only to look out towards S evas u

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g hia as ome h ow the t wn t e B ritish a rm

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on all sid es except fro m its left so that when ever there 1354
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was a night alarm considerable d oubts always existed as K m ,“

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to the quarter whence the attack might be expecwd .

It was while the brigade was thus employed on the m

Sapo un e heights that the Russians having received con tim ,“ -

m
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sidera ble reinfo rce ments fro m the north o rg anised a most m ,

fo rmidable atta ck on the extreme righ t flank of the British

position simfl ar i
,n pla mbu t on a much la rg er sca le to that ,

of the 2 6th of October .

The Gra nd D uke Constantin e had lately arrived from

S t P etm bu
. rg and the Russ ian army in Sevastopol and its
,

n e ighbourhood had been augmented according to their own ,

accounts to no less than

, men Their plan of attack .

men under G orts cha kofi were to

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wa s as follows : , ,

make a demonstration in the plains of Balaclava to prevent ,

eithm the Fre n ch army of observation under Bosquet or

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an ce to my of the siege ; 20 000 mo re w ere to

the B ritish ar ,

remain in the town under General Timo fief with direc

, ,

tions to make a sortie again st the extre me left of the R a nch

bes ieging force and occupy their attention in that direction ;
,

5000 were stati oned on the Macke n zie heigh ts thus leaving ,

troops to attack the British posi tio n O f these .

men under So imon ofi, wa s to

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one corps of ,

is sue fiom the town and advance to the ground on which

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s tood the Vi ctoria redoub t and thence against the Light ,

Divimon encampmen t while the other corps of

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un der Pu n lo d with n inety six g un s in reserve was to

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a d m ee fiom the a o rthern sid e of the Tc hern aymcross

the Ia h rman bridge and by various road s ascen d the ,

heights occupied by the G u a rds and Second Division ,

force tbeir lin ee a nd at on ce prooeed to en tren ch them

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selves .

Two days previo u s to the 5th of November it had been ,

m
p p o oed m d ng reed to th s t tb e G ua rd s s ho uld reliev e th e

m m
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S ew n d Divh fnrn is hin g some of thc picquets in fl cn t -

of fl ie S econ d D ivision ea mp, while these wcre to occu py tb e

p o m held b y th e G u ards . T h e sta fis o f th e tw o D iv i

s ion a
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The O ffice rs of the Third Battalion presen t with their 1864 .

corps on the 5th of November were Nov 5 , .

Colon el F . W. H mi
a lton , moun ted ofloer.

L IL Col. H on . 0
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. Ca Lt V iaot. B a lg on ied '

dorm . A Tippin g .
. Nw Sta rt.
B en . II. P ercy , Sir R. ewman ,N J
Sir . F erg uson ,
R W. B rad ford}
. A. fi n loch.
E. B urn aby . HW. Va mhoy le,
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Si r 0. R us sell, F . B a thurst,
M W Ed wnrd of J
W. . Christie Ch Turn er,
B . W. Hami lton .

m mm m . 00 fllon , d the flmn adier m

w m wm m ; an d Lieutena n t Ooloml lh it
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On the morning of the bth, no less than three out of NW - 5

the eig ht wea k compa n ies of the G ren adier G uard s were m “
M M M M p on o utlying picquet dutymo tha t when
tbe ha ttalion fell in it was sca rcely aoo stro n g . The
m u m m
flm um mlg mh m u tbh mno
w m mw m
§ ldm t d dd m p to w
 movemen ts of thes e d etached co mpan ies will
be referred
to first as fro m their poaition they were the first to
, , ,

w e; observe any symp toms of an app roaching attack During .

the previous day an d night which had been wet and foggy , ,

Lieutenan t Colonel Reeve and Lieute n an t R W Ha milton

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had been on the outlying picquet No 1 with the fourth , .

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ca mpan y in fron t of the G uards ca mmthe position of

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which has been already described overlookin g the Q ueer» ,

ing C reek ravine Lieuten an t Colonel Edward Paken ham

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and Lie uten ant S ir James Fergusson w ere on the outlyin g

“
picquet with No 7 Company above Canrobert s re
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doubt to gethe r with two other compan ies of the briga de

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under Colonel Hon Geo rge Upton of the Coldstream .

,

G uards wi th Lieute n an t Colonel H on George Cadogan as-

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field om
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cer of the day under him These three latter com .

p a n ies , with their advan ced line of sen tries con n ected though , ,

feebly the left of Bosq uet s Corps with the right rear of
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the Second Division and overlooked to wards the east the

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valley of the Tchern aya and the Fedhukin e hills .

The re liefs generally took place an hour before daylight ,

and accordin g to custo m about that time on the dull wet

, , , ,

foggy mornin g of the 5th of Nove mber Prince Edward of ,

S ar a Weimar with his subaltern Lieute n ant Christie pro

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ceeded with his co mpany No . 1 to the advan ced post to , ,

relie ve Colonel Reeve when the ringing of the church

,

bells in Sevastopol could be distinctly heard from the

G uards encampment He arrived at his post between five
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an d six o clock , and while the relief was going on and

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Prin ce Edward was placing his advanced sentries a first ,

shot an d then some more were heard to the right in thc ,

d ull misty mornin g Prin ce Edward proceeded to thc

.

front to reco nnoitre req uesting Colonel Reeve to re main

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with the two companies till his return As the fog cleared .

away it became eviden t a sortie was being made Th

, .

Prince immediately d espatched a Corporal to cu p t

Ge n eral B entin ck to give the alarm while Colonel Reeve als
, ,

se n t a message there to en quire whether No 4 Co mpany

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then relieved , should remain to strengthen tha t advan ce

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p t
a s or s ho j uld re oin the ba tta lion . The R us sia n s were

now seen advancin g along the opposite ridge in the direc N” 5 , , ,

non of the Secon d Division camp and Prince Edward B mlo of , ,

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under the impression that he would be supported by the
4 th Company under Colonel Ree ve extended his own
, , ,

No 1 in skirmiahiug order dire cting his men to lie d own

. , ,

under cove r of the brushwood and keep a sharp look out

for any approaching Russians After so me time about . ,

nine o clock in the morning, he observed the en e my , still at

’

some distance comin g up the gro und in his front, when he

,

determined to put a bold face upon it and advance against

thermso as to impress them with the idea that it was the
advan ced lin e o f skir mishers of a mu ch larger force in his
m r The haziness of the morning favo ured this deception
. ,

for when the en emy who co mmenced firing perceived the

, ,

fin e of Guards advan cing upon them they first stood still , ,

then retired followed by the Prince who kept up a con tin uous
, ,

fire upon them to the end of the ton g ne o f lan d on which he

,

was pomd a n d here the P rin ce kept in c

, heck for a bout
W m o f an hour what appeared to be a whole bat

ha vin g in his own co mpany but two ca s ualties In the .

mea n time a n ord er had co me from the camp desirin g

Colonel Reeve to bring back his No 4 Company forthwith . ,

an d pro ceed withou t delay to j oin his Battalion on the

extreme righ t flank an order which left Prince Edward
,

quen t day ,
of which fact he was unaware until by his ,

spid ted attack he ha d cle ared his fron t of the en emy

, .

P his dsta ched co mpany of the Grenadier G n a rd s s ttracted

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a con s ida a ble fire of Artillery upon itself a t a la ter hour of

the day , when the Ru ia l lu
s s ian s , a fter a pa rt ll open ed a ,

furious can n on ade agains t the right of the British Army ,

an d it was s cc ordin g ly removed s bou t 200 ya rds ou t of

the lin e o f fire where it ma inta in ed itself d u
, rin g the re ~

M d er of the action At on e time L o rd Rag la n a n d his

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and that a consider ab le time must elapse before any attack 1 354 .

from the plain coul d d evelops itself he determin ed to Nov 5 , . _

send all the three co mpanies to join their respective ba t M d

talions already engaged on the heights of Inke rman ; but “km
he first took the precau tion of sending Colonel Cadogan to
Bosquet who was encamped on the same ridge further
, ,

sou th to report what he was doing and to request that

, ,

some French troops might take ground to their left and

occupy his position Colon el Cadogan who had already
. ,

once ridden off to stop the relieving picquets from co ming

in now hurried to Bosque t s camp whe re after so me
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’

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little delay he gave his message to the French General then

, ,

in we act of forming his columns and received as a reply , , ,

Os rem and then made his way towards the Inkerman

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heights to join his battalion Colonel Pakenham had now .

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by Colon el Upton s orders wi thdrawn his s en tries and pro

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ceeded wi th his subaltern S ir James Ferguss on a n d No 7

, , , .

Con ip an y to camp p revious to moving up to join the

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battalion in orde r to enable his men to draw their cartridges

, ,

or ex change their muskets for others ; for in co n sequen ce of ,

the dampn ess of the night many of th eir own had become
, ,

for the time unserviceab le While his men were thus em

, .

ployed Colonel Pakenham went forward to discover in

,

which direc tion the Battalion had proceeded ; and during

his absence Sir James Fergusson received an order from
a staflem
,

eer of the Duke of Cambridge to take the Co m

pan y in the direction of l n kerma n where the B atta lion wa s ,

already en c ased
Having thus given a precis of the move men ts of the three
detached companies which were among the first to observe
,

the pos ition and advance of the enemy up to the period ,

that two of them were relieved to join their Head Quarters

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it will no w be necessary to revert to the gene ral movemen ts

of the tw o arm ies and of the main body of the Battalion
, ,

previous to describin g the manner in which those two co m

pan ies came upon the sc ene of action while the battalion
wa s ga lla ntly ma in taining its position in the two g u n -
 The previous day night which ha d been wet and
an d ,

fog g y had en a bled the en emy to co mplete all their pre

,

m a liminary movemen ts un detected by the British o utposts

, ,

and to advan ce unperceived during the night up to the

first line of heights subsequen tly called Cossack Hill, ,

but upon the first alarm caused by the enemy s ad ,

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va n ced pa rties co ming upon the ou tlying picquets of the

Secon d Division about half past five or six o clock on the

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mornin g of the 5th of N ove mber the whole army was soon ,

under arms Fro m the advanced picquet of the Guards

. ,

as already noticed P a ulofls corps was seen advan cing

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rapidly towards the Second Division who were soon drawn ,

up rather to the led : front of their camp an d brea stwork to

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meet the advancing enemy The G renadiers un der C olonel . ,

B eyn ards on a n d Scots Fusiliers

, under Colonel Walker , ,

fell in before six o clock at about dawn of day and

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immediately moved 0 6 un d er their B rigadie r Maj or ,

General Ben tinck accompanied by his Aide d e Camp Lord

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Balgon ie and the S ta fi of the B rigade to the su pport of

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the Second Division as they had done on the morn ing of

,

the 2 6th of Octobe r Lieutenants Sturt and Vers choyle

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carried the Colours of the Battalion and it is believed ,

that the Grenadie r Guards were the only corps that carried
their Colo urs into action on that day ; a t all even ts it was the
on ly one that carried them into such an advanced position .

As these two Battalio n s we re passing through the Second

Division camp into which the ene my s shot were already
,
’

falling they proceeded under the direction of his R oy al

, ,

Highness the Duke of Cambridge who jo ined them there , ,

to take up most importan t ground on the extre me

right as Lo rd Raglan expresses himself in his despatch
,
.

It was however not merely on the extreme right but 7 00 ,

y a rds in advanc e of that flank of the Second Division breast

work that the Grenadie r and F usilie r Guards took up their
position for moving round the right flank of the breast
, ,

work they formed two lines (the Fusilie r Guards being in

,

support)an d contin ued their advan ce through a confuse d

,

mass of brushwood and trees which having re g ard to til t , ,

 Ca n . xx x uus a er E M
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safety of the camp should undoubtedly have been pre

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security of tha t part of the position These trees bein g m . og

allowed to re main was an oversight all the more gla ring ,

that their removal would have afforded a good stock of fire

wo od to the camps in ad dition to strengthening the position
,

As the above two Battalion s were a d van cin g a brisk ,

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muaketry fire was heud in their immediate fron t but ,

nothing could be seen Ge n eral Bentinck who was near .

,

the centre of the G ren a dier G uards sen t forwa rd a mo un ted ,

ofi cer Colonel Hamilton to ascertain the cause of it

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who. on arrivin g within 1 00 yards of the san d bag ba ttery -

it a small advan ced picquet of the

, 55th Reg iment part ,

was gradually being forced back . Colon el F W Hamilton . .

da y , rej oined his Battal ion on toot to report to General

m
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Bentinck the state of afiairs The General immed ia .

ordered the B a tta lion to come d own to the c ha rg e an d

drive the Russians out The orde r which was received . ,

wi th cheers wa s gallantly executed ; and now commen ced

,

a fierce contest for the possession of the battery and ,

for the groun d about it conside rably in advance of the ,

g en er al line of ba ttle tha t was the p rin cipa,

l task th a t fell
to the lot of the B rig a d e oq a rd s tha t d ay, an d n obly

did they parform that duty Within a few min utes of the .

commencement of the struggle Major G eneral B entinck -

was wounded sho t through the arm and forced to q uit the
, ,

field ; hia Aide de Camp s horse was wo un ded abo u t the sa me

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time bu t in s tead of lookin g a fte r his General Lord B a lg on ic

, ,

g i la n fly pb ed h im self a t o n ce in the ra n ks of hia B a t »

talion a nd shared its dan gers and hono urs througho ut the
,

da y sayin g he could n ot leave the field at such a moment

,
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The B rig a d e wou ld n owha ve fallen to the co mman d of Colon el

Upton : but he ha d n ot yet arrived from his picquets ; an d
in the midat of the con test each B attalion had to act a n d
Cw . xx x “ un der E M H R J I P rin ce A ided ‘
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before described was thrown back ; at other times the 1 354

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attack wo uld be on the left flank towards the Fusilier no“5 , .

Guards when if no en emy showed for a time on the right M o o!

hm
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detac hmen ts of the rig ht wing would be sent a cro ss to

rein torc e the left for the Battalio n fo rmed almost three sides
,

of a s quare an d this man ceuvre was more than once repeated

, .

This co ntest co ntin ued with more or less intermission for

about three hours the companies becoming much mixed , .

M y men as well as some ofl ,

icers had already fallen , ,

a n d a ll the moun ted office rs we re by this time on foot for ,

the hors es bo th of Colonel R eyn a rd son co mmand ing a n d , ,

Captain Higginson the Adj utant of the Battalion had been, ,

also shot un d er them At last a la rg e bo dy of R us sian s .

was obs er ved comin g on in greater force round the rig ht

fl a nk of the B attalion bent on tu rning the position and
getting in rear when with the view to keeping the, ,

en emy i n the ir front the Grenadiers co mmenced grad u , ally

a n d steadily to withdraw keeping up a stea dy fire to the ,

fron t followed by the advancing en emy

, It was at this .

recei ve d a mortal wound the shot passing through the body ,

an d striking the spine producing paralysis The Russians , .

wm n o t man y y a rd s in rear when one of them comin g up ,

as he by o n the ground was on the point of bayonetting ,

him but was dissuaded by his c omrades ; when the Gua rds
, ,

however again advanced the Russian before he retired

, , , ,

d rove his bayon et three times thro u g h him C aptain H . .

Butler on the First Division Stah was killed at the same

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time shot through the head th us n ot long survi vin g his

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ga lla nt brother who was killed at S ilis tria Lieu tenan t

, .

biapie r Sta rt a momen t late r while carrying the regimen tal

, ,

colour was severely wounded shot through the body but

, , ,

batons falling handed the colour to a G ren a dier from whom

, ,

it wa s subs equen tly taken by Lieute n an t Turner who ,

carried it the rest of the da y Lieutenant Sturt was .

M en tly ca rried on a stretcher to his ten t wh ere he ,

was s hortly a fterwards joined by Neville .

la the mean time the Grenadiers had not proceeded above

so me con siderable time n ea r

plain s below (discovered at

p icq uet of the Grenadier G uards ) ,

attack would n ot be on Ba laclava .

front till a still later hour .

support received orders

,

battery ; the order for so doing was repeated by the M

alon g the whole line and it was no soon er given than M
,

an swered by a cheer a n d gallantly execu

, ted All rus he .

down s ome passin g poor Neville as he lay ex ten ded on fb

,

gro un d Amon g st the first to gain the ba ttery an d moun t tli

.

had soo n er done so than he was kn ocked backwards I

no ,

a stoue receiving a severe co n tu

, s io n No les s g alla n t w; .

the rus h made by C harles Lin dsay followed by his me ,

hito the ditch of the two g u n ba ttery , where close firh

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wa s main tained for somc time on both sidm ; n or w

the con d u ct cf all the other ofi c ers less 8 pm “
Thou g h s o me of the co mpa n ies ha d now bec o me son
wha t mixed , the cen tre of the Battalion had reg ain ed t
battery the flan ks overlapping its shoulders
, , an d a ma

aud behig brou

aton es g ht fm ely in to l
p y
a . A g a in l

Percy mouut the pa n peg a ud a seco n d time was m

d m by a stoue hurled at his hea d , by a a ia n , an d he

M m m bm to be a
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g a in dfim ba ek . For
mtelv at tlfia time fa rther amall rein fmm en ts hr
Ca n . XXX L] M IC/ ll H R H P rin c
. s A lb
e ert .
,
KG . .

G rm diers in succession on the ground viz the two 1 35 4

arrived , .
, ,

compa nies No 4 and 7 fro m the outlyin g picquets

, .
Nov 5
, .
. .

No 4 was the first to arrive with Colonel Reeve s ud w a

.
,

Lieutenan t R W H amilton The men of this company

. .
m m . ,

on retu rnin g to camp after bein g relieved had exchanged

, ,

some of their muskets for clean ones an d drawn the charges ,

of others tha t ha d bec

, ome damp from ex posure ; this being

soon efl ted the company at once proceed ed to j oin the

'

ec ,

B attalio n which had long be fore p receded it As it was ad .

van cin g to wards the Second Division encampmen t it passed ,

Lieuten an t S ta rt of the Grenadier G uards who was

, ,

being carried to the rear woun ded In passing through the , .

Secon d Division ca mp the o fiicers obser ved the Russians

,

en g ag ed with that Division in front of their lines , ,

an d on gaining the extre me right of the breastwork

wm rnet by the Duke of Camb ridge who gave them in ,

s truction s at first to pr oceed to support the Colds treams

, ,

on the ridge overloo king the Tchern a ya but subsequently , ,

to the sand bag B etta y to the support of their own

-
-

A few min utes la te r , as Sir James Fergusson with the ,

men of No 7 Company who had also exchanged and

.

d omed some of their firelocks in camp was lea din g ,

them to the front and was movin g roun d the rig ht fia n k

,

a t ain Second Division breastwork

t he received an order ,

fro m h M o fl icer to extend in skirmishing orde r and

, ,

drive back some R ussians who after having passed un per ,

'

coif ed lower d own the slope ro un d the right flan k of the ,

G ua rd s in the san d bag battery were approaching unopposed ,

fi at fl an k of the position Sir James exte nded his men .

mm con tusion in the wrist fro m a musket ba ll, as ho wa s

in thc a ct of firtn g od a mn s ket he ha d ta ken lrom a
' '

wou n d ed man . I bou g h hi s ar m was d isa bled , he con tin ued

W o f his com p y,
a n an d wa s following up th o re
0 2
Ca n . XXX IJ under E M H R JJ P rin ce / 1160 4 .
, KG .

his men on foot till he was struck down dangerously 1 854

, , .

wounded ; Sir G eorg e Cs thcarh pa ssin g him atthe momen t Nag s , .

had but time fcr on e word cf pra is e for the g a lla n t man ner in m a
which he ha d con d ucted the a tta ck an d con tin u ed the pur ,

suit d own the hill when having ad van ced tco far withon t
, , ,

socmin g his fla n ks he fcun d himself with his trccps n ea rly

, ,

his lef t rea r. The R uss ia n s were sccn obs erved on s huoll

Colon el Maitland collecting the ir scattered troops again

, ,

adr a n w d to the a ttack, but here 8 ir G eo rg e received a

mo rtal wound whereupon Lieuten an t Colonel Maitlan d

,
-

en dea vo ured tc lea d the men rcn n d the fla nk of the R us

simmlmt he a ls c was struck dow n dangero usly wou n ded , ,

shot through the colln bone an d ha vin g twc or three ribs

-
,

bro ken Refusing ho wever all assistan ce and directin g

. , , ,

the a djuta n t of the 68th who wa s n ea r him to collect the

, ,

men togethe r he even tually succeeded but with great M

, ,

les s blood he retumed up the hill, when a slig htly

'

od ,

m n d ed soldier of the Grenadie r G ua rd s , n ea r the sa n d

m l ofi cer he ha d m
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the bes t sta t e had .

To tu no w tc the p u
rsui of the R us sia
n rn
t n
s by the

M od Parts of N o 2 Compan y un der Id euten a n t

. .
,

Colon el Lin dsa y md Capta in Tipping part of No 5 unde r , .

,

M esh and of No 9 un d er Colon el P ercy an d Sir Charles

, . ,
 Tire F irs t or G ren a di
er Gu ar s d [ om e n s

str ewn wi th the bodies of the enemy who had fallen in ,

their vain a ttemlits to s torm the battery Man y of these .

m g were only wounded but laid down their arms in token of

,

submission ; this howevern va s n ot the time tcta ke prisoners

, ,

an d the Guards contin u ed their advance As they proceeded .

d o wn the hill to wa rds the ravin e n ot in a connected line , ,

but in detached bodies gradually exte nding as a fan , ,

of the 68th and 2 0th Re giments of the line being amongst

the m masses of R ussian s were seen descending the oppo
,

site slopes into the ravine with the intenti on apparently , , ,

of climbing the heights on which these detached compan ies

of the G rena diers were advancing The Guards would in .

fallibly have been overwhelmed by numbers had they ccn ~

tinned the descent Colon el Percy therefore or dered his men

.

tc halt an d open a stea dy file fire across the valley on the

,

opposite slopes that were crowded with masses of bay onets

, ,

partially shrouded in the mis t and smoke The G uardsmen .

eventually exhaus ted their ammunition ; an d though that of

the dead and wounded was freely used (the ofi eers joining
in the firing) this advanced position became no longer
,

tenable particularly as the men sufiered from the same fire in

'

th eir rear as that to which Colonel Cadogan was expos ed,

and which came from a body of Russians who were now te
newin g their attack on the sand ba g battery Colon el Percy -
.

consequen tly led his men in rear of these R ussian s round

the hillside below the two gun batte ry where he was more
,
-
,

sheltered and whence if he met with a fres h s upply of

, ,

ammun ition he woul d be able to resume the offen sive

,
.

As he was moving along a path under the battery he was

received by a fire from the ene my at fifty yards distance
’
,

who in the mist were mistaken for Frenchmen but who ,

soon moved 03 down the hill Shortly afterwards the .

en emy again appeared in his rear and finding it hopeless ,

to regain the sand bag battery his men being witho u t

-

ammunition he moved along under a ro cky p recip ice

, ,

which even tually led him under the extreme right of the
British encampment then ce towards the G uards camp
,
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Cm . xx x 1.] un der E M H .R H P rince A lbert
. . . , KG . .

where he was met by the D uke of Cambridge . At the request

men in s uppo rt of a French ba ttery tha t was posted towards m og

the left o f the Second Division linea to the right front of the
,
“
Gua rds ca mp Capta in Sir Charles Russell, with some
’
.

men of various regiments had got separated from his own ,

company and after moving round below the right flank of

,

the tv o g m ba ttemca me u
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pon Colo n el Ca d o
g a n w ho be in g , ,

s till exposed to the fire of the Russians from the hei hts
g
abo ve wa s ma kin g his wa y with his men along the side
,

of the slopes so as to place hi mself between the Sec ond

,

Divisio n ca mp an d the ene my These could be seen on the .

hill above moving rapidly in the same direction as himself

,

with the view to cuttin g him 0 5 but when it a ppea red ,

nothing could prevent such a res ult the sound of bu gles ,

announced the approach of the F ren ch thus ca usin g the ,

Russians to halt Cadogan and his party eventually suc

.

ceeded in extricating themselves by continu ing alon g the ,

d opes an d comin g up to the rig ht rea r of the 8econ d

,

Division breastwork As the senio r ofi cer in this part of

.

the field he at on ce beg a n formin g wha tever men of the

,

B rip de he co uld fin d without referen ce to R eg imen ts and ,

, ,

with the assistance of the Officers and Non Commission ed -

advan ce , when the Duke of Cambridge rode up and bein g

mfiormed by the ofi cer mcomm n d tha n to the best of his
,

heheL ths t was a ll tha t rema in ed o f the B rig a d e oq a rds ,

tt uke ordered them to ma ke the bes t show pos sible an d ,

tha t were pla ced to the left of the Division breast Secon d
m h as the Fien ch had expressed themselves an x ious for
-

“
the su
”
pport of the bearskins Here they w ere halted .

R h on d shorfiy ord ered to lie d o wn , so as to oover

M ad n e s s much as pos s ible from the storm of R us sia n

s tillery am tha t wa s
-
direc ted upon them, an d upon some
F ren ch column s stan d ing in their neighbourhood .
I n the mea n time the co n test con tin ued in a n d about, and
Cm . XXX IJ W E I” H R l f P rin ce / dies”
. . . . , KG . .

en dangered ordered their battalions to take ground to the 1 354

, ,

left hy fo urs so as to keep the en emy in their front “d u

,
n e
,
.

rear of their breastwork where they continued to main tain h im

,

themsel ves The Grenadiers in the battery were now re

.

d a ood wha wi th their losses in killed and wounded by

, t — ,

the advance of sev er al detachments — and the absence of ,

one compan y on picquet to little more than 1 00 men with the

, ,

following o fficers — Colon els R eyn a rdson F W Hamilto n , . .

,

a n d Reeve ; Captains Higginson Tipping and Sir Ja mes Fer , ,

gus son ; Lieutenan ts R Hamilton Verschoyle and Turner

. , , ,

these two latter with the colours With them was Captain .

Peel of the Diamond frigate who having gallantly joined

,
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, ,

the Guards in the thickest of the fi ght was now with true , ,

sailor s pluck b ravely emulating the spirit that was displayed

’
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aro und him. The thickness of the brushwood preven ted the
above flank move men t of the Cold streams and Fusiliers
hein g seen hy the Gren adier G ua rd s or hy the rig ht fl a nk ,

of the Fusiliers who w ere a ll occupied in repelling the

,

attacks of the en emy in their fron t when su d den ly the ,

The en emy who had advanced towards the Secon d Division

, ,

ob s ervin g fro m the high er ground a body of British troops ,

still in the sand bag battery keepin g at ba y the Russian s in

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their fron t ha d wheeled ro un d on their left, an d were

co ming down in rear of the battery with the inten tion of ,

taking the re main der of the Guards prison ers There was .

n othin g left fo r these to do but to rally round the colours

fa their p rotection a nd charge thro u

, gh the advan cin g line

kept up a fire on the en emy in their front This cha rg e was .

M d wi th perfect ste adin ess an d the Hea d Quarters of the

,
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B a ttalio n were halte d as soon as they reached the right of

the Second Division breastwork The French who were . ,

no w seen ad van cing to their su pport were received by the ,

 Tar F irs t or G ra na dar
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Gu a rd s C
[ s XX L

The Duke of Cambridge came up at the same moment

to this small ban d of Guardsmen rejoicing to see the ,

men and colours of the Grenadiers all safe and was ln ,

formed by the ofi cer in command that though they ha d

been surrounded they had cut their way through again
, .

After a short time given to the men to rest themselves ,

the Duke ordered them 03 to the left fron t to join ,

the remain der of the brigade and assist them in sup

,

port of the French gun s ; the Co ldstreams and Fusiliers

had by this time join ed the d etached co mpanies of the
Grenadiers .

Though the Duke of Cambridge was aware of the isola te d

position of the Gre n adie r Guards he had been unable to ,

s end any reinforcements to them beyond a po rtion of the

sians against the Second Division appeared to imply that ,

the Head Quarters of the Grenadiers and their colours had

-

fallen in to the en emy s hands great and enthusiastic was the

’
,

cheering with which this small band was now received by its
brother Guar dsmen when with colours flying it was seen
, ,

steadily resumin g its place on the right of the Brigade .

It had n arrowly escaped fro m the toils of the en e my but , ,

though worn out with fiatig ue hunge r thirst and excite men t
, , , ,

was ready to resume the fight as s oon as the men we re

supplied with fresh ammunition While the Battalion was.

charging through the advancing Russians Colonel Hamilton ,

was struck on the foot by a musket ball but not so seriously ,

as to prevent his re maining with his Battalion .

I t was now be tween eleven and twelve o clook and

’
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the men as well as O fficers who were much fatigued,

with their incessant hard fightin g were ordered to lie ,

down to protect the mselves fro m the heavy cannonade

,

which the Russians had opened upon the position till ,

they should be again required ; but the F rench ra ili

forcements which had arrived on the ground being sent
, ,

to the front the B rigade of Guards was not called upo n

,

again that day to meet the enemy though Canrobert was ,

Cm . xxx ” “m a y H R H P r in ce A léerl,
. . . . KG .

very an xious that they sho uld support his Z ouaves in their 1 85 4 .

adv ance For two or more home longer howevm they n ” ,

.
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,
o

rema in e d in a ver d iti i of a b tt f

y exp ose po s o n n rea r a ery o w d
guns un der a hea vy fire from the enemy s artillery n o w
,
’ h m ,

red oubled in violence in the midst of which Lord Ragla n

,

was to be seen quietly s itting his horse wi th the same

The Brigade of Guards con tin ued to experien ce m a y more

Ofi cers of the Gren adiers lying together who were killed on ,

the spot by the ex plo sion of a shell in their midst The .

Fren ch unde r Bosquet were now succes sfully drivin g back

, ,

the enemy s last attack much assisted by Colon el Dixon R A

'

, , . .,

who had succeeded in b rin gin g up two siege gun s . which pr o

duced grea t efiect The Russian s continued their artillery
'

fire for smn e time longer but were eventually about three , ,

o clock forced fro m the field which they had ma de such

’
, ,

stren uous bu t va in efio rts to ma ke their own H a d they

'

otthe B ritish, were to be seen ,intermingled with the coln mn s

of Ru ssians retreating across the Tchern aya in n mn erahle ,

n g g on s laden wi th fascines and gabions destined to have ,

ma de a Russ ian fort of the Bri tish camp .

I t is a fa ct that deser ves to be record ed that while the

, ,

Ru s sia ns ackn owledg e to 7 5 000 troops in the field of whic h , ,

were actually on the heights of In kerman the ,

nu mber of B ritish troops actua lly en g a g ed did n ot ex ceed

men Bosquet s French di vision
,
’

The to tal British loss was O fi cers 48 killed 1 01 , , ,

wo unded ; Men nearly 600 killed woun ded besides , ,

60 mis sing ; total The casualties in the Gren adier

were 3 em
,

(is cees killed : Lieuten an t Colon el Edward

,
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Pa kenham Captain Sir Rober t Newman and Capta in

, ,

Hon ourable Hen ry Neville Colonel Pake n ham was b rought .

in fiom the field alive but in sensible muttering a few words

, ,

in G erman ; he had numerous bayonet wou n ds his head ,

was mu ch lacera ted an d he died the same n ight

, Henry .
Cu r x xx.
mW i t/ W H R H P rin ce A M
. , KG .

following numbers represent the efiective stren gth of 1 354

'

The ,

the B rigade of Guards on the field at the close of the action

Nov 6 ,
.

as ascerta ined by a sta fi cfiicer

'

29 8 812 .

The acc ount of the exertions of the B rigade of G uards

on this day would n ot be co mplete wi thout reco rding the
,

s acrifices the two other Regiments made in conj unction

wi th the G renadiers in maintaining their own honour and ,

the high character of the British Guardsman as well as ,

in securing the continued approbation of their Sovereign .

O m
eara.

1 16
1 15

Major General Bentinck ha d also hea r wounded shot in

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the arm and forced to leave the field early in the day
,
.

The casualties amongst the o fi cers of the C oldstreaman d

M t. M W A Amhen t
. . .

The B rig ad e of Guards had the mourufu

l duty on the day
m ar the battle of con sign in g twelve of their brother
, o mc ers .

an d a bo ve 200 men to a soldier s

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, g ra ve .
1 854.

W e!
credit of the British Guards
n ot above 1 1 00 or 1 200 men

hours the repeated attacks

tha t pos t was to be defen d ed an d ,

were occupied in other parts of

efiect
ively employed in the field with the Secon d Division

and suc cessful attack of a stron g position in open da y ; ti;

other an unprepared though equally successful defen ee a
an exposed posi tion agains t at fi rst an almost unseen ch em
, , ,
;
and in the present da y when those who are best en tith
,

to form an opinion on the subject stro ngly ad vocate tl

,

in dependent atta ck of small bodies in loose s leirmishii

order let the m pause a moment and consider what wo n
,

have been the eventual result not of the battle of the Alt
,

its elf for Lord Raglan had still troops in reserve w.

, ,
’

might have retrieved the fortun es of the day but of t ,

immediate attack on the great battery if the Groun d ,

Guards had not retained throughout their ad vance a pertee ,

close line formation The re may be times when the loo:

.

order may be p refe rable and that was partially ex emplif

,

in the defence of the posi tion of Inkerman where the n a t:

,

of the ground and the suddenness and wild nature of

attack prevented that steadiness and cl oseness so im
'

, ,

pen sable on most oc casions to complete suc cess .

A few remarks elicited from our gallan t allies dri ,

fro m them by the determin ed and indomitable valou r a

Ca n m un der R M H R H P me Albert KG
’

. xxx . . . . n , . .

W W British on thisof
d a y will
the n ot be 1354 , ,

out of W h ere When the Guards returned to the m “

.

breas twork after six hours fig btin g an d witho ut food for lukerm n
’
.
,

the who le day and the Z ouaves w er e advan cing fresh from
,

G ua rds to accompan y his men to the fron t L or d Ra g la n .

remarked tha t the Guards ha d been fighting so long he

, ,

could n o t sen d the m Canrobert made answer

. Les ,

!o u aves feront mieux s ils voient les bons bon n ets a poil
’

avec eux A French ofi cer re marked to a Guardsman A

.
"

m
,

p j e com p rends Wate rloo A colonel of Zouaves ”

.

s aid . to m other Guards ma n

’
Ma foi ces t tres heureux que
,

ma s a iez la Mes Zouaves sont bons pour l a tta que mais

'

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t om au tre s vous étes si solides si tenaces et aussi bo n e

-

, ,

u l u u u I e f A d
”
’

p o r a tta q e q e po r n d en s e n these F r ench .

tra cer s did not scruple to allow they migh t not ha ve resisted

s o lo n The respect th Bri ti sh o fficer and soldier now

g . e

commanded is well exe mplified in the following anecdote s

An ofi eer of the Grena die r G ua rd s was wa lkin g one day
throu gh the crowded bazaar at Kamiesch when a Fren ch ,

serg ea n t seeing him ma de wa y for him throug h the crowd

, ,

M g . Vi v a lee Anglais ; ous é tes des braves ; il y V

s h im plus d épa u lettes mortes que de soldats Without
’ "
.

m ptio uthe Fr ench we re mo st fair and honourable in their

“ n es ts on the occasion .

As a test of the severe r fightin g at Inke rman to that at

the battle of the Alma the amount of ammuni tion expended
,

by the Thn d B atta lio n G renadier G uards may be inte res ting
'

At the Alma where it was about 7 00 strong in the field the

, ,

men fired away 9000 rounds ; at I n k erman where the Bat ,

talion wen t in to action about 400 strong and were reduced ,

to su e they ex pended
,

O win g to some of the eight comp anies of Gren adiers

being s o much reduced it was found necessary after the ,

W e to ferm the Battalion into five di visions Nos 2 and 8

f
. .

W ed in to on e divisi o n Nos 5 7 and 8 into ano ther . . , , .

Nos 1 an d 4 which ha d been on outlying picquet either

“
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the whole or a part of the time an d ha d not su

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t ,
o

a t
Ca n . x x x 1.] un der E M H R H P r in ce A lbert K , . G
.

an y one in p articul ar H is R oyal H i g hn es s d eeply deplore d 1 354

. ,

the he a vy lo s s the B ri g a de ha d s u sta in ed but he a dd ed tha t mm

, , of

the vic to ry ha d b een mo st i mporta n t a n d th a t the en emy I km

,
n

ha d hims elf s u sta in ed a lo s s he w ould n ot e a sily fo rg et ; an d

he concluded by wi shin g h ealth an d h app in es s to all durin g
his tempo rary ab s ence to Con sta ntinople to which pla c e
,

Lord Ra glan ha d g ive n him l ea ve to proceed for a s hort

time for the recov ery of his hea lth .
l aw -
mm or 1 41 3 or sw a m -
comm a

o u n sc m a to — n um
u o un m om ma ur n s
a ms r u a ca uss m l ass — rm

um on s om e m an s :

ur ru xo x uuo s o w aa u. w an no u n
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s m ote arm

artis a n s — o vu m n o n n o “ t a r t a n —a n u s roar—mm
n os or B a rn es moo rs o r:

u nsa f e ram —
ur es co am
r a m: w a w wa u xm acu n rrs r a o u m um m ania cs
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m rca — s a an m s — rm s n so u s a an uns r — ca m u or am
— o ca ans m us s ro ru n s mo r —a r u cx 0 3 n ow um n
—ooa n n s as s urrea r o u r s or ma n M o ms a n: rum
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st - -

—
,

M L s l a m s a u to s m u rzo s s — m m — n rw ha rm m a -

m rm u n m s xo s u s uaa w an s on ar — a i m s o r m rm a m
— ra s ra u rxos s w e r a n am w a s n t—o ct ane n ! m raucou '

s
ca n va s or s s va sroron—ca s cu n rs —ns rm cz mm m an

WHIL E the armies were waiting for more guns and morn
n
from Malta and Fra ce to con tinue t e siege with rea ,
h g

hurricane of the 1 l th of November visited the Black S

and produced great disasters amongs t the shipp ing ca n s: ,

the wreck of many ships notably that of the P rin c ,

which was the primary cause of all the future wan ts of

British army during the greater part of the ensuin g win t
and the Guards as much as other regiments felt the sev
, ,

consequence s of the loss The immediate effect of .

violence in the cammwas p roductive of much tempor

discomfort for nearly every tent on the heights was blc
,

down and before many had risen from their couches t

’

fo und themselves exposed to the full fury of the cutt

Cu r x x x
.
m The F irst or G r ena dier Gu a r d s.

winds a ccompanied wi th snow and slee t when a

, , two ~ feet 1 354.

l udicrous side also fro m the vain atte mpts of the own ers
,

to preven t a reg u lar sta mped e of every movable article in

their tents flying at the mercy of the winds
, .

Durin g the nineteen days and nigh ts since the op ening of

the tre nches up to the day of Inkerman the Brigade of
, ,

Guards had furnished betw een and men or a ,

M y average of n early 600 men as working and covering ,

parties in the tren ches out of a total efl

’

ective presen t under

,

, n
arms of 1 568 i cluding se rvan ts camp duty men cooks , , ,

orderlies and pionee rs givin g scarcely three reliefs be

, , ,

sid es this the brigade d urin g the same time was furnish
,

in g three and four companies daily as outlying picq u ets as ,

well as working parties placed at the disposal of the ,

R oyal Enginee rs to complete the lin es of de fence In .

since the departure of the two Highlan d B eg im® ts to Bala~

cla n an d the losses at Inkerman the Brigade was relieved
, ,

for six day s afie r the ba ttl e frcm a ll d uties in the tren ches

m
, ,

an d did not reco mmence till the 1 1 th of Nove ber ; bu t the

the ar ming
the day of battle several detachmen ts of the
of ,

(b ard s were sen t out for this purpose un der Colon el

B ryn n dea n with the u
-
s ual co mplemen t of o fficers
, .

The Brigade of Guards bein g now much red u ced in n um

bans tt ren a diers an d F usiliers were ordered on the 22 n d Nov
, , . 32 ,

of November to move their camp to the ridge of the Sa o u

, p n e

heights overlo okin g the Fedhukin e hills and Tchern ay s

,

a ll” . between Bosquet s French and the right rear of the

’
,
Cw . xx q un der E M H H H P rin ce A lder tJf . . . . G .

arrived in No ve mber for the other Battalions of Guards 1 35 4 , .

Colonel de Bathe being in charge of the Scots Fusiliers .

In consequence of this accession of strength the br igade NW 2 5 ,

of G uards were ordered on the 2 5th of Nove mber to s en d

, ,

a detachmen t of 200 men with a due proportion of o fficers

, ,

to the monaste ry of St Geo rge to be perman ently en camped

. ,

there fo r the p u
, rpose of cutting wood and making gabions

fo r the siege Sir James Fergusson was detached for this

.

du ty o n the part of the T hird Battalion of Grenadie r

Guards ; and as a specimen of the daily e mp loyment of the
B attalion a t this period of the s ieg e the following extract ,

from B attalion Orders is given .

For No 6 . outlyin g picquet to morrow o

,
No 8 division ,
. un der Capt .

Eo n Ashley P on son by .

k
For firs t wor in g party , No. 6 divis iom, und er Sir ames Ferg u m J -
.

k
For secon d wor in g party , a t No. 6 , un d er Capt. Kin loch.
For re lief, a t No. 2 , un d er Lieu t. Turn er.

Colonel Charles Ridley who came out in s uccession to ,

Colonel Grosven or Hood arrived in the Crimes on the l st,

of December and owing to the contin ued absen ce thro ugh

, ,

wounds of Gen eral B entinck and of Colonels Upton and

,

Walker he at once assumed the command of the B rigade

, ,

while Colonel B eyn a rdso n resumed that of the Third Bat o

talion and Colonel Ha mil to n the duty of Mounted O fiicer

, .

M uch disappointmen t not to say indign ation was felt

, ,

and expressed by the officers of the Brigade of G uards upon ,

the rece ipt on the 1 2th of December of copies of Lo nd on

, , .

B sg h n s despatch with reference to his repor t of the part

’

taken by the brigade at the battle of Inke rman as the exp res ,

tion fo rced to re tire wa s applied to the m an d to the m only

”
,

of the whole Br itish army and this feelin g found exp ression
,

in severa l lette rs wri tten home by the ofi cers on the occasion .

The kn owledge that the feeling above expressed was very

g a tes
-
a ! throughout the Brigade in the Crimes induced all ,

their friend s in England to assure them notwithstanding ,

fu
lly apprscia ted at home ; and a fo rmer G ua rds ms n in a
 Tin fi rst or G
rena d ier G ua rd: (cw . xxx n .

hig h po sition Co urt, ws s en a bled to ss su

at re them on the

best authority of the Q ue en s anxiety that they should know

'

of her admiration of their conduct both befo re the enemy ,

a n d while undergoing the hardships of the ca mp and he ,

added that tho ugh the expressions in the Gazette might

,

momit of credit which they had obtained and that the

a ,

u
n i versal impressi on in Englan d was that the succes sful

the valour and determined obduracy of the Brigade of Guards .

Reports had been current for some time that French

reinfo rcemen ts accompanied by a T u
, rkish con tin gent wer e ,

abou t to land near the Alma with the view to moving ,

sou thward an d investing the no rthe rn side of Sevas topol ,

and large bodies of R uss ian a echelon ed fro m the M K en z ie ‘

heights towards B ackshiserai and S impheropol were appa

ren tly posted there ready to oppose any such at te mpt bu
, t ,

all reinforcemen ts for the allies bein g now req uired on the
sou thern side the p rojec t if ever entertained was aban
, , ,

doued .

While the duties of the army of the siege and of the ,

army of observatio n were bein g carried on as actively as

the reduced n u mbers of the allies would admit the season ,

of the year was not forgotten on the heights before the

town and on the 25th of Dece mber means were foun d by
,

the O fi cers of the Gre n adie r Guards for p roviding every

soldier with his Christmas fare ; while the O fficers them
h
selves dined toge t er in a tent fitted up for the occasion the ,

tent being deco r ted with the Colours having the badges
“ ‘ “
,

of Alma and Inkerman displayed upon the m the

" ”
,

authority for which had most opportunely been received

,

in camp that same mo rning They were a small band of .

twelve almost all that remained with the Battalion of above

,

thirty who not three months befo re marched with it to

, ,

B alald a va all full of spirit and high ambitious hopes of

,

hono ur to be won by their own deeds No less than eigh t .

of their former comrades had alrea dy foun d a C rimean

grave and othe
,
rs had been invalided .
c m . xx x mun d er E M . E R H P ris m A léeq . . . . G .

The officers presen t were

Colonel r W H m iltou
. . .

Lt Ool
-
. H on on Lin dsay
. .

H B a thurs t,
.

j
Ma or G oo. Hi gg in s on . 0h. Turner,
B . W. H s milton .
fi r Oha rles B ussell.

Colon el R eyn ard son who co mmanded the Battalion at ,

this time celebrated the d ay wi th the Brigadier

, .

The Battalion was now on the eve of receivin g a large

reinforcemen t fo r in the middle of Nove mber upon the
, ,

receipt of in telligence in England of the losses sustained

by the B rigade of Guards at Inkerman , large drafts from
the home Battalions were ord ered out The Coldstream .

a n d Fusilier G u ards detached 1 60 men each while the ,

Gren adiers made up a draft of 200 men besid es n on com -

mis sioned o m
,

cers fro m each of the Firs t and Secon d Bat o

talion s . On Friday the 2 4 th of November the detachmen t

, ,

of Grenad iers con sistin g of nin e o fi cers eight serj eants , and
, ,

409 men embarked at Southampton in the

, Royal Albert ,

a nd afte a prosperous voyage landed at Balaklava on the

r
2 0th of December , where it was detained till the 29 th of Doo . 29 .

the same mon th before it marched up and j oin ed head o

quarte rs on the heights before Sevastopol . The ofi cers

that acco mpanied the draft were
Lieut Colon el Lord Arthur H a y in comma nd.
’
-
,

[ AL -
Col . H on hu or. Captain A Mi tchell . .

the Brigade came out by the same opportun ity

, .

A cha n g e was n ow a bout to be ms d e in the pls n for car

tyin g on the siege The Malako ff tow er and bastion which
.
,

lay opposi te the right fl an k of the British encampment had ,

lon g been recog n is ed as the key of the R u ssian positiouin

Now la rd Wald en .
CR AP XXX IIJn n der F
. M H R z H P r in ce A léer tJf . G .

F usilier G uards whose presen ce was consequently often

,
1 35 5

required at Balaklava . Jan . 2 1.

The long expected materials for hutting the troops were

-

no w arrivin g in the Crimea and thou gh no assistan ce could be

,

procured fro m the transport corps and the battalion bat ,

horses were daily required for the s til mo re necessary

l
transport of provisio ns the Third Battalion G renadier
,

Guards succeeded by the men s own personal exertions in '

con veyin g some of the materials to camp , and they were

enabled on the 2 l st of January with the assistan ce of two
, ,

ship carpenters and unde r the supe rintendence of their

,

ofi c ers to co mplete the erection of a bu

, t fro m its founds
tion in eigh t hours much to the aston ishmen t of their
,

n eighbours the Z ouaves The difi culty however an d

. , ,

fatigue of transpo rt were so great that by the 2 n d of ,

February the battalion had only two huts altogethe r con

sti noted which w ere given u p as a hospital
-

, .

On the 2 2n d of January the French moved up to take a

position on the extreme right of the besieging army near ,

the site of the Guards and Second Division camps and as ,

they also undertook to watch the plain fro m the Suponh o

heights the Guards were relie ved of that duty their
, ,

services being again required for another mon th in the

tren ches to assist in the duties of the siege
, Constant .

sorties were being made by the Russians but fortun ate ly , ,

for the British army who could scarcely find sufi cien t men
,

to prote ct their own wo rks they wer e p rincipally directed

,

against the French Sickness not only contin ued but

.
,

was inc reasing and notwithstanding the draft of 400

,

men received by the Gren adier G uards at the end of

'

December they ha d fewer effective men in the ran ks at

,

the end of Jan u ary than previous to its arri val n the . O
2n d of F ebruary the e ffecti ve streng th of bayonets in the
Gren adiers was o n ly 1 96 in the Colds treams 128 , and
,

the Scots Fusilier G u ards 1 20 or 450 men out of 4000 ,

that had already left Englan d ; and yet at this time owin g ,

to the Russians fro m the Baid ar valley havin g commen ced

ma kin g their appearan ce on the heights east of Balaklava ,
 7 766 F in ! or G r ena d ier Gu a rd: [ Ca m x xx xt

v alley Sir Colin Campbell still in co mmand there applied

, , ,

to Lord R a g lan for reinfo rce ments ; but there were no

troops to spare fro m the trenches for the G uards weak in , ,

n umbers as they were still con tin u ed to ta ke their tu

, rn in

the siege operatio n s and could n ot yet be de ta ched

, .

Maj or G en eraloLord Rokeby arri ved in the Crimea on the

v

l st of February in succession to M ajor Gen eral Bentinck

,
-
,

and was much distre ssed and mortified to find that the , ,

B rigade of Gua rds that he came out to command c onsisted of

, ,

les s tha n 500 efiective men in the ran ks thoug h the n ominal
'

strength of the Third Battalion in sergean ts dru mmers and , ,

B a n k and File was within 6 of 1 200 men No less than .

7 00 were sick of which 530 at Scu tari a n d 15 9 in camp

, , ,

the rest at Malta and Abydos Besides these the re were .

92 on command at the monas tery of S t George and Scutari . .

The remaining efiectives 88 1 Ran k and File were much , ,

red u ced by the large numbe r necessarily e mployed o ut of

the ran ks The two othe r battalio n s exhibited a si milar
.

resu lt.

Feb. 1 7. Lord R okeby s atten tion was at on ce called to the ex ces

’

sive n umber of sick at Scutari and he desired to send so me ,

o fiic ers of the b rigade acco mpanied by a surgeon to make

, ,

special inquiries as to their state and the probability of ,

a n y of the m being shortly fit to retu rn to their du ty .

L ieuten an t Colonel Hon Charles Lindsay was selecte d for

-
.

the Grenadier G uards Lieu tenant Colonels Jocelyn and

,
-

Carleton for the Fusilier and Coldstreams with battalion ,

Surgeon C Nicol! of the G ren adiers to acco mpany them

. .

Nor was the sta te of the G uards excep tional the 63rd Regi ,

ment was totally annihila ted and latte rly could scarcely ,

muster any men on parad e The wea the r al s o had now .

become intensely cold and the numbe r of efiectives of the

'

B rigade was still furthe r reduced to between 800 and 400

men of which the Grenadie rs could bring into the field but
,

1 50 ; when on the 22 n d of Feb ruary the an niversary of the

, ,

Grenadier and Coldstream G uards leaving England they ,

received ord ers to quit their camp befo re Sevas topol and ,

proceed to the neighbourhood of Balaklava that the few ,

Cw . xxx u]under R M
. H R H

of the siege and recruit their health B iddin g a temporary m

, . 32
,

adieu the refore to their late winte r en camp ment on the

Sapoun e heights and to their neighbours Colonel Cler s
’

Zouaves the Gren adiers still under Colonel Charles Ridley

, , ,

marched off on the followin g day to Balaklava headed by the ,

band of the Zouaves and en camped on the slo pes of the ,

western heights not far fro m the head of the harbour The
, .

troops in and abou t Balaklava were placed at first under the

command of Sir Colin Campbell but as the Guards now ,

formed an independen t Brigade unde r Lord Rokeby the ser , ,

vice s of an Assistant Adjutant General to the First Division -

were dispen sed with and Colonel B rownrigg who sin ce the , , ,

battle of Inkerman had filled that post was o n the 5 th of I n

, , , . 5.
March attached in a similar capacity to the Light Division
, ,

an d co utin ued to d o d uty with it ti fla fier the fa ll of Sevastopo l .

O n the 9th of March the Battalion mo ved still further up

the w este rn heights whe re huts were constructed both for , ,

men an d ofiicers and on the l 6th many for the first time
, , , ,

for n i n e months slept within four walls O n the Gua rds

, .

lu rin g the heights the remain d er of the British troops were

,

more co ncentrate d an d the French to ok co mple te possession

,

of the Sa poun e heights on the right of the positio n the ,

Secon d en campin g betw een the Light and Fourth Divisions .

While the batta lion was thus recruitin g its hea lth in the
Crimea an interesting scen e wa s being enac te d m the Great
,

Hall at Bucking ham Palace where the Queen acco mpan ied
, , ,

by H R H Prince Albert. with the true sympathy she

. . .

always evin ced towards her soldiers recei ved fifty wounded ,

men of the Guards in valid ed fro m the East twenty of whom

m m a diem md fifteen from each of the other two
, ,

Regime nts The services of the men an d the nat ure of their
.

wou n ds were explained to H er Majesty and no thing could ,

have excee ded the kindn ess of manner of the Queen towards
ea ch in di vidual presen t who thus received in the person al , ,

m og uition ot their aervices by their Sovereig n the g | eatest

'
-

rewa rd they could ha ve aspired to .

H R H Prin ce Albert ever solicitous for the welfare of

. ,
O ur . x x x rr wW EM H R H . . .

The following tabular return shows the state of the 1 855.

Battalion in ran k and file on the l st of April April 1 2.

, ,

Sic k . On Command . Total.

P resen t Absen t .

80 467

64 7 104 887

Of those returned on Co mmand twelve we re employed ,

at Scutari in the hospitals in consequence of the large ,

n umber of sick with who m there were two comm y o fficers

,

and a surgeon ; forty seven were on command at Karani

-

under a subaltern and forty five o n special duty at

,
-

a detachment men fro m the B rig ade oq

ol O ard s ,

which had been fo r some time employed on perman en t

fatigue duty un der Maj or Woodford and Captain Goodlake
, ,

to disembark a n d co llect ma teria ls for hutfin g They were .

ordered on the ard op ril to rejo in their regiments .

The o m eara d oin g duty on the 1 1th of April were ,

Car min a .

E R. R sy un d aon ,

W h oa
with ruc ) ka m w
,
m
A Mitchell (at
.
W gm
ra ni) ,

” coun t B i lg om

gi
b
t Jam“ Ferg uson
G E B len kin s . . .

m (a 0 icol! ( a t w it h )
,
. N ,

Aw urm . E W Vm chO fiO.

.

0. H. Turn er. H . Lawrence,

C . Read.

The sieg e had been steadily p g i the spri

ro res s n g as ng

adv n c
a e d both side s disp layin g in creased activity an d at
, ,

tbc ln g iun in g ot April 500 g u

'

n s ot heavy ca libre were

'
-
 fences appeared to suffer but
the d estruction of the day was
April 19. was made on the 19th of April ,

of the en emy to reg ain them but with the loss of Colonel
,

Egerton and of Captain Lempriere of the 77 th ,

who was killed . 0

On the d ay after the assault a stro n g

,

made from Balaklava and the S apo un e heights towar ds ,

Kamara and the village of Tchorg ouu by twelve battalio ns

o mma n d om a r P acha who
,

of Turkish In fantry u n der the c ,

had lately arrived in the co un try with Turks thmi ,

to men. Two squadrons of the l 0th H ua sa rs la tely ,

arri ved from India togethe r with some French an d Turkish

,

cavalry supported this move ment which was a ccompan ieoi

, ,

by Lord Raglan ; and General Vin o is s hrig a d e od Frenel

'
’

was detached d urin g the movement to the extreme right d

,

B alaklava to watch the approaches from the Baidar Valley

,

bu t although the reconnaissance was pushed forward a con

sid era ble distance beyond Kamara no sign s of an c h m
,
e ;
appeared in that direction capable of makin g any seriou
attack upon Balaklava The practice was thereupon aban
.

doued of the Brigades of Guards and Hi g hlanders dail

taking up their position early in the mornin g on the ca ster ,

heights of the town , to guard against the possibility of

surprise. This first advance in to the open country wa
much appreciated by the many O ffice rs who volunteer ed t
acco mpany the reconnaissance as for the first ti me for sa w
,

the lines to which thet been restricted during the whd

As spfi g advan ced the Third B atta lion G ren a diee rt

Cw . XX X ILJun der E M H R H P fi me A lbcrt K G , .

g ra d ually recovered its hea lth, thou

g h to ward s the en d of was.
April it c ould still ouly furn ish 2 30 d uty men ; rein force
M
-

L
men ts however which had been ordered on the 8l st of
, , ,

March to hold themselves in readin ess for foreign service

, ,

we re now coming o u t from England for the who le Brigade

“
ot G ua rd s and on the l st o f May the Alma
"
, with 1 056 ,

Guardsmen of a ll ran ks steamed into Balaklava harbour , .

Of these the drafi fo r the Grenadie r G ua rd s was five

,

O fi oers eight Sergean ts four Drummers and 4 1 2 Rank

, , ,

an d File being a bove 200 men from t

, o f the home

battalion s the O fiicers acco mpanying it were Lieuten an t

,

G olon el Wynyard Co mmanding ; Capta in J , .

Captain Hon W Quin Lieu tenan t Earl of G arrick and

. . , ,

Ideu ten a n t Malet The Coldstream and B oots Fusilier

.

drafis tha t arrive d in the sa mc ship dis embarkod o n the 2n d

of May and the Grenadiers on the 3td when they joined
, ,

about the same time .

General Barnard a former Gren adier Guards man who, ,

subsequen tly fell a t the siege of Delhi had come out to the ,

Crimea on the l st of February 1855 . with ord Roke by , L

be was then put in co mmand of the Firs t Brigade Third
Division and was now put in tempo rary co mmand of the
,

Fourth Di vis io n ‘
.

While rn the neighbo urhood of Balaklava the Brigade of ,

Guards contin ued to be employed in finding the public

du ties in tha t town fatig u e parties at the whatt s
, and in -

ether n ecessary du ties in camp

-
.

At the beginnin g of the month an expedition composed

of Fren ch English and Tu , rkish regimen ts was organ ised
,

to uflt o hen ce the uoops were to marc h a cross the ' -

Isthmus of Perek op and cut cd all R u ssian supplies from

’

fi e North The 42n d Highlanders fo rmed part of the force .

,

md durin g its absence the Third Battalion Grenadier

‘
Oaptain W
B amard, of tlu 8ccond B atta lion G renadicr
“ “th ol d prfl
.

Na b M d tha aa mc kcg imen t were on the

m
, , ,

W flo dcm p to w w uud an d to fi r w
a ?
Cu s p . xxx m umler E M H R H P r in ce A16mf 1(
. . . .
, . G .

that occasion and Lord Raglan on further consideration 1 855

, , .

objec te d to sen ding them on the score that the Ru , ssian s

would suppose that he was ma kin g use of his last men and ,

had no others to spare .

di
This second expe iont s a ilcd on th e 3 rd
8 of May and with W ” , ,

the view to dive rting the atten tion of the R ussian s fro m
the object the allies hoped to attain the French army of ,

observation on the S a po un e heights made a movement in

advan ce into the plain while the Guards at Balaklava
,

recei ved ord ers to be ready to move at the shortest no tice ,

bu t their services we re not required on this occasion and ,

upon the departure of the expedi tion the B rigade of G uards , ,

with two Sa rdin ia n batta lion s the Marin es and 68rd Regi ,

ment formed the garrison left on shore a t Balaklava to

,

protect the British base of operatio ns The recent arrival .

of the Sardin ian s enabled them to cc operate in this for -

ward move men t of the French in to the country On the .

28th of May the French advanced across the plain of B ala “ a! 3 8

clava taking possession of the c a kin a hills ; pushing

,

forward their picquets a t the same time over the Tra ctir ,

bridge beyon d the Tchern aya The Turks who had joined
,
. ,

in this advance re occupied the ridg e fro m which they had

,
-

been driven on the 2 5 th of October 1 854 while the Sar , ,

dinia n s to ok u i i h i h h
'

p p
a os t o n to t e r g t o l t e French and

By the resignation of Lieuten a n t Colon el Reeve on the ,

1 8th of May H S H Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar te

, . . . -

ceived his promotion to be captain of a co mpan y which ,

wou ld have caused his return to E n gland to j oin a ho me ,

Batta lion ; but he g ladly accepted the appo intmen t of s ide

-
L
de camp to o rd Raglan which enabled him to remain in , .

the Crimes

m
.

The third bombardment of 843 co mmen ced on the 3m 6.

M oo n of the 6th of Jun e before the G uards return ed to ,

the heights an d o n the followin g day after a con tinuous

, ,

h ot shot an d ahell for several hou rs while the c h , ,

in valid ed five viz Colon els Percy Ca dogan and Brown
.,

s sell an d B a lg om
, , , ,

rig g an d Captain s Sir Charles R u e ha d

'

been appointed to the ata fland on ly three of the orig in l l

'

nu mber who left Englan d with it . m ained with their

,

Battalion viz Co lonel F W Hamilton , and Cap ta im G

, ., . . .

Hig g in souan d H Verschoyle

. .

the momin g up
'

on ot the I Bth, an d proceeded to take a

an d P icquet H ou to torm a
'

se, so as reserve to the atta ckin g

cw . XXX l ls drr R M E .R H P rince Albert, K G
. . . . . 2 63

secon d a tte mpt on the Redan till the Fren ch were in pos 1 855.
session an d this the la tter fa iled to ed ect. S ir John Ca mp o

Jm m
bell.8 hirley Y ea , allfell and many other g ood Ofiicers were
,

lost in this abortive attempt the casualties of the British ,

alon e bein g thirty five ofi cers an d 800 men

-
H a d an .
°

entran ce been affected the G u ard s and Highlan ders who

, ,

ha d ta ken n o part in the a ctu a l as sa ult would have been ,

sen t iu to the R ed an a t n ig ht to mainta in it ag ain at the ,

stre n uous M which the Russians would undoubtedly

h ve made to re possess thems elves of their line of defen ce
-
.

O wing however to the failure of the assault their services

, , ,

were no t required for that purpose but they were sent to ,

relieve the troops in the trenches the same night Colon el .

R idley ha d comman d of the troops in the right attack on

the following da y d u ring which at 4 a m th ere was a
, , ,

fl ag of tru ce to en able each party to b ury their dead

, .

The addi tional 8000 or 4000 mm, of whi ch the First

Divisio n now co nsisted were foun d of so great an ad van
,

ta g e in ca rryin g on the various d u ties of the sieg e that ,

the G u ards in stea d of bein g sen t back to B ala kla va were

, ,

m in ed
in g (h ily
on the heig hts till the
ha lf or two thirds of their number -
the
en d of the sieg e, f rnish
u
in
trenches . I n con sequence of the fa ilure of the attacks on
the R eda n a nd Malako fi on the l B th the S a rdin ia n s were ,

recalled from the advanced position beyond Tchorg oun ,

which they ha d occu p ied with the view to a d va n cin g
, s till
further acros s the Tchcrn a ya .
An ex tra number of men were sen t into the tren ches te ln e “
t .

con s truet a new battcry an d tren ch, in ad va n ce of the rig ht

d tho rig ht M m mM e O m e, whw the R m h n s

an d eoverin g pa rties o ut of the works , but the B ritis h troops

mon th amon gst the hig he r ranks of the army

Major .

G en eral S ir John Camp bell had been killed a t the stormin g

o f the Reda m Gener al E stco u rt the adj utan t g encral ot
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,
Ca n XXX I IJua der EM H R H P AlM
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. n rzce , K G .

arduo us a Gen eral of the da y was established from the

,

2n d of April o n e for the two attacks but it was soon found

, ,

that on e ofiicer could n ot exercise the necessary vigilance in

both a tta cks a t the sa me time so M on m d afl e r the 9th ,

of the month two General Ofiicers were detailed daily for

,

duty in the trenches one in each attack while the Generals

, ,

commanding Divisions were order ed to ha ve their troops

always und er arms before daybreak The o fficers for the .

Majo r Generals Codrin gton Buller Barnard Eyre and

-
, , , ,

B rigadier General Lockyer to whom were subsequen tly

-
,

add ed Colonels G arrett Trollope and M P herson ; and , ,

‘

later still Shirley Cobb Y es an d Ba rlow

, , Towards , , .

the en d of May d u
’
ring Sir George Brown s absen ce
,

on special service Major G eneral Codrington bein g

,
-

p ut in co m m and of his Division was relieved fro m this ,

duty .

Upon the Brigade of Guards returning to the heights ,

to ta lte pa rt in the d uties of the sieg e Major G en era l Lo rd

~
,

B o lceby co mmanding the Brigad e and Colonels Ridley

, , ,

Gordon Drummond and Walker commandin g the three , ,

B attalions were on the 2 3td and 26 th of June placed on Jm u

, , , .

the Gen eral Ofl

’
icers roster fo r duty in the trenches an d ,

shortly after Gene ral Simpson had taken the command of

the army Colonel F W Hamilton of the Grenadier
, . . ,

G uards and Colo nel N orcott First Battalion Rifle Brigade

, , ,

The fol

H u n Qumra n -
m oan B l va s rorox, July 5, 1 856.

w e Gen eral Order, No. 1 6, d 23rd 1 tho unda r~ m

M ad on na
-
n do dntq
o wi n h of fiu day in tho trmohn r
en c

Lxrr Ar ucx .

h w Gum h d m d y. a a l Colon el flan ilm ,

. Oeloml F- q mn .
m comn raud of the troops in the tren ches

H aj G en .
-
HW . . B arn ard.

D. Ca ma cn , 42n d B eg imen t.
Gordon Drumma n d, Cold

Vm s mubs m n ard nq t W . 8 . Noroott, l ct

F redk. William Hun ilton ,

Oth er o fficers were subseque n tly placed on the ro ster to

perform the duty of G en eral of the T renches as shown in ,

the following return

GENERALS O F THE DAY IN THE TR E NCHE S.

Ju ne k
29 . 00 1. Wal er.Boots F. G . Sept 1. B rig G en . Ridley .
. -

80. Van Stra uben nee. Sept. 2. Col. G ord . Drummon d .

Ju ly 8. Gord on Drummon d, 3 ,

Coldstrea m G ds .
k
Wal er, 8. F . G .
F. W . Hami lton ,

13. G en . Wal er 8 F G k , . . .

29 . Col Wal k er, 8. F . G . 14 . The G en eral or the

80. Win d ham CD , . . tr e n c he s d i s c o n
81 . B .- G en Warren CB
. , . . tin n ed .

‘
The Cen eral Ofi cer of the d a y wu n ot na med in Ord ers s hor ths Oth of
u
J y,
l b t m fu i h d b ch D ivi i lternatel , till the flBth of Au u t,
n rn a e y aa s on a
y g s

whsn thq m ag l in mmed Ordm u bd m md cou m

fin md so ti um
the ta mination d ths aicg e.
Cw . xx x 11.]und er F M H R H P r in ce 1 4 160 4 16 6
. .

The tren ch duty of the right atta ck was performed by .

deta chments from the Firs t Secon d and Light Division s J uly
, , , .

amo unting daily according to circumstan ces to fro m 3000

, ,

to 4000 men . The l eft a ttack was carried on by the Third

The fun era l of L o rd Ra g la n took place on the Srd of

July and a
, p rocession fro m the B ritish head quarters pro -

ceeded for six miles between two lines of the allied British,
,

Fren ch and Sardinian armies the whole wa y to Kamiesch

,

B ay .The Fren ch turned out their whole army of the siege

th t was not actually in the tre n ches The Grenadier .

Guards furn ished a guard of honour of 1 00 men on the

occasion ; 50 men from every regiment took pa rt in the
ceremony while the rest of the troops remained in charge
,

of the several camm .

Maj or G en era l Barn ard his Chief of the Stan mid Lieu
o
,

ten an t Colonel Stephenson of the Fusilier Guards to be his

-
, ,

Military Secretary to succeed Colon el Steele . These ap

,
'

S ts pben son wa s unfortun ately , at the time, la id up with an

his new duties an d be in valided ho me

Colon el Steele was .

d rea directed to ca rry outhe du ties o f Milita ry Secreta ry a t

head quarters till further ord ers and durin g his temwra ry
-
,

illn ess Lieutena n t Colon el Brown rigg of the Gren a dier

, ,

G w ds a cted as Military Secretary in his place. C olon el

,

Stephen w mon his recovery three mon ths la ter, return ed ,

to the (kimeg bu t j oin ed his Battalion as Sir Willia m ,

Codrin g ton then in comman d of the B ritish Army had ,

appoin ted C olonel Blane to the po st of Military Secretary .

In the ms an time the siege prog ress ed mon s ta nt workin g m y u .

p ar tiea b cin g s en t in to the tren c h es a n d s eld om a u i

g ht ,

” d with o ut s o me c a sua lties . B y the m id dl e of July the

'

Qua rries , towards the B edan ; an d befo re the cn d of the

mar . x xx n ]wa der F M H R f f P rince A M
. . . . .
K 6 .

to sev eral of the Maj or Generals now serving and on the-

M of Aug ust itwas n o tified to the army that Major Gen erals t ap -
s.
Henry Barnard S ir William C odrington Lord Rokeby
, , ,

Markham and S ir James Yorke S carlett had been appointed

, ,

to the rank of Lieuten ant General Lord Rokeby was at -

.

by Sir Richard En g la n d but he declin ed it as he would

thereby have lost the command of the Brigade of Gu
, ,

ards and ,

of the D ivision to which the G ua rd s were a ttached ; arran ge

ments were therefore made by separating the Guards a n d
H ighlanders to form an extra Division The First Divi .

sion g ivm to Lo rd Rokeby consisted of the G n ards

, ,
’

Brigade under Col onel Gor don Drummond who was to

, ,

m ums the temporary co mmand until Colon el James Cran

fu rd of the G ren adier G u
, a rds ca me ou t from En g lan d ; and ,

of a new B rig a d e of the Line to be ma de u p o f th t h ,

i8th. B l st a n d 5 6th Regiments the B rigade comman d

, ,

of which was given to Colonel Charles Ridley then com ,

man din g the Third B attalion Grenadier Guards Lieu .

ten an t Colonel Lord Arthur Hay of the same Regiment

-

, ,

was appointed assistant adj utan t g en era l of the n ew First ~

Di vision S ir Colin Campbell was left in co mmand of a

.

H ighland Division co mposed of the old Highland B rigad e

, ,

an d of a n ew Briga de formed of the l s t and 2 n d Battalions l s t

Royals the 7 l st a n d 90th Regiments under Colonel Horn

, , , .

The above arrange ment for the First Division wo u ld have A' s
given the Third Battalion G renadier G uards to Colon el
Hamilton who ha d been present wi th it throughout the
,

cam paign and in every action but on the same da y that

, ,

thes e new arrangements were carried out Colonel Lewis , ,

in succession to Colo n el Reyn ardso n arrived fro m England

and as senior O m
,

h the
"
O rinoco , cer in the absen ce ,

of Colon el R idley assu med the command Lieutenan t

, .

Co loncl He n ry Ponsonby arrived in the Crimea a t the same

W e a id remained with the Battalion till it re turned home
, .

M E. Wyn n e ha d come ut to the Crimea

o at the en d of
 July Captain s 8 B a rrard and W Morant arri ve d on the
, . .

1 5th of A ugust follo wed on the 29th by C a ptain J D

, . .

Ferguson Davie an d Lieute n an ts Lo rd S to rmo nt a nd

,

Gascoigne .

Captain Hugh Drummond the gallan t Adjutan t of the ,

Scots F usilier Guards was b rought out of the tren ehes

,

mortally wo un ded in the forehead by the splinte r of a shell ,

on the 1 sth of Au gust and die d three hours later to the

, ,

great regret not on ly of his own Corps but of the whole ,

Brigade ; he was most universally popular and his death ,

was as univer sally lamen ted .

Another despe rate but vain attempt to force the allies to

,

raise the siege was made by the Russians on the l 6th of

Au g ust by a general attack upon the French a n d Sardinian
,

positions on the Fed hn kin e hills and M oun t Hasford with ,

a large force lately arrived fro m Russia which had it , ,

proved successful was to have been followed by a general

,

sortie fro m the town upon the troops in the trenches

, .

The Russian army con sisted of the 8r d and 6th Corps

d Armée under Generals Read and L ipra n d i ; but though
’

the attack was made with great vigour unde r cover of a

foggy morning the F ten ch assisted by the Sardinians
, , ,

succee ded after a fierce struggle in driving back the enemy

, , ,

and the battle of the Tchern aya ended gloriously for the
allied arms with great loss to the Russian s The English
,
.

Cavalry under General Scarlett with so me heavy field guns

, , ,

moved up from the neighbourhood of K a dikeui and joined ,

the French and Sardinian Cavalry while the Turks at Als o ,

kep t the Russians in check in that quarter .

Towards the en d of August the Highland B rigade were

sent down to Kamara to assist the Sardinians and on the ,

29th of that month the French I mperial Guard were

removed from the neighbourhood of the French Head
Quarte rs to the ground overlooking
,

W 2 While
for a fin al
sians were already makin g preparations to evacuate the
to wn ; a bridge from south to north had been completed ,
Cm . xx x n ] nder R M H R H P
.u . . . . m AIM , K . G
.

the n orthern shore. mornin g s of both the iln d an d w

On the g ,

8td of September a g en era l attack fro m the enemy was

,

expected and the allies were on ea ch occa sion un d er arms

,

between three an d four o clock in the morn in g All was so

’
.

well prepared for their reception along the whole lin e that ,

G en era l Simpson was heard to reg ret the atta ck did n ot

come ofi .

The B rig ad e oq a rd s with the rest of the army co m

, ,

tin ued to furn is h the coverin g a nd workin g parties in ths

trenches during which Captain
,
V erschoy le was slightly
wounded O n on e occa sion Sergean t Hale of the l hird
' '
. ,

B a ttaliou G ren a dier G ua rds , wa a specia lly n oticed in the

report of the Royal E ngineers to the General Comman d
in g in Chief fo r his gallan try when in charg e of a party in
»
,

the tren ches General Simpson expressed through the

. ,

l ilita ry Secretary his satisfaction at his con duct an d his

, ,

v iah to acco mpa n y it by a pec un ia ry rewa rd but Serg ea n t ,

Hale signified to his Comman ding O fiicer that he would

m e w -
tha t the su m be proportion a tely divided am on gs t the
men un d er his comma n d .

O n an o ther occas io n when a bmnin g shell fell in to the

,
'

bea ch where two cases of ball ammunition were placed ,

an other ao ld ier of the Gr en adier G u a rd s. by n a me Ab lett ,

of tho fith C ompa n y aeein g the immin en t da n g er to whic h

mm w m m m mm m n m m
,

M in t e and threw it over the pa n pet when it imme o

dia tely ex ploded , but not a man was tou ched ; an d the Queen

m plea s ed , a t a la ter p eriod , to app ro ve o f a m ed a l for

M g uia h e d c on d uc t in th e fie ld bein g g ra n ted to this

The wo rks in the a dvan ced tren ches , bo th of the Fren ch

an d E nglis h atta cks had , p g
ro re ued co n siderably of la te ,

Aa the fith September wa s the la st day before the

of ,
SQ t fi
-

takin g of the to wn , on which a pa rty of G ren a d ier Guards

Can . XX XI Ls dcr R M H R H G .

tentio n to ha ve employed for that punpm the Highland 80“s -

B rigade supporte d by the Third Division

, This plan .
,

ho wever was ren dered unnecessary by the subsequen t

,

retreat of the Russians ; and when the firing cea se d on the ,

n ight of the 8th the Highlande rs relieved the Second and

,

Light Divisions in the trenches and in the course of the ,

follo win g da y returned to K a ma rs .

The Fren ch ho we ver although they fa iled in two other

, ,

points of the attack succeeded in making the msel ves

,
.

masters of the Mala kofl and maintaining the msel ves in

’

it notwithsta nding the strenuous e fforts of the enemy

,

to re cover that important post ; an d having thus lost the

key of their position the Russians we re a t last fo rced to
,

aban don that for which they had so lon g and so s tren u
ou sly fou ght Setting fire to the town they retired by the
. ,

new made brid ge to the northern shore of the harbour after

-

lay ing trains to blow up the se veral Magazines in the

Basti ons and other defensive works Fort Nicholas and
, .

m y of the public buildin gs were in flames and Fort ,

Paul blown up for the ene my were determined to leave as

,

little as possible m the hands of the allies they sunk the

m in der of their fl eet of three deckers and two decke rs . -

an d a t five o clock on the fo llowin g morn ing September 9th

'
, ,

the la s t of the Russians were seen tiling across the b ridge .

shortly afl er which it was broken up and the portions ,

fl oated away to the opposite sho re The whole line of .

defiance was thus in possession of the allies but some ,

time ela psed before it could be occupied as the con tinual ,

explos ion of magazines long rendered the immediate vicinity

dan gerous Thus ended on the 9 th of Septe mbe r this
. , ,

memorable siege one year and a day since the allied flee ts
,

sa iled from the sho res of Turkey to invade the Crimu .

The total casualties in the B ritish army fro m the 1 4th of

September 1 854 to 1 4th of Septe mber 1 855 independen tly
, , , ,

of men who died from disease a n d were in va lided t ro m ill

’

hd th. was 1 5 m
to which number the Third Batta lion
G m d ier G uuds fitmis hed their qu
-
o ta of nemly l oo i
K lled ’
 Tlze F irst or Gr en a d ier Gu
a r ds . [ m
Ca XXX I I .

an d 480 Woun d ed — tota l 577 . D eta iled return s of the

,

lo s ses of the G ren a di er Guard s duri n g the c a mp ai g n in the

Eas t w il l be s een in p a g es 2 9 3 a n d 2 9 4 .

At d ayli g ht on the mo rnin g of the 9 th ex plo sions in the

,

town w ere h eard a n d seen from Ca thcart s Hill a n d o fficers

’

were s oon en abl ed to vi s i t the R ed a n a n d the K a ra beln a ia

s ub u rb s
. The s o uthern stron g h ol d o f the R us si an s wa s
-

a t l a s t withi n the g ra s p of the Alli es ; but what a scen e

of de s ola tion ! the l a te con fl a g ra tio n s a n d explo sion s had

,

co mpleted the d es tructi o n of wh a t a n eleven mo n ths storm ’

of s hot an d s h ell ha d s pa red an d a ll w a s tota l ruin within

, ,

whil e the Allies wi thout were ex ulti n g in their h ard won

, ,
-

struggle .
 CHAPTER XXXIII .

muons n m un -
a mm o ni um caa vr D—
un m f rs —ruua x
am en —s w a t or . tan m , m rus —n urs—m t w stoa m m acs
m a ca w to s s
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. 1 866—m or m am m

0? r m rr -
mrao m s u m s —” ALI A! 07 TRO O P S E
L G IO N — DE
m u 0, W AR DS rm I ll] cal m — m ur m u'
r 0’ m B AT H
-
no a n co m —em a na tes O F T H IR D B A IT AJJ O S
‘
n tran mM P AIO N

Al l) m m m a Y
o AN G “ (RIM ES — “DO W NS D! m M
V AI IDUE xx xm s m a m Wl l flM V ADTK R G UARD 1X THE em u
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S .
‘

Ta o ce s the Russian s had aban don ed the town leavin g ,

m e et the ir woun ded in the hospi tals they were still in ,

great strength on the southern shores of the Sevastopol

inlet and towards the Mackenzie heights . and to guard
,

again st any attempt that the en emy migh t be inclin ed to

ma ke from that direction all the troops were ordered to ,

remain in comp on the l lth ot September in readines s to

’

turn ou t at a mo ment s notice but beyond a few shots fired

'

bom the aouthern shores the Allies were l eft in quiet ,

occupation of the town n the 1 4 th the Co mmande r in . O ,

-

(Ihiet received a te legraphic commu n ication fro m the Q u

'

een ,

con g ra tula tin g the a rmy on tbe txiu mpban t iss ue of the
l ieg e a n d on the followin g day H er Majesty s gracious par
'

n i s sion wu s rec eived for all reg imen ts that had been en a ed
g g
in the sieg e to bea r the word Sevas topol on their colours .
"
,

A K arabeln aia g uard wa s no w furn ished daily an d several ,

ofi c era were con s ta n tly employed on fa tig u e du ties in the

l a mbeln ma au burbs at the Col de B d a kla vm Woromof
'

Road St George s Monastery the station a ry engine an d

'
, . , ,

other places ; an d the First a n d o ther D ivision s were soon

7 2
CR AP . m m )under R
. M E R H P rime AM
. . . K . G
.

Crimea in 1 355
O win g to the larg e dra fts d espa tched to the ,

the First Battali on of the Grenadier G uards under ,

C olonel Craufurd and the Seco nd Battalion un der Colonel

, ,

W Thorn to n had so many recruits and young soldiers in the

. ,
-

ranks tha t they were both sent o n the 28th of August to m z s

, , , .

Aldershot where they re mained till the win ter. wh en the

,

First Battalion proceeded to Windso r and the S ecopd Bat ,

ta lion to the Tower ; the duties in London during their

absence being performed by regiments of the Line .

Colonel J R Craufurd commanding the Second Batta lion

. . , ,

ha d in January of this year been sen t out to V ienna as

, ,

Milita ry Co mmissioner attached to the Austrian army ,

fro m which duty he re turned in July and assumed the ,

comman d of his B attalion first in London and then at , ,

Aldersho t till he was appointed at the en d of September

, , ,

to succeed Lord Ro keby in the command of the Brigade

o f Gu a rds in the Crimes
, Taking wi th him Captain Napier
.

Sturt as Aide d e Camp he reached Balaklava on the 2 7 th M 2 8

,
- v
, , .

un d a t o n ce assumed comman d ot his Brigade In the .

following month Maj or Cuthbert E llison on his promo

, ,

tion resign ed his appointmen t of Brigade Major to the

,
-

Guards in the Crimes and Maj or G eorge Higginson who

, ,

was shortly promowd to a Brevet Lieutenant Co lonelcy for -

his services succeeded him as B rigade Majo r Captain

,
-
,

Cloud Alexander succeeding to the vacant Adj utan cy of the

Third Battalion .

Shortly after the termination of the siege Sir James ,

S imp s on expressed a wis h to resig n the Comman d in Chief

of the British Army in the C rimea, and the choice of a
successor eventually fell on the 9th of November upon Sir
, ,

Willia m Codrin gton .late of the Coldstream Guards though ,

he was j un ior both to General H Barnard and to Lo rd .

Rob by then servin g in the country ; fro m both of these

fi e performa nce ot his d uties . H e was a lso iu

'

n ior to G en era l

Hen ry B en tin ck and Sir Colin Ca mpbell, then in B og la nd .

The cho ice would a ppea r have been almost li mited to
to
M ofi cc m h to of the G ua rd s a s all the o ther surviving
,
B a rnard to the comma n d
'

ot the

An other larg e draft o f 828 m

File exclusive of sergean ts

, an d drummers .

topol though they un derwen t

,

C rimean win ter and rendered ,

adjudged n ot to be en titled to
as all active operations aga inst the enemy were over .

The two senior

active services in the Crimes are thereby M
Craufurd co mmandin g the , 2
eight months and Col onel Hon A Foley comman din g the
, . . ,

Third Battalion Gren adier G ua rds for about the same d

The n a mes of the other ofl icers so circumsta n ced are b

Lieuh Ea rl ot S
’
m ,

Lord Fred. Fitn oy , W

. 8 . B uc k ,

V . La touche H
atton .
Oa ptn Q VV R an dolph.
’

ns .

H on L F H Eg a ton Quarteu a C
nut ollin s .
-

A very old an d respected om cer Mr Payn e the senio , . ,

Quartermaster of the Gren adier Guards retired from th

'

Re gimen t this year on which occasion the Comman dim

.

Ofl icer issued the followin g Regimenta l Order

“
After a period of fifty four years and six mo nth!
-

Mr Payne retires fro m the om

. ce of M en tal Quartel
Ca n . 6 .

mas ter . Mr. P ayn e was presen t with his B a tta lion at 1 355
,

Co mn n a he was , with it at Wa terloo . H e ha s u

s rvived a

a ha lf of the presen t war. The Comman din g Ofiicer beg s to

ass ure him tha t be will carry with himin to his retiremen t the

reg ard and esteem of all the O fiic ers , N on Co mmission ed -

for his future welfare . This ofl

icer is still alive in 1 874,

Reports were prevalent during the autumn that the army

wo u ld shortly take the field to complete the advantages
hitherto gained over the R ussian s but no active measures ,

were over ta ken to ca rry out s uch a plan An expedition owober . .

to K in burn ha mmer was undertake n in Octobe r which

, , ,

tem ma ted by the three forts on the Spit mounting 7 0 gu

'

ns , ,

cafitu la tin g to the Allies on the l 7 th of that mon th .

As several ofi cers of the G ren adier G uards were con

n ectcd with the Italian Legion s ome referen ce must now ,

Durin g the summer , while the sieg e was still p g

ro res sin
g ,

with the ran k o f brig s dier an d with the sanction of the ,

home a uthorities, to the command of this legion which ,

wa s bein g raised in l taly an d was n o w being organised ,

un d er his superin ten de n ce He had quitted the Crimes .

on the 2 1st of July and proceedin g direct to Turin

, ,

re ached it on the 8th of A u gust Lieuten ant Colonel B ig .

-

g i
n s on G r
,en a dier G u a rd s was in the firs t in
,s tan ce n am ed
Asd s ts n t Adj u tantG emera l to this force ; but as a t the time ,

active op erations in the field were thought to be immin ent ,

tha t Ofi cer felt boun d to remain with his B atts lion In the .

com e of the month of August Cap tain Burna by Grenadier , ,

M a rr ived at T u rin as A id e de Ca
, mp to th e B rig a dier
-
;
-

an d at a ls t er per io d there a rrived a lao a S u rg eon an d a Co m

M ll of w hom m ade the m selves m ost em eien t in their

y a ,

several depa rtments and , on the l at of Octo ber Captain

, ,

B ama by wa s a ppoin ted by the Secretary s t w“ to act as - e

M an t t srm
a
a ster G ene ral to the forc
-
e The sieg e o f .

Seva stopohhowever, ha d n ow termin ated an d ao many difi ,

Ca a r . xxx n rlun drr R M H R H P r ince Alba
. .

Mon rovief notwithstanding his p revious defeat foun d him

, , was ,

self in a position to continue the investmen t whereby the N” m ,

. .

garrison shut out from all hopes of succour fro m the

,

com ide were reduced towards the en d of November to the

, , ,

extremes of h unger and privation .

I t was at this junc tur e of afia irs that Colonel Percy

'

passing thro ugh Con stan tinople on his return fro m Italy ,

to the Crimes was on the 28th of Novembe r oEered by

, , ,

Lord S tra ttord de R ed clifie with the rank of Pacha the

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post of Mili ta ry Co mmissioner to the Turkish army that ,

wa s then asse mbled a t E rzeroum wi th the view to advancing ,

direct upon K ara and throwin g p rovisions if possible into

, , ,

the town He was to have sole au thority to direct all

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o perations wi thout a t the same time in terfering with the

,

internal disciplin e of corps ; but the ambassado r did not

dis guise fro m him tha t the ex ped ition wa s in the natu re of a
fo rlorn hope The British Gove rnment sanctioned the ap
.

pointment an d Co lon el Percy accep ted it wi thout hesitation ;

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bd om however the Tur kish Government had completed

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“ or co mmission of Live Pacha as Major

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their B era ts ,
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General or g iven him his full in struction s the n ews of the

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fall of Kare which even t took place o n the 28th arrived
at Constan tinople early in D ecember an d p ut a sto p both , ,

to the proj ected expedition and to Colonel Percy s appoi t ,

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ment This ofiicer was then o fiered the Queen s commis
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aion ership m Armenia and on the Georgian fronti er but , ,

hearing there was a possibility of the troops in the Crimes

takin g the field he returned to his Regi men t, which he
,

re a ched on the soth of Dece mber 1 85 5 , .

shores o f the B la ck Sea ;

his advanced post bein g pushed
forward to Kutais S ir t lia m Cod rin g ton had occa sion .
,

urly in 1856 to semd special in struction s to him at R edon t

,

K a leb and on the l l th ot Jan ua ry Col onel Percy m agam

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sa me time ma lte bimself acq ua in ted witb tbe proper pla ces
, to
for la n din g an a rmy in As ia Mino r.an d mpo rt on tbem and ,

o n the severa l roeds lea din

g to G um ri Ache ltz ek a n d Erae , ,
 7 >ie F irst or G re na d i
er Gu ar : d (Cw . xx x m
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roum as well as on those lea din g fmm the sea coas t to Oma r
,

Pacha s advanced posts near K uta is a n d Colo n i ; as in the

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event of a contin uance of the war it might be con sidere d ,

n eces sa ry to land part of the allied troops in tbose parts ,

to check any further progress of the Russian army from

Georgia Lieutenant Colonel Mo n tresor o f the Grenadier
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their report to Sir Willia m Codrington .

B ut little occurred to break the monotony of the second

severe Crimean winter The B rigade of Guards took its .

s ha re with the rest of the a rmy in fu rn is hing g uard s fr om

timc to ti me to the K a ra belu a ia and the Docks where the ,

men were oocasion a lly ex posed to the fire of sbo t an d sbell

from the northern side whicb fire wa s also occa sion a lly dp
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res ted against the Ma la ko fi the long Q uays and the groun d
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The whole army was now relieved from siege duties, and
mo re time could be devoted to taking measur es for securing
the health and co mfort of the men The B rigade of Guards .

had been unde r canvas during the summer but as the ,

win ter advanced buttin g material being supplied fro m

,

Balaklava, was transported to the heigh ts and when on ce ,

on the spot the construction of the huts was soon accom

m
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p lis he d none, exerting the mselv es ore in their com

p le tion , than the active and indefatigable Co mm anding
Ofi cer of the Grenadier Guards Colonel Hon A Foley , . . ,

who with hamme r and nails in hand was often to be seen

, ,

on the roof of a half fin ished hut settin g a laudable -

example to others . The Grenadiers also established their

own bakeries which Colonel Foley took special inte res t in
,

organising and e fficient bakers were soon disco vered amongst

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the men .

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A violent ex plom on took place on the 1 5th of November ,

at the great powder magazine of the French Si ege Park near ,

the Wmdmill which was filled with powder b rought out of

,

the tren ches and pounds igniting scattered d estruo

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Cus p xxx n tj mder R
. M H R H P rzhce AlbertJC
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tion in the vicin ity of the French and B ritish camps causin g ,
1 35 5.

many cas ualti es amongst the French troops . The chances Nov . 1 6.

of further explosions , and the con fusion consequen t on this

accident we re grea t Many B ritish officers were at once
, .

on the spo t as well as the F rench Marshal , who cordially

,

accepted an o fifer made to him by General C raufurd of the

services of fa tig ue pa rties from the G uards qua rtered in the ,

neighbourhood These were soon despatched as w ere also

. ,

men fro m other Divisions all of whom ren dered much

,

advantage of the confusion consequent on such an accident ,

the B rigade of Guards and the rest of the B ritish army

were ordered under arms atdaybnea k the followin g morning ,

but no hostile movement wa s ma d e by the enemy

1 856.

The commen ce me n t of the year 185 6 was sig n alised by

prelimin a ry terms of a treaty of pea ce ; some time how ,

ever ela psed before anything definite in the shape of an

,

armistice was agreed to betwee n the belligerent powers in the

field In the meantime the p rocess of undermining the
. ,

docks the destruction of w hich had been ordered fro m

,

En gland co n tin ued and tho se works were finally blo wn u

, , p
on the l st of February On the 24th of that mo n th Sir
. ,

William Codrington reviewed a large portion of the infan try

of the British army havi n g a few days previously in spected
,

the Third B attalion Grenadier Guard s The Bri g ade of .

Guards n umbered on the occasion of the review about 2300

men under Brigadier Ge n eral Craufurd the Grenadier batta
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men in the field. In ut 20 000 men were m embled on

a ll a bo ,

tbe ridg e of the plateau overlookin g B ala lda vs the Regimen ts ,

bein g formed up in lin e of con tig u ons qn a rtsr dis ts n ce o

colu mn s The in spectio n was ms d e m presen ce of the

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Ch a r m m der E M H R H P
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the Ma cken z ie H eights was in vited, with his stafi, to be

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presen t at separate reviews of both the French and British

Armies The Fren ch consistin g of eighty eight Battalions
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five regiments of Cavalry Engineers siege Artillery and 1 98 , , ,

guns brought from Kamiesch fro m the Fedhukin e Hills

, , ,

an d fro m the inne r heights on the plain of Balaklava ,

were drawn up on the open ground nea r the Monastery of

St George The inspection of the Fren ch army occupied
. .

the whole morning when G eneral L iiders and staff were

,

in vited together with the French a n d Sardinian Generals

,
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and Sta fis to lunch at the B ritish Head Quarters ; after

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to the groun d in his front where the B ritish army was ,

drawn up Here was witnessed a splen did array of

.

B ritish troop s nearly as large a number as Great Britain

,

had ever placed before the enemy in the field ; the

total numbe r p resent a t Waterloo under arms ha vim , ,

amounted to men On this occasion there were forty .

n ine British Battalions of Infantr y 2000 cavalry and eighty , ,

six guns The B rigade of G uards as usual took the right

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of the lin e un der the command of B rigadier General

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Ora u furd the Gren adier Guards being co mmanded by

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C olonel Hon A Foley On the following da y Gen eral Sir

. . .

William Codrington issued the following G eneral Order to

tho troops unde r his command

o . o., Ap ril 1 8 .

The correct formation and move ments and the soldier April ,

like appearance of the troops yesterday were most satis ,

fa ctory to the Co mmande r of the Fo rces and were universally ,

remarked by distin guished O fiic ers of the three foreign

Armies who honoured the parade with their presen ce

, .

The Q ueen and the Bri tish nation will bear wi th pride
an d pleasure tha t the army contin ues to prese rve its discipline

and cfl icien cy and that British soldiers three thousand

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mfl es fiom home ma in ta in a cha ra c

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ter which is a like cre
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the ir coun try .

 Tate F irs t or G ren ad ier Gu a rds [ Ca s a xx x uh

April “ fan try of army on Thursda y the 24 th op ril.

the B ritis h , ,

but on this occasi on on the plain below near the si te of the ,

charg e of the hg it ca va lry a t B a la kla va On the morning .

of that day the infantry in six Divisions moved do wn from

, ,

the plateau above Sevastopol to be massed in the plain

between the Fedhukin e H eights on their 1m and the ridge
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, ,

o n which were the Turkish redo ubts of the 25 th of Octo ber ,

Brigadier Gen eral Craufurd fo rming as before the Firs t

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B rigade of the First Division . under Major Gen eral Lo rd -

B okeby turn ed out with 1 20 officers and 8000 men each

, ,

battalion bein g of nearly equal strength The army was .

formed in three lin es two Divisions in each line a t 2 00

, ,

yards interval fro m each other facing the east each Divi
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sion in line of co ntiguo us columns of regiments the Guards ,

bein g on the rig ht o f the third lin e.

The army having ad vanced some distan ce in this forma
tion each lin e of Divisions opened out from the rear to
,

500 yards and wheeled to the right so as to form one line

, ,

of contiguous columns under and facing the low range of

,

hills alon g which the Wo ro n z of Road p roceeds fro m the

,

Sevastopol heights to Kamara and on which the seco nd ,

line of the French army was e n camped the Brigade of ,

Gua rds being now on the extre me right The line then .

advanced in three colu mns through as many in tervals in the

French camp and deployed into two lines (with a reserve)
,

o n the southern slopes facing Balaklava The two lines . ,

exten ding each above two miles now advance d under a , ,

brilliant sun an d amidst well known scenery towards

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Balaklava entirely occupying the space between the heights

,

of Sevastopol an d those of Kamara The whole field day .

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at which many foreign o fficers Russian as well as French , ,

and Sardinian were present passed oil wi th great écla t and

, , ,

if proof had been wan tin g that th a B ritish army was in a

most efi cien t state and thoroughly ready to en ter upon a
,

campa ign if the ratification of the treaty had not been

,

signed by the Russian E mperor the display of the British ,

Cm uuW i t/ 11 H R H P n A lbertJCG
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tro ops on these two occasions would have sa tisfied the mo st

sceptical The following is a return of the strength of the
.

British army on the l st of April s howin g a tota l of above

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men .

Ofi cers an d aoldiers of all ra n ks m u

x nl aive ofi m d rl a us
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port Corps. who j oin ed the army to hla rch ,

9 7 96 6

1 80

R emd n in g on l st op ril, 1866

The ra tifica tio n s of the trea ty were exchang ed on the

27 th of April and peace was publicly proclaimed on the
,

for theevacuation of the Crimes con sequent upon the ,

p ca c
e we m
, us t refer shortly t
o the mo vemen ts an d ultima te

fate of the l tahan Leg iom with which several ofiicers of

tt ren a d ier Gua rd s were con n ected .

H en ry P ercy ,the re cru iting and org a n iz ation of the Italian

Legion had con tinued durin g the winter of 1 855 66 under— ,

the superinten d ence of Lieuten a n t Colon el Read and of

Ca pta in B urnaby ac ting as Assistant Quartermaster
,

G en eral ; and in the early part of 1 85 6 Major De Horsey , ,

of the G ren adier G u a rd s who ha d been in va lid ed home the

,

pre d ou s ym fi o m t he C fime m an d h a d be en po sted to the

First B a ttalion , was appo in ted , with the san ction of Lord
Pl um m to the co mman d o f the fin d lieg imen t of the
Legio n,with the local rank of Lieuten an t Colon el. Sir
L
Coutts in dsay Bart formerly of the G ren adier G uards
, , ,

m at the sa me time a ppoin ted to the comma n d of the

l s t lteg imen t Du rin g the mon th o f Feb
. rua ry while qu
ar ,

taxe d at Chiavass o n ea r Turin the recruitin g was carried

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on vuy aotiva ly an d hy the beg in n in g of March the Leg ion

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ud De H ouey a third corps of B erug lieii m der Lieu

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M Cd on el Fitz herbert The Leg io u m od ercd to .

 E R fH P rin ce/ 4160 4
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Thc news of the aig ing of the trea ty o f pea ce reached 1 866 .

the Crimes at the en d of April when preparations were

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a t on ce made for evacuating bo th the Russian and T u rkish

territories the first corps that received orders to move
,

bein g those destin ed for Canada. viz the 9th 1 7 th 89th .

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6 2n d and 68rd British teg men ta

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The Head Quarters of the Sardin ian Contingent quitted

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the coun try on the 1 1 th 04 Ma y and Colonel Cadogan who

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con tin u ed a tta ched to it to the las t proceeded a t the same ,

time to I taly to be present on the occasion of the delivery

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of the En glish Crimean medal to the troops at Turin which ,

ceremon y took place with all due solemni ty in the mon th of ,

June on the Cha mp de Mars That duty performed he

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retu rmd to Englan d in time to be pres cn t with the Third

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B attalion on its entry into London .

Previous to the B rigade of Guards being broken up its

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s tre n th a t the en d of May was 1 24 o fiic 1 68 sergeants

g ers , ,

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55 drummers 8118 Ba nk and File total of all ra nks 84 65 ; ,

a n d the hea lth o f the tmops ha d so very ma terially im

p ro v ed as the spring adva n ced that on the Queen s Birth '

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d ay the 24 th of May there were in the Grenadier Guards

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Ar 24 ,
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ou t of a total stren gth of 1 1 54 only eighteen men in hospital

, .

As the vessels arrived for their conveyance the several ,

Ba ttalions of the B rigade received their o rders to e mbark ,

an d on the 8rd of June the Third Battalion G ren a dier

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Guards un der Oolon el Hon A Foley a fier takin g a farewell

, . . ,

look lit the heights above Sevastopol which ha d been their ,

home for twenty months marched to Kamiesch accompanied

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by B rig adien G en eral Craufurd their stren gth bein g 85 ,

ofi c ers a n d 11 54 men Captain Dig by was left iucha rg c

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of a s mall d etachmen t that was to follow later The B a t .

talion embarked the same day on board H M S St Jean . . . .

d Am . Captain K in g .t in presen ce of the Brigadier when

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it fiu a lly aailed fiom the shores of the C rim ea

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(hla d cado’ n m in attachcd to tha fiafi uian my duing tha
m
ap ar
m um d x y im m m m m mm mm
m m
;
w a .a mm m m w t m
W War d l m
r m pm tfi fl aorg o t K .C.B .
 Tfie F irst or G r en a dier Gu a rd s [ Cum x xx un
The
following wer e the officers of the Grenadi er Guards
returning from the C rimea when the army was hroken u p r

TH l RD B Al l ALlON AND OTHER OFFICERS O F THE G R E ADIER

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N
G UAR DS ON R ETUR N
FROM CR IMEA, MAY AND JU K E, 1856.

Colon el On A. Lama moun ted ofl

. icer , .

00m m. Ca n a a n .
Ed ward Gm lbn m.a w e B en J B Don n er, . .

J B B. C ou ls on,
Hon 1L Pe er. a . lion . in Poulett,
E G Wy n ard. Geo. Ferg u s on Pitfour)
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Ea s ter n m Lum

W Lloyd Wyn ne
Ed. . ,

Wm Viscoun tswrmon t
C W Ra n dolph
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A D a to
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H on. F A Thes ig er Viscoun t Molyn eux Ea rl O s Srm Burner .

mm
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H on . A. F. Eg erton, Of 30 :

S id n ey B urrard,
W. 8. Moun t, W Lewis B u
. ck Sta nley,
Ed. H Cooper,. Ed ward H . Clive.

Cert lin e L Fa me.

Adj utan t, C a t.
p Ch ad Wm B a n d . I
Alexa n d er, A E V PM ”; . . .

Paymaster, J Atkinson , A101 Mitchel l.

.

The Cold streama e mbarked the following day on heart

HMS . .Agamemn on but the ship that was to con vey tin
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Fusilie r Guards not having arrived that battalion was de ,

ta in ed till the 1 1 th of June when it marched to K a sateh ,

“
and embarked on board the Princess Royal After th .
”

breaking up of the Brigade on the 8rd Gen eral Cran fa n ,

with Lieuten ant Colon el Higginson and Captain Napit

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Sturt proceeded on the 4th in the Bahia to Malt:

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O ur . xx a ] un d er E M H R I f P r i
.me/ 4160
. 4 16
. 6 .

themes to England while Lord Arthur Hay returned and 1 8543

, .

Trieste and Vienna and the whole sta flmet the Brigade Jm
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ag am on its arrival m London

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Lieutenant Generals S ir Henry B arnard Lord Rokeby

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a n d the other ofl ioers of the Grenadier Guards who had

held various s taflappointments in the Crimes amon gst
'

whom were Sir Charles Russell Captain H on A Egerton

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Ca ptain William Barnard and B revet Major Thesiger left

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that coun try also in the firs t wee k of June .

The removal of the whole Bri ti s h force from the Crimes

was an op eration that required so me considerable time ,

n otwiths tanding the large transport power at the disposal or

the Govern ment Near British troops we re to be

.

tra n sported out of above that had been sen t to

tha t country They consisted of fourteen regiments o f
.

Ca va lry three troops of Horse Artill ry thirteen batteries

,
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three battalion s of Guards forty nine battalions of the

,

Lin e an d n in e cmn pan ies os ppers The to ta l force tha t

, .

tbe Allies ha d sen t to the E ast since the commencemen t

of the war amounted to —
men viz Bri tish with .
, ,

“fi n g en te ,French Tu rks , ,

As mem e of transport arrived the re mainder of the army

was gra dually d espatched and before the last of the Brigade
of em had left the coun try Lord Gough who ha d been
,

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aen t on t fio m En la n d on a s eci l mi i t i t l
g
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p a s s on o n ves severa

Fren ch as well as British ofi cers with the O rder of the

B ath rea ched the Crimea He held the Inves ti ture on the
, .
Cw . m m)un der.

A list of all om
comPlete cers of the Grenadier Guards 1 856 .
who took pa rt in the Crimean campaign is in serted in the

Numbers en g ag ed , k
illed, an d woun ded a t the battles of the Alma,

Sept. 2 0, Tum s.

Woun ded :

M a y l ot 1858 .
,

Orrxcs s s.

severe ly

l
5
aiig htly . 7 20. Of theee, on e wa s
Q 0 0

N or ma l . B a ron s or Gm 330 B a rrm os Gm umm

Guam .

Sir T. N wma
e n.

Iden t.~001 . A Cox

. .

Wom a n .

w en Alfred Tippin g .

Id eut fiir J. Ferg n - on , B art.

Lieut E Veraohoy le.

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M m a flm t on tbo hd g bh beta a h v q n m
l du fiq tbe

w 80 mm , were n ot actua lly b g hm

t un d er (m .
 (B ar n u m m os e s r Su ma t ra Da r n un
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s, B as t a m PM
Thir i B a tta lion G ren ad ier G u
a rds .

Killed in se me n
w Se ver-s ir

t of
P M i
of
Numbe r in va lid ed n ot in clud ed a bove

Tota l s 10 1560 l 1648

Of the w oun ded an d in va lided there w ere
Discha rg td 5 91 N
R ecovered u
an d re t rn ed to duty 41 5 i 709 ,

7 “
s n uI 85 1

l ast— l ass .

s
a 3

l w: “ m
82 i
s in thefie d 3 x
K illed ou
c
died f
o w n ds 1

in hos pita ls

dia m on u
re t rn
En g lan d
to l
w hile priso n er cf

In va lidei. a t a»

g imen ts

Toh l perman en t losses. 9 82 5 1231 1268

As B a tta lion 23 33 IS 1019

l
a
Return ed
On co mman d .
in cludin g od i~ l

Tota l lan ded in the B a st .

 (te a r XXX I IL]u
. n der E lli H R ff P r imeAlbar t, ICC
. . . . .

d Acre
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The St Jean
. havi n g touched a t C on stan ti
nople to ta lte in hag g ag e o n the 5th ot me proceeded on
m home voyage and arrived at Portsmouth on the
,

8oth of that month when a detachmen t un der the Earl of

,

G a rrick was landed and sent forward to Aldershot On the -

.

followin g day the l et of July the Battalion lan ded and

, ,

p m ceed ed to the sa m e ca m p w h e re it remai n ed above

, a
week awaitin g we arrival of the Fusilier G u ards Before .

S t Jean d Acre Captain Kin g expressed to

”
leaving the .
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the commanding o fl icer Colonel F oley . his great g ratifica

,

tion at the steadiness a n d go od conduct of the men d urin g

B y the pro motion of Colonel Craufin d to Maj on G en era l, ‘

on the 19 th of June , Colonel C . Ridley s ucceeded to the First

Battalion and Colon el H on A Foley was pro moted to a
, . .

R eg imen tal maj ority an d to the actua l co mman d o f the l hird

' ’

B a ttalion a post which he ha d held as actin g maj or for the

las t eight months fo r Colon el Ch Ridley . .

The reception that the three B attalions of Gua rds

received from their Sovereign . their co un try an d their ,

comra dee on their retu rn to the Metropolis will he an

a ppropriate term ination of the ac count of their deeds in

the Cr imean campaign .

The 9 th of July was fixed for the ceremony and the ,

that morn in g to the Nine E lms station , whe re they were

m t hy l laj ofi G en eral Craufurd and his sta fl'

Wes t En d , an d the
Secon d Batta lion Gren adiers Guards ,

(mm Windsor— assembled a t eleven o clock in Hyde Park '

,

rmder the comman d of the Field Ofiicer in Briga de Waitin g .

were formed up in lin e of q uarter distance col umn s leaving ,

w h h up a poein lin e with the m and in this order

ition ,

awa ited the arriva l of their co mrades The Crimean .

W e. after le avin g the station Lie u ten an t Col on el H ,

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Dow n by lea ding . with the first co mpan y of Gren adie r

M a m a b y the ll orse G u
a rds an d t he hl a ll. a n d
Ca n ». m un]a nder E M H R H
. . .

lions formed line advan ced to the d a g staff an d again 1 350

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s al uted the Q ueen who shortl y afl

, erwa rds left the Park
my 9 .

amidst the deafening shouts of all assembled a n d the ,

several battalions proceeded to their n ew quarters : the

First Battalion Grenad iers un der Colonel C Ridley , to
, .

Ald ershot ; the Second Battalio n under Colon el F W . , .

Hamilton , in the absence of Colonel W Thornton to . ,

Dublin ; while the Third Battalion under Colon el Hon G . , .

Foley remained in London wi th its head quarters at

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Wellingto n barracks .

The establishmen t of each Battalion of the Brigade of

Guards was now reduced to 4 6 sergeants 1 7 drummers and , ,

800 rank and file detailed instru

, ctions being issued as to
wha t d m of men shou ld mceim their dis charg e a n d outhe
a m of March 1 85 7 the several Battalion s were each
, ,

still fo rther reduced to 7 00 ran k an d file

 CHAP TER XXXIV .

I BM m
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arm or m ea n s m um — w an a oxs sr m on om
cn nu—vw rom cacao—co mm uce co vs a a o a
a. s a no rm m u.
s tea m m m a cs or wu ns—orua s m c m us s n oon . or -

m a s re rot com m or cou ns n eonates or rs s ca n o m um

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n -

—200rn u s rvn sa ar or run on o a ss mma Rectum or roar

ram s or wa nna ATTACHED ro rum ai r rum A? m em a cs roa

-

memen tos —ra n q cm s vw r ro ms u s n —n w a or m tw os

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con cur— s is w armt h ms s ou r me a s l es r an n m or ca us a mcs

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arrom s n comm or r un: o a mums a o ct a ne is ms ru es .

UPO N the return of the B rig ade of Guards from the

Crimes a new syst em was introduced with referen ce to its
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command on home service Hithe rto the commanding

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ofi icers of each Regiment acting as so many brigadiers ha d

, ,

communicated direct with the military autho rities at the

Horse Guards on all matte rs conce rning the interior disci
pline and econo my of their respective regiments while all ,

orders for the Brigade specially those e manatin g direct

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from the Sovereign were communicated to it thron g ] the

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Field Ofl icer in Brigade Waiting The re were co n sequen tly

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no half yearly inspection s by General O fiicers but the old

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system was not open to objection on that sc ore for the ,

frequent inspections of Comman ding Ofl icers of Regimen ts ,

a n d the constan t opportuni ties the military authorities at

Head Quarters possessed of seeing the several Battalions

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which were always under the eye of the Co mmande r ih Chief - -

more than counterbalanced that omission The authorities ; .

however frequently felt it to be an inconven ience that

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there was no one permanent head to refe r to on a ll matte rs

connected with the B riga de The Field O fficers ten in
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Cs a r. XX X IVJ Tfie F irs t or G re na d ier Gua rd s

number we re changed e very month an d a desire was ex

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pres sed that the Brigade should be put un der the command
of a G eneral O fiicer through whom all co rrespondence
,

sho uld pass between the authorities at the Horse Guards

and Co mmanding O fiicers of Regi ments A General Ofl icer .

of the Guards was consequently appointed to the co mma n d

of the seven Batta lions Lord Rokeby was the first Ofiicer
.

selected for this honour and he was appointed accordin g to

,

the ter ms of the following letter of service addressed to ,

his Lordship two days after the retu

, rn of the Crimean
Brigade to London

serve upon the S ta fi with a view to your ex ercisin g a g en eral

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supervision over all the Battalions of the Guards in Eng .

lan d includin g those at Aldershot

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Your Head Quarters will be in London and all commu

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a tion s having referen ce to the G ua rd s are to be ad dress ed

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to y u
o rLord s hip in s tea d of the Field O mc er in

I have , &c
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(Sign ed ) G A WS W
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, A.G .

Major Gene ral Lord B olteby

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&c d c 8m ., " .

Colon el Lo rd Arth ur Hay Grena dier G uards , , was . on the

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. under fi xlf H R JY the P r ime Consort
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No chan ges occurred in the co mmand of the Regiment 135 7 .

or of any of the Batta lions during the year 1 857 : but a

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grea t cere mony the con seq uen ce of and the closin g a ct
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of the Crimean war took place in the course of the summer .

O n Friday the 26th of Jun e 1 857 the presen tation by J am es

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the Queen of the ic toria Cross for valour took place in ‘
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Hyd e Park The recipien ts of that hon our in the Gren a

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dier G uards were

Ssrg es n t Alfre d Ablett,

Priva te An tho n y P almer.
On the p revious day His Royal H ighness Prin ce Al bert
had been created by Royal Letters Patent Prince Con sort
, , ,

a n d the abo ve ceremony was the first occasion on whic h the

Colonel of the Gre n adie r Guards appeared in public under
his new ti tle .

Althou h G ua rd s were sen t out to I dia to ssist in

g n o n a

su ppressing the mu tiny which broke out this year some ,

fe w er o ffice rs of the Grenadier Guards as well as some ,

Alde ds Camp to the Governo r -

G eneral. At t h end
e of the

camp to Major Gen eral Sir George Buller, co mmandin g

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Colon el Tho as Wood being promoted to Major Gen eral “53 -

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Colo n el Charles Ridley succeed ed to the comman d of the

Regimen t on the 1 1th of Jan uary 1 858 Colonel Foley to , ,

that of the First Battalion and Colonel Lewis to the Third

, .

On the l 6th of August C aptain Sturt wa s appoi t

n e d “&
Alde de Camp to Maj or Gen eral Lord Rokeby K C B coan~
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s an din g the Division of G uards an d in November Lieu , ,

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tenan t lion William West su

. cceeded to the Acljutan oy of

H R H . the P rin cc
. . of Wa les was no w a tta in ing hia
 Th F irst or G ren a d ier G ua rd : [ CH A P XXX
. lV .

seventeen th year and we shall see in more than on e in

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s tanee tha t ofl,cers of the G ren adier G u

a rd s were selected

by the Sovereign to be about his person .

The first mo st responsible post to be fi lled upon His

Royal Highn ess attain ing that age was that of Governor , ,

a n d the choice of her Majesty fell upon Colonel Hon .

Robert Bruce then co mmanding the Second Battalion

,

Grenadier Guards This ofiicer brothe r of the late Lord

. ,

Elgin had ente red the Guards in 1 830 at the age of

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seventeen He was Adjutan t to the First Battalion in 1 885

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and from 184 1 t0 1 854 ha d served as Military Se creta ry to

his brother in Ja maica and also when Lo rd Elgin filled the
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post of Govern or G en eral of Canada He was subsequen tly

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for a short time Surveyor General of the O rdn ance and -

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now en tered upon his n ew important duties on the 9th of

November 1 858 That he acquitted himself to the satis
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faction of his Sovereign with credit bo th to himself and

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to the corps in which he had received his mili tary educa

tion will be acknowledged by all
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His good te mper mixed . ,

wi th firmness his tact and knowledge of the world ren

, , ,

dered him the fittest man for so delicate a service O n e .

of the first duties Colonel Bruce was called upon to per

form was to accompany his royal charge during his resi
O
dence at xford and Cambridge In 1859 he acco mpanied .

His Ro yal Highn ess to Rome ; in 1 860 to Canada and the

U n ited States ; and in 1 861 to the Curragh Camp .

The above appointment of Colonel B ruce to the house

hold of the Prince of Wales was soon followed by his te
tirement fro m the Re giment and bo th he and Colonel Hon , .

Dea l Augustus Foley wen t on half pay on the 7 th of Dece mbe r ,

1858 by which Colonels F W Hamil ton and Hon J

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Lindsay were pro moted to Regimental Majorities and to the ,

command of the First and T hird Battalions respectively .

Upon Colon el Charles Ridley s promotion a few weeks '

later . to the rank of Major General Colonel Lewis s uc -

ceed ed on the 1 8th of Feb ruary 1 859 to the Lieutenant , ,

Colon elcy of the Regiment and Colonel J Lambert to the , .

comman d of the Second Battalion .

 Cw . xx x 1V ] . a n der R M H R H Me P rime Con sort .

Colonel Ridley on quitting the Regiment of vihich he 1859

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had co mmanded one Battalion on active service as well m 18 ,

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as the B rigade to which it was attached issued the follow ,

with the most sincere regret that the Commanding

I t is
Ofi cer finds himself obliged to bid farewell to the Re gimen t
in which he has se rved upwards of thirty on e years Wha b o
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ever may be his fu ture c a reer there c a n be n othin

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which he will feel such heartfel t interest or take such pride , ,

as he has done in co mmanding the Re giment He begs to .

thank the O fiicers Non Commissioned O fiic e rs and men for

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the support they have ever given him when in co mmand ,

bo th at home and abroad .

The moral courage shown by all ran ks in the winter of

18 54 5 5 he will ne ver forget ; and he has the comfort of
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kn owin g tha t as long as the G ren ad iers rema in true to

themselves their Queen and country as they have him
, erto , ,

done God s blessing will be on them

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The subject of gymnastic exercises for the troops had

authorities I t was known to have been introd uced very

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gen erally on the Con tinent ; but previous to any system

bein g introduced into the British army the Comman der in ,
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Chief was requested by Mr Sidney Herbert then Min ister .

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of War to select two ofiicers on e of whom should be a

, ,

medica l ofi cer to vis it the g y mn a stic schools of France

, ,

an d inq u re of the in stru

ire in to an d report upon the n a tu c
tious given in those schools the manner of cond ucting ,

them a n d the advantages supposed to result from their

,

Colon el W Hamilton of the Grenadier G uards was

F . . , , ,

on the 1 5 th of July appointed to make these inquiries and

, ,

report to the Adj utant Gen eral of the army the result of his -

obs ervatio n s ; an d S ufi Surgeon D octor T Logan now Sir -

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Medica c pa rtmen t was as socia ted with tha t o fi cer to ,

n port more es pec ia lly upon the qu estion of these exercises

M g fa voura bly or otherwis e th e hea lth of the m e n .

Cn a r x xx 1v ] un der H R J f 1}: e
. . . Consort , KG .

proceeded to Dublin , and relieved the Secon d B attalion 1 85 9.

thisyear to the governorship of Gibraltar took with him as ,

his As sistan t Military Secretary Captain Earle of the , ,

Gren adier G uards .

COLO URS OF TH E G U AR DS.

Some alterations had lately been ordered in the Colours of

a reduction in their size but previous to describing them , ,

it will be necessary to give a short account of the Colours

of the First Guards since they were originally granted to
the Regiment by Charm
,

s II During the latter part of .

his reign ’
that Sovereign had so fa r modified the custom
,

of every company of his Royal Regi ment of Foot Guards

em blazoning a Royal Badge in the centre of each of its
Colo urs that his own and the three Field O fiicers
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companies viz the Colonel s Lieutenan t Colonel s an d

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W e were
, directed to fly the Royal Standard each with ,

a difference and wi th the Imperial C rown and Cypher

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M la mn ed thereon These four Colours did not at that

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time bear any of the Ro yal Badges which were e mblazoned ,

only on the Colours of the other compan ies When the .

custo m of each company flying a Colour was discontinued ,

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and only two the King s and the Regimen tal were 17 3
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to be carried at one time by a Regiment or Batta lion “if

,

the Smn dard of the King s compan y was retained as the ’

Ro yal Standard of the Regiment and was issued at the ,

commencement of a new reign the Royal Standards hi therto

born e by the three Field O llicers co mpanies were assumed
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as the Queen s Colours one for each Battalion ; while the

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former company Colours viz the cross of St George in a , ., .

white field (which in course of time became the Union ) ,

with the Royal Badges e mblazoned upon them we re adop ted ,

as the Battalion Co lours of the Guards S ince the com .

Vol. i. , p. 2 68.
1 859 . men cemen t of

o fiice of the Master of the G reat Wardrobe and s ubse ,

quen tly upon the abolition of that o fl

, iee from tha t of the ,

Lord Chamberlain In 1 886 h . ,

form Bill which in a ugura ted a new spirit of econ o my

, ,

obj ec tion s were raised to so many Colours bein g issued

to the Guards at one time and afte r so me correspon den ce , , ,

it wa s ruled in 1 888 that only on e Queen s an d on e

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Regimental Colour should be issued at on e time to a

Battali on but no suggestion as to the p roprie ty of discon
,
"

tin n ing the Royal B adges was made durin g that corm
spo n den ce and a M ount Badge contin u
, ed to be selected .

on each occasion of a fresh issue .

N0 further alteration s we re made till the year 1 85 9 when ,

the Colou rs generally th roughout the Army were or dered to

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be reduced in siz e a gold fringe added to them. a n d other

,

modifications introd uced It was now for the firs t time .

p roposed that the Army Regulations concern ing Colours

, ,

whi ch had hitherto applied only to the Lin e should ,

he made applicable to the Regiments of Guards the issue ,

of whose Colours and their description had hitherto been

regulated und er special Royal Warrants It appears the .

autho rities were unaware at the time of the o riginal Warrants ,

authorisin g the twen ty four Royal Badges displayed by the

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Gr en adier Guards ; as well as of the reason why the F oo t ,

Guards were entitled to fly the Royal Standard with the ,

Sovereign s Cypher and Crown e mblazoned th ereon as their

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Queen 8 Colour while Regiments of the line displaye d

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as their Queen s Colour the U n ion and as their reg imen tal
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Colour one of the colour of their facings Without referrin g

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the refore to the co mmanding o fficers of the Guards ordert

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were g iven that the Colours of their R egiments should be

Cm » . m m] under t/ze P rin ce Cm arl , KG . .

as simfiated to those of other corps making the Union , 1 359 ,

which was , in fact the Ro yal Standard

, , in to their Secon d or

not to have bcen then observed . Till n ow the several

Reg imen ts oq a rds as H ous ehold

, troops , had w ceived

to the Second Battalio n Grenad ier Guards they were to be ,

given out from the Clothing Departmen t thus for the first ,

time treating the issue of Royal Colo urs with about the
sa me respec t as is a ccord ed to the issue of a pair of reg u
la tion boots Pre vious howeve r to delivery Colonel F W
. , , , . .

Ha milton wa s requested to inspect them when he at on ce SOPtJ ,

o bser ved the subs titu tion of the Regimenta l for the Queen s ’

Colour and rice ren d H e also then hea rd for the firs t time
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of the proposal tha t the Battalions shou ld seleet ad libitum , ,

each on e only of the twen ty four Royal Badges then be

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len mg to them a n d reta in it as tbeir B a tM on B a dg e

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leaving the rest to fall in to desuetude eu ungracio us act
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in itaelf to be ca lled u pon to perform with reference to a

Co lon el F . W . Hamilton thereupon on the 1 4th of that ,

month drew up a memorand um for the information of the

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Comman din g Ofi car of the Regimen t callin g his atten tion to ,

these proposed changes which were going to d eprive the

,

Guards gen erally of their privilege to fly the Sovereign s ’

Q ueen s colour and deprive the Grena

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S ta n dard as their ,

dier G uards in particular of the honour which they had

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f r two cen turies of bea rin g on their Regimental

p o ,

Colour! the repre sentative emble ms of most of the Sovereign s

of En g h n d from the time of E d ward III in 1 826 to that ., ,

of Cha rles II in 1 660 Colonel H amilton added also

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with referen ce to the twa warran ts of Charles in 1 66 1 ,

an d that of the Prin ce Regent in 1 8 11 that the Gre n adier

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Gu ards appeared to be as mu ch entitled to be ar the twen ty s

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A similar record should also be kep t of the Badges

borne by the Coldstream and Fusilie r Regiments "
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Afie r referrin g to the periodical iss ue of Colo urs , General

Grey adds
As regards the full dress Standard at presen t borne by
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the Gren adier and Colds tream G uards on state occasions ,

her Maj esty sanctions their being still so ho me while they ,

co ntinue serviceable but would not wish them afterwards

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The service B adges or names of actions in which the

Re giments have distin guished themselves should be borne as
heretofore on both Colours .

I have the h on our to be ,

Your Lordship s most obedie n t Servan t '

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C G ns r
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To Major General Lord Rokeby

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The new Queen s Regulations of the year 1859 which

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omitte d all mention of the Royal Badges of the Guards ,

were subsequently altered in accordan ce with the above

decision of Her Maj esty .

With reference to the six additio n al b adges gran ted by

the Queen the following partic ulars will be in terestin g
, .

Afier the en campment at Chobham in 1 858 so me of the , ,

ofi cer of the Regimen t (Captains of co mpanies ) represented

s

co mpan ies without Badges should receive them

that the two ,

w as to complete the reg imen t in tha t res pect There .

were then twenty six compan ies and the Regi ment pos
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Cha rles II When on the br eakin g out of the Crimean

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war in 1 854 the augmentation of the Regiment to thirty

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companies was about to take place G eneral Stan hope ,

brought the mat ter before H R H the Prince Con sort W

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Colonel of the Regimen t who approved of their being ,

a do pted and designs for an additional s eries o f llm a l

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W H IR H Ids P rime Consort , KG . .

An interesting event occurred in the yea r 1 860 connected , 1 360

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with the his tory an d origin of the Regiment namely the J un e 1 6 , ,

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celebration by a great banquet of the 2 00th anni versary of

its existen ce as the First Regiment of Royal Guards on
the E ng lish establishment in the service of the British
Sovere ign H is Royal Highness the Prin ce Consort, the
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Colon d of the R eg imen n g a ve ad dition a l lustre to the cele

hutien by honouring the proceedin gs with his presen ce ,

a n d her Maj esty was g rac io u sly plea sed to pu t the ban qu et

in g ha ll at S t James s P a la ce a t the dis po s al o f the o fl

icers
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of the Grenadier G uards Of the o fficers then servin in

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the regimen t only sixty eight were present on the occasion

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ma ny of the Third Battalion being absent on duty m Dublin ;

n in ety seven former Gren adier Gu
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ards men appeared at the
banquet an d amongst the invited who honoured the Co rps
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wu b their presen ce were H H H the Duke of Cambridge

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an d the Colon els an d Comman din g Ofiic ers of a ll the H ouse

hold Troops as well as the authorities of the War Ofl

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ice and ,

Horse Guards ; the regimea solicitor ; the army agents ,

Messrs Cox ; the E querry and Aide de Camp to the Prin ce

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Con sort an d to the D uke of Camb ridge an d the ofl icers on ,

du ty of the ife Guards L .

The ba nquet hall was decorated for the occa sion with
ban n ers a n d s hields bearin g u them th e n a mes of man y
p on ,

a hard fought field After the health of her Maj esty ha d

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been toasted that of The Prin ce Consort o ur Colon el

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wa s given to which his Royal H ighn ess after expressin g

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his ohlig ation s for the terms in which his health had been
pr oposed by Colon el Lewis an d his gratifica tion at the feel ,

in g evin ced hy the mann er in which it ha d been respo n ded

to ad dreseed the R eg imen t in the followin g tcrms z
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G s arnm x — I fel t j ustly proud of the distin guished

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hon our con fcrred upon me when appoi n ted eight years ag o ,

to eucceed the immorta l Duke of Wellin g ton in the co m

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man d od this Regimen t an hon oura ble pos t which conn ects
me with yomnot on ly o thcially but on terms of in timate ,

au d I hope cordial person a l rela tion s

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But it is on a n .
Cm . XXX IVJ under H R H we P r ince Consort . .
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command of the Third Battalion then at the Curragh, ,

where he shortly joined it .

The volunteer movement had now for so me years been

ste adily progressing but no steps had hitherto been taken
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to ass emble any large numbers in on e locality either in

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England or in Scotlan d but on Saturday the 2 8rd (1 , , 23.

June this year the En glish v olunteers to the number of
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we re asse mbled in Hyde Park in the presence ,

of the Que en and Prince Con sort when her Maj esty ,

was pleased to pass the m in review ; the ground on the

occasi on was kept by a detachment of Life G uards as well as ,

by all the Battalions of Foot Guards a t the west en d clear , ,

of duty unde r the command of the fi eld O fiicer in Brigade

,

Waiting Co lo n el F W Hamilton This ofl

, . icer reta in e d
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the co mma nd of the Re giment bu t a very short time for ,

having in the beg in n in g of June been o fiered by H R H the

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Field Marshal Commanding in Chief the post of Military - -

Atta che to the Prussian Court and having with the sanction ,

of the Prin ce Consort received leave fro m the Regiment till

his promotion which event was likely soon to occur he
, ,

proceeded to Berlin at the end of June and commenced his ,

new duties a t the Prussian capital on the l st of July On .

his pro motion to Major General two months later on the Sl s t

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of August he wa s s ucceed ed in the command of the Regi A"

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men t by Colonel Hon J Lindsay who had virtually taken
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over the command in Jun e ; and Colonel Edward Wyn yard

su cceeded to the co mman d of the Second Battalion vice ,

The duties of a Military Atta che at a foreign co urt do not

come within the co mpass of this histo ry but the question ,

of the relative ran k ot an officer in that positio n wi th the

members of the diplo matic body having been raised during ,

Maj or G eneral Hamil ton s resi dence at the Prussian Court

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an d been referred both to His Royal Highness the Com

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man der in Chiet an d the Prin ce Consort who as Colonel

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o!the Regi men t had san ctioned the appoin tmen t it ma y be

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186 1 , ice Lord Rokeby whose period of service on the 1 35 1

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a flhad then expired

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H R H the Prince at Wales having in 186 1 co mpleted June

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his un iversity career her M ajesty and the Prin ce Consort

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were anxious that he should beco me in itiated in the myste ries

of milita ry drill and discipline and they naturally looked to ,

the Regiment of which H H H the Prince Con sort wa s the . . .

Colo nel fro m which to select an o fficer to s n perin ten d that

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Guards bein g at the time stationed at the C urragh and it ,

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bein g her Majesty s intention to p roceed to Irela n d in
the co urse of the su mmer to honour with her presence ,

—
her subj ects of the Siste r Isle the Comman ding Ofiicer of ,

that Battalion Colonel Hon Henry Percy was selected for

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versed in drill and tactics an d was himself the author of ,

a book on the subject a n ew edition of which had lately

,

every ofi cer of the Regiment was ordered to be supplied

with a copy .

The following G en eral O rd er was issued from the Hors e June 29

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Gua rds on the occasion of H R H the Prin ce of Wales . . .

proceedin g to Irela n d .

G . O .
, Jena 2 c , 1 86 1 .
Her Maj esty the Q ue en having directed that H R H . . .

the Prince of Wales is to proceed to Irelan d for the purpose

join C urra g h division on the sta t

the l and will be attached ,

for the p urpose of drill to the First Battalion Gren adi er

G uards .

By order ,

W F Fons rnn . . .

The P rin ce w compa n ied by Maj or Gen eral H on R B ruce

, . . ,

arrived at the Curragh on the l st of July on which occasio n ,

a guard of ho n our of l captain 2 subaltern s and 1 00 ran k

, , ,

a n d file of the First Battalion Gre n adier Guards was fu r

31 6 Tim F irst or G
ren a d ier Guar dflCma xx x w .

n ished at the Block House to rec eive His Royal Highnes s .

He was atta ched for purposes of drill to the 9 th Co mpany

, , ,

by Colonel Percy who was to be solely respo n sible for that

,

portion of the Prince s in struction while G eneral Bruce

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continued his functio n s of G overnor The ins tructio n in .

the manual an d platoon was given by the Sergeant Maj or -

Bak er, and Drill Sergeant Haylock while Colonel Percy ,

in structed him in all other parts o f the drill ; a d it ma y be

here remarked that the drill was on all occasions carried
u
on in open camp an d that His Royal Highn ess never
,

allowed the thought of his position to interfere with any

of the duties demanded of him .

The Prin ce of Wales was inspected in co mpany drill on

the 1 3th of August by the Duke of Cambridge and again
, ,

thei r Roya l Highnesses were both pleased to express to

Colonel Percy their satisfaction at so much having been
don e in the time and at the progress that the Prince had
,

made unde r Colonel P ercy s instruction H er Maj esty was

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also pleased to exp ress herself in complimentary terms to

that O fficer .

Au
g . 2 4. The garrison of D ublin at that time commanded by ,

Major General Sir Cha rles Ridley K C B the successo r to

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Ma jor General E F G as coig ue wa s reviewed by her Maj es ty

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a n d H R H the P rince Conso rt in the Phoenix Park o n the

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2 4th of August on w hich occasion H R H the Prin ce of

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Wales commanded a co mpany of the First Battalion Grenadier

Guards The Prince continued his instruction during the
.

first part of the ensuing mon th of Septe mber and havin g ,

terminated his course qui tted the Curragh on the 10th of

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that month on his re turn to England The First Battalion

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Grenadier Guards left the Curragh on the 2 6th of Sep

tembe r reaching the Royal Barra cks Dublin on the 2 7 th
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halting en route at the Naas Barracks It re turned to .

England by wings on the 8rd of Octobe r in the Windsor ,

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and Trafalgar and reaching Liverpool in the course of
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the followin g morning proceeded the same d ay by rail to

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London .
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on e tim e— m m “ or a ovs s n oan m oo rs m w rx nsoa run: acros s
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m om is n on w a or “exam or m m
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m u n or “x x wa n n a a rr0 m m we ra n m o m o r acu m
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roaiu m on o r w o so n isr axc r—cw o u xx ra n cos srmmos or

w e s a in t —cox cw s xox .

IN lookin g for a successor to H E H the Prince Con sort . . . .

to fill the post of Colonel of the G rena dier Guard s her ,

"

M aj esty had not occasion to seek bey ond the R oyal Family
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for there was a member of it already associated with the ,

Grenadier Guards by the recollection of mutual dangers

shared a n d mutual honours gained who by combining a
, , ,

thoro ug h knowledge of his p rofes sion wi th his high social

position had already been placed at the head of the British
,

army in succession to the late Viscount Hardinge and ,

H R H the D uke of Cambridge then Colonel of the Scots

. . . ,

F usilier Guards, was, on the 24th of Dece mber 1 861 , ,

 m am
C G Ellis on ,
. . B . HC
. . Lowe , m. C W P a en ham.
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A 0 Cum
. . J T B Lane Fox
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I H Ki
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,

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H . O. Malet, Leo Seymour ,

W H H. . de or ey , s
E . W. L . Wynne, . JH
C . erbert ,

E H . 000per, . C E Stan ley

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B . An struther , A W . Thyn n e,
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L G . P hillipa ,
. F . W. Dun oombe .
N
H on . . Melville . E. G . P . Li ttleton .
T. F . Fairfax ,
E. Nu e g n t.

Chas . B. Nc i oll.

H . Lawren ce,

Lieuten an t Colonel Higginson one of the C aptains of

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companies received leave to proceed to Canada afl

, er the ,

embarcation in a separate stea me r ; and Lieuten ant Colonel

,
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B W H a in ilton being at the time on leave travelling in

. . , ,

Egyp t j oin ed his battalion in Canada ea rly in the followin g

,

yea r Previous to the departure of the Battalion Lieute

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nant C ol on el Augustus Lane Fox of the Grenadier Guards

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had on the 2 ud of Dece mber bee n sen t out to Canada

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on s pecial service having completed which he returned ,

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to E n gland and in A u gust of the following year was a p

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poin ted Assistant Quartermaster Gen eral to the Cork - -

mean thn e reported rea dy for

The tran sporta be in g in the
their reception the two Battalions proceeded by rail to
,

Southampton at an early hour o n the 1 9th of Decemberfl be

a n d havin g emba rked i

mmedia tely on arrivah the steamers
left the docks by two o clock the s ame day an d were
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day from the 1 5th to the 22 n d of January eight , 1 m .

men in a sleigh From Woods tock the sec ond stage

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, 1 5.
ou t the Grenadiers we re forwarded 1 68 men daily but
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owin g to the size of the men only six wer e in future ,

allotted to ea ch sleigh The route traversed la y through

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Fredericton Tilleys Woodstock Florence ville Tobique

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Gra ndfalls Littlefalls Fort I n g all to R iviera d a Loup O n

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the 2 8rd of January the day afte r the last of the compan ies
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wa s de spatched Colonel Percy and the Battalion S ta fi left

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S t John s by express sleigh and caught u

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p the first ,

detachment at R iviére d uLoup visiting and inspectin g each ,

detachmen t on his road .

As the last of the Grenadie r Guards were leaving St .

John s New Brunswick the Fusiliers after escapi n g

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perils of the St Lawrence arrived there and proc eeded in

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a simila r mann er by sleigh and rail to their destination

, , .

At the en d of Jan uary Colonel Percy With the Bat , ,

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the Queen s and Third Companies left '

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by the Grand Trun k Railway reaching

The following om
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l st of February cers .

a ccompanied the C ommanding officer with this detachmen t ,

viz., Lieutenant Colonels Bruce de Horsey and Cure

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by successive detach n trea l

mea ts on the , following days no casualties of an y kind ,

ha ving occurred en route .

Shortly after the arrival of the Guards at Montreal the Patn a-7 ,
.

Co m an d in g Oflicer of the G renadiers had occasion to issue

the following battalion order dated February 20th 1862 , ,

Colonel Percy has received instruc tio n s from Major

Gen eral Rumley comman ding at New Brunswick to convey
, ,

to the Ofi cers Non Co mmiss ioned O thcers and Privates

,
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First Battalio n Grenadier G u ards his entire satisfa c tion a t ,

the example they showed by their most orderly and soldie r

like con duct at St John s Colonel Percy takes this
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oppM u n ity of expressin g the pride and satisfaction he feels

at the a tten tion eho wn by the Ofiicers and Non Commiss io n ed -

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Durin g the summer the several compan ies of the brig ade 1 86 2.

m deta ched in succession to Cha mbly , to g o throug h the

Can adian brigade of Guards to continue their garrison life

in a distant colony we must return to the Regimen t at
,

home stiflun d er the co mma n d of Colon el J ambert and . L ,

record a los s tha t it sus tain ed in on e of its late and most

Major Gen eral Hon R Bruce who had retired from the
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reg iment at the en d of 1 858 an d who in his capa city of , ,

governor to H R H the Prince of Wales had aecommn ied

. . .

him d uring the last winter to the Holy Land was taken ,

s eriously ill at Constantin op le while in attendance upon the

Prin ce ; but fa ithful to the last to his charge he returned ,

to En gland with His Royal Highness and havin g su fiered ,

a relapse he died at St James s Palace on the 27 th of Jun e

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1 8m to the great grief of the Queen an d of the Prince of

, ,

Wales and indeed of all who kn ew his affectionate disposi

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in the appoin tments of other offi cers formerly of the Brigade ,

both in the Grenadier and Fusilier G u ards Lieuten an t .

Gen eral Kn ollys formerly of the latter Regiment who ha d

, ,

comman ded at Aldershot during the Crimean Wa r and was ,

no w a t the head of the Council of Military Education was ,

a ppoiriwd to su
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cceed General Bruce in the Prince s House
hold and Major General F W Hamilton late of the
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(ha n dlers was mea lled fro m his appoin tment at Berlin
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on the l at of O
ctober 1 862 to succeed Gen e ra l Knollys as Oct
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Vice P resid en t of that Council a post which be retain ed fo r ,

three years and a half .

Lord Frederick con tin ued at the head of the

B rig a de oq a ids in fl a n a da till the au mmer of 1868
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luvin g charg e a t the sa me time of an extensive milita ry

M ot On several occasions in 1862 when his duties
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n ec ess itated L
ord Frederick s te mporary absence in distan t
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p ar ts that
, com m an d devolved upon Colon el Percy un der ,

whom the Firat B a tm lio n ha d g a ined so mu ch credit both

on tha m rc h an d in qu arters. T his ofiic er, however havin g ,
former comrades
Colonel Percy can not resign the command of the F irst
Battalion Grenad ier Guards without expressing his sen se
of the e fficient and hearty support he has recei ved firm! the
Ofi cers and Non «Commission ed Officers of the Ba tta lion ,

and of the excellent an d soldier like co n duct of the men -

,

which is well kn own and thoro ughly appreciated by the

authorities at ho me and in Canada He feels that had it .

been the destiny of the Battalion to be employed again st

an enemy that its conduct would have been as distin
,
3

g uis hed in war as it has been in pea ce It is with deep .

regret though modified by the knowledge that promo tion

,

would a t no distan t period have cau s ed his retiremen t ,

tha t Colonel Pe rcy lea ves the battalion in whose welfare ,

and honour he will always feel the deepest interest an d ,

to ha ve co mmanded which will always be a source of pride

to him .

He req u ests that the Adjutan t Captain Earle and ,

Quarte rmaste r Hockey together with the M , n on

co mmissioned o fficers will accept his best than ks for the

,

zeal activity and intelligence they have shown in their

, ,

respective positions on all occasions .

Captain Earle was actin g as Brigade Maj or to the Brigade

of Guards in the autumn an d on the 9 th of D ece mbe r
,

following Captain Philip S mith succeeded him in that

,

appointmen t .

Colonel Edward Wynyard then in England was a p , ,

po inted vice Percy to the co mmand of the Fi rst Battalion ;

, ,

and as Colonel M Bruce the senio r mounted o fficer of the

.
,

Regiment returned home at this time on promotion to the

, ,

command of the Second Battalion and Lord Frederick ,

Fitzroy and Lord Arthur H a y ha d both reti red from the

Regiment in the course of the summer the next se n ior ,

o ffice r Colonel Henry Ponsonby assumed the temporary

, ,
Cm r . xx xvq under FJW H R f f Da l e q . . . .
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a mérdig c .

command of the Grenadier Battalion in Canada and while ,

1 862

under his co mman d it was inspected on the 2 181: of

, , 31 ,

October by Maj or General Lord Frederick Paulet

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Colon el E dward Wynyard arrived at Montreal md 1 868 , .

as sumed command of the First Battal on rena ers on the M

i G di P

l Bth of Febru ary 1 863 and on the occasion of the ann i

, ,
’
versa ry of the Queen s Birthday in that year a review was ,

“
held at Logan s Farm of all the troops in garrison in
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, ,

which the two B attalions of Guards too k pa rt when the ,

loyal inhabi tan ts of the town and neighbouring districts did

their u tmost by their presence to show their appreciation
, ,

dmin g the whole of that year and upon his returning to ,

Englan d on leave m the following sprin g Colonel de Horsey ,

assumed the comman d of the Battalion durin g the re

main der of its stay in Can ada .

O wing to Maj or Gen eral Craufurd havin g in 1863 com May 2 4

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plated his five yea rs s ta flemploymen t Lord Frederick

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Paulet was reca lled fro m Can ada Major General Hon J ,
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L in d say being sen t o ut to replace him Gen eral Lindsa y .

reached Montreal on the 4th of June and at once took ,

o ver the c o mma n d of the B rig a d e a s well a s of the Seco n d ,

turn edho me a n d assumed the command of the Brigade in

Lon don on the 24 th of the same month in the place om
,

, ,
at.

The original cause for despatchin g two battalion s of

G uards to Canada had been re moved by the resto ration of
Messrs Mason an d Sli dell to freedom almost before the
. ,

troops had crossed the Atlantic The additional fo rce was . ,

however kep t in the coun try till the autumn of 1 864 when
, , ,

a ll fea rs of a collision with the Uni ted States bein g over ,

the Guards received ord ers on the l st of September to

return to E n glan d No soon er did this order beco me
.

ofi c ially known than the Mayor a n d Corporation of Mou

,
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the Battali on disembarked and proceed in g to Lon don by 1864 , .

train ma rched in to the Chelsea B a rra cks on the even in g of

,
w m
the sa me da y ha vin g been three yea rs an d n in e mon ths
,

absent from E n glan d A few days after the return of this

.

Batta lio n fro m Canada it was inspected by H E H the , . . .

Duke of Cambridge ; on the 1 9th of October by Maj or 0“ 1 0 - ‘

Genera l Lord Frederick Paulet ; an d on the 25th of N o

vember her Maj es ty herself wa s plea sed to visit the C
, helsea
Barracks an d to in spect tha t B a ttalion as well as the men s
, ,
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When G uards left Can ada in September

the B rig a d e of ,

Majo r General Hon James Lindsay con tin ued as a General

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on the Stad in that co untry in comman d of the Second

' '

Upon Colonel Hon Richard Curzon retiring from the .

eomma n d of the Third Battalion on the 1 4 th of Ju n e 1 864 , ,

H S H Prince E dward of Saxe Weimar succeeded to that

. . ,
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po s t wh
,ich he retain ed till his promo tio n to M ajor Gene ral -
,

in Ma rch 1 868 , .

A chan ge was now in troduced thro u hout the B rig a de to

g ,

Major if not already in it ha d been always tran sferred to

, ,

the First Battalio n the emoluments of that post being

,

con sidered a too frequ en t chan ge of comman ding Ofiicers

of Battalions and gave the First Battalion the un d ue ad va n
,

tag e of al ways having the o ffi cer of longest experien ce in com

ma n d and it was now resolved that while the Sen ior Major
,

ahoa ld retain the extra emolumen t that each Major should ,

po sted until retirement or pro motion to the Lieutenan t

, ,

Co lon elcy According to this new rule when Colonel

. ,

L i mbert re tired on the 2 7 th December 1 864 and Colonel Doc 27

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Wm ard .fromthe First Battalion succeeded to the co mman d ,

o f the Re gimen t Co lonel H enry Ponso n by the new Juni or

, ,

Wm ard re main ed but a few mon ths at the head of the

 Regime nt for on the l 6th May 1 86 5 he retired o n half
, , , ,

May 16.
pay and Colonel Michael Bruce as sumed the comman d a
, ,

po st which he has now retain ed fo r n ine years Colon el .

Capel C ure succeeded to the Second Battalion vice Bruce , .

The First Battalion under Colonel Po n sonby proceeded , , ,

on the l at July 1 865 for a month to Aldershot where it

, , ,

on the B l st of July reached Lo n don on the 2n d of Aug ust

,
.

The usual change of quarters con tinued in the years 1 865

and 1 866 an d in the s ummer of this latte r year the
,

B rigade of Guards as well as the Household Cavalry , ,

on the alert by dist

on the 2 8rd of July .

M aj or General F W Ha milton was tran sferred from the

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Coun cil of Military Ed ucation to the post of Commander

of the Forces in Scotlan d on the l st of April 1 866 and , , ,

upon Lord Frederick Paulet comfl etin g at the end of that

yea r his five years s ta fl appointment as M aj or General

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, ,

Maj on G en era l H on J Lindsay was appointed on the l st . . ,

of January 1 86 7 to succee d him in the co mmand of the

, ,

Brigade of Guards and he entered upon his new d utiw on

,

the 25 th of the same month .

On the occasion of the Queen la yin g the foundation stone

of the Hall of Arts and Sciences at Ke n sington on the , ,

1 0th of May Guard s of Hono ur were furnished by the

,

Brigade . the Prin ce of Wales having in a ,

former year been attached to the Grenadier Guards was

, ,

pleased on the 6th of July this year to accept a dinner

, , , ,

“
given to him by the First G uards Cl ub at the Tra '

J uly l l. falgar On the 11 th the Institute of the B rigade of

. ,

Guards in the construc tion and formation of which many

,

ofi icers of the G renadie rs took special interest aft er their ,

return from Canada was formally opened by H R H the , . . .

D uke of Cambridge as Colonel of the Regiment and good , ,

results were expected to arise fro m its establishmen t .

The D uke was shown round the building by Majo r Gene ral -

Hon J Lin dsay co mmanding the B rigade

. . ,
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B ut on e chan g e occu rred fo r so me vears afte r 1 86 4 in the

cw . x x x v.] un drr fiiM H R H . . . . Duke of Ca mbridg e .

command of any of the Battalions of the Regiment viz , .,

1 337

the retiremen t of C olonel Cure who on the 29 th of May M 29 , , , .

1 86 7 was succ eeded in the command of the Second Batta

,
»

lion by Colonel King .

Orders were issued early in the month of J uly for a id ! c

review on the 5th of a considerable number of Regiments

,

of the regular forces including the Second an d Third

,

Battalions of the Gre n adier Guards in hon o ur of the ,

Viceroy of Ew t ; but his arrival be ing delayed for some

,

days the review was postpon ed When he reached England

, .

he was received by the Queen on the 8th of the month ,

but no review could then be held in his hon ou r in con ,

.

sequen ce of the immediate subseq uent arrival of the Sulta n

himself who was entertained in state in Buckin gham
,

Palace and for whom a display both of the naval and

,

military forces of the c ountry shortly afterwards took place .

The n aval review came 03 at Spithead on the 17 th of ,

July wi th m
, e a t éc la t The review of the troops was
.

held at Wimbledon on Saturday the 2oth the last day

, , ,

o
f the m eeting thus
, en ablin g the Volu n tee rs to j oin it in

con nid erable numbers The B rigade of Guards un der

.
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q o r
v
G en eral Hon J Lindsay
. incl.udin g the Seco n d and
,

Third Battali ons Gren adier Guards under Colon el B S H , . . .

Prin ce Edward of Saxe Wei mar and Colonel H Kin g pro

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ceeded to and returned fro m the ground by route while

, , ,

the railro ad s a fl ord ed a convenien t method of assemblin g the

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V olun teers There were presen t besides the S ultan H R H

.
, . . .

the Prince of Wales the Duke of Aosta. a n d H R H the

, . . .

Duke of Cambridge The day turned out most inauspicio us

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fo r tbe ma rch pas t of the troo ps a t the head of which was ,

a body of B elgian Volunteers who had come over to co m

m
,

p et s a t the ee ting took, place in a del u ge of

The services of the G uards were called for several
times in the course of this summe r in conseq u en ce of ,

the distu rbed and excited state of the public min d and ,

s eve ral riotous de monstrations to ok place in Hyde Park when ,

addition al ca valry was bro u ght up and sta tioned in n eigh ,

bou rin g Riding Schools A large detach ment of the B rig a de

.
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prisoners confined therein ; and in the absen ce of any

n t authority ei ther from civil or military departmen ts
, ,

the General co mmanding the B rigade found himself oblig ed ,

ou his own respon sibility to issu e to the Ofi cer on Gu

, ard
such orders and in struction s as would efiectually put a stop
'

to a n y a ttempt on the part of thes e prison crs to efiect their

ew e Owing to the additional d uty thus brought upon the Dec 21
. . .

ord inary London garrison the Queen s an d Secon d Com ,

’

pa n ies of the First Battalion Grenadier G ua rds were on ,

the M et of December 18 67 sen t up from Win dsor un der

, , ,

Lieuten an t Colonel Phillips an d they remain ed in Lon don

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,

till the 29 th od Jan ua ry following

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Upon Maj or Gen eral H on J Lin dsay being selected on 1 868

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the l st op l 1 868 to fill the post of In spector Gen eral

ri , ,
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of the Reserve For ces Major Gen eral F W Hamilton was

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removed from Scotlan d an d su cceed ed him in the comman d

,

of the Brigade of Guards in Lo n don Both these ofi cers .

assumed their new duties on the l st of Apr il 1868 , .

The practice of assemblin g ann u ally large bodies of

m oul ofi cers m
ofy h a d
the be en v
reg
ery p ula r
re ar ,

va len t siuce the year 1 860 Easter Mon d ay bein g the d ay ,

usua lly selected for the purpose ; and various pla ces in the
South of Eng lm d such as Brighton Dover Portsmouth
, , , ,

the neighbourhood of Aldershot and Windsor were at , ,

d ifi ren t times selecte d as the place of rendezv ou s Each .

ye ar th e General C o mm an din g the B rig a de of G uar d s ha d

the comman d of a Division under the Comman der in Chief ,
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or of the General O fiicer of the District in which the

tro ops asse mbled or had himself the indepen dent comman d
,

j
111 186 1, Ma or Gen era l J. B . Cuufu
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rd ocmmandsd a Division at

M m l m . fi nj m G ma a l l md F . P au
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lot oo mmat ho
 TA: F irst or G ren a dier Gu a rd : [ Cm . xx x v.

Jul y 8,
1 1863. Ma jo r- G en eral Lord F . P aulet comman ded the

Oa ths 28th of Ma y , 1 864 , j

Ma or G en era l Lord F P aulet com
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G en eral Sir J ohn

P en n efa ther.
J j
uly 28, 186 4 , Ma or G e n eral Lord F . P a ulst commanded a Divifion
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a t Wimbledon , un der H .R H . the D u e of Ca mbrid g e. . k

On the 2n d op ril , 1866 , Ma or G en era l Lord F . P a uletcomma n d ed j -

the l st division a t B iig htomthe whole un der Sir B o bett G a m tt. -

On Ea ster Mon d a y , 22n d April.186 7 , Ma or G en eral H on . J. Lin dsay j -

comman ded the 2 n d divimon a t M u M i M

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, n der a e n sn l a c~

Cleverty .

On Easter Monda y 13th of April 1868 Ma or G enera l F W

, , , j -
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H amilton comman ded a division a t P ortsmouth un der Sir G oorg e ,

B uller .

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The thirty first ann i versary of Her Majesty s Accession
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to the Throne was celebrated on the 20th of June this ,

year by the display of

, Voluntee rs asse mbled in ,

Windso r Grea t Park in p resence of the Queen under the , ,

co mmand of Lieuten an t G en era l Sir James Scarlett ~

,

M ajor Gen e ral Hon J Lindsay being at the head of the

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Voluntee r Staff in his ca pacity of I n specto r G en era l of

,
v

V oluntee rs .

The l st Division con sis tin g of three B rig ades un der Lieuten ant
, ,

V
Colon els iscoun t B ury . formerly of the G ren a dier G uard s McLeod ,

of McLeod an d Loy d Lin dsay V C formerly of the Fusilier

, , . .
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G uards wa s comman ded by Maj or G en eral F W

, amilton who had -
. . H ,

Colon el G . H ig g in son , G re nadier G uards , Assistant Ad utan t j

G en eral.
Lieuten an t Oolon el W. F . Sey mour,
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Coldstream G uards Assistan t ,

Captain S. Ste ven son , Scots F usilier G uards, Ca ptain ug h Sey mour, H
G ren ad ier G uard s , an d Oa pM n iscoun t Hin chin brcoke, as Aides de V -

k
Camp. The Du e of Man chester. a former G ren a dier G uard sman ,
was a lso presen t in comman d of the l st un tin g do n Lig ht orse H H
The First Battalio n Grenadier Guards under Colon el ,

H Pon sonby procee ded this year by route through H oun s

. , ,

low and Chobham to Aldershot arriving there on the l st

, ,

July an d after taking part in the man e uvres in tha t

,

neighbourhood for six weeks left the c amp on the l 0th of ,

 Cw x xx v.] un d er H R ff M f C mb d
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. . . . eo a n g e .

August and marchin g by the same route rea ched London 1 868
, , .

on the 1 2th of that month Au

g ut.
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At the termination of the Wimbledon Meeting this year , ,

V
the assembled olunteers nearly strong were placed
, ,

under the co mman d of Maj o r General Hamilton C B ; -

, . .

the forces being divided in to two divisions under M aj or ,

Gene rals Cary and S tudholme B rownrigg C B late of

, , .

the Gre n adier Guards which man c suvred as a defending

,

force against an enemy advancing fro m Putn ey H H H . . . .

the Prince of Wales was presen t a t the review and field ,

day as well as H R H the Duke of E dinburgh w ho

,
. . .
,

honoured the First London Ar tillery Corps on the occa

sion, by marchin g past at its head .

1 889 .

The First Battalion Grenadier Guards unde r Colon el , 1 m .

Hen ry Ponson by proceeded by rail to Holyhead on the

, ,
M 2.

2n d of March 1869 m rou , te fo r Ireland to relieve the Third

, ,

Battalion and arriving in Dublin the following day took

, ,

up its qua rters at the Beggar s B ush Barracks It ’

remained .

in Ireland for a whole year durin g Lo rd S tra thn airn s

’
,

ten ure of ofi ce and on the l st of March 1 87 0 prior to

, , ,

its departure received the following graceful co mpliment

,

from the Co mmander of the Forces on the occasion of his ,

in spection of the corps

I have to thank Colonel Pon sonby the o fficers non , ,

commissioned ofl icers an d men for the uniformly good

, ,

behaviour of the First Battalion Gre n adier Guards ,

d uring the time that they have been under my co mmand

in D ublin It was to be expected fro m the Senior Bat
.

talion of the Sen ior Regi ment of the G u ard s that they
wo uld give a good example of that well grounded dia -

c iplin e and high mili ta ry feeling which ha ve obtained for ,

the B rig a d e o q a rd s the respect o f a ll goo d soldiers ,

for good conduct in pea ce quarters and un varying ,

“ s cce s I part fro m the Battali on wi th

u s in the field .

m ’.
Cs a r x xx v ] under E M H R H o n e f C mb d
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. . . . . o a n g e .

Judge Advocate Gen eral with refe rence to the clause of the
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, 1 m .

M utin y Act whereby the Guards are authorised to hold

Con rts Ma rtia l co mposed exclusively of cm
,

~
ccta of the
B rigade ; but upon reconside ration no fur ther steps were
, ,

ta ken in the matte r as independen tly of the correctn ess of

,

the present view of the matte r a change would have g iven ,

an ap pearance of illegality to all sentences of Co urts Martial -

hi therto awarded under the Act in question,

The Easter Review of Volunteers under the co mman d of l ,
uck 29.
Majo r Gen eral R ussell was held in 1 869 on the Dover
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, ,

Heights in the presence of H H H the Duke of Camb ridge ,

, . . .

though a storm of win d an d sn o w in the ea rly pa rt of the

day threatened to put a stop to any move ments of troops .

Major G eneral S Brownrigg C B late Gren adier Guards ,

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.
, .

command of one of the Divisions on this occasion .

A grand review of the Household Troops was also held by J am es .

the Queen in Windsor Grea t Park on Saturd ay the 2 dtb of , ,

Jun e in honour of Ismail P as ha Viceroy of E gy pt the

, , ,

almost impen n l m an ] of the Sultan ; the ground selected

for the display lying between the Lon g Walk and Queen
An ne s R ide The troops assembled for the occasion were
’
.

placed un der General the Earl of Lucan and con ,

fis ted of two batte ries of artillery under Lieu tenant ,

Colonel Light ; three regiments of Household Cavalry ,

un d er Major General Lord George Paget

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and of ,

the following six battalions of Foot Guards under Major ,

Gen eral F W Hamil to n C B

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, . .

O lk ra Men . C0 . .

669 Fieldin g , Tower

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l at B a t.
M M
29
80 68S B arin g , Lon don
H on . A

u
n der
Soot- W lat B a t. 88 67 4 He bu p rn , do.
Gua rds M M 28 622 Id a hin . do.
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4m m Divisions faci n g Queen

,

on the ground at half

received wi th the usual
the line re turned to the saluting point
, .

The six B attalions of

first line the juniors in second line

, .

mass of six solid columns was mos t

approached the saluting po int her -

to es pres s her unqualified admiration

the Brigade It wa s re marked that
.

equalled that it excited the utmost enthusiasm and that

, ,

the march past in mass which followed though really less

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,

difficult was almost more imposing

, A few ma n muvres
. ,

limited by the confined space o ver which the troops could

move succeeded this display when the Brigade formed
, ,

up in two lines an d advanced in review order after which

, ,

her M ajesty an d the Viceroy le ft the ground un der a royal

salute .

In the eve n ing the several Battalions returned to th eir

—
respective quarters one to Win dsor five to London — a n d
,

as these latter Corps had to c ross the river at Datchet by

a pontoon b ridg e erected for the oc c asion by the Royal
E n gineers H er Majesty drove down to the head of the
,

bridge to witness the passage of each Battalion in suc

cessw n .
A Ge n eral Orde r appeared two days late r fro m the Horse
Guards expressive of her Majesty s entire approbation of
,
’

the soldierlike appearance of the troops and of the mann er ,

in which the several man c euvres were pe rfo rmed .

This was the fi rst occasion since the re turn of the Br igade
from the Crimes on which six Battalions had been assem
,

bled together ; the seven th Battalion viz , the First Bat

, .
Ca s e . xxx v.] ua der EM H R H M
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j
a Ca mus ”. 34 1

1 869 .
talion of Grenadiers was at the time at Dublin and the ,

duties a t the West End and a t the Tower were taken for the 3“
day by the 9 4th Regi ment under Colonel Lyster from
, , ,

Woolwich while d etachmw ts of 200 men each fro m the

, ,

5 th 7 th and 23rd Regiments of F usilie rs a t Alde rshot

, ,

we re sen t to Windso r to find the necessary Guards of ,

Honour and to perform the garriso n duties .

The Voluntee rs wer e a gain assembled on the 1 7th of J uly 1 7 .

July 1 869 in conside rable numbers on Wimbl edon Common

, , ,

a t the te rmina tion of the Rifle Meeting on which occasion ,

H R H F ield Marshal the Duke of Camb ridge took com

. . .
-

mand The forces we re divided in to a defending force of

.

tw o di visions under Maj or Gene ral F W Ha mil ton C B

,
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. . , .

co mmanding the B rigad e of Guards and Sir Alfr ed Hors ,

ford , and an attacking force of one Division ,

unde r Major Gener al Russell After the manoeuvring the

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V oluntee rs marched pas t and re turned to the metropolis , .

Major General Hon J Lindsay while s till retain ing his

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,

appoin tment of In specto r Gener al of the Rese rve Forces -

wa s sent out on a special mission to Canada in the yca r

1 87 0 under the follo wing circ umstances
,

The Imperial Gove rn ment had in the previous year, ,

decided upon the policy of wi th drawing the regular troops

from those Colonies which enj oyed cons titu tional Govern
ment and concentrating the m in the United Kingdom
, ,

leaving garrisons o n ly a t naval stations Amongst others .

,

it was res olved to wi thdraw the regular fo rces from the

province of On tario and Q uebec in the Do minion of Canada , ,

leaving a garrison a t Halifax .

In order to co mple te the con federation of the British

N orth American Provinces an arrangemen t had been agreed ,

upon in 1 86 9 by which the H udson Bay Co mpany should

,

tran sfe r their rights to the No rth west territory on receipt -

of a n d that territo ry was to be handed ove r by

Royal proclamation to the Do minion Govern ment Pre .

vio us however to the co mple tion of the arrange ment the

, ,

Domin ion Cabinet appointed a Lieutenant G overnor a nd -

,

p ro ceeded to act as if they were already in

pos s es s io uo f
Ca n x x x v ] a nd” E M H R ff Duke of Ca m ’
bn ag e.
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34 3
. . . . .

de tachmen ts of Royal Artillery an d Royal E n gineers and 187 0 , .

a battalion of Ontario and Quebec olunteer Militia (850

, V
ea ch)in all about 1 2 00 men and it was deci d ed that the
, ,

regular B ritish forces were to re turn to Canada before the

follo wing win te r leaving the Mili tia at F ort Garry .
,

General Lindsay having co mple ted the organ isation of

the fo rce and made the n ecessary arrange ments fo r land
,

and wate r carriage and fo r p rovision ing on the route the

,

1 200 troops with 300 In dian s and voyage u

, rs gave over ,

the conduct of the expedi tion to Colonel Wol s eley who ,

left Toron to on the 2 l st of May wi th his ad vanced guard , .

His route lay thro ugh the Grea t Lakes to Thunde r Bay ,

on the north west coas t of Lake Supe rio r where the fo rces M 2 1
-

were to concen trate and fro m thence a road ha d been par

, ,

tia lly made to the nearest lake (Shebandowan )ove r which it ,

was intended to convey the boats and s to res on waggons .

T he rest of the route was by lake and rive r ; and portage °

over land when the wate r was impracticable Whenever

, .

the advanced guard landed a way had to be cut thro ugh ,

the forest and the boats were then dra gged over trunks of
,

trees while the sto res were carried on the men s backs ,
,
'

until they again e mbarked .

The roads broke down and the expedition was so much ,

d elayed that General Lindsay p roceeded on the 2 9th of

, ,

J une to Thunde r B a y to rende r any assistance that was j m g o

, , ,

n ecessary after which he returned to Canada Colonel

,
.

Wolseley had however succeeded in getting the boats up

, ,

the K a men is tig uia Rive r which had been declared by those
,

supposed to be competen t judges to be imm actica ble The .

first three brigades of boats started on the 1 6th of July N : “ o

from Sheban dowan having a distance of about 500 miles to

,

travemo The 60th Rifles were asse mbled near Win n epeg
.

m the 2 13t of August and on the 2 4th advanced to the,

attack of Fo u t Garry bu t President Riel and his forces

,

had evacuated the place an d after a bloodless victory the ,

Union Jack was hois ted over the Fort No life was los t and . ,

n o seriou s accident hap pen ed on the route ; the men were

well fed and the decision of Gene ral Lindsay that no
, ,
assembled at Quebec early in Octobe r .

Gen eral Lindsay ha d n o soon er s tarted the exp edition

from Toronto on the fil l et of May than he had to
, ,

organise the Militia of both Provinces which had been ,

suddenly called out to meet an attack fro m the Fen ians ,

who had asse mbled in larg e bodies on the frontie r in fron t of

Mont ea l and opposite Huntingdon Brigades were rapidly
r
.
,

May they were repuls ed with loss by the Militia Another .

bod y of Fenian s also cro ssed the fro n tier on the 2 7 th but ,

d riven out by the Militia supported by H er Majes ty s

,

6 9 th Regiment Afte r this the U n ited States Gove rn ment

.

in terfered but too late to p revent a collision , a n d the

,

Fen ian s ultimately dispe rsed .

Gene ral Lindsay now co mmen ced withdrawing the troops

from the westward stations of Canada an d gradually gave
,

up the C rown lands the barracks the forts with their

, , ,

armaments and a po rtion of the supplemental ordnance and

,

stores to the Dominion Government . Toronto Kingston , ,

Ottawa and at las t Montreal itself were evacuated and

, ,

there re mained the Fo rtress of Quebec alone which was to ,

be occup ied till the following year and Gene ral Lindsay
,

having decided acco rdin g to o rder fro m the Govern men t,

,

o n the p rinciples upon which the re main ing imperial

stores were to be disposed of to the Dominion and having ,

completed the duties entrusted to him returned to E ng ,

land in the second week of Oc tobe r shortly afte r which his

,

e fficient services in Canada were duly recognised by his

be ing created a Knight Co mmande r of St Michael an d St . .

George .
ca m xxxvq u mflr FJlf E R H Duke af Ca mén ag w '
’

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. . . . .

Anoth er chan ge took place in the command of the B riga de 1 370 ,

of Guards in the year 187 0 wh en M aj or General Hamilton April ,

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having been pro moted in the previous mon th of December , ,

to the rank of L ieuten an t G en era l was succeeded on the ~

, ,

l st of A pril by H S H Prince Edward of San e Weimar

, . . . -
.

Owing however to the formation of the L on do n Dis trict

, , ,

the Prince not only succeeded to the command of the

Brigade of Guards over which he continued to exercise the
,

s ame au thority as his predece sso rs had done wi th only a ,

Brigade Major on his Stad but was appointed General of

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that District and as such two additional Field Ofl

, icers of ,

the Line were allowed on the Establishment to assist in

carrying out the details of the addition al duties that de

Ou Easte r Monday of this year the 1 8th of April , ,

1 87 0 Prince Edw ard co mmand ed the Second Divisio n of

,

V olunteers as se mbled at Brighton and on the same occa ,

aim , in 1 87 1 he had a simila r co mman d of the Fourth

,

Division assembled at the same place

, .

The Second Battalio n of the Grenadiers proceeded to

Aldershot during the summe r of 1 87 0 under the comman d J uly ,
.

of Colonel J Hynde King a most deservedly popular o filcer

. , ,

Regiment . after the C rimean campaign Colonel Kin g .

,

thoug h sligh tly indisposed at the time had been present at ,

the inspection of his Ba ttalion in Hyde Park on the 4th of ,

July p revious to its departure and pro ceeded with it to

, ,

Aldm ho t on the 6 th On the 9th he suddenly expire d . ,

t her a few ho n rs illness sincerely re gretted by all his

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brother ofiicers He ha d served throughout the Crimean

.

camp aign in all the actions with his former regiment and ,

m severely wo un ded in the assa ult on the R ed a n on

the l 6th of J un e He was succeeded in the command
.

of the Second Battalion Gren adier Guards by Colo n el

George W A Higginson the former Adj utant of the Third
. . ,

Ba ttalion in the Crimes .

The duties of the B rig ad e sin ce H S H Prin ce Edward . . .

has been in comman d have continued as heretofore , but

d um x x x vq un der E / lf H .R H . . . Duke of Ca mbridg e .

pria te wo rds than those used by its late Colonel H R H , . . .

the Pr ince Conso rt on the 2 00th anni versary of its existence

, ,

confident that every former and p resen t me mbe r will cor

dia lly respond to the p rayer wi th which the Prince Consort
, ,

after epito mi sin g the services of the regiment concluded his ,

remarks .

His Royal Highness while not attempting to recall to the

,

minds of his hearers a ll the deeds of the Regiment poin ted ,

to so me of the mos t importan t of the long and un in terrupted

list of victories with which the Grenadier Guards are
associated He pointed to the celebrated siege and capture
.

of Namur the firs t defence of Gib raltar the capture of

, ,

V
Barcelona and alencia the battles of Blenheim Ramillies
, , ,

O udenarde and Malplaq uet the battle of De ttingen aye

,
— , ,

and of Fon tenoy where though the victory did n ot ultimately

’

, ,

remain with the Allies it had been fairly won as far as the
, ,

E nglish were concerned and that by the conspicuous prowess

,

of the Grenadier Guards ; to the capture of Cherbourg ,

which j ust a century ago looked grimly across at o ur shores ;

the battles in Germany unde r the Marquis of G ranby the ,

battle of Lincelles those of Corunna B arrosa and the Pyre

, , ,

nees the cap ture of St Sebastian the battles of Nive and

, .
,

Nivelle of Quatre Bras and of Waterloo in which last great

, , ,

struggle wi th Napoleon the Regiment acquir ed the ti tle of

Grenadier Guards fro m having vanquished in fair fight

, , ,

those noble and devoted G renadiers of his Imperial Guard ,

who till met by the B ritish bayonet had b een considered

, ,

invincible ; and more lately the battles of the Alma and ,

of Inkerman and the long protracted siege of Sevastopol

, .

These are glorious annals and well ma y that corps be pro ud

,

which can show the like But the duty of a soldier un for
.

tunately is n o t confined to figh ting the external enemies of

his country : it ha s a t times been his fate to have to stand
—
in arms even again st his own countrymen a mourn ful d uty
which we ma y tru s t n ever to see a g a in impos ed upo n a

B ritish soldier Under s uch circums tances the soldier is

. ,

upheld by the consideration that while he is imlilicitly

obeying the co mma nds of his Sovereign to who m he ha s ,
sworn fide lity ,he p urchases by his blood that internal

peace for his country and that supre macy of the law upon ,

which alone are based the liberty as well as the permanent

happin ess and prosperi ty of a nation Th is Regiment . ,

originally sprung from those loyalists who had clung to

Charles II in exile ne ve r failed in its duty to its so vereign
.
, .

It fo ught for James I I against Monmouth on the field of

.

Sedge moo r and struggled durin g five years heroically

, ,

although finally in vai n to p reserve to George III his

, .

revol ted American Colo n ies That same discipline which

.

has made this Re giment ever rea dy and terrib le in war has ,

en abled it to pass long periods of peace in the midst of all

the te mptations of a luxurious metropolis withou t loss of
vigour and energy ; to live in harmony and good fellowship -

wi th its fe llow ci tizens and to point to the re markable fact

-

tha t the Household T roops have now fo r 200 years fo rmed

the perman ent garrison of London ; ha ve always been a t the
co mmand of the civil powe r to suppo rt law and o rde r but ,

have never themselves d isturbed that order or given cause ,

of co mplain t ei ther by insolen ce or licentiousn es s Let us

,
.

hope tha t fo r cen turies to co me these n oble qualities may

still shine forth and that the Almighty will continue to
,

shield and favour this little band of devo ted soldiers Let .

us on our part manfully do our du ty min dful of the deeds

, , ,

of our p redecesso rs loyal to our Sovereign and j ealous of

, ,

the hon our of our country .

 CONTENTS OF AP P ENDIX .

n ot
A Esta blishmen t of
. Forces , to beg in 26 th of an u
n ew ra ised
-
ary , J
K in g s Roya l Reg imen t oq arda .
'

1 660 1 -
.

8. Esta blishmen t of H is Majes ty s Reg immi t of Foot G u ards ,

C Ba ta blis hmen t of H is Maj eaty s c imen t of Foot Gun d s ,

.
’

un ne olon el John RuaselL l Gfi?

D An n ua l Esta Nhhmen ts from 1 66 1 to 1 873
. m uses .

E S ta tion s of the Fiut B eg imeut oq

. n dg
fimn 1 06 1 to 1 805

F. Statio u he three ba ttaliom of creu

s of t adier c uards fiom l al fi -

t0 1 872
G Su
. ccessiouof Lieu teuan V Oolon eh of G ren adier G u
fi ds

H . Nomina l B oll of Ofi cers fmm the first forma tion of the q

men t in 1 656 to the year 1 874
l. B oll of Ofi cen a t varioua period a f om l fifi to l
-
i t m
fl
1 . O icers of K in g
’
s R eg imen t oq n ds und er lm d
rm . Jan ua ry . I 2. K in g
.
’
s Reg imen t ot Foot G u
ards u
n der

l. 3. 0a ptain s of K in g s Reg imen t of Foot Guard a

’
1 681.
un d er Loid Wen tworth .

under Colonel J Ruuell H

1 Ca ptain a ol K ing c g irn en t of Foot Guardl

'
1660. . 6.
late u nd er Lord Wen tv orth
1 667. 1. 6. Capta in a of Couibined Reg imeut of Foot G uerd a
befoie an d a fter Scptember, 1 667 .

1 07 0. 1. 7. 0apta im of xiug
’
r 8 eg imeut of l oot 6 uard a

“a l
l;

“
1 9 Oaptfi n a ot xing
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e keg imen t o fl ’oot
fluaid a .

is? Oaptaiu ol K in g B eg imen t of M Gu

‘
10. a n da

1 684. Ce ptaia s . 1 ct of 0ctober

l. 1 1.
l m w l m l 12 C a pta in a at Jamea " Ja m e-
. . . h an d
William lll E va cuation .

fi Sueed w d Co bn elq u outman b c olm lq u d thc

W ho m l m mthcpm n t fin e
 AFFE NDI K .

APPE ND I X A . (C H ARL ES B ) .

An Esta blishmen tfor the new ra is ed F orces , to beg in

2 6d : Ja mmry , 1 660

W d BM M , M u of l 200 | d dia g hs-ida @m h

a e ur On m s- qr s nm r or m wmm ) ,

0010 1 1 1. a

0 12 0

t h an “ by e-s poo ns

£ 75 1 6 10

un l uin '
rs 0m m .

“6 0 0

£6 4 0 £ 178 1 3 0
 A” M .

AP PE ND IX 11
.
— con tin ued .

£ 82 “15 0
 Appen dix .

X
APPE ND I B (C m n s B ) . .

An Esta blishmen tfor his M aj esty s R eg imen t of F oot Gua rds

’
,

co mma n d ed by tt ig ht H on Thomoa L ord Wmtworth

.
,

1 662 (O n
. a rriva l f rom Dun ki
.rk ) .

16 1 6

91 0 0

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l ia .

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kunnnu1 . emdl st lfl
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—co n tin ued .

Per Diem . P er H en se m . Per An n um .

a. d . a. d . e d .

Tm Go ms u Co n m
'

a .

Ti e Serg ea n ts, ea ch a t 1 84 .

Three Co rpora Ls , ea ch a t 1 24 1 .

Ti e Dru mmers , each a t 12d .

An d one hun dred an d tw en ty

soldiers , each a t 1 0d per .

diem, w hilst in Lon d o n as ,

5 0 0 1 40 0 0 0 0

£6 8 0 0 22 38 1 2 0

h e pa y of tw o cmpa n ies more

o ,

to be the Lieute n a n t Co lon el -

a n d Ma jo r s C o mpa n ie
'
s at ,

the sa me ra tes a n d n umbers

as a re men t mn ed in the
Co lone l s Co mpa n y a moun ts
’

12 4 47 7
:
to 6 0 34 4 t
f 9 4 0

On or m Com m .

Lieuten a n t
Rns rg n
Tw o Se rg ea n ts . ea ch a t l 3d .

Three Co rpo ra ls , ea ch a t 1 2d .

TI o Drummers
'

, ea ch a t 1 2 11 .

And n in ety so ldiers , ea ch a t

1 0d w hl ls t they q u
. a rter in

Lon d on , a s s ho ve 3 15 0 1 05 0 0 1 36 5 0 0

Tota l £ 4 18 0 £ 1 37 4 0 £ 1 7S 3 1 2 0

h e pa y of compa n ies
se ven

more to complete the reg r

men t. at the sa me ra tes an d
numbers as a re men tion ed
la 6 o 960 8 0 4 0

h an for the n id reg imen t £ 66 6 2 231 856 1 2 8 4 8

 Appen dix .

Thus Notes refer to the n u mbers in the la s t colmmr qf thc

-

f ollowi ng a bstract of A m m o! E sta bli shm en t

s Qf the

1 8 6 1 to 1 8 7 8, in
p g
a e: 85 8 to 8 6 6 .

4. 120m m
5.
6.
7.
AW M W M VM
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8.
9. h addifion of one oompa ny ot m
s dim .
10.
1 1.
11
1 8. Addifion d thme ln uthois ; battalion for nolh n d to ufis t stttu m al.
1 4.
1 5. Deduction st the peooo.
16 . h orn -s on ood on ol n hallh uin Soofin d .
1 7. 0u hs ttuliou in 1h n den .
’ Tho lis utenn t oolon el -
m oo umn ding in

1 8. “1 & o t
10. “h m i -dded to m hli hmen t;
s tv o to m h o! tho four m nd1n oom
breaking o ut of fl
um .

l he toh ls inclu
‘'
de ofi oen .
M m in uoh ” 1 768 60 1 777.
hM ouoomsim tho bm h n g ont o!
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M a t the w

m
W a tkins tt o -

m to he outhe estahlhhmsa t.

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m um m w l n n m mu meo w
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t , 1 69 5.

river, an d a rrived on 6th Nom her, 1897 .

July 1 698.
,

oom n
y y ia w ho fiorm od ont of the u of tho
ofi oe
duood to w chu t fino hud of tho m mfimm
 Sum —m
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Dated 28th September. 1786.

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Burton —con tin ued .

The B rig a d e of G ua rds, a D eal, to much as follow

1 805 12 The firs t hn ttnbon of the First Reg imen t to ma rch on the 3oth in st- l
I from Den !to Chn thun .
10 The th1rd be tte lion to mn reh on the SOth in ste n t fmm D en l to C hnthn ln.
Da ted 29th Au gu st, 1805 .
The First Reg imen t of G u ard: is d isposed of ne follows

12 The firs t hnttn hon at C hnthn m.

1 0 The sec on d b a tta lion in horn ets at K nig htsbridg e, en d in qu anta ! i
In t er Wes tminster.
10 The third ba tta lion a t C hn thnm.
Da ted l et September, 1805.

Two B a ttalions bein g o ften mon d

al tog ether d urin g the m , an d on e du rin
the period of the oc cupa tion of Fra n ce, fro m 1 8 1 5 to 1818, the retn n
of Sta tions of the H ome B ettnlione rec ommenee in 1 81 8, end is cut-in n
d own to the year 1 872 ; vide next pag e.
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AP P ENDI X I .

1666 To 1686 .

01 506 11 of R oya l R eg imen t of G ua rd s , mined in F la nd ers by Lord

Wmtwortk , 165 6.

Cam us. Gum " .

m
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A hton.
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John R u ssell, Esq" in En g la n d , Ja nu a ry 1 6 01 , .

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Succem ouq dj utm of W M

- or G rena d ier R og imeut of
F oot G ua rds , fi om 1 66 1 t
o 1 87 4 .

26 J un e , 1 66 1
16 62

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11 J une
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2 8 A| Q 1 888
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APPENDI X 0.

Qua r ter-
M a s ters of the F irs t or G ren a d ier R eg imen t f
o

F oot G u a rds .

10 m m:

19 M 1 776

28 M 1B 5 1

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Surg eon s f
o the F irs t or G ren ad ier R eg imen t of F oot G amado. -

25 Dee 1 81 8
8 y
J ul .1 799
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2 9 April, 1 824

16 l uch
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7 Feb. 1 845.
16 March , 1 828
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whiob m the mmt d n no d with a sq m of in h n try. Fin din g

tho v holo lin e. E c on omy pon md on m a lwavy fire ol his ufillc y ,

11101 7 0
a two or thm timea throug h tho fa oea of our oqn m ,

hims elf. Fin din g the fim g rov in g too dn dly to be lon g mfi n h imd,
md ths t l m too h r in h on t of tbo l o J oom d tbe oqm to m

w m m mm m m a m w n pw
by oa n lry md s bluo of ufillory. At tho oomm n d ol tho Duke
of WoHin g ton , our tv o oqmre- formed h fi o o lin o ol fo ur d n p.

Napoleon hixnself led hio lmpuinl fl n s rd ng fi n d m to tho bo d m

an d bep n b fioxm, a bon t tv mty y nrdn in on r fiw t, wo yomed in the

M M V W M M W M M W M M
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m oo. I nced hnrdly oommen t on tho cplmdid m dn fi d tbo

M 1 1, m y dm md n od lon t fi ien dn.

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d ihe dispon l of tho mtbor , in n ov pn blid md.

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Nxvn m .J neu 19 , 1816.

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B ra dford a n d Ca pta in Wa lto n
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o

Ca pta in Stothert as brig a de maj or

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