23rd Regiment of Foot (Or Royal Welsh Fusiliers)
| Rank in the | |||||
| LIEUT.-COLONEL. | Regiment. | Army. | |||
| 1 | Sir Henry Walton Ellis, K.C.B., W. | 23 | Apr. | 1807 | Col., 4 June, 1814 |
| MAJORS. | |||||
| 2 | Thomas Dalmer | 10 | Dec. | 1807 | Lt.-Col., 17 Aug., 1812 |
| 3 | J. Humph. Edw. Hill, W. | 12 | Mar. | 1812 | Lt.-Col., 21 Sept., 1813 |
| CAPTAINS. | |||||
| Joseph Hawtyn, K. | 11 | Sept. | 1806 | Maj., 17 Aug. 1812 | |
| 4 | Francis Dalmer | 10 | Dec. | 1807 | Maj., 26 Aug. 1813 |
| 5 | Thomas Strangeways | 6 | Apr. | 1809 | |
| Wm. Campbell | 15 | June, | 1809 | Maj., 12 Apr. 1814 | |
| 6 | Charles Jolliffe, K. | 18 | June, | 1811 | |
| Thos. Farmer, K. | 16 | Apr. | 1812 | ||
| 7 | Henry Johnson, W. | 14 | May, | 1812 | |
| Henry S. Blanckley | 6 | Apr. | 1815 | 21 May, 1812 | |
| FIRST LIEUTENANTS. | |||||
| 8 | Francis O’Flaherty | 6 | Aug. | 1807 | |
| 9 | James Milne | 21 | Oct. | 1807 | |
| 10 | Wm. Walley | 10 | Dec. | 1807 | |
| 11 | Evan M. Brown | 20 | Apr. | 1809 | |
| G. Fensham, K. | 4 | Jan. | 1810 | ||
| 12 | Ralph Smith | 22 | Mar. | 1810 | |
| 13 | Harry Palmer | 11 | Apr. | 1811 | |
| 14 | Isaac Watkins Harris | 20 | June, | 1811 | |
| 15 | J. Enoch, Adjt. | 15 | Aug. | 1811 | |
| 16 | Gismond Phillips (sic) | 5 | Sept. | 1811 | |
| 17 | John Macdonald | 11 | Oct. | 1811 | |
| 18 | George Fielding | 7 | Nov. | 1811 | |
| 19 | Robt. Pattison Holmes | 12 | Dec. | 1811 | |
| 20 | Charles Fryer | 7 | May, | 1812 | |
| 21 | W.A. Griffiths, W. | 13 | May, | 1812 | |
| 22 | John Clyde, W. | 14 | May, | 1812 | |
| 23 | Alexander A. Brice | 21 | May, | 1812 | |
| 24 | Anthony G. Sidley | 16 | July, | 1812 | |
| 25 | Alexander Clayhills | 17 | Sept. | 1812 | |
| 26 | Edward Methold | 23 | Mar. | 1815 | |
| SECOND LIEUTENANTS. | |||||
| 27 | Thomas Lilly | 1 | Oct. | 1812 | |
| 28 | George Dunn | 15 | Apr. | 1813 | |
| 29 | George Stainforth | 29 | July, | 1813 | |
| 30 | Gerald FitzGibbon | 26 | Aug. | 1813 | |
| Wm. Leebody, K. | 9 | Sept. | 1813 | ||
| 31 | Edward Thomas Ellis (Volunteer) | ||||
| QUARTERMASTER. | |||||
| 32 | George Sidley | 14 | Apr. | 1808 | |
| SURGEON. | |||||
| 33 | John Dunn | 10 | Sept. | 1803 | 9 July, 1803 |
| ASSISTANT-SURGEONS. | |||||
| 34 | Thomas Smith | 2 | July, | 1812 | |
| 35 | John Williams | 13 | May, | 1813 | |
| 36 | John Monro | 26 | May, | 1814 | |
| Facings blue. Lace gold. | |||||
Notes
1. Was sev. wnded. at Waterloo, in the breast, by a shot from a carbine. On his way to the rear he was thrown from his horse, whilst attempting to jump a ditch, and one of his men carried him to a small outhouse, where his wound was dressed. On the night of 19th June the hovel took fire, and he was with difficulty rescued by Assistant-Surgeon Munro, of above regt. He d. next day. This gallant and universally lamented officer was son of Maj.-Gen. John Joyner Ellis, and was a native of Worcester. He had served in Holland, Egypt, America, the West Indies, Spain, Portugal, and France. M.I. in Worcester Cathedral. Bd. at Braine l’Alleud, within a few hundred yards of the place where he fell.
2. Afterwards Lt.-Gen. T. Dalmer, C.B., Col-in-Chf. 47th Foot. Horse shot under him at Waterloo. D. 25th Aug., 1854.
3. Commanded a Portuguese regt. during the Par. War, and received the gold cross for four general actions. C.B. for Waterloo. Exchanged as maj. to 49th Regt., 2nd Oct., 1823. Out of the list 1829.
4. Brother to above T. Dalmer. Bt. lt.-col. for Waterloo. Attained rank of col. and d. 2nd Oct., 1855.
5. Retd. on f. p. as capt. in 9th Rl. Veteran Battalion. D. 15th Jan., 1838, at Richmond Place, Dublin. Bro. of Col. Strangeways, of Shapwick, Somerset.
6. Youngest son of T.S. Jolliffe, of Ammerdown, co. Somerset, formerly M.P. for the borough of Petersfield, by his 2nd wife, Mary, dau. and heir of Samuel Holden. Served at Copenhagen, in North America, and the West Indies. Served several campaigns in the Pa. Sev. wnded at Orthes. Had not entirely recovered from this wound when the tocsin of war once more summoned him to the field of battle.
7. Afterwards Maj. H. Cavendish Johnson. Served at Copenhagen in 1807; the West Indies, and the Pa. At the siege of Badajoz, Johnson fell from the breach pierced with gunshot wounds, which prevented his doing any regimental duty until 1815, when he served at Waterloo and was again wounded. D. in Ireland, 19th Feb., 1853, aged 78.
8. Capt. 17th July, 1815. H. p., 15th Foot 3rd Aug., 1820.
9. Capt. 18th July, 1815. Out of the regt. before 1824.
10. Capt. 19th July, 1815. H. p. 14th Foot, 6th Apr., 1820.
11. Capt. 20th July, 1815. Paymaster to his regt. 23rd Oct., 1817. H. p. 16th Oct., 1828.
12. H. p. 53rd Foot, 8th May, 1823.
13. Out of the regt. before 1824.
14. Capt. 7th Apr., 1825. H. p. 9th Apr., 1826. Living 1846.
15. Capt. 22nd July, 1830. Maj. 14th Apr., 1846. Lt.-col. unattached 1st Feb., 1851. A.Q.M.G. same date. Col. 28th Nov., 1854. D. in London, 13th July, 1855. He had the Par. medal with four clasps—Badajoz, Ciudad Rodrigo, Albuera, Salamanca.
16. Grismond Philipps. 3rd son of George Philipps, of Cwmgaili, Caermarthenshire, who was M.P. for the borough. Served at Albuera, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, and Toulouse (medal with five clasps). Bn. 1792. M. Catherine, dau. of —— Warlow, Esq., and niece of Sir Thos. Picton. H. p. 26th Aug., 1819. D. in 1850. His elder bro., John George, was a midshipman on board H.M.S. Minotaur at the battle of the Nile. Communicated by Lieut. Griffith Philipps, R.N.
17. Capt. 28th Aug., 1827. Paymaster 16th Oct., 1828. Out of the regt. in March, 1831.
18. Capt. 6th June, 1822. Serving in 1830.
19. Capt. 4th Sept., 1823. Maj. 17th Dec., 1830. D. at Quebec, 23rd July, 1849, as col. comg. reserve batt. Rl. Welsh Fusiliers.
20. H. p. 17th July, 1817.
21. Serving in 1830.
22. D. from his wounds.
23. H. p. 5th Oct., 1820.
24. Lt. Anthony Gardiner Sidley (or Sedley), aftds. of 3rd W.I. Regt. Entered the service in 1811. Served in the Pa. and in the Burmese War. Lt.-col. 63rd Foot 16th Sept., 1845. Living in 1874 as a lt.-col. retd. list and a military Knight of Windsor.
25. Placed on h. p. as lt. 67th Regt., 30th May, 1822. 2nd son of James Menzies-Clayhills, of Invergowrie, co. Forfar. M. Elizabeth, dau. of Gen. Hunter, of Burnside, and d. s. p. 18th June, 1865.
26. Afterwards capt. on h. p. list of 3rd D.G.
27. Capt. in Ceylon Rifles 1839. Distinguished himself in the Kandian Insurrection of 1848, and commanded the only European troops employed on this occasion. Received the special thanks of Lord Torrington, Gov. of Ceylon, for his gallantry. D. as lt.-col. April, 1862.
28. H. p. 16th Apr., 1817.
29. Placed on h. p. as 1st lt. 25th March, 1817. Of Hutton, co. York. D. at Nivelle, Belgium, 27th April, 1860.
30. Afterwards sub-inspector of the Constabulary in Ireland. D. at Plymouth, 7th Sept., 1844.
31. Nephew to Sir Henry Walton Ellis, col. of this regt., who fell at Waterloo. Mentioned in Lord Albemarle’s autobiography. In the regt. in 1830.
32. Retd. f. p. 1827. D. 1839.
33. Out of the regt. 13th July, 1826.
34. Afterwards Surgeon-Major Thomas Smith, M.D., h. p. Joined the service in 1812; served in the campaigns of 1813, 1814, and 1815; was present at Vittoria, the Pyrenees, Nivelle, Orthes, and Toulouse. His commissions are dated: Hospital Assistant, March 29, 1812; Assist.-Surgeon, July 2, 1812; Surgeon, July 13, 1826; Surgeon-Major, Jan. 4, 1839. Living in 1874.
35. H. p. 1816.
36. D. in Apr., 1841, at Glasgow, as Surgeon 58th Foot.