27th (Or Inniskilling) Regiment of FootI
(1st Battalion.)
| Rank in the | |||||
| CAPTAINS. | Regiment. | Army. | |||
| 1 | John Hare, W. | 9 | Sept. | 1805 | Maj., 17 June, 1813 |
| George Holmes, K. | 30 | Apr. | 1807 | ||
| 2 | John Tucker, W. | 3 | Mar. | 1808 | |
| LIEUTENANTS. | |||||
| 3 | George M’Donnell (sic) W. | 25 | July, | 1806 | |
| 4 | Wm. Henderson, W. | 8 | Oct. | 1806 | |
| 5 | Richard Handcock, W. | 5 | Nov. | 1806 | |
| 6 | Wm. Faithful Fortescue, W. | 4 | Dec. | 1806 | |
| 7 | Thomas Craddock, W. | 7 | May, | 1807 | |
| 8 | Wm. Talbot | 7 | Feb. | 1808 | |
| 9 | E.W. Drewe, W. | 9 | Feb. | 1808 | |
| 10 | Charles Manley, W. | 28 | July, | 1808 | |
| 11 | John Millar, W. | 11 | Sept. | 1808 | |
| 12 | John Betty | 7 | Mar. | 1810 | |
| 13 | Andrew Gardner | 30 | Sept. | 1813 | |
| ENSIGNS. | |||||
| 14 | Wm. Kater, W. | 22 | Apr. | 1813 | |
| 15 | John Ditmas, W. | 3 | June, | 1813 | |
| 16 | Thos. Smith, W. | 24 | June, | 1813 | |
| Samuel Ireland, K. | 25 | Aug. | 1815 | ||
| 17 | Tobias Handcock, W. | 4 | May, | 1815 | |
| QUARTERMASTER. | |||||
| 18 | Thomas Taylor | 26 | Sept. | 1805 | |
| ASSISTANT-SURGEONS. | |||||
| 19 | Gerald Fitzgerald | 25 | Apr. | 1811 | |
| 20 | Thomas Mostyn | 19 | Dec. | 1811 | |
| Facings buff. Lace gold. | |||||
Notes
I. This regt. had just returned from active service in America. Out of 698 men, this regt. lost 480 at Waterloo, having been almost blown to pieces when standing in square above the sandpit on the Charleroi road.
1. Afterwards Maj.-Gen. Hare, C.B. and K.H., Gov. of the Eastern District of the Cape of Good Hope. Began his military career as ensign in the Tarbet Fencibles, when he volunteered with 300 men into the regulars, and joined 69th Regt. Embarked for the Helder, and served in that campaign under the Duke of York. Served under Abercromby in Egypt. Also in Naples, Sicily, Calabria, and the Pa. Bt. lt.-col. for Waterloo. Lt.-col. of this regt. 31st March, 1825. D. on his passage home from the Cape in March, 1847.
2. His full name was John Montmorency Tucker. Exchanged as capt. to 8th Foot, 23rd May, 1816. Quitted the service before 1824. D. at Huggens’s Military Asylum, Northfleet, Kent, 22nd Feb., 1852.
3. Afterwards Gen. George Macdonald, Col.-in-Chf. 16th Foot, who lived to be “Father of the British Army.” Entered the army in 1805; joined the Expedition to Hanover in 1805; the Army in Sicily in 1806; the Expedition to Naples in 1810, and was present at the capture of Ischia and Procida; returned to Sicily in 1811; was subsequently employed in Spain, and was present at the battle of Castalla and siege of Tarragona; afterwards served in Canada. He was wounded no less than three times at Waterloo. Commissions dated: Ensign, Sept. 5, 1805; Lt., July 25, 1806; Capt., August 17, 1815; Maj., 31st Aug., 1830; Lt.-Col., 1837; Col., 1851; Maj.-Gen., 1855; Lt.-Gen., 1863; Gen., 1871.
4. Placed on h. p. 25th April, 1816. Living 1830.
5. Capt. 46th Foot, 17th Feb., 1837. Bt.-major same year. Living 1846.
6. D. from wounds received at Waterloo. 2nd son of John Fortescue, of 24th Foot, who was at the taking of Quebec. The above m., 1798, Honoria Oliver, and had issue.
7. 7th son of Wm. Cradock, of Loughborough, co. Leicester. Bn. 6th Oct., 1786. Served throughout the Par. War with the 27th Foot. At siege of Badajoz Lt. Cradock entered the town in command of his regt. Served at the attack on New Orleans in 1815. At Waterloo a bullet passed right through his cheeks carrying away the roof of his mouth. Appointed a Knight of Windsor in 1842. Retd. as major 73rd Foot. D. 5th April, 1851.
8. The “W” is omitted before this officer’s name in the Army List for 1824.
9. Capt. 7th Jan., 1824. Capt. 95th Foot 19th May, 1825. Serving in 1830.
10. Had a bullet through his thigh at Waterloo. Had served in the Pa. Capt. same regt. 10th Sept., 1829. D. in an apoplectic fit, 5th Nov., 1839, on board the ss. Barretta, jun., when 17 days’ sail from Cape of Good Hope.
11. Adjt. 25th Foot 6th November, 1823. H. p. capt. 13th March, 1827. D. about 1840.
12. Serving in 1817. Out of the regt. before 1824.
13. Living in 1874 as lt. half pay 27th Foot. Entered the Army in 1811. His commissions are dated: Ensign, 14th Nov., 1811; Lt., 30th Sept., 1813.
14. Lieut. 17th Aug., 1815. Out of the regt. before 1st Jan., 1817.
15. Lieut. 9th Nov., 1815. Lieut. 25th Foot 21st May, 1818. Son of Lt.-Col. Harry Ditmas, of the Garrison Batt. of Invalids.
16. Thos. Charlton Smith. Entered the Army in 1813. Served in the Pa., and was present at the affair of Ordal. He was sev. wnded. at Waterloo. Previously to entering the Army he served for a brief period in the Navy, and was three times wounded. His commissions are dated: Ensign, 24th June, 1813; Lt., 5th Aug., 1819; Capt., 27th March, 1835; Maj., 30th Sept., 1842; Lt.-col., 15th Sept., 1848; Col., 28th Nov., 1854; Maj.-gen., 21st Dec., 1862; Lt.-gen., 25th Oct., 1871.
17. H. p. 26th March, 1816.
18. Left the regt. in 1816.
19. Surgeon 69th Foot 7th Sept., 1815.
20. Hospital assistant 9th Nov., 1810. Surgeon 6th Oct., 1825. Serving in 1855. This veteran had the Par. medal with eight clasps, and had also served at the battle of Plattsburg, in America.