40th (or 2nd Somersetshire) Regiment of Foot
(1st Battalion.)
| Rank in the | |||||
| MAJORS. | Regiment. | Army. | |||
| 1 | Arthur Rowley Heyland, K. | 10 | Nov. | 1814 | 26 Aug. 1813 |
| 2 | Fielding Browne | 19 | Jan. | 1815 | |
| CAPTAINS. | |||||
| 3 | Sempronius Stretton | 11 | Sept. | 1806 | Maj., 22 Nov. 1813 |
| 4 | Conyngham Ellis, W. | 30 | Nov. | 1809 | |
| 5 | John Henry Barnett, W. | 13 | June, | 1811 | |
| 6 | Robert Phillips | 25 | July, | 1811 | |
| 7 | Wm. Fisher, K. | 19 | Sept. | 1811 | |
| 8 | Edward Cole Bowen | 7 | Nov. | 1811 | |
| 9 | Peter Bishop | 12 | Mar. | 1812 | |
| 10 | Thos. Decimus Franklyn | 10 | Nov. | 1814 | |
| LIEUTENANTS. | |||||
| 11 | John Thoreau | 28 | May, | 1807 | |
| 12 | Robert Moore, W. | 14 | Apr. | 1808 | |
| 13 | Wm. Oliver Sandwith | 25 | May, | 1809 | 2 Oct. 1805 |
| 14 | Wm. Manning, Adjt. | 14 | Sept. | 1809 | |
| 15 | Henry Millar | 5 | Sept. | 1810 | |
| 16 | John Richardson | 6 | Sept. | 1810 | |
| 17 | James Anthony, W. | 16 | May, | 1811 | |
| 18 | James Mill, W. | 18 | Sept. | 1811 | |
| 19 | Andrew Eugene Glynne, W. | 19 | Sept. | 1811 | |
| 20 | Wm. Neilly | 26 | Sept. | 1811 | |
| 21 | Richard Hudson | 7 | Nov. | 1811 | |
| 22 | Henry Wilkinson | 12 | May, | 1812 | |
| 23 | John Foulkes | 14 | May, | 1812 | |
| 24 | Thos. Campbell, W. | 3 | Sept. | 1812 | |
| 25 | Hugh Boyd Wray | 10 | Sept. | 1812 | |
| 26 | Richard Jones | 8 | Oct. | 1812 | |
| 27 | Hon. Michael Browne, W. | 10 | Dec. | 1812 | |
| 28 | Illay Robb, W. | 23 | Dec. | 1812 | |
| 29 | Donald Macdonald | 7 | June, | 1815 | |
| 30 | Frederick Ford, K. | ||||
| 31 | George Hibbert | 14 | June, | 1815 | |
| 32 | Richard Rudd | 15 | June, | 1815 | |
| ENSIGNS. | |||||
| 33 | Henry Hemsley, W. | 25 | Apr. | 1813 | |
| 34 | J.L. Wall | 25 | Aug. | 1813 | |
| 35 | Pharaoh Harley | 26 | Aug. | 1813 | |
| 36 | Henry Glyn | 25 | Nov. | 1813 | |
| 37 | Wm. Aldworth Clarke, W. | 6 | Jan. | 1814 | |
| 38 | Richard Thornhill, W. | 7 | June, | 1815 | |
| 39 | James Murphy | 8 | June, | 1815 | |
| PAYMASTER. | |||||
| Fred. Holland Durand | 10 | Mar. | 1814 | ||
| SURGEON. | |||||
| 40 | Wm. Jones | 3 | Sept. | 1812 | |
| ASSISTANT-SURGEONS. | |||||
| Wm. Barry | 4 | Jan. | 1810 | ||
| George Scott | 9 | Sept. | 1813 | ||
| Facings buff. Lace gold. | |||||
Notes
1. Eldest son of Rowland Heyland, of Castle Roe, co. Derry, by his 2nd wife (née MacDonald). M. Mary Kyffin, and had issue. His eldest son distinguished himself in the Crimea, and the youngest lost an arm at the battle of the Alma.
2. C.B. and bt. lt.-col. for Waterloo, where he commanded his regt. during the latter part of the battle. Promoted major in Rifle Brigade. Placed on h. p. 1820. Col. 1837. Served throughout the Par. War, and commanded the regt. at the assault of Badajoz, for which he received the gold medal. In 1848 he received the silver war medal with 7 clasps. Served also at New Orleans. For some years he held the appointment of barrack-master at the Regent’s Park Barracks, and d. in London 22nd July, 1864.
3. Afterwards Lt.-Col. S. Stretton, C.B., of Lenton Priory, Notts. Lt.-col. 21st June, 1817. Retired on h. p. 1824. M., 3rd March, 1821, the Hon. Catherine Massey, dau. of Nathaniel, 2nd Baron Clarina. (She d. 3rd July same year.) D. 6th Feb., 1842. M.I. in Athlone parish church. The tablet gives Col. Stretton’s services in the Pa. as follows:—“He was present in the following battles, in several of which he had the honour to command the above distinguished corps, viz., Vittoria, Pampeluna, Roncevalles, the several actions in the Pyrenees [gold medal] heights of St. Antonio, the passage of the Bidassoa, and heights above Vera in Spain. The battle of Sara and passage of the Nivelle, Bayonne, and passage of the Nive, Orthes, and Toulouse.”
4. Made bt.-major for Waterloo. D. 1817.
5. Serving as senior capt. in 1830.
6. Serving in 1817. Out of the regt. before 1824.
7. This officer had his head taken off by a cannon ball in the afternoon of Waterloo Day, when standing near the colours. “There goes my best friend,” exclaimed a private of Capt. Fisher’s company. “I will be as good a friend to you,” said the subaltern, who immediately took the deceased’s place in the square. This produced a grim laugh among the men, as they knew what the subaltern did not—that the private had spoken ironically, for he was an old offender, and had constantly been punished by Capt. Fisher.—(Autobiography of Sergt. W. Lawrence.)
8. Retd. in 1823.
9. Of Bishop’s Court, Waterford. Major 7th Sept., 1828. Unattached list 1829. K.H. M., 7th Sept., 1815, Julia, dau. of Wm. Talbot, of Castle Talbot, and had issue. Living 1830.
10. Retired on h. p. 19th Sept., 1823. Served at Monte Video, Buenos Ayres, and in the Pa. D. at Thorpe-le-Soken 3rd Nov., 1857.
11. Capt. 19th July 1815. Exchanged to 37th Foot 3rd May, 1821. Bt.-major in 1837. Serving in 1842.
12. Capt. 20th July, 1815. Paymaster 10th June. 1824. D. in 1845.
13. H. p., 27th Foot, 28th June, 1821.
14. H. p., 21st Foot, 30th May, 1822.
15. Capt. 25th June, 1827. Serving in 1830.
16. Capt. 17th Nov., 1831. Exchanged to 83rd Foot in 1833. Retd. in 1840.
17. H. p. 18th Nov., 1819.
18. Was struck by a spent ball in his right eye, which was seriously impaired for life. (Pension.) Major 8th Apr., 1826. H. p. 7th May, 1829.
19. H. p. 1816. This officer lived to receive the Par. medal with nine clasps in 1849.
20. Capt. 63rd Foot 16th Aug., 1831. Sold out 1833. D. 1864. He recd. the Par. medal with nine clasps.
21. H. p., 22nd Foot, 21st March, 1822. D. in 1827.
22. H. p. 1818. D. in 1861.
23. H. p., 58th Foot, 26th Oct., 1820.
24. H. p. 1817.
25. H. p. 1817. D. 10th Feb., 1854.
26. H. p. 1817.
27. H. p. 1816. 4th son of Valentine, 5th Visct. Kenmare. D. 1825.
28. Superseded soon after Waterloo.
29. H. p. 25th Feb., 1816.
30. Shot through the spine, but lived a few hours.
31. Capt. 6th March, 1823. Major 13th Nov., 1835. C.O. during first Afghan War. (C.B., bt. lt.-col. and medal). Lt.-col. 22nd July, 1845. D. 12th Nov., 1847.
32. H. p. 25th Feb., 1816.
33. H. p. 28th Foot, 1822. D. at Chapel House, Ealing, 6th March, 1855.
34. H. p. 1816.
35. H. p. 1816.
36. H. p. 1816.
37. Lieut. 1st March, 1821. H. p. 25th Oct., 1821.
38. Served as a volunteer at Waterloo. Lieut. 15th Aug., 1822. Serving in 1825.
39. Served as a volunteer at Waterloo. Ens. 47th Foot 26th July, 1820. Lieut. 60th Rifles 1827.
40. D. in Aug., 1862, at Burton on Trent.