54th (Or the West Norfolk) Regiment of Foot
| Rank in the | |||||
| LIEUT.-COLONEL. | Regiment. | Army. | |||
| John, Earl Waldegrave | 26 | Nov. | 1812 | ||
| MAJORS. | |||||
| 1 | Sir Neil Campbell, Kt. | 20 | Feb. | 1806 | Col., 4 June, 1814 |
| 2 | Allan Kelly | 31 | Oct. | 1811 | |
| CAPTAINS. | |||||
| 3 | Thos. Cox Kirby | 25 | Sept. | 1806 | |
| Richard Blakeman | 15 | Mar. | 1809 | ||
| Walter Crofton, K. | 16 | Mar. | 1809 | ||
| 4 | James Leslie | 3 | Jan. | 1811 | |
| Gilhow J. Tappenham | 12 | Dec. | 1811 | ||
| George Black | 9 | July, | 1812 | ||
| Thos. Chartres | 28 | Apr. | 1814 | ||
| LIEUTENANTS. | |||||
| George Fraser | 11 | Dec. | 1806 | ||
| 5 | Gonville Bromhead | 23 | Mar. | 1809 | |
| 6 | Edward Alleyne Evanson | 20 | Apr. | 1809 | |
| 7 | John Pillon | 11 | May, | 1809 | 20 Mar. 1807 |
| Robert Woodgate | 28 | Sept. | 1809 | ||
| Wm. Claus | 22 | Feb. | 1810 | ||
| Richard Kelly | 14 | June, | 1810 | ||
| John Grey | 19 | Sept. | 1811 | ||
| 8 | Philip Mandilhon | 7 | Nov. | 1811 | |
| Joseph Henry Potts | 12 | Dec. | 1811 | ||
| Robert Leacroft | 21 | Aug. | 1812 | ||
| Francis Taylor | 10 | Sept. | 1812 | ||
| 9 | Edward Marcon | 20 | May, | 1813 | |
| John Reid | 22 | Oct. | 1813 | ||
| Richard Stacpoole | 15 | Dec. | 1813 | ||
| Francis Burgess | 16 | Dec. | 1813 | ||
| Wm. Pilkington | 12 | May, | 1814 | ||
| Wm. Nich. Persse | 2 | June, | 1814 | ||
| 10 | Dixon Denham | 1 | Dec. | 1814 | 7 Sept. 1813 |
| Francis Hutchinson | 8 | Dec. | 1814 | ||
| 11 | M. Stoughton H. Lloyd | 2 | Mar. | 1815 | |
| ENSIGNS. | |||||
| Edward Nugent | 23 | Dec. | 1813 | ||
| Thos. Fraser | 5 | May, | 1814 | ||
| 12 | Charles Hill | 12 | May, | 1814 | |
| 13 | John Clark | 2 | June, | 1814 | |
| 14 | C.W. Thomas | 17 | Nov. | 1814 | 15 July, 1814 |
| Alexander Mathewson | 8 | Dec. | 1814 | ||
| 15 | Pryce Clarke | 2 | Mar. | 1815 | |
| PAYMASTER. | |||||
| Henry Irwin | 11 | Feb. | 1813 | 18 June, 1801 | |
| QUARTERMASTER. | |||||
| 16 | Wm. Coates | 1 | Aug. | 1811 | |
| SURGEON. | |||||
| George Redmond | 11 | Sept. | 1806 | ||
| ASSISTANT-SURGEONS. | |||||
| Moore F. Fynan | 28 | Feb. | 1811 | ||
| George Leech | 25 | Nov. | 1813 | ||
| Facings green. Lace silver. | |||||
16. Retd. f. p. 1827.
Notes
1. “The man who let Boney go.” This distinguished officer was second son of Capt. Neil Campbell, of Duntroon. Bn. 1st May, 1776. Joined 6th West India Regt. as ensign in 1797. After three years’ service in West Indies returned to England and joined 95th Rifles as a lieut., and in following year purchased a company in same regt. In 1805 was promoted major in 43rd Foot, and in 1806 was removed to 54th Foot. Served with this regt. in Jamaica, and in 1808 returned home. Again sent to West Indies as a bt. lt.-col. on the staff, and in that capacity was present at the capture of Guadaloupe. Commanded a Portuguese regt. during the Par. War. In Feb., 1813, was sent to Russia by the British Government, and was employed by Gen. Lord Cathcart, British Ambassador at St. Petersburg, to accompany a corps of the Russian army and report on its force and military operations. In the autumn of 1813 was detached to the siege of Dantzig, where a corps of 30,000 men was employed under Prince Alexander of Wurtemberg. On the 24th March, 1814, was severely wounded at Fere Champenoise, in France, in a cavalry charge, by a Cossack, who mistook him for a French officer and struck him to the ground. In April, 1814, was chosen by the British Government to accompany Napoleon from Fontainebleau to Elba. Author of Napoleon at Fontainebleau. In the following spring, whilst Col. Campbell was at Florence, having left Elba for a few days on pressing business, Napoleon formed and carried out his plan of escape. Commanded the 54th in 1815, and was at the storming of Cambray. C.B. Gold cross for the capture of Martinique and Guadaloupe, siege of Ciudad Rodrigo, and battle of Salamanca. A knight bachelor, maj.-gen., Governor of Sierra Leone, where he died of fever, 14th Aug., 1827.
2. Bt. lt.-col. 12th Aug., 1819. D. in 1829.
3. Retd. as bt. lt.-col. 1845. D. 1850.
4. Lt.-col. unatt. 23rd Nov., 1841. D. in Edinburgh in Feb., 1853.
5. Son of Lt.-Gen. Sir Gonville Bromhead, 1st Bart., by Jane, youngest dau. of Sir Charles Ffrench, Bart. In 1830 was a maj. on the h. p. list. Bn. 22nd Jan., 1791. M., 1823, Judith Coriston, youngest dau. of James Wood, of Woodville, co. Sligo.
6. Son of Alderman Evanson, of Cork. D. as capt. in this regt. in Jan. 1827.
7. Paymaster Nov., 1818. Retd. 1825. D. in Feb., 1854.
8. Capt. 30th Jan., 1823. D. at Trichinopoly, 30th June, 1836.
9. Capt. 3rd Jan., 1822. H. p., capt. 78th Foot, 6th Feb., 1823.
10. Lieut. 64th Foot 9th Dec., 1819. Capt. h. p., 3rd Foot, 24th Oct., 1821. Given the local rank of major while serving in Africa, 22nd Nov., 1821.
11. Afterwards Maj.-Gen. M.S.H. Lloyd, h. p. unattached. Entered the army in 1813. He was present at the taking of Cambray and Paris, also served in India against the Rajah of Kolapore (1826), and in the campaign in the southern Mahratta country (1844). His commissions are dated: Ensign, Dec. 16th, 1813; Lieut. March 2nd, 1815; Capt. Sept. 13th, 1835; Maj. Nov. 9th, 1846; Lt.-col. June 20th, 1854; Col. May 14th, 1859; Maj.-Gen. March 6th, 1868. Son of Richard Bateman Lloyd, by Eliz., widow of Capt. Trant. Living 1876.
12. Capt. 5th Jan., 1826. Bt.-major 23rd Nov., 1841. Retd. Nov., 1846, on full pay. D. 1852.
13. Lieut. 27th Nov., 1821. Capt. 29th Aug., 1826. Major 25th Dec., 1829. Lt.-col. 23rd Nov., 1841. Col. 20th June, 1854. Major-Gen. 26th Oct., 1858. Served the campaign of 1824–5 in Ava, including the taking of Rangoon. Led the attack upon the fortified heights of Aracan, and was sev. wounded. K.H. and medal. At the time of his death, 22nd March, 1865, was hon. colonel of 59th Foot.
14. Lieut. 18th Apr., 1822. H. p. 30th Aug., 1826.
15. Lieut. 27th June, 1822. Adjt. 25th Oct., 1827. Capt. 16th July, 1833. Paymaster 92nd Highrs. 23rd July, 1844. D. or retd. 9th June, 1846.