Appendix
General Sir Samuel Hawker, G.C.H., entered the army as a Cornet in the Sixteenth Light Dragoons, on the 15th May, 1779, and rose to the rank of Major in April, 1797. On the 6th June, 1799, he was appointed to the lieutenant-colonelcy of the Sussex Fencible Cavalry, and was removed to the Fourteenth Light Dragoons on the 12th of June, 1800. On the 25th April, 1808, he was appointed one of the aides-de-camp to King George III, with the rank of Colonel in the army, as a mark of His Majesty’s approval of his services, and of the efficient state of the Fourteenth Light Dragoons. In December, 1808, he embarked for Portugal in command of the regiment, and was engaged in several actions with the French army, particularly at the memorable battle of Talavera, where the regiment distinguished itself, and was highly commended in the official despatches:—He was promoted to the rank of Major-General on the 4th June, 1811, and relinquished the command of the regiment at that period: he was appointed to serve as a Major-General upon the staff of Great Britain on the 25th November, 1811, and was employed in the eastern district until the 24th September, 1814: he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-General on the 19th July, 1821; and on the 22nd July, 1829, was appointed Captain of Yarmouth Castle in the Isle of Wight.
On the 22nd April, 1831, he was nominated by His Majesty King William IV., to the Colonelcy of the Third, or Prince of Wales’s Dragoon Guards; he was advanced to the rank of General on the 28th June, 1838; and he died on the 27th December of that year, after a faithful service of nearly sixty years.
Lieutenant-Colonel Neil Talbot entered the army as an ensign in the twenty-seventh regiment on the 25th June 1789; was promoted to a lieutenancy on the 30th November 1791; and to a company in the hundred and eighteenth regiment, on the 10th July 1794. On the 19th October 1796, Captain Talbot was removed to the Fourteenth light dragoons; he was promoted to a majority on the 25th June 1802, and to a lieut.-colonelcy on the 22nd August 1805. In December 1808, he embarked with the regiment for the Peninsula. Lieutenant-Colonel Talbot was engaged in an affair with the enemy near Sexmiro on the 11th July 1810, when an attempt was made to cut off the French piquets on the Agueda. On this occasion Lieutenant-Colonel Talbot was killed.
Colonel Sir Felton Bathurst Hervey, Bart., entered the army as a cornet in the third dragoon guards on the 6th May 1800. He was promoted to a company of infantry on the 9th July 1803, and removed to the Fourteenth light dragoons on the 28th of July of that year; he was promoted major on the 8th May 1806. On the 2nd August 1810, he was promoted to be lieutenant-colonel of the regiment in succession to Lieutenant-Colonel Talbot. He was appointed aide-de-camp to the Prince Regent with the rank of colonel, on the 4th June 1814. After commanding the regiment during four years of the Peninsular war, and obtaining several distinctions for gallant conduct, he died on 24th September 1819, to the great regret of the regiment, and of his numerous military and other friends.
Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Massey Baker, entered the army as an ensign in the twenty-seventh regiment on the 30th March 1788; was promoted to a lieutenancy on the 30th November 1791; and to a troop in the twenty-second dragoons on the 31st August 1795. He was removed to the Fourteenth light dragoons on the 3rd March 1804; was promoted to a majority on the 30th January 1813, and to the lieut.-colonelcy of the regiment on the 30th September 1819 in succession to Colonel Sir Felton B. Hervey, deceased. Lieutenant-Colonel Baker retired from the service on the 15th April 1829, and was succeeded by Lieutenant-Colonel John Townsend.
Lieutenant-Colonel John Townsend, entered the army as a cornet in the Fourteenth light dragoons on the 24th June 1805; was promoted to a lieutenancy on the 27th February 1806; to be captain of a troop on the 6th June 1811. He served in the Peninsula from December 1808, until taken prisoner near the city of Pau in France on the 8th March 1814, including the different affairs of the 10th and 11th May and in crossing the Douro on the 12th May 1809; battle of Talavera in July 1809; affair with the enemy’s advanced posts on the 11th July 1810 in front of Ciudad Rodrigo under the command of Colonel Talbot, who was killed; passage of the Coa; skirmishes of the rear guard from Almeida to the lines of Torres Vedras in 1810; affairs in the enemy’s retreat from Santarem to the frontiers of Spain from 6th March to 4th April 1811; battle of Fuentes d’Onor, where he was wounded; affair with the enemy’s lancers on the 25th September 1811; siege of Badajoz; affairs with the enemy’s cavalry at Usagre, Llerena, in front of Salamanca, and near Castrillos; battle of Salamanca; affair with the enemy’s rear guard near Panerandos; several skirmishes from Madrid to Ciudad Rodrigo, and from the 26th May near Salamanca to the battle of Vittoria; taking of a gun from the enemy near Pampeluna, and several engagements and skirmishes from the entrance of the British army into France, until the battle of Orthes. He embarked for America in October 1814, and was present at the attack on New Orleans on the 8th of January 1815. He was promoted to a majority on the 13th September 1821; and to the lieutenant-colonelcy of the regiment on the 16th April 1829. He embarked in command of the regiment for India on the 24th May 1841, and was appointed aide-de-camp to the Queen, with the rank of colonel, on the 23rd November, 1841. He returned from India, on leave of absence, in the early part of the year 1845, and died at Castle Townsend, in Ireland, on the 22nd April 1845.
Lieutenant-Colonel William Havelock, entered the army as ensign in the forty-third regiment on the 12th July 1810; was promoted lieutenant on the 12th May 1812, and captain in the thirty-second regiment on the 19th February 1818: he exchanged to the fourth light dragoons on the 19th July 1821, and was promoted major on the 31st December 1830. Major Havelock was promoted from the fourth light dragoons to be lieut.-colonel, on the augmentation of the Fourteenth light dragoons to the India establishment, on the 30th April 1841.
Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Harvey, entered the army as cornet in the fourth light dragoons on the 24th March 1825; was promoted lieutenant on the 4th May 1826, and captain of infantry on the 12th October 1830; he exchanged to the Fourteenth light dragoons, on the 27th December 1833, and was promoted major on the 30th April 1841. On the 31st December 1841, he received the rank of lieutenant-colonel by brevet, and was appointed second lieutenant-colonel of the Fourteenth light dragoons, on the decease of Lieutenant-Colonel Townsend, on the 23rd April 1845.
SUCCESSION OF MAJORS
OF THE
Fourteenth, or the KING’S LIGHT DRAGOONS.
| NAMES. | Dates of Appointment. | Dates of Removal, &c. | |
| T. O’Brien O’Loghlin | 19 Feb. | 1799 | Exchanged to 1st life guards on 14 August 1801. |
| Hon. James Butler | 14 October | 1799 | Retired from the service on 14 October 1800. |
| Henry Browne | 14 October | 1800 | Retired from the service in August 1804. |
| James Gambier | 14 August | 1801 | Retired 25th June 1802. |
| Neil Talbot | 25 June | 1802 | Promoted in August 1805 to be lieut.-colonel in the regiment. |
| Richard Pigot | 4 August | 1804 | Promoted to the lieut.-colonelcy of the 21st dragoons on the 1st May 1806. |
| Thomas Smith | 14 Nov. | 1805 | Retired from the service in July 1807. |
| F. B. Hervey | 8 May | 1806 | Promoted to be lieut.-colonel in the regiment on 2nd August 1810. |
| Hon. Charles Butler | 9 July | 1807 | Retired from the service on 30th January 1812. |
| John Chapman | 2 August | 1810 | Exchanged to the 3rd dragoon guards with Major Brotherton on 26th March 1812. |
| Charles Massey Baker | 30 January | 1812 | Promoted to be lieut.-colonel in the regiment. |
| Thos. W. Brotherton | 26 March | 1812 | Promoted to be lieut.-colonel by Brevet on the 19th May 1814, and exchanged to the half-pay of the 22nd light dragoons, on the 25th September 1820. He was nominated Aide-de-Camp to the King, with the rank of colonel, on the 22nd July 1830, and appointed Commandant of the Cavalry Depot at Maidstone on the 8th February 1832. He was promoted major-general on 23rd November 1841, and on the 17th August 1842 was appointed to the staff of the Northern District and stationed at York. On the 1st January 1847, he was nominated Inspecting-General of the Cavalry in Great Britain. |
| T. P. Milles | 30 Sept. | 1819 | Retired from the service in February 1828. |
| Hon. Henry Percy | 12 October | 1820 | Retired from the service in September 1824. |
| William Beckwith | 14 Feb. | 1828 | Promoted to be lieut.-colonel unattached in 1833. |
| Edward Lane Parry | 16 April | 1829 | Retired from the service in July 1835. |
| J. W. Simmons Smith | 17 July | 1835 | Retired in June 1838. |
| Charles Barton | 1 June | 1838 | Retired from the service in November 1842. |
| Edward Harvey | 30 April | 1841 | Promoted to be lieutenant-colonel on the augmentation of the regiment in May 1845. |
| Francis H. Stephens | 25 Nov. | 1842 | Exchanged to the 1st dragoons on 3rd February, 1843. |
| Charles P. Ainslie | 3 Feb. | 1843 | At present serving in the regiment. |
| Thomas Jones | 16 May | 1845 | Retired in May 1845. |
| Wm. Henry Archer | 16 May | 1845 | Exchanged to the 5th dragoon guards in September 1846. |
| John Wallace King | 8 Sept. | 1846 | At present serving in the regiment. |
The following list of the principal Battles, Sieges, and Actions which took place in the Peninsular War from 1808 to 1814, was prepared by the special command of His late Majesty King William the Fourth:—
[N.B. Honorary distinctions were granted for the nineteen actions marked thus *.]
Adjutant-General’s Office, Horse Guards, 7th Nov., 1835.
| 1808. | ||
| Lourinha | 15th August. | |
| * | Roleia | 17th ditto. |
| * | Vimiera | 21st ditto. |
| * | Sahagun, Benevente, &c. (Cavalry actions). | 20th and 29th December. |
| 1809. | ||
| * | Corunna. | 16th January. |
| Passage of the Vouga | 10th May. | |
| Grigon, Heights of | 11th ditto. | |
| Passage of the Douro } | ||
| and } | 12th ditto. | |
| Capture of Oporto } | ||
| Salamonde | 16th ditto. | |
| * | Talavera | 27th and 28th July. |
| 1810. | ||
| Barba del Puerco | 19th March. | |
| Ciudad Rodrigo surrendered to Marshal Ney | 10th July. | |
| Almeida surrendered | 24th ditto. | |
| Affair on the Coa | 24th ditto. | |
| Taking up the Lines at Busaco | 25th and 26th Sept. | |
| * | Busaco | 27th ditto. |
| Coimbra, Capture of | 8th October. | |
| 1811. | ||
| * | Barrosa | 5th March. |
| Pombal, Redinha, Casal Nova, and Foz d’Arronce | 11th, 12th, 14th, and 15th ditto. | |
| Campo Mayor | 25th ditto. | |
| Guarda | 29th ditto. | |
| Sabugal | 3rd April. | |
| Olivença | 15th ditto. | |
| * | Fuentes d’Onor | 3rd and 5th May. |
| Badajoz, Siege of (raised 15th May) | 8th to 15th ditto. | |
| Barba del Puerco | 11th ditto. | |
| * | Albuhera | 16th ditto. |
| Usagre (Cavalry Action) | 25th ditto. | |
| Badajoz, Second Siege (raised 11th June) | 30th May to 11th June. | |
| Affair near Campo Mayor | 22nd June. | |
| El Bodon | 25th September. | |
| Aldea de Ponte | 27th ditto. | |
| Arroyo dos Molinos | 28th October. | |
| Tarifa | 31st December. | |
| 1812. | ||
| * | Ciudad Rodrigo, Siege of (taken 19th January) | 8th to 19th January. |
| * | Badajoz, Third Siege of (taken 6th April) | 17th March to 6th April. |
| Almaraz | 19th May. | |
| Llerena | 11th June. | |
| Villares, Heights of | 22nd ditto. | |
| Forts of Salamanca (taken 27th June) | 18th to 27th ditto. | |
| Castrajon | 18th July. | |
| * | Salamanca | 22nd ditto. |
| Ribera | 24th ditto. | |
| Majalahonda (Cavalry Action) | 11th August. | |
| Occupation of Madrid | 12th ditto. | |
| Fort Retiro, Madrid, capitulated | 14th ditto. | |
| Seville, Capture of | 27th ditto. | |
| Burgos, Fort St. Michael, near | 19th September. | |
| ——— Siege of (raised 20th October) | 20th Sept. to 20th Oct. | |
| Actions on the Retreat from Burgos | 23rd, 25th, 27th, 28th, and 29th Oct. | |
| Puente larga, on the Xarama | 30th October. | |
| Alba de Tormes | 10th and 11th Nov. | |
| 1813. | ||
| Castalla | 13th April. | |
| Salamanca | 26th May. | |
| Morales (Cavalry Action) | 2nd June. | |
| Tarragona, Siege raised by Sir John Murray | 13th ditto. | |
| { Hormaza | 12th ditto. | |
| On the Ebro. { Osma | 18th ditto. | |
| { Bayas | 19th ditto. | |
| * | Vittoria | 21st ditto. |
| Villa Franca and Tolosa | 24th and 25th ditto. | |
| Bastan, Valley of | 4th, 5th, and 7th July. | |
| St. Bartholomew, near St. Sebastian | 17th ditto. | |
| Pass of Maya | 25th ditto. | |
| Roncevalles | 25th ditto. | |
| St. Sebastian, Assault of (failed) | 25th July. | |
| Attack on General Picton’s Division | 27th ditto. | |
| * | Pyrenees | 28th July to 2nd Aug. |
| * | St. Sebastian, Assault and Capture | 31st August. |
| St. Marcial, Heights of | 31st ditto. | |
| Ordal, Pass of | 12th and 13th Sept. | |
| Bidassoa, Passage of | 7th October. | |
| ———— forcing Enemy’s Lines | 9th ditto. | |
| * | Nivelle | 10th November. |
| * | Nive | 9th to 13th December. |
| 1814. | ||
| Hellette | 14th February. | |
| Garris, near St. Palais, Heights of | 15th ditto. | |
| Arrivarette ditto | 17th ditto. | |
| Passage of the Adour | 23rd and 24th ditto. | |
| * | Orthes | 27th ditto. |
| { Aire | 2nd March. | |
| { Vic Bigorre | 18th ditto. | |
| Affairs at { Tarbes | 20th ditto. | |
| { St. Gandens | 22nd ditto. | |
| Cavalry Affair near Toulouse | 8th April. | |
| * | Toulouse | 10th ditto. |
| Sortie from Bayonne | 14th ditto. | |
London: Printed by W. Clowes and Sons, Stamford Street,
For Her Majesty’s Stationery Office.