The Napoleon Series British and the Men Who Led Them 1793-1815 By Steve Brown 39th of Foot Secondary Title: East Middlesex (to 1807); thence Dorsetshire

Regimental History, 39th Regiment of Foot 1702: August - raised by Colonel Richard Coote in Ireland 1703: Sankey's Regiment of Foot 1719: Ferrers Regiment of Foot 1722: Newton's Regiment of Foot 1730: Sir John Cope's Regiment of Foot 1732: Wentworth's Regiment of Foot 1737: Duke of Argyll's Regiment of Foot 1738: Onslow's Regiment of Foot 1739: Dalway's Regiment of Foot 1740: Whitshed's Regiment of Foot 1743: Richbell's Regiment of Foot 1751: Numbered as 39th Regiment of Foot 1782: Secondary title - East Middlesex 1803: 9 July - 2nd Battalion formed at Bexhill 1807: New county affiliation - Dorsetshire 1814: 24 December - 2nd Battalion disbanded at Winchester 1881: 1st Battalion, The Dorsetshire Regiment 1951: The Regiment 1958: The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment, on amalgamation with The 2005: The Devonshire and Dorset Light Infantry 2007: 1st Battalion,

Service History and Demographics, 1st Battalion 39th Regiment of Foot 1793: Ireland - Galway; August - Limerick; Cork; September - to West Indies; Barbados 1794: Barbados; February - capture of Martinique; Guadeloupe; Pont Gabbare; Berville 1795: Cadre to Ireland; recruited back to strength; October - to West Indies; Barbados 1796: Barbados; April - capture of Demerara; Berbice; garrison of Demerara; received 691 men from 93rd and 99th Foot 1797: Demerara 1798: Demerara 1799: Demerara 1800: Demerara; October - Surinam 1801: Surinam 1802: Surinam; December - Barbados 1803: Antigua; March - to England; April - Spithead; July - Silverhill; September - Worcester; November - Bexhill 1804: Bexhill; November - Hailsham 1805: Hailsham; March - Portsmouth; to Mediterranean; July - ; November - flank companies to Naples 1806: Malta; flank companies to Sicily; February - battalion re-united 1807: Malta; received large draft from 2nd Battalion | 92% English/Welsh, 1% Scots, 6% Irish, 1% Foreign 1808: Malta; May - flank companies to Sicily 1809: Malta; flank companies on Ischia, Procida and Scylla 1810: Malta; June - Sicily 1811: Sicily; August – to Peninsula; October - Lisbon; joined 2nd Battalion 1812: Badajoz; Salamanca; Madrid; Coria 1813: VITTORIA; Maya; Dona Maria; PYRENEES; NIVELLE; NIVE | 78% English/Welsh, 3% Scots, 18% Irish, 1% Foreign 1814: Garris; ORTHEZ; Castillon; Toulouse; Bourdeaux; June - to Lower Canada; August - Quebec; Chambly; Plattsburg 1815: Chambly; May - Quebec; to England; June - Portsmouth; July - Belgium; Paris; Army of Occupation 1818: Calais; to England.

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Service History and Demographics, 2nd Battalion 39th Regiment of Foot 1803: July - formed in Bexhill; November - Battle 1804: Bexhill; November - Chichester; November - Plymouth; December - Guernsey 1805: Guernsey 1806: Guernsey; February - to Ireland; Cork; Dublin; limited service men to 6th Garrison Battalion, draft to 1st Battalion 1807: January - cadre to England; Liverpool; February - Edmonton; June - Broomsgrove; August - Kidderminster; August - Plymouth; October - Berryhead 1808: Berryhead; May - Guernsey; received many volunteers | 90% English/Welsh, 1% Scots, 9% Irish 1809: Guernsey; June – to Peninsula; July - Lisbon; to Field Army; Abrantes 1810: Abrantes; BUSSACO; Lines of Torres Vedras; Almeirem 1811: Campo Mayor; 1st siege of BADAJOZ; Albuera; Arroyo Dos Molinos; December - effectives into 1st Battalion, cadre home to recruit 1812: Lisbon; to England; February - Weymouth; October - Exeter; December - Weymouth 1813: Weymouth; sent draft to 1st Battalion 1814: Weymouth; April - Colchester 1815: Weymouth; April - Winchester; draft to 1st Battalion; December - disbanded at Winchester.

Significant Militia/Volunteer Intakes: (militia units unless noted otherwise) 1799: Cornish Miners 1803: Cheshire, Shropshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire 1804: South Gloucestershire; received Shropshire Additional Force Act men 1805: South Gloucestershire; County Carlow 1806: North Hampshire; County Sligo; sent limited service men to 6th Garrison Battalion 1807: Tower Hamlets 1808: Leicestershire 1809: County Donegal; County Limerick 1811: Sussex 1812: Hertfordshire; Sussex; County Donegal

Colonels

Sir Robert BOYD Born: 1710 Regimental Service: Joined army in 1758 as lieutenant-colonel (unattached) due to gallant services as a civilian on Minorca; Colonel of 39th Foot 6 August 1766 Early Service: Lieutenant-Governor of 1768; Governor of Gibraltar 1790 Brevets & Staff Service: Major-General 25 May 1772; Lieutenant-General 29 August 1777; General 12 October 1793 Awards & Honours: KB Died: Gibraltar 13 May 1794.

Nisbett BALFOUR Royal Military Calendar Entry: No. 24 Born: Scotland 1743 Regimental Service: Major in 4th Foot 4 June 1777; Lieutenant-Colonel in 23rd Foot 31 January 1778; Colonel of 93rd Foot 30 October 1793; Colonel of 39th Foot 2 July 1794 (vice Boyd) Early Service: Served in American Revolution 1775-1781 Service 1793-1815: Served in Flanders 1794 Brevets & Staff Service: Brevet Colonel 20 November 1782; Major-General 12 October 1793; Lieutenant- General 1 January 1798; General 25 September 1803 Awards & Honours: MP 1790-1802 Died: Scotland 16 October 1823.

Lieutenant-Colonels AGC = Army Gold Cross (clasps in brackets) LAGM = Large Army Gold Medal (clasps in brackets) SAGM = Small Army Gold Medal (clasps in brackets) MGSM = Military General Service Medal (Silver Medal) (clasps in brackets)

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Henry BARRY Born: 1750 Regimental Service: Lieutenant-Colonel in 39th Foot 8 December 1790 Early Service: ADC to Lord Rawdon in North America 1775-1777; served in India; commanded 39th Foot 1790-1793 Brevets & Staff Service: Brevet Colonel 19 July 1793 Retired: March 1793 Died: Bath 2 November 1822.

Stephen Francis William FREMANTLE Relations: Father of Lieutenant-Colonel John Fremantle; brother of Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Francis Fremantle and Lieutenant-Colonel John Edwards Fremantle Regimental Service: Major in 18th Light Dragoons 31 December 1791;Lieutenant-Colonel in 39th Foot 31 March 1793 (vice Barry) Service 1793-1815: Commanded 39th Foot in West Indies 1793-1794 Awards & Honours: MP Ireland 1790-1794 Died: of fever on Guadeloupe August 1794.

Hugh Henry MAGAN Born: Ireland 1760 Regimental Service: Major in 39th Foot 31 October 1792; Lieutenant-Colonel 1 November 1793 (vice Fremantle) Service 1793-1815: Commanded 39th Foot in West Indies 1794-1795 Brevets & Staff Service: Brevet Colonel 26 January 1797; Brigadier-General in West Indies 27 December 1797; Major-General 25 September 1803 Died: 2 June 1805.

Sir Thomas HISLOP, Bt. Royal Military Calendar Entry: No. 229 Born: 1764 Relations: Son of Lieutenant-Colonel William Hislop Regimental Service: Major in 39th Foot 16 August 1794 (vice Magan); brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 25 March 1795; Lieutenant-Colonel in 115th Foot 25 March 1795; Lieutenant-Colonel 1 September 1795; to Lieutenant- Colonel in 6th West India Regiment 6 September 1798; Colonel of 48th Foot 25 December 1829 Early Service: Served at Gibraltar 1782; ADC to David Dundas 1792 Service 1793-1815: Commandant at Demerara 1796; served on Martinique 1809; served on Guadeloupe 1810; Commander-in-Chief at Madras 27 May 1813 Brevets & Staff Service: Brevet Colonel 29 April 1802; Major-General 25 October 1809; Lieutenant-General 4 June 1814; General 10 January 1837 Awards & Honours: GCB Died: Kent 3 May 1843.

George BELL Regimental Service: Major in 39th Foot 1 September 1795 (vice Hislop); Lieutenant-Colonel 6 September 1798 (vice Hislop) Service 1793-1815: Served in West Indies 1794-1795; commanded 39th Foot in South America 1798-1803 Retired: July 1803.

Hon. Sir Robert William O'CALLAGHAN Royal Military Calendar Entry: No. 545 Born: Ireland 1777 Relations: Son of 1st Baron Lismore of Shanbally Regimental Service: Major in 40th Foot 17 February 1803; Lieutenant-Colonel in 39th Foot 16 July 1803 Service 1793-1815: Served at Maida 1806; commanded 1/39th Foot in Peninsula October 1811 to April 1814; commanded brigade in 2nd Division January to July 1813 and February to April 1814 Brevets & Staff Service: Brevet Colonel 1 January 1812; Major-General 4 June 1814; Lieutenant-General 22 July 1830 Awards & Honours: AGC (Maid Vitt Pyr Nlle Nive Orth); GCB; MP 1797-1800 Died: London 9 June 1840.

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George WILSON Regimental Service: Major in 39th Foot 1 September 1795; brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 1 January 1801; Lieutenant-Colonel in 9th Battalion of Reserve 9 July 1803; Lieutenant-Colonel in 39th Foot 15 October 1803 Service 1793-1815: Served in West Indies 1794-1795; commanded 2/39th Foot 1804-1809; commanded 2/39th Foot in Peninsula July 1809 to September 1811; served on staff October 1811 to January 1813 Brevets & Staff Service: Brevet Colonel 25 July 1810 Died: of fever at Moralejo 6 January 1813.

Cavendish STURT Royal Military Calendar Entry: No. 839 Regimental Service: Major in 39th Foot 9 July 1803; brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 25 October 1809; Lieutenant- Colonel 1 April 1813 (vice Wilson) Service 1793-1815: Commanded 1/39th Foot in Malta and Sicily 1810; served in Peninsula with 1/39th Foot October 1811 to May 1813; commanded 39th Foot in France 1815 Brevets & Staff Service: Brevet Colonel 12 August 1819 Retired: 1824.

Charles BRUCE Royal Military Calendar Entry: No. 878 Born: India 1777 Regimental Service: Major in 39th Foot 21 March 1805 (vice Murray); brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 25 July 1810; Lieutenant-Colonel 29 June 1815; to half-pay 25 February 1816; Lieutenant-Colonel in 69th Foot March 1820 Service 1793-1815: Served in West Indies 1794-1795; served in Peninsula with 1/39th Foot October 1811 to April 1814; commanded 1/39th 1813-1814, wounded at Garris; served in Canada 1814; served in France 1815 Awards & Honours: AGC (Vitt Nlle Nive Orth); KCB Died: 27 August 1832.

Majors AGC = Army Gold Cross (clasps in brackets) LAGM = Large Army Gold Medal (clasps in brackets) SAGM = Small Army Gold Medal (clasps in brackets) MGSM = Military General Service Medal (Silver Medal) (clasps in brackets)

Matthew JENOUR Regimental Service: Major in 39th Foot 6 September 1798 (vice Bell); brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 1 January 1800; to Lieutenant-Colonel in 9th Battalion of Reserve 15 October 1803; to half-pay; Lieutenant-Colonel in 7th West India Regiment 16 July 1807 Died: 24 July 1808.

John MAISTER Royal Military Calendar Entry: No. 727 Born: Hull 1778 Regimental Service: Major in 20th Foot 20 June 1801; to half-pay 1802; Major in 39th Foot 9 July 1803 (vice Wilson); to Lieutenant-Colonel in 34th Foot 20 August 1807; to half-pay Service 1793-1815: Served at Helder 1799 Brevets & Staff Service: Brevet Colonel 4 June 1814; Major-General 19 July 1821; Lieutenant-General 10 January 1837 Later Service: Commander-in-Chief Windward & Leeward Islands 1839 Died: Yorkshire 1852.

John MURRAY Royal Military Calendar Entry: No. 615 Born: Jamaica Regimental Service: Major in 4th Foot 18 July 1801; Major in 39th Foot 9 July 1803; Lieutenant-Colonel in 100th Foot 21 March 1805 Service 1793-1815: Served in Canada 1805-1815; Inspecting Field Officer in Canada Brevets & Staff Service: Brevet Colonel 4 June 1813; Major-General 12 August 1819 Awards & Honours: CB Died: Brighton 21 February 1832.

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Boyd HORSBURGH Regimental Service: Major in 39th Foot 31 October 1803 (vice Jenour) Retired: February 1808.

Patrick LINDSAY, Kt. Royal Military Calendar Entry: No. 1047 Born: Scotland 1778 Relations: Son of Lieutenant-Colonel John Lindsay Regimental Service: Major in 39th Foot 1 October 1807 (vice Maister); brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 20 June 1811 Service 1793-1815: Served in Flanders 1794-1795; served in West Indies 1796; served in Sicily 1805; served in Peninsula with 2/39th Foot July 1809 to January 1812; in Peninsula with 1/39th Foot October 1813 to April 1814; served in Canada 1814 Brevets & Staff Service: Brevet Colonel 25 May 1825; Major-General 10 January 1837 Later Service: Served in New South Wales 1827-1832, Acting Governor 1831; served at Coorg 1834 Awards & Honours: SAGM (Alb); KCB; KCH; knighted as 8th Earl of Lindsay 1837 Died: Edinburgh 14 March 1839.

Roger PARKE Royal Military Calendar Entry: No. 1397 Born: Ireland Regimental Service: Major in 39th Foot 25 February 1808 (vice Horsburgh); brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 4 June 1814 Service 1793-1815: Served in West Indies 1794-1795; served at Naples 1805; served in Pensinsula with 1/39th Foot July 1809 to January 1812; served in Canada 1814 Brevets & Staff Service: Brevet Colonel 10 January 1837; Major-General 9 November 1846 Awards & Honours: MGSM (Alb)

Henry STANDISH Royal Military Calendar Entry: No. 1918 Regimental Service: Major in 39th Foot 1 April 1813 (vice Sturt); to half-pay 25 February 1816; brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 19 July 1821 Service 1793-1815: Served in Egypt 1801; served in Peninsula with 1/39th Foot October 1811 to July 1813 Awards & Honours: MGSM (Egt)

William Hart LAPSLIE Royal Military Calendar Entry: No. 2036 Regimental Service: Major in 39th Foot 29 June 1815 (vice Bruce); to half-pay 25 February 1816; brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 22 July 1830 Died: Weymouth 1831.

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