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The Napoleon Series British Infantry Regiments and the Men Who Led Them 1793-1815 By Steve Brown 45th Regiment of Foot Secondary Title: 1st Nottinghamshire

Regimental History, 45th Regiment of Foot 1741: Raised as Daniel Houghton's Regiment of Foot in Kent 1745: Warburton's Regiment of Foot 1751: Numbered as 45th Regiment of Foot 1782: Secondary title - 1st Nottinghamshire 1804: 8 August - 2nd Battalion formed at Mansfield 1814: 25 August - 2nd Battalion disbanded at Plymouth 1881: 1st Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire Regiment) 1902: The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) 1970: The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment (29th/45th Foot) on amalgamation with The Worcestershire Regiment 2007: The Mercian Regiment, on amalgamation with with The Cheshire Regiment and The Staffordshire Regiment

Service History and Demographics, 1st Battalion 45th Regiment of Foot 1793: West Indies - Grenada 1794: Grenada; April - drafted out on Barbados and cadre home to England; Bristol; Guernsey; November - Hilsea 1795: Portsmouth; February - to West Indies; April - Martinique; September - 7 companies on Martinique and 3 companies on The Saints 1796: Martinique, The Saints and St Kitts; July - Dominica; received draft of 344 men from home 1797: Dominica 1798: Dominica 1799: Dominica 1800: Dominica; The Saints 1801: The Saints; St Kitts; May - drafted out and to England; one transport kidnapped by POWs en route; July - Portsmouth; Hilsea; September - Horsham; Winchester; Portsmouth 1802: Portsmouth; April - to Ireland; Kinsale 1803: Kinsale; February - Limerick 1804: Limerick; June - Ballshannon 1805: Ballyshannon; May - received volunteers from Irish Militia; July - Enniskillen; Curragh of Kildare; Fermoy; Cork; embarked on Hanover expedition 1806: Disembarked in England; February - Brabourne Lees; July - Shorncliff; August - Portsmouth; to South America 1807: Cape Verde Islands; March - Cape Town; June - Monte Video; July - Buenos Ayres; to Ireland; December - Cork 1808: Cork; July - to Portugal; ROLICA; VIMEIRO; Peniche; Oporto 1809: Almeida; Lisbon; Villa Velha; TALAVERA; Campo Mayor; Thomar 1810: Pinhel; Lameiros; BUSACO; Lines of Torres Vedras; Tagarro 1811: Tagarro; Celorico; Nave d'Aver; FUENTES D'ONORO; Campo Mayor; Fuenteguinaldo 1812: CIUDAD RODRIGO; Albergaria; BADAJOZ; Albergaria; SALAMANCA; Madrid; retreat from Burgos; Fuenteguinaldo 1813: Moimenta de Beira; advance into Spain; VITTORIA; Irunzun; Pyrenees; NIVELLE; Zugarramurdi 1814: Hasparren; ORTHES; Vic-en-Bigorre; TOULOUSE; Grenade; Bordeaux; to Ireland; Cork; Enniskillen 1815: Enniskillen; March - Belfast; ordered to Belgium but did not sail.

Service History and Demographics, 2nd Battalion 45th Regiment of Foot 1804: August - formed at Mansfield 1805: Mansfield; May - Nottingham; November - Chelmsford; December - Colchester 1806: Colchester; February - Chelmsford; April - Maldon; June - Chelmsford 1807: Nottingham 1808: Nottingham; June - Manchester; July - Nottingham | 85% English/Welsh, 2% Scots, 13% Irish 1809: Nottingham 1810: Nottingham; May - Portsmouth; June - Guernsey 1811: Guernsey; June - Portsmouth; October - Steyning | 83% English/Welsh, 3% Scots, 14% Irish 1812: Horsham; April - Blatchington; December - Lewes 1813: Lewes; November - Blatchington 1814: Blatchington; September - Plymouth; Dartmoor; October - disbanded at Plymouth.

Significant Militia/Volunteer Intakes: (militia units unless noted otherwise) 1802: Northumberland Fencibles 1805: County Antrim; County Donegal; County Limerick; County Louth 1807: Derbyshire; Nottinghamshire 1808: Nottinghamshire; Worcestershire; County Limerick 1809: Derbyshire; Nottinghamshire; Leicestershire; South Lincolnshire; 2nd Tower Hamlets 1811: Invernesshire; City of Dublin 1812: Invernesshire 1813: Nottinghamshire

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Colonels

James Whorwood ADEANE Born: Oxfordshire 1740 Regimental Service: Major in 1st Troop Horse Grenadier Guards 8 June 1768; Lieutenant & Lieutenant-Colonel 1 August 1770; Colonel of 45th Foot 11 September 1788 Brevets & Staff Service: Brevet Colonel 19 February 1779; Major-General 20 November 1782; Lieutenant-General 3 May 1796; General 1 January 1801 Awards & Honours: MP 1780-1802 Died: 15 April 1802.

Cavendish LISTER Royal Military Calendar Entry: No. 21 Born: Leicestershire 1735 Regimental Service: Captain & Lieutenant-Colonel in 3rd Goot Guards 12 March 1768; 1st Major 31 July 1793; Lieutenant-Colonel 1 April 1795; Colonel of 45th Foot 27 April 1802 Early Service: Served in Germany 1760-1761; served in North America 1775-1777 Service 1793-1815: Governor of Landguard Fort 1801-1823 Brevets & Staff Service: Brevet Colonel 20 November 1782; Major-General 12 October 1793; Lieutenant-General 1 January 1798; General 25 September 1803 Died: Gloucestershire 2 February 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)

Oliver NICOLLS Royal Military Calendar Entry: No. 64 Born: Ireland c.1740 Relations: Father of Major Jasper Nicolls Regimental Service: Major in 1st Foot 14 March 1781; Lieutenant-Colonel in 1st Foot 5 February 1787; Lieutenant-Colonel in 45th Foot 31 March 1787; Colonel of 4th West India Regiment 20 May 1795; Colonel of 54th Foot 19 July 1807 (vice Baird); Colonel of 66th Foot 3 August 1808 Early Service: Served at Gibraltar; served in West Indies 1787-1794 Service 1793-1815: Commanded 45th Foot 1787-1795; Commander-in-Chief on Grenada 1792-1794; Commander-in-Chief Bombay 1802-1807; Governor of Anhalt 1813 Brevets & Staff Service: Brevet Colonel 1 March 1794; Brigadier-General and Quartermaster-General in West Indies 1795; Major- General 3 May 1796; Lieutenant-General 25 September 1803; General 4 June 1813 Died: Chichester December 1829.

Bryan BLUNDELL Born: Liverpool 1757 Regimental Service: Major in 44th Foot 4 April 1783; brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 18 November 1790; Lieutenant-Colonel in 45th Foot 20 May 1795 (vice Nicolls) Service 1793-1815: Commanded battalion of light infantry under Grey in West Indies 1794-1795; commanded 45th Foot 1795-1798 Brevets & Staff Service: Brevet Colonel 21 August 1795; Major-General 18 June 1798 Died: Exeter 23 September 1799.

Alexander FRASER Regimental Service: Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 1 March 1794; Lieutenant-Colonel in 45th Foot 1 September 1795 Died: Of fever on Dominica 6 August 1797.

James MONTGOMERIE Royal Military Calendar Entry: No. 239 Born: Scotland 1755 Relations: Youngest brother of 12th Earl of Eglinton Regimental Service: Major in 6th West India Regiment; Lieutenant-Colonel in 6th West India Regiment 20 May 1795; Lieutenant- Colonel in 45th Foot 4 October 1797 (vice Fraser); to Colonel of 74th Foot 26 April 1813; Colonel of 30th Foot 13 June 1823 Early Service: Served in West Indies Service 1793-1815: Commanded 45th Foot 1798-1804; Acting Governor of Demerara 1805-1808; Governor of Dominica 1808-1809 Brevets & Staff Service: Brevet Colonel 29 April 1802; Brigadier-General in Leeward Islands 1804; Major-General 25 October 1809; Lieutenant-General 4 June 1814 Awards & Honours: MP 1818-1829 Died: Bath 13 April 1829.

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William GUARD Royal Military Calendar Entry: No. 414 Born: Exeter 1773 Regimental Service: Major in 45th Foot 15 November 1797 (vice Wight); Lieutenant-Colonel 3 October 1799 (vice Blundell) Service 1793-1815: Served in West Indies 1794-1801; commanded 1/45th Foot 1804-1809; commanded 1/45th at Buenos Ayres; commanded 1/45th in Peninsula August 1808 to July 1809; wounded and POW at Talavera; released April 1814 Brevets & Staff Service: Brevet Colonel 25 October 1809; Major-General 4 June 1812; Lieutenant-General 27 May 1825 Later Service: Governor of Kinsale 1827-1830 Awards & Honours: SAGM (Rol Vim Tal) Died: Exeter 13 July 1830.

Frederick, Lord BENTINCK Royal Military Calendar Entry: No. 566 Born: Nottingham 1781 Regimental Service: Major in 7th Foot 21 April 1804; Lieutenant-Colonel in 45th Foot 5 May 1804 (vice Montgomerie); to Captain & Lieutenant-Colonel in 1st Foot Guards 31 January 1805; Lieutenant-Colonel 25 July 1814 Service 1793-1815: Attached to Austrian Army at Marengo 1800; served in Peninsula with 1/1st Foot Guards October 1808 to January 1809; and again July 1812 to April 1813; Deputy Adjutant-General in Peninsula April 1813 to April 1814 Brevets & Staff Service: Brevet Colonel 4 June 1813; Major-General 12 August 1819 Died: Rome 11 February 1828.

Hon. Charles FITZROY Born: Southampton 1762 Relations: Second son of 1st Baron Southampton Regimental Service: Captain & Lieutenant-Colonel in 1st Foot Guards 21 February 1794; Lieutenant-Colonel in 45th Foot 31 January 1805 (vice Bentinck); Colonel of 25th Foot 25 March 1805 Service 1793-1815: Served in Flanders 1793-1794; served at Helder 1799; ADC to King George III 25 September 1803 Brevets & Staff Service: Brevet Colonel 26 January 1797; Major-General 25 September 1803; Lieutenant-General 25 July 1810; General 19 July 1821 Died: London 18 October 1831.

Hon. John MEADE Royal Military Calendar Entry: No. 593 Born: County Down 1775 Relations: Younger son of 1st Earl of Clanwilliam Regimental Service: Lieutenant-Colonel in 16th Garrison Battalion 1 December 1804; to half-pay; Lieutenant-Colonel in 45th Foot 28 March 1805 (vice Fitzroy); to half-pay 1814 Service 1793-1815: Served in Flanders 1794-1795; served in Helder campaign 1799; commanded 2/45th Foot 1805-1810; commanded 1/45th in Peninsula July – November 1810 Brevets & Staff Service: Brevet Colonel 4 June 1813; Major-General 12 August 1819; Lieutenant-General 10 January 1837 Later Service: British Consul-General in Spain 1817–1849 Awards & Honours: SAGM (Bus) Died: Madrid 6 August 1849.

Henry RIDEWOOD Born: Horsham 1772 Relations: Step-son of Major William Molesworth-Hatch Madden (52nd Foot); step-brother of Edward Madden (95th Rifles), Monsoon Molesworth Madden (43rd Foot), William Madden (52nd Foot) and Wyndham Madden (43rd Foot) Regimental Service: Major in 52nd Foot 29 May 1806; to Lieutenant-Colonel in 45th Foot 27 June 1811 Service 1793-1815: Served in India and Ceylon 1794-1798; served at Copenhagen 1807; served in Peninsula with 52nd Foot August 1808 to January 1809; again in Peninsula with 1/52nd Foot July 1809 to April 1811; with 2/52nd Foot April to July 1811; commanded 1/45th Foot in Peninsula July 1812 to July 1813; mortally wounded at Vittoria Awards & Honours: SAGM (Sal Vit) Died: Of wounds after Vittoria 11 July 1813.

Henry CRAUFURD Born: Greenock, Renfrewshire 1774 Regimental Service: Brevet Major 25 April 1808; brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 25 April 1808; Lieutenant-Colonel in 45th Foot 26 August 1813 (vice Ridewood) Service 1793-1815: Served in Peninsula with 1/9th Foot August 1808 to January 1809; served at Walcheren 1809; again in Peninsula with 1/9th Foot March 1810 to August 1813; killed before could take up appointment with 45th Foot Awards & Honours: SAGM (Rol Vim Bus SSeb) Died: Killed in action at San Sebastian 31 August 1813.

Thomas FORBES Born: Newe, Aberdeenshire 1774 Regimental Service: Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 25 April 1808; Major in 6th West India Regiment 23 June 1808; exchanged to Major in 45th Foot 20 October 1808 (vice Browne); Lieutenant-Colonel 7 October 1813 (vice Craufurd) Service 1793-1815: Served in Peninsula January 1812 to January 1813; commanded 1/45th in Peninsula July 1813 to April 1814; wounded Salamanca and Orthez Awards & Honours: SAGM (Bad Nivelle Ort Toul) Died: Killed in action at Toulouse 10 April 1814.

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Leonard GREENWELL Royal Military Calendar Entry: No. 1176 Born: Kibblesworth, Durham 1781 Regimental Service: Major in 45th Foot 25 October 1810 (vice Smith); brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 17 August 1812; Lieutenant- Colonel 19 May 1814 (vice Forbes) Service 1793-1815: Served in South America 1807, wounded at Buenos Ayres; served in Peninsula August 1808 to July 1811; again in Peninsula March to September 1812; and again November 1813 to April 1814; commanded light companies of 3rd Division and wounded five times; commanded 1/45th April 1814 to 1825; served in East Indies 1819 to 1825 Brevets & Staff Service: Brevet Colonel 25 May 1825; Major-General 10 January 1837 Later Service: Commandant at Chatham 1831-1837 Awards & Honours: CB; SAGM (FDO Bad Ort) Retired: 8 November 1827 due to ill-health and effects of wounds Died: London 11 November 1844.

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)

Coote MANNINGHAM Born: Surrey 1765 Relations: Nephew of Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Boyd Regimental Service: Major in 45th Foot 23 February 1791; brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 18 April 1794; to Lieutenant-Colonel in 41st Foot 1 September 1795; Colonel of Experimental Corps of Riflemen (later 95th Foot) 25 August 1800 Early Service: Served at Gibraltar 1782; served in West Indies Service 1793-1815: ADC to King 1 January 1798; served at Ferrol 1800; commanded brigade in Peninsula November 1808 to January 1809 Brevets & Staff Service: Brevet Colonel 1 January 1798; Major-General 1 January 1805 Awards & Honours: LAGM (Cor) Died: Maidstone 26 August 1809.

Thomas HAVILAND Born: Buckinghamshire Relations: Eldest son of General William Haviland, Colonel of 45th Foot Regimental Service: Major in 45th Foot 19 April 1794 (vice Mannigham) Died: Of fever on Martinique 1795.

Henry HAWLEY Regimental Service: Major in 45th Foot 1 September 1795; brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 1 January 1801 Retired: September 1802.

Edward Edwin COLMAN Regimental Service: Major in 45th Foot 9 December 1795; exchanged to Major in 36th Foot 9 February 1797; to Major in 84th Foot 30 December 1798; brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 1 January 1800 Retired: 14 February 1807.

Andrew WIGHT Regimental Service: Major in 45th Foot 9 February 1797 (exchanged from 36th Foot vice Colman) Retired: November 1797.

Sir William Howe DE LANCEY Born: New York 1781 Relations: Son of Stephen de Lancey, Governor of Tobago Regimental Service: Major in 45th Foot 17 October 1799 (on transfer from 17th Light Dragoons); Lieutenant-Colonel 1 April 1809 Service 1793-1815: Served in West Indies 1795; Deputy Quartermaster-General in Peninsula August 1808 to January 1809; again in Peninsula May 1809; Acting Quartermaster-General in Peninsula December 1811 to August 1812; and again December 1812 to March 1813; head of Quartermaster Department May 1813 to April 1814; Deputy Quartermaster-General in North Britain 1814-1815; Quartermaster-General in Waterloo campaign; mortally wounded at Waterloo Brevets & Staff Service: Brevet Colonel 4 June 1813 Awards & Honours: KCB; AGC (Cor Tal Bus FDO Bad Sal Vit SSeb Nive) Died: Of wounds after Waterloo 28 June 1815.

William VACHELL Regimental Service: Major in 45th Foot 16 September 1802 (vice Hawley) Retired: June 1804 Died: Norfolk 5 February 1826.

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Sir Jasper NICOLLS Royal Military Calendar Entry: No. 734 Born: Berkshire 1778 Relations: Son of General Oliver Nicolls Regimental Service: Major in 45th Foot 6 July 1804 (vice Vachell); Lieuetnant-Colonel in Royal York Rangers 31 October 1807; Lieutenant-Colonel in 14th Foot 31 March 1808 Service 1793-1815: Served in West Indies; ADC to General Oliver Nicolls in India 1802-1804; served at Hanover 1805; served at Buenos Aires 1807; commanded 2/14th Foot in Peninsula November 1808 to January 1809; served at Walcheren 1809; Quartermaster-General in India; served in Nepal 1814 Brevets & Staff Service: Brevet Colonel 4 June 1814; Major-General 19 July 1821; Lieutenant-General 10 January 1837 Later Service: Served in Pindari War 1817-1818; Commander-in-Chief at Madras 1838; Commander-in-Chief at Bengal 1839-1843 Awards & Honours: KCB; SAGM (Cor) Died: Reading 4 May 1849.

John STODDART Regimental Service: Major in 45th Foot 1 August 1804 (vice Bentinck) Retired: August 1805.

William GWYN Born: London 1774 Regimental Service: Major in 45th Foot 2 August 1804; to Lieutenant-Colonel in 89th Foot 27 December 1810; Inspecting Field Officer of Militia in North Britain 1814 Service 1793-1815: Served in West Indies 1789-1794; served in West Indies again 1795-1801; in West Indies again 1804-1805; served at Buenos Ayres; served in Peninsula August 1808 to December 1810; commanded 1/45th July 1809 to July 1810; wounded at Talavera and Busaco Awards & Honours: SAGM (Tal) Died: Of wound complications at Govan 30 August 1815.

Andrew PATTON Born: Clatto, Fifeshire 1771 Regimental Service: Major in 45th Foot 1 September 1804 Service 1793-1815: Served at Buenos Ayres; served in Peninsula August 1808 to March 1809 Later Service: Migrated to Canada in 1815 Retired: March 1809 Died: Toronto 15 August 1838.

Francis Frye BROWNE Royal Military Calendar Entry: No. 1117 Regimental Service: Major in 45th Foot 8 August 1805 (vice Stoddart); exchanged to Major in 6th West India Regiment 20 October 1808; brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 1 January 1812; Lieutenant-Colonel in 6th West India Regiment 16 May 1816; to half-pay 1817 Service 1793-1815: Served in West Indies 1808-1817; dismissed on Dominica in 1813 for insubordination but eventually reinstated Awards & Honours: SAGM (Guad) Retired: 1828.

George Purdon DREW Born: County Limerick 1772 Regimental Service: Major in 45th Foot 7 January 1808 (vice Nicolls) Service 1793-1815: Served in West Indies 1794-1801; served at Buenos Ayres; served in Peninsula September to December 1809 Retired: June 1811 Died: Limerick 20 March 1843.

William SMITH Born: Northumberland 1776 Regimental Service: Major in 45th Foot 13 July 1809 (vice Patton) Service 1793-1815: Served in West Indies 1795-1801; served at Buenos Ayres; served in Peninsula August 1808 to September 1810; Observing Officer January to June 1809 Awards & Honours: SAGM (Tal) Died: Killed in action at Busaco 27 September 1810.

David LECKY Born: Londonderry, County Derry 1774 Regimental Service: Major in 45th Foot 28 February 1811 (vice Gwyn); brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 1 January 1812 Service 1793-1815: Served at Buenos Ayres; served in Peninsula August 1808 to October 1811; taken POW at Talavera and exchanged; commanded 1/45th in Peninsula November 1810 to July 1812; wounded at Fuentes d’Oñoro Retired: December 1816 Died: Londonderry 27 March 1821.

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Hugh STACPOOLE Royal Military Calendar Entry: No. 1822 Born: Ireland 1784 Relations: Brother of John Massey Stacpoole (45th Foot) Regimental Service: Major in 45th Foot 18 July 1811 (vice Drew); brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 12 August 1819 Died: Andover 18 January 1840.

Thomas LIGHTFOOT Royal Military Calendar Entry: No. 1388 Born: Birmingham 1774 Regimental Service: Major in 45th Foot 7 October 1813 (vice Forbes); brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 19 May 1814; to half-pay December 1814; Colonel of 62nd Foot 11 April 1851 Service 1793-1815: Served at Buenos Ayres; served in Peninsula August 1808 to April 1814; wounded at Badajoz, Salamanca and Toulouse Brevets & Staff Service: Brevet Colonel ; Major-General 23 November 1841; Lieutenant-General 20 June 1854 Later Service: Graduated from Royal Military College 1818; Assistant Quartermaster-General in Canada 1819 Awards & Honours: CB; SAGM (Pyr Toul); MGSM (Rol Vim Tal Bus FDO CR Bad Sal Nivelle Nive Ort) Died: Worcester 15 November 1858.

John O'FLAHERTY Royal Military Calendar Entry: No. 2171 Born: Ballyhaunis, County Mayo 1775 Regimental Service: Major in 45th Foot 19 May 1814 (vice Greenwell); to half-pay Service 1793-1815: Served at Buenos Ayres; served in Peninsula November 1810 to April 1814; wounded at Badajoz Awards & Honours: SAGM (Vit) Died: Ballyhaunis March 1829.

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