The Napoleon Series British Artillery Battalions and the Men Who Led Them 1793-1815 By Steve Brown 4th Battalion, 1757: Royal Artillery as a single formation comprising 19 companies 1757: 2 April - augmented to 24 companies 1757: 1 August - Royal Artillery split into two battalions of 12 companies each 1757: 2nd Battalion formed from 12 existing RA companies 1759: 3rd Battalion formed 1771: 1 January - 4th Battalion formed 1779: 1 August - 4th Battalion augmented to 10 companies 1819: Reduced to 8 companies 1825: Companies to be known by number rather than commander's name 1855: Board of Ordinance abolished, Royal Artillery transferred to War Office 1859: Battalion renamed Brigades, Companies renamed Batteries 1862: Royal Artillery absorbed East India Company Artillery 1899: Royal Artillery divided into Royal Field Artillery and Royal Garrison Artillery 1924: RFA and RGA amalgamated as Royal Regiment of Artillery 1936: Brigades renamed Regiments 1947: Permanent numbers allotted to batteries

Colonels-Commandant 1777: 25 April - James Pattison 1801: 14 Oct - Vaughan Lloyd 1805: 28 June - George Fead 1815: 21 Nov - William Cuppage

Colonels 1782: 1 Dec - William Martin 1794: 20 Oct - William Borthwick 1800: 12 Nov - Thomas Blomefield 1801: 14 Oct - Alexander Shand 1803: 9 Apr - Edward Fage 1804: 20 July - John H Yorke 1806: 1 June - Thomas Desbrisay 1808: 16 December - Flower M Sproule 1809: 20 June - Charles N Cookson 1814: 20 Dec - George Wolff

Lieutenant-Colonels 1791: 16 Mar - William Borthwick 1793: 5 Dec - Thomas Blomefield 1795: 7 Jan - Edward Stephens 1795: 6 Mar - Robert Douglas 1796: 9 Dec - Thomas Trotter 1800: 12 Nov - Samuel Rimington 1801: 27 May - Thomas Desbrisay 1801: 14 Oct - Charles Terrot 1804: 20 July - Philip Riou 1804: 20 July - John F Smith 1806: 1 June - John Sheldrake 1814: 14 February - Joseph Carncross 1814: 1 May - Alexander Watson 1814: 20 Dec - Henry Phillott

Majors 1790: 14 May - Thomas Paterson 1791: 16 Mar - John Lemoine 1797: 21 Aug - Francis Laye 1799: 16 Jul - Thomas R Charleton 1802: 11 Feb - Henry Rogers 1804: 9 Oct - John Sheldrake 1808: 24 Oct - Thomas Charleton 1808: 1 February - Charles Newhouse 1812: 16 March - Charles C Bingham

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Service Histories of Companies Companies were not given numbers until 1825; until that time, were known by company commander's names, which changed frequently. The 1825 c ompany numbering scheme ignored the previous order of seniority (based on date of formation) as existed in the period 1793-1815. Companies are shown according to seniority in 1815, and referred to by their commanders names in 1793 / 1815.

Trotter's / Maxwell's Company, 4th Battalion, Royal Artillery Raised: 1 January 1771 1793: Portsmouth; May - to Flanders; Ostend; Valenciennes; Menin; Cysoing; Tournai; Kain (OC Capt Thomas Trotter) 1794: Ghent; Herlebeek; St Amand; Tournai; Rosendaal; Ossterhuit; Berlikum; Nijmegen; Arnhem; Klingelbeek 1795: Northern Germany; Verden; Grambke; April - England; May - (OC Capt John Burton) 1796: Woolwich 1797: Woolwich; July - Sheerness; September - Woolwich 1798: Woolwich 1799: Woolwich 1800: Ringmer 1801: Ringmer 1802: Ringmer; March - Woolwich; April - Perth; November - Leith Fort 1803: Leith Fort (OC Capt W Scott, then Capt James Hawker) 1804: Haddington 1805: Haddington 1806: Woolwich; July - Plymouth; November - Falmouth; to Cape of Good Hope 1807: At sea; March - Cape of Good Hope; to South America; June - Montevideo; September - to Ireland 1808: Cork; February - Portsmouth; March - Woolwich 1809: Woolwich; April - Exeter 1810: Exeter; September - to Portugal; Lisbon 1811: Cabeco da Montachique; Lisbon; Elvas; Albuera; Almendralejo; Torre da Mouro; Villa Vicosa; Portalegre 1812: Gaffitu; Castello Branco; Portalegre; Almendralejo; Zafra; Aranjuez; Idanha a Nova (OC Capt Stewart Maxwell) 1813: Castello Branca; Ladoeiro; Zibreira; Coria; Pente Arenas; Vittoria; Pyrenees; Roncesvalles 1814: Villefranche; Orthez; Toulouse; to Canada; August - Quebec; October - Chambly 1815: Chambly 1825: 1st Company, 4th Battalion RA 1859: 4th Battery, 7th Brigade RA 1914: 72nd Company RGA 1939: 82nd Battery RA Current: Disbanded.

Collier's / Wallace's Company, 4th Battalion, Royal Artillery Raised: 1 January 1771 1793: Quebec (OC Capt William Collier) 1794: Quebec 1795: Quebec; October - Niagara (OC Capt John A Schalch) 1796: Niagara; September - Fort William Henry; December - Montreal 1797: Montreal; June - Quebec 1798: Quebec 1799: Quebec 1800: Quebec 1801: Quebec (OC Capt Charles Godfrey) 1802: Quebec 1803: Quebec 1804: Quebec 1805: Quebec (OC Capt William Hall) 1806: Quebec (OC Capt P Durnford, then Capt Charles C Bingham) 1807: Quebec 1808: Quebec 1809: Quebec 1810: Quebec 1811: Quebec 1812: Quebec (OC Capt Peter M Wallace) 1813: Quebec; April - Montreal; May - Kingston; August - Chambly; October - La Prairie; December - Chambly 1814: Chambly; October - Longueuil; December - Montreal 1815: Montreal; June - Quebec; July - to Belgium; August - Ostend; September - Brussels; October - Assche; November - Brussels 1825: 2nd Company, 4th Battalion RA 1859: 6th Battery, 3rd Brigade RA 1914: 105th Battery, XXII Brigade RFA 1939: 105th Field Battery RA 1947: 42nd Light Anti-Aircraft Battery RA Current: 42nd (Alem Hamza) Battery, supporting 12th and 16th Regiments RA.

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Yorke's / Wilford's Company, 4th Battalion, Royal Artillery Raised: 1 January 1771 1793: Plymouth (OC Capt John H Yorke) 1794: Plymouth; August - Roxborough Camp; November - Plymouth 1795: Plymouth; April - to Cape of Good Hope; September - Cape Town 1796: Cape of Good Hope (OC Capt Wiltshire Wilson) 1797: Cape of Good Hope 1798: Cape of Good Hope 1799: Cape of Good Hope; May - 3rd Kaffir War 1800: Cape of Good Hope 1801: Cape of Good Hope 1802: Cape of Good Hope (Capt Robert Hope) 1803: Cape of Good Hope; March - to England; May - Portsmouth; June - Hilsea; July - Woolwich (Capt William Scott) 1804: Woolwich 1805: Woolwich; August - Plymouth 1806: Plymouth 1807: Plymouth; September - to Madeira; December - Funchal 1808: Madeira 1809: Madeira 1810: Madeira 1811: Madeira 1812: Madeira (Capt William Carey) 1813: Madeira 1814: Madeira; October - to England; Woolwich 1815: Woolwich (Capt Ernest C Wilford) 1825: 3rd Company, 4th Battalion RA 1859: 8th Battery, 2nd Brigade RA 1939: 27th (Lloyd's Company) Heavy Battery RA Current: 43rd (Lloyd's Company) Battery, 47th Regiment RA.

Laye's / Smyth's Company, 4th Battalion, Royal Artillery Raised: 1 January 1771 1793: Portsmouth; September - to Flanders; Menin; Chateau de Camphin; La Tombe; Tournai (OC Capt Francis Laye) 1794: Ghent; St Amand; Tournai; Oosterhout; Berlikum; Klingelbeek 1795: Northern Germany; Verden; Grambke; April - to England; May - Woolwich; July - Plymouth; August - Roxborough Camp; November - Plymouth 1796: Plymouth 1797: Plymouth (OC Capt J Brooke Young) 1798: Plymouth 1799: Plymouth 1800: Plymouth 1801: Plymouth 1802: Plymouth 1803: Plymouth; January - Gibraltar 1804: Gibraltar (Capt William Henry Gardiner) 1805: Gibraltar (Capt Francis Smyth) 1806: Gibraltar 1807: Gibraltar 1808: Gibraltar; detachment to Cadiz 1809: Gibraltar 1810: Gibraltar 1811: Gibraltar; detachment at Barrosa 1812: Gibraltar 1813: Gibraltar 1814: Gibraltar 1815: Gibraltar 1825: 4th Company, 4th Battalion RA 1859: 8th Company, 1st Brigade RA 1914: 52nd Company RGA 1939: Disbanded.

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Shuttleworth's / Younghusband's Company, 4th Battalion, Royal Artillery Raised: 1 January 1771 1793: Plymouth; December - Guernsey (OC Capt A Shuttleworth) 1794: Guernsey; February - Portsmouth; June - to Flanders; Ostend; Rosendaal; Breda; Berlikum; Nijmegen; Arnhem 1795: Northern Germany; Verden; Grambke; April - to England; May - Woolwich; July - Portsmouth; October - to Barbados (OC Capt Robert Hope) 1796: At sea; April - Barbados; May - Demerara and Berbice; August - Martinique 1797: Martinique 1798: Martinique; April - to Puerto Rico; Martinique 1799: Martinique 1800: Martinique; December - to San Domingo 1801: San Domingo 1802: Various West Indies islands (OC Capt Wiltshire Wilson) 1803: January - Antigua; July - Barbados 1804: Barbados (OC Capt William Payne) 1805: Barbados (OC Capt William Millar, then Capt Charles Younghusband) 1806: Barbados 1807: Barbados 1808: Barbados 1809: Barbados; April - detachment at Surinam; Martinique & Barbados 1810: Martinique & Barbados; detachment to Guadeloupe 1811: Barbados 1812: Barbados 1813: Barbados 1814: Barbados; April - to England; Woolwich 1815: Woolwich; May - to Belgium; Ostend; advance to Paris 1825: 5th Company, 4th Battalion RA 1859: 2nd Battery, 9th Brigade RA 1939: 16th Field Battery RA 1947: 40th Field Battery RA Current: Disbanded.

Lawson's / Morrison's Company, 4th Battalion, Royal Artillery Raised: 1 January 1771 1793: Tower of London; February - Woolwich; March - Gibraltar (OC Capt Robert Lawson; Capt J Wilson, died 20 Oct 1794) 1794: Gibraltar (OC Capt J Bradbridge) 1795: Gibraltar 1796: Gibraltar 1797: Gibraltar (OC Capt Hoylett Framingham) 1798: Gibraltar; November - Minorca 1799: Minorca 1800: Minorca 1801: Minorca; March - detachment to Egypt 1802: Minorca; August - Gibraltar 1803: Gibraltar 1804: Gibraltar (OC Capt George Skyring) 1805: Gibraltar 1806: Gibraltar 1807: Gibraltar 1808: Gibraltar; to Portugal; Vimeiro; September - Cascaes; October - artillery depot with Moore; December - Salamanca; retreat to Corunna 1809: Corunna; to England; March - Canterbury 1810: Canterbury 1811: Canterbury; August - Sandgate Castle (OC Capt William Morrison) 1812: Sandgate Castle; March - Portsmouth; September - to Portugal; Lisbon 1813: Lisbon; April - Abrantes; Vittoria; San Sebastian; November - Urroz; December - Estregaraga 1814: Estregaraga; March - Bayonne; April - Tarbes; Toulouse; Bordeaux; June - to England; July - Shorncliffe; December - Dover 1815: Dover; May - Woolwich; to Belgium; Ostend; Brussels garrison; advance to Paris 1825: 6th Company, 4th Battalion RA 1859: 1st Battery, 6th Brigade RA 1939: 14th Heavy Battery RA 1947: 44th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery RA Current: Disbanded.

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Seward's / Caddy's Company, 4th Battalion, Royal Artillery Raised: 1 January 1771 1793: Quebec; August - Niagara (OC Capt Thomas Seward) 1794: Niagara 1795: Niagara; November - Quebec 1796: Quebec (OC Capt Charles W Thornton) 1797: Quebec (OC Capt Edward Trelawney) 1798: Quebec 1799: Quebec (OC Capt Spencer C Parry, then Capt George Wulff) 1800: Quebec; September - Fort George 1801: Fort George 1802: Fort George 1803: Fort George 1804: Fort George (OC Capt John T Caddy) 1805: Quebec 1806: Quebec 1807: Fort George; June - Amherstburg 1808: Quebec; May - Amherstburg 1809: Quebec 1810: Quebec 1811: Amherstburg; August - Montreal; September - Quebec 1812: Quebec 1813: Quebec 1814: Quebec 1815: Quebec 1825: 7th Company, 4th Battalion RA 1859: 6th Battery, 10th Brigade 1939: 15th Heavy Battery RA 1947: 20th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery RA Current: 20th Battery, 16th Regiment RA.

Rimmington's / Cleaveland's Company, 4th Battalion, Royal Artillery Raised: 1 January 1771 1793: Perth; September - Leith Fort (OC Capt Samuel Rimmington) 1794: Leith Fort 1795: Leith Fort 1796: Leith Fort 1797: Leith Fort 1798: Leith Fort 1799: Leith Fort (OC Capt Bridges D Hooke) 1800: Leith Fort 1801: Leith Fort 1802: Leith Fort; April - Woolwich (OC Capt Edward V Worsley) 1803: Woolwich; February - Gravesend; to Ceylon; June - Trincomalee; October - Galle 1804: Galle 1805: Galle; December - Colombo 1806: Colombo 1807: Colombo 1808: Colombo 1809: Colombo; February - detachment on campaign; July - detachment to Madras (OC Capt John S Robinson) 1810: Colombo 1811: Colombo; March - detachment to Java (OC Capt R F Cleaveland) 1812: Colombo 1813: Colombo; May - Trincomalee 1814: Trincomalee 1815: Trincomalee; Kandy wars 1825: 8th Company, 4th Battalion RA 1859: 5th Battery, 1st Brigade RA 1939: 17th Field Battery RA 1947: 41st Field Battery RA Current: Disbanded.

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Brady's / Sinclair's Company, 4th Battalion, Royal Artillery Raised: 1 August 1779 1793: Lower Canada - Fort William Henry (OC Capt Thomas Brady, then Capt George L Hamilton, died 2 February 1800) 1794: Quebec 1795: Quebec 1796: Quebec; June - Fort William Henry; August - Quebec 1797: Quebec 1798: Quebec 1799: Quebec 1800: Quebec (OC Capt Robert Wright, then Capt William Robe) 1801: Quebec 1802: Quebec 1803: Quebec 1804: Quebec 1805: Quebec 1806: Quebec (OC Capt Thomas J Forbes) 1807: Quebec 1808: Quebec (OC Capt John S Sinclair) 1809: Quebec 1810: Quebec 1811: Quebec 1812: Quebec; October - Montreal 1813: Montreal; September - La Prairie; November - Montreal 1814: Montreal; May - Chambly; October - Montreal 1815: Montreal; June - Quebec; to Belgium; July - Ostend; September - Brussels 1819: 31 January - disbanded at Woolwich.

Marlow's / Holcroft's Company, 4th Battalion, Royal Artillery Raised: 1 August 1779 1793: Upper Canada - Niagara; September - Quebec (OC Capt Benjamin Marlow) 1794: Quebec (OC Capt George Glasgow) 1795: Quebec 1796: Quebec 1797: Quebec 1798: Quebec 1799: Quebec; June - Montreal 1800: Montreal; March - Quebec (OC Capt Richard Dickinson) 1801: Quebec 1802: Quebec 1803: Quebec 1804: Quebec 1805: Quebec 1806: Quebec (OC Capt Edmund Curry) 1807: Quebec; November - Montreal 1808: Montreal; November - Quebec (OC Capt William Holcroft) 1809: Quebec 1810: Quebec 1811: Quebec; June - Kingston; July - Fort George 1812: Fort George 1813: Fort George; July - Niagara 1814: Niagara; August - York; October - Niagara; November - Montreal 1815: Montreal; to Belgium; July - Ostend; August - Tournai; Army of Occupation 1819: 31 January - disbanded at Woolwich.

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War Office. Army Lists 1791 to 1815. London: various years.

Laws, Lt Col M. E. S. Battery Records of the Royal Artillery 1716-1859 . Woolwich: Royal Artillery Institute, 1952.

Duncan, Francis. History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery. 2 volumes; London: John Murray, 1879.

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