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The London Gazette, June 27, 1871. 2943 THE LONDON GAZETTE, JUNE 27, 1871. 2943 12/7* Foot, Major John M'Kay to be Lieutenant 52nd Foot, Ensign Arthur Edward Dalzell, from Colonel, without purchase, vice Brevet Colonel 12th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Reginald William John McNeill Walter, C.B., who becomes Uvedale Corbett, promoted. Dated 28th June, Supernumerary, on appointment to a Brigade in 1871. India. Dated 1st May, 1871. 54th Foot, Ensign Charles George Lewis Wing- Captain Charles Jocelyn Cecil Sillery to be Major, field to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Harris without purchase, vice M'Kay. Dated 1st Brown, who retires. Dated 28th June, 1871. May, 1871. Lieutenant Henry J. MacDonnell to be Captain, 69th Foot, Ensign Charles Henry Somerset Butler without purchase, vice Sillery. Dated 1 st May, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lambert John Robert Disney, who retires. Dated 28th 1871. June, 1871. 25th Foot, Lieutenant J. Frederick Curtis Hayward to be Captain, by purchase, vice Francis George Foot, Ensign John Hart Hardtman to be Coleridge, who retires. Dated 28th June, 1871. Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Martin Oranmore Ensign Edgar William Wallace Dering to be Kirwan, who retires. Dated 28th June, 1871. Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hayward. Dated Lieutenant John Hart Hardtman to be Adjutanf, 28th June, 1871. vice Lieutenant William Cooke Collis, who vacates that appointment on obtaining leave of 26tkFoot, Ensign George Winter to be Lieutenant, absence from India, Dated 28th June, 1871. by purchase, vice George Douthwaite, who 87th Foot, Major Nathaniel Stevenson to be retires. Dated 28th June, 1871. Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice John 27th Foot, Captain William Croft Nicolson, from Hallowes, who retires. Dated 28th June, half-pay, late Cape Mounted Riflemen, to be 1871. Captain, vice James Mortimer Vernon Cotton, Captain Thomas Rennie Stevenson to be Major, placed pn temporary half-pay. Dated 28th by purchase, vice N. Stevenson. Dated 28th June, 1871. June, 1871. Lieutenant George Phibbs to be Captain, by pur- 30th Foot, Ensign William Albert d'Arifat Norris chase, vice T. R. Stevenson. Dated 28th June, has been permitted to retire from the Service 1871. by the Sale of his Commission. Dated 28th Ensign Horace Bethune Horsbrugh to be Lieu- June, 1871. tenant, by purchase, vice Phibbs. Dated 28th B5tk Foot, Lieutenant John Claxton Addison to June, 187 J. be Captain, by purchase, vice Richard Trimen, 97th Foot, Lieutenant William Frederick Brown who retires. Dated 28th June, 1871. to be Captain, by purchase, vice Anthony Ensign William James Dacres Russell to be Lieu- Lynch, who retires. Dated 28th June, 1871. tenant, by purchase, vice Addison. Dated Ensign Charles Wilshere Onslow Doherty to be 28th June, 1871. Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Brown. Dated 47th Foot, Lieutenant Lewis de Tessier Prevost 28th June, 1871. to be Captain, by purchase, vice William Fitz- 102«d Foot, Staff Assistant-Surgeon Edward William Smithwick, who retires. Dated 28th Litton Low, M.B., to be Assistant-Surgeon, June, 1871. vice William James Tyrrell, who exchanges. Ensign John Geale Dickson to be Lieutenant, by Dated 28th June, 1871. purchase, vice Prevost. Dated 28th June, lQ7th Foot, Lieutenant Henry William Allen, 1871. who has resigned his position as a Probationer 49th Foot, Captain Thomas Erskine Arthur Hall for the Indian Staff Corps, from the Super- to be Major, by purchase, vice Richard D. numerary List, to be Lieutenant, vice Lambert Astley, who retires. Dated 28th June, 1871. Lovedav Spottiswoode, deceased. Dated 7th Lieutenant John Isaac Nason to be Captain, with- March, '1871. out purchase, vice William Madan, deceased. Lieutenant George Hay Dale has been permitted Dated 14th April, 1871. to retire upon temporary half -pay. Dated 28th Lieutenant Edward Foot Gilbert to be Captain, June, 1871. by purchase, vice Hall. Dated 28th June, 108/A Foot, Ensign William John Orr to be 1871. Lieutenant, vice Frederick Babingtou Peile, a Ensign William Henry Lyster to be Lieutenant, Probationer for the Indian Staff Corps. Dated without purchase, vice Nason. Dated 14th 19th April, 1871. April, 1871. Ensign Vincent George Lawrence Eyre to be Depot Battalion, Captain John James Heywood, Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Lyster, a from half-pay, late Dep6t Battalion, to be Probationer for the Indian Stan? Corps. Dated Adjutant, vice J. N. Colthurst, promoted half- 14th April, 1871. pay Major. Dated 2«th June, 1871. Ensign Charles Edward Yate to be Lieutenant, Quartermaster Jonathan Gortly Scott, from half- without purchase, vice Eyre, a Probationer for pay, late 73rd Foot, to be Quartermaster, vice the Indian Staff Corps. Dated 14th April, Thomas Vousden, who retires upon half-pay. 1871. Dated 28th June, 1871. Ensign Henry Pottinger Young to be Lieutenant, Cavalry Depot, Quartermaster Henry Woods, without purchase, vice Yate, a Probationer for from 18th Hussars, to be Quartermaster. Dated the Indian Staff Corps. Dated 14th April, 28th June, 1871. 1871. Ensign Edward Thompson Dickson to be Lieu- Medical Department, Assistant-Surgeon William tenant, without purchase, vice Young, a Pro- James Tyrell, from 102nd Foot, to be Staff bationer for the Indian Staff Corps. Dated Assistant-Surgeon, vice Edward Litton Low, 14th April, 1871. M.B., who exchanges. Dated 28th June, 1871. Ensign Edward Rocke Woodward to be Lieu- Half-Pay, Captain James N. Colthurst, from tenant, by purchase, vice Gilbert. Dated 28th Adjutant, Depot Battalion, to be Major, with- June, 1871. out purchase. Dated 28th June, 1871..
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