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49Th Regiment of Foot Secondary Title: Hertfordshire The Napoleon Series British Infantry Regiments and the Men Who Led Them 1793-1815 By Steve Brown 49th Regiment of Foot Secondary Title: Hertfordshire Regimental History, 49th Regiment of Foot 1743: Raised as Edward Trelawney's Regiment of Foot 1751: Numbered as 49th Regiment of Foot 1782: Secondary title - Hertfordshire 1813: 1 July - 2nd Battalion formed at Maldon 1814: 25 October - 2nd Battalion disbanded at Chelmsford 1816: 49th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) (or the Hertfordshire) Regiment of Foot 1881: 1st Battalion, The Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Berkshire Regiment) 1885: The Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment) 1921: The Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) 1959: The Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment (Berkshire and Wiltshire), on amalgamation with The Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh's) 1994: 1st Battalion, The Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment, on amlgamation with the 1st Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment 2005: The Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Light Infantry 2007: The Rifles Service History and Demographics, 1st Battalion 49th Regiment of Foot 1793: West Indies – San Domingo; high fever deaths; August – Jamaica; flank companies to San Domingo; Jeremie 1794: Jamaica; February - flank companies at Tiburon; Fort L'Acul; Bombarde 1795: Jamaica 1796: Jamaica; 2 companies to San Domingo; Maroon Rebellion; July – to England; September – Watford; December – Chelmsford 1797: Chelmsford; October - Yarmouth 1798: Yarmouth; April – Sandwich; May – Ostend Raid – 90 POWs; Broadstairs; Yarmouth; Jersey 1799: February – Portsmouth; June – POWs returned; Winchester; Romsey; Barham Downs; August – to Helder; EGMONT-OP-ZEE; to England – Yarmouth; November – Norwich 1800: Yarmouth; Bungay; Colchester; June – Hilsea; Jersey 1801: Jersey; Portsmouth; Spithead; to COPENHAGEN as marines; Portsmouth; Colchester 1802: Chelmsford; June – Tilbury; to Canada; August – Quebec; Montreal 1803: Montreal; July – York (Toronto); October – Fort George 1804: Fort George 1805: Fort George; NCO revolt 1806: Fort George 1807: Fort George | 37% English/Welsh, 3% Scots, 59% Irish, 1% Foreign 1808: Fort George 1809: Fort George 1810: Fort George 1811: Fort George 1812: Fort George; July – Montreal; August – Kingston; Fort George; QUEENSTOWN; November – Salmon River 1813: Fort George; Beaver Dams; Burlington Heights; Stoney Creek; 12 Mile Creek; Fort Schlosser; Black Rock; Chrysler’s Farm; Montreal 1814: St Johns; Isle au Noix; Three Rivers; 115 men discharged and settled locally 1815: May – to England; July – Portsmouth; August – Weymouth. Service History and Demographics, 2nd Battalion 49th Regiment of Foot 1813: 1 July – formed at Maldon (4 companies only) 1814: Maldon; August - Chelmsford; October - disbanded at Chelmsford. Significant Militia/Volunteer Intakes: (militia units unless noted otherwise) 1799: South Middlesex; Suffolk Fencibles; Elgin Fencibles; Tarbert Fencibles 1800: Elgin Fencibles; County Monaghan 1806: Lanarkshire; County Monaghan 1809: Canadian Fencibles 1813: County Meath Page 1 of 4 Placed on The Napoleon Series March 2015 The Napoleon Series Colonels Hon. Sir Alexander MAITLAND, Bt. Royal Military Calendar Entry: No. 9 Born: Scotland 1728 Relations: Son of Charles Maitland, 5th Earl of Lauderdale Regimental Service: Colonel of 49th Foot 25 May 1768 Service 1793-1815: Colonel of the 49th Foot for 52 years! Brevets & Staff Service: Brevet Colonel 19 February 1762; Major-General 25 May 1772; Lieutenant-General 29 August 1777; General 12 October 1793 Awards & Honours: Baronet of Clifton 30 November 1818 Died: 13 February 1820. 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) NGSM = Naval General Service Medal (Silver Medal) (clasps in brackets) William DANSEY Regimental Service: Major in 33rd Foot 15 October 1778; brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 22 August 1783; Lieutenant-Colonel in 49th Foot 21 July 1790 Service 1793-1815: Commanded 49th Foot 1790-1794; garrison commander at Mole St Nicolas 1793-1794 Brevets & Staff Service: Brevet Colonel; Colonel in North America 17 November 1790 Died: San Domingo January 1794. James GRANT Regimental Service: Major in 49th Foot 18 August 1790; Lieutenant-Colonel 12 February 1794 (vice Dansey); to Lieutenant- Colonel in 3rd West India Regiment 3 August 1796 Service 1793-1815: Commanded 49th Foot 1794-1797 Retired: October 1797. Frederick KEPPEL Regimental Service: Lieutenant-Colonel 28 March 1794; Lieutenant-Colonel in 49th Foot 1 September 1795 Service 1793-1815: Inspecting Field Officer of Volunteers 1803 Retired: April 1798. Sir Isaac BROCK Born: Guernsey 1769 Relations: Son of John Brock RN Regimental Service: Major in 49th Foot 24 June 1795; Lieutenant-Colonel 25 October 1797 (vice Grant) Service 1793-1815: Served on San Domingo 1794; commanded 49th Foot 1798 to 1807; served in Canada 1802 to 1812; Administrator of Upper Canada October 1811 Brevets & Staff Service: Brevet Colonel 30 October 1805; Brigadier-General in North America 1807; Major-General 4 June 1811 Awards & Honours: KB Died: Killed in action at Queenston Heights 13 October 1812. Sir Roger Hale SHEAFFE, Bt. Royal Military Calendar Entry: No. 380 Born: Boston, Massachusetts 1763 Regimental Service: Major in 81st Foot 13 December 1797 (on transfer from 5th Foot); Lieutenant-Colonel in 49th Foot 22 March 1798 (vice Keppel); Colonel of 36th Foot 21 December 1829 Service 1793-1815: Served at Helder 1799; served at Copenhagen 1801; served in Canada 1802 to 1814; Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada 1812-1813 Brevets & Staff Service: Brevet Colonel 25 April 1808; Major-General 4 June 1811; Lieutenant-General 19 July 1821; General 28 June 1837 Awards & Honours: NGSM (Cop); MGSM (CFarm); Baronet January 1813 Died: Edinburgh 17 August 1851. John VINCENT Royal Military Calendar Entry: No. 442 Born: County Limerick 1764 Regimental Service: Major in 49th Foot 1 September 1795; brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 1 January 1800; Lieutenant-Colonel 13 June 1811; Colonel of 69th Foot 2 January 1836 Service 1793-1815: Served on San Domingo 1794; served at Helder 1799; served at Copenhagen 1801; served in Canada 1802 to 1815 Brevets & Staff Service: Brevet Colonel 25 July 1810; Major-General 4 June 1813; Lieutenant-General 27 May 1825; General November 1841 Later Service: Lieutenant-Governor of Dumbarton Castle Died: London 21 January 1848. Page 2 of 4 Placed on The Napoleon Series March 2015 The Napoleon Series Jonathan YATES Royal Military Calendar Entry: No. 864 Born: Lancashire 1780 Regimental Service: Major in 18th Foot 18 December 1806; exchanged to Major in 47th Foot 5 November 1807 (vice Haffey); to Lieutenant-Colonel in 1st West India Regiment 19 July 1810; Lieutenant-Colonel in 49th Foot 13 May 1813 Service 1793-1815: Served in West Indies 1803-1807 and 1810-1813 Brevets & Staff Service: Brevet Colonel 12 August 1819; Major-General 22 July 1830; Lieutenant-General 23 November 1841; General 20 June 1854 Died: Hampshire 3 October 1854. Charles PLENDERLEATH Royal Military Calendar Entry: No. 1231 Born: Scotland c.1780 Regimental Service: Major in 49th Foot 16 October 1806 (vice Bleamire); Lieutenant-Colonel 4 June 1813; to half-pay 1814 Service 1793-1815: Served at Copenhagen 1801; served in Canada 1802 to 1815; wounded 25 July 1813 Awards & Honours: NGSM (Cop); SAGM (CFarm); CB Died: Florence 1 January 1854. Majors AGC = Army Gold Cross (clasps in brackets) LAGM = Large Army Gold Medal (clasps in brackets) SAGM = Small Army Gold Medal (clasps in brackets) NGSM = Naval General Service Medal (Silver Medal) (clasps in brackets) Thomas GIBSON Regimental Service: Major in 49th Foot 12 February 1794 (vice Grant); to Lieutenant-Colonel in 83rd Foot 27 May 1795 Service 1793-1815: Served in Jamaica 1795 to 1799 Brevets & Staff Service: Brevet Colonel 29 April 1802 Retired: June 1803. James ROOKE Regimental Service: Major in 49th Foot 25 October 1797 (on transfer from 80th Foot); promotion cancelled 22 May 1798. Sir William HUTCHINSON Royal Military Calendar Entry: No. 447 Regimental Service: Major in 2nd West India Regiment 20 May 1795; Major in 49th Foot 11 July 1798 (vice Rooke); brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 1 January 1800; to half-pay 1802; Lieutenant-Colonel in 83rd Foot 9 June 1803; to half-pay 6 May 1805 Service 1793-1815: Served in West Indies 1793-1794; served at Helder 1799, wounded at Egmont-op-Zee; served at Copenhagen 1801; Inspecting Field Officer of Volunteers 1805; served on staff in Peninsula 1812 (briefly), then on staff in Malta Brevets & Staff Service: Brevet Colonel 25 July 1810; Major-General 4 June 1813; Lieutenant-General 27 May 1825 Later Service: Governor of Carrickfergus Awards & Honours: KCH 1831 Died: Cheltenham 28 August 1845. William Bird BLEAMIRE Born: c.1780 Regimental Service: Major in 49th Foot 6 August 1803 (vice Hutchinson) Service 1793-1815: Served at Copenhagen 1801 Later Service: Captain in Royal Middlesex Militia in 1809 Awards & Honours: NGSM (Cop) Retired: October 1806. Adam ORMSBY Royal Military Calendar Entry: No. 1442 Regimental Service: Major in 49th Foot 13 June 1811 (vice Vincent); brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 4 June 1814 Service 1793-1815: Served on San Domingo and Martinique; served at Helder 1799; served in Canada; commanded 'division' at Queenston Heights; wounded 25 July 1813 Alexander CLERK Royal Military Calendar Entry: No. 1761 Regimental Service: Major in 49th Foot 4 June 1813 (vice Plenderleath); exchanged
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