The Napoleon Series British Artillery Battalions and the Men Who Led Them 1793-1815 By Steve Brown Royal Horse Artillery 1793: 1st February – A & B Troops formed at Woolwich 1793: 1st November – C & D Troops formed at Woolwich 1794: 1st November – E & F Troops formed at Woolwich 1804: September – G Troop formed in Ireland 1804: June – H Troop formed at Woolwich 1805: 1st February – I Troop formed at Colchester 1805: 1st February – K Troop formed at Ballinasloe (Ireland) 1805: July – L & M Troops formed at Woolwich 1813: Rocket detachments formed (later named 2nd Rocket Troop) 1813: December – 1st Rocket Troop formed at Woolwich 1815: April – M Troop disbanded 1816: July – D, K, L & 2nd Rocket Troops reduced 1819: February – B Troop disbanded 1819: December – H Troop disbanded 1855: Board of Ordinance abolished, Royal Artillery transferred to War Office 1859: Battalion renamed brigades, companies renamed batteries 1924: Became part of the Royal Regiment of Artillery 1936: Brigades renamed Regiments 1947: Permanent numbers allotted to batteries. Colonels-Commandant 1801: James Pattison 1805: Duncan Drummond 1806: Vaughan Lloyd Colonels / Colonels en Second 1793: 1 November - Ellis Walker 1795: 6 March - Vaughan Lloyd 1800: 12 November - Thomas Blomefield 1804: 20 July - John Macleod, GCH 1805: 29 December - Sir Edward Howorth 1814: 20 December - Sir Hoylett Framingham Lieutenant-Colonels 1793: 17 January - Vaughan Lloyd 1795: Thomas Paterson 1795: John Lemoine 1796: Orlando Manley 1796: Robert Lawson 1797: 21 August - John Macleod 1801: Sir Francis Whitworth 1802: Edward Howorth 1804: James M. Hadden 1805: John Harding 1806: George Cookson 1806: George William Dixon 1806: 3 December - Benjamin Blomefield 1808: 1 February - Sir George Adam Wood, Kt. 1811: George William Dixon 1811: Hoylett Framingham 1814: George Bulteel Fisher 1815: William Robe 1815: Sir Augustus Frazer, KCB 1814: 20 December - Thomas Downman 1815: Peter Fyers Page 1 of 7 Placed on the Napoleon Series: June 2015 The Napoleon Series Majors 1793: 5 December - Robert Lawson 1794: 30 August - William Grant 1795: 6 March - John McLeod 1796: 26 January - William Cuppage 1796: 25 April - William P. Smith 1798: 17 January - Francis Whitworth 1799: 16 July - Edward Howorth 1800: 1 August - James M. Hadden 1801: 8 June - Thomas Judgson 1802: 12 April - John Harding 1803: 12 September - William Borthwick 1804: 20 July - George W. Dixon 1804: 20 July - Hoylett Framingham 1806: 27 March - William Spicer 1806: 1 June - John Sheldrake 1806: 1 June - Benjamin Blomefield 1806: 3 December - George Bulteel Fisher 1808: 28 June - Charles Godfrey 1810: 22 January - Thomas Downman 1815: Sir Augustus Frazer 1815: Alexander Macdonald Service Histories of Companies A Troop, Royal Horse Artillery 1793: Formed 1st February; Woolwich; Waterdown Camp; Woolwich (OC Capt. Robert Lawson) 1794: Lewes; Canterbury; Dover Camp; Canterbury; Woolwich (OC Capt. Thomas Judgson) 1795: Weyburn Camp; Woolwich 1796: Home 1797: Home 1798: Woolwich; June – 2 guns in Ireland – Ross; Wexford; Vinegar Hill 1799: Woolwich; August – Helder; Egmont-Op-Zee; guns captured by French, then rescued by 15th Light Dragoons; October - to England; Woolwich 1800: Woodbridge 1801: Colchester 1802: Home (OC Capt. George Adam Wood) 1803: Home 1804: Woodbridge 1805: Home 1806: Home (OC Capt. Hew Dalrymple Ross) 1807: Woolwich; Ipswich; Warley 1808: Home 1809: July – to Peninsula; retreat from Talavera 1810: Almeida; Coa; Bussaco 1811: Pombal; Redinha; Cazal Nova; Foz d’Aronce; Sabugal; Fuentes d’Onoro; Mortagoa; Aldea de Ponte 1812: Ciudad Rodrigo; Badajoz; Salamanca forts; Castrejou; Salamanca; Madrid; San Munos 1813: Advance on Vittoria; Burgos; Osmo; Vittoria; Pampeluna; Pyrenees; San Marcos; La Rhune; Nivelle; Nive; St Pierre de Grube 1814: Gave d’Oleron; Orthez; La Reste; Toulouse; to England; Warley 1815: Birmingham; Woolwich; to Belgium; Waterloo; Paris; to England - Woolwich; Ringmere 1859: A Battery, Horse Brigade 1862: A Battery, 1st Horse Brigade 1864: A Battery, A Brigade 1914: A Battery, I Brigade RHA 1939: A Battery, 1st Regiment RHA Current: A Battery (The Chestnut Troop), 1st Regiment RHA. Page 2 of 7 Placed on the Napoleon Series: June 2015 The Napoleon Series B Troop, Royal Horse Artillery 1793: Formed 1st February; Woolwich; Brighton Camp; Woolwich (OC Capt. John Macleod) 1794: Brighton Camp; Woolwich 1795: Weymouth Camp; Woolwich; Colchester (OC Capt. William Henry Horndon) 1796: Home 1797: Home 1798: Home; June – 2 guns in Ireland – Ross; Wexford; Vinegar Hill 1799: Brighton 1800: Brighton (OC Capt. Benjamin Blomefield) 1801: Brighton 1802: Brighton 1803: Brighton 1804: Brighton 1805: Brighton 1806: Brighton (OC Capt. Thomas Downman) 1807: Brighton 1808: Woolwich; November – to Peninsula; Sahagun 1809: Benavente; Corunna; to England; Woolwich 1810: Woolwich (OC Captain Nathaniel William Oliver) 1811: Woolwich 1812: Woolwich 1813: Woolwich 1814: Lewes 1815: Blatchington 1819: February - disbanded at Athlone 1859: B Battery, Horse Brigade RHA (having been re-formed in May 1855) 1862: B Battery, 1st Horse Brigade RHA 1864: B Battery, A Brigade RHA 1914: B Battery, I Brigade RHA 1939: B Battery, 1st Regiment RHA Current: B Battery, 1st Regiment RHA. C Troop, Royal Horse Artillery 1793: Formed 1st February; Woolwich (OC Capt. Edward Howorth) 1794: Home 1795: Canterbury 1796: Lanark 1797: Lanark 1798: Brighthelmstone; June – 2 guns in Ireland – Ross; Wexford; Vinegar Hill 1799: Canterbury (OC Capt. Edward Trelawney) 1800: Swinley Camp; Canterbury 1801: Home (OC Capt. George Adam Wood; then Capt. Frederick Griffiths) 1802: Woolwich 1803: Sevenoaks, Radipole Barracks, Christchurch 1804: Home 1805: Weymouth Camp; Wareham 1806: Woolwich (OC Capt. Henry Eveleigh) 1807: Warley 1808: November – to Peninsula 1809: Benavente; Cacabellos; Constantino; to England; Woolwich 1810: Woolwich 1811: Woolwich (OC Capt. Edward Willmot) 1812: Home 1813: Home 1814: Christchurch 1815: Home 1859: C Battery, Horse Brigade RHA 1862: C Battery, 1st Horse Brigade RHA 1864: C Battery, A Brigade RHA 1914: C Battery, II Brigade RHA 1939: C Battery, 4th Regiment RHA Current: C Battery, 3rd Regiment RHA. Page 3 of 7 Placed on the Napoleon Series: June 2015 The Napoleon Series D Troop, Royal Horse Artillery 1793: Formed 1st November; Woolwich (OC Capt. James M. Hadden) 1794: Lewes 1795: Lavant 1796: Canterbury 1797: Canterbury 1798: Brighton 1799: Colchester, Woodbridge 1800: Colchester (OC Capt. George William Dixon) 1801: Colchester 1802: Woolwich 1803: Sevenoaks 1804: Coxheath Camp, Woolwich (OC Capt. Thomas Downman) 1805: Warley 1806: Warley (OC Capt. George Lefebvre; died 23 October 1812) 1807: Canterbury 1808: Canterbury 1809: Canterbury 1810: March – to Peninsula; Bussaco 1811: Almeida; Albuera; Usagre; Fuenteguinaldo; Aldea de Ponte 1812: San Minoz; Ribera; Yeltes (OC Capt. George Beane; KIA Waterloo) 1813: Celada; Vittoria; Pyrenees 1814: Helette; St Palais; Orthez; Aire; Pau; Conchez; Tarbes; Toulouse; Bordeaux; to England; Woolwich 1815: Woolwich; to Belgium; Waterloo; Paris (OC Capt. Alexander Cavalié Mercer) 1816: Canterbury; Blatchington; 16 July – disbanded at Woolwich. E Troop, Royal Horse Artillery 1794: Formed 1 November; Woolwich (OC Capt. William Cuppage) 1795: Woolwich 1796: Newcastle (OC Capt. George Scott) 1797: Newcastle 1798: Newcastle 1799: Woolwich 1800: Woolwich 1801: Woolwich 1802: Canterbury 1803: Canterbury (OC Capt. George Bulteel Fisher) 1804: Canterbury 1805: Canterbury 1806: Canterbury (OC Capt. Robert McDonald) 1807: Woolwich 1808: Christchurch 1809: Christchurch 1810: Christchurch 1811: Christchurch; to Peninsula 1812: Ciudad Rodrigo; Salamanca forts; Salamanca 1813: Morales de Toro; Vittoria; Pyrenees (OC Capt. Robert William Gardiner) 1814: Orthez; Toulouse; to England; Woolwich 1815: Woolwich; to Belgium; Waterloo; Paris 1816: Army of Occupation; re-named D Troop RHA 1817: To England; Pontefract 1859: D Battery, Horse Brigade RHA 1862: D Battery, 1st Horse Brigade RHA 1864: A Battery, B Brigade RHA 1877: E Battery, A Brigade RHA 1939: E Battery, 1st Regiment RHA Current: E Battery, 1st Regiment RHA. Page 4 of 7 Placed on the Napoleon Series: June 2015 The Napoleon Series F Troop, Royal Horse Artillery 1794: Formed 1 November; Woolwich (OC Capt. James Butler) 1795: Woolwich 1796: Blandford 1797: Dorchester, Bencomb Camp, Dorchester, Christchurch 1798: Poole 1799: Poole 1800: Bodmin 1801: Exeter, Weymouth Camp, Christchurch (OC Capt. Edward Trelawney) 1802: Christchurch (OC Capt. George Cookson) 1803: To Ireland; Fermoy (OC Capt. Alexander Duncan) 1804: Islandbridge; Kildare Camp; Islandbridge 1805: To England; Woolwich 1806: Northfleet 1807: Christchurch 1808: Brighton 1809: Brighton (OC Capt. James Webber-Smith) 1810: Lewes 1811: Lewes 1812: Home 1813: To Peninsula; Vittoria; San Sebastian; Bidassoa; Nive 1814: Bayonne; to England; Woolwich 1815: Woolwich; to Belgium; Waterloo; Paris 1816: Army of Occupation 1817: To England; Woolwich; re-named E Troop RHA 1859: E Battery, Horse Brigade RHA 1862: E Battery, 1st Horse Brigade RHA 1864: B Battery, B Brigade RHA 1877: F Battery, A Brigade RHA 1914: F Battery, XIV Brigade RHA 1939: F Battery, 4th Regiment RHA Current: F (Sphinx) Parachute Battery, 7th Regiment RHA. G Troop, Royal Horse Artillery 1801: September – formed in Ireland from detachments of A B and C Troops; Mallow (OC Capt. George Bulteel Fisher) 1802: To England; Woolwich (OC Capt. William Borthwick) 1803: Woolwich (OC Capt. Augustus Simon Frazer) 1804: Warley; Coxheath Camp; Sevenoaks