Columbia Detachment

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Nominal Roll

The original composition of the Force was:

  • 6 Officers
  • 1 Assistant Surgeon
  • 1 Colour Sergeant
  • 1 Quartermaster Serjeant
  • 7 Serjeants
  • 8 Corporals
  • 8 2nd Corporals
  • 2 Buglers
  • 123 Sappers
  • 1 Medical Assistant
  • 2 Royal Artillery NCOs
  • 2 15th Hussars NCOs

Total number of the Columbia Detachment on the 23rd August, 1858 was - 162 Officers and Men.

The OFFICERS
Richard Clement Moody 872 Arthur Reid Lempriere
John Marshall Grant 949 Henry Spencer Palmer
808 Robert Mann Parsons 5367 John Vernon Seddall
813 Henry Reynolds Luard

The white numbers are Regimental Numbers.

CIVILIAN ATTACHMENTS to the Detachment
Robert Burnaby John Sheepshanks Henry Press Wright
John Miles    
The MEN   Back to Top

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | J | K | L | Mc | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | W | Y

A
   James Alexander 4944 Samuel Archer
4754 Walter Alexander 5157 Thomas Argyle
4676 Frederick Allen 2330 Robert Armstrong
Daniel D. Alman Thomas Armstrong

B

 4120  Richard Babbage 908 Archibald T. Breakenridge
2794 John S. Baker 739 Richard Bridgeman
4762 John Barnes 5389 Jonathan H. Brown
398 Henry J. Benney 92 Henry Bruce
1892 Lewis F. Bonson 5016 Robert Butler
565 George Bowden 4681 William Byers
2594 William Bowden  
C
 1602 George Cann 4129 John Cox
2740 William Christie 572 Philip Crart (aka Craft)
3686 Robert W. Colston 4205 Edward Croft
1163 James Conroy 5159 Allan Cummins
James Cooper Back to the Top
D

4099

Joseph Davis James Digby
5256 Samuel Dawson George Dobbs
William Deas 2534 Edward Dodd
1677 Daniel Deasy Thomas Dorothy
2257 Charles Delaney 5188 Henry Dransfield
680 James Dickson James Duffy
1942 Charles Digby Charles Durham
E

5199

George Eaton 4967 William Edwards (2nd)
4750  Charles Ede 1434 James Ellard
166 William H. Edwards (1st) James H. Elliott
F

3814

James Flux 1457 William Anthony Franklin
4798 John Foster 5068 Joseph Frost
G

4439

Thomas Gilchrist 4161 Robert Goskirk
James Gillis 5384 George Green
H

5339

Andrew Haig 1448 Williams Hawkins
5037 James Hall 3254 William Haynes
103 Matthew Hall William Hayward
542 William Hall Henry W. "Matilda" Hazel
5005 George Hand 4434 Robert Howell
Daniel Harris 2206 Alfred Richard Howse
1948 William Harvey 4246 Lewis Morgan Hughes
5386 Alfred Hawkins 4682 Robert Hume
J

4556

Philip Jackman Samuel Johnson
1244 John Jaffrey Thomas Jones
John Jane Back to the Top
K
348 James Keary James Kennedy
5370 David Kennedy  
L

220

James Benjamin Launders 1130  John Linn
4563 Samuel Layman 2327 James Lindsay
2785 Peter J. Leach 3407 Thomas Lomax
4673 Robert Liddell  
Mc

318

William McColl 2665 Murdock McMillan
 2358 John McGowan 5193 John McMorran
267 John McKenny 49 John McMurphy
M

2331

Joseph Maclure 1790 Jonathan Morey
William Manstrie Charles A. Mould
4966 Isaac G. Maynard Andrew Munroe
5381 Joseph Maynard 509 John Murray
812 John Meade 3343 John Musselwhite
5495 Thomas W. Mills  
N

4644

George Newton 2155 James Normansell
4528 John Noble

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O
5025 William Oldham

762

David S. Osment
P

5212

William Patterson 5902 Thomas Price
4270 Edward Pearson 5029 Charles Pride
4604 Thomas Perkins 5229 George Purser
R

4505

Thomas Pearson Reid George Rodgers
5026 Daniel Richards 1092 William Rogerson
5072 Alexander S. Robertson Edward Roe
Robert Robertson 5433 George Rowebottom
822 William Robinson 459 Robert M. Rylatt
S

James Sanders 614 John Smith (sgt)
2618 John Scales 4674 John Smith (sapper)
1470 James Shannon 5230 Henry Soar
John Shannon 5394 George Stainsbury
2169 Charles Sinnett 4695 Robert Stevens
4715 Henry William Smith 4634 Richard W. Sturtridge
3007 Alexander Smith Back to the Top
T

5074

James Thistleton 4807 James Tribute
4973 Frederick Thurgate 243 James Turnbull
6702 Edward Townsend 3026 George Turner
W

4872

Samuel Wakely 5293 William Wilkinson
4677 James Walsh 4579 George Williams
4077 Thomas Walsh 3234 Richard Wolfenden
4729 Christopher West 5175 James Wood
3819 John Clayton White 2660 John Woodcock
Henry Whitmore  
Y

4465

Henry Yates  
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Pay By Rank Pay in the British Army

Rank Pay rate per diem
Serjeant 2s. 101/2d
Corporal 2s. 21/2d
Second Corporal 1s. 103/4d
Bugler 1s. 21/2d
Sapper 1s. 21/2d
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