Capt. 24th Aug., 1815. H. p. 25th June, 1817.
Lieut. 28th Sept., 1815. H. p. 25th Apr., 1817.
Lieut. 30th Nov., 1815. Exchanged to 20th Foot, 24th July, 1823. Exchanged to 98th Foot, 5th July, 1827.
Lieut. 26th July, 1821. H. p. in Oct. same year. Restored to full pay as ensign 47th Foot, 8th June, 1826. Serving in 1830.
54TH (OR THE WEST NORFOLK) REGIMENT OF FOOT.
Rank in the —————— LIEUT.-COLONEL. Regiment.│Army. John, Earl Waldegrave 26 Nov. 1812 │ MAJORS. │ [1] Sir Neil Campbell, Kt. 20 Feb. 1806 │Col., 4 June, 1814 [2] Allan Kelly 31 Oct. 1811 │ CAPTAINS. │ [3] Thos. Cox Kirby 25 Sept. 1806 │ Richard Blakeman 15 Mar. 1809 │ _Walter Crofton_, K. 16 Mar. 1809 │ [4] James Leslie 3 Jan. 1811 │ Gilhow J. Tappenham 12 Dec. 1811 │ _George Black_ 9 July, 1812 │ Thos. Chartres 28 Apr. 1814 │ LIEUTENANTS. │ George Fraser 11 Dec. 1806 │ [5] Gonville Bromhead 23 Mar. 1809 │ [6] Edward Alleyne Evanson 20 Apr. 1809 │ [7] John Pillon 11 May, 1809 │20 Mar. 1807 Robert Woodgate 28 Sept. 1809 │ Wm. Claus 22 Feb. 1810 │ Richard Kelly 14 June, 1810 │ John Grey 19 Sept. 1811 │ [8] Philip Mandilhon 7 Nov. 1811 │ Joseph Henry Potts 12 Dec. 1811 │ Robert Leacroft 21 Aug. 1812 │ Francis Taylor 10 Sept. 1812 │ [9] Edward Marcon 20 May, 1813 │ John Reid 22 Oct. 1813 │ Richard Stacpoole 15 Dec. 1813 │ Francis Burgess 16 Dec. 1813 │ Wm. Pilkington 12 May, 1814 │ Wm. Nich. Persse 2 June, 1814 │ [10] Dixon Denham 1 Dec. 1814 │7 Sept. 1813 Francis Hutchinson 8 Dec. 1814 │ [11] M. Stoughton H. Lloyd 2 Mar. 1815 │ ENSIGNS. │ Edward Nugent 23 Dec. 1813 │ Thos. Fraser 5 May, 1814 │ [12] Charles Hill 12 May, 1814 │ [13] John Clark 2 June, 1814 │ [14] C.W. Thomas 17 Nov. 1814 │15 July, 1814 Alexander Mathewson 8 Dec. 1814 │ [15] Pryce Clarke 2 Mar. 1815 │ PAYMASTER. │ Henry Irwin 11 Feb. 1813 │18 June, 1801 QUARTERMASTER. │ [16] Wm. Coates 1 Aug. 1811 │ SURGEON. │ George Redmond 11 Sept. 1806 │ ASSISTANT-SURGEONS. │ Moore F. Fynan 28 Feb. 1811 │ George Leech 25 Nov. 1813 │ _Facings green._ _Lace silver._
“The man who let Boney go.” This distinguished officer was second son of Capt. Neil Campbell, of Duntroon. Bn. 1st May, 1776. Joined 6th West India Regt. as ensign in 1797. After three years’ service in West Indies returned to England and joined 95th Rifles as a lieut., and in following year purchased a company in same regt. In 1805 was promoted major in 43rd Foot, and in 1806 was removed to 54th Foot. Served with this regt. in Jamaica, and in 1808 returned home. Again sent to West Indies as a bt. lt.-col. on the staff, and in that capacity was present at the capture of Guadaloupe. Commanded a Portuguese regt. during the Par. War. In Feb., 1813, was sent to Russia by the British Government, and was employed by Gen. Lord Cathcart, British Ambassador at St. Petersburg, to accompany a corps of the Russian army and report on its force and military operations. In the autumn of 1813 was detached to the siege of Dantzig, where a corps of 30,000 men was employed under Prince Alexander of Wurtemberg. On the 24th March, 1814, was severely wounded at Fere Champenoise, in France, in a cavalry charge, by a Cossack, who mistook him for a French officer and struck him to the ground. In April, 1814, was chosen by the British Government to accompany Napoleon from Fontainebleau to Elba. Author of _Napoleon at Fontainebleau_. In the following spring, whilst Col. Campbell was at Florence, having left Elba for a few days on pressing business, Napoleon formed and carried out his plan of escape. Commanded the 54th in 1815, and was at the storming of Cambray. C.B. Gold cross for the capture of Martinique and Guadaloupe, siege of Ciudad Rodrigo, and battle of Salamanca. A knight bachelor, maj.-gen., Governor of Sierra Leone, where he died of fever, 14th Aug., 1827.