Some pages in the 1840 edition of "The Colonial Magazine and Commercial Maritime Index" includes info as follows. (As I am not of a military background, I cannot follow a lot of it but if it would be of importance to others, I would continue to transcribe it): LONDON GAZETTE WAR OFFICE DEC 31 1840 3d Regt of Lt Drag-Cornet and Adjutant J Sullivan to have the rank of Lieut Regt of Lt Drag-Lieut W Wilmer to be Capt by purchase, vice Jillard, who retired; Cornet M. Gwynne to be Lieut by purchase, vice Wilmer; D Maycock, gent., to be Cornet by purchase, vice Gwynne 17th regt of Lt Drag-Major M.C.D. St Quintin, to be Lieut-Col by purchase, vice Pratt, who retires; Brevet Major J Lawrence to be Major, by purchase, vice St Quintin; Lieut. Barrow to be Capt by purchase, vice Lawrence; Cornet A. S. Willet, to be Lieut, by purchase, vice Barrow. Coldstream Regt of Ft Guards-Cd W.L. Walton to be Lieut=-Col, by purchase, vice J Freemantle who retires upon half-pay unattached; Brevet Col. G Bowles to be Major, by purchase, vice Walton; ..Pearce, from half-pay unattached to be Capt. And Lieut.- Col., vice Bowles; Lieut and Capt the Hon. A. Upton to be Capt and Lieut-Col., by purchase, vice Pearce, who retires; Ensign and Lina

Lina The information that appeared in the London Gazette would have updated the next issue of the Army List. So if you were intersted in an individual the best place to check would be a run of Army Lists in which you could follow a career. Anthony Staunton -----Original Message----- From: Lina Moffitt [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, 26 January 2003 9:41 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Is the following of interest? Some pages in the 1840 edition of "The Colonial Magazine and Commercial Maritime Index" includes info as follows. (As I am not of a military background, I cannot follow a lot of it but if it would be of importance to others, I would continue to transcribe it): LONDON GAZETTE WAR OFFICE DEC 31 1840 3d Regt of Lt Drag-Cornet and Adjutant J Sullivan to have the rank of Lieut Regt of Lt Drag-Lieut W Wilmer to be Capt by purchase, vice Jillard, who retired; Cornet M. Gwynne to be Lieut by purchase, vice Wilmer; D Maycock, gent., to be Cornet by purchase, vice Gwynne 17th regt of Lt Drag-Major M.C.D. St Quintin, to be Lieut-Col by purchase, vice Pratt, who retires; Brevet Major J Lawrence to be Major, by purchase, vice St Quintin; Lieut. Barrow to be Capt by purchase, vice Lawrence; Cornet A. S. Willet, to be Lieut, by purchase, vice Barrow. Coldstream Regt of Ft Guards-Cd W.L. Walton to be Lieut=-Col, by purchase, vice J Freemantle who retires upon half-pay unattached; Brevet Col. G Bowles to be Major, by purchase, vice Walton; ..Pearce, from half-pay unattached to be Capt. And Lieut.- Col., vice Bowles; Lieut and Capt the Hon. A. Upton to be Capt and Lieut-Col., by purchase, vice Pearce, who retires; Ensign and Lina ==== AUS-MILITARY Mailing List ==== First AIF Order of Battle 1914-1918 http://www.adfa.edu.au/~rmallett/index.html