COMMISSARIAT DEPARTMENT - BRITISH ARMY 1851 --------------------------------------------- The following names have been transcribed from the Army list for January 1851 pages 69 and 70. They pertain to Staff of the Commissariat Department serving in various parts of the British Empire. It is not clear from the original Army List whether the dates quoted are the seniority dates or the dates of appointment. The ranks of these personnel have had to be abbreviated a bit in order to fit into index. In full they are:- Commissaries General Deputy Commissaries General Deputy Assistant Commissaries General The Uniform of these personnel is stated to be:- "Blue Facings - Black Velvet" Transcribed by Ted WILDY in Auckland New Zealand on 28th December 1995 using PCFile database program. NAMES RANK DATE POSTING -------------------- ----------------- --------- -------------------- ACKROYD Robert Asst Comm-General 16Dec1845 Mauritius ADAMS George Deputy Comm-Gen 29Dec1849 Dublin ALLINSON John Hiram Dep Asst Comm-Gen 28Dec1847 St Kitts ARCHER Francis B. Asst Comm-General 16Dec1845 St Helena ARCHER Wm. Spearman Dep Asst Comm-Gen.28Jun1838 Ionian Islands. ASHTON Henry Dep Asst Comm-Gen 01Jul1840 Van Diemen's Land ATKINSON George Dep Asst Comm-Gen 23Dec1842 Ionian Islands BAKER Robert Dep Asst Comm-Gen 24Dec1844 Berbice BARTLETT Henry Dep Asst Comm-Gen 26Dec1846 Cape of Good Hope BAYLEY Henry Lambert BDep Asst Comm-Gen 23Dec1842 Tobago BISHOP William Deputy Comm-Gen 29Dec1849 Van Diemen's Land BLANC Charles Garrow Dep Asst Comm-Gen 09Dec1848 West Indies BOOTH Robert Dep Asst Comm-Gen 29Dec1848 Nova Scotia BOVELL John William Asst Comm-General 26Dec1846 Cape of Good Hope BOWER Rupert B.B. Dep Asst Comm-Gen 28Dec1847 Jamaica BOWERS Henry Deputy Comm-Gen 24Dec1844 West Indies BOWMAN Wm Flockhart Asst Comm-General 20Jan1837 Malta BRATHWAITE Fred. Dep Asst Comm-Gen 01Jul1840 New Zealand BRIDGEN Charles Asst Comm-General 01Jul1840 Van Diemen's Land BROWNE Thomas Dep Asst Comm-Gen 26Dec1846 Van Diemen's Land CLARKE Douglas Bennet Dep Asst Comm-Gen 23Dec1843 Barbados CLARKE Henry Dep Asst Comm-Gen 27Aug1838 Honduras COMPER John Thomas Dep Asst Comm-Gen 24Dec1844 Barbados CONNELL Henry Dep Asst Comm-Gen 24Dec1844 Western Australia COOPER Wm. Robertson Dep Asst Comm-Gen 24Dec1844 Cape of Good Hope COWAN Edward A.F. Asst Comm-General 04May1836 Demerara COXWORTHY Ferguson ThoAsst Comm-General 24Dec1841 Quebec COXWORTHY James Dep Asst Comm-Gen 26Dec1846 Honduras CROOKSHANK Alexander CDep Asst Comm-Gen 26Dec1846 Demerara CUMMING Robert Dep Asst Comm-Gen 16Dec1845 Cape of Good Hope CURLL Henry Dep Asst Comm-Gen 17Oct1844 Van Diemen's Land DALRYMPLE Wm. Henry Asst Comm-General 29Dec1849 Montreal DANIEL John E. Deputy Comm-Gen 26Dec1846 Gibraltar DARLING H.C. Asst Comm-General 01Jul1840 Western Australia DARLING Montague Wm. Dep Asst Comm-Gen 26Dec1840 St Lucia DAVENPORT Jn.SalusburyDep Asst Comm-Gen 28Jun1838 Montreal Canada DINWIDDIE Gilbert H. Asst Comm-General 28Jun1838 Gibraltar DOBREE J. Saumarez Deputy Comm-Gen 07Jun1825 Dublin DRAKE William Henry Asst Comm-General 16Dec1845 Nova Scotia EDWARDS Alexander Asst Comm-General 29Dec1849 Nova Scotia EICHBAUM Charles Wm. Dep Asst Comm-Gen 16Dec1845 Hong Kong ERSKINE Jas. Augustus Dep Asst Comm-Gen 28Jun1838 New South Wales FAGAN William John Dep Asst Comm-Gen 09Dec1849 FEILDE Fulford BastardAsst Comm-General 23Dec1843 Prescott Canada FLETCHER William Asst Comm-General 01Jul1840 Van Diemen's Land FOUBLANQUE E.BarringtoDep Asst Comm-Gen 23Dec1842 Jamiaca FRASER Thomas Asst Comm-General 01Jul1840 FREEMAN Luke Dep Asst Comm-Gen 29Dec1848 Cape of Good Hope GARDINER Robert May Dep Asst Comm-Gen 23Dec1843 Antigua GEM Thomas Dep Asst Comm-Gen 16Dec1845 GOLDIE Thomas Wm. Dep Asst Comm-Gen 26Dec1840 St Kitts GOLDSMITH Oliver Asst Comm-General 28Jun1838 Newfoundland GOOLD James Knight Dep Asst Comm-Gen 23Dec1843 Toronto Canada GRAHAM Thomas Asst Comm-General 15Jun1844 Grenada GREEN Henry Asst Comm-General 29Dec1849 Cape of Good Hope GREEN William Deputy Comm-Gen 16Dec1845 Cape of Good Hope HAWKINS Villiers W.C. Dep Asst Comm-Gen 16Dec1845 Bahamas HEWETSON William Dep Asst Comm-Gen 24Dec1844 Newfoundland HORNE Charles A. Dep Asst Comm-Gen 01Jul1840 HORNE George Dep Asst Comm-Gen 01Jul1840 Norfolk Island IBBETSON Edward Dep Asst Comm-Gen 29Dec1848 Barbados IBBETSON Fred. Henry Dep Asst Comm-Gen 23Dec1842 Ionian Islands INGLIS Richard Asst Comm-General 24Dec1844 Cape of Good Hope JONES Humphrey StanleyDep Asst Comm-Gen 01Jul1840 Amhertsburg JULYAN Penrose G. Dep Asst Comm-Gen 28Dec1847 Malta KENT John Asst Comm-General 16Dec1845 Jamaica KNOWLES Francis Dep Asst Comm-Gen 23Dec1843 Sierra Leone LAIDLEY John Deputy Comm-Gen 20Jan1837 Mauritius LAMONT William R.A. Asst Comm-General 16Dec1845 Bytown Canada LANE James Dep Asst Comm-Gen 01Jul1840 Nova Scotia LARDNER George Darley Asst Comm-General 29Dec1849 West Indies Le MESURIER William Dep Asst Comm-Gen 23Dec1842 Gambia LEE David Ross Dep Asst Comm-Gen 07Jun1842 Pen-tauguishene ?? LEMPRIERE Thomas Jas. Asst Comm-General 24Dec1844 Hong Kong LINDSEY Robert Asst Comm-General 03MayXXXX Jamaica LOOKER William Asst Comm-General 23Dec1843 LUNDY James Bell Dep Asst Comm-Gen 24Dec1844 Nova Scotia MacAULEY Hector J. Dep Asst Comm-Gen 24Dec1844 Malta MacLEAN George Commissary General29Dec1849 MAJOR Fras. Wm. A.C. Deputy Comm-Gen 16Dec1845 Nova Scotia MAJOR Rob. Clement Dep Asst Comm-Gen 19Dec1843 Grenada MALASSEZ Charles T. Asst Comm-General 29Dec1849 Bahamas MALASSEZ Maximilian Asst Comm-General 26Dec1846 Bermuda MATURIN William Henry Asst Comm-General 26Dec1846 South Australia MAULE Henry Dep Asst Comm-Gen 28Dec1847 Barbados McCANN Thomas Dep Asst Comm-Gen 24Dec1841 Quebec Canada McCLINTOCK Theodore Dep Asst Comm-Gen 09Dec1849 Cape of Good Hope McCULLOCH John R. Dep Asst Comm-Gen 16Dec1845 Barbados McFARLAN John Asst Comm-General 23Dec1843 Wm Henry Can E. McLEAN Arch. Donald Dep Asst Comm-Gen 09Dec1849 Gibraltar McMAHON Edmond John Dep Asst Comm-Gen 01Jul1840 St Vincent MENDS William Fisher Asst Comm-General 15Jun1843 West Australia MIDWOOD T.W. Dep Asst Comm-Gen 01Jul1840 Van Diemen's Land MILLER William Commissary General29Dec1849 Cape of Good Hope. MITCHELL James Dep Asst Comm-Gen 16Dec1845 Van Diemen's Land MONTANARO Ben. J. Dep Asst Comm-Gen 16Dec1845 Ionian Islands MOORE Henry Dep Asst Comm-Gen 26Dec1846 Trinidad MORSE Henry Brown Asst Comm-General 08Dec1848 Canada MYLREA Fred Thomas Asst Comm-General 06Dec1838 Belfast NEILL Robert Asst Comm-General 26Dec1846 Berbice NICOLSON John Dep Asst Comm-Gen 23Dec1843 Western Australia ORIEL Henry Fra. Asst Comm-General 23Dec1843 London Canada OSBORN Kean Dep Asst Comm-Gen 24Dec1841 Dublin OWEN Stephen Asst Comm-General 16Dec1845 New South Wales PAILLE Peter Francis Dep Asst Comm-Gen 01Jul1840 Mauritius PALMER Charles Dep Asst Comm-Gen 29Dec1848 Cape of Good Hope PALMER William Dep Asst Comm-Gen 01Jul1840 Mauritius PARKER Fred. S. Dep Asst Comm-Gen 26Dec1846 Kingston Canada PARROTT William Read Dep Asst Comm-Gen 16Dec1845 New Zealand PENNELL Lovell Deputy Comm-Gen 26Dec1840 Jamaica PLANT H.W. Woodf. Dep Asst Comm-Gen 26Dec1840 Nova Scotia POTGIETER Conrad Dep Asst Comm-Gen 26Dec1846 Cape of Good Hope POWER Wm. Jas. Tyrone Dep Asst Comm-Gen 24Dec1844 PRIAULX Henry Dep Asst Comm-Gen 01Jul1840 Van Diemen's Land PRICE John Banner Dep Asst Comm-Gen 24Dec1844 Barbados RAE Thomas Asst Comm-General 03Jun1838 Quebec RAMSAY T. Wharton Deputy Comm-Gen 28Jun1838 New South Wales RAYNER Thomas Deputy Comm-Gen 29Dec1849 Bermuda ROATH Leonce Asst Comm-General 29Dec1849 Montreal Canada ROBERTSON Hy Lewis C. Dep Asst Comm-Gen 09Dec1849 Cape of Good Hope ROBINSON Henry Dep Asst Comm-Gen 26Dec1846 Kilkenny ROBINSON William Asst Comm-General 16Dec1845 Cape of Good Hope ROBINSON William HenryDeputy Comm-Gen 26Dec1840 Canada ROGERS Henry Fra. Dep Asst Comm-Gen 28Dec1847 Limerick ROLLESTON Philip Dep Asst Comm-Gen 29Dec1848 Gibraltar ROUTH Randolph Asst Comm-General 26Dec1846 Limerick SALE John Henry Dep Asst Comm-Gen 09Dec1849 Cape of Good Hope SALWEY Alfred Dep Asst Comm-Gen 24Dec1844 Cork SHELL Charles H. Dep Asst Comm-Gen 24Dec1844 Cape of Good Hope SHEPHEARD George Asst Comm-General 16Dec1845 Nova Scotia SKINNER George Alex. Dep Asst Comm-Gen 16Dec1845 Cape of Good Hope SKRYME James Asst Comm-General 16Dec1845 St Johns Canada SMIDT Johannes Asst Comm-General 24Dec1844 Cape of Good Hope SMITH Charles B. Dep Asst Comm-Gen 29Dec1848 Cape of Good Hope SMITH John William Asst Comm-General 24Dec1844 Hong Kong SMITH Robert Henry Dep Asst Comm-Gen 28Dec1847 Mauritius STANTON William Asst Comm-General 16Dec1845 Toronto Canada STRICKLAND Edward Dep Asst Comm-Gen 26Dec1840 Malta STRICKLAND Thomas Dep Asst Comm-Gen 28Dec1847 Cape of Good Hope SUTHERLAND John M.M. Dep Asst Comm-Gen 16Dec1845 New Zealand SWAIN Charles Dep Asst Comm-Gen 29Dec1848 Gibraltar SWAIN Charles Asst Comm-General 24Dec1841 Barbados SWAN Tho. George S. Asst Comm-General 24Dec1841 Van Diemen's Land TELFER Patrick N. Dep Asst Comm-Gen 16Dec1845 Quebec THOMPSON Justus Henry Dep Asst Comm-Gen 09Dec1849 Cape of Good Hope TINLING Widrington Dep Asst Comm-Gen 26Dec1846 St Vincent TOMES John Dep Asst Comm-Gen 24Dec1841 Van Diemen's Land TREW Thomas Eggar Asst Comm-General 24Dec1841 Niagara TRIMMER John Asst Comm-General 29Dec1849 TROTTER Alexander Asst Comm-General 20Jan1837 Dominica TUBBY James H. Dep Asst Comm-Gen 26Dec1846 Barbados TURNER Philip Asst Comm-General 26Dec1846 New Zealand UNIACKE Redmond Dep Asst Comm-Gen 23Dec1843 USSHER William H.B. Dep Asst Comm-Gen 16Dec1845 Quebec WALCOT Charles Thomas Dep Asst Comm-Gen 28Dec1847 Jamaica WALDRON Fred. William Dep Asst Comm-Gen 26Dec1846 New South Wales WALKER Billingsley EdmDep Asst Comm-Gen 09Dec1849 New South Wales WATT Fitzjames Edward Dep Asst Comm-Gen 23Dec1843 WEBB George J. Dep Asst Comm-Gen 16Dec1845 WEIR Thomas C. Deputy Comm-Gen 29Dec1849 Corfu WILD Henry James Deputy Comm-Gen 20Jan1837 Malta WILLAN Jas. Douglas Dep Asst Comm-Gen 23Dec1842 WILLIAMS Charles Asst Comm-General 01Jul1840 Trinidad WILLIAMS Thomas Dep Asst Comm-Gen 16Dec1845 Bermuda WOOD James Charles R. Dep Asst Comm-Gen 24Dec1844 New Zealand WOODLEY Jas. WilkinsonDep Asst Comm-Gen 28Dec1847 Jamaica WOOLRANE Fred George Dep Asst Comm-Gen 09Dec1849 Van Diemen's Land WYBAULT Joseph Wm. Asst Comm-General 24Dec1844 Nova Scotia YEOLAND George Asst Comm-General 10Sep1830 Jamaica ======================================================================