Memorable Manitobans: Officers of the Wolseley Expedition (1870)

Rank		Officer
Commander		Garnet Joseph Wolseley
Wolseley’s Staff Officers
Lieutenant-Colonel		Fielding
Major		Bolton
Captain		William Francis Butler
Captain		George L. Huyshe
Captain		Redvers Buller
Captain		McNeale
Chief-of-Staff		Matthew Irvine
First (Ontario) Battalion of Riflemen
Lieutenant-Colonel		Samuel Peters Jarvis
Major		Griffith Wainwright
Paymaster		J. F. B. Morrice
Adjutant		William J. B. Parsons
Quartermaster		Edward Armstrong
Surgeon		Alfred Codd
Chaplain		Stewart Patterson
No. 1 Company	Captain	Henry Cooke
	Lieutenant	James Benson
	Ensign	William Hill Nash
No. 2 Company	Captain	William Smith
	Lieutenant	Andrew McBride
	Ensign	John Biggar
No. 3 Company	Captain	Thomas Macklem
	Lieutenant	David Marr Walker
	Ensign	Adam John Laing Peebles
No. 4 Company	Captain	Daniel Hunter McMillan
	Lieutenant	William Nassau Kennedy
	Ensign	Stewart Mulvey
No. 5 Company	Captain	William Macauley Herchmer
	Lieutenant	Samuel Bruce Harman
	Ensign	Samuel Hamilton
No. 6 Company	Captain	Alexander R. Macdonald
	Lieutenant	William T. McMurty
	Ensign	Hugh John Macdonald
No. 7 Company	Captain	Thomas Scott
	Lieutenant	Donald A. Macdonald
	Ensign	Josiah Jones Bell
Second (Quebec) Battalion of Riflemen
Lieutenant-Colonel		Louis Adolphe Casault
Major		Acheson Gosford Irvine
Paymaster		C. Auguste La Rue
Captain and Adjutant		F. D. Gagnier
Quartermaster		Frank Villiers
Surgeon		John Louis Hubert Neilson
Chaplain		Marie Joseph Royer
No. 1 Company (did not reach Fort Garry)	Captain	L. C. A. L. de Bellefeuills
	Lieutenant	Edward T. H. F. Patterson
	Ensign	William Wilmount Ross
No. 2 Company	Captain	William John Barrett
	Lieutenant	John Price Fletcher
	Ensign	Alphonse Tetu
No. 3 Company	Captain	Allan Macdonald
	Lieutenant	Leonides de Salaberry
	Ensign	John Beresford Allan
No. 4 Company	Captain	John Fraser
	Lieutenant	Maurice C. B. Duchesney
	Ensign	Alphonse de Montenach Henri D'Eschambault
No. 5 Company	Captain	Jacques Labranche
	Lieutenant	Oscar Prevost
	Ensign	Gabriel Louis Des George
No. 6 Company	Captain	Samuel Macdonald
	Lieutenant	Josephus Wyatt Vaughan
	Ensign	George Simard
No. 7 Company	Captain	Jean-Baptiste Amyot
	Lieutenant	Henri Bouthillies
	Ensign	Edward S. Bernard

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: Men of the Red River Expeditionary Force (1870-1877)

Sources:

Joseph F. Tennant, Rough Times, 1870-1920. A Souvenir of the 50th Anniversary of the Red River Expedition and the Formation of the Province of Manitoba, Part 1, Chapter 9.

Library and Archives Canada, RG9, II B4, Volume 16. Department of Militia and Defence, Post-Confederation Records, Adjutant General's Office and Headquarters, 1867-1922. Registers and Lists of Officers, 1867-1922. Register of service, Red River Rebellion, 1870-1877. [Compiled by Fred J. Shore, 1996, at www.olivetreegenealogy.com/mil/can/rr/rref2.shtml]

Canadians on the Nile, 1882-1898: Being the Adventures of the Voyageurs on the Khartoum Relief Expedition and Other Exploits by Roy MacLaren, Vancouver BC: University of British Columbia Press, 1978, ISBN 0-7748-0094-1.

We thank Bill Watts for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 15 January 2023

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