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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 |
I. 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 |
F. L. A. 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 |
More information:
Men of the Red River Expeditionary Force
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]
This gallery was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Gallery revised: 5 October 2011
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