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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