1814

Regiment ordered to proceed from NSW & Van Diemen's Land to Ceylon:

Earl Spencer
[Sails from Sydney: 25 January 1814]: 10 officers, 348 rank and file, 49 women, 77 children. Total 482. [*479 disembark]
Major George Alexander GORDON; Captain Haddon SMITH, Captain John PIKE; Lieut. Archibald McNAUGHTON, Lieut. Martin MURPHY, Lieut. Thomas ATKINS, Lieut. Philip CONNOR, Lieut. D'Arcy WENTWORTH; Ensign George Anthony POOK; Assistant Surgeon George MARTIN; 15 Sergeants; 15 Corporals, 311 Privates, 5 Drummers; 49 women and 77 children. Arrival in Ceylon: Colombo, 25 March 1814.

General Hewitt
[Sails from Sydney via New Guinea, New Britain, Moluccas: 5 April 1814]: 10 officers, 362 rank and file, 96 women, 163 children. Total 631. Lieut. Col. Maurice O'CONNELL; Major Hugh J. CAMERON; Captain Anthony COANE; Lieut. William RAYMOND, Lieut. Andrew GREENSHIELDS, Lieut. Hugh HOLMES, Lieut. George DAWSON; Paymaster John BIRCH,; Adjutant Francis EAGAR; Surgeon John CARTER; 23 Sergeants; 20 Corporals; 309 Privates; 10 Drummers; 3 officers servants; 96 women and 163 children (Officers wives included: Mrs. Mary O'Connell, Mrs Birch and Mrs Carter). [Also listed on board was one volunteer: John PALMER, second eldest son of Commissary, John Palmer].
Arrival in Ceylon: Galle, 8 August; Colombo, 18 August 1814.

Windham
[Sails from Sydney via Hobart: 14 April 1814; departs Hobart 6 June 1814]: 8 officers, 105 rank and file, 28 women and 61 children. Total 197. Lieut. Col. Andrew GEILS (and wife, 2 daughters and 4 sons); Capt. John MURRAY(and son); Capt. William KENNY (and son); Capt. John RITCHIE; Lieut. Duncan CAMPBELL; Lieut. James TAYLOR (and wife); Lieut. William Thomas LYTTLETON (and wife, Anne nee Hortle (1797-1874), and their daughter, Rebecca (1812-1819); Assistant Surgeon John Martyn DERMOTT; 4 Sergeants, 6 Corporals, 94 Privates; 1 Drummer; 28 women and 61 children.
Arrival in Ceylon: Galle, 29 October; Colombo, 6 November 1814.

General Brown(e)
[19 December 1814]: 2 officers and 130 soldiers; 30 women, 58 children. Total 220. Captain Henry GLENHOLME; Lieut. Thomas B. BICKNELL; 130 rank and file; 30 women, 58 children.
Arrival in Ceylon: Colombo, 2 March 1815

18 July:
Execution of Private John Stevenson for mutiny - death by firing squad on Galle Face Esplanade, Colombo.