Above left: an officer of the 55th foot ca. 1790. This colored engraving resides in the Regimental Museum in Carlisle Castle. Above right: "Captain St. Leger" by Sir Joshua Reynolds, ca. 1778. I believe that this portrait is of Captain John Hayes St. Leger of the 55th of Foot's grenadier company. Note the similarity in detail of the two uniforms.

NAME RANK 55th COMMISSION DATE PROMOTED 1 PROMOTED 2 Akers, John Houston Ensign 7 February, 1781 - - Anderson, George Lieut. 6 March, 1782 - - Ankertel, Matthew Ensign 16 July, 1774 - - Babington, Thomas Ensign 20 April, 1778 Lieut., 6 February, 1779 - Barnes, Joseph Chaplain 24 February, 1775 - - Broderick, Hon. Henry Captain 12 June 1779 - - Campbell, Alexander* Ensign 8 September, 1775 Lieut., 5 November, 1777 - Campbell, Colin* Ensign 14 March, 1771 Lieut., 26 September, 1772 - Campbell, Mungo Major 31 August, 1770 - - Castell, John Lieut. 11 November, 1777 Adjutant, 9 October, 1781 - Combe, Boyce Lieut. 27 December, 1778 - - Cunninghame, John Ensign 24 October, 1781 - - Cuyler, Cornelius Major 15 January, 1776 Lieut. Colonel, 16 November, 1777 - Deighton, Robert Ensign 11 May, 1776 Lieut., 20 April, 1778 - Dennistoune, William (1) Ensign 5 November, 1777 Lieut., 10 December, 1779 - Henry Downing**(2) Captain, Light Co'y 17 September, 1773 - - Doyle, Welborne Ellis Lieut. 17 September, 1773 Captain Lt., 5 November, 1777 Captain, 5 November, 1777 Fisher, Garrett*** Captain 23 January, 1773 - - Forster, Christian Lieut. 16 July, 1774 Captain Lt., 10 December, 1779 Captain, 10 December, 1779 Fraser, Thomas Surgeon 28 November, 1767 - - Gabbett, Joseph Ensign 27 October, 1775 - - Gansell, William (3) Maj. General 19 March, 1765 Colonel, August, 1762- July 1774 Lt. General, 26 May 1772 Gardiner, Valentine Captain 25 December, 1765 - - Gillian, John Captain 28 May, 1768 - - Gillfillan, Thomas Adjutant 2 January, 1774 - - Gomm, William Captain 25 September, 1780 - - Gordon, James Ensign 11 May, 1776 Lieut., 18 August, 1778 - Graham, Alexander Lieut. 20 January, 1779 - - Grant, Alexander Ensign 10 December, 1779 Lieut. , 3 December, 1781 - Grant, Francis Ensign 5 July, 1780 - - Grant, James** Colonel 11 December, 1775 Major Gen. in Am., 1 January, 1776 Major Gen., 29 August, 1777 Grant, William Qtr Mstr 24 November, 1777 Adjutant, 27 December, 1778 - Grant, William Ensign 31 January, 1779 - - Grant, William Ensign 24 October, 1779 Lieut., 7 February, 1781 - Gray, Robert (4) Captain 18 September, 1760 Major, 23 July, 1772 - Hamerton, Michael Lieut. 26 September, 1772 Captain, 11 May, 1776 Aid to Maj. Gen Grant (1777) Hart, George Captain Lieut. 3 March 1779 Captain, 3 March 1779 - Haverkam, Jones Lieut. 15 January, 1779 - - Hurdman, Benjamin Ensign 5 November, 1777 - - Ledwick, George Chaplain 18 February, 1769 - - Leslie, George Qtr Mstr 6 January, 1779 - - Lindsay, Hon. Colin Ensign 23 January, 1773 Captain, Gren. Coy, 26 April, 1777 - Lindsey, John Ensign 12 Febeuary 1780 - - Lucas, Robert Lieut. 28 November, 1771 Captain Lt., 11 May 1776 Captain 11 May, 1776 Luke, John Captain 5 December, 1764 - - Lumsden, James Ensign 6 February, 1782 - - McCray, Eugene (5) Ensign ?? - - McDonald, Donald Lieut. 6 September, 1775 Captain, 24 July, 1779 - Maclachlan, John Captain 15 August, 1775 - - Maitland, Alexander Lieut. 4 October, 1776 - - Maitland, Thomas Ensign 14 May, 1774 Lieut., 29 August, 1777 - Marland, Peter Ensign 14 May, 1774 Lieut., 11 May, 1776 - Martyr, John Ensign 3 December, 1777 - - Meadows, William (6) Lieut. Colonel 22 September, 1775 - - Pigott, Robert Brigadier Gen. ?? Colonel, 4 January, 1776 - Power, Richard Ensign 16 March, 1775 - - Quin, William Ensign 22 December, 1780 - - Read, Thomas Ensign 5 October, 1777 Adjutant, 24 November, 1777 - Reynolds, Decimus Captain Lieut. 8 September, 1775 Captain, 11 May, 1776 - St. Leger, John Captain 24 September, 1778 - - Shuldham, Thomas*** Ensign 11 May, 1776 - - Stelfox, Thomas Lieut. 15 August, 1775 - - Stotesbury, Robert Lieut. 16 July, 1774 - - Stratford, Hon. Ben Neale Captain 31 August, 1770 - - Swindell, John Cosby Ensign 23 August, 1775 Lieut., 7 July, 1777 - Trevor, James Taylor(7) Captain Lt. and Captain 16 July, 1774 - - Vallancy, Rupert Preston (8) Qtr Mstr 18 January, 1770 Lieut. , 31 August, 1774 - Warren [Waring], John(9) Lieut., Light Co'y 28 September, 1775 Captain Lt., 25 September, 1780 Captain, 25 September, 1780 Wheeler, Thomas Lieut. 15 January, 1779 - - Wilson, James Ensign 15 August, 1775 Lieut. , 26 April, 1777 -

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* Wounded at Princeton

** Wounded at Brandywine.

*** Wounded at Germantown

1) Lieutenant William Dennistone died on February 5, 1782, probably on Antigua or one of the Leeward Islands.

2) Captain, second battalion Light infantry

3) Lt General and Colonel of the 55th William Gansell died in the Fleet Prision for debtors on 28 July, 1774 (See note in Record of Service).

4) Major Robert Gray died sometime prior to April of 1776. 5) Ensign Eugene McCray died October 23, 1781 while the regiment was stationed in the West Indies.

6) Lieutenant Colonel William Meadows was Commander of First Battalion Grenadiers. He was wounded "in the right body," then fell off his horse and broke his collarbone at Brandywine.

7) Captain James Taylor Trevor was killed in a duel with Ensign Richard Power on November 5, 1777.

8) Lieutenant Rupert Preston Vallancy of the Grenadier company died of disease on St. Lucia in 1779.

9) Lieutenant John Warren (Waring) Light infantry. Seriously wounded through both lungs by French bayonets at the battle of LaVigie, St. Lucia, December 18, 1778. Warren was taken prisoner by the French at that battle.

List compiled from Worthington Chauncey Ford, British Officers Serving in the American Revolution, 1774-1783 and Pennsylvania Magazine of History 27, 1903.

Thanks to Stephen Gilbert for providing additional information for the footnotes.