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Royal Sappers and Miners

From British Parliamentary Papers, 1834 XLIV Papers Relating to Emigration - Upper Canada

Head Quarters, Royal Sappers and Miners,
Woolwich, 28th July 1834.

Nominal List of Non-commissioned Officers, Privates and Buglers of the Companies of Royal Sappers and Miners, disbanded at the Rideau Canal in December 1831.

Rank Names Company Rank Names Company
Serjeant William Addison 7th Private John Smith 7th
Corporal Thomas Jenkins - - Samuel Patrick -
  William Clyma 15th - John Ayres -
2d Corporal Archibald Sands 7th - Hugh Patrick -
- George Hog - Bugler Thomas Duffy -
- Daniel M'Donald - Private William Adour 15th
- John Richard 15th - William Flowers -
- Jones Jones - - Thomas Dickson -
- William Mitchell - - Robert Peck -
Private Thomas Jones 7th - Robert Snowdell -
- Alexander Burns - - John Newman -
- Henry Hog - - Philip Clogg -
- John M'Donald - - David Mitchell -
- Thomas Green - - Thomas Newman -
- George Nebbs - - William Smith -
- Charles Taylor - - Michael Rowe -
- Robert Bray - - Roderick M'Kay -
- Cornelius Connor - - Henry Bullen -
- Andrew Gray - - William Fielding -
- William Muchmore - - James Dykes -
- William R. Broad - - Robert Clements -
- Thomas Finn - - Edward Pascoe -
- Robert Gillvear - - George Sims -
- Henry Lavis - - Patrick Pullen -
- James Hume - - Robert Jones -
- John Fraser - - Stephen Simmonds -
- James Boundly - - James Deovy -
- Thomas Little - - John M'Laren -
- Joseph White - - Thomas Smith -
- Robert Mitchell - - James Coll -
- David Nesbitt - - John Burgoyne -
- James Calloway - - John White -
- William Fraser - - George Hamilton -
- John Serjeant - - John Porteous -
- William Fleming - - Samuel Spry -
- James Murdoch -      

The following Men returned to England on the Disbandment of the Companies:

Rank. Names. Company. Remarks.
Col.-Serjeant John Eads 7th Now serving at Gibraltar.
- John Johnston 15th Ditto - - at Woolwich.
Serjeant Jospeh Coombs - Discharged 9 March 1832, and gone to Canada
Corporal George Raff 7th Now serving at Chatham
- Denis Ryan 15th Discharged 31 Jan. 1832, and to reside at Thurles, Ireland.
- Thomas Simmonds - Now serving at Purfleet.
Private James Burrel 7th Discharged 31 Jan. 1832, and to reside at Dunfermline
- Andrew Kinross - Ditto - ditto - ditto - at Stirling
- Charles Turner - Ditto - ditto - ditto - at Haywood
- Edward Councill - Ditto, 31 March 1832 - - at Dublin
- William Smith - Ditto, 31 Oct. 1832 - - at Fortes
Private William Bond 7th Discharged 31 Jan. 1832, and to reside at Probus
- Thomas Edrington - Now serving at Woolwich
- James Burlace - Discharged 31 March 1832, to reside at Devonport
- George Cooke - Ditto, 14 Jan. 1832
- William Kemshaw - Now serving at the Mauritius
- John Welford - Ditto - - at the Cape
- Arthur Kelly 15th Discharged 31 Jan. 1832, to reside at Omagh
- William Trusk - Now serving at the Cape
- John Cook -
- William Colwell - Ditto - - at Woolwich
- Owen M'Grath - Discharged 16 Jan. 1832.
- William Harris - Now serving at Woolwich
- Henry Solrey -
- John Baird - Discharged 7 Sept 1833.
Bugler William Cameron - Now serving at Bermuda


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