MEDALS FOR THE ARMY AND NAVY. (From the Supplement to the London Gazette.)

New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume III, Issue 228, 6 October 1847, Page 4

MEDALS FOR THE ARMY AND NAVY. (From the Supplement to the London Gazette.)

GENERAL ORDER. Horse-Guards, June 1, 1847. ' Her Majesty having been graciously pleased to command that a medal should he struck to record the services of her fleets and armies during the wars commencing in 1793, and ending in 1814, and that one should be conferred upon every officer, non-commissioned officer, and soldier of the army, who was present in any battle or seige,to commemorate which medals had been struck by command of her Ma- ; jesty's Royal predecessors, and had been distributed to the general or superior officer of the several armies and corps of troops engaged in conformity with the regulations of the service at th it time in force ; general and other officers, nou-commissioned officers, and soldiers, who consider that they have claims to receive this mark of their Sovereign's gracious recollection of their services, and of her desire to record the same, are each to apply to the Secretary of the Board of General Officers, Whitehall, London, and to send in writing, to the same officer a statement of his claim, for what action, at what period of time, and the names of the persons, or the title of the documents by which the claim can be proved. These claims are to be sent, by general officers having such claims, through the hands of the Commander-in-Chief of the army. The staff officers having such claims through the general officers under whom they served, if alive ; if not alive, through the AdjutantGeneral of the army. Officers, non-commissioned officers, and soldiers of regiments, battalions, and detachments, through the commanding officer of the regiment, battalion, or detachment at the time, if still alive. This will be known by inquiry at the agents of the regiment resident in London. If such commanding officer should not be alive, the application, in writing, must be sent through the Adjutant-General of the army. The board of General Officers is hereby, by her Majesty's command, directed to take into consideration, to investigate the facts stated in each of the several applications, and to report to the Commander-iu-Chief upon the same, for the information of her Majesty, and to enable those commanded by her Majesty to deliver to the claimants the medals accordingly. The Adjutant-Genneral and the Military Secretary of the Comraander-in-Chief will transi it to the Secretary of the Board of General Officers such information as they may have been able to acquire, to assist in the investigations which theßoard will have to make. The Commauder-in-Chief has been required to desire that the Board of General Officers will have alphabetical lists made out of the names of the claimants to one of these medals, with his rank, and the nam : of the particular battle or seige for which he claims to receive the same, inserted in the margin, and at which the Board of General Officers may consider that he was present. The occasions for which medals have been granted by the Sovereign are specified below for general information and guidance, as at page 73 of the Annual Army List. By command of Field-Marshal the Duke of Wellington, Commander-in- Chief, John Macdonald, Adjutant-General.

Maida, 4th July, 1806. Roleia, 17th August, 1808. "Vimiera, 21st August, 1808.

Sahagun, Benevente, December and January, 1809. Corunna, 16th January, 1809. Martinique, February, 1809. Talavera, 27th and 28th July, 1809. Guadaloupe, January and February, 1810. Busaco, 27th September, 1810. Barrosa, sth March, 1811. Fuentes dOnor, sth May, 1811. Albuhera, 16th May, 1811. Java, August and September, 1811. Ciudad Roderigo, January, 1812. Badajoz, 17th March and 16th April, 1812. Salamanca, 22nd July, 1812. Port Detroit, America, August, 1812. Vittoria, 21st June, 1813. Pyrenees, 28th July to 2nd August, 1813. St. Sebastian, August and September, 1813. Chateauguay, America, 26th October, 1813. Niville, 10th November, 1813. Chrystler's Farm, America, 11th November, 1813. Nive, 9th to 13th December, 1813. Orthes, 27th February, 1814. Toulouse, 10th April, 1814.