Retired Soldiers who settled at the Cape 1818-1826
A list of men, retired to pension (as opposed to dead or dishonourably discharged), who elected to remain at the Cape, from 1818 to 1826, whose names are listed in WO 23/147 at The National Archives, Kew. Transcribed by Charles Fison.
This is a selection of the information available on the original page. Also included may be: date of admission, physical description, length and type of service, rate of pension, (rarely) date of death and, sometimes, further notes. These are only men who stayed in SA, others remained in, for instance, Sierra Leone, Canada, India and Corfu. You may have to try some odd spellings: look at where Lewis Oliver was born. Charles Fison
Surname | Name | Regiment | Age | born | Examination |
Abell | John | Cape Garrison | 44 | Bastort, Germany | 1818-11-13 |
Abernethy | William | 49th Foot | 42 | St. Peter's, Cork | 1823-10-22 |
Allen | Thomas | Cape Cav. | 38 | Baltinglass. Wicklow | 1820-8-24 |
Barker | Thomas | 21st Dragoons | 37 | Much Wenlock, Salop. | 1819-7-29 |
Bedmore | John | 25th Dragoons | 41 | St. Margaret's, Norfolk | 1819-3-17 |
Behl | Christian | Cape Cav. | 52 | Ansbach, Germany | 1821-9-12 |
Bell | Andrew | 72nd Foot | 41 | Kinnoul, Perth | 1822-5-1 |
Bestt | Thomas | Cape Inf. | 45 | Benton, N'Land. | 1821-5-23 |
Bird | Robert | 30th Foot | 55 | Ipswich, Suffolk | 1819-3-17 |
Blackey | John | 25th Dragoons | 34 | Bainton, Lanark | 1819-3-17 |
Blackshaw | Richard | Cape Garrison | 51 | Manchester | 1818-11-13 |
Boland | William | Cape Cav. | 35 | Cootehill, Roscommon | 1821-9-12 |
Bourne | Joseph | 38th Foot | 29 | Burslem, Staffs. | 1824-3-3 |
Bowles | Thomas | Cape Cav. | 41 | Wilton, Wilts. | 1825-10-12 |
Brankin | Felix | Royal Artillery | |||
Bremner | John | 72nd Foot | 44 | Forres, Murray | 1822-2-7 |
Brimmer | Samuel | 83rd Foot | 54 | Sonning, Berks. | 1819-3-17 |
Britton | George | 21st Dragoons | 35 | Bristol | 1818-9-12 |
Brogan | Patrick | 83rd Foot | 47 | Castlebar, Mayo | 1824-8-4 |
Brown | James | 72nd Foot | 47 | Shoreditch, Middx. | 1822-5-1 |
Brown | Fraser | 72nd Foot | 35 | Ballymoney, Antrim | 1822-5-1 |
Buchannan | James | 72nd Foot | 43 | Kilmadock, Perth | 1822-5-1 |
Burford | Benjamin | Cape Garrison | 54 | Henley, Worcs. | 1818-11-13 |
Burges | John | 83rd Foot | 43 | Shervill, Hants. | 1819-3-17 |
Burrard | Richard | 83rd Foot | 41 | Allingham, Norfolk | 1818-8-12 |
Cahill | James | 54th Foot | 44 | St. Kerns, King's Co. | 1821-2-7 |
Cannon | Thomas | Cape Inf. | 57 | St. Swithin's, Lincoln | 1821-5-23 |
Chadwick | George | 83rd Foot | 39 | Eccles,Lancs. | 1818-11-13 |
Chilvers | John | Cape Garrison | 35 | Filton, Suffolk | 1818-11-13 |
Cook | Thomas | 72nd Foot | 42 | Hackett Town, Carlow | 1820-3-20 |
Cooper | William | 83rd Foot | 40 | Leominster, Hereford | 1821-2-7 |
Cumming | Thomas | R. Africa Corps | 41 | Stepney, Middx. | 1823-10-22 |
Currie | Thomas | 83rd Foot | 45 | Manchester | 1819-3-17 |
Danves | James | 72nd Foot | 43 | St. Peter's, Bristol | 1822-2-7 |
Dart | Thomas | R Sappers & M. | |||
Dates | Christopher | 56th Foot | 43 | Boroditch, York | 1819-3-17 |
Day | William | Cape Cav. | 40 | Ringwood, Hants. | 1824-3-3 |
Dease | David | Cape Garrison | 34 | Dunsegin, Fife | 1819-7-29 |
Dennis | James | 72nd Foot | 38 | Shankhill, Armagh | 1822-5-1 |
Dennis | Robert | 72nd Foot | 38 | Longside, Aberdeen | 1822-5-1 |
Diddleston | James | 72nd Foot | 40 | Edinburgh | 1820-8-24 |
Dingwall | Alexander | 72nd Foot | 40 | Boham, Banff | 1822-2-7 |
Donnelly | John | 83rd Foot | 37 | Linartry, Armagh | 1818-11-13 |
Donohue | Bartholemew | 54th Foot | 36 | Kilcommon, Galway | 1822-7-31 |
Doolan | James | 54th Foot | 41 | Glentworth, Cork | 1822-2-7 |
Doyle | Anthony | 69th Foot | 46 | Wexford | 1820-8-24 |
Duff | James | 72nd Foot | 41 | Lufgy, Forfar | 1822-5-1 |
Dukes | Edward | Cape Garrison | 52 | Clay St. Margaret, Salop. | 1818-11-13 |
Dutton | Thomas | 30th Foot | 44 | Chester | 1820-8-24 |
Enwright | Matthew | 54th Foot | 43 | Ballylongford, Kerry | 1820-3-20 |
Evans | George | 56th Foot | 46 | Shrewsbury, Salop. | 1819-3-17 |
Farrell | John | 83rd Foot | 41 | Stapleton. King's Co. | 1818-8-12 |
Fenwick | John | 72nd Foot | 33 | Falfield, Ayr | 1822-5-1 |
Ferguson | James | 72nd Foot | 49 | Westkirk, Edinburgh | 1822-2-7 |
Ferguson | Thomas | 72nd Foot | 56 | Gleniola, Perth | 1822-2-7 |
Ferne | Robert | Cape Garrison | 34 | Southwell, Notts. | 1818-11-13 |
Fison | John | 72nd Foot | 46 | Ipswich, Suffolk | 1822-2-7 |
Fitchet | David | 72nd Foot | 39 | Forfar, Angus | 1823-12-20 |
Fitzpatrick | Philip | 1 Foot | 40 | Drumboo, Cavan | 1819-3-17 |
Flint | William | 30th Foot | 38 | Ware, Herts. | 1819-3-17 |
Foley | John | 72nd Foot | 30 | Ardagh, Longford | 1822-5-1 |
Foxcroft | George | 72nd Foot | 47 | Falkirk, Stirling | 1822-2-7 |
Fraser | Hugh | Cape Inf. | 41 | Baleskine, Inverness | 1818-8-12 |
Fraser | William | Cape Inf. | 41 | Baleskine, Inverness | 1818-8-12 |
Fraser | James | 19th Foot | 47 | Paisley, Renfrew | 1819-3-17 |
Gallagher | John | 49th Foot | 44 | Clogher, Tyrone | 1825-8-24 |
Garratt | George | R. Africa Corps | 43 | Warminster, Wilts. | 1822-6-19 |
Garvey | Patrick | Cape Inf. | 43 | Oran, Roscommon | 1821-5-23 |
Gazey | John | 38th Foot | 46 | Warwick | 1824-5-12 |
George | William | 19th Foot | 32 | Bushea, Hereford | 1819-3-17 |
Giblon | Patrick | 72nd Foot | 43 | St. John, West Meath | 1822-5-1 |
Gill | Thomas | Cape Cav. | 39 | Guisley,Yorks. | 1822-2-7 |
Gilstain | Arthur | 49th Foot | 40 | Londonderry | 1826-8-30 |
Ginn | John | 83rd Foot | 47 | Brangling, Herts. | 1818-8-12 |
Goodman | Richard | 38th Foot | 54 | Shannon, Cork | 1822-7-31 |
Goodwin | Luke | 72nd Foot | 43 | Barnet, Middx. | 1822-5-1 |
Grant | John | 72nd Foot | 46 | Duthill, Murray | 1822-6-19 |
Green | Daniel | 25th Dragoons | 39 | Nantwich, Chester | 1819-3-17 |
Green | John | 83rd Foot | 43 | Newmarket, Cambs. | 1821-2-7 |
Greensmith | Francis | Cape Garrison | 45 | Ashbourn, Derbys. | 1818-11-13 |
Grennier | William | Cape Garrison | 45 | Brighton, Sussex | 1818-11-13 |
Griffin | William | 25th Dragoons | 42 | St. Andrew's, Worcester | 1819-3-17 |
Groves | William | 38th Foot | 41 | Baltinglass. Wicklow | 1824-5-12 |
Gunn | John | 72nd Foot | 44 | Kildonan, Sutherland | 1821-2-7 |
Gunn | Donald | Cape Inf. | 43 | Kildonan, Sutherland | 1822-6-19 |
Hamilton | James | 72nd Foot | 42 | Lanark | 1822-2-7 |
Harris | John | Cape Garrison | 49 | Tenbury, Worcs. | 1818-11-13 |
Hay | William | 72nd Foot | 40 | Aughterless, Aberdeen | 1822-5-1 |
Hayes | John | Cape Garrison | 46 | Ezlas | 1818-11-13 |
Henegan | Luke | Cape Garrison | 42 | St. Anne's, Dublin | 1818-11-13 |
Hester | John H. | Cape Garrison | 29 | Zell, Hanover | 1818-11-13 |
Hill | Joseph | Cape Reg't. | |||
Hills | Joshua | Cape Inf. | 40 | Stanford, Essex | 1818-8-12 |
Hilton | John | 72nd Foot | 42 | Forfar, Angus | 1822-5-1 |
Hogan | Daniel | 8 Dragoons | 26 | Finlow, Clare | 1818-9-12 |
Hosie | Andrew | 72nd Foot | 42 | St. Ninian's, Stirling | 1821-2-7 |
Howson | Francis | 25th Dragoons | 40 | Kettlewell, York | 1819-3-17 |
Hughes | Henry | 72nd Foot | 35 | Killaw, Longford | 1822-5-1 |
Hughes | James | 72nd Foot | 39 | Aglish, Tyrone | 1822-5-1 |
Hunter | Peter | 72nd Foot | 44 | Dunfermline. Fife | 1821-9-12 |
Hunter | William | 72nd Foot | 34 | St. Virgin's, Angus | 1822-5-1 |
Husband | Thomas | 56th Foot | 39 | St. Leonard, Shrewsbury | 1819-3-17 |
Ingram | John | 72nd Foot | 42 | Lochiel, Aberdeen | 1822-5-1 |
Irven | Andrew | 72nd Foot | 43 | Dungannon, Tyrone | 1822-5-1 |
Johnson | John | Cape Cav. | 43 | Glasgow | 1823-5-9 |
Kay | John | 98th Foot | 41 | Bolton, Lancs. | 1826-10-11 |
Kelly | Bryan | 83rd Foot | 46 | Gillan, King's Co. | 1818-8-12 |
Kenyon | Zachariah | 6 Foot | 38 | Daventry, N'hants. | 1825-10-12 |
Kenzie | Joshua | 56th Foot | 41 | Ware, Herts. | 1819-3-17 |
King | Robert | 56th Foot | 44 | Stepney, Middx. | 1819-3-17 |
Kirkwood | Alexander | 72nd Foot | 39 | Barony, Lanark | 1822-5-1 |
Knight | William | Cape Garrison | 55 | Stratford on Avon, Warks. | 1818-11-13 |
Lambert | Richard | 8 Dragoons | 45 | Callan, Kilkenny | 1818-9-12 |
Layton | John | 83rd Foot | 43 | Bilston, Staffs. | 1818-11-13 |
Leader | John | 60th Foot | 44 | Islington, Middx. | 1819-7-29 |
Lees | James | 72nd Foot | 39 | Aughnacloy, Derry | 1822-5-1 |
Lennon | Henry | 83rd Foot | 43 | Wycome, Berks. | 1818-11-13 |
Lilly | Joshua | Cape Garrison | 55 | Kitton, Northumberland | 1818-11-13 |
Lindsay | Robert | 72nd Foot | 45 | Gorbals, Lanark | 1822-5-1 |
Littler | Thomas | 83rd Foot | 53 | Manchester | 1818-11-13 |
Long | Samuel | Cape Cav. | 40 | Marylebone | 1821-2-7 |
Lordon | John | Cape Inf. | 45 | Cork | 1821-5-23 |
Loveday | William | Cape Inf. | 47 | Henley,Oxon. | 1821-5-23 |
Lucas | William | Cape Cav. | 44 | Churchover, Warwick | 1824-9-22 |
Macdonald | Alexander | Cape Inf. | 40 | Dingwall, Ross | 1821-5-23 |
Mackay | George | 72nd Foot | 49 | Durness, Sutherland | 1822-2-7 |
Maclean | Francis | 38th Foot | 45 | Kildunton, Argyll | 1823-10-22 |
Macpherson | Duncan | 72nd Foot | 43 | Karencarech, Argyll | 1822-5-1 |
Mann | John | 72nd Foot | 44 | Carrington, Bedford | 1821-9-12 |
Mansfield | William | 72nd Foot | 37 | Shaftesbury, Dorset | 1822-2-7 |
Markey | James | 22nd Foot | 41 | Ballycary, Louth | 1819-3-17 |
Markosky | John | Cape Garrison | 29 | Cassel, Russia | 1818-11-13 |
Marks | William | 72nd Foot | 39 | Magherafeldt, Derry | 1822-5-1 |
Matthews | William | Cape Cav. | 42 | Salisbury, Wilts. | 1821-2-7 |
McCarthy | Florence | 49th Foot | 43 | Bandon, Cork | 1824-11-24 |
McIntyre | Malcolm | 72nd Foot | 41 | Callender, Perth | 1822-2-7 |
McKenzie | John | 72nd Foot | 34 | Urquhart, Ross | 1820-3-20 |
McKinnon | Alexander | 25th Dragoons | 33 | Perth | 1819-3-17 |
McLaren | John | 72nd Foot | 39 | Kenmuir, Perth | 1822-5-1 |
McNeil | John | 72nd Foot | 44 | Paisley, Renfrew | 1822-2-7 |
McVeigh | John | R. Africa Corps | 45 | Lifford, Donegal | 1822-6-19 |
Mead | Jacob | Cape Garrison | 40 | Braintree, Essex | 1818-11-13 |
Mirk | James | 72nd Foot | 41 | Falkirk, Stirling | 1822-5-1 |
Moorhead | George | 25th Dragoons | 42 | Basony, Lanark | 1819-3-17 |
Moran | Robert | 72nd Foot | 37 | Magherafeldt, Derry | 1822-5-1 |
Mott | Richard | 72nd Foot | 41 | Shillingford, Oxon. | 1820-3-20 |
Murphy | Thomas | 25th Dragoons | 50 | Eyrecourt, Galway | 1819-3-17 |
Neat | William | 21st Dragoons | 37 | Westbury, Gloucs. | 1819-7-29 |
Niblick | Bernard | 56th Foot | 46 | Holland | 1819-3-17 |
Norton | John | 54th Foot | 36 | Kilbride, Meath | 1822-7-31 |
O'Brien | David | Cape Cav. | 32 | Dublin | 1820-8-24 |
O'Donnell | Edward | Cape Garrison | 42 | Grange, Limerick | 1818-11-13 |
Oliver | Lewis | 25th Dragoons | 38 | Sentrope, Provence | 1819-3-17 |
Osten | Bernard | Cape Garrison | 40 | Ostrich, Brabant | 1818-11-13 |
Owens | Alexander | 72nd Foot | 41 | Peebles | 1822-2-7 |
Paget | Thomas | 38th Foot | 38 | Birmingham | 1822-2-7 |
Parr | Thomas | 83rd Foot | 44 | Tinsley, Lancs. | 1818-11-13 |
Pigg | Robert | 72nd Foot | 43 | St. Martins, Norfolk | 1822-2-7 |
Plunkett | Arthur | 72nd Foot | 41 | Barslick, Roscommon | 1822-2-7 |
Point | Charles | 69th Foot | 47 | Dunkirk, Flanders | 1819-3-17 |
Preston | John | Cape Garrison | 45 | Edmonston, York | 1818-11-13 |
Price | Robert | Cape Cav. | 52 | Shrewsbury, Salop. | 1821-9-12 |
Prosser | James | 19th Foot | 53 | Builth, Brecon | 1819-3-17 |
Pugh | Thomas | Cape Garrison | 47 | St. John's, Worcester | 1818-11-13 |
Ramm | Daniel | Cape Garrison | 40 | Ramsden, Essex | 1818-11-13 |
Robertson | John | 72nd Foot | 42 | Errol, Perth | 1822-2-7 |
Robertson | Donald | 72nd Foot | 39 | Tobago | 1820-3-20 |
Ross | Adam | 21st Dragoons | 43 | buried 1821-3-1 | |
Ross | Andrew | 72nd Foot | 44 | Tain, Ross | 1822-5-1 |
Russell | Clement | 72nd Foot | 39 | Clackmannan | 1820-3-20 |
Ryan | James | 19th Foot | 43 | Clonmell, Tipperary | 1819-3-17 |
Rye | John | 56th Foot | 40 | Grasenell, Norfolk | 1819-3-17 |
Samuel | John | Cape Garrison | 46 | Magdeburg, Germany | 1818-11-13 |
Schalek | Ignatius | 60th Foot | 49 | Hilsketz, Poland | 1819-7-29 |
Schofield | James | Cape Garrison | 48 | Stockport, Chester | 1818-11-13 |
Schwalder | John | 60th Foot | 57 | Rawielder, Alsace | 1818-8-12 |
Sellars | John | 19th Foot | 41 | Manton, York | 1819-3-17 |
Shelly | Timothy | 49th Foot | 43 | Rathdowney, Queen's Co. | 1826-5-17 |
Sibbald | George | R. Africa Corps | 51 | Westchurch, Midlothian | 1822-6-19 |
Simpson | James | 25th Dragoons | 31 | Raffan, Banff | 1819-3-17 |
Smith | Alexander | 72nd Foot | 41 | New Machar, Aberdeen | 1822-2-7 |
Smith | William | Cape Garrison | 33 | Powerscourt, Wicklow | 1818-11-13 |
Smith | John | 72nd Foot | 43 | Cromdale, Inverness | 1822-5-1 |
Sutherwood | William | 56th Foot | 40 | Stroud, Kent | 1819-3-17 |
Taylor | William | 72nd Foot | 49 | Roscobie, Forfar | 1820-3-20 |
Thomas | Samuel | Cape Cav. | 42 | St. Vincent, W.I. | 1821-5-23 |
Thompson | Thomas | 72nd Foot | 42 | Ballkerry, Derry | 1822-2-7 |
Thorp | William | 83rd Foot | 39 | Burton on Trent, Staffs. | 1823-10-22 |
Till | John | Cape Garrison | 49 | Romsey, Hants. | 1819-7-29 |
Tillman | Herman | 69th Foot | 36 | Leek | 1819-3-17 |
Torr | Robert | Cape Inf. | 37 | Sheffield, Yorks. | 1821-5-23 |
Tracey | Patrick | 25th Dragoons | 40 | St. Mary, Wexford | 1819-3-17 |
Trowbridge | William | 83rd Foot | 43 | Tollard, Wilts. | 1818-11-13 |
Ward | James | Cape Inf. | 61 | Killigan, Wicklow | 1818-8-12 |
Watt | John | 72nd Foot | 44 | Barrie, Mearns | 1822-2-7 |
Welsh | Thomas | 72nd Foot | 41 | Tinbury, Worcs. | 1820-3-20 |
Westerman | John | Cape Garrison | 43 | Rotterdam | 1818-11-13 |
White | Peter | 54th Foot | 51 | Dysart, Roscommon | 1821-9-12 |
Winkworth | John | Cape Garrison | 50 | Chippenham, Wilts. | 1818-11-13 |
Woods | Thomas | 56th Foot | 49 | Marpole, Chester | 1819-3-17 |
Wright | George | 83rd Foot | 46 | Dillon, Staffs. | 1818-8-12 |
Wright | Thomas | 83rd Foot | 41 | Sutton Coldfield, Warks. | 1818-11-13 |
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