56th West Essex Officers at embarkation
for Ireland 1855
In
January 1855 six companies of the 56th Essex were transported
from their base in Bermuda for service in Ireland stationed at
Dublin.
The stay for some was short with the war
in Crimea requiring manpower.
The companies consisted of 17 officers
and 542 other ranks.
Officers were
Captains
G W Paty
R W Lacy
R Anderson
W G Margesson
W W Bassettt
W Clutterbuck
Lieutenants
J Martley
S H Harford
J F Baxter
P A Robertson
Francis C Hill
Adjutant
Ensign H Williams
Paymaster Stephen
Lawson
Quartermaster Dougherty
Surgeon John
Harrie Ker Innes
Asst Surgeon F
W Knox
Shortly after this posting Surgeon Innes
left to take up a post of Surgeon with the 9th lancers in
Bengal.
Remaining four companies in Bermuda
Four Companies remained in Bermuda
although they were due to be relieved and join the rest of the
regiment at a later date.
Major Cox
Brevet Major Bull
Captains
Pye
Tercher
Lieutenants
Eccles
Conran
Cummings
Goglan
Whitmore
Asst Surgeon Deeble
