The Sun.
London, England, 1856-09-03 00:00:00

THE PENSIONERS.

The following particulars as to the Peninsular and Wa-
terloo heroes, &c., who wore in the procession, will, no
doubt, be read with interest. The list is not quite com-
plete, as the information had of necessity to be obtained
in a hurried manner, after the gathering of the mon at the
Town Hall. The first portion of the list consists princi-
pally of the names, &c., of those residing in Manchester,
or its immediate neighbourhood; the list of those from
Rochdale is complete, and was supplied by Mr. Jas. Jack-
son, master warden of the Wellington Institution 'in that
town :
Anthony Jefferson, aged 67; entered the Royal Horse Ar-
tillery in 1807 ; served in the Peninsula from that year until
1815, when he quitted the army. Medal, with seven clasps.
Edmund Smith (sergeant), aged 67 ; entered the 31st Foot
in 1803 ; served in the Peninsula from 1803 to 1814 ; quitted
the army in 1816. Medal, with eight clasps.
John Hawarden, aged 58 ; entered the 15th Hussars in
1813 ; went to Brussels in 1815. Waterloo Medal.
John Lunn, aged 67 ; entered the Royal Artillery in 1807 ;
served in the Peninsula from 1809 to 1814, and left the army
in 6. Medal, with two clasps,
Mr. Charles Pennington (Broughton), aged 71 ; entered
the 83d Regiment in 1803 ; served in the Peninsula from
1809 to .1814 ;left the army in 1816. Medal, with five clasps.
Benjamin Baddeley, aged 63 ; entered the 231 (Royal
Welsh Fusilier) Regiment in 1811 ; served in the Peninsula
from that period to the close of the "gar ; quitted the army
in 1833. Peninsula medal, with six clasps, and the Waterloo
medal. •
Joshua Goddard (Openshaw), aged .67 ; entered the rifle
corps (95th Regiment) in 1805 ; went to the Peninsula, came
home in 1808, returned again in 1809, and remained until
1814 ; loft the army in 1815. Medal, with eight clailys.
Michael Richardson, aged 67 ; entered the 67th Regiment
in 1809 ; served in the Peninsula from 1811 to 1814, and
left the army in 1816. Medal, with two clasps. -
Stephen Bladder, aged 61 ; entered the 23d Light Dragoons
in 1813 ; went to Brussels in 1815, and was at Waterloo;
left the army in 1816. Waterloo medal.
George Dawes, aged 71; entered the 29th Foot in 1806 ;
served in the Peninsula from 1808 to 1611; left the army in
1812, in consequence of a wound. Medal, with five clasps.
James Hibbert, aged 74. Medal with two clasps (Corunca
and Nivelle).
Daniel Wade (sergeant) aged 60 • entered Vie 13d Regi-
ment in 1811; wont out for Waterloo, and wears the medal.
Subsequently served 10 years in Jamaica, and is now a ser-
geant ofthc- enrolled pensioners.
Joseph Lomax, aged 67 ; entered the 84th Regiment n
1.F.09 ; went to the Peninsula in 1810 and served several years,
quitting the army in 1817. Medal, with two clasps.
John Adshead,u
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aged 76, entered the 12d .-toot in 1810, went
to the Peninsula iBl3, red quitted the army lu 1828. Has
no medal, not having applied for it; but (as we understood;
he is entitled to one with two clasps.
James Therton, aped 66, entered toe 34th Regiment in 1807.
went to the Peninsula iu 1809, served there until 1814, and
left the army in 1816 Medal, with four clasps.
Thomas Gammon, aged 65; altered the County of Dublin
Militia in 1808, and in 1839 volunteered for the 29th Regi-
ment ; went to the Peninsula in 1810;and served there until
1812. Medal, with two clasps.
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Peter Boardman (sergeant), ag ; entered the Lanca-
shire Militia iu 1807, and in 1809 volunteered for the sth
Regiment; in the same year went to the Peninsula, and served
there until 1816. Medal, with three bars.
Henry Burrell, aged 73 ; entered the 47th Regiment in
1807 ; went to the Peninsula in 1810, and served there until
1814, leaving the army iu 1837. Medal, with three clasps,
and also a gratuity medal.
Thomas Floyd (sergeant) aged 69 ; entered the 16th Lan-
cers in 1805 ; went to the Peninsula in 1809, and remained
there until 1814; afterwards at Waterloo, and quitted the