104th Wellesley's Rifles' Commanding Officers


Captain James Stewart
1775 (killed in action 4 Jan 1779)
Captain Alexander Cadger
1779 (died in 1779)
Captain Stafford William Samuel Waddington
1779 - 1782
Captain Richard Eames
1782 (poisoned while prisoner of Tipu 1783)
Captain James Bannantyne
1784 - 1788
Captain John Riddell
1788- 1794
Captain Thomas Samuel Tydd
1794 (died 13 Jun 1796)
Lt-Col Francis William Bellis
1796 - 1797
Lt-Col Thomas Marshall
1797 - 1801
Lt-Col John Burrows
1801 - 1805
Lt-Col Robert Thomas Heath
1805 - 1806
Lt-Col Captain William Imlach
(officiating CO as Lt-Col Patterson did not arrive)
1806 - 1808
Lt-Col Samuel Wilson
1808 - 1810
Captain William Imlach
(officiating CO as Lt-Col Disney did not arrive)
1810 - 1812
Captain William Imlach
(officiating CO as Lt-Col Williamson did not arrive)
1812 - 1816
Lt-Col William Boyé
1816 - 1817
Lt-Col Frederick Gifford
1817
Lt-Colonel William Imlach CB (died 8 Apr 1822)
1817 - 1820
Lt-Col Adam Hogg
1820 - 1821
Lt-Col George Rees Kemp
1821 - 1824
Major Charles Gray
(officiating CO as Lt-Col Hogg did not arrive)
1824 - 1825
Major Charles Gray
(officiating CO for Lt-Col Robertson)
1825 (died of cholera 12 Apr 1826)
Major Samuel Hughes
(officiating CO for Lt-Col Robertson)
1826 - 1828
Captain George Collings Robinson
(officiating CO for Lt-Col Robertson)
1828 - 1829
Captain George Collings Robinson
(officiating CO as Lt-Col Morse did not arrive)
1829 - 1830
Captain George Collings Robinson
(officiating CO for Lt-Col Lodwick)
1830 - 1832
Captain George Collings Robinson
(officiating CO for Lt-Col Sam Hughes CB)
1832
Lt-Col Edward Pearson
(on furlough)
1832 (died 9 Jul 1833)
Major Frederick Hicks
(killed in action 2 Dec 1844)
(officiating CO as Lt-Col Wilson did not arrive)
1833 - 1835
Major William Spratt
(officiating CO as Lt-Col Dunsterville did not arrive)
1836 - 1838
Major Charles Crawley
(officiating CO for Lt-Col Ovans)
1838 - 1845
Lt-Col Charles Crawley
1845
Lt-Col David Forbes
1846
Brevet Major Robert William Honner
(officiating CO as Lt-Col Woodhouse was sick)
1847 - 1849
Major Robert William Honner
(officiating CO as Col Moore did not arrive)
1849
Major Robert William Honner
(officiating CO as Lt-Col Benbow did not arrive)
1849 - 1850
Major Robert William Honner
(officiating CO as Lt-Col Forbes did not arrive)
1850
Major Robert William Honner
(officiating CO for Lt-Col Jameson)
1850 - 1855
Lt-Col Robert William Honner
1855 - 1861
Lt-Col Alexander Robinson Manson
1861 - 1864
Lt-Col Charles Malcolm Barrow
1864 - 1873
Colonel Henry Hastings Affleck Wood
1873 - 1876
Colonel Thomas Smith Warden
1876 - 1877
Colonel William Bannerman
1877 - 1883
Colonel Frederick Prescott Forteath
1883 - 1888
Lt-Col Frederick Fitzwilliam Comyn
1888
Lt-Col John Thomas Watling
1888 - 1891
Lt-Col James Grant
1891 - 1898
Major Walter Quentin
1898 - 1905
Lt-Col Charles Tritton
1905 (died 29 Apr 1908)
Lt-Col William Crawford Walton
1908 - 1914
Lt-Col Carlton Buckley Laming Clery
1914 - 1918
Lt-Col William Scott
1918 - 1922
Lt-Col Henry St George Murray McRae DSO OBE
1 Apr 1922 - 8 May 1922
(transferred to 11th Sikhs)
Lt-Col Brian Lytton Cole
1922 - 1927
Lt-Col Frank Harley James OBE MC
1927 - 1930
Lt-Col Guy Stoddart OBE
1930- 1934
Lt-Col Arthur Lennox Skinner
1934 - 1936
Lt-Col Gerald Ardiss Quayle
1936


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