Regiments
Of the Malta Garrison
7th (Royal Fusiliers)
(City of London Regiment)

The 1st/7th (Royal Fusiliers)

1828 1st/7th (Royal Fusiliers)

31 May 1828 The 1st/7th (Royal Fusiliers) was ordered to move to Malta from the Ionian Islands.

26 Sep The 1st/7th (Royal Fusiliers) arrived at Malta vice The 80th which embarked from Malta for the Ionian Islands. The regiment had 505 men. These were quartered at Fort Manoel where a substantial number fell ill with intermittent fever.

Baptisms in 1828:

• 26 Oct Augusta McDowall daughter of Cpl William McDowall and Elizabeth, born on 10 August.
• 26 Oct William George Wright son of Sgt William Wright and Ellen, born on 10 May.
• 26 Oct Charlotte Arethusa Lindores daughter of Pte Alexander Lindores and Harriet, born on 5 April.
• 6 Nov Elizabeth Orton daughter of Sgt George Orton and Mary, born on 16 October.
• 21 Nov Frederick Woodford Bell son of Major Edward Wells Bell and Mary Ann, born on 11 September.
• 3 Dec Frederick Prosser son of Capt Frederick Prosser and Jane Sarah, born on 27 September.
• 16 Dec Catherine Sophia Hernen daughter of Pte Bernard Hernen and Elizabeth, born on 28 November.
• 17 Dec William John Simpson son of Pte William Simpson and Sarah, born on 30 November 1828.

Burials in 1828:

• 14 Mar Frederick Orestes Prosser infant son of Capt Prosser, aged 5 months, (Quarantine Bastion Cemetery Floriana).
• 8 Nov William George Wright age 6 months, son of Sgt William Wright.
• 1 Dec Frederick Woodford Bell age 2 months, son of Maj Edward Wells Bell.

1829 1st/7th (Royal Fusiliers)

Strength (25 Sep 1829): 512 men (6 Coys).

1829 Intermittent fever prevailed in the regiment during the year.

Baptisms in 1829:

• 25 Jan George Barnes son of Hospital Sgt William Barnes and Ellen, born on 3 January.
• 2 Feb John Edward White son of Sgt John White and Mary, born 16 January.
• 31 May William Magurran son of Cpl Alexander Magurran and Margaret, born on 3 May.
• 29 June Charles Wightman Sievwright son of Lt Charles Wightman Sievwright and Christina, born on 7 March 1829.
• 22 July Elizabeth Jane Purdy daughter of Pte John Purdy and Mary born on 7 July.
• 4 Oct Jane Alicia Ponton daughter of Sgt William Ponton and Mary born on 18 September.
• 11 Oct Elizabeth Andrew daughter of Pte William Andrew and Anne, born on 19 September.
• 18 Oct Michael Grimes son of Pte James Grimes and Mary, born on 3 October.

Burials in 1829:

• 15 Jan Elizabeth Mathews aged 3 years, daughter of Sgt Thomas Mathews.
• 14 Mar Frederick Prosser aged 5 months, son of Capt Frederick Prosser.
• 19 Mar John Edward White aged 2 months, son of Sgt John White (Quarantine Bastion Cemetery Floriana).
• 27 Apr John William Simpson aged 5 months, son of Pte William Simpson.
• 8 May Lt John Bythesea Williams aged 21 years. He became a Lieutenant 7th Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) on 15 May 1827.
• 28 May Pte George Bailey aged 32 years.
• 15 July Pte Thomas Marshall aged 22 years.
• 7 Aug Pte William Wakefield aged 26 years.
• 22 Aug Pte Richard Sandford aged 22 years.
• 7 Sep Acting Sgt William Lovsay aged 25 years.
• 19 Nov Jane Alicia Ponton aged 2 months, daughter of Mary and Sgt William Ponton (Quarantine Bastion Cemetery Floriana).
• 5 Dec Pte William Wood aged 28 years.
• 8 Dec Pte John Kingswood aged 41 years.

1830 1st/7th (Royal Fusiliers)

25 Feb 1830 Strength: 503 men (6 coys).

Marriages in 1830:

• 25 Feb Bachelor Pte John Osborne to Mary Ann Devitt, spinster native of Gibraltar.
• 5 May Bachelor Pay Master Sgt George Fromow to Sarah Purdy, spinster, born in the Parish or Liberty of Carrickfergus in County Antrim Ireland, daughter of Pte John Purdy 7th (Royal Fusiliers).
• 20 Dec Bachelor Sgt Frederick Browne to widow Anne Mortimer, of the Parish of Kearney Banffshire, Scotland.

Baptisms in 1830:

• 14 Mar Mary Ann Gilly daughter of Sgt Maj Thomas Gilly and Anne, born on 16 February.
• 20 June Hamilton Creichton Dobbie son of CSgt David Dobbie and Janet, born on 21 May.
• 25 Oct Daniel Pennington Barnes son of Hospital Sgt William Barnes and Ellen, born on 26 September.

Burials in 1830:

• 17 Jan Pte Thomas Barnard aged 29 years, died on 16 Jan 1830.
• 31 Jan Pte Ridley Speares aged 38 years.
• 11 May Pte John Hunt aged 43 years.
• 28 June Pte William Crawshaw aged 22 years.
• 19 July Joseph Wright aged 5 months, son of Sgt Wright.
• 3 Aug Pte George Conway aged 36 years.
• 24 Aug Pte Richard Barker aged 39 years.
• 18 Sep Pte Robert Smith aged 34 years.
• 10 Oct The infant son of Pte W. McDowel.
• 18 Oct Frederick Gilley aged 21 months, son of Sgt Maj Thomas Gilley.
• 23 Dec Pte Joseph Ingham aged 27 years.

1831 1st/7th (Royal Fusiliers)

1 June 1831 Strength: Six companies, Rank and File 462 (Effectives), 515 (Establishment).

Marriages in 1831:

• 5 Feb CSgt Henry Parkinson Royal Fusiliers, a widower, to Joanna Downey, from Waterford in Ireland, a widow.
• 26 Apr Bachelor Pte John Jones to spinster Ann Kirby, daughter of pensioner Thomas Kirby 35th Regt, of the Parish of Balsall, Warwickshire.
• 7 May Bachelor Lt the Rt Hon George William Evelyn Earl of Rothes, of Leslie House Fifeshire, Scotland to spinster Louisa Susannah Jane Anderson Morshead, third daughter of Colonel Henry Anderson Morshead of Widey Court in the county of Devon, commanding the Royal Engineers at Malta.
• 30 July Bachelor Sgt Alexander Forster to Elizabeth Judge, spinster and minor, with the consent of her father, daughter of Pte Edward Judge 7th Royal Fusiliers.

Baptisms in 1831:

• 3 Jan George Henry Ponton son of Sgt William Ponton and Mary, born on 14 December 1830.
• 20 Mar Jane Moss daughter of Pte John Moss and Mary, born on 28 February.
• 15 May George Orton son of Sgt George Orton and Mary, born on 3 May 1831 was baptised privately. He was publicly received into the church on 20 May 1831.
• 31 July Isabella Jane Herman daughter of Bernard Herman and Elizabeth, born on 24 July.
• 22 Sep Andrew Grieves son of Band Sgt James Grieves and Mary, born on 11 September 1831 was privately baptised by the Rev John Cleugh Chaplain to Government. He was publicly received into the church on 25 September 1831.
• 24 Oct Thomas Dobbie son of Sgt Major David Dobbie and Janet, born on 25 September.

Burials in 1831:

• 17 Jan Sgt Charles Calvert aged 26 years.
• 7 Feb Pte John Wilmore aged 34 years.
• 19 Mar Pte John Pearson aged 21 years.
• 12 May Drm Edward Morrison aged 20 years.
• 8 Aug George Henry Ponton aged 8 months, son of William Ponton.
• 8 Aug Band Master Frederick Brown aged 25 years.
• 7 Sep Pte Thomas Smith aged 23 years.
• 9 Sep Pte Samuel Ward aged 25 years.
• 10 Oct Pte William Gorton aged 21 years.
• 3 Nov Pte Thomas Evans aged 41 years.
• 8 Nov Pte Robert Lindford aged 42 years.
• 12 Nov School Master Sgt Charles Wray aged 29 years.
• 16 Nov CSgt George Orton aged 34 years was shot dead.
  On 19 Nov, Pte Thomas Howarth of the same regiment was hung from the scaffold on the Floriana parade ground for the murder of CSgt Orton.
• 21 Nov Pte James Upfold aged 24 years.
• 21 Nov Pte Mathew Haycock aged 29 years.
• 29 Nov Pte Benjamin Jarratt aged 37 years.

1832 1st/7th (Royal Fusiliers)

1832 The Royal Fusiliers Regiment was stationed at Floriana Barracks.

The 7th Regiment assembled in Lodge No 194 Z of the Loyal Orange Institution, notwithstanding the Commander–in–Chief forbidding any officer or soldier from attending Orange Lodge meetings.

In September 1832, there were only 11 Loyal Orangeman in the regiment. The office bearers were: Master Samuel Proctor, Deputy Master John Hadley, Secretary Samuel Smith, Treasurer Richard Proctor, Chaplain John Eite, Senior Deacon Thomas Bennett, Junior Deacon Thomas Leigh and Tyler James Price.

Master Samuel Proctor had been advanced to the Purple Order.

Baptisms in 1832:

• 8 Jan Edward James Andrew Wright son of CSgt William Wright and Helen, born on 18 December 1831.
• 14 May Maria Andrews daughter of Pte William Andrews and Anne, born on 29 April.
• 4 July Sophia Munro Ledsam daughter of QM John Ledsam and Mary, born on 5 June.
  J. Ledsam became Quarter Master 7th (Royal Fusiliers) on 20 April 1826.
• 26 July Agnes Elizabeth Gilly daughter of Lt and Adjutant Thomas Gilly and Anne, born on 24 June.
  T. Gilly became lieutenant and adjutant 7th (Royal Fusiliers) on 9 November 1830.
• 2 Sep Alexander Forster son of Sgt Alexander Forster and Elizabeth, born on 17 August.
• 4 Sep Maria McDowall daughter of Pte William McDowall and Elizabeth, born on 28 August 1832.
• 24 Sep Frederica Christina Sievwright twin daughter of Lt Charles Wightman Sievwright and Christina, born on 17 March 1831.
• 24 Sep Isabella Melita Sievwright twin daughter of Lt Charles Wightman Sievwright and Christina, born on 17 March 1831.
• 7 Nov Harriett Anne Hutchison daughter of Major Joseph Hutchison and Harriet, born on 16 October 1832.

Burials in 1832:

• 28 Jan Pte John Farrow aged 28 years.
• 29 Mar Pte John Dalton aged 39 years.
• 27 June Pte Samuel Hadfield aged 29 years.
• 17 July Pte William Croucher aged 27 years.
• 25 Aug Cpl John Greenwood aged 26 years.
• 6 Sep Jane Hesters aged 39 years, wife of CSgt J. Hesters.
• 22 Nov Maria Morton aged 40 years, wife of Sgt Jesse Morton.
• 26 Dec Pte John Peace aged 47 years.

1833 1st/7th (Royal Fusiliers)

Dec 1832 – 18 Dec 1833 The Royal Fusiliers was stationed at Floriana Barracks. It then moved to the Cottonera District, where two Companies were stationed at San Francesco de Paolo Barracks, one Company at San Salvatore Barracks, and the rest at Head Quarters Isola Barracks.

The average strength of the corps was 470 rank and file, with 264 men between the ages of 18 and 30 years, 10 men under 18 years old, and 40 men aged between 40 and 50 years. The regiment had deployed to Corfu in 1825, so that by 1833, it had completed nine years on foreign service. It had a married fund to support families of married soldiers sick in hospital, and large families in need.

737 cases were admitted to the hospital during the year. There were ten deaths. Soldiers fell ill from:

• Phlegmon and Abscess: 50 (Total ill in garrison 139)
• Cynauche Tonsillaris: 10 (Total ill in garrison 51)
• Pneumonia 18 (2 †) (Total ill in garrison 55).
• Acute Hepatitis: 4 (Total ill in garrison 20)
• Chronic Hepatitis: 1 (1 †) (Total ill in garrison 4)
• Rheumatismus Acutus: 13 (Total ill in garrison 92)
• Catarrhus Acutus: 177 (Total ill in garrison 513)
• Chronic Catarrh: 5 (Total ill in garrison 23)
• Pneumonia: 14 (2 †) (Total ill in garrison 146)
• Phthisis Pulmonalis: 3 (2 †) (Total ill in garrison 22)
• Cholera: 4 (Total ill in garrison 21)
• Diarrhoea: 57 (Total ill in garrison 184)
• Dysenteria Acuta: 13 (2 †) (Total ill in garrison 17)
• Chronic Dysenteria: 3 (Total ill in garrison 3)
• Syphilis Primitiva: 44 (Total ill in garrison 196)
• Bubo Simplex: 13 (Total ill in garrison 74)
• Gonorrhoea: 21 (Total ill in garrison 115)
• Hernia Humoralis: 4 (Total ill in garrison 45)
• Morbi Oculorum: 19 (Total ill in garrison 77)

Acute Catarrh was endemic. It affected the native population as well as troops. Acute Catarrh first appeared among The 42nd in the early winter of 1832 when the regiment was stationed at Floriana Barracks. It then spread to The 7th soon after the latter relieved The 42nd at Floriana at the beginning of 1833. In the 7th Foot, 100 cases were entered in the register by the assistant surgeon under the heading pneumonia, but which were simply cases of acute catarrh. Officers suffered in the same proportion as the troops, but women and children seemed to have been exempt. Only two cases proved fatal.

Acute Catarrh next appeared in The 73rd and The 94th stationed at Fort Lower St Elmo Valletta. It prevailed in the barracks of the 42nd among the men, the officers almost entirely escaping it. In many instances catarrh was accompanied by a cutaneous eruption similar to urticaria. The PMO remarked that Acute Catarrh was the same disease as the influenza which had prevailed in Malta and in almost every part of Europe during that year.

There were six cases of Intermittent Fever. Although this type of fever was rare in Malta, it broke out in young and healthy soldiers who had joined the Head Quarters at Malta in Spring 1833, and in an old soldier who had previously served in the Ionian Islands.

There were eleven cases of Remittent Fever, with two deaths, towards the latter half of July and August 1832.

There were eighty-eight cases of Common Continued Fever with no deaths.

Assistant Inspector of Hospitals John Davy described Acute Rheumatism as those cases such as commonly occur in Malta, and chiefly in the winter season, marked generally by pain and difficulty of motion, and some derangement of general health, and very rarely indeed attended either by redness or swelling of the affected part or by a pyrexial state. The texture affected appears to be more commonly the muscular fibre. The disease yields readily to treatment but is apt to recur.¹

The only two fatal cases of dysentery in the garrison occurred in the 7th Royal Fusiliers. Both died from peritonitis; one following a rupture hydatid cyst in his liver, the other from perforation of the bowel.

About a tenth of all those reporting sick in the garrison had a venereal disease. Soldiers generally became infected from frequenting prostitutes who, notwithstanding the vigilance of the police, evaded the weekly inspections carried out by the police physician and his assistants. It was alleged that prostitutes who had descended upon Malta from Naples, had indiscriminate intercourse with sailors from all ports of the Mediterranean and passed on venereal diseases to the troops. A regimental order made it compulsory for soldiers to point out the women who had infected them. Their allegations were then passed on to the civil police. Soldiers who concealed their infection or who refused to divulge the house they frequented, were on their discharge from hospital, made to complete those duties which sickness had previously prevented them performing, and were additionally equitably punished.

Sixty two regimental children were treated during the year. Two died from pneumonia, two from diarrhoea. Ascaris lumbricoides, Ascaris vermicularis, and Taenia vulgaris were common intestinal parasites among the regimental children.

Marriages in 1833:

• 13 June Bachelor Captain Thomas Richard Baker of Bayfordbury County Herford to Mary Frances Anderson Morshead, spinster and youngest daughter of Colonel Henry Anderson Morshead Royal Engineers, deceased, of Widey Court County Devon.
  T. R. Baker became a captain 7th Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) on 8 November 1827.
• 26 June Bachelor Pte John Hadley to Ellice Smith, widow.
• 26 Sep Bachelor Lt Gerard Baillie Hamilton to Augusta Anderson Morshead, spinster daughter of Colonel Henry Anderson Morshead RE, deceased, of Widley Court, Devon. G. B. Hamilton became lieutenant 7th Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) on 13 December 1827.
  Col H. A. Morshead RE Acting Lieutenant-Governor of Malta died at his residence in Valletta on 11 Nov 1831, aged 55 years. He was interred in the Old Saluting Battery overlooking the Grand Harbour.
• 22 Oct Bachelor Pte Thomas Collins to Frances Cassar, spinster of Senglea, Malta.
• 29 Oct Bachelor Drm Robert Foulkes to Margaret Daily, spinster daughter of Pte Patrick Daily Royal Fusiliers.
• 2 Nov Bachelor Captain George Crauley Bowles of Richmond in the County of Surrey to Jane Lucy Locker, spinster daughter of John Locker, First Magistrate of Police and of the City of Valletta. G. C. Bowles became a captain the 7th Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) on 9 November 1830.
• 16 Nov Bachelor L/Cpl James Ponton to Maria Anna Mangion, spinster of the Parish of San Lorenzo Vittoriosa Malta.
• 19 Nov Bachelor Sgt Richard Thompson to Anne Kenny, spinster daughter of Sgt Francis Kenny Royal Fusiliers.

Baptisms in 1833:

• 3 Mar Hannah Massey daughter of Pte Pierce Massey and Jane, born on 9 December 1832. The child was publicly received into the church on 26 May 1833.
• 28 Apr Thomas Hill son of Pte William Hill and Mary, born on 3 April.
• 26 May David Towers Grimes son of Drum Major James Grimes and Mary, born on 11 May.
• 9 June Isabella Hawkins daughter of Pte William Hawkins and Isabella, born on 29 May.
• 16 June James John Fromow son of Schoolmaster Sgt George Fromow and Sarah, born on 3 June.
• 25 Aug Elizabeth Ann McDermoid daughter of Pte Thomas McDermoid and Margaret, born on 17 August.
• 20 Sep John Pennington Barnes son of Hospital Sgt William Barnes and Ellen, born on 30 August.
• 23 Oct Ellen Melita Wright daughter of CSgt William Wright and Ellen, born on 14 October.
• 15 Nov Charles Blake son of Paymaster Stephen Blake and Jane Eleanor, born on 10 November.
  J. Blake became Paymaster 42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment on 3 July 1828. He became Paymaster 7th (Royal Fusiliers) Regiment on 22 August 1833.

Burials in 1833:

• 3 Apr Pte Thomas Rowlands aged 28 years.
• 4 July Cpl James Emberson aged 30 years.
• 22 Aug Pte William Garidiam aged 28 years.
• 10 Oct Pte James Waylett aged 33 years.
• 29 Oct Pte James Ellithorne aged 36 years.
• 4 Nov Hannah Massey aged 10 months, daughter of Pte P Massey.
• 17 Nov Charles Blake son of Paymaster Stephen Blake and Jane Eleanor.
• 18 Nov Pte William Rogers aged 24 years.
• 25 Nov Pte Samuel Cornford aged 28 years.
• 13 Dec Esther Hamblett aged 6 years, daughter of Joseph Hamblett.

1834 1st/7th (Royal Fusiliers)

1 Jan 1834 Strength: 19 Officers and 470 men.

Marriages in 1834:

• 4 Jan Bachelor L/Sgt Richard Jones to Jane McGurran, spinster daughter of CSgt A McGurran Royal Fusiliers.
• 4 Oct Bachelor Cpl Thomas Robinson to Caroline Morley, spinster daughter of George Morley, deceased, of Tunbridge Wells in the County of Kent.
• 16 Oct Widower Sgt George Crampton to Anne Cronk, spinster of the Parish of Brasted in the County of Kent.
• 17 Dec Bachelor Sgt John Liptrott to Anne Brown, widow of Bandmaster Frederick Brown Royal Fusiliers.

Baptisms in 1834:

• 15 Mar Crawfurd John Dobbie son of Sgt David Dobbie and Janet, born on 24 February.
• 16 Mar Margaret Lydia Crampton daughter of Sgt George Crampton and Margaret, born on 1 March.
• 8 June George Edward Hamlett son of Pte Joseph Hamlett and Alice, born on 2 May.
• 2 July William Frederick Gilley son of Lt and Adjutant Thomas Gilley and Anne, born on 5 June.
• 31 Aug Caroline Massey daughter of Pte Pierce Massey and Jane, born on 21 August. She was publicly received into the church on 7 September.
• 19 Oct Elizabeth Hamilton daughter of Lt Gerald Baillie Hamilton and Augusta, born on 19 September.
• 23 Nov Hannah Helen Foulkes daughter of Drm Robert Foulkes and Margaret, born on 8 November.
• 28 Dec Mary Payne daughter of Pte Alexander Payne and Diana born on 1 January 1833 privately baptised at Portsmouth was publicly received into the church.

Burials in 1834:

• 25 Jan Pte Frederick Aspinall aged 31 years.
• 12 Mar Margaret Crampton aged 23 years, wife of Sgt George Crampton.
• 25 Mar Pte James France aged 31 years.
• 3 May Pte William Wilson aged 39 years.
• 29 May Pte John Roberts aged 44 years.
• 7 June Elizabeth Andrews aged 5 years, daughter of William Andrews.
• 11 June Pte Thomas Hepworth aged 37 years.
• 26 June Thomas Hill aged 14 months, son of Pte William Hill.
• 28 Aug Diana Payne aged 24 years, wife of A. Payne. The service was read by Captain William Hope 7th Regiment (Royal Fusiliers), the funeral having taken place suddenly at 20:00 hours.
• 2 Nov William Lees aged 13 days, son of Pte William Lees.
• 4 Dec Pte William Mackay aged 16 years.

1835 1st/7th (Royal Fusiliers)

The 1st/7th (Royal Fusiliers) occupied the right wing of Lower St Elmo Barracks, with a detachment of a subaltern and 60 men at Fort Ricasoli. The regimental strength was 649 men. The men were enlisted mainly from Lancashire, Lincoln and York. There were only 95 Irish and 20 Scottish soldiers in the regiment.

There were 487 cases treated during the year with nine deaths. Thirty eight cases of fever were admitted into the regimental hospital. Most were mild with the soldiers making a rapid recovery. A few presented with typhoid and liver infection.

Marriages in 1835:

• 19 Jan Bachelor Cpl Edward Beer to Catharine Price, widow of Pte Christopher Price Royal Fusiliers.
• 19 June Bachelor Pte Benjamin Atkinson to Margaret Black, widow of CSgt W J Black 94th Regiment.
• 14 Sep Bachelor Captain William Hope of Cramond, Edinburgh to Statira Lividostro aged 18 years, a minor with the consent of her guardian the Rt Hon John Hookham Frere.
  W. Hope became a captain in the 7th Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) on 2 April 1829. He was the son of Sir Charles Hope, the Lord President of Scotland.
  Statira Lividostro was a Greek orphan aged four years old when she was bought in Greece from an English Captain of a merchant ship called Hope. She was brought to Malta where the wife of the Rt Hon John Hookham Frere adopted her. After the death of Mrs Frere, Statira was looked after by Mr Frere's sister, until she was married off to Captain Hope.

Baptisms in 1835:

• 15 Mar Alexander Jones son of Hospital Sgt Richard Jones and Jane, born on 28 February.
• 1 Apr Thomas McDowall son of Pte William McDowall and Elizabeth, born on 1 March.
• 1 Apr David Daller son of Pte John Daller and Sarah Anne, born on 1 March.
• 26 Apr George Robinson son of Cpl Thomas Robinson and Caroline, born on 14 April.
• 31 May Thomas Francis Collins son of Pte Thomas Collins and Frances, born on 1 May.
• 16 Aug Edward Forster son of Sgt Alexander Forster and Elizabeth, born on 4 August.
• 20 Sep Daniel Hawthorn son of Pte James Hawthorn and Elizabeth, born on 9 September.
• 29 Oct Melita Mary Ledsam daughter of QM John Ledsam and Mary, born on 3 October.
• 1 Nov Sophia Sarah Hawkins daughter of Pte William Hawkins and Isabella, born on 21 October.
• 6 Dec Louisa Lees daughter of Pte William Lees and Mary Ann, born on 20 November.
• 13 Dec Sarah Wood daughter of Pte John Wood and Rachael, born on 4 December.

Burials in 1835:

• 6 Jan Sophia Munro Ledsam aged 2 years, daughter of QM Ledsam.
• 16 Feb Pte William Neild aged 28 years.
• 19 Feb Pte Joseph Charlton aged 31 years.
• 18 Mar Pte Richard Wilson aged 32 years.
• 30 Mar William James McDowall aged 1 month, son of Pte William McDowall.
• 4 Apr Thomas McDowall aged 1 month, son of Pte William McDowall.
• 9 Apr L/Cpl Philip Clayton aged 23 years.
• 10 Apr Pte Thomas Kearsley aged 31 years.
• 23 May Pte William McDowall aged 35 years.
• 8 June Pte Isaac Whittaker aged 30 years.
• 22 June John P Barnes aged 21 months, son of Sgt William Barnes.
• 30 June Pte Joseph Hawker aged 30 years.
• 15 July Elizabeth Moss aged 3 months, daughter of Pte John Moss.
• 29 Oct Pte James Swindells aged 29 years.
• 1 Nov Pte Robert Dutton aged 29 years.

1836 1st/7th (Royal Fusiliers)

21 Jan 1836 The 7th Royal Fusiliers was ordered to return to England having served over eleven years on foreign service. A detachment of 172 men, 13 women and 18 children embarked for England on the transport Sovereign, which also carted away from Malta old naval stores.

8 Mar 1836 313 men of the 1st/7th (Royal Fusiliers) embarked for England.

Baptisms in 1836:

• 9 Feb Elizabeth Anne Brown daughter of Bandmaster Charles Munro Brown and Elizabeth born on 24 January.
• 14 Feb Ellen Hamlin daughter of Pte Joseph Hamlin and Alice born on 3 January.

Burials in 1836:

• 12 Jan Sgt Jesse Morton aged 37 years.
• 29 Jan Pte Charles Oakley aged 28 years.

1837 1st/7th (Royal Fusiliers)

Burials in 1837:

• 21 Mar 1837 Ellen Colquhoun aged 3 months, daughter of Pte A. Colquhoun.

The 1st/Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)

1959 1st/Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)

1960 1st/Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)

The 2nd/The 7th (Royal Fusiliers)

1854 2nd/7th (Royal Fusiliers)

17 Apr 1854 The 2nd/7th (Royal Fusiliers) arrived from Southampton on the West India Company's Steamer Orinoco.

Apr The 2nd/7th (Royal Fusiliers) left for the Crimea (1854-56).

Burials in 1854:

• 6 Oct Lt James Molesworth 7th Fusiliers.
  J. Molesworth was commissioned ensign by purchase on 14 March 1851 and promoted lieutenant by purchase on 8 April 1853.

1855 2nd/7th (Royal Fusiliers)

Burials in 1855:

• 4 Jan Pte James Bates.
• 17 Jan Pte James Robinson aged 20 years.
• 7 Apr Pte William Smith aged 18 years.
• 30 Sep Pte Ham Griffiths aged 22 years.
• 31 Oct Pte Frederick Payner aged 22 years.
• 1 Nov Pte Thomas Aubrey 7th Regiment.
• 4 Nov Pte George Rowe aged 18 years.

1856 2nd/7th (Royal Fusiliers)

Burials in 1856:

• 24 June 1856 Pte Joseph Tween aged 24 years.

The 2nd/The 7th (Royal Fusiliers)

1863 2nd/7th (Royal Fusiliers)

14 Sep 1863 The 2nd/7th (Royal Fusiliers) arrived from Gibraltar and relieved the 2nd/15th Regiment.

Burials in 1863:

• 27 Dec Death of Pte P. B., aged 31 years, from a ruptured aneurysm of the coeliac artery. He had developed a pain in his epigastric region while marching from St George's Bay a week prior to his admission to hospital on 6 December 1863.

In 1863, the regiment had an average strength of 246 men, 300 hospital admissions (1219.5 admissions per 1000 of mean strength) with 1 death in hospital (4.06 deaths per 1000 of mean strength).

The regiment was quartered at Isola Gate and Polverista Barracks.

1864 2nd/7th (Royal Fusiliers)

In 1864, the regiment had an average strength of 826 men, 1057 hospital admissions (1280 admissions per 1000 of mean strength) with 1 death in hospital and 1 out of hospital (2.42 deaths per 1000 of mean strength).

The 2nd/7th had a large number of admissions for ophthalmia.

Burials in 1864:

• 5 Aug 1864 Death of Sgt Edward Tanner 2nd Royal Fusiliers, aged 24 years 6 months. (Quarantine Bastion Cemetery Floriana).

1865 2nd/7th (Royal Fusiliers)

In 1865, the regiment had an average strength of 224 men. There were 237 hospital admissions (1058 admissions per 1000 of mean strength) with 1 death in hospital (4.46 deaths per 1000 of mean strength). Measles was very prevalent among the children of the 2nd/7th during the early months of the year.

22 Apr 1865 The 2nd/7th (Royal Fusiliers) embarked for Canada, where it arrived on 15 May 1865.

The 2nd/The 7th (Royal Fusiliers)

On 25 April 1915, the Royal Fusiliers landed at X Beach to the north west of Cape Helles on the Gallipoli Peninsula.

Burials in Pietà Military Cemetery in 1915:

• 13 June L/Cpl Ingram H 2nd/Royal Fusiliers aged 36 years.
• 17 June L/Cpl Rogers James William 2nd/Royal Fusiliers aged 20 years.
• 22 June Sgt Harlow James Andrew 2nd/Royal Fusiliers aged 27 years.
• 7 July Pte Plumer E 2nd/Royal Fusiliers, aged 22 years.

The 3rd/The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)

1898 3rd/Royal Fusiliers (City of London)

30 Nov 1898 The 3rd Battalion Royal Fusiliers embarked at Southampton from Dover. It disembarked at Malta on 9 December 1898.

The battalion had an average strength of 59 men with 50 admissions (847 admissions/1000 strength) into hospital and 1 death (16.95/1000 strength).

The 3rd/Royal Fusiliers moved into quarters at St Clements' and Verdala Barracks for 23 days.

Burials in 1898:

• 17 Dec 1898 Pte Alfred Nailor aged 25 years, died at Cottonera and was buried in Rinella Military Cemetery.

1899 3rd/Royal Fusiliers (City of London)

1 Jan 1899 994 men were at St Clement's Camp, but moved to Fort Manoel on 1 June 1899.

27 Aug The 3rd/Royal Fusiliers embarked for Gibraltar on the transport Jelunga where it arrived on 31 August 1899.

Burials in Pietà Military Cemetery in 1899:

• 6 Mar L/Sgt Frederick Long, aged 25 years 10 months.
• 10 June Pte Charles Hart, aged 22 years 8 months.
• 24 June L/Sgt Joseph Sell, aged 27 years 6 months.
• 5 July Mrs Florence Hart, wife of Pte Hart.
• 10 July May Florence Mantle, aged 5 weeks, daughter of Sgt Armourer Mantle.
• 14 Mar 1899 Pte Herbert Porter aged 29 years, died at Cottonera and was buried in Rinella Military Cemetery.

The 1st/1st Battalion (City of London) (Royal Fusiliers)

The 1st (City of London) Battalion The London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) was raised in 1859 as the 19th Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps (Bloomsbury). It was a volunteer battalion of The Royal Fusiliers prior to 1908, when its title changed to The 1st (City of London) Battalion The London Regiment. In 1916. it became The 1st (City of London) Battalion The London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers).

In 1922, the regimental name changed to The 1st City of London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers), and in 1937 to The 8th (1st City of London) Battalion The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment).

In 1961, The 8th (1st City of London) Bn The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) amalgamated with the 624th Light Anti Aircraft Regiment Royal Artillery (9th Bn The Royal Fusiliers), formerly The 2nd (City of London) Bn The London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) to form The City of London Bn, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment).

1914 1st/1st (City of London) Royal Fusiliers

4 Sep 1914 The 1/1st (City of London) sailed from Southampton on 4 September 1914.

11 Sep It was decided that one half battalion should be stationed at Fort Manoel and the other at Floriana Barracks. Casemate Barracks Floriana were to be kept clear on account of the POWs.

13 Sep H.T. ships Gallicia, Nevasa and Galika arrived with the Territorial Brigade of the 1st City of London Royal Fusiliers.

28 Dec 1914 The three Territorial Infantry Battalions that were about to leave Malta returned to the Army Ordnance Department their web equipment which was not considered fit to take into the field.

1915 1st/1st (City of London) Royal Fusiliers

11 Feb 1915 The 1/1st (City of London) left Malta for Avonmouth.

The 2nd/1st Battalion (City of London) (Royal Fusiliers)

1915 2nd/1st (City of London) Royal Fusiliers

11 Feb 1915 The 2nd/1st (City of London) disembarked from S.S. Galeka.

27 Aug The 2nd/1st (City of London) moved to Egypt and fought in the Gallipoli Campaign.

Burials in Pietà Military Cemetery in 1915:

• 11 June Pte Ayres C J 1st/Royal Fusiliers.

The 1st/2nd Battalion (City of London) (Royal Fusiliers)

The 1st/2nd (City of London) Battalion The London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) was raised in 1860 as the 46th Middlesex Rifle Volunteers Corps. It was a volunteer battalion of the Royal Fusiliers prior to 1908, when its title changed to The 2nd (City of London) Battalion The London Regiment. In 1916 it became The 2nd (City of London) Battalion The London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers).

In 1922, the regimental name changed to The 2nd City of London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers), and in 1937, to the 9th (2nd City of London) Battalion The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment).

In 1947, it was converted into the 624th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment Royal Artillery (Royal Fusiliers). In 1955, it amalgamated with The 562nd (Mixed) Light Anti Aircraft and Searchlight Regiment Royal Artillery to form The 624th Light Anti Aircraft Regiment Royal Artillery (9th Bn The Royal Fusiliers).

In 1961, it amalgamated with The 8th (1st City of London) Bn The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment), formerly The 1st (City of London) Bn The London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) to form The City of London Bn, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment).

1914 1st/2nd (City of London) Royal Fusiliers

4 Sep 1914 The 1st/2nd (City of London) sailed from Southampton on S. S. Nevasa.

14 Sep The 1st/2nd (City of London) disembarked at Malta.

16 Sep The 1st/2nd (City of London) Regiment took over guard duty from KOMRM which moved into its war station.

Oct 1914 Scarlet fever broke out in the men at St Andrew's Barracks.

1915 1st/2nd (City of London) Royal Fusiliers

2 Jan 1915 The 1st/2nd (City of London) left for Marseilles on the S.S. Neuralia. Captain McHoul RAMC (T) was in medical charge of the 1st/2nd Battalion. The troops were informed that they were returning to England, but their destination was France.

The 2nd/2nd Battalion (City of London Reserve Battalion) (Royal Fusiliers)

1915 2nd/2nd (City of London Reserve Battalion) Royal Fusiliers

31 Dec 1914 The 2nd/2nd (City of London Reserve Battalion) arrived from Tonbridge on H. T. Neuralia and Avon. It relieved the 1st/2nd (City of London) Royal Fusiliers. It occupied St Andrew's Barracks.

15 Jan 1915 An outbreak of mumps was reported in the 2nd/2nd (Reserve) Bn London Regiment at St Andrew's Barracks. The Battalion was isolated with the infected treated in barrack rooms. The men were kept in quarantine for 24 days. By 22 January there were 13 cases of mumps in St Andrew's Barracks. The last in a servant employed in the officers mess.

15 Feb The detachment of the 2nd (City of London) Regiment at Salvatore Barracks was relieved by a detachment of the KOMRM.

1 Mar 1915 Quarantine regulations at St Andrew's Barracks were lifted. Lieut A Carlisle RAMC (T) took medical charge of to 2/2nd London Regiment at St Andrew's Barracks.

15 Apr The 2nd/2nd (City of London Reserve Battalion) were issued with camp equipment on vacating St Andrew's Barracks.

27 Aug 1915 The 2nd/2nd (City of London Reserve Battalion) moved to Egypt in preparation for landing at Cape Helles on the Gallipoli Peninsula on 13 Oct 1915.

Burials at the Naval Cemetery (Capuccini) in 1915:

• 27 Mar L/14994 Pte Frederick John Ridgley 2nd Battalion Royal Fusiliers.

Burials at Pietà Military Cemetery in 1915:

• 5 July Pte Dawson H E 2nd/2nd The London Regiment Royal Fusiliers.
• 1 Oct Pte Foskett H aged 21 years.
• 4 Oct Pte Smith Frederick James aged 23 years.

The 1st/3rd Battalion (City of London) (Royal Fusiliers)

The 3rd (City of London) Battalion The London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) was raised in 1859 as The 20th Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps (Railway Rifles). It was a volunteer battalion of the Royal Fusiliers prior to 1908, when its title changed to The 3rd (City of London) Battalion The London Regiment. In 1916, it became The 3rd (City of London) Battalion The London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers).

In 1922, it became The 3rd City of London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) and in 1937 to The 10th (3rd City of London) Battalion The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment).

In 1938, it became a Searchlight Regiment. In 1940 its name was The 69th Searchlight Regiment Royal Artillery (3rd City of London).

In 1949, it was converted into the 625th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment Royal Artillery (Royal Fusiliers).

1914 1st/3rd (City of London) Royal Fusiliers

4 Sep 1914 The 1st/3rd (City of London) sailed from Southampton on S. S. Nevasa. It disembarked at Malta on 14 September.

1915 1st/3rd (City of London) (Royal Fusiliers)

Burials at the Naval Cemetery (Capuccini) in 1915:

• 9 Jan 2975 Pte J Parkin 3rd Battalion London Regiment Royal Fusiliers.

2 Jan 1915 The 1/3rd (City of London) left Malta for Marseilles on the H.T. Avon. Captain Hobbs RAMC (T) was in medical charge of the 3rd Battalion.

The troops were informed that they were returning to England, but their destination was France.

The 2nd/3rd Battalion (City of London Reserve Battalion) (Royal Fusiliers)

1915 2nd/3rd (City of London Reserve Battalion)

31 Dec 1914 The 2nd/3rd (City of London Reserve Battalion) arrived from Tonbridge England on H. T. Neuralia and Avon.
It relieved the 1/3rd (City of London) Battalion (Royal Fusiliers). The men moved into Mtarfa Barracks.

18 Jan 1915 An outbreak of mumps was reported in the 3rd (Reserve) Bn London Regiment at Mtarfa Barracks.

2 Feb The men moved to the Musketry Camp Ghajn Tuffieha Camp. Surgeon Major Robert Randon was in medical charge.

5 Mar Quarantine period due to mumps on 3rd Reserve Bn Royal Fusiliers at Mtarfa Barracks was lifted.

30 Mar One sergeant and 16 men of 2nd/3rd London Regiment reported to Mtarfa Hospital to help expand the hospital.

8 Apr Stores returned from Mtarfa Barracks to Marina Ordnance depôt by 2nd/3rd (City of London) in preparations for their embarkation on H. T. Suevic.

9 Apr 1915 Issue of pistols to 2/3rd City of London Regiment. The 2/3rd London Regiment embarked on H. T. Suevic for Alexandria, Egypt. The ship was filthy. It was a horse boat and was unsuitable for troops.

The 2nd/3rd Battalion City of London Regiment

1915 – 2nd/3rd City of London

Burials at Pietà Military Cemetery in 1915:

• 13 Oct Pte Cook F J aged 21 yrs.
• 14 Oct Pte Kerswall S H.

The 1st/4th Battalion (City of London) (Royal Fusiliers)

The 4th (City of London) Bn The London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) was raised in 1860 as the Tower Hamlet Rifle Volunteer Corps. It was a volunteer battalion of The Royal Fusiliers prior to 1908, when its title changed to The 4th (City of London) Battalion The London Regiment. In 1916, it became The 4th (City of London) Battalion The London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers).

In 1922 the regimental name was The 4th City of London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers). It became an Anti-Aircraft regiment in 1935 as the 60th (City of London) Anti-Aircraft Brigade Royal Artillery.

1914 1st/4th (City of London)

4 Sep 1914 The 1st/4th (City of London) sailed from Southampton and disembarked at Malta on 14 September on S. S. Gallicia.

On 12 September 1914 a tented camp had been prepared at Ghajn Tuffieha for the reception of the Territorials. Two thousand blankets were sent to the camp by the Ordnance stores. On 11 October, L/Cpl Britton Military Foot Police (MFP) proceeded to Ghajn Tuffieha for duty with the 4th Bn London Regiment.

23 Dec 1914 Ordnance Stores Malta manufactured 750 identity discs for 4th Bn City of London Regiment.

1915 1st/4th (City of London) (Royal Fusiliers)

2 Jan 1915 The 1st/4th (City of London) left Malta for Marseilles on the H.T. Avon. Lieut P Casey RAMC (T) was in medical charge of the 4th Battalion. The troops were informed that they were returning to England while their destination was France.

The 2nd/4th Battalion (City of London Reserve Battalion) (Royal Fusiliers)

1915 2nd/4th (City of London Reserve Battalion) (Royal Fusiliers)

31 Dec 1914 The 2nd/4th (City of London Reserve Battalion) arrived from Maidstone England on H. T. Neuralia and Avon. It relieved the 1st/4th (City of London) (Royal Fusiliers). The men moved into St George's Barracks.

27 Feb 1915 At Floriana Barracks.

5 Mar Relieved the KOMRM at Salvatore Barracks.

6 Mar Lt Col Edmond W St Vincent Ryan RAMC (T) reported a case of mumps in a man of the machine gun section 2nd/4th London Regiment now at Pembroke Camp. The case was isolated at once but later developed tonsillitis only. No further cases of mumps occurred at St George's Camp and the quarantine restrictions were lifted on 14 March.

25 May Issued with camp equipment by the Ordnance Stores on vacating Floriana Barracks.

25 Aug 1915 The 2nd/4th (City of London Reserve Battalion) left for Egypt in preparation for the landing at Cape Helles on the Gallipoli Peninsula on 15 October 1915.

The 1st/10th Battalion City of London Regiment

1915 – 1st/10th City of London

Burials at Pietà Military Cemetery in 1915:

• 27 Sep Pte Buckle R O aged 37 yrs.
• 11 Oct Pte Kent Robert Newland aged 22 yrs.
• 9 Nov 2nd Lt Edgar John Hutchings aged 28 yrs.