Essex Regiment Commanding Officers of the Regiment from 1741 to 1881   Surname First Name Date of appointment DOD Halkett Peter 1741 1755 Gage Thomas 1751   Farquhar William 1728   Eyre William 1759 1764 Agnew James 1764 1777 Hope Henry 1777 1789 Darby William John 1789   Riddell Robert 1793 1796 Ogilvie David 1795 1801 Baillie Charles 1797 1810 Erskine Francis 1798 1833 Tilson Christopher 1799 1834 Mackenzie Kenneth 1801 1833 Dirom Alexander 1803 1830 Nicoll Thomas 1803   Brooke Arthur 1804 1843 Garden Robert 1805 1810 Egerton Charles Bulkley 1809 1857 Carleton George 1811 1814 Hamerton John Milet 1814 1855 Berkeley Geroge Henry Frederick 1819 1857 Napier George Thomas 1821 1855 Morrison Jos Wanton 1821 1826 Hardinge George 1822 1829 Dunkin John Henry 1824 1825 Tidy Francis Skelly 1826 1835 Carter L 1825 1827 Shelton John 1827 1845 Macdonald Robert 1829 1860 Mackrell Thomas 1830 1841 Spencer Augustus Almoric 1845   Clunie James Oliphant 1847 1851 Ferryman Augustus Halifax 1848   Thorp Edward 1849 1853 Staveley Charles William Dunbar 1855   Mahon Patrick William 1857   Hort J J 1866   Browne A 1869   Raikes T 1871   Preston R 1875   Hand J S 1876   Some of the Commanding Officers were killed in action with the Regiment. Sir Peter Halkett - Killed at Fort du Quesne James Agnes - Killed at Germantown David Ogilvie - Died of wounds Geroge Careton - killed in action at Bergen-op-Zoom Thomas Mackrell - Killed during storming of the fort at Rika-bashee Fort near Kabul

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