HIS MAJESTY'S 7TH REGIMENT OF FOOT, ROYAL FUZILIERS
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Royal Fuziliers Casualties at Cowpens
January 17, 1781

Col. Prescott's Company

POW
CPL Alexander Stuart 
CPL Williamm Brown 
Drummer Richard Clements George Hall
Issac Gardiner
Williamm Matthews
Don McDonald
Henry Parker
Jam Merrick
George Frisken
Thomas Freeman
Williamm Luck
Thomas Hicks
William Lory
Issac Burton
John Odell
Robert Turner
Thomas Davis
Appears on Rolls/Notes
1778/Draft from 62nd Regt
1778/Draft from 62nd Regt
1777
1777/Draft frm 14th/Exch 12/81
1775
1775
1778
1778/Draft frm 20th/Exch 12/81
1778
1777
1776/Exchanged 12/81
1776
3/23/1779
1779
1778
1777/Draft from 14th Regt
10/1780
10/1780/Exchanged 12/81
KIA
Edward Bell
? Powell
? Hesketh
William Pier
Appears on Rolls/Notes
10/1780
10/1780
10/1780
10/1780

LT. Col. Clarke's Company

Lt. William Harling
SGT MAJ  J. Sutherland
CPL Edwin Baillie
CPL Robert Mansfield
CPL John Dickens
Thomas Fox
John Leads
John Crowley
Richard Savory
Robert Jeffery
Henry Ingram
John Allison
John Battle
Thomas Waters
Henry Newell
Thomas Dawson
Henry Warden
Thomas Law
Samuel Tyson
John Cliff
Clem Green
Samuel Reynolds
August 18, 1778/Wounded
1775
1779
7/1779
1775
1775
1778
1777
1776
1777
1777/Draft from 14th Regt
1775/Exchanged 12/81
1778
1777
3/23/1779
3/23/1779
3/23/1779
12/23/1780
12/23/1780
12/23/1780
12/23/1780
12/23/1780
  William Smith 
1779/Draft from 26th Regt

Maj. Darby's Company

Lt. Thomas L'Estrange
SGT John Carr
CPL John Wooten
CPL Francis Gilman
James Howorth
Edward Eagle
Edward Atkins
John Owens
William Grace 
Thomas Carey
Thomas Gray
John Sibley
William Ashby
Paul Summers
John Dickens
Joshua Priest
Nick Burt
William Smallwood
William Lowe
George Hardy
William Mercer
Aug 18, 1778/Wounded
1776
1775
3/23/1779
1775
1775
1778
1775
1777/Draft from 14th Regt
3/23/1779
3/23/1779
3/23/1779
1778
12/23/1780
12/23/1780
12/23/1780
12/23/1780
1777
1779
1778
1775

Selwyn's Company

Michael Regan 
John Booth
Benjamin Davis
L. Mchiver
Charles Hughes
Joseph Mitchell
William Cook Sr
Joseph Rickett
Richard Slater
John Abbot
John Dandy
William Huck
John Parker
Thomas Craft
Michael Hogan
James Loddy
1778/Draft from 16th Regt
1777
1777/Draft from 16th Regt
1777/Draft from 6th Regt
1779/Draft from 21st Regt
1775
1775
12/23/1780
3/23/1779
1778
12/23/1780
12/23/1780
12/23/1780
12/23/1780
6/25/1778/Draft from 16th Regt
12/23/1780
John Thomas
Dennis Dunman
1775
3/23/1779

Baillie's Company, 1st Light Infantry Battalion

CPL Robert Miller
CPL Thomas Spencer Thomas Welch
1776
1775
1776

Despard's Company

SGT Thomas Knowles
CPL John Wilson
CPL John Edwards
CPL William Tinkler Drummer William Leach George Thorton
John Adams
John Hebry
Michael Stanley
Thomas Coyle
Alex Mcleod
James Belton
Thomas Miller
Charles Talbot
John Lander
John Mears
George Callinger
John Harris
1778
1779
1779
1779
1779
1777
1779
1778
1776
1778/Draft from 62nd Regt
1776
3/23/1779
12/23/1780
1778
3/23/1779
1778
12/23/1780
3/23/1779
SGT William Mowlett
Thomas Burgess
Patrick Flanagan
Francis Forbish
William Miller
Richard Ashings
1775
1777
6/25/1778/Draft from 16th Regt
1779
12/23/1780
12/23/1780

Hughe's Company

CPL John Griffin
CPL Robert Ryrie
Thomas Hodges
James Fox
Robert Clayton
John Thompson
Shephen Mumford
James Reynolds
John Jones
Samuel White
John Harbridge
Nicholas Randall
Thomas Dingley
William Lock
John Hilton
Peter Thornhill
1778
1778
1777
3/23/1779
3/23/1779
1778/Draft 24th Regt
1775
1777
3/23/1779
3/23/1779
12/23/1780
12/23/1780
12/23/1780
12/23/1780
12/23/1780
12/23/1780

Helyar's Company

SGT Daniel Smith
SGT Richard Young
CPL William Leach
Thomas Tucker
George Suffolk
William Widdows
Thomas Miles
Thomas Watham
William Garnet
James Pike
James Jones
Thomas Hathaway
William Marsey
Thomas Stephens
Thomas Shert
Edwin Gutherie
1775
1776
1780
1777
1778
1775/Exchanged 12/81
1777
3/23/1779
3/23/1779
1777
1772
1778
12/23/1780
12/23/1780
12/23/1780
12/23/1780
Capt. Charles Helyar
Lt Mathew Marshall
CPL Thomas Grant
Drummer Berry Taylor
John Ward
William Hazell 
February 1, 1780
November 7, 1778
1776
1777
1777
1777

Rowland's Company

SGT Thomas Caldwell
CPL James Bank
Alex Stephens
Charles Edmonds
William Lavinder
William Knot
Richard Strangeblood
John Stephenson
Josh Robinson
Samuel Woodcock
Edward Crowley
Benjamin Hazel
William Owen
John Rowland
Robert Bells
Richard Meading
Richard Price
Thomas Grace
1772
1777
1778/Draft from 62nd Regt
1777/Draft from 14th Regt
1777
1778
3/23/1779
3/23/1779
6/25/1778/Draft from 16th Regt
1777
1778
3/23/1779
3/23/1779
1775
3/23/1779
12/23/1780
12/23/1780
1775
John Ebber
Daniel Coupers
3/23/1779
3/23/1779
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This gives leaves a total of 148 men taken prisoner and 21 killed in action. 
The following is a break down of time in service:
              1775 23
              1776 10
              1777 27
              1778 27
              1779 40
New Recruits 38
             Total 165

Note: The Royal Fusiliers were commanded by Major Timothy Newmarsh of the 4th Battalion/60th Regiment, a former captain of the 7th who had been promoted out of the regiment on November 10, 1780. Major Newmarsh was wounded at Cowpens.
All records were transcribed by Jason Melius between 2010 and 2012. Great care was taken to ensure the accuracy of the information provided.  The above information is not to be used without the express permission of the author and proper credit.
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