“I saw the 23rd the other day and I never saw a regiment in such order.
They are not strong in numbers, but it was the most complete and handsome
military body I ever looked at.”
Duke of Wellington
See Benjamin Mapley below..
Any family history inevitably involves war engagements.
Second Indian War (1688-1697)
- Matthew Mapley (1670-1690) under the command of Capt. John Withington, with Major Benjamin Church and Phips in overall charge of the raid on Quebec.
- Born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA
- Fought at Quebec, 1690
American Revolutionary War (1775-1783)
- Roswel Mapley () Herrick's regiment, Vermont Militia. Service #39187612
- Captain Samuel Robinson's company, Bennington 21 May, 1781
- Stephen Maberly (1745-1831) Royal Navy
- Battle of Saintes, West Indies, April 1782 - a major naval victory over the French Navy
Napoleonic Wars (1793-1815)
- Benjamin Mapley () Private, Foot Regiment, 23rd. Battalion
The Royal Welch Fusiliers- Fought at Waterloo, 1815
- In June 1815 the regiment was at Waterloo where it suffered heavy artillery fire and many cavalry
attacks and amongst the casualties was Colonel Sir Henry Ellis KCB who had commanded the regiment
for eight years and suffered eight wounds during that period.
The 23rd’s Light Company took part in the last action of the Napoleonic wars at Cambrai on 24th June 1815.
The Adjutant –General issued pay books to all ranks and the example name given was Private Thomas Atkins 23rd Regt Foot.
This is where the slang for a british soldier being “a Tommy” or Tommy Atkins comes from. - Go to Regiment History ==>
Posse Comitatus (1798)
- A survey of all men capable of acting in a military capacity who were not either Quakers, clergymen
or already serving in a military unit. Men between the ages of 15 and 60 were included.
- Go to 1798 Posse Comitatus ==>
(1825)
- R J Mapley () Ensign, 96th Foot (Manchester) Regiment
- Fought at
Crimean War (1853-1856)
- Emanuel Mapley (12/9/1830-10/1871) (1851) Private, 68th. Durham Foot Regiment
Service #2724 - (1855) Private, 49th. Hertfordshire Foot Regiment
Service #3522- Son of Thomas Mapley & Sarah Pindar
- Born in Great Linford, Bucks., England
- Wounded - Siege of Sebastopol, 26 July 1855
- Go to Regiment History ==>
The Siege of Sevastopol (1854-1855)
- Charles Robert McNaughton Maberly (1829 - 1876) (1854-1856) Lieutenant, Royal Navy
- Son of Charles Maberly & Charlotte McNaughton
- Born in Owlesbury, Hants., England
- Participated in the naval bombardment of Sebastopol, captained a gunboat into the Sea of Azov to assist in the capture of Kertch.
- During a visit of the Prince of Wales to Canada he commanded H.M. Ariadne and was one of the Prince's personal retinue ashore.
- Promoted to Commander in 1870
Prussian War (1870-1871)
- William Mabley (1871) Private, 4th. Battalion 60th. KIngs Royal Regiment
Service #2414
American Civil War (1861-1865)
- B Mapley () Confederate
- September, 1863
Nile Expedition (1884-1885) The "Gordon Relief Expedition"
- Charles Evan Maberly (1854-1920) Royal Horse Artillery
- Son of Major-General Evan Maberly & Laura Charlotte Smith
- Born in Gibraltar
Boer War (1899-1902)
- Albert Herbert Mapley (1875-18/4/1900) Private, Royal Army Medical Corps
Service #12075- Son of Edward Mapley & Maria Denson
- Born in Olney, Bucks., England
- Died - Enteric fever, Estcourt, Natal
- Buried - Ladysmith, Natal
- Charles Mabley (1878-1902) Trooper, Brabant's Horse Regiment & Gorringe's Flying Column
Service #33008/39215- Son of William Mabley & Elizabeth
- Born in Wavendon, Bucks., England
- Charles Evan Maberly (1854-1920) Colonel, Royal Horse Artillery
- Son of Major-General Evan Maberly & Laura Charlotte Smith
- Born in Gibraltar
- Severely wounded at Magersfontein, awarded the DSO in 1901 for his actions in this campaign.
- Ernest Reuben Mapley (7/6/1889-1905) Royal Navy
Service #234985- Son of Samuel and Eleanor Mapley
- Born in Leighton Buzzard, Bucks.
- F C Mapley (-1908) Leicestershire Regiment
Service #3074- Son of
- Born in
- H Mapley (-1895) British Army
Service #4606257- Son of
- Born in
- W Mapley (-1902) Private, 8th. King's Royal Irish Hussars
Service #2953- Son of
- Invalided, awarded Queen's South Africa Medal
World War 1 (1914-1918)
Service #9619
Service #12822
Service #J.18709
Service #4209
Service #11326
Service #2947
Service #11886
Service #40373
Service #122303
Service #207201
Service #13974
Service #29821
Service #4508
Service #114960
Service #27947
Service #6912
Service #651199
Service #PO/1789/S
Service #466
Service #
Service #G1934
Service #M.31164
Service #14712
Service #149343
Service #213649
Service #102117
Service #T4/088840
World War 2 (1939-1945)
Service #
Service #633523
Service #CMX76422
Service #908105
Service #5950730
Service #1870424
Service #DKX604772
Service #420148
Service #1134920
Service #1377605
Service #146510-4
Post-World War 2 (1945-)
Service #23042455
Service #4188753
Service #5012453
Service #92615
Service #
Service #2835979
Service #W/416795
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