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-====== William Uphill ======
-**1782-1825**\\
-//([[Uphill Thomas|Thomas]])//
-William UPHILL was born 28 Apr 1782 and baptised 26 May 1782, St James', Westminster, London.
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-He enlisted as a private (Drummer) in the [[http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/Britain/Infantry/Regiments/c_3rdFoot.html|3rd Regiment of Foot, 2nd Battalion]], 21 Nov 1803, aged 21 at Alderney.
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-He was stationed at [[wp>Berry_Head|Berry Head]] ([[http://brixhamlife.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/berry-head-napoleonic-fort.html|Berry Head Napoleonic Fort]]) at the time of his first son's birth, and Reading for the birth of his second son.\\
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-I have been unable to determine if William participated in any of the 1st Battalion's expeditons during early stages of the [[wp>Peninsular_War|Peninsular War (1807 to 1814)]], although he was certainly an avid admirer of Arthur Wellesley ([[wp>Arthur_Wellesley,_1st_Duke_of_Wellington|1st Duke of Wellington]]), naming 2 of his sons after the revered man.\\
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-It does, however, seem that he served with the 1st Battalion from the end of 1813 (probably joining a bit too late for the [[wp>Battle_of_Nivelle|Battle of Nivelle]] 10 Nov 1813, but possible in time to participate in the [[wp>Battle_of_the_Nive|Battle of the Nive]] 9-13 Dec 1813). Following two further battles in 1814 ([[wp>Battle_of_Orthez|Battle of Orthez]] 27 Feb 1814, and [[wp>Battle_of_Toulouse_(1814)|Battle of Toulouse]] 10 Apr 1814), the Battalion sailed from Bordeaux, France, to Lower Canada, reaching Quebec in August where it served on the frontier during the [[wp>War_of_1812|War of 1812]]. The Battalion returned to England in the summer of 1815, and on to Paris via Portsmouth and Ostend.\\
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-His regiment was in Croix, France, 24 Jun 1817, when he was discharged from service suffering with asthma; and he was admitted, aged 35, to the Royal Hospital Chelsea 25th June 1817:
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-At the time of his third son's baptism in 1818, he is a shoemaker in Newington.
-He died aged 43, 20 May 1825, and was buried 27 May 1825 Kennington Lane, Upper, Vauxhall Chapel, London.\\
-Denomination:	Independent\\
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-==== Marriage & Children ====
-He married [[Cole Elizabeth 1781|Elizabeth COLE]] 10 Aug 1809, [[wp>Stoke,_Plymouth|Stoke Damerel]], Devon.\\
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-At the time of marriage, William is described as a "Musician in the 3rd Regiment of Foot".\\
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-=== Children of William Uphill and Elizabeth:===
-  - [[Uphill Henry William 1810|Henry William UPHILL]], baptised 3 Jun 1810 - Brixham, Devon
-  - [[Uphill Arthur Wellington Mestayre|Arthur Wellington Mestayre UPHILL]], baptised 3 Oct 1813 - Reading, Berkshire
-  - [[Uphill William Arthur 1818|William Arthur UPHILL]], baptised 4 Oct 1818 - Newington, London >>
-  - [[Uphill Elizabeth Sophia Ann 1821|Elizabeth Sophia Ann UPHILL]], baptised 6 May 1821 - Newington, London
-  - [[Uphill Ann Cole|Ann Cole UPHILL]], baptised 18 May 1823 - Lambeth, London
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-==== Military Service ====
-Refrencing the information from [[http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/Britain/Infantry/Regiments/c_3rdFoot.html|"British Regiments and the Men Who Led Them 1793-1815: 3rd Regiment of Foot, By Steve Brown"]]\\
-=== Stations and Combats – 1st/2nd Battalions ===
-nd Batt. 1803: 21 July – formed at Portsmouth\\
-**//Enlists 21 Nov 1803//**\\
-nd Batt. 1804: May – Jersey; October – Horsham; Hilsea; November – Guernsey; December – Alderney\\
-nd Batt. 1805: Alderney\\
-nd Batt. 1806: January – Guernsey\\
-nd Batt. 1807: Guernsey; February – Portsmouth; Broomgrove; September – received draft of recruits from Tower Hamlets Militia; October - Plymouth\\
-nd Batt. 1808: Plymouth\\
-**//Marries Elizabeth COLE 10 Aug 1809, Stoke Damerel, Devon//**\\
-nd Batt. 1809: Plymouth; September – Berryhead; October - sent draft to 1st Battalion\\
-nd Batt. 1810: Berryhead\\
-**//Son Henry William UPHILL baptised 3 Jun 1810, Brixham, Devon//**\\
-nd Batt. 1811: Berryhead; May – received draft of recruits from Royal Monmouth Militia; July – sent draft of 300 men to 1st Battalion\\
-nd Batt. 1812: Recruited back up the strength; November - sent draft to 1st Battalion\\
-nd Batt. 1813: Reading; September – sent draft to 1st Battalion\\
-**//Son Arthur Wellington Mestayre UPHILL, baptised 3 Oct 1813, Reading, Berkshire//**\\
-st Batt. //(Estremadura; Salamanca; Hormaza; VITTORIA; Doña Maria; Bastan; NIVELLE; NIVE;)//... November - received draft from 2nd Battalion\\
-st Batt. 1814: St. Palais; ORTHEZ; Aire; TOULOUSE; May – to Lower Canada; August – Quebec; Plattsburg\\
-st Batt. 1815: Quebec; June – to England; July – Portsmouth; Ostend; Paris; Army of Occupation.\\
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-**//Discharged from service 24 Jun 1817, Croix, France//**\\
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-=== Pages from The London Gazette ===
-[[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16815/page/2365|Numb. 16815]]\\
-THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1813.\\
-WAR DEPARTMENT.\\
-Downing-Street, November 21, 1813.\\
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-THE Marquess of Worcester has arrived with a dispatch, of which the following is a copy, addressed to the Earl Bathurst by the Marquess of
-Wellington dated\\
-//St. Pé, November// 13, 1813.\\
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-MY LORD,\\
-THE enemy have, since the beginning of August, occupied a position with their right upon the sea, in front of St. Jean de Luz, and on the left of the Nivelle, their centre on La Petite La Rhune in Sarré, and on the heights behind the village, and their left, consisting of two divisions of infantry, under the Comte D'Erlon, on the right of that river, on a strong height in rear of Anhoue, and on the mountain of Mondarin, which protected the approach to that village; they had had one division under General Foy at St. Jean Pied de Port, which was joined by one of the army of Arragon, under General Paris, at the time the left of the allied army crossed the Bidassoa on 7th October; General Foy's division joined those on the heights behind Anhoue, when Lieutenant-General Sir Rowland Hill moved into the valley of Bastan.\\
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-The enemy, not satisfied with the natural strength of this position, had the whole of it fortified, and their right, in particular, had been made so strong, that I did not deem it expedient to attack it in front.\\
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-Pamplona having surrendered on the 31st of October, and the right of the army having been disengaged from covering the blockade of that place, I moved Lieutenant General Sir Rowland Hill, on the 6th and 7th, into the valley of Bastan, as soon as the state of the roads, after the recent rains, would permit, intending to attack the enemy on the 8th instant; but the rain which fell on the 7th instant having again rendered the roads impracticable, I was obliged to defer the attack till the 10th, when we completely succeeded in carrying all the positions on the enemy's left and centre, in separating the former from the latter, and by these means turning the enemy's strong positions occupied by their right on the lower Nivelle, which they were obliged to evacuate during the night, having taken fifty-one pieces of cannon;, and fourteen hundred prisoners.\\
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-The object of the attack being to force the enemy's centre and to establish our army in rear of their right, the attack was made in columns of divisions, each led by the General Officer commanding it, and each forming its own reserve. Lieutenant-General Sir Rowland Hill directed the movement of the right, consisting of the 2d division under Lieutenant-General the Honourable Sir William Stewart, the 6th division, under Lieutenant-General Sir H. Clinton, a Portuguese division, under Lieutenant-General Sir John Hamilton, and a Spanish division, under General Morillo, and Colonel Grant's brigade of cavalry, and a brigade of Portuguese artillery, under Lieutenant-Colonel Tulloh, and three mountain guns, under Lieutenant Robe, which attacked the positions of the enemy behind Anhoue.\\
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-Marshal Sir William Beresford directed the movements of the right of the centre, consisting of the 3d division under Major-General the Honourable Charles Colville, the 7th division under Mariscal de Campo Le Cor, and the 4th division under Lieutenan-General the Honourable Sir Lowry Cole. The latter attacked the redoubts in front of Sarré, that village and the heights behind it, supported on their left by the army of reserve of Andalusia, under the command of the Mariscal de Campo Don Pedro Girou, which attacked the enemy's positions on their right of Sarré, on the slopes of La Petite La Rhune, and the heights beyond the village, on the left of the 4th division. Major-General Charles Baron Alten, attacked with the light division and General Longa's Spanish division, the enemy's positions on La Petite La Rhune, and having carried them, so-operated with the right of the centre on the attack of the heights, behind Sarré.\\
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-General Alten's brigade of cavalry, under the direction of Lieutenant-General Sir Stapleton Cotton, followed the movements of the centre, and there were three brigades of British artillery with this part of the army, and three mountain guns with General Girou, and three with Major-General Charles Alten.\\
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-Lieutenant-General Don Manuel Freyse moved in two columns, from the heights of Man dale towards Ascain, in order to take advantage of any movements the enemy might make from the right of his position towards his centre; and Lieutenant-General Sir John Hope, with the left of the army, drove in the enemy's outposts in front of their entrenchments on the Lower Nivelle, carried the redoubt above Orogne, and established himself on the heights immediately opposite Sibour, in readiness to take advantage of any movement made by the enemy's right.\\
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-The attack began at daylight, and Lieutenant-General the Honourable Sir Lowry Cole having obliged the enemy to evacuate the redoubt on their right, in front of Sarré, by a cannonade, and that in front of the left of the village having been likewise evacuated on the approach of the 7th division, under General Le Cor, to attack it, Lieutenant-General Sir Lowry Cole attacked and possessed himself of the village, which was turned, on its left, by the 3d division; under Major-General the Honourable Charles Colville, and on its right by the reserve of Andalusia, under Don Pedro Girou, and Major-General Charles Baron Alten carried the positions on La Petite La Rhune.\\
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-The whole then co-operated in the attack of the enemy's main position behind the village. The 3d and 7th divisions immediately carried the redoubts on the left of the enemy's centre, and the light division those on the right, while the 4th division, with the reserve of Andalusia on the left, attacked their positions in their centre. By these attacks, the enemy were obliged to abandon their strong positions, which they had fortified with much care and labour; and they left in the principal redoubt on the height the 1st battalion 88th regiaient, which immediately, surrendered.\\
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-While these operations were going on in the centre, I had the pleasure of seeing the 6th division under Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Clinton, after having crossed the Nivelle, and having driven in the enemy's piquets on both banks, and having covered the passage of the Portuguese division, under Lieutenant-General Sir John Hamilton, on its right, make a most handsome attack upon the right of the enemy's position behind Anhoue, and on the right of the Niivelle, and carry all the entrenchments, and the redoubt on that flank. Lieutenant-General Sir John Hamiltom supported with the Portuguese division, the 6th division on its right, and both co-operated in the attack of the second redoubt, which was immediately carried. Major-General Pringle's brigade of the 2d division, under Lieutenant-General the Honourable Sir William Stewart, drove in the enemy's piquets on the Nivelle and in front of Anhoue, and then Major-General Byng's brigade of the 2d division carried the entrenchments and redoubt further on the enemy's left, in which attack the Major-General and these troops distinguished themselves. Major-General Murilli covered the advance of the whole to the heights behind Anhoue, by attacking the enemy's posts on the slopes of Mondarin, and
-following them towards Itzatee. The troops on the heights behind Anhoue were, by these operations, under the direction of Lieutenant-General Sir
-Rowland Hill, forced to retire towards the bridge of Cambo, on the Nive; with the exception of the division in Mondarin, which by the march of a part of the 2d division, under Lieutenant-General the Honourable Sir William Stewart, was pushed into the mountains towards Baygory.\\
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-As soon as the heights were carried on both banks of the Nivelle, I directed the 3d and 7th divisions, being the right of our centre, to move by the left of that river upon St. Pé, and the 6th division by the right of that river, on the same place, while the 4th and light divisions and General Girou's reserve, held the heights above Ascain, and covered this movement on that side, and Lieutenant-General Sir Rowland Hill, covered it on the other. A part of the enemy's troops had retired from their centre, and had crossed the Nivelle at St. Pé; and as soon as the 6th division approached the 3d division, under Major-General the Honourable Charles Colville, and the 7th division under General Le Cor crossed that river and attacked, and immediately gained possession of the heights beyond it.\\
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-We were thus established in the rear of the enemy's right; but so much of the day was now spent, that it was impossible to make any further movement, and I was obliged to defer our further operations till the following morning.\\
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-The enemy evacuated Ascain in the afternoon, of which village Lieutenant-General Don Manuel Freyre took possession; and quitted all their works and positions in front of St. Jean de Luz during the night, and retired upon Bidart, destroying all the bridges on the Lowa Nivelle. Lieutenant-General the Honourable Sir John Hope followed them with the left of the army, as soon as he could cross the river; and Marshal Sir William Beresford moved the centre of the army as far as the state of the roads after a violent fall of rain would allow; and the enemy retired again on the night of the llth, into an entrenched camp in front of Bayonne.\\
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-In the course of the operations of which I have given your Lordship an outline, in which we have driven the enemy from positions which they had been fortifying with great labour and care for three months, in which we have taken fifty-one pieces of cannon, six tumbrils of ammunition, and fourteen hundred prisoners, I have great satisfaction in reporting the good conduct of all the officers and troops. The report itself will show how much reason I had to be satisfied with the conduct of Marshal Sir William Beresford, and of Lieutenant-General Sir Rowland Hill, who directed the attack of the centre and right of the army; and with that of Lieutenant-Generals the Honourable Sir G. L. Cole, the Honourable Sir William Stewart, Sir John Hamilton, and Sir Henry Clinton; and Major General the Honourable C. Colville, Charles Baron Alten, Mariscal de Campo P. Le Cor, and Mariscal De Campo Don Pablo Morillo, commanding divisions of infantry; and with that of Don Pedro Girou, commanding the reserve of Andalusia.\\
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-Lieutenant-General Sir Rowland Hill, and Marshal Sir William Beresford, and these general officers have reported their sense of the conduct of the Generals and troops under their command, respectively; and I particularly request your Lordship's attention to the conduct of Major-General Byng, and of Major-General Lambert, who conducted the attack of the 6th division. I likewise particularly observe the gallant conduct of the 51st and 68th regiments, under the command of Major Rice and Lieutenant-Colonel Hawkins, in Major-General Inglis's brigade, in the attack of the heights above St. Pé, in the afternoon of the 10th. The 8th Portuguese brigade, in the 3d division, under Major-General Power, likewise distinguished themselves in the attack of the left of the enemy's centre, and Major-General Anson's brigade, of the 4th division, in the village of Sarré, and the centre of the heights.\\
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-Although the most brilliant part of this service did not fall to the lot of Lieut. Gen. the Hon. Sir J. Hope, and Lieutenant-General Don. M. Frere, I lave every reason to be satisfied with the mode in which these General Officers conducted the service of which they had the direction.\\
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-Our loss, although severe, has not been so great as might have been expected, considering the strength of the positions attacked, and the length of time (from daylight till dark) during which the troops were engaged : but 1 am concerned to add, that Colonel Barnard, of the 95th, has been severely, though I hope not, dangerously wounded; and that we have lost in Lieutenant-Colonel Lloyd, of the 94th, an officer who had frequently distinguished himself, and was of great promise.\\
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-I received the greatest assistance in forming the plan for this attack, and throughout the operations, from the Quarter-Master General Sir George Murray, and the Adjutant-General the Hon. Sir Edward Pakenham, and from Lieutcnaut-CoJonel Lord Fitzroy Sommerset, Lieut.-Colonel Campbell, and all the Officers of my personal Staff, and His Serene Highness the Prince of Orange.\\
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-The artillery which was in the field was of great use to us; and I cannot sufficiently acknowledge the intelligence and activity with which it was brought to the point of attack, under the direction of Colonel Dickson, over the bad roads through the mountains, at this season of the year.\\
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-I send this dispatch by my Aide-de-Camp, Lieutenant Marquess of Worcester, whom I beg leave to recommend to your Lordship.\\
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-I have, &c.\\
-(Signed) WELLINGTON\\
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-[[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16958/page/2281|Numb. 16958]]\\
-SATURDAY, NOVEMBER  19, 1814\\
-COLONIAL DEPARTMENT.\\
-Downing-Street, November 16, 1814\\
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-DISPATCHES, of which the folloing are copies and extracts, were this day received from Lieutenant-General Sir George Prevost, Bart. addressed to Earl Bathurst, one of His Majesty's Principle Secretaries of State:\\
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-RETURN inclosed in a dispatch addressed to Earl Bathurst by Lieutenant-General Sir G. Prevost, dated head-quarters Plattsburg, State of New York, 11th September 1814.\\
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-//Return of Killed, Wounded, and Missing of the Left Division, under the Command of Major-General de Rottenburg, in Action with the Enemy, from the 6th to the 14th Septemer 1814, inclusive.//\\
-...\\
-//Names of Officers.//\\
-//Killed.//\\
-d Foot - Captain (Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel) James Willington, Ensign John Chapman;...\\
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-//Wounded//\\
-d Foot - Lieutenant R. Kingsbury, severely (since dead;) Lieutenant John West, severely; Lieutenants G. Benson and John Home, slightly...\\
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