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 i2s.x.MAH.i8,io22.] NOTES AND QUERIES. 211 Replies. GENERAL CLEMENT EDWARDS. (12 S. x. 131.) I enclose statement of services of the General and his father, which may be of some interest. I can find no trace of General C. A. Edwards holding the appointment of Adjutant-General, or any connexion with the origin of the short service system, or abolition of Army purchase. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL CLEMENT ALEXANDER EDWARDS, C.B. Cadet from R.M.C. Rank. Regiment. Date. Lond. Gazette. Ensign 31st Foot 11. 6. 1829 3. 7. 1829 >? 18th Roval Irish Regt. 9. 7. 29 4. 8. 29 Lieut. " Do. 28. 11. 34 28. 11. 34 Captain Do. 13. 3. 40 13. 3. 40 Brev. Major Army 11. 11. 51 11. 11. 51 Major 18th Royal Irish Regt. 25. 5. 53 4. 11. 53 Brev. Lieut. -Col. Army 9. 12. 53 9. 12. 53 Lieut.-Colonel Cmdg. 18th Royal Irish Regt. 9. 3. 55 9. 3. 55 Brev. -Colonel Army 17. 7. 55 17. 7. 55 Lieut.-Colonel 49th Regiment of Foot 3. 8. 60 3. 8. 60 Retired on Half Pay 4r 8. 63 4. 8. 63 Inspecting Field Officer Recruiting District (Bristol) 3. 4. 66 3. 4. 66 Brig.-General Inspector-Genl. of Recruiting (6. 7. 67") i 1. 8. 73) 12. 7. 67 Major-General

19. 4. 68 1. 5. 68 Lieut. - General

17. 3. 76 31. 3. 76 Colonel 2nd Foot, The Queen's 15. 3. 77 3. 4. 77 Colonel 18th Royal Irish Regt. 25. 3. 77 10. 4. 77 Distinguished Service Reward 15. 1. 60 Died 29.7.1882, at Leeson House, Blackheath, aged 70. T Clement Alexander Edwards, the son of Colonel C. M. Edwards, Military Secretary to the Duke of York, was born in London -on Nov. 13, 1812. He joined the Royal Military College at Sandhurst when only fourteen, and, passing out first on the list, was gazetted to the 31st Foot, June 11, 1829, a month later transferred as Ensign to 18th Royal Irish Regt., July 9, 1829. He served with the latter regiment through the war in China of 1840-42 (Medal), and was present at the attack upon Canton, the taking of Amoy, Chapoo, Woosung, Shanghai and Chinkiangfu, and was afterwards ap- pointed by Lord Gough to be A.Q.M.G. to the force in China. He next served with the 18th Royal Irish in the Burmese War, from July, 1852, to the conclusion ; he was at the taking of Prorne, and was given a de- tached command for several months, during which, after much fighting and severe marches, the provinces of Padoung and Kangheim were cleared of the enemy. In January, 1853, he led a party on special service from Prome to Arracan, for which the Government of India recorded its appro- bation (medal with clasp for Pegu and brevet of Lieutenant-Colonel). Lieutenant- Colonel Edwards served in the Crimea with the 18th Royal Irish from Dec. 30, 1854, including the siege and fall of Sebastopol (medal with clasp, C.B., brevet of Colonel, Knight of the Legion of Honour, Third Class of the Medjidie, and Turkish Medal). He succeeded to the command of the regiment on March 9, 1855. Colonel Edwards after- wards proceeded to India with his regiment and commanded a brigade at Mhow. At the termination of the Mutiny he received the thanks of the Governor-General in Council for the promptness of the measures whereby the rebels under Tantia Topee were prevented from entering Khandeish. Colonel Edwards was awarded the Dis- tinguished and Meritorious Service Reward in January, 1860. After the Mutiny he exchanged to the 49th Regiment and com- manded it until August, 1863. He was In- spector-General of Recruiting from July, 1867, to August, 1873. On March 25, 1877, Lieutenant -General Edwards was appointed to the Colonelcy of the 18th Royal Irish, with which he had served so long and with such distinction. He died on July 29, 1882.