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Listings of those who volunteered to join the militia between the
years 1798 to 1816...
No1 or Captain Nicoll's Company
From the quarterly pay lists from 25 June to 24 December 1803 we get the
following composition of the corps.
Captain - William Nicoll, commission dated 17 September
Lieutenants - Peter Christian, commission dated 17 September; James
Humphrey, commission dated 17 September
Ensign - Alexander Park, commission dated 20 December
Sergeant-Major - James Jack
Sergeants on permanent pay - James Taylor
Sergeants - James Collie, Alexander Low
Corporals - Wm Melvill, James Barclay
Drummer on permanent pay - Andrew Burns
Drummer, ordinary - George Main
Privates
| Alexander Anderson |
George Anderson |
| John Anderson |
George Balfour |
| William Beattie |
William Brebner |
| James Brown |
James Bruce (1) |
| James Bruce (2) |
John Bruce |
| William Burnett |
John Calder |
| William Carnegie |
Kirkpatrick Collie |
| Michael Cowie |
Robert Crab |
| John Downie |
James Donald |
| Francis Downie |
Alexander Duncan |
| James Duncan |
John Edward |
| David Fairweather |
John Forrest |
| John Gibb (1) |
John Gibb (2) |
| John Gilbert |
James Glegg |
| John Gray |
John
Growar(?) |
| William Guthrie |
John Kennedy |
| George Knowles |
David Lamb |
| Robert Law |
George Lee |
| John Lee |
John M'Robert |
| John Melvil |
Alexander Middleton |
| William Milne |
James Moir |
| James Moncur |
James Mowat |
| William Murray (1) |
William Murray (2) |
| Alexander Neilson |
Alexander Nicolson |
| John Officer |
Alexander Park1 |
| James Pirie |
James Reid |
| James Reith |
Archibald Ross |
| John Russell |
John Scott2 |
| John Shand |
John Shinnie |
| John Smart |
Charles Smith |
| Alexander Stephenson |
Alexander Stott |
| David Strachan |
Euan Tindal |
| James Tindal (1) |
James Tindal (2) |
| Robert Tindal |
David Torrie |
| Alexander Troup |
George Troup |
| John Walker |
John Wilson |
| William Wyllie |
Alexander Young |
| James Young |
Peter Strachan |
| James Affleck |
James Milne3 |
| James Robertson |
William Welsch |
| Robert Collie |
John Steel |
Further Notes on Above
1Promoted to Ensign, 2Enlisted in Militia, 3Went
into Army of Reserve.
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Interesting
Fact
As well as their obvious duties in the defence of the Kingdom the
Militia also assisted in civil matters such as escorting duties,
quarantine duties and assisting with public whippings!
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