Pte Robert DIXON, 1st Regiment of Foot A Reed Maker from Preston

1807 Enlisted on 9 May1

First traced on the musters for the 4th Battalion

1809 25 Sep-24 Dec Waldon,Devon

1809 Transferred to the 3rd Battalion on 25 Dec

1809 25 Dec 1809-24 Mar 1810 Portsmouth/Lisburn No.2 Company.Feb/Mar FAME transport, embarked for Portugal
1810 25 Mar-24Jun Portugal Apr on duty
1810 25 Jun-24 Sep Busaco/Torres Vedros
1810 25 Sep-24 Dec Santarem
1810 25 Dec 1810-24 Mar Santarem Lord Wellington's Army in Portugal
1811 25 Mar- 1811 24 Jun Fuentes d'Onor Lord Wellington's Army in Portugal
1811 25 Jun-24 Sep Portugal Aug sick at Sorbuga; Sep sick at Celerico
1811 25 Sep-24 Dec Sick at Celerico
1811 25 Dec-1812 24 Mar Ciudad Rodrigo Jan sick at Celerico
1812 25 Mar-24 Jun Leon/Badajoz
1812 25 Jun-24 Sep Salamanca/Burgos Sick at Salamanca
1812 25 Sep-24 Dec Portugal Oct sick at Salamanca
1812 25 Dec 1813-24 Mar Berhanda,Portugal Jan to No.4 Company
1813 25 Mar-24 Jun Osma/Vittoria Apr on guard
1813 25 Jun-24 Sep St Sebastian
1813 25 Sep-24 Dec France
1813 25 Dec-1814-24 Mar Bayonne,France
1814 25 Mar-24 Jun Bayonne
1814 25 Jun-24 Sep Bayonne/Cork Embarked at Passages for Ireland, landing Cork 13 Sep/2
1814 25 Sep-24 Dec Fermoy
1814 25 Dec-1815-24 Mar Fermoy Jan/Feb on duty/
1815 25 Mar-24 Jun Fermoy/Cork/Brussels Apr on duty.Landed Ostend in May/
1815 25 Jun-24 Sep Clichy/Maule,Franceup3
1815 25 Sep-24 Dec Gillecourt Oct on duty
1815 25 Dec 181-24 Mar Valenciennes
1816 25 Mar-24 Jun Valenciennes Jun on duty. WM [WaterlooMan]/4
1816 25 Jun-24 Sep Valenciennes
1816 25 Sep-24 Dec Valenciennes
1816 25 Dec 1817-24 Mar Valenciennes/Canterbury Landed Dover 24 Mar/
1817 25 Mar-24 Apr Canterburyup5
Transferred to the 1st Battalion
1817 30 May-24 Jun Enniskillen
1817 25 Jun-24 Sep Enniskillen Jul/Aug Regimental Hospital/
Sep duty/
1817 25 Sep-5 Oct Enniskillen

Transferred to the 2nd Battalion on 5 Oct 1817

1817 6 Oct-1818 21 Aug [voyage to India and journey to join Service Companies]6
1818 22 Aug-24 Sep Secunderabad Aug sick/
1818 25 Sep-24 Dec Secunderabad/Moonoogoor
1818 25 Dec 1819-24 Mar Goodoor/Wallajahbad
1819 25 Mar-24 Jun Wallajahbad Jun duty
1819 25 Jun-24 Sep Wallajahbad To higher pay of 2d 14 Aug
1819 25 Sep-24 Dec Wallajahbad/Atchenapankum
1820 25 Dec 1819-24 Mar Trichinopoly Jan duty
1820 25 Mar-24 Jun Trichinopoiy
1820 25 Jun-24 Sep Trichinopoiy
1820 25 Sep-24 Dec Trichinopoiy
1820 25 Dec 1821-24 Mar Trichinopoiy Feb sick
Mar duty
1821 25 Mar-24 Jun Trichinopoiy
1821 25 Jun-24 Sep Trichinopoiy Jul duty
1821 25 Sep-24 Dec Trichinopoiy Oct sick
Nov duty
1821 25 Dec 1822-24 Mar Trichinopoiy Jan duty
Mar sick
1822 25 Mar-24 Jun Trichinopoiy
1822 25 Jun-24 Sep Trichinopoiy
1822 25 Sep-24 Dec Trichinopoiy Oct sick
1822 25 Dec 1823-24 Mar Trichinopoiy Jan/Feb duty
1823 25 Mar-24 Jun Trichinopoiy Jun duty
1823 25 Jun-24 Sep Trichinopoiy Jul/Aug sick
1823 25 Sep-24 Dec Trichinopoiy Oct sick
1823 25 Dec 1824-24 Mar Trichinopoiy
1824 25 Mar-24 Jun Trichinopoiy Apr/May sick
1824 25 Jun-24 Sep Trichinopoly/ Chingleput/ Fort St George
1824 25 Sep-24 Dec Fort William Oct duty
1825 25 Dec 1824-24 Mar Fort William/Corrianggoag Jan on board the SAMDAUNG Feb/Mar on command with General Sir Archibald Campbell
1825 25 Mar-24 Jun Shew-a-down/Prome,Burrna
1825 25 Jun-24 Sep Prome Aug/Sep duty
1825 25 Sep-24 Dec Prome/on board the Flotilla Oct/Nov sick;
Dec sick at Prome
1826 25 Dec 1825-24 Mar Patanagah/Yandeboo Jan sick at Prome
Feb on command
Mar duty
1826 25 Mar-24 Jun At sea/Fort George/ Apr/May embarked at Rangoon
Carumbankren Jun sick
1826 25 Jun-24 Sep Rajah Kishnapooran/
Bangalore Jul sick at Madras
Poonamallee
1826 25 Sep-24 Dec Bangalore Sick at Poonamallee
1827 25 Dec 1826-24 Mar Bangalore/at sea 29 Dec invalided to Europe Embarked for England.
Discharged on 29 Mar 1827

[The National Archives: W012/1896; 1958-1963; 2011-2014; 2016-2017 Regimental Muster rolls]

1 It is unclear from the musters which of the four Battalions he enlisted with, although by Sep 1809 he was with the 4th as shown by clear annotation showing his origins, noted in the lists in order to differentiate between himself and another Robert Dixon serving at the same time. Unfortunately this is not always done.
2 The last British corps to leave French territory.
3 The Battalion formed part of the Army of Occupation in France.
4 Waterloo Man or WM appears as an annotation on many subsequent entries.
5 The 3rd Battalion was disbanded on 24 Apr 1817 on the reduction of the army, and the men transferred to the 1st or 2nd Battalions
6 Not traced on the 2nd Battalion muster rolls until Aug 1818, due to the long voyage to India and the march to join the Service Companies in Secunderabad.