Lieutenant-Colonel James Fullarton | |
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 Lieutenant-Colonel James Fullarton Old Burying Ground (Halifax, Nova Scotia) | |
| Born | 17 December 1782 Isle of Arran, Scotland |
| Died | 8 March 1834 (aged 51) Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom / British Empire |
| Service | British Army |
| Years of service | 1803 – 1834 |
| Rank | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| Battles / wars | Kandyan Wars |
| Awards | Order of the Bath Royal Guelphic Order |
Lieutenant-Colonel James Fullarton, C.B., K. H. (17 December 1782, Isle of Arran - 8 March 1834, Halifax, Nova Scotia) was a soldier who fought in the Kandyan Wars (1803-1807). During the Peninsular War he fought in the Battle of Corunna (1809) and the Battle of Barrosa (1811). He then went to Holland and in the War of the Sixth Coalition he was sent to attack Merksem and then bombard Antwerp. During the Hundred Days, he was wounded in the Battle of Waterloo (1815), where he was second in command of the 3rd Battalion, 95th Regiment of Foot.[1][2][3] He lived the last seven years of his life in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
- ^ Nichols, J. (1834). The Gentleman's Magazine. Vol. 156. R. Newton. p. 212. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
- ^ Wheater, W. (1870). A Record of the Services of the Fifty-first (Second West York), the King's Own Light Infantry Regiment: With a List of Officers from 1755 to 1870. Longmans, Green. p. 227. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
- ^ Booth, J. (1816). The Battle of Waterloo: containing the series of accounts published by authority, British and foreign, with circumstantial details, relative to the battle, from a variety of authentic and original sources, with connected official documents, forming an historical record of the operations in the campaign of the Netherlands, 1815 : to which is added the names alphabetically arranged, of the officers killed and wounded, from 15th to 26th June, 1815, and the total loss of each regiment, with an enumeration of the Waterloo honours and privileges, conferred upon the men and officers, and lists of regiments, &c. entitled thereto : illustrated by a panoramic sketch of the field of battle, and a plan of the positions at Waterloo, at different periods, with a general plan of the campaign. Printed for John Booth ..., T. Egerton ... and J. Fairbairn ... (Edinburgh). pp. 1–56. Retrieved 10 March 2017.