A History of the 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own)Fortescue, J. W. (John William), Sir
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A History of the 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own)
Fortescue, J. W. (John William), Sir
Great Britain. Army. Lancers, 17th -- History
1763. _January._--Haddington^1 (2), Dalkeith, Dunbar, Musselburgh,
Linlithgow.
1764 to 1771.--Ireland. [Gap in the muster-rolls; 2 troops in the
Isle of Man 1766.]
1772. _January._--Clonmell^1 (3), Clogheen (2), Leightonbridge (1).
_July._--Kilkenny^1 (2), Carrick (2), Ross (2).
1773. _January._--Kilkenny^1 (2), Carrick (2), Ross, Leightonbridge.
_July._--Carlow,^1 Athy, Tullow, Callen.
1774. _January._--Carlow,^1 Athy, Tullow, Callen.
_July._--Maryborough,^1 Mount Mellick.
1775. _April._--Embarked for Boston; arrived 10–15 June.
America, active service.
1776. _March._--Embarked for Halifax.
_June._--Left Halifax.
_July._--Landed Staten Island.
_August._--Mustered Staten Island.
1777. _January._--Mustered at New York.
_May._ „ Perth and Amboy.
_August._ „ Camp, New York Island, and
Bloomendale.
1778. _February._ „ Philadelphia.
1779. _September._ „ Flushing, Long Island (detachment to
Carolina).
1780. _May._--Mustered at Hampstead, Long Island.
1780. _July._--Mustered at East Chester.
1781. _January._ „ Haarlem, N. Y., and Hampstead, L. I.
_July._ „ Flushing, L. I.
1782. _January._ „ Hampstead, L. I.
_July._ „ Fort Knyphausen.
1783. _January._ „ New York and Haarlem.
_July._ „ New York.
Embarked for Ireland.
1784. _January._--Cork (on arrival).
_July._--Maryborough,^1 (3), Mount Mellick (3).
1785. _January._--Maryborough,^1 Mount Mellick.
_July._--Tullamore,^1 Philipstown.
1786. _January._--Tullamore,^1 Philipstown.
_July._--Longford,^1 Navan.
1787. _January._--Athlone,^1 Mount Mellick, Navan, “Man-of-War.”
_July._--Castlebar,^1 Sligo, Ballinrobe.
1788.--Castlebar,^1 Sligo, Ballinrobe.
1789.--Bandon.
1790. _July._--Kilkenny.
1791. _January._--Kilkenny,^1 Carrick, Ross.
_July._--Kilkenny.
1792. _January._--Kilkenny.
_July._--Phœnix Park.
1793. _January._--Collon.
_July._--Lisburn.
1794.--Belturbet.
1795. _May_?--Three troops embarked for West Indies--Jamaica.
_August._ „ „ „ St. Domingo.
Active service.
1796.--Jamaica, Grenada, St. Domingo.
1797. _March._--Port Royal (3 troops)? for embarkation.
_May._--Trowbridge (2 troops? depôt).
_August._--Return from West Indies. Nottingham, Trowbridge,
Gloucester, Bath, Bristol.
1798.--Canterbury (detachment on active service to Ostend).
1799.--Canterbury. Two troops to Southampton.
_Summer._--Swinley Camp.
_Winter._--Exeter and Taunton.
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