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Battle Honours of the British Army: From Tangier, 1662, to the Commencement of the Reign of King Edward VIINorman, Charles Boswell

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Battle Honours of the British Army: From Tangier, 1662, to the Commencement of the Reign of King Edward VII

Name: Battle Honours of the British Army: From Tangier, 1662, to the Commencement of the Reign of King Edward VII
Author: Norman, Charles Boswell

Norman, Charles Boswell

Great Britain -- History, Military; Great Britain. Army -- History

+-------------------------+-----------+-----------+
  |                         |_Officers._|   _Men._  |
  |       _Regiments._      +-----+-----+-----+-----+
  |                         |  K. |  W. |  K. |  W. |
  +-------------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+
  |General and Divnl. Staff |   5 |  11 |   - |   - |
  |3rd Hussars              |   2 |   3 |  58 |  32 |
  |Royal Artillery          |   2 |   4 |  18 |  23 |
  |9th Norfolk              |   - |   1 |   2 |  49 |
  |31st E. Surrey           |   2 |   6 |  24 | 125 |
  |50th W. Kent             |   1 |   5 |  11 |  92 |
  |80th S. Staffs           |   - |   1 |   4 |  19 |
  |Gov.-General's Bodyguard |   1 |   2 |   6 |  17 |
  |3rd Skinner's H.         |   - |   - |   2 |   4 |
  |6th K.E.O. Cav.          |   - |   - |   4 |   8 |
  |5th Light Inf.           |   1 |   1 |  26 |  61 |
  |7th Rajputs              |   - |   1 |   6 |   8 |
  +-------------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+

The casualties in the native regiments which have disappeared from
the Army List are not given.


FEROZESHAH, DECEMBER 21, 1845.

This battle honour is inscribed on the colours of the

  3rd Hussars.
  Norfolk.
  Worcesters.
  East Surrey.
  Royal West Kent.
  Wiltshire.
  South Staffords.
  Royal Munster Fusiliers.
  Governor-General's Bodyguard.
  3rd (Skinner's Horse).
  6th K.E.O. Cavalry.
  1st P.W.O. Sappers and Miners.
  4th Rajputs.
  5th Rajputs.
  7th Rajputs.

On the 20th, the day after Moodkee, the two battalions of
British troops--the 29th (Worcesters) and 1st Europeans (Munster
Fusiliers)--joined the army, and Gough at once advanced again to
meet the Sikhs, and at the same time Sir John Littler moved out
of Ferozepore to effect a junction with headquarters, leaving two
native battalions to hold the cantonment. The force now at Sir Hugh
Gough's disposal was as follows:

  First Division: Sir Harry Smith.

  First Brigade--Brigadier Hicks: 31st (East Surrey), 24th and 47th
  Bengal Infantry.

  Second Brigade--Brigadier Ryan: 50th (Royal West Kent), 42nd and
  48th Bengal Infantry.

  Second Division: Major-General Sir Walter Gilbert.

  Third Brigade--Brigadier Taylor (29th Foot): 29th (Worcesters),
  80th (South Staffords), and 41st Bengal Infantry.

  Fourth Brigade--Brigadier McClaren: 1st Europeans (1st Royal
  Munsters), 16th and 45th Bengal Infantry.

  Third Division--Brigadier-General Wallace: 9th (Norfolks), 2nd
  and 73rd Bengal Infantry.

  Fourth Division--Major-General Sir John Littler.

  Seventh Brigade--Brigadier Reid: 62nd (Wiltshires), 12th and 14th
  Bengal Infantry.

  Eighth Brigade--Brigadier-General the Hon. T. Ashburnham: 33rd,
  44th, and 54th Bengal Infantry.

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Battle Honours of the British Army: From Tangier, 1662, to the Commencement of the Reign of King Edward VIINorman, Charles Boswell

History

Battle Honours of the British Army: From Tangier, 1662, to the Commencement of the Reign of King Edward VII

Norman, Charles Boswell

Great Britain -- History, Military; Great Britain. Army -- History

+-------------------------+-----------+-----------+
  |                         |_Officers._|   _Men._  |
  |       _Regiments._      +-----+-----+-----+-----+
  |                         |  K. |  W. |  K. |  W. |
  +-------------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+
  |General and Divnl. Staff |   5 |  11 |   - |   - |
  |3rd Hussars              |   2 |   3 |  58 |  32 |
  |Royal Artillery          |   2 |   4 |  18 |  23 |
  |9th Norfolk              |   - |   1 |   2 |  49 |
  |31st E. Surrey           |   2 |   6 |  24 | 125 |
  |50th W. Kent             |   1 |   5 |  11 |  92 |
  |80th S. Staffs           |   - |   1 |   4 |  19 |
  |Gov.-General's Bodyguard |   1 |   2 |   6 |  17 |
  |3rd Skinner's H.         |   - |   - |   2 |   4 |
  |6th K.E.O. Cav.          |   - |   - |   4 |   8 |
  |5th Light Inf.           |   1 |   1 |  26 |  61 |
  |7th Rajputs              |   - |   1 |   6 |   8 |
  +-------------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+

The casualties in the native regiments which have disappeared from
the Army List are not given.


FEROZESHAH, DECEMBER 21, 1845.

This battle honour is inscribed on the colours of the

  3rd Hussars.
  Norfolk.
  Worcesters.
  East Surrey.
  Royal West Kent.
  Wiltshire.
  South Staffords.
  Royal Munster Fusiliers.
  Governor-General's Bodyguard.
  3rd (Skinner's Horse).
  6th K.E.O. Cavalry.
  1st P.W.O. Sappers and Miners.
  4th Rajputs.
  5th Rajputs.
  7th Rajputs.

On the 20th, the day after Moodkee, the two battalions of
British troops--the 29th (Worcesters) and 1st Europeans (Munster
Fusiliers)--joined the army, and Gough at once advanced again to
meet the Sikhs, and at the same time Sir John Littler moved out
of Ferozepore to effect a junction with headquarters, leaving two
native battalions to hold the cantonment. The force now at Sir Hugh
Gough's disposal was as follows:

  First Division: Sir Harry Smith.

  First Brigade--Brigadier Hicks: 31st (East Surrey), 24th and 47th
  Bengal Infantry.

  Second Brigade--Brigadier Ryan: 50th (Royal West Kent), 42nd and
  48th Bengal Infantry.

  Second Division: Major-General Sir Walter Gilbert.

  Third Brigade--Brigadier Taylor (29th Foot): 29th (Worcesters),
  80th (South Staffords), and 41st Bengal Infantry.

  Fourth Brigade--Brigadier McClaren: 1st Europeans (1st Royal
  Munsters), 16th and 45th Bengal Infantry.

  Third Division--Brigadier-General Wallace: 9th (Norfolks), 2nd
  and 73rd Bengal Infantry.

  Fourth Division--Major-General Sir John Littler.

  Seventh Brigade--Brigadier Reid: 62nd (Wiltshires), 12th and 14th
  Bengal Infantry.

  Eighth Brigade--Brigadier-General the Hon. T. Ashburnham: 33rd,
  44th, and 54th Bengal Infantry.

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

Battle Honours of the British Army: From Tangier, 1662, to the Commencement of the Reign of King Edward VII

Battle Honours of the British Army: From Tangier, 1662, to the Commencement of the Reign of King Edward VII

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