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
Norman, Charles Boswell
Great Britain -- History, Military; Great Britain. Army -- History
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| |_Officers._| _Men._ |
| _Regiments._ +-----+-----+-----+-----+
| | K. | W. | K. | W. |
+-------------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+
|Royal Horse Guards | - | 1 | 2 | 6 |
|King's Dragoon Guards | - | 1 | 7 | 28 |
|Queen's Bays | - | 3 | 12 | 11 |
|3rd Dragoon G. | - | - | 1 | 5 |
|Carabiniers | - | - | 3 | 3 |
|7th Dragoon G. | - | 2 | 4 | 3 |
|Royal Dragoons | - | - | 8 | 12 |
|Scots Greys | - | - | 1 | - |
|Inniskillings | - | - | 2 | 3 |
|7th Hussars | - | - | 1 | - |
|10th Hussars | 2 | - | 2 | 10 |
|11th Hussars | - | - | 3 | 2 |
|Royal Artillery | - | - | 2 | 7 |
|Northumberland Fusiliers | - | 2 | 4 | 26 |
|King's Liverpool Regt. | - | 1 | 4 | 13 |
|Devons | - | - | 12 | 21 |
|Suffolks | 1 | 1 | 15 | 35 |
|Lancs. Fusiliers | - | 1 | 15 | 38 |
|Royal Welsh Fusiliers | - | 2 | 12 | 19 |
|24th S. Wales Borderers | 1 | 1 | - | - |
|K.O. Scottish Borderers | - | 1 | 8 | 25 |
|W. Kent Riding Regt. | - | - | 5 | 33 |
|Hampshire | - | 2 | 10 | 20 |
|Royal W. Kent | - | - | 4 | 14 |
|K.O. Yorkshire L.I. | - | 1 | 9 | 23 |
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For his services at Minden, Major Daulhat was given the
Lieutenant-Colonelcy of the 51st (King's Own Yorkshire Light
Infantry), and his battalion of Grenadiers was placed under Major
Welsh, of the 11th (Devons), who commanded it at Wilhelmstahl.
In his official report of the action to King George, Prince
Ferdinand wrote:
"The English artillery got up at a gallop and seconded the attack
in the most spirited manner. All the troops have done well, and
particularly the English."
* * * * *
"The loss on our side is very numerous, and falls chiefly upon
the brave battalions of Maxwell's Grenadiers, which did wonders.
Colonel Beckwith, who commanded the Brigade of English Grenadiers
and Scotch Highlanders, distinguished himself greatly, and is
badly wounded in the head. My Lord Granby with the English cavalry
contributed extremely to the success of the day."
This casualty return exemplifies the lack of system in the method
of distributing battle honours. The losses in the cavalry amounted
to 129 killed and wounded, in the infantry to 376, yet the latter
have no "distinction" to show the part they played at Warburg.
WILHELMSTAHL, JUNE 24, 1762.
The Northumberland Fusiliers
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