Historical record of the Eighty-seventh Regiment, or the Royal Irish Fusiliers : $b Containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1793, and of its subsequent services to 1853Cannon, Richard
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Historical record of the Eighty-seventh Regiment, or the Royal Irish Fusiliers : $b Containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1793, and of its subsequent services to 1853
Cannon, Richard
Great Britain. Army -- History; Great Britain. Army. Princess Victoria's Royal Irish Fusiliers
1826. Capture of _Melloone_ 25
” Operations against _Moulmein_ _ib._
” Termination of the Burmese War _ib._
” Authorised to bear the word “_Ava_” on the regimental
colour and appointments 26
” Decease of Lieut.-Colonel Shawe 27
” The regiment embarked for Calcutta _ib._
” Reviewed at Calcutta by General Lord Combermere,
Commander-in-Chief in India 28
1827. Complimentary order on the embarkation of the
regiment for England _ib._
1827. Stationed in the Isle of Wight 29
” Application from General Sir John Doyle for the
regiment to be constituted a _light infantry_ corps 30
” Styled the “_Prince of Wales’s Own Irish Regiment
of Fusiliers_” 32
” Facings changed from Green to _Blue_ 33
” Styled the “EIGHTY-SEVENTH, _or Royal Irish
Fusiliers_” _ib._
1828. Reviewed by General Lord Hill, Commanding-in-chief 34
” Marched to London _ib._
” Proceeded to Chester 35
” Services of the regiment at a fire _ib._
1829. Three companies employed in aid of the Civil Power
in Wales _ib._
” Marched to Stockport 36
” Stationed at Manchester 37
1830. Embarked for Ireland 38
” Returned to England _ib._
1831. Formed into service and depôt companies _ib._
” Service companies embarked for the Mauritius _ib._
1832 }
and } Remained at the Mauritius _ib._
1833 }
1834. Major-General Sir Thomas Reynell, Bart., K.C.B.,
appointed Colonel of the regiment _ib._
1835. The depôt companies embarked for Ireland _ib._
1836 }
to } Stationed in Ireland 39
1839.}
1840. Returned to England _ib._
1841. Major-General Sir Hugh (now Viscount) Gough, K.C.B.,
appointed Colonel of the regiment _ib._
1843. The service companies returned to England from
the Mauritius _ib._
” The regiment proceeded to Glasgow _ib._
1844. Marched to Edinburgh _ib._
1846. Proceeded to Monmouthshire 40
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