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 — John Shaqi
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
1814. Action near _Salvatira_ 65
” Battle of _Orthes_ _ib._
” Authorised to bear the word “_Orthes_” on the
regimental colour and appointments _ib._
” Affair at _Vic Bigorre_ 65
” Battle of _Toulouse_ 66
” Authorised to bear the word “_Toulouse_” on the
regimental colour and appointments 67
” Termination of the Peninsular War _ib._
” Authorised to bear the word “_Peninsula_” on the
regimental colour and appointments 68
” Embarkation of the battalion for Cork _ib._
” Removed to Portsmouth 69
” Proceeded to Guernsey _ib._
1815. Stationed in that island _ib._
1816. Removed to Portsmouth, and subsequently to
Colchester _ib._
1817. The second battalion disbanded 74
SUCCESSION OF COLONELS
OF
THE EIGHTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT.
Year. Page
1796. Sir John Doyle, Bart., G.C.B. 75
1834. Sir Thomas Reynell, Bart., K.C.B. 83
1841. Hugh Viscount Gough, G.C.B. 89
APPENDIX.
Page
List of troops in South America in 1806-7 91
Memoir of Lieut.-General Sir Charles William Doyle, C.B.,
and G.C.H. 92
Memoir of Lieut.-Colonel Matthew Shawe, C.B. 95
List of battalions formed from men raised in 1803 and
1804, under the “_Army of Reserve_” and “_Additional
Force Acts_” 97-100
PLATES.
Page
Costume of the regiment in 1793 _to face_ 1
Colours of the regiment 40
The French Eagle captured at the battle of Barrosa on the
5th of March 1811 50
Costume of the regiment in 1853 74
[Illustration: ORIGINAL UNIFORM OF THE 87^{TH} REGIMENT 1793
FOR CANNONS MILITARY RECORDS
_Madeley lith 3, Wellington S^t. Strand._]
HISTORICAL RECORD
OF
THE EIGHTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT,
OR
THE ROYAL IRISH FUSILIERS.
[Sidenote: 1793.]
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