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
Major-General Sir Thomas Reynell succeeded to the baronetcy upon
the decease of his brother, Sir Richard Littleton Reynell in
September 1829; and on the 30th of January 1832 was appointed by
His Majesty King William IV. to be Colonel of the Ninety-ninth
regiment, from which he was removed to the EIGHTY-SEVENTH Royal
Irish Fusiliers on the 15th of August 1834. On the 10th of January
1837 he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-General, and on
the 14th of June 1839 was appointed a member of the Consolidated
Board of General Officers, for the inspection and regulation of the
clothing of the army. On the 15th of March 1841 he was appointed
by Her Majesty to the Colonelcy of the Seventy-first regiment.
Lieut.-General Sir Thomas Reynell, Bart., K.C.B., died at Avisford,
near Arundel, on the 10th of February 1848.
HUGH VISCOUNT GOUGH, G.C.B.,
_Appointed from the Ninety-ninth regiment on the 15th of March
1841_.
APPENDIX.
_Troops in South America in 1806-7._
+------------+----------------+--------------------------------+
| | Nos. embarked. | Place and Date of Embarkation. |
| +---------+------+--------------------------------+
| Royal Artillery } | | |
| and Royal } | 439 | |
| Engineers } | | |
| 47th Foot, 1st batt. | 803 | At Cork, April 9 1806. |
| 71st Foot, 1st batt. | 805 | ” Cape Good Hope, 12 ” |
| 38th Foot, 1st batt. | 737 | ” do. Aug. 1806. |
| 20th Lt. Drags., } | | |
| 4 troops. } | 204 | ” do. do. ” |
| 21st Lt. Drags., } | | |
| 2 troops. } | 125 | ” do. do. ” |
| 87th Foot, 1st batt. | 801 | ” Plymouth, Sep. 12 1806. |
| 95th (Rifles), 2nd } | | |
| batt. 3 comps. } | 230 | ” do. 13 ” |
| 40th Foot, 1st batt. | 1000 | ” Portsmouth, 16 ” |
| 45th Foot, 1st batt. | 888 | ” do. 12 ” |
| 88th Foot, 1st batt. | 798 | ” do. 20 ” |
| 36th Foot, 1st batt. | 825 | ” do. 22 ” |
| 95th (Rifles), 1st } | | |
| batt. 5 comps. } | 401 | ” Falmouth, 13 ” |
| 17th Lt. Drags., } | | |
| 8 troops. } | 628 | ” Portsmouth, 27 ” |
| 5th Foot, 1st batt. | 926 | ” do. Oct. 9 ” |
| 9th Lt. Drags., } | | |
| 8 troops. } | 632 | ” do. 1 ” |
| 6th Dragoon } | | |
| Guards, 4 trps. } | 298 | ” do. 9 ” |
| 89th Foot, 1st batt. | 947 | ” do. Feb. 23 1807. |
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