Historical record of the Eighty-Sixth, or the Royal County Down Regiment of Foot: Containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1793, and of its subsequent services to 1842.Cannon, Richard
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Historical record of the Eighty-Sixth, or the Royal County Down Regiment of Foot: Containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1793, and of its subsequent services to 1842.
Cannon, Richard
Great Britain. Army. Regiment of Foot, 86th -- History; Great Britain. Army. Royal County Down Regiment -- History
---- Styled the _Eighty-Sixth, or the Royal County Down
Regiment_ 46
1814 A second battalion added to the regiment 47
---- Ditto disbanded --
1816 }
1817 } Serves against the Pindarees 48
1817 Insurrection at Hyderabad --
1818 Serves against the Pindarees 49
---- Marches for Madras, in order to embark for England --
---- Flank Companies proceed to the Island of Ceylon 50
---- Services against the Kandians --
1819 Returns to Madras 55
---- General Orders on leaving India 56
---- Arrives in England 57
1821 Embarks for Ireland --
1827 Service Companies embark for the West Indies 59
1837 ------ ------ return to England 62
1842 The Conclusion 63
SUCCESSION OF COLONELS.
Year Page
1793 Cornelius Cuyler 64
1794 Russell Manners 66
1795 William Grinfield 67
1804 Sir James Henry Craig, K.B. 68
1806 Sir Charles Ross, Baronet --
1810 The Honorable Francis Needham 69
1832 William George Lord Harris 71
1835 The Honorable Sir Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby,
K.C.B., G.C.M.G., K.C.H. --
1836 James Watson 72
1837 Sir Arthur Brooke, K.C.B. --
[Illustration: EIGHT-SIXTH (THE ROYAL COUNTY DOWN) REGIMENT OF FOOT.]
HISTORICAL RECORD
OF THE
EIGHTY-SIXTH,
OR
THE ROYAL COUNTY DOWN REGIMENT
OF
FOOT.
[Sidenote: 1793]
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