Historical Record of the Fifteenth, or, the Yorkshire East Riding, Regiment of Foot: Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1685, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1848Cannon, Richard
History
Historical Record of the Fifteenth, or, the Yorkshire East Riding, Regiment of Foot: Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1685, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1848
Cannon, Richard
Great Britain. Army -- History; Great Britain. Army. East Yorkshire Regiment
1807 Again embarked on board the fleet --
---- Returned to Barbadoes, and embarked for Grenada --
---- Engaged in an expedition against the islands of
St. Thomas and St. Croix 60
1809 ------------------------ against the island of
Martinique --
---- Capture of Martinique --
---- Engaged in the reduction of the islands in the
vicinity of Guadaloupe 61
---- Returned to Grenada --
1810 Embarked in an expedition against Guadaloupe --
---- Capture of Guadaloupe 62
1812 Removed to St. Christopher's 63
1814 General peace proclaimed --
1815 War recommenced by the violation of the treaty
of peace by Napoleon Buonaparte 64
---- The islands of Martinique and Guadaloupe again taken
possession of --
---- Re-embarked for Barbadoes --
1816 Peace being restored, the second battalion disbanded 65
---- Removed to Martinique --
---- Proceeded to Grenada --
1817 Embarked for Nova Scotia --
1819 -------- for Bermuda --
1821 -------- for England --
1822 -------- for Ireland --
1827 Formed into six Service and four Depôt Companies 66
1827 Embarked for Canada --
1832 Employed in aid of the civil power at Montreal
in suppressing a serious riot 67
---- Expressions of approbation of the conduct of the
regiment 68
---- Suffered severely from the effects of Asiatic cholera 73
1838 Engaged on active duties in consequence of rebellion
among a portion of the inhabitants of the Canadas 75
1840 Returned to England 79
---- Disembarked at Portsmouth, and joined by the
Depôt Companies --
1841 Proceeded to Winchester, and thence to Woolwich --
1842 Marched to Windsor --
---- Reviewed by Her Majesty the Queen Victoria, and the
Prince Albert --
---- Proceeded to Chester 80
---- --------- to Manchester --
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