1843 Embarked for Ireland -- 1845 Formed into six Service and four Depôt Companies -- ---- Service Companies embarked for Ceylon -- 1846 ----------------- arrived at Ceylon 81 1847 Depôt Companies embarked from Ireland to England -- 1848 The Conclusion -- SUCCESSION OF COLONELS. Year Page 1685 Sir William Clifton, Bart 83 1686 Arthur Herbert, afterwards Earl of Torrington -- 1687 Sackville Tufton 84 1688 Sir James Lesley 85 1695 Emanuel Howe -- 1709 Algernon Earl of Hertford, afterwards Duke of Somerset 86 1715 Harry Harrison -- 1749 John Jordan 87 1756 Jeffery Amherst, afterwards Lord Amherst -- 1768 Charles Hotham, afterwards Thompson 88 1775 Richard Earl of Cavan 89 1778 Sir William Fawcett, K.B. -- 1792 James Hamilton 92 1794 Henry Watson Powell -- 1814 Sir Moore Disney, K.C.B. -- 1846 Sir Phineas Riall, K.C.H. 93 APPENDIX. Battles, Sieges, &c., from 1689 to 1697 95 --------------------- from 1702 to 1713 96 PLATES. Colours of the Regiment _to face_ 1 Costume of the Regiment " 82 THE FIFTEENTH REGIMENT OF FOOT. GENERAL ORDERS. _HORSE-GUARDS_, _1st January, 1836_. His Majesty has been pleased to command that, with the view of doing the fullest justice to Regiments, as well as to Individuals who have distinguished themselves by their Bravery in Action with the Enemy, an Account of the Services of every Regiment in the British Army shall be published under the superintendence and direction of the Adjutant-General; and that this Account shall contain the following particulars, viz.:-- ---- The Period and Circumstances of the Original Formation of the Regiment; The Stations at which it has been from time to time employed; The Battles, Sieges, and other Military Operations in which it has been engaged, particularly specifying any Achievement it may have performed, and the Colours, Trophies, &c., it may have captured from the Enemy.