Historical Record of the Fifty-sixth, or the West Essex Regiment of Foot: Containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1755, and of its subsequent services to 1844. — John Shaqi
Historical Record of the Fifty-sixth, or the West Essex Regiment of Foot: Containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1755, and of its subsequent services to 1844.Cannon, Richard
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Historical Record of the Fifty-sixth, or the West Essex Regiment of Foot: Containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1755, and of its subsequent services to 1844.
Cannon, Richard
Great Britain. Army. Regiment of Foot, 56th (West Essex) -- History
This officer served many years in the First Regiment of
Foot Guards, in which corps he was appointed captain and
lieutenant-colonel, in 1748, and was advanced to the majority,
with the rank of colonel, in 1753. He obtained the rank of
major-general, in 1759, and the lieutenant-colonelcy of the First
Foot Guards in 1760. In the following year he was promoted to
the rank of lieutenant-general; and, in 1765, King George III.
conferred on him the colonelcy of the FIFTY-SIXTH Regiment. He died
in 1766.
HUNT WALSH.
_Appointed 22nd May, 1766._
After a progressive service in the subordinate commissions, this
officer was appointed major in the Twenty-eighth Foot, in August,
1753, and promoted to the lieutenant-colonelcy of the regiment on
the 2nd of February, 1757. He commanded the 28th in America during
the Seven years’ war, when that corps had the honor to serve at
the capture of Louisburg, in 1758; at the reduction of Quebec, in
1759, under Major-General Wolfe; and at the conquest of Canada, in
1760. He was promoted to the rank of colonel in 1762, and in 1766
his services were rewarded with the colonelcy of the FIFTY-SIXTH
Regiment. He attained the rank of major-general in 1772; that of
lieutenant-general in 1777; and of general in 1793. He died in 1795.
SAMUEL HULSE.
_Appointed 7th March, 1795._
This officer was appointed ensign in the First Foot Guards in
1761, and rose to the commission of captain and lieutenant-colonel
in 1776. In 1780 he was promoted to the lieutenant-colonelcy of
his regiment, and was employed in suppressing the riots in London
in that year. At the commencement of the French revolutionary
war he was called into active service, and commanded the first
battalion of his regiment in Flanders, in 1793. He served at the
siege of Valenciennes; and distinguished himself on the 18th of
August, in the action at Lincelles, for which he was thanked in
orders by the Duke of York. He shared in the operations before
Dunkirk, and in the subsequent movements until October, when he was
promoted to the rank of major-general, and returned to England.
In May of the following year he again proceeded to Flanders, and
commanded a brigade in several partial actions near Tournay, and
in the retreat to Holland. Returning to England early in 1795, he
was appointed colonel of the FIFTY-SIXTH Regiment, and placed on
the home staff, where he continued three years; in 1797 he was
removed to the Nineteenth Foot. On the 1st of January, 1798, he
was promoted to the rank of lieutenant-general; and during the
troubles in Ireland, in the summer of that year, his services were
extended to that part of the kingdom; but he returned to England
in November, and resumed his command on the staff. He served in
Holland under His Royal Highness the Duke of York, in 1799, and was
at the several engagements from the 19th of September to the 6th of
October. On returning to England he was appointed to the command
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