Historical Record of the First, or the Royal Regiment of Dragoons: Containing an Account of Its Formation in the Reign of King Charles the Second, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1839Cannon, Richard
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Historical Record of the First, or the Royal Regiment of Dragoons: Containing an Account of Its Formation in the Reign of King Charles the Second, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1839
Cannon, Richard
Great Britain. Army -- History; Great Britain. Army. Dragoons, 1st (Royal)
He died on the
10th of January, 1837.
SIR HUSSEY VIVIAN, BARONET, G.C.B., AND G.C.H.
_Appointed 20th January, 1837._
LONDON:--Printed by W. CLOWES and SONS, Duke-street,
Stamford-street.
FOOTNOTES:
[68] Vide the Historical Record of the Life Guards.
[69] Vide page 51 in the 'Historical Record of the Royal Dragoons.'
HISTORICAL RECORDS
OF THE
BRITISH ARMY.
UNDER THE SPECIAL AUTHORITY, AND BY COMMAND, OF
HIS LATE MAJESTY,
WHICH HAVE RECEIVED THE GRACIOUS APPROBATION AND PATRONAGE OF
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN.
CAVALRY.
Of the Life Guards 12_s._
" Royal Horse Guards, or Blues 10_s._
" First, or King's Dragoon Guards 8_s._
" Second, or Queen's ditto 8_s._
" Third Dragoon Guards 8_s._
" Fourth ditto 8_s._
" Fifth ditto 8_s._
" Sixth ditto 8_s._
" Seventh ditto 8_s._
INFANTRY.
Of the First, or Royal Regiment of Foot 12_s._
" Second, or Queen's Foot 8_s._
" Third Foot, or the Buffs 12_s._
" Fourth Foot, or the King's Own. 8_s._
" Fifth, or Northumberland Fusiliers 8_s._
" Sixth, or Royal First Warwickshire 8_s._
" Eighty-eighth, or Connaught Rangers 6_s._
EACH ILLUSTRATED WITH PLATES.
The above are Parts of a Series of Narratives of the several
Regiments of the British Army, from the Periods of their Formation
to the present time.
_Which are being prepared by_
RICHARD CANNON, ESQ.,
_Adjutant-General's Office, Horse-Guards_.
1840.
PUBLISHED BY
LONGMAN, ORME, and CO. Paternoster-row.
CLOWES and SONS, 14, Charing-cross.
RIDGWAY and SONS, Piccadilly.
CALKIN and BUDD, 118, Pall-mall.
PINKNEY, Military Library, Whitehall.
MILLIKEN and SON, Dublin.
SAVAGE and SON, Cork.
A. and C. BLACK, Edinburgh.
TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE
Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been
corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within
the text and consultation of external sources.
Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text,
and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained. For example,
War Office, War-Office; field marshal, field-marshal; outpost,
out-post; situate; patrole; rencounter; piquet; negociating.
Pg 94, 'St. Jao de Presquere' should really be 'São João da Pesqueira'
but has not been changed in the etext.
Pg 99 et seq., the old name 'Pampeluna' (Pamplona) has not been
changed in the etext.
Pg 110, Sidenote '1816' moved one paragraph lower.
Pg 119, 'royal fusileers' replaced by 'royal fusiliers'.
Pg 125, 'Duke of Malborough' replaced by 'Duke of Marlborough'.
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Royal Regiment of Dragoons: From Its , by Richard Cannon
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