Historical Record of the Forty-sixth or South Devonshire Regiment of Foot: Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1741 and of Its Subsequent Services to 1851Cannon, Richard
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Historical Record of the Forty-sixth or South Devonshire Regiment of Foot: Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1741 and of Its Subsequent Services to 1851
Cannon, Richard
Great Britain. Army -- History; Great Britain. Army. Regiment of Foot, 46th (South Devonshire)
"To Colonel Campbell, C.B., Aide-de-camp to the King, the Right
Honorable the Governor in Council considers himself particularly
indebted, for the temper and judgment with which he has exercised
the several important commands which have been entrusted to him
by Government, and he attributes, in a great measure, to the
example of Colonel Campbell, and the officers of His Majesty's
FORTY-SIXTH regiment, the cordiality and good feeling which has
at all times prevailed between the several branches of the army
at stations where the regiment has been employed.
"By order of the Right Honorable
"The Governor in Council,
(Signed) "ROBERT CLERK,
"_Secretary to Government_."
Four companies of the regiment, consisting of one captain,
two lieutenants, two ensigns, one assistant surgeon, thirteen
serjeants, four drummers, and one hundred and sixty-seven rank
and file, under the command of Captain Donald Stuart, embarked
at Madras, on board the "Red Rover" on the 4th of March 1833,
disembarked at Gravesend on the 25th of August 1833, and marched to
Canterbury barracks, where they arrived on the 28th of August, and
were consolidated with the depôt company.
The head-quarters of the regiment, consisting of two captains,
four lieutenants, one paymaster, one quartermaster, one assistant
surgeon, twenty-three serjeants, seven drummers, and two hundred
and sixteen rank and file, under the command of Captain Robert
Martin, embarked at Masulipatam on the 5th of March 1833,
disembarked at Margate and Whitstable on the 6th and 7th of
September, from whence they marched to Canterbury.
Colonel Archibald Campbell, C.B., being in command of the Hyderabad
Subsidiary Force, was not relieved from that duty in time to
proceed with the regiment, but embarked at Madras on the 18th
of March 1833, and arrived at Portsmouth on the 18th of August
following.
One company of the regiment, consisting of two lieutenants, four
serjeants, two drummers, and sixty-eight rank and file, under the
command of Lieutenant James Taylor, embarked at Madras on the 27th
of May 1833, disembarked at Gravesend on the 28th of September, and
marched from thence to join the head-quarters of the regiment at
Canterbury.
On the 12th of November the following letter was addressed by
the Adjutant-General to Colonel Campbell, in reference to the
distinction of _Red Feathers_, conferred upon the light company for
its share in the attack upon General Wayne on the 20th of September
1777, as narrated at page 24.
"_Horse Guards,
12th November, 1833._
"SIR,
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