Historical Record of the Nineteenth, or the First Yorkshire North Riding Regiment of Foot: Containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1688, and of its subsequent services to 1848 — John Shaqi
Historical Record of the Nineteenth, or the First Yorkshire North Riding Regiment of Foot: Containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1688, and of its subsequent services to 1848Cannon, Richard
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Historical Record of the Nineteenth, or the First Yorkshire North Riding Regiment of Foot: Containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1688, and of its subsequent services to 1848
Cannon, Richard
Great Britain. Army -- History; Great Britain. Army. Green Howards
This officer was appointed Ensign in the third foot guards in 1782,
and serving in Flanders in 1793, was at the battles of St. Amand and
Famars, at the siege of Valenciennes, the action at Lincelles, and
also before Dunkirk. In 1794 he was repeatedly engaged, commencing
with the attack on Vaux, afterwards in several affairs during the
siege of Landrecies, including the battle of Cateau; he served at the
battle of Tournay; the actions at Roulaix, Monveaux, and Templeuve.
In November, 1794, he was promoted to Captain and Lieut.-Colonel,
and in 1801 to the rank of Colonel. He served in the expedition to
Egypt; was at the battles of the 8th, 13th, and 21st of March, and
the action on the west side of Alexandria. He received a medal from
the Grand Seignior: and returned to England in charge of the Egyptian
antiquities, now in the British Museum. In 1804 he was nominated to
the rank of Brigadier-General; and he served in South America in 1807
and 1808. Returning to England in the latter year, he was promoted
to the rank of Major-General, and placed on the staff of the home
district: he was subsequently appointed deputy secretary at Carlton
House, under the Right Honorable Colonel M'Mahon. His services were
rewarded with the colonelcy of the Cape regiment, and in 1811 he was
removed to the NINETEENTH regiment. He was promoted to the rank of
Lieut.-General in 1813, and appointed Lieut.-Governor of Jersey in
1814. He received the Grand Cross of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic
Order; and the dignity of Knight of the Crescent of Turkey, and of
St. Anne of Russia. He was promoted to the rank of General on 22nd of
July, 1830. His decease occurred at Jersey, in May, 1843.
GENERAL SIR WARREN MARMADUKE PEACOCKE,
K.C.H. and K.C.
_Appointed 31st May, 1843._
London: Printed by WILLIAM CLOWES and SONS, Stamford Street,
For Her Majesty's Stationery Office.
FOOTNOTES:
[1] A company of 200 men would appear thus:--
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20 20 20 30 2|0 30 20 20 20
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Harquebuses. Muskets. Halberds. Muskets. Harquebuses.
Archers. Pikes. Pikes. Archers.
The musket carried a ball which weighed 1/10th of a pound; and the
harquebus a ball which weighed 1/25th of a pound.
[2] The 30th, 31st, and 32nd Regiments were formed as Marine corps
in 1702, and were employed as such during the wars in the reign of
Queen Anne. The Marine corps were embarked in the Fleet under Admiral
Sir George Rooke, and were at the taking of Gibraltar, and in its
subsequent defence in 1704; they were afterwards employed at the
siege of Barcelona in 1705.
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