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Historical record of the Ninety-second Regiment, originally termed "The Gordon Highlanders" and numbered the Hundredth Regiment : $b Containing an account of the formation of the Regiment in 1794, and of its subsequent services to 1850Cannon, Richard

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Historical record of the Ninety-second Regiment, originally termed "The Gordon Highlanders" and numbered the Hundredth Regiment : $b Containing an account of the formation of the Regiment in 1794, and of its subsequent services to 1850

Name: Historical record of the Ninety-second Regiment, originally termed "The Gordon Highlanders" and numbered the Hundredth Regiment : $b Containing an account of the formation of the Regiment in 1794, and of its subsequent services to 1850
Author: Cannon, Richard

Cannon, Richard

Great Britain. Army. Gordon Highlanders

The following Regiments were employed in EGYPT, in 1801, and were
permitted by His Majesty King George the Third, to bear on their
colours the _Sphinx_, with the word “EGYPT,” as a distinguished mark
of His Majesty’s Royal approbation, and as a lasting memorial of the
glory acquired to His Majesty’s arms by the zeal, discipline, and
intrepidity of his troops in that arduous and important campaign,
_viz._:—

                _Corps._                        _Commanding Officers._

  ‡8th Light Dragoons, 1 Troop         Captain Hawkins.
   11th Light Dragoons, 1 Troop        Captain A. Money.
   12th         ”                      Colonel Mervyn Archdall.
  †22nd         ”                      Lieut.-Col. Hon. Wm. Lumley.
   26th (afterwards 23rd) Light }      Lieut.-Colonel Robert Gordon.
     Dragoons                   }
   Hompesch’s Hussars (detachment)     Major Sir Robert T. Wilson.
   Coldstream Guards, 1st Battalion    Lieut.-Colonel Arthur Brice.
   3rd Foot Guards, 1st Battalion      Lieut.-Colonel T. Hilgrove Turner.
   Royals, 2nd Battalion               Lieut.-Colonel Duncan Campbell.
    2nd Queen’s Royal                  Colonel the Earl of Dalhousie.
    8th Foot, King’s                   Colonel Gordon Drummond.
  *10th   ”                            Lieut.-Colonel Richard Quarrell.
   13th   ”                                    ”      Hon. Chas. Colville.
   18th, Royal Irish                           ”      Henry T. Montresor.
  †20th Foot, 1st and 2nd Battalions           ”      George Smith.
   23rd, Royal Welsh Fusiliers                 ”      John Hall.
  †24th Foot                           Lieut.-Colonel John R. Forster.
  †25th  ”                             Colonel William Dyott.
  †26th  ”                                ”    Lord Elphinstone.
   27th, Inniskilling, 1st & 2nd Bns.  Lieut.-Colonel Samuel Graham.
   28th Foot                           Colonel Hon. Edward Paget.
   30th  ”                             Lieut.-Colonel Wm. Wilkinson.
   40th  ” (Flank Companies)           Colonel Brent Spencer.
   42nd, Royal Highland Regt.          Lieut.-Colonel William Dickson.
   44th Foot                                   ”      David Ogilvie.
   50th Foot                           Colonel Patrick Wauchope.
   54th  ” 1st and 2nd Battalions      Lieut.-Colonel John Thos. Layard.
   58th  ”                                     ”      William Houston.
  ‡61st  ”                                     ”      Francis Carruthers.
   79th  ”                             Colonel Alan Cameron.
  *80th  ”                             Lieut.-Colonel John Montresor.
  *86th  ”                                     ”      James P. Lloyd.
  *88th  ”                             Colonel Wm. Carr Beresford.
   89th  ”                                ”    William Stewart.
   90th  ”                                ”    Rowland Hill.
   92nd  ”                             Lieut.-Colonel Charles Erskine.

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History

Historical record of the Ninety-second Regiment, originally termed "The Gordon Highlanders" and numbered the Hundredth Regiment : $b Containing an account of the formation of the Regiment in 1794, and of its subsequent services to 1850

Cannon, Richard

Great Britain. Army. Gordon Highlanders

The following Regiments were employed in EGYPT, in 1801, and were
permitted by His Majesty King George the Third, to bear on their
colours the _Sphinx_, with the word “EGYPT,” as a distinguished mark
of His Majesty’s Royal approbation, and as a lasting memorial of the
glory acquired to His Majesty’s arms by the zeal, discipline, and
intrepidity of his troops in that arduous and important campaign,
_viz._:—

                _Corps._                        _Commanding Officers._

  ‡8th Light Dragoons, 1 Troop         Captain Hawkins.
   11th Light Dragoons, 1 Troop        Captain A. Money.
   12th         ”                      Colonel Mervyn Archdall.
  †22nd         ”                      Lieut.-Col. Hon. Wm. Lumley.
   26th (afterwards 23rd) Light }      Lieut.-Colonel Robert Gordon.
     Dragoons                   }
   Hompesch’s Hussars (detachment)     Major Sir Robert T. Wilson.
   Coldstream Guards, 1st Battalion    Lieut.-Colonel Arthur Brice.
   3rd Foot Guards, 1st Battalion      Lieut.-Colonel T. Hilgrove Turner.
   Royals, 2nd Battalion               Lieut.-Colonel Duncan Campbell.
    2nd Queen’s Royal                  Colonel the Earl of Dalhousie.
    8th Foot, King’s                   Colonel Gordon Drummond.
  *10th   ”                            Lieut.-Colonel Richard Quarrell.
   13th   ”                                    ”      Hon. Chas. Colville.
   18th, Royal Irish                           ”      Henry T. Montresor.
  †20th Foot, 1st and 2nd Battalions           ”      George Smith.
   23rd, Royal Welsh Fusiliers                 ”      John Hall.
  †24th Foot                           Lieut.-Colonel John R. Forster.
  †25th  ”                             Colonel William Dyott.
  †26th  ”                                ”    Lord Elphinstone.
   27th, Inniskilling, 1st & 2nd Bns.  Lieut.-Colonel Samuel Graham.
   28th Foot                           Colonel Hon. Edward Paget.
   30th  ”                             Lieut.-Colonel Wm. Wilkinson.
   40th  ” (Flank Companies)           Colonel Brent Spencer.
   42nd, Royal Highland Regt.          Lieut.-Colonel William Dickson.
   44th Foot                                   ”      David Ogilvie.
   50th Foot                           Colonel Patrick Wauchope.
   54th  ” 1st and 2nd Battalions      Lieut.-Colonel John Thos. Layard.
   58th  ”                                     ”      William Houston.
  ‡61st  ”                                     ”      Francis Carruthers.
   79th  ”                             Colonel Alan Cameron.
  *80th  ”                             Lieut.-Colonel John Montresor.
  *86th  ”                                     ”      James P. Lloyd.
  *88th  ”                             Colonel Wm. Carr Beresford.
   89th  ”                                ”    William Stewart.
   90th  ”                                ”    Rowland Hill.
   92nd  ”                             Lieut.-Colonel Charles Erskine.

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

Historical record of the Ninety-second Regiment, originally termed "The Gordon Highlanders" and numbered the Hundredth Regiment : $b Containing an account of the formation of the Regiment in 1794, and of its subsequent services to 1850

Historical record of the Ninety-second Regiment, originally termed "The Gordon Highlanders" and numbered the Hundredth Regiment : $b Containing an account of the formation of the Regiment in 1794, and of its subsequent services to 1850

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