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
Cannon, Richard
Great Britain. Army. Gordon Highlanders
The company at Tobago embarked on board the “Java” transport on the
5th of December; the head-quarters and three companies at Trinidad
embarked in the same ship on the 8th of December; the two companies
at Grenada embarked also in the “Java” on the 15th of December, and
the ship sailed for Portsmouth on the 25th of December.
[Sidenote: 1844]
The service companies disembarked at Aberdeen on the 16th, 17th, and
18th of February, 1844, and were joined by the depôt companies from
Dundee.
The regiment proceeded from Aberdeen to Glasgow in September. On the
8th of October, the regiment formed part of the procession for the
inauguration of an equestrian statue of Field Marshal the Duke of
Wellington, erected in front of the Exchange at Glasgow.
[Sidenote: 1845]
In July, 1845, the regiment marched to Edinburgh Castle, where it was
stationed during that year.
[Sidenote: 1846]
On the 6th of April, 1846, a letter of thanks was received from
the Magistrates and Commissioners of Police of Edinburgh, for the
promptness and efficiency with which a piquet of the regiment, under
Captain Sutherland, attended, and assisted in saving property, and
preserving order, during a calamitous fire at night in the New Town
of Edinburgh.
The NINETY-SECOND regiment embarked for Belfast in April, 1846, and
in August following was removed to Enniskillen.
Major John Alexander Forbes was promoted to the rank of
lieut.-colonel in the NINETY-SECOND regiment on the 9th of November,
1846, in succession to Colonel John McDonald, C.B., who was promoted
major-general on the same date.
[Sidenote: 1847]
In May, 1847, the regiment was removed from Enniskillen to Dublin,
and in December it proceeded to Limerick.
[Sidenote: 1848]
The regiment proceeded in December, 1848, from Limerick to
Clonmel, in the Kilkenny district, which was under the command of
Major-General John McDonald; his former regiment thus became again
under his orders.
[Sidenote: 1849]
The regiment remained at Clonmel during the year 1849.
[Sidenote: 1850]
On the 2nd of April, 1850, the NINETY-SECOND regiment marched from
Clonmel to Kilkenny.
On the 9th of December, orders were given for the regiment to be
formed into six service and four depôt companies, preparatory to the
embarkation of the former for the Ionian Islands.
[Sidenote: 1851]
In February, 1851, the service companies proceeded from Kilkenny
to Fermoy, and the depôt companies to Carlow: a complimentary
address was received from the mayor and citizens of Kilkenny, on
the NINETY-SECOND quitting that city, expressive of the regret they
experienced in parting with the regiment, the conduct of which had
gained the esteem of all classes.
The service companies embarked at Cork on the 14th of April, on
board of Her Majesty’s troop-ship “Apollo” and the freight ship
“Edmonstone” for Corfu, the head-quarters being under the command of
Lieut.-Colonel Mark Kerr Atherley.
CONCLUSION.
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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 — John Shaqi
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