Historical Record of the Seventieth, or, the Surrey Regiment of Foot: Containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1758, and of its subsequent services to 1848 — John Shaqi
Historical Record of the Seventieth, or, the Surrey Regiment of Foot: Containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1758, and of its subsequent services to 1848Cannon, Richard
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Historical Record of the Seventieth, or, the Surrey Regiment of Foot: Containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1758, and of its subsequent services to 1848
Cannon, Richard
Great Britain. Army -- History; Great Britain. Army. Regiment of Foot, 70th (Surrey)
1776 Proceeded to Scotland --
1778 Embarked for North America 3
---- Appointment of Major-General William Tryon
to the colonelcy, in succession to Lieut.-General
Trapaud, removed to the Fifty-second regiment --
1781 Stationed in Nova Scotia --
1782 Directed to assume the County title of “Surrey”
regiment, in addition to its Numerical title --
1783 Appointment of Colonel the Earl of Suffolk to
the colonelcy, in succession to Lieut.-General
Tryon, removed to the Twenty-ninth regiment --
1784 Returned to England from North America 4
1787 Embarked for Ireland --
1793 Embarked for the West Indies --
1794 Engaged in the capture of _Martinique_ --
1795 Returned to England 5
---- Embarked for Gibraltar 6
1800 Embarked for the West Indies, where six companies
arrived --
---- Four companies prevented from proceeding to the
West Indies by the vessel having sprung a
leak, and proceeded from Lisbon to Jersey --
1801 The six companies returned from the West
Indies and joined the four companies at Jersey --
---- The Regiment proceeded from Jersey to Dover --
1803 Embarked for the West Indies --
1807 Detachment engaged in the capture of certain
Danish West India Islands --
1810 Flank companies formed part of an expedition
against Guadaloupe 7
---- Capture of _Guadaloupe_ --
1812 Returned from the West Indies 8
---- Proceeded to Scotland --
---- Received the Royal Authority to assume the title
of the _Glasgow Lowland regiment_ --
1813 Engaged on duties at Montrose and Perth 8
---- Embarked for Ireland --
---- Embarked for Canada --
1814 Appointment of Lieut.-General Honorable Sir G. Lowry
Cole, K.B., to the colonelcy, in succession to
General the Earl of Suffolk, removed to the
Forty-fourth regiment --
---- Employed at Quebec, Montreal, Cornwall, and
Kingston in Canada --
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