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)
1816 Appointment of Lieut.-General Forbes Champagné
to the colonelcy, in succession to Lieut.-General
Sir G. Lowry Cole, removed to the Thirty-fourth
regiment 9
---- Appointment of Major-General Sir Kenneth
Alexander Howard, K.C.B., afterwards Earl
of Effingham, to the colonelcy, in succession
to Lieut.-General Champagné, deceased --
1825 Authorized to resume the County title of the
Surrey regiment, and to discontinue the title
of the Glasgow Lowland regiment --
1826 Continued on duty at different stations in Canada --
1827 Embarked from Canada 10
---- Proceeded to Ireland --
1832 Appointment of Lieut.-General G. J. Hall to
the colonelcy, in succession to Lieut.-General
Lord Howard of Effingham --
1834 Formed into six Service, and four Depôt companies,
preparatory to embarkation for a foreign station --
---- Service companies embarked from Cork for Gibraltar --
1835 Depôt companies embarked from Ireland for Guernsey --
1836 Service companies embarked from Gibraltar for Malta --
1838 Service companies embarked from Malta for the West
Indies 10
---- Depôt companies embarked from Guernsey for Ireland --
---- The Royal Court of Guernsey passed an Act in
order to record in a permanent manner their
testimony of the good conduct and discipline
of the officers, non-commissioned officers, and
privates of the Seventieth regiment --
1841 The Service companies embarked from the West Indies
for Canada 12
---- Received the thanks of the Lieut.-General commanding
in the West Indies --
1843 Embarked at Quebec for England 13
---- Arrived at Portsmouth, and joined by the Depôt
companies from Ireland --
---- Proceeded to Manchester --
1845 Embarked for Ireland --
1847 Establishment augmented to 1000 rank and file 14
1848 Ordered to be held in readiness to embark for the
East Indies --
Conclusion 14
1849.
SUCCESSION OF COLONELS
OF
THE SEVENTIETH REGIMENT OF FOOT.
YEAR PAGE
1758 John Parslow 15
1760 Cyrus Trapaud --
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