Historical Record of the Seventy-first Regiment, Highland Light Infantry: Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1777, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1852Cannon, Richard
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Historical Record of the Seventy-first Regiment, Highland Light Infantry: Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1777, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1852
Cannon, Richard
Great Britain. Army -- History; Great Britain. Army. Regiment of Foot, 71st (Highland Light Infantry)
In April 1820 Major-General Reynell was suddenly ordered to proceed
to Glasgow, having been appointed to the staff of North Britain
as a major-general, in which country he remained until March
1821, when, in consequence of the tranquillity of Scotland, the
extra general officer was discontinued. Immediately afterwards he
was appointed to the staff of the East Indies, and directed to
proceed to Bombay, for which presidency he embarked in September
following, and where he arrived in March 1822. After remaining
there a month, Major-General Reynell was removed to the staff of
the Bengal Presidency, by order of the Marquis of Hastings. In
August Major-General Reynell proceeded up the Ganges, and took the
command of the Meerut division on the 3d of December 1822.
The next operation of importance in which Major-General Reynell
was engaged was the siege of _Bhurtpore_. Early in December 1825
a large force had been assembled for this purpose, to the command
of which he had been appointed, when, just as the troops were
about to move into the Bhurtpore states, General Lord Combermere,
the new commander-in-chief in India, arrived from England, and
Major-General Reynell was then appointed to command the first
division of infantry. He commanded that division during the
siege, and directed the movements of the column of assault at the
north-east angle on the 18th of January 1826, when the place was
carried, and the citadel surrendered a few hours after. For this
service he was appointed a Knight Commander of the Bath, as well as
honored with the thanks of both Houses of Parliament.
Major-General Sir Thomas Reynell succeeded to the baronetcy upon
the decease of his brother Sir Richard Littleton Reynell in
September 1829; and on the 30th of January 1832 was appointed by
His Majesty King William IV. to be colonel of the ninety-ninth
regiment, from which he was removed to the eighty-seventh Royal
Irish fusiliers on the 15th of August 1834. On the 10th of January
1837, he was promoted to the rank of lieut.-general, and on the
14th of June 1839 was appointed a member of the consolidated board
of general officers for the inspection and regulation of the
clothing of the army. On the 15th of March 1841, he was appointed
by Her Majesty to the colonelcy of the SEVENTY-FIRST regiment.
The decease of Lieut.-General Sir Thomas Reynell, Bart., K.C.B.,
occurred at Avisford, near Arundel, on the 10th of February 1848.
SIR THOMAS ARBUTHNOT, K.C.B.
_Appointed 18th February 1848._
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