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)
1834. The _Tartan Plaid Scarf_ restored to the SEVENTY-FIRST
Regiment 119
” The service companies arrived at Leith _ib._
1835. The regiment stationed at Edinburgh _ib._
1836. Embarked for Ireland _ib._
1838. Major-General Sir Samuel Ford Whittingham, K.C.B.,
appointed colonel of the regiment _ib._
” The service companies embarked for Canada _ib._
1839. The depôt companies removed from Ireland to North
Britain _ib._
1841. Lieut.-General Sir Thomas Reynell, Bart., K.C.B.,
appointed colonel of the regiment 120
1842. The regiment formed into two battalions _ib._
” The _Reserve_ battalion embarked for Canada _ib._
1843. The _first_ battalion removed from Canada to the West
Indies _ib._
1846. The _first_ battalion embarked at Barbadoes for England 121
1847. Arrived at Portsmouth, and proceeded to Glasgow _ib._
1848. Lieut.-General Sir Thomas Arbuthnot, K.C.B., appointed
colonel of the regiment _ib._
” The _first_ battalion proceeded to Ireland 122
1849. Lieut.-General Sir James Macdonell, K.C.B., appointed
colonel of the regiment _ib._
” The reserve battalion employed at Montreal in aid of
the civil power _ib._
1852. CONCLUSION 123
SUCCESSION OF COLONELS
OF
THE SEVENTY-FIRST REGIMENT.
Year. Page.
1777. John Lord Macleod 125
1789. The Honorable William Gordon 126
1803. Sir John Francis Cradock, G.C.B. 127
1809. Francis Dundas 129
1824. Sir Gordon Drummond, G.C.B. 131
1829. Sir Colin Halkett, K.C.B. _ib._
1838. Sir Samuel Ford Whittingham _ib._
1841. Sir Thomas Reynell, Bart., K.C.B. 133
1848. Sir Thomas Arbuthnot, K.C.B. 140
1849. Sir James Macdonell, K.C.B. and K.C.H. 141
APPENDIX.
Page.
Memoir of Captain Philip Melvill 143
Memoir of General the Right Honorable Sir David Baird, Bart.,
G.C.B. 144
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