Historical Record of the Sixth, or Inniskilling Regiment of Dragoons: Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1689, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1846 — John Shaqi
Historical Record of the Sixth, or Inniskilling Regiment of Dragoons: Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1689, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1846Cannon, Richard
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Historical Record of the Sixth, or Inniskilling Regiment of Dragoons: Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1689, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1846
Cannon, Richard
Great Britain. Army -- History; Great Britain. Army. Inniskilling Dragoons, 6th
After the suppression of this commotion, the regiment was quartered
at Aberdeen, from whence it marched southwards, and was stationed
in Cumberland; but returned to Scotland in June, 1717; and in the
autumn of that year occupied cantonments near Glasgow. At the same
time the establishment was fixed at six troops, of three officers,
one quarter-master, and forty-five non-commissioned officers and
soldiers each.
[Sidenote: 1718]
[Sidenote: 1725]
[Sidenote: 1726]
The regiment appears to have passed the succeeding ten years in
Scotland. In July, 1725, it was employed in suppressing riots at
Glasgow, and was encamped near that city; and in October, 1726,
the Greys and INNISKILLING dragoons were reviewed in brigade at
Musselburgh by Lieutenant-General Wade.
[Sidenote: 1728]
Leaving Scotland in the spring of 1728, the regiment proceeded
to Carlisle, Penrith, and Kendal, where it halted a week, and
afterwards continued its march southwards, and was quartered in
Berkshire. On the 3rd of June it was reviewed on Datchet Common by
King George II., who expressed his approbation of its appearance
and discipline.
[Sidenote: 1729]
[Sidenote: 1730]
[Sidenote: 1731]
[Sidenote: 1732]
After the review the INNISKILLING dragoons marched back to
Lancashire; in December their quarters were extended to
Northumberland; and in March, 1729, they were ordered to return to
Scotland, where they passed the succeeding three years.
[Sidenote: 1733]
In the spring of 1733, the regiment was ordered to march for
England, and in June furnished detachments on coast duty in Essex,
on which service it was employed during the following year.
[Sidenote: 1734]
The Earl of Stair having joined the opposition against Sir Robert
Walpole was removed from the regiment, and was succeeded in
the colonelcy by Charles Lord Cadogan from the Fourth foot, by
commission dated the 19th of June, 1734.
[Sidenote: 1735]
[Sidenote: 1736]
[Sidenote: 1737]
[Sidenote: 1738]
The regiment remained in the south of England, and was employed on
coast duty during the years 1735 and 1736; in May, 1737, it marched
to Nottingham and Derby; and in April, 1738, into Lincolnshire, and
furnished detachments for the prevention of smuggling along the
coast.
[Sidenote: 1739]
At this period the establishment was six troops of three officers,
one quarter-master, two sergeants, three corporals, two drummers,
one hautboy, and forty-nine private men per troop; but on the
breaking out of the war with Spain, in 1739, an augmentation of one
sergeant and ten men per troop was ordered, making a total of four
hundred and thirty-five officers and men, including the staff.
[Sidenote: 1740]
The regiment continued to occupy quarters in Lincolnshire in 1740.
[Sidenote: 1741]
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