Historical record of the Sixty-Seventh, or the South Hampshire Regiment: Containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1758, and of its subsequent services to 1849Cannon, Richard
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Historical record of the Sixty-Seventh, or the South Hampshire Regiment: Containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1758, and of its subsequent services to 1849
Cannon, Richard
Great Britain. Army -- History; Great Britain. Army. Regiment of Foot, 67th (South Hampshire)
From Portsmouth the first battalion embarked on the 22nd of April,
1805, for the East Indies, and arrived in the Presidency of Bengal on
the 15th of September of the same year.
[Sidenote: 1807]
In December, 1807, the SIXTY-SEVENTH proceeded from Fort William to
Dinapore, at which station the regiment arrived in March following.
[Sidenote: 1810]
The regiment marched for Benares, in January, 1810, and from thence
to Ghazeepore.
[Sidenote: 1811]
In January, 1811, the regiment again proceeded to Benares, and
returned to Ghazeepore in the month of February of that year.
Lieut.-General Sir William Keppel, G.C.B., Colonel Commandant of the
Sixtieth, was appointed by His Majesty Colonel of the SIXTY-SEVENTH
regiment, on the 7th of February, 1811, on the decease of General
Peter Craig.
[Sidenote: 1813]
The regiment proceeded from Ghazeepore to Cawnpore in January, 1813.
[Sidenote: 1815]
On the 10th of October, 1815, the regiment marched from Cawnpore to
Meerut, where it arrived on the 7th of November.
[Sidenote: 1817]
The first battalion of the SIXTY-SEVENTH regiment marched from Meerut
on the 15th of October, 1817, on field service, and joined the army
of reserve under the command of Major-General Sir David Ochterlony.
On the 27th of November, the first battalion marched from Rewarree,
with the reserve of the grand army, to Jeypoor, a city which derives
its name from its founder Sevai Jye Singh, a celebrated Hindoo
warrior and statesman.
[Sidenote: 1818]
The battalion marched from Dungurter to Oojein in the middle of
February, where it joined the Bombay division of the army, under
Major-General Sir William Grant Keir, on the 7th of March. It
proceeded from Oojein for Baroda on the 13th of March; and on the 9th
of April following, marched from Baroda to Tankaira, being the first
regiment of His Majesty's army that crossed the Peninsula of India.
It embarked for Bombay, where the battalion arrived on the 23rd of
April.
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