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)
The SIXTY-SEVENTH embarked for England in the ships Zenobia,
Caroline, and Catherine Stewart Forbes, under the command of Major
Poyntz on the 9th of June, 1826. The head-quarters and second
division arrived at Gravesend on the 28th of November following,
after an absence of twenty-one years in India; the remainder of the
regiment arrived at Gravesend on the 16th of April, 1827.
On the 20th of December, 1826, the SIXTY-SEVENTH regiment was
authorised by His Majesty King George IV. to bear on its colours and
appointments, in addition to any other badges or devices heretofore
granted, the figure of the ROYAL TIGER, with the word "INDIA"
superscribed, in commemoration of its services in that part of the
world from the year 1805 to 1826.
The regiment marched from Chatham to Windsor in December, 1826.
In March, 1827, the regiment proceeded from Windsor to Weedon, and in
October the head-quarters were stationed at Bolton, in Lancashire.
[Sidenote: 1828]
Towards the end of July, 1828, the regiment proceeded to Manchester,
and in October it marched to Liverpool.
His Majesty King George the Fourth was pleased to appoint
Major-General John Macdonald, C.B. (Deputy Adjutant-General to the
Forces) to the colonelcy of the SIXTY-SEVENTH regiment, on the 25th
of August, 1828, in succession to General Sir William Keppel, removed
to the Second or Queen's Royal regiment of foot.
[Sidenote: 1829]
The regiment marched from Liverpool to Stockport in January, 1829,
and in May following proceeded to Chester.
Major the Honorable H. R. Molyneux was promoted to the rank of
Lieut.-Colonel in the SIXTY-SEVENTH regiment, on the 9th of April,
1829, Lieut.-Colonel Nathaniel Burslem having retired from the
service.
[Sidenote: 1830]
On the 18th of May, 1830, the regiment proceeded from Chester to
Liverpool, and embarked for Dublin, from whence it proceeded to
Mullingar.
On the 23rd of December, 1830, the regiment proceeded from Mullingar
to Newry, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel the Honorable Henry
R. Molyneux.
[Sidenote: 1832]
On the 14th of January, 1832, the SIXTY-SEVENTH, under the command of
Lieutenant-Colonel the Honorable H. R. Molyneux, embarked at Dublin
in the Stentor and Prince Regent transports for Gibraltar, and the
service companies arrived at that fortress on the 25th of February.
The depôt companies of the regiment remained in Ireland.
[Sidenote: 1833]
The service companies embarked in His Majesty's ship Revenge, from
Gibraltar, on the 28th of February, 1833, for the West Indies, and
arrived at Barbadoes on the 29th of March.
[Sidenote: 1834]
[Sidenote: 1836]
In May, 1834, the service companies proceeded to St. Christopher's;
and in May, 1836, were removed to Demerara.
The depôt companies were removed from Cork to Sheerness, in August,
1836, and in September, 1839, proceeded from Gosport to Cork.
[Sidenote: 1837]
The service companies remained at Demerara during the year 1837.
[Sidenote: 1838]
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