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
History
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)
All apprehensions that the peace of Europe would be disturbed having
ceased, the Government decided on making certain reductions in the
army, and the second battalion of the SIXTY-SEVENTH regiment was
disbanded at Canterbury on the 25th of May, 1817.
1817.
CONCLUSION.
The details contained in the foregoing pages show, that the
reputation acquired by the Twentieth Regiment in the wars during the
reigns of King William III. and of Queen Anne,--in the defence of
Gibraltar in 1727,--and at the battles of Dettingen and Fontenoy, has
been preserved unsullied by the SECOND BATTALION of that corps since
the year 1758,--at which period it was constituted the SIXTY-SEVENTH
regiment.
In the rocky and almost impregnable position of _Belle-Isle_ may be
traced an analogy between its capture, and that of _Quebec_, although
in the acquisition of the former the Nation had not to regret the
loss of such a Commander as MAJOR-GENERAL JAMES WOLFE, the first
Colonel of the SIXTY-SEVENTH regiment, whose death cast a gloom over
the triumphs of the British Arms in the conquest of Canada.
The _Royal Tiger_, and the word "_India_" superscribed, borne on the
regimental colour, record the services of the FIRST BATTALION in the
East during a period of twenty-one years from 1805 to 1826; while the
inscriptions of "_Barrosa_" and "_Peninsula_" denote the share taken
by the SECOND BATTALION in support of Spanish Independence from 1810
to 1814.
Services like these, combined with arduous duties in the Colonies
of Great Britain, have acquired for the regiment the confidence of
the Nation and the approbation of the Sovereign, while its orderly
conduct in quarters has obtained the commendation of the Military
Authorities under whom it has been employed.
[Illustration:
_Benjamin West Pinx^t._ _Madeley lith. 3 Wellington S^t. Strand_
THE DEATH OF MAJOR-GENERAL JAMES WOLFE, THE FIRST COLONEL OF THE
SIXTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT; KILLED AT THE BATTLE OF QUEBEC ON THE
13^{TH}. SEPTEMBER 1759.
_For Cannon's Military Records_]
FOOTNOTES:
[18] Now General Lord Gough, G.C.B., and Colonel of the
Eighty-seventh, Royal Irish Fusiliers.
[19] Now Lieut.-General Sir John Macdonald, G.C.B., _Adjutant-General
to the Forces_.
SUCCESSION OF COLONELS
OF
THE SIXTY-SEVENTH,
OR
THE SOUTH HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT OF FOOT.
JAMES WOLFE.
_Appointed 21st April, 1758._
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