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Historical Record of the Tenth, or the North Lincolnshire, Regiment of Foot,: Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1685, and of its Subsequent Services to 1847 — John Shaqi

Historical Record of the Tenth, or the North Lincolnshire, Regiment of Foot,: Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1685, and of its Subsequent Services to 1847Cannon, Richard

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Historical Record of the Tenth, or the North Lincolnshire, Regiment of Foot,: Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1685, and of its Subsequent Services to 1847

Name: Historical Record of the Tenth, or the North Lincolnshire, Regiment of Foot,: Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1685, and of its Subsequent Services to 1847
Author: Cannon, Richard

Cannon, Richard

Great Britain. Army -- History; Great Britain. Army. North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot

This officer entered the army on the 1st of December, 1688, as an
ensign in one of the regiments which had declared for the Prince
of Orange. He was many years an officer of the TENTH foot, and
served with the regiment in the wars of King William III., which
were terminated by the peace of Ryswick in 1697. He also served
the campaigns of 1702, 1703, and 1704, with the regiment, and was
at the battles of Schellenberg and Blenheim. In the autumn of 1704
he succeeded Major Granville, who was wounded at the battle of
Blenheim, in the majority of the TENTH, with which corps he served
at the forcing of the French lines in 1705, and at the battle of
Ramilies in 1706; and he succeeded lieut.-colonel Rawley in the
lieut.-colonelcy of the regiment in the same year. Lieut.-Colonel
Grove commanded the TENTH at the battle of Oudenarde, in July,
1708, and in December following he was taken prisoner at the
siege of Ghent. He was liberated soon afterwards, and in the
following year he commanded the regiment at the siege of the
castle of Tournay, and at the battle of Malplaquet. The practice
of giving medals, promotion, and inscriptions on regimental
colours, for battles and sieges, had not been introduced; but
lieut.-colonel Grove's services were rewarded with the rank of
colonel in the army, and in 1711 he was promoted to the rank of
brigadier-general. King George I. conferred the colonelcy of the
TENTH foot on brigadier-general Grove, who was promoted to the rank
of major-general in 1727, and to that of lieut.-general in 1735. He
died on the 20th of November, 1736.


FRANCIS COLUMBINE.

_Appointed 27th January, 1737._

FRANCIS COLUMBINE served in the wars of Queen Anne, under the
celebrated John Duke of Marlborough; he was many years an officer
of the eighth regiment of foot, in which corps he rose to the rank
of major, and he was subsequently promoted to the lieut.-colonelcy
of the TENTH. He performed the duty of commanding officer of the
TENTH upwards of twelve years, and preserved the regiment in a high
state of discipline and efficiency. He was promoted to the rank of
major-general on the 29th of October, 1735, and was rewarded with
the colonelcy of the TENTH foot in 1737; on the 2nd of July, 1739,
he was advanced to the rank of lieut.-general. He died on the 22nd
of September, 1746.


JAMES LORD TYRAWLEY.

_Appointed 22nd December, 1746._

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Historical Record of the Tenth, or the North Lincolnshire, Regiment of Foot,: Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1685, and of its Subsequent Services to 1847

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