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Historical record of the Thirteenth, First Somerset, or the Prince Albert's Regiment of Light Infantry: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1685, and of its subsequent services to 1848.Cannon, Richard

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Historical record of the Thirteenth, First Somerset, or the Prince Albert's Regiment of Light Infantry: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1685, and of its subsequent services to 1848.

Name: Historical record of the Thirteenth, First Somerset, or the Prince Albert's Regiment of Light Infantry: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1685, and of its subsequent services to 1848.
Author: Cannon, Richard

Cannon, Richard

Great Britain. Army -- History; Great Britain. Army. Somerset Light Infantry

The THIRTEENTH moved from Sukkur, by wings, _en route_ to
Kurrachee during September, 1844; the left wing on the 4th and the
head-quarter division on the 24th. The former arrived at Kurrachee
on the 21st of September, and the latter on the 8th of October. The
regiment suffered severely from sickness during the movement, owing
to the malaria of Sukkur, having continually from two to three
hundred in hospital daily. Preparatory to the regiment leaving
Scinde, four hundred and forty-six of the men volunteered to corps
serving in India. It embarked at Kurrachee for Bombay on board the
Honorable East India Company’s steamers Pluto and Sesostris on the
4th of December, arrived in the harbour of Bombay on the night of
the 7th, and disembarked in the afternoon of the 8th of that month,
being received by the Governor and military authorities of Bombay;
the guard of honor presenting arms as the regiment passed, and
the band striking up “See the conquering hero comes.”--While the
regiment was stationed at Bombay, it had the misfortune to lose
Captain Sinclair, who had served throughout the campaign: he died
of cholera after an illness of a few hours: the soldiers however
continued generally healthy.

[Sidenote: 1845]

The head-quarter division of the THIRTEENTH embarked in the
freight ship Cornwall, at Colaba, Bombay, under the command of
Lieut.-Colonel Tristram C. Squire, on the 20th March, 1845, and
the second division in the freight ship Boyne, on the same day,
under the command of Lieut.-Colonel Horatio Vigors. The right wing
disembarked at Gravesend on the 28th July, and the second division
arrived there on the 8th August following, from whence it proceeded
to Walmer Barracks, in order to join the head-quarters, which had
marched thither from Chatham.

[Sidenote: 1846]

On the 10th March, 1846, Lieut.-General Sir William Maynard
Gomm, K.C.B., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Mauritius,
was appointed colonel of the THIRTEENTH, in succession to Sir
Robert Sale, who was killed at the battle of Moodkee, on the 18th
December, 1845.

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History

Historical record of the Thirteenth, First Somerset, or the Prince Albert's Regiment of Light Infantry: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1685, and of its subsequent services to 1848.

Cannon, Richard

Great Britain. Army -- History; Great Britain. Army. Somerset Light Infantry

The THIRTEENTH moved from Sukkur, by wings, _en route_ to
Kurrachee during September, 1844; the left wing on the 4th and the
head-quarter division on the 24th. The former arrived at Kurrachee
on the 21st of September, and the latter on the 8th of October. The
regiment suffered severely from sickness during the movement, owing
to the malaria of Sukkur, having continually from two to three
hundred in hospital daily. Preparatory to the regiment leaving
Scinde, four hundred and forty-six of the men volunteered to corps
serving in India. It embarked at Kurrachee for Bombay on board the
Honorable East India Company’s steamers Pluto and Sesostris on the
4th of December, arrived in the harbour of Bombay on the night of
the 7th, and disembarked in the afternoon of the 8th of that month,
being received by the Governor and military authorities of Bombay;
the guard of honor presenting arms as the regiment passed, and
the band striking up “See the conquering hero comes.”--While the
regiment was stationed at Bombay, it had the misfortune to lose
Captain Sinclair, who had served throughout the campaign: he died
of cholera after an illness of a few hours: the soldiers however
continued generally healthy.

[Sidenote: 1845]

The head-quarter division of the THIRTEENTH embarked in the
freight ship Cornwall, at Colaba, Bombay, under the command of
Lieut.-Colonel Tristram C. Squire, on the 20th March, 1845, and
the second division in the freight ship Boyne, on the same day,
under the command of Lieut.-Colonel Horatio Vigors. The right wing
disembarked at Gravesend on the 28th July, and the second division
arrived there on the 8th August following, from whence it proceeded
to Walmer Barracks, in order to join the head-quarters, which had
marched thither from Chatham.

[Sidenote: 1846]

On the 10th March, 1846, Lieut.-General Sir William Maynard
Gomm, K.C.B., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Mauritius,
was appointed colonel of the THIRTEENTH, in succession to Sir
Robert Sale, who was killed at the battle of Moodkee, on the 18th
December, 1845.

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

Historical record of the Thirteenth, First Somerset, or the Prince Albert's Regiment of Light Infantry: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1685, and of its subsequent services to 1848.

Historical record of the Thirteenth, First Somerset, or the Prince Albert's Regiment of Light Infantry: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1685, and of its subsequent services to 1848.

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