Historical Record of the Thirty-first, or, the Huntingdonshire Regiment of Foot;: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1702, and of its subsequent services to 1850Cannon, Richard
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Historical Record of the Thirty-first, or, the Huntingdonshire Regiment of Foot;: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1702, and of its subsequent services to 1850
Cannon, Richard
Great Britain. Army -- History; Great Britain. Army. Regiment of Foot, 31st
[20] Major-General John Burgoyne was promoted, to the rank of
Lieut.-General on the 20th of August, 1777.
[21] _Martinique_ was captured by the English in 1762, but was
restored to France at the Peace of Fontainebleau in 1763.
[22] Promoted to the brevet rank of Lieut.-Colonel on the 1st of
March, 1794.
[23] Return of the Troops at _Guadaloupe_ on the 1st of September,
1794.
+----------------------------+--------------------------+
| | Rank and File. |
| +----------+-------+-------+
| Corps. | Fit for | Sick. | Total.|
| | Duty. | | |
|----------------------------+----------+-------+-------+
|Grenadier Battalion | 152 | 208 | 360 |
|Light Infantry Battalion | 33 | 382 | 415 |
|35 Regiment | 47 | 116 | 163 |
|39th Ditto | 24 | 284 | 308 |
|43rd Ditto | 23 | 176 | 199 |
|56th Ditto, three companies | 67 | .. | 67 |
|65th Ditto | 43 | 209 | 252 |
| +----------+-------+-------+
|General Total | 389 | 1375 | 1764 |
+----------------------------+----------+-------+-------+
The _Grenadier_ and _Light Infantry_ battalions were composed of
the flank companies of the 8th, 12th, 17th, 31st, 33rd, 34th, 38th,
40th, 44th, and 55th Regiments.
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