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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 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

Name: 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
Author: Cannon, Richard

Cannon, Richard

Great Britain. Army -- History; Great Britain. Army. Regiment of Foot, 31st

This officer was appointed an ensign in the THIRTY-FIRST regiment
on the 5th of February 1807, in which regiment he was promoted to
be lieutenant on the 6th of April 1809. Lieutenant Bolton served
with the second battalion during the Peninsular war from 1808 to
1814, and was present at the battles of Talavera, Busaco, and
Albuhera, in the last of which he was wounded: took part in the
capture of Marshal Girard’s division at Arroyo dos Molinos on the
28th of October 1811, and shared in the battle of Vittoria; also in
the actions in the Pyrenees, at the Nive, Garris, Orthes, Aire, and
Toulouse.

Lieutenant Bolton was appointed adjutant to the second battalion
on the 31st of March 1813, but returned to his duty as lieutenant
upon the reduction of the second battalion on the 24th of October
1814. He was promoted to the rank of captain on the 24th of October
1822; and on the 7th of February 1825, embarked with the left wing
of the regiment for the East Indies. Captain Bolton was promoted to
the rank of major in the THIRTY-FIRST regiment on the 14th of June
1833, and to that of lieutenant-colonel on the 24th of November
1835.

Lieut.-Colonel Bolton served in the Affghanistan campaign of 1842,
and commanded the THIRTY-FIRST regiment in the action at Mazeena,
in the Shinwaree valley, on the 26th of July 1842; at Tezeen on
the 13th of September 1842, and at the occupation of Cabool by
Major-General Pollock.

For his services in Affghanistan, Lieut.-Colonel Bolton received
a medal, and was promoted to the rank of colonel on the 23rd of
December 1842; he was also appointed aide-de-camp to Her Majesty,
and was nominated a Companion of the Most Honorable Order of the
Bath.

Colonel Bolton served with the army of the Sutlej in 1845, as
Brigadier to the first brigade under the command of General Sir
Hugh (now Viscount) Gough, Commander-in-Chief in India at that
period. Colonel Bolton received a severe wound at the battle of
_Moodkee_ on the 18th of December 1845, from the effects of which
he died on the 4th of January 1846.


LIEUT.-COLONEL THOMAS SKINNER, C.B.[43]

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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 1850Cannon, Richard

History

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

This officer was appointed an ensign in the THIRTY-FIRST regiment
on the 5th of February 1807, in which regiment he was promoted to
be lieutenant on the 6th of April 1809. Lieutenant Bolton served
with the second battalion during the Peninsular war from 1808 to
1814, and was present at the battles of Talavera, Busaco, and
Albuhera, in the last of which he was wounded: took part in the
capture of Marshal Girard’s division at Arroyo dos Molinos on the
28th of October 1811, and shared in the battle of Vittoria; also in
the actions in the Pyrenees, at the Nive, Garris, Orthes, Aire, and
Toulouse.

Lieutenant Bolton was appointed adjutant to the second battalion
on the 31st of March 1813, but returned to his duty as lieutenant
upon the reduction of the second battalion on the 24th of October
1814. He was promoted to the rank of captain on the 24th of October
1822; and on the 7th of February 1825, embarked with the left wing
of the regiment for the East Indies. Captain Bolton was promoted to
the rank of major in the THIRTY-FIRST regiment on the 14th of June
1833, and to that of lieutenant-colonel on the 24th of November
1835.

Lieut.-Colonel Bolton served in the Affghanistan campaign of 1842,
and commanded the THIRTY-FIRST regiment in the action at Mazeena,
in the Shinwaree valley, on the 26th of July 1842; at Tezeen on
the 13th of September 1842, and at the occupation of Cabool by
Major-General Pollock.

For his services in Affghanistan, Lieut.-Colonel Bolton received
a medal, and was promoted to the rank of colonel on the 23rd of
December 1842; he was also appointed aide-de-camp to Her Majesty,
and was nominated a Companion of the Most Honorable Order of the
Bath.

Colonel Bolton served with the army of the Sutlej in 1845, as
Brigadier to the first brigade under the command of General Sir
Hugh (now Viscount) Gough, Commander-in-Chief in India at that
period. Colonel Bolton received a severe wound at the battle of
_Moodkee_ on the 18th of December 1845, from the effects of which
he died on the 4th of January 1846.


LIEUT.-COLONEL THOMAS SKINNER, C.B.[43]

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

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

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

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