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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

On the 14th of March, 1702, a Royal Warrant was issued, authorising
COLONEL GEORGE VILLIERS to raise a REGIMENT OF MARINES, which was
to consist of twelve companies, of two serjeants, three corporals,
two drummers, and fifty-nine private soldiers each, with an
additional serjeant to the grenadier company. The rendezvous of
the regiment was appointed to be at Taunton and Bridgewater.

For the raising of this regiment the following officers received
commissions, those of the field officers being antedated to the
12th of February, 1702:--

  CAPTAINS            George Villiers (_Colonel_).
                      Alexander Lutterell (_Lt.-Colonel_).
                      Thomas Carew (_Major_).
                      Francis Blinman.
                      George Blakeney.

  CAPTAIN-LIEUTENANT  John Deveroux.

  FIRST LIEUTENANTS   Saloman Balmier.
                      Roger Flower.

  SECOND LIEUTENANT   William Bisset.

  CHIRURGEON          James Church.

  CHIRURGEON’S MATE   William Church.

The declaration of hostilities against France and Spain was issued
on the 4th of May, 1702: thus began, “fruitful in great actions and
important results,” _The War of the Spanish Succession_.

Additional forces were sent to Flanders, and the Earl of
Marlborough was appointed to command the confederate troops with
the rank of Captain-General.

The expedition, which had been planned by King William against
Spain, was carried out by the Ministers of Queen Anne. It was
arranged, accordingly, that a combined fleet of English and Dutch
ships, consisting of fifty sail of the line, besides frigates,
under Admiral Sir George Rooke, and a land force amounting to
nearly fourteen thousand men, under the command of the Duke of
Ormond, should proceed to the coast of Spain. The following corps
were employed on this service, namely:--

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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

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