Historical Record of the Thirty-fourth, or the Cumberland Regiment of Foot: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1702 and of its subsequent services to 1844Cannon, Richard
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Historical Record of the Thirty-fourth, or the Cumberland Regiment of Foot: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1702 and of its subsequent services to 1844
Cannon, Richard
Great Britain. Army -- History; Great Britain. Army. Infantry. 34th Regiment (Cumberland)
In transmitting to his brother, Captain J. McLeod Tew,
Twenty-second Regiment, an account of his effects, &c., Captain
E. Broderick expressed himself in the following affectionate
terms:--“One of the snuff-boxes found among his effects, has been
retained by the officers, as a memento of him who had been so
long the father of the regiment, and who was so deservedly loved
and respected by us all: it is a wooden box, presented to him by
Mr. Markham, which the officers intend to place in a case, with a
suitable inscription.
“The officers intend to erect a monument to our respected friend,
to be placed in one of the churches. The men of the regiment have
also subscribed to the erection of this monument, and I can assure
you, that every officer and soldier feels that in your late brother
he has lost a friend.”
[Sidenote: 1838]
On the 8th January, 1838, the head-quarters, and remaining four
companies, consisting of one field officer, three captains, four
subalterns, three staff, twenty-two serjeants, eight drummers,
and two hundred and eighty-one rank and file, under Major Ruxton,
embarked in Her Majesty’s ship “Cornwallis,” and sailed the
following day for St. John’s, New Brunswick, where they landed on
the 14th of the same month.
The regiment marched from St. John’s for Quebec by companies,
which were conveyed in the same manner as the flank companies had
been, and were equally fortunate in escaping without casualties of
any importance; they reached Quebec on the 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 7th
February.
The flank companies and Nos. 1 and 2, were detached to Three
Rivers: they took part in various movements made in the disturbed
districts, adjoining the river Richelieu; and were quartered in
different villages in the neighbourhood.
The regiment next moved by detachments to Montreal. The
head-quarters then proceeded to Kingston, but were not disembarked
there, proceeding on to Toronto, where they arrived on the 4th of
June. In July the head-quarters, under Lieutenant-Colonel Airey,
proceeded to Amherstberg.
In December a company, consisting of one captain, two subalterns,
three serjeants, and fifty rank and file, under Captain Broderick,
proceeded to Sandwich, in expectation of that place being attacked
by brigands from the state of Michigan, from whence it returned on
the 25th of that month.
[Sidenote: 1840]
The regiment remained at Amherstburg until May, 1840, when it
returned in three divisions to Toronto, detaching three companies
to Kingston, at which station it remained until May, 1841, when the
head-quarters moved to Montreal.
[Sidenote: 1841]
On the 31st May, 1841, orders having been received for the return
of the regiment to England, four serjeants, nine corporals, two
drummers, and two hundred and one privates, volunteered to serve
permanently in North America.
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