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Historical Record of the Thirty-ninth, or the Dorsetshire Regiment of Foot: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1702, and of its subsequent services to 1853.Cannon, Richard

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Historical Record of the Thirty-ninth, or the Dorsetshire Regiment of Foot: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1702, and of its subsequent services to 1853.

Name: Historical Record of the Thirty-ninth, or the Dorsetshire Regiment of Foot: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1702, and of its subsequent services to 1853.
Author: Cannon, Richard

Cannon, Richard

Great Britain. Army. Dorset Regiment -- History; Great Britain. Army. Regiment of Foot, 39th (Dorsetshire) -- History

of the Bath on the 20th of April 1838.

Lieut.-General Sir Frederick Philipse Robinson, G.C.B., was removed
from the colonelcy of the Fifty-ninth to that of the THIRTY-NINTH
regiment on the 15th of June 1840, and was promoted to the rank
of General on the 23rd of November 1841. His decease occurred at
Brighton, on the 1st of January 1852.


GEORGE BURRELL, C.B.

_Appointed 11th February 1852._

This officer was appointed Ensign in the Fifteenth regiment of
infantry, on the 4th of February 1797; was promoted Lieutenant
on the 3rd of May following; and rose to the rank of Captain, in
the same corps, on the 15th of August 1805. Captain Burrell was
promoted to a Majority in the Ninetieth regiment on the 30th of
April 1807, and served at the capture of Guadeloupe, in February
1810, with the expedition under Lieut.-General Sir George Beckwith,
K.B., which island had been restored to the French at the Peace of
Amiens. He received the brevet rank of Lieut.-Colonel on the 4th of
June 1813, and served during the campaign of 1814 in Upper Canada.
He was appointed from the Ninetieth to be Lieut.-Colonel of the
Eighteenth Royal Irish regiment, on the 22nd of July 1830, from
which date he was promoted to the brevet rank of Colonel.

Colonel George Burrell embarked, in command of the service
companies of the Eighteenth regiment, destined for Ceylon, on the
10th of January 1837; in 1840 they proceeded to China, hostilities
having arisen between that country and Great Britain. At the first
capture of Chusan in July 1840, he commanded the troops with the
rank of Brigadier-General, and also a brigade at the attack upon
Canton in May 1841. He was nominated a Companion of the Order of
the Bath on the 14th of October 1841, and on the 23rd of November
following was advanced to the rank of Major-General, and to that of
Lieut.-General on the 11th of November 1851. Lieut.-General Burrell
was appointed Colonel of the THIRTY-NINTH regiment on the 11th of
February 1852, which he held only a short period, as he died at
Alnwick on the 4th of January 1853.


RICHARD LLUELLYN, C.B.

_Appointed 17th January 1853._




APPENDIX.


  _Memoir of the Services of Colonel George Wilson, formerly
  Lieut.-Colonel of the_ THIRTY-NINTH _regiment_.

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Historical Record of the Thirty-ninth, or the Dorsetshire Regiment of Foot: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1702, and of its subsequent services to 1853.Cannon, Richard

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Historical Record of the Thirty-ninth, or the Dorsetshire Regiment of Foot: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1702, and of its subsequent services to 1853.

Cannon, Richard

Great Britain. Army. Dorset Regiment -- History; Great Britain. Army. Regiment of Foot, 39th (Dorsetshire) -- History

of the Bath on the 20th of April 1838.

Lieut.-General Sir Frederick Philipse Robinson, G.C.B., was removed
from the colonelcy of the Fifty-ninth to that of the THIRTY-NINTH
regiment on the 15th of June 1840, and was promoted to the rank
of General on the 23rd of November 1841. His decease occurred at
Brighton, on the 1st of January 1852.


GEORGE BURRELL, C.B.

_Appointed 11th February 1852._

This officer was appointed Ensign in the Fifteenth regiment of
infantry, on the 4th of February 1797; was promoted Lieutenant
on the 3rd of May following; and rose to the rank of Captain, in
the same corps, on the 15th of August 1805. Captain Burrell was
promoted to a Majority in the Ninetieth regiment on the 30th of
April 1807, and served at the capture of Guadeloupe, in February
1810, with the expedition under Lieut.-General Sir George Beckwith,
K.B., which island had been restored to the French at the Peace of
Amiens. He received the brevet rank of Lieut.-Colonel on the 4th of
June 1813, and served during the campaign of 1814 in Upper Canada.
He was appointed from the Ninetieth to be Lieut.-Colonel of the
Eighteenth Royal Irish regiment, on the 22nd of July 1830, from
which date he was promoted to the brevet rank of Colonel.

Colonel George Burrell embarked, in command of the service
companies of the Eighteenth regiment, destined for Ceylon, on the
10th of January 1837; in 1840 they proceeded to China, hostilities
having arisen between that country and Great Britain. At the first
capture of Chusan in July 1840, he commanded the troops with the
rank of Brigadier-General, and also a brigade at the attack upon
Canton in May 1841. He was nominated a Companion of the Order of
the Bath on the 14th of October 1841, and on the 23rd of November
following was advanced to the rank of Major-General, and to that of
Lieut.-General on the 11th of November 1851. Lieut.-General Burrell
was appointed Colonel of the THIRTY-NINTH regiment on the 11th of
February 1852, which he held only a short period, as he died at
Alnwick on the 4th of January 1853.


RICHARD LLUELLYN, C.B.

_Appointed 17th January 1853._




APPENDIX.


  _Memoir of the Services of Colonel George Wilson, formerly
  Lieut.-Colonel of the_ THIRTY-NINTH _regiment_.

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

Historical Record of the Thirty-ninth, or the Dorsetshire Regiment of Foot: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1702, and of its subsequent services to 1853.

Historical Record of the Thirty-ninth, or the Dorsetshire Regiment of Foot: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1702, and of its subsequent services to 1853.

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