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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

+-----------+------------------+--------------------------------------+
  |  Rank.    |   Names.         |         Remarks.                     |
  +-----------+------------------+--------------------------------------+
  |Serjeant   |  John Power      | Reached the summit of the hill,      |
  |           |                  |   and was slightly wounded.          |
  |           |                  |                                      |
  |Corporal   | Thomas Waters    | Did not quite reach the summit       |
  |           |                  |   of the hill.--Three medals.        |
  |           |                  |                                      |
  |     ”     | John Kenny       | Did not quite reach the summit       |
  |           |                  |   of the hill.--Three medals.        |
  |           |                  |                                      |
  |Private    | John Action      | Reached the top, killed three of     |
  |           |                  |   the enemy, and was then killed     |
  |           |                  |   himself.--Two medals.              |
  |           |                  |                                      |
  |           | Robert Adair     | Reached the top, killed two of       |
  |     ”     |                  |   the enemy, and was then killed     |
  |           |                  |   himself.--Two medals.              |
  |           |                  |                                      |
  |     ”     | Hugh Dunlap      | Reached the top, killed two of       |
  |           |                  |   the enemy, and was then killed     |
  |           |                  |   himself.                           |
  |           |                  |                                      |
  |     ”     | Patrick Fullon   | Reached the summit of the hill,      |
  |           |                  |   and was killed.--Two medals.       |
  |           |                  |                                      |
  |     ”     | Samuel Lowrie    | Reached the top, killed the Commander|
  |           |                  |   of the enemy and another           |
  |           |                  |   man, and was then killed           |
  |           |                  |   himself.--Two medals.              |
  |           |                  |                                      |
  |     ”     | William Lovelace | Reached the top, and was killed.     |
  |           |                  |                                      |
  |     ”     | Anthony Burke    | Reached the top, killed three of     |
  |           |                  |   the enemy (shot one, bayonetted    |
  |           |                  |   another), broke his musket on      |
  |           |                  |   the head of the third.--Two        |
  |           |                  |   medals.                            |
  |           |                  |                                      |

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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

History

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

+-----------+------------------+--------------------------------------+
  |  Rank.    |   Names.         |         Remarks.                     |
  +-----------+------------------+--------------------------------------+
  |Serjeant   |  John Power      | Reached the summit of the hill,      |
  |           |                  |   and was slightly wounded.          |
  |           |                  |                                      |
  |Corporal   | Thomas Waters    | Did not quite reach the summit       |
  |           |                  |   of the hill.--Three medals.        |
  |           |                  |                                      |
  |     ”     | John Kenny       | Did not quite reach the summit       |
  |           |                  |   of the hill.--Three medals.        |
  |           |                  |                                      |
  |Private    | John Action      | Reached the top, killed three of     |
  |           |                  |   the enemy, and was then killed     |
  |           |                  |   himself.--Two medals.              |
  |           |                  |                                      |
  |           | Robert Adair     | Reached the top, killed two of       |
  |     ”     |                  |   the enemy, and was then killed     |
  |           |                  |   himself.--Two medals.              |
  |           |                  |                                      |
  |     ”     | Hugh Dunlap      | Reached the top, killed two of       |
  |           |                  |   the enemy, and was then killed     |
  |           |                  |   himself.                           |
  |           |                  |                                      |
  |     ”     | Patrick Fullon   | Reached the summit of the hill,      |
  |           |                  |   and was killed.--Two medals.       |
  |           |                  |                                      |
  |     ”     | Samuel Lowrie    | Reached the top, killed the Commander|
  |           |                  |   of the enemy and another           |
  |           |                  |   man, and was then killed           |
  |           |                  |   himself.--Two medals.              |
  |           |                  |                                      |
  |     ”     | William Lovelace | Reached the top, and was killed.     |
  |           |                  |                                      |
  |     ”     | Anthony Burke    | Reached the top, killed three of     |
  |           |                  |   the enemy (shot one, bayonetted    |
  |           |                  |   another), broke his musket on      |
  |           |                  |   the head of the third.--Two        |
  |           |                  |   medals.                            |
  |           |                  |                                      |

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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