Historical Record of the Thirty-sixth, or the Herefordshire Regiment of Foot: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1701, and of its subsequent services to 1852Cannon, Richard
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Historical Record of the Thirty-sixth, or the Herefordshire Regiment of Foot: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1701, and of its subsequent services to 1852
Cannon, Richard
Great Britain. Army. Herefordshire Light Infantry -- History; Great Britain. Army. Regiment of Foot, 36th -- History
” Brigadier-General Sir Charles Hotham, Bart.,
appointed Colonel of the regiment 23
1720. The regiment returned to Ireland _ib._
” Colonel John Pocock appointed Colonel of the
regiment _ib._
1721. Lieut.-Colonel Charles Lenoe appointed Colonel of
the regiment _ib._
1732. Brigadier-General John Moyle appointed Colonel of
the regiment _ib._
1737. Lieut.-Colonel Humphrey Bland appointed Colonel of
the regiment _ib._
1739. The regiment removed from Ireland to Great Britain 24
1740. Part of the regiment embarked for the West Indies _ib._
1741. Lieut.-Colonel James Fleming appointed Colonel of
the regiment _ib._
” Operations against _Carthagena_ 25
” Siege of Bocca-Chica and of the Castle of _Lazar_ _ib._
” Return of the expedition to Jamaica 26
” The portion of the regiment which had been employed
on this service returned to England _ib._
1743. The regiment stationed in Great Britain _ib._
1744. War of the Austrian Succession _ib._
” The regiment embarked for Flanders 27
1745. Rebellion in Scotland _ib._
” The regiment returned to England _ib._
1746. Battle of _Falkirk_ 28
” Battle of _Culloden_ 29
” Suppression of the Rebellion 30
1747. The regiment returned to Flanders _ib._
” Battle of _Laffeld_, or _Val_ _ib._
1748. Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle 31
” The regiment returned to England _ib._
1749. Embarked for Gibraltar _ib._
1751. Colonel Lord Robert Manners appointed Colonel of the
regiment 31
” Royal Warrant of the 1st of July 1751 for ensuring
uniformity in the clothing, standards, and colours
of the army, and regulating the number and rank
of regiments _ib._
1754. The regiment embarked at Gibraltar for England _ib._
” Stationed in North Britain 32
1755. The regiment removed to South Britain _ib._
1756. Augmented to two battalions _ib._
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