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
” Authorized to bear the word “NIVE” on the regimental
colour and appointments _ib._
” Blockade of _Bayonne_ _ib._
1814. Battle of _Orthes_ 87
” Authorized to bear the word “ORTHES” on the regimental
colour and appointments 88
” Affairs of _Vic Bigorre_ and _Tarbes_ _ib._
” Battle of _Toulouse_ 89
” Authorized to bear the words “TOULOUSE” and “PENINSULA”
on the regimental colour and appointments 91
” Sortie from _Bayonne_ 92
” Termination of the Peninsular war _ib._
” The second battalion disbanded _ib._
1815. Return of Napoleon to France _ib._
” Battle of _Waterloo_ 93
” The regiment embarked for Ostend _ib._
” Marched to Paris _ib._
1815. Returned to England 93
1816. Stationed at Portsmouth _ib._
” Permitted to resume the word “FIRM” on the regimental
colour and appointments 94
1817. Embarked for Malta _ib._
1818. General George Don appointed Colonel of the regiment _ib._
1820. Embarked for the Ionian Islands 95
1821. Casualties from sickness _ib._
1825. Augmentation of establishment 97
” Formed into _six service_ and _four depôt_ companies _ib._
” Returned from the Ionian Islands to England _ib._
1827. Embarked for Ireland _ib._
1829. Lieut.-General Sir Roger Hale Sheaffe, Bart.,
appointed Colonel of the regiment 98
1830. Formed into _six service_ and _four depôt_ companies _ib._
” _Service_ companies, embarked for the West Indies _ib._
1833. Removed from Barbadoes to Antigua _ib._
1835. Proceeded to St. Lucia 99
” _Depôt_ companies removed from Ireland to England _ib._
1837. _Service_ companies returned to Barbadoes _ib._
1838. _Depôt_ companies returned to Ireland _ib._
” _Service_ companies embarked for Nova Scotia _ib._
” Complimentary Order prior to embarkation 100
1839. _Service_ companies stationed at Fredericton,
New Brunswick _ib._
1841. Removed to St. John’s, New Brunswick 101
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