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
Lloyd’s dragoons, now Third light dragoons (detachment) 275
Foot guards, the Grenadier and Coldstream 755
Sir H. Bellasis, now Second foot 834
Churchill’s, now Third foot 834
Seymour’s, now Fourth foot 834
Columbine’s, now Sixth foot 724
O’Hara’s, three companies, now Seventh Royal fusiliers 313
Erle’s, now Nineteenth foot 724
Gustavus Hamilton’s, now Twentieth foot 724
Villiere’s marines, five companies, now Thirty-first foot 520
Fox’s marines, now Thirty-second foot 834
Donegal’s, now Thirty-fifth foot 724
Charlemont’s, now Thirty-sixth foot 724
Shannon’s marines 834
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9,653
Dutch regiments commanded by Major-General }
Baron Sparre and Brigadier Pallandt } 3,924
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13,577
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The THIRTY-SIXTH regiment, having been selected as part of the
force to share in this enterprise, was withdrawn from Ireland, and
proceeded to the Isle of Wight in June 1702, and embarked for Cadiz
in July.
In the Harleian Manuscripts at the British Museum, the embarkation
return of the regiment is preserved, of which the following is a
copy:--
_The Right Hon^{ble} ye Lord Viscount Charlemont’s Reg^t._
_Captains._ _Lieutenants._
{ W^m Lord Charlemont, James Crofton
{ _Colonel._
On board { Charles Wills, W^m Whitaker
the { _Lieut.-Colonel_.
Grey. { Arthur Moore, _Major_ Jas. Bamber
{ Thos. Alnutt Alex. Foster
{ Henry Frankland James Brough
_Ensigns._ _Serjts._ _Corpls._ _Drs._ _Centinels._
Tho^s Caulfeild 2 3 2 43
Mich^l Merritt 2 3 2 42
Rog^r Mosten 2 3 2 44
W^m King 2 3 2 43
---- 2 3 2 40
On board { Hen. Fulvile Hen. Fitzhugh
the { Jno. Hutchinson And^w Dunbar
Ruth. { Medburn Smith Rob^t Ennis
{ Jno. Dentilly Anth. Callion
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