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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 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

Name: 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
Author: Cannon, Richard

Cannon, Richard

Great Britain. Army. Herefordshire Light Infantry -- History; Great Britain. Army. Regiment of Foot, 36th -- History

Wm. Cuffe          2         3      2         43
                   Wm. Musgrave       2         3      2         42
                   Wm. Airs           2         3      2         42
                   ----               2         3      2         44

  On board    { James Brathwait           Alex. Crage
  the         { Josias Campbell           ----
  Friendship. { Wm. Edwards               Jno. Mabbott

                   Wm. Levinston      2         3      2         43
                   Jno. Lloyd         2         3      2         44
                   Wm. Hargrave       2         3      2         44

                     12                     11
                          10         24        36     24        514

  On board  { Tobias Caulfeild, _Chaplain_.
  the Grey. { Robt. Wilson, _Adjt. & Quarter Master_.

  On board  { Laur. Bondelt, _Surgeon_.
  the Ruth. { Jno. Robins, _Surgeon’s Mate_.

  _Detached of ye Regt., and put on board ye Vulture Fireshipp,
  one Lieutenant, one Sergt, one Corpll., and twenty-six men._

        (_Signed_)      AR. MOORE.

The difference in the number embarked, as shown in the foregoing
document, and that specified against the THIRTY-SIXTH in the
list of regiments ordered to proceed to Cadiz, arises from the
establishment being given in the first instance, while the
embarkation return has reference only to effectives.

The armament appeared off Cadiz on the 12th of August, and the Duke
of Ormond summoned the place; his terms being refused, a landing
was effected between Rota and Fort St. Catherine on the 15th of
that month, where the troops encountered and repulsed some Spanish
cavalry. St. Catherine’s fort was compelled to surrender, and Port
St. Mary’s was occupied by the British troops; the expedition,
however, proved not of sufficient force to capture Cadiz, which
was found much stronger and better garrisoned than was expected
from the information which had been received in England prior to
the fitting out of the armament, and the soldiers returned on
board the fleet. The THIRTY-SIXTH regiment was afterwards detached
from Cadiz to the West Indies with a division of the royal navy
under Commodore Walker, and sailed on this service on the 24th of
September.

[Sidenote: 1703.]

A powerful armament was prepared for the attack of the French and
Spanish settlements in the West Indies in 1703, but this enterprise
was subsequently abandoned.

[Sidenote: 1704.]

After losing several men from the effects of the climate, the
regiment was withdrawn from the West Indies, and was stationed in
Ireland in the year 1704.

[Sidenote: 1705.]

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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

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