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
[Sidenote: 1846.]
In 1846 the THIRTY-SIXTH regiment was augmented to sixty-seven
serjeants, twenty-five drummers, and twelve hundred rank and
file. It was also ordered to be formed into two battalions
of six companies each. In May the regiment proceeded from
Newcastle-on-Tyne to Manchester, and in August it was removed to
Weedon, where on the 28th of November the regiment was divided
into two battalions. While quartered at Weedon the regiment
received new colours, which were presented by Lieut.-General Sir
Thomas Arbuthnot, K.C.B., commanding the northern and midland
districts of South Britain.
[Sidenote: 1847.]
The first battalion of the THIRTY-SIXTH regiment, under the command
of Lieut.-Colonel Charles Ashmore, embarked at Gosport in Her
Majesty’s troop ship “Resistance” for the Ionian Islands, on the
6th of January 1847; the reserve battalion, under the command of
Lieut.-Colonel Charles Trollope, who had been promoted to that rank
on the augmentation of the regiment, also embarked at Gosport for
the Mediterranean, on the 2d of that month, in the “Vengeance” ship
of war.
The head-quarters and three companies of the first battalion
disembarked at Argostoli, in the island of Cephalonia, on the 8th
of February. Two companies were detached to the island of Zante,
and one to Ithaca.
The reserve battalion disembarked at Corfu on the 31st of January.
The depôt of the THIRTY-SIXTH regiment formed part of the depôt
battalion at the Isle of Wight, on the embarkation of the two
battalions for foreign service.
[Sidenote: 1848.]
The detachment of the first battalion at Zante proceeded from
thence on the 6th of May 1848, leaving one field officer, one
captain, two subalterns, four serjeants, and ninety-six rank and
file with the head-quarters at Cephalonia, the remainder proceeding
to Corfu. The detachment at Cerigo was moved from thence to Corfu
on the 13th of May 1848. The head-quarters and five companies of
the first battalion proceeded from Cephalonia to Corfu on the 3d of
August.
One company of the reserve battalion was detached at Vido from the
24th of March to the 19th of July 1848, and one company at Ithaca
from the 15th of July to the 5th of October 1848. The reserve
battalion proceeded from Corfu to Cephalonia on the 2d of August
1848. On the 26th of September an attack was made on the town of
Argostoli by several hundred armed Villani, which was repelled by
Serjeant Luke Dunn and twelve men of the battalion, the resident’s
guard on that morning, with the loss of two killed and two wounded.
Privates Daniel McNamara and William Elsom killed; privates Thomas
Fox and James Lidwell wounded; several others received shots
through their caps, clothing, &c.
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