History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, Vol. 1: Compiled from the Original RecordsDuncan, Francis
History
History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, Vol. 1: Compiled from the Original Records
Duncan, Francis
Great Britain. Army. Royal Regiment of Artillery
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Order of│ IN WHAT STATION. │ Date of │ By whom
Commis- │ │ Commission. │ Signed.
sions. │ │ │
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1│Served one campaign in the │ │
│ Artillery in Flanders as │ │
│ Firemaster, having no │ │
│ Commission │ │
1│Firemaster │ March, 1693│Lord Sidney.
2│Captain and Adjutant │ 1 Jan., 1695│Lord Romney.
3│Engineer │27 March, 1698│
4│Major of the Artillery │ 4 April, 1702│Duke of
│ │ │ Marlboro'.
5│Major and Commander-in-Chief to │ 1703│
│ Portugal │ │
│ Both of these Commissions lost │ │
│ at the Battle of Almanza. │ │
6│Lieut.-Colonel of Artillery │ 1704│
│ Both of these Commissions lost │ │
│ at the Battle of Almanza. │ │
7│Colonel of Foot │14 April, 1705│Lord
│ Both of these Commissions lost │ │ Galloway.
│ at the Battle of Villa Viciosa.│ │
8│Colonel of Artillery │27 Nov., 1706│
│ Both of these Commissions lost │ │
│ at the Battle of Villa Viciosa.│ │
9│Chief Firemaster of England │ 9 Aug., 1712│Lord Rivers.
Signifi-│Assistant to the Surveyor of the │25 April, 1718│H.M. King
cation │ Ordnance │ │ George I.
10│Colonel of Artillery renewed │ 1 April, 1722│Duke of
│ │ │ Marlboro'.
11│ Ditto │ 1 Oct., 1722│Lord Cadogan.
12│Brigadier-General │ 1 March, 1727│H.M. King
│ │ │ George I.
13│ Ditto │16 June, 1727│H.M. King
│ │ │ George II.
14│Colonel of the Royal Regiment of │ 1 Nov., 1727│ Ditto.
│ Artillery │ │
15│Major-General │28 Oct., 1735│ Ditto.
16│Lieut.-General │ 2 July, 1739│ Ditto.
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ABSTRACT OF ALL THE SIEGES
LIEUT.-GENERAL BORGARD _has been present at from the year 1675_.
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