Richard Cannon
Historical record of the Sixty-Seventh, or the South Hampshire Regiment
Containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1758, and of its subsequent services to 1849
Published by Good Press, 2022
EAN 4064066214906
Table of Contents
CONTENTS — First Battalion
CONTENTS — Second Battalion
SUCCESSION OF COLONELS
PLATES.
GENERAL ORDERS.
PREFACE.
INTRODUCTION TO THE INFANTRY.
HISTORICAL RECORD — First Battalion
HISTORICAL RECORD — Second Battalion
CONCLUSION.
SUCCESSION OF COLONELS
CONTENTS— First Battalion
Table of Contents
OF THE
HISTORICAL RECORD.
YearPageIntroduction.1758Formation of the Regiment from second battalion of the Twentieth Regiment1——Appointment of Colonel James Wolfe to the Colonelcy2——Uniform and Facing of the Regiment———Officers appointed—1759Station of the Regiment3——Appointment of Lieut.-Colonel Lord Frederick Cavendish to the Colonelcy, in succession to Major-General Wolfe, killed at the Battle of Quebec—1760Decease of King George II., and Accession of George III. to the Throne———Appointment of Major-General Sir Henry Erskine, Bart., to the Colonelcy, in succession to Lord Frederick Cavendish, removed to the 34th Regiment—1761Embarked with the expedition under the command of Major-General Hodgson4——Capture of Belle-Isle61761 Congratulatory address to King George III. from the Citizens of London7——Appointment of Lieut.-Colonel Hamilton Lambert to the Colonelcy, in succession to Major-General Sir Henry Erskine, removed to the 25th Regiment—1762Embarked for Portugal81763Treaty of Peace concluded at Fontainebleau———Embarked to take possession of Minorca, on its being restored to Great Britain91768Regulations, prescribed by Royal Warrant, for maintaining uniformity in the clothing, standards, and colours of regiments, &c. &c.—1771Embarked from Minorca for England101773Proceeded to Scotland—1774Appointment of Lieut.-Colonel Edward Maxwell Brown to the Colonelcy, in succession to Lieut.-General Hamilton Lambert, deceased—1775Embarked for Ireland—1782Directed to assume the county title of South Hampshire Regiment, in addition to its numerical title—1785Embarked for the West Indies—1794Returned to England———Proceeded to Ireland—1796Embarked for St. Domingo to aid the planters against the negro inhabitants—1798Proceeded to Jamaica111801Re-embarked for England—1803Appointment of Lieut.-General Francis D'Oyly to the Colonelcy, in succession to General Edward Maxwell Brown, deceased———Appointment of General Peter Craig to the Colonelcy, in succession to Lieut.-General D'Oyly, deceased—1803 Embarked for Ireland12——A second battalion added to the regiment, and formed from men raised in Ireland under the Army of Reserve and Additional Force Acts———First battalion embarked for Guernsey—1804—— —— embarked for Portsmouth———The regiment augmented to 1200 rank and file—1805The first battalion embarked for the East Indies———Arrived at Bengal, and proceeded to Dinapore; thence to Benares, and to Ghazeepore—1811Appointment of Lieut.-General Sir William Keppel, G.C.B., to the Colonelcy, in succession to General Peter Craig, deceased—1813Marched from Ghazeepore to Cawnpore—1815Marched to Meerut131817Proceeded on field service, and joined the army of reserve under Major-General Sir David Ochterlony—1818Embarked for Bombay———Six companies embarked for the Concan———Engaged in the siege and capture of Ryghur———Four companies embarked for Surat14——Capture of Nunderbar, and other towns and forts———Embarked for the Deccan———Surrender of Amulneir and Behauderpore151819Proceeded to Asseerghur, and joined the force under General Doveton16——Surrender of the fortress of Asseerghur18——Marched to Mallygaum211820Proceeded to Sholapore in the Deccan—1823Proceeded to Poonah—1826Embarked for Calcutta———Embarked for England221826 Arrived at Chatham and proceeded to Windsor———Received the Royal Authority to bear on its colours and appointments the figure of the "Royal Tiger," with the word "India" superscribed—1827Marched from Windsor to Weedon; thence to Bolton, &c. &c.—1828Appointment of Major-General John Macdonald to the Colonelcy, in succession to General Sir William Keppel, removed to the 2nd Queen's Royal Regiment—1830Embarked for Ireland231832Formed into six service and four depôt companies———Service companies embarked for Gibraltar—1833Embarked for the West Indies—1840Embarked for Canada—1842Returned to England, and rejoined by the four depôt companies241843Proceeded from Plymouth to Weedon, and thence to Manchester—1844Appointment of Major-General John Clitherow to the Colonelcy, in succession to Lieut.-General Sir John Macdonald, G.C.B., removed to the 42nd Regiment———Embarked for Ireland—1846Augmented to twelve companies, and formed into two battalions—1848The first and the reserve battalions embarked at Cork for Gibraltar25——Report of the Governor of Gibraltar on the state of discipline and efficiency of the regiment———Depôt Company removed from Cork to the Isle of Wight26
CONTENTS— Second Battalion
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OF THE
HISTORICAL RECORD
OF THE SERVICES OF THE
SECOND BATTALION
OF
THE SIXTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT.
YearPage1803Formed from men raised in Ireland under the Army of Reserve Act271804Augmented by men raised under the Additional Force Act28——Embarked for Scotland—1807Embarked for Guernsey and Alderney—1810Six companies embarked for Gibraltar, and proceeded from thence to Cadiz———Four companies embarked from Guernsey for England—1811The six companies formed part of the army employed on an expedition under the command of Lieut.-General Thomas Graham———Engaged in the Battle of Barrosa29
