CONTENTS
OF THE
HISTORICAL RECORD.
| Year | Page | |
| Introduction. | ix | |
| 1758 | Formation of the Regiment from the Second Battalion of the Thirty-first regiment | 1 |
| —— | Stationed in Scotland | — |
| —— | Faced with light grey, and commonly called the Glasgow Greys | — |
| —— | The colonelcy conferred on Lieut.-Colonel John Parslow, from the First Foot Guards | — |
| —— | Officers appointed to Commissions in the regiment | 2 |
| 1759 | Removed to South Britain | — |
| 1760 | Appointment of Lieut.-Colonel Cyrus Trapaud, from the Third regiment, to the colonelcy, in succession to Colonel Parslow, removed to the Fifty-fourth regiment | — |
| 1763 | Embarked for Ireland | — |
| 1764 | Embarked for the West Indies | — |
| 1768 | The Facing directed by the Royal Warrant of the 19th of December to be Black | 3 |
| 1774 | Returned to England from the West Indies | — |
| 1776 | Proceeded to Scotland | — |
| 1778 | Embarked for North America | 3 |
| —— | Appointment of Major-General William Tryon to the colonelcy, in succession to Lieut.-General Trapaud, removed to the Fifty-second regiment | — |
| 1781 | Stationed in Nova Scotia | — |
| 1782 | Directed to assume the County title of “Surrey” regiment, in addition to its Numerical title | — |
| 1783 | Appointment of Colonel the Earl of Suffolk to the colonelcy, in succession to Lieut.-General Tryon, removed to the Twenty-ninth regiment | — |
| 1784 | Returned to England from North America | 4 |
| 1787 | Embarked for Ireland | — |
| 1793 | Embarked for the West Indies | — |
| 1794 | Engaged in the capture of Martinique | — |
| 1795 | Returned to England | 5 |
| —— | Embarked for Gibraltar | 6 |
| 1800 | Embarked for the West Indies, where six companies arrived | — |
| —— | Four companies prevented from proceeding to the West Indies by the vessel having sprung a leak, and proceeded from Lisbon to Jersey | — |
| 1801 | The six companies returned from the West Indies and joined the four companies at Jersey | — |
| —— | The Regiment proceeded from Jersey to Dover | — |
| 1803 | Embarked for the West Indies | — |
| 1807 | Detachment engaged in the capture of certain Danish West India Islands | — |
| 1810 | Flank companies formed part of an expedition against Guadaloupe | 7 |
| —— | Capture of Guadaloupe | — |
| 1812 | Returned from the West Indies | 8 |
| —— | Proceeded to Scotland | — |
| —— | Received the Royal Authority to assume the title of the Glasgow Lowland regiment | — |
| 1813 | Engaged on duties at Montrose and Perth | 8 |
| —— | Embarked for Ireland | — |
| —— | Embarked for Canada | — |
| 1814 | Appointment of Lieut.-General Honorable Sir G. Lowry Cole, K.B., to the colonelcy, in succession to General the Earl of Suffolk, removed to the Forty-fourth regiment | — |
| —— | Employed at Quebec, Montreal, Cornwall, and Kingston in Canada | — |
| 1816 | Appointment of Lieut.-General Forbes Champagné to the colonelcy, in succession to Lieut.-General Sir G. Lowry Cole, removed to the Thirty-fourth regiment | 9 |
| —— | Appointment of Major-General Sir Kenneth Alexander Howard, K.C.B., afterwards Earl of Effingham, to the colonelcy, in succession to Lieut.-General Champagné, deceased | — |
| 1825 | Authorized to resume the County title of the Surrey regiment, and to discontinue the title of the Glasgow Lowland regiment | — |
| 1826 | Continued on duty at different stations in Canada | — |
| 1827 | Embarked from Canada | 10 |
| —— | Proceeded to Ireland | — |
| 1832 | Appointment of Lieut.-General G. J. Hall to the colonelcy, in succession to Lieut.-General Lord Howard of Effingham | — |
| 1834 | Formed into six Service, and four Depôt companies, preparatory to embarkation for a foreign station | — |
| —— | Service companies embarked from Cork for Gibraltar | — |
| 1835 | Depôt companies embarked from Ireland for Guernsey | — |
| 1836 | Service companies embarked from Gibraltar for Malta | — |
| 1838 | Service companies embarked from Malta for the West Indies | 10 |
| —— | Depôt companies embarked from Guernsey for Ireland | — |
| —— | The Royal Court of Guernsey passed an Act in order to record in a permanent manner their testimony of the good conduct and discipline of the officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates of the Seventieth regiment | — |
| 1841 | The Service companies embarked from the West Indies for Canada | 12 |
| —— | Received the thanks of the Lieut.-General commanding in the West Indies | — |
| 1843 | Embarked at Quebec for England | 13 |
| —— | Arrived at Portsmouth, and joined by the Depôt companies from Ireland | — |
| —— | Proceeded to Manchester | — |
| 1845 | Embarked for Ireland | — |
| 1847 | Establishment augmented to 1000 rank and file | 14 |
| 1848 | Ordered to be held in readiness to embark for the East Indies | — |
| Conclusion | 14 |
1849.