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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 cover

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

Chapter 2: HISTORICAL RECORD.
By Richard Cannon
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A regimental history presents a chronological account of a British infantry corps, outlining its formation, postings, campaigns, battles, sieges, and the trophies and distinctions it achieved. It documents casualties and honors, names officers and other ranks singled out for gallantry, and specifies the badges, colours, and devices granted to the unit. The volume combines narrative service records with administrative documents and general orders, and includes biographical sketches of colonels and notable officers. Compiled under official supervision, the work aims to preserve institutional memory, convey the hardships and achievements of service, and foster esprit de corps among serving and former members.


THE

THIRTY-SIXTH,

OR

HEREFORDSHIRE REGIMENT OF FOOT.

CONTENTS

OF THE

HISTORICAL RECORD.

 Year. Page.
1700. Introduction 1
1701. Formation of the regiment 2
” William Viscount Charlemont appointed Colonel of the regiment ib.
1702. War of the Spanish succession 3
” Expedition to Cadiz 4
” The regiment embarked for Cadiz 5
” Embarkation return of the regiment 6
” Detached to the West Indies 7
1704. Returned to Ireland ib.
1705. Embarked for Spain 8
” Siege of Barcelona 9
” Capture of Montjuich 11
” Surrender of Barcelona ib.
1706. Barcelona invested by the French and Spaniards 13
” Successful defence of the place by the Allies ib.
” Withdrawal of the enemy from Barcelona 13
” Lieut.-Colonel Thomas Alnutt appointed Colonel of the regiment ib.
” The regiment embarked for Valencia 14
” Capture of Requena and Cuenza ib.
1707. Battle of Almanza 15
” Casualties of the regiment 16
1708. Recruiting of the regiment 17
1709. Colonel Archibald Earl of Ilay appointed Colonel of the regiment 18
1710. Colonel Desney appointed Colonel of the regiment ib.
1711. Expedition against Quebec 19
” The regiment selected to form part thereof ib.
” Returned to England 20
1712. Embarked for Dunkirk ib.
1713. Treaty of Utrecht signed ib.
1714. The regiment returned to England 21
” Proceeded to Ireland ib.
1715. Colonel William Egerton appointed Colonel of the regiment ib.
” The regiment embarked for Scotland ib.
” Battle of Sheriffmuir ib.
” Arrival of the Pretender in Scotland 22
1716. The Pretender returned to France ib.
” Termination of the Rebellion ib.
1718. The regiment proceeded to Ireland ib.
1719. Embarked for Great Britain ib.
” Brigadier-General Sir Charles Hotham, Bart., appointed Colonel of the regiment 23
1720. The regiment returned to Ireland ib.
” Colonel John Pocock appointed Colonel of the regiment ib.
1721. Lieut.-Colonel Charles Lenoe appointed Colonel of the regiment ib.
1732. Brigadier-General John Moyle appointed Colonel of the
regiment ib.
1737. Lieut.-Colonel Humphrey Bland appointed Colonel of the regiment ib.
1739. The regiment removed from Ireland to Great Britain 24
1740. Part of the regiment embarked for the West Indies ib.
1741. Lieut.-Colonel James Fleming appointed Colonel of the regiment ib.
” Operations against Carthagena 25
” Siege of Bocca-Chica and of the Castle of Lazar ib.
” Return of the expedition to Jamaica 26
” The portion of the regiment which had been employed on this service returned to England ib.
1743. The regiment stationed in Great Britain ib.
1744. War of the Austrian Succession ib.
” The regiment embarked for Flanders 27
1745. Rebellion in Scotland ib.
” The regiment returned to England ib.
1746. Battle of Falkirk 28
” Battle of Culloden 29
” Suppression of the Rebellion 30
1747. The regiment returned to Flanders ib.
” Battle of Laffeld, or Val ib.
1748. Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle 31
” The regiment returned to England ib.
1749. Embarked for Gibraltar ib.
1751. Colonel Lord Robert Manners appointed Colonel of the regiment 31
” Royal Warrant of the 1st of July 1751 for ensuring uniformity in the clothing, standards, and colours of the army, and regulating the number and rank of regiments ib.
1754. The regiment embarked at Gibraltar for England ib.
” Stationed in North Britain 32
1755. The regiment removed to South Britain ib.
1756. Augmented to two battalions ib.
” Encamped at Chatham ib.
1757. Encamped at Barham Downs ib.
1758. The second battalion of the Thirty-sixth formed into a distinct corps, and numbered the Seventy-fourth regiment 33
” The Thirty-sixth regiment formed part of the expedition against St. Maloes ib.
” Returned to England 34
” Second expedition to the coast of France ib.
” Capture of Cherbourg ib.
” Destruction of the batteries in the bay of St. Lunaire ib.
” Return of the regiment to England ib.
1759. Encamped at Chatham ib.
1760. Encamped at Sandheath ib.
1761. Proceeded with the expedition against Belle-Isle 35
” Capture of the island 36
” The regiment returned to England ib.
1762. Encamped at Sandheath ib.
1763. Treaty of Fontainebleau concluded ib.
1764. The regiment embarked for Jamaica ib.
1765. Major-General Richard Pierson appointed Colonel of the
regiment ib.
1773. Return of the regiment to England from Jamaica 37
1774. The light company reviewed in Richmond-park by King George III. ib.
1775. Embarkation of the regiment for Ireland ib.
1778. Colonel the Hon. Henry St. John appointed Colonel of the regiment ib.
1782. The Thirty-sixth designated the Herefordshire regiment ib.
” Removed from Ireland to England ib.
1783. Embarked for the East Indies 38
” Employed against the forces of Tippoo Saib, the Sultan of Mysore ib.
” Proceeded to Mangalore ib.
” Capture of Cannanore 39
1784. Peace concluded with Tippoo Saib ib.
1785 }
  to } The regiment stationed in the Madras presidency ib.
1788. }
1789. Renewal of hostilities with Tippoo Saib 39
1790. The regiment selected to form part of the force under Major-General Medows 40
” Advance of the troops towards the Coimbatore country ib.
” The regiment detached to the relief of Colonel Floyd 41
” Battle of Sattimungulum ib.
” Battle of Shawoor 46
” Subsequent operations against Tippoo Saib 49
1791. The army reviewed by General Charles Earl Cornwallis 50
” Siege of Bangalore 51
” Capture of that fortress 53
” Advance of troops towards Seringapatam 54
” Returned to Bangalore 55
” Capture of Nundydroog 57
1792. March of the troops towards Seringapatam 58
” Assault of the fortified camp of Tippoo Saib 61
” Siege of Seringapatam 62
” Treaty of peace concluded with Tippoo Saib ib.
1793. War with France 63
” The regiment ordered to the Coromandel coast ib.
” Capture of the French settlement of Pondicherry 64
” The regiment returned to Madras ib.
1794. Stationed at Trichinopoly ib.
1795. Proceeded to Negapatam ib.
1796 }
 and } Stationed at Warriore ib.
1797. }
1798. Embarked at Madras for England ib.
1799. Arrived at Greenhithe, and afterwards proceeded to Winchester ib.
” Authorized to bear the word “Hindoostan” on the regimental colour and appointments ib.
1800. Embarked for Ireland 65
” Proceeded with an expedition against the coast of France ib.
” Landed at Quiberon ib.
” Embarked at Minorca ib.
1801. Stationed in that island ib.
1802. Peace of Amiens ib.
” The regiment returned to Ireland ib.
1803. Renewal of the war with France ib.
1804. A second battalion added to the regiment 66
1805. The first battalion embarked for Germany ib.
1806. Returned to England 67
” The first battalion embarked for Buenos Ayres ib.
1807. Operations against Buenos Ayres 68
” Return of the battalion to Europe 69
” Stationed in Ireland ib.
1808. Embarked for Portugal with the troops under Lieut.-General the Hon. Sir Arthur Wellesley ib.
” Battle of Roleia 70
” Authorized to bear the word “Roleia” on the regimental colour and appointments ib.
1808. Battle of Vimiera 70
” Authorized to bear the word “Vimiera” on the regimental colour and appointments 71
” Advance into Spain 72
” Joined the army under Lieut.-General Sir John Moore ib.
” Retreat on Corunna 73
1809. Battle of Corunna 74
” Authorized to bear the word “Corunna” on the regimental colour and appointments 75
” Embarkation of the battalion for England ib.
” Proceeded with the expedition to the Scheldt 75
” Arrived at Walcheren ib.
” Siege and capture of Flushing ib.
” Casualties of the battalion ib.
” Returned to England 77
1810. Stationed at Battle ib.
1811. Embarked for the Peninsula ib.
” Actions at Fuentes d’Onor ib.
” Affair of Barba del Puerco ib.
” Affairs of Especha and Ronda 78
1812. Siege and capture of Ciudad Rodrigo 79
” Siege and capture of Badajoz ib.
” Battle of Salamanca 80
” Authorized to bear the word “Salamanca” on the regimental colour and appointments 82
” Siege of Burgos ib.
” Retreat from Burgos ib.
1813. Battle of Vittoria 83
” Crossing of the Pyrenees ib.
” Operations near Pampeluna ib.
” Action at Sorauren ib.
” Authorized to bear the word “Pyrenees” on the regimental colour and appointments 84
” Affairs of Urdax ib.
” Battle of the Nivelle 85
” Authorized to bear the word “Nivelle” on the regimental colour and appointments ib.
” Passage of the Nive 86
” Authorized to bear the word “Nive” on the regimental colour and appointments ib.
” Blockade of Bayonne ib.
1814. Battle of Orthes 87
” Authorized to bear the word “Orthes” on the regimental colour and appointments 88
” Affairs of Vic Bigorre and Tarbes ib.
” Battle of Toulouse 89
” Authorized to bear the words “Toulouse” and “Peninsula” on the regimental colour and appointments 91
” Sortie from Bayonne 92
” Termination of the Peninsular war ib.
” The second battalion disbanded ib.
1815. Return of Napoleon to France ib.
” Battle of Waterloo 93
” The regiment embarked for Ostend ib.
” Marched to Paris ib.
1815. Returned to England 93
1816. Stationed at Portsmouth ib.
” Permitted to resume the word “Firm” on the regimental colour and appointments 94
1817. Embarked for Malta ib.
1818. General George Don appointed Colonel of the regiment ib.
1820. Embarked for the Ionian Islands 95
1821. Casualties from sickness ib.
1825. Augmentation of establishment 97
” Formed into six service and four depôt companies ib.
” Returned from the Ionian Islands to England ib.
1827. Embarked for Ireland ib.
1829. Lieut.-General Sir Roger Hale Sheaffe, Bart., appointed Colonel of the regiment 98
1830. Formed into six service and four depôt companies ib.
” Service companies, embarked for the West Indies ib.
1833. Removed from Barbadoes to Antigua ib.
1835. Proceeded to St. Lucia 99
” Depôt companies removed from Ireland to England ib.
1837. Service companies returned to Barbadoes ib.
1838. Depôt companies returned to Ireland ib.
” Service companies embarked for Nova Scotia ib.
” Complimentary Order prior to embarkation 100
1839. Service companies stationed at Fredericton, New Brunswick ib.
1841. Removed to St. John’s, New Brunswick 101
1842. Embarked for Ireland ib.
1845. Removed from Ireland to Great Britain ib.
1846. Formed into two battalions ib.
” Presentation of new colours 102
1847. The first and reserve battalion embarked for the Ionian Islands ib.
1848. The reserve battalion employed in suppressing an insurrection in Cephalonia 103
1849. Part of the first battalion employed on a similar service 104
” The reserve battalion again employed in operations connected with the outbreak 105
1850. The establishment of the regiment reduced ib.
” The reserve consolidated with the first battalion ib.
1851. The four depôt companies embarked at Cephalonia for England ib.
” The service companies proceeded from Corfu to Barbadoes ib.
” Major-General the Lord Frederick FitzClarence, G.C.H., appointed Colonel of the regiment ib.
1852. The service companies removed from Barbadoes to Trinidad ib.
” The depôt companies proceeded from Parkhurst to Fort Pembroke Dock ib.
” Conclusion ib.