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Memoirs and Services of the Eighty-third Regiment, County of Dublin, from 1793 to 1907 / Including the Campaigns of the Regiment in the West Indies, Africa, the Peninsula, Ceylon, Canada, and India

Chapter 18: FOOTNOTES:
By Edward William Bray
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A detailed regimental chronicle traces the unit’s formation in the 1790s through its services into the early 1900s, presenting battalion-by-battalion narratives and campaign accounts across the West Indies, Africa, the Peninsular campaign, Ceylon, Canada, and India. It records actions, casualties, leadership changes, reorganizations and amalgamations, routine garrison duties, draft movements, and descriptive memoir material. Drawn from official orders, muster returns, and regimental archives, the account reconstructs deployments, engagements, and administrative life to give a continuous, chronological record of more than a century of service.

FOOTNOTES:

[1] On clearing the harbour, one of the transports with a company on board was so much damaged by another vessel running foul of her as to be unable to proceed, which company was relanded on the Isle of Wight, and rejoined the head-quarters at Saint Domingo in 1798.

[2]

  • Dr. Weir, 6th August, 1795.
  • Col. Fitch, 12th September, 1795.
  • Lt. Rawes, 2nd September, 1795.
  • Capt. Lee, 18th September, 1795.
  • Ens. Horridge, 24th October, 1795.
  • Lt. Armstrong, 27th October, 1795.
  • Lt. Morton, 28th October, 1795.
  • Lt. Cove, 30th October, 1795.
  • Capt. Hansald, 9th November, 1795.
  • Capt. Hay, 14th November, 1795.
  • Lt. Wilton, 14th November, 1795.
  • S. Mat. Clancy, 14th November, 1795.
  • Ens. Byrne, 17th August, 1796.
  • Ens. Morris, 20th August, 1796.
  • Capt. Stone, 20th August, 1796.
  • Lt. Trumane, 20th April, 1797.
  • Ens. Lawton.
  • Lt. Batt, 20th August, 1800.
  • F. Smith, 8th August, 1800.
  • Ens. Hill, 30th September, 1800.
  • Major White, 27th November, 1800.
  • Lt. Gibson, 4th October, 1800.
  • Capt. Wilson, 7th June, 1801.
  • Lt. Williams, 1st December, 1800.
  • Lt. Wright, 12th December, 1801.
  • Lt. Farrell, 26th January, 1802.

[3] Vide Memoir of 2nd Battalion, commencing in the year 1817.

[4] The regiment, and especially the Light Company, were warmly thanked by General Picton for their conduct.

[5] Name not in records.

[6] During the Kandyan War, Captain Trydell, in command of the Light Company of the 83rd, attacked a formidable body of rebels posted within the lofty walls of a temple, five miles from Ballengadde, drove them out, and defeated them with considerable loss.

[7] Lieutenant Cautwell, Lieutenant Smith, Ensign Macnac.

[8] Lieutenant Cox.

[9] Under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Cother.

[10] Died: Assistant-Surgeon G. R. Watson, Lieut. H. S. G. Bowles.

[11] Major T. Summerfield, Lieutenant Hon. R. Clifford.

[12] Lieutenant R. Coghlan.

[13] Lieutenant and Adjutant J. Stubbs.

[14] The regiment, on its route from Toronto to Quebec, passed down the Lachine Rapids, in the River St. Lawrence; the 1st division on the 23rd, and the 2nd division on the 24th May, 1843.

[15] Officers, 52; non-commissioned and rank and file, 1079; total 1131.

[16] Lieutenant W. Hall became adjutant in April, but died very soon afterwards. He had been promoted from the ranks. He was succeeded as adjutant by Lieutenant E. H. M. Mainwaring.

[17] The 64th Regiment were quartered with the 83rd during the time they were in Kurrachee, and the two regiments were on the most friendly terms from being so much together.

[18] On the 4th October, 1857, Captain R. C. Jones died at Ahmedabad.

[19] Sergeants, 8; corporals, 10; drummers, 7; privates, 463.

Transcriber's Note: 1. Obvious printer errors have been corrected.
2. Spelling of names has been retained as published.