CONTENTS.


Year Page
1755Formation of the Regiment[9]
1756Uniform—Names of Officers[10]
1757Marches to Scotland[11]
1760Returns to England
1762Embarks for the West Indies
——Siege of the Moro Fort, and capture of the Havannah[12]
1763Proceeds to Ireland[14]
1770Embarks for Gibraltar
——A light company added to the establishment[15]
1779}
1780}Engaged in the successful defence of the important{ [15]
1781}fortress of Gibraltar{ to
1782}{ 21
——Styled the West Essex Regiment
1783Embarks for England
1784Proceeds to Scotland[22]
1788Embarks for Ireland
1793Riot at Wexford—Major Valloton killed
——Embarks for the West Indies[23]
1794Capture of Martinico
———— —— St. Lucia
———— —— Guadeloupe[24]
1795Returns to England—Proceeds to Ireland
1796Embarks for the West Indies[25]
1796 Detached for St. Domingo[25]
——Capture of Bombarde
1797Attack on Port Jack Thomas
——Defence of Irois
——Attack on St. Mary’s
——Proceeds to Jamaica
1798Embarks for England
1799Expedition to Holland
——Battles of Bergen and Egmont-op-Zee[26]
——Returns to England[27]
1800Embarks for Ireland
1801Recruited with men raised for European service only, who volunteer to extend their services to any part of the world[28]
1804A Second Battalion added to the establishment[29]
1805First Battalion proceeds to the East Indies
1807Second Battalion proceeds to the East Indies[30]
1809Detachment to Bourbon and the Mauritius
——Capture of Mallia[31]
——Capture of St. Paul’s on the Island of Bourbon[33]
——Detachments serve as Marines[34]
——Services in consequence of disaffection in Native Corps[35]
1810Capture of the Island of Bourbon[36]
———— —— Mauritius[37]
1811New Colours presented by the East India Company[38]
1813Services with the Guicwar’s subsidiary Force[39]
——A Third Battalion added to the establishment[40]
——Capture of Canool and Raree
1814Third Battalion serves in Holland[41]
———— —— Action at Merxem, &c.
———— —— returns to England[43]
———— —— disbanded at Sheerness
1815First Battalion proceeds to the Mauritius[44]
1816 Second Battalion serves with the Poonah Subsidiary Force[45]
1817Second Battalion returns to England and is disbanded[46]
1826The Regiment returns to England[48]
1827Embarks for Ireland
1829Court of Enquiry to investigate Regimental Books and Registries[49]
1831Embarks for Jamaica[50]
1840—— —— North America[51]
——Detachments employed in the Disputed Territory during the unsettled state of the Boundary Question
1842Embarks for Ireland[52]
1844The Conclusion[53]

SUCCESSION OF COLONELS.

1755Lord Charles Manners[55]
1761The Honorable William Keppel
1765James Durand[56]
1766Hunt Walsh
1795Samuel Hulse[57]
1797The Honorable Chapple Norton[58]
1818Sir John Murray, Baronet[59]
1827Matthew Lord Aylmer, K.C.B.[60]
1832Sir Hudson Lowe, K.C.B.
1842The Earl of Westmorland, K.C.B. & G.C.H.
SUCCESSION OF LIEUT.-COLONELS[61]
SUCCESSION OF MAJORS[62]

PLATES.

Page
Colours of the Regimentto face[9]
Uniform of 1843[52]

FIFTY-SIXTH REGIMENT OF FOOT.