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BY COMMAND OF His late Majesty WILLIAM THE IVTH.
and under the Patronage of
Her Majesty the Queen.
HISTORICAL RECORDS,
OF THE
British Army
Comprising the
History of every Regiment
IN HER MAJESTY'S SERVICE.
By Richard Cannon Esqre.
Adjutant General's Office, Horse Guards.
London.
Printed by Authority.
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.
COMPILED BY
RICHARD CANNON, Esq.,
ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, HORSE GUARDS.
ILLUSTRATED WITH PLATES.
LONDON:
PARKER, FURNIVALL, & PARKER,
30, CHARING-CROSS.
MDCCCXLIX.
London: Printed by William Clowes and Sons, Stamford Street,
For Her Majesty's Stationery Office.
THE SIXTY-SEVENTH,
OR
THE SOUTH HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT,
BEARS ON THE REGIMENTAL COLOUR THE FIGURE OF THE
"ROYAL TIGER,"
WITH THE WORD "INDIA" SUPERSCRIBED, IN COMMEMORATION OF
ITS SERVICES IN INDIA FROM 1805 TO 1826;
ALSO THE WORD
"BARROSA,"
AS A TESTIMONY OF THE GALLANTRY DISPLAYED BY THE SECOND
BATTALION, AT THE BATTLE OF BARROSA, ON THE 5TH OF MARCH, 1811;
AND THE WORD
"PENINSULA,"
IN COMMEMORATION OF THE SERVICES OF THE SECOND BATTALION,
IN THE EAST OF SPAIN, FROM 1810 TO 1814.
THE SIXTY-SEVENTH,
OR
THE SOUTH HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT.
[CONTENTS] — First Battalion
OF THE
HISTORICAL RECORD.
| Year | Page | |
| Introduction. | ||
| 1758 | Formation of the Regiment from second battalion of the Twentieth Regiment | [1] |
| —— | Appointment of Colonel James Wolfe to the Colonelcy | [2] |
| —— | Uniform and Facing of the Regiment | — |
| —— | Officers appointed | — |
| 1759 | Station of the Regiment | [3] |
| —— | Appointment of Lieut.-Colonel Lord Frederick Cavendish to the Colonelcy, in succession to Major-General Wolfe, killed at the Battle of Quebec | — |
| 1760 | Decease 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 | — |
| 1761 | Embarked with the expedition under the command of Major-General Hodgson | [4] |
| —— | Capture of Belle-Isle | [6] |
| 1761 | Congratulatory address to King George III. from the Citizens of London | [7] |
| —— | Appointment of Lieut.-Colonel Hamilton Lambert to the Colonelcy, in succession to Major-General Sir Henry Erskine, removed to the 25th Regiment | — |
| 1762 | Embarked for Portugal | [8] |
| 1763 | Treaty of Peace concluded at Fontainebleau | — |
| —— | Embarked to take possession of Minorca, on its being restored to Great Britain | [9] |
| 1768 | Regulations, prescribed by Royal Warrant, for maintaining uniformity in the clothing, standards, and colours of regiments, &c. &c. | — |
| 1771 | Embarked from Minorca for England | [10] |
| 1773 | Proceeded to Scotland | — |
| 1774 | Appointment of Lieut.-Colonel Edward Maxwell Brown to the Colonelcy, in succession to Lieut.-General Hamilton Lambert, deceased | — |
| 1775 | Embarked for Ireland | — |
| 1782 | Directed to assume the county title of South Hampshire Regiment, in addition to its numerical title | — |
| 1785 | Embarked for the West Indies | — |
| 1794 | Returned to England | — |
| —— | Proceeded to Ireland | — |
| 1796 | Embarked for St. Domingo to aid the planters against the negro inhabitants | — |
| 1798 | Proceeded to Jamaica | [11] |
| 1801 | Re-embarked for England | — |
| 1803 | Appointment 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 Ireland | [12] |
| —— | 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 | — |
| 1805 | The first battalion embarked for the East Indies | — |
| —— | Arrived at Bengal, and proceeded to Dinapore; thence to Benares, and to Ghazeepore | — |
| 1811 | Appointment of Lieut.-General Sir William Keppel, G.C.B., to the Colonelcy, in succession to General Peter Craig, deceased | — |
| 1813 | Marched from Ghazeepore to Cawnpore | — |
| 1815 | Marched to Meerut | [13] |
| 1817 | Proceeded on field service, and joined the army of reserve under Major-General Sir David Ochterlony | — |
| 1818 | Embarked for Bombay | — |
| —— | Six companies embarked for the Concan | — |
| —— | Engaged in the siege and capture of Ryghur | — |
| —— | Four companies embarked for Surat | [14] |
| —— | Capture of Nunderbar, and other towns and forts | — |
| —— | Embarked for the Deccan | — |
| —— | Surrender of Amulneir and Behauderpore | [15] |
| 1819 | Proceeded to Asseerghur, and joined the force under General Doveton | [16] |
| —— | Surrender of the fortress of Asseerghur | [18] |
| —— | Marched to Mallygaum | [21] |
| 1820 | Proceeded to Sholapore in the Deccan | — |
| 1823 | Proceeded to Poonah | — |
| 1826 | Embarked for Calcutta | — |
| —— | Embarked for England | [22] |
| 1826 | 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 | — |
| 1827 | Marched from Windsor to Weedon; thence to Bolton, &c. &c. | — |
| 1828 | Appointment of Major-General John Macdonald to the Colonelcy, in succession to General Sir William Keppel, removed to the 2nd Queen's Royal Regiment | — |
| 1830 | Embarked for Ireland | [23] |
| 1832 | Formed into six service and four depôt companies | — |
| —— | Service companies embarked for Gibraltar | — |
| 1833 | Embarked for the West Indies | — |
| 1840 | Embarked for Canada | — |
| 1842 | Returned to England, and rejoined by the four depôt companies | [24] |
| 1843 | Proceeded from Plymouth to Weedon, and thence to Manchester | — |
| 1844 | Appointment 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 | — |
| 1846 | Augmented to twelve companies, and formed into two battalions | — |
| 1848 | The first and the reserve battalions embarked at Cork for Gibraltar | [25] |
| —— | 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 Wight | [26] |
[CONTENTS] — Second Battalion
OF THE
HISTORICAL RECORD
OF THE SERVICES OF THE
SECOND BATTALION
OF
THE SIXTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT.
| Year | Page | |
| 1803 | Formed from men raised in Ireland under the Army of Reserve Act | [27] |
| 1804 | Augmented by men raised under the Additional Force Act | [28] |
| —— | Embarked for Scotland | — |
| 1807 | Embarked for Guernsey and Alderney | — |
| 1810 | Six companies embarked for Gibraltar, and proceeded from thence to Cadiz | — |
| —— | Four companies embarked from Guernsey for England | — |
| 1811 | The six companies formed part of the army employed on an expedition under the command of Lieut.-General Thomas Graham | — |
| —— | Engaged in the Battle of Barrosa | [29] |
| —— | Medals conferred on the general officers, and the commanding officers of corps and detachments, and on the chiefs of military departments, who were present at the Victory of Barrosa | [35] |
| 1811 | Received the Royal Authority to bear the word Barrosa on the colours and appointments | [36] |
| —— | Returned to Cadiz | [37] |
| —— | Two companies embarked from Portsmouth, and joined the six companies at Cadiz | — |
| 1812 | Embarked for Carthagena, and proceeded to Alicant | — |
| 1813 | Proceeded with the army under Lieut.-General Sir John Murray against Tarragona | [37] |
| —— | Capture of Fort San Philippe, in the Col de Balaguer | [38] |
| —— | Siege of Tarragona raised | [39] |
| —— | Lieut.-General Lord William Bentinck assumed the command of the army in the East of Spain, in succession to Lieut.-General Sir John Murray | — |
| —— | Re-embarked for Alicant | — |
| —— | Investment and capture of Tarragona | — |
| —— | Lieut.-General Lord William Bentinck's services required in Sicily; and Lieut.-General Wm. Clinton succeeded to the command of the army | [40] |
| —— | Marched into quarters at Valls, and thence to Vendrills | — |
| 1814 | The French troops under Marshal Suchet withdrew from Catalonia | — |
| —— | The battalion marched to Barcelona, and formed part of the force for the investment of that place | — |
| —— | Hostilities ceased | — |
| —— | Napoleon Bonaparte abdicated the throne of France | — |
| —— | Louis XVIII. entered Paris, and ascended the throne | [41] |
| —— | Order expressing the approbation of Field-Marshal the Marquis of Wellington, of the conduct of the division of the army employed in the East of Spain | — |
| 1814 | The battalion proceeded from Barcelona to Tarragona, and embarked for Gibraltar | [41] |
| 1815 | Return of Napoleon Bonaparte from the Island of Elba to France | — |
| —— | War recommenced | — |
| —— | Victory at Waterloo | — |
| —— | Surrender of Napoleon Bonaparte, and his conveyance to St. Helena | — |
| —— | The regiment received the Royal Authority to bear the word Peninsula on the colours and appointments | [42] |
| 1817 | The battalion embarked from Gibraltar for England | — |
| —— | Arrived at Chatham, and marched to Canterbury, where it was disbanded on the 25th of May, 1817 | — |
| Conclusion | [43] | |