EIGHTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT,
OR
THE ROYAL IRISH FUSILIERS.
CONTENTS
OF THE
HISTORICAL RECORD.
| Year. | Page | |
| Introduction | [1] | |
| 1793. | Formation of the regiment | [2] |
| 1794. | Names of officers | [4] |
| ” | Embarked for Flanders | [5] |
| ” | Action at Alost | ib. |
| 1795. | Proceeded to Bergen-op-Zoom | ib. |
| ” | Marched prisoners into France | [6] |
| 1796. | The regiment again recruited | ib. |
| ” | Embarked as part of a secret expedition to the North Sea | ib. |
| ” | Return of the troops to England | ib. |
| ” | The regiment embarked for the West Indies | ib. |
| 1797. | Capture of Trinidad | ib. |
| ” | Expedition against Porto Rico | [7] |
| ” | The regiment proceeded to St. Lucia | ib. |
| 1798. | Stationed at St. Lucia | [8] |
| 1799. | Proceeded to Martinique | ib. |
| 1800. | Removed to Dominica | ib. |
| 1801. | Embarked for Barbadoes | ib. |
| ” | Proceeded to Curaçoa | ib. |
| 1802. | Peace of Amiens | ib. |
| 1803. | Renewal of hostilities | ib. |
| 1804. | The regiment returned to England | [9] |
| ” | Proceeded to Guernsey | ib. |
| ” | War with Spain | ib. |
| ” | Formation of the second battalion | ib. |
| 1805. | The first battalion removed to Portsmouth | [10] |
| 1806. | Proceeded to Plymouth | ib. |
| ” | Embarked for Monte Video | ib. |
| 1807. | Capture of that place | [11] |
| ” | Authorised to bear the word “Monte Video” on the regimental colour and appointments | ib. |
| ” | The light company engaged at Colonia, near Buenos Ayres | ib. |
| ” | Assault of Buenos Ayres | [12] |
| ” | Withdrawal of the British troops | [15] |
| ” | The first battalion embarked for the Cape of Good Hope | ib. |
| 1808 } | ||
| and } | Stationed in that colony | ib. |
| 1809 } | ||
| 1810. | Embarked for the Mauritius | [16] |
| ” | Capture of that island | ib. |
| 1811 } | ||
| to } | Stationed at the Mauritius | ib. |
| 1814 } | ||
| 1815. | Embarked for Bengal | ib. |
| 1816. | War with the Rajah of Nepaul | [17] |
| ” | Affair on the heights of Sierapore | [18] |
| ” | Termination of the campaign | [19] |
| ” | Return of the battalion to Bengal | ib. |
| ” | Stationed at Cawnpore | ib. |
| 1817. | Engaged in the siege of the Fort of Hattrass | ib. |
| ” | Returned to Cawnpore | [20] |
| ” | The Pindaree campaign | ib. |
| ” | Casualties from cholera | ib. |
| 1818. | Conclusion of peace | [21] |
| ” | Return of the regiment to Cawnpore | ib. |
| 1820. | Marched to Fort William | ib. |
| 1821. | Meritorious conduct of the regiment at the fire in the East India Company’s Dispensary at Calcutta | ib. |
| ” | Presentation of testimonials, in consequence, to the regiment | [22] |
| 1822. | Similar conduct of the regiment at another alarming fire in Calcutta | [23] |
| ” | Embarked for the Upper Provinces | ib. |
| 1823. | Decease of Lieut.-Colonel Miller | ib. |
| ” | The regiment stationed at Ghazeepore | ib. |
| 1824. | Removed to Berhampore | ib. |
| 1825. | Proceeded to Calcutta | [24] |
| ” | Decease of Lieut.-Colonel Browne | ib. |
| ” | Commencement of the Burmese War | ib. |
| ” | The regiment embarked for Ava | ib. |
| ” | Engaged with the Burmese near Prome | ib. |
| 1826. | Capture of Melloone | [25] |
| ” | Operations against Moulmein | ib. |
| ” | Termination of the Burmese War | ib. |
| ” | Authorised to bear the word “Ava” on the regimental colour and appointments | [26] |
| ” | Decease of Lieut.-Colonel Shawe | [27] |
| ” | The regiment embarked for Calcutta | ib. |
| ” | Reviewed at Calcutta by General Lord Combermere, Commander-in-Chief in India | [28] |
| 1827. | Complimentary order on the embarkation of the regiment for England | ib. |
| 1827. | Stationed in the Isle of Wight | [29] |
| ” | Application from General Sir John Doyle for the regiment to be constituted a light infantry corps | [30] |
| ” | Styled the “Prince of Wales’s Own Irish Regiment of Fusiliers” | [32] |
| ” | Facings changed from Green to Blue | [33] |
| ” | Styled the “Eighty-seventh, or Royal Irish Fusiliers” | ib. |
| 1828. | Reviewed by General Lord Hill, Commanding-in-chief | [34] |
| ” | Marched to London | ib. |
| ” | Proceeded to Chester | [35] |
| ” | Services of the regiment at a fire | ib. |
| 1829. | Three companies employed in aid of the Civil Power in Wales | ib. |
| ” | Marched to Stockport | [36] |
| ” | Stationed at Manchester | [37] |
| 1830. | Embarked for Ireland | [38] |
| ” | Returned to England | ib. |
| 1831. | Formed into service and depôt companies | ib. |
| ” | Service companies embarked for the Mauritius | ib. |
| 1832 } | ||
| and } | Remained at the Mauritius | ib. |
| 1833 } | ||
| 1834. | Major-General Sir Thomas Reynell, Bart., K.C.B., appointed Colonel of the regiment | ib. |
| 1835. | The depôt companies embarked for Ireland | ib. |
| 1836 } | ||
| to } | Stationed in Ireland | [39] |
| 1839.} | ||
| 1840. | Returned to England | ib. |
| 1841. | Major-General Sir Hugh (now Viscount) Gough, K.C.B., appointed Colonel of the regiment | ib. |
| 1843. | The service companies returned to England from the Mauritius | ib. |
| ” | The regiment proceeded to Glasgow | ib. |
| 1844. | Marched to Edinburgh | ib. |
| 1846. | Proceeded to Monmouthshire | [40] |
| 1847. | Removed to Weedon | ib. |
| 1848. | Augmented to the India establishment | ib. |
| 1849. | Embarked for Calcutta | ib. |
| 1853. | Conclusion | ib. |
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