A very handsome piece of plate, which is now in the mess, was likewise presented to the above officers by Doctor McWhirter, whose house adjoined the Dispensary, and which was saved by great exertion.
1822.
In April 1822, another alarming fire occurred in Calcutta, at the cotton stores of Mr. Laprimaudage, in which a detachment of the Eighty-seventh exerted itself in a very laudable manner, and a letter of thanks was received by Lieut.-Colonel Miller, from that gentleman, for the service rendered by the officers and men on this occasion.
In 1822 the arrival of regiments from Europe, caused the Eighty-seventh to embark (by wings) in boats for the Upper Provinces, and on the 11th of July the right wing sailed for Dinapore, the left following on the 22nd of that month.
The right wing experienced bad weather and lost a number of boats, by which one serjeant, two drummers, five women, and four children were drowned. On the 19th of August the right wing landed at Dinapore, and the left on the 25th, having made a very prosperous voyage, not meeting with a single accident in the passage: on the 1st of November, the regiment marched to Ghazeepore.
1823.
On the 17th of May 1823, Lieut.-Colonel Francis M. Miller, C.B., died, after having served his Majesty upwards of thirty-four years, during which he had commanded the Eighty-seventh regiment at different periods for sixteen years. He was deeply and most deservedly regretted by every officer and soldier who had served with him, and had invariably received the marked approbation of every general officer under whom he had been placed. The command of the regiment subsequently devolved on Lieut.-Colonel Matthew Shawe, C.B.
1824.
Serjeant Stephen Carr was appointed quartermaster on the 24th of June 1824, as a reward for his distinguished gallantry and honorable trustworthy conduct: he was present in every action in which the second battalion was employed during the Peninsular war.
In consequence of the Forty-seventh regiment having embarked at Calcutta for Ava, the Eighty-seventh left Ghazeepore in boats oh the 9th of June 1824, and reached Berhampore on the 29th of the same month.