Historical Record of the Fifty-Third, or the Shropshire Regiment of Foot / Containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1755 and of its subsequent services to 1848

by Richard Cannon

1847

The regiment remained in cantonments at Ferozepore during the year 1847.

1848

On the 21st of February, 1848, the regiment returned to Lahore, where it was stationed in December, 1848, to which period this record of the services of the regiment is brought.

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1848.

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FOOTNOTES:

[6] In December, 1755, eleven regiments of infantry were raised, which have been since retained on the Establishment of the Army, and are numbered from the 50th to the 60th regiments inclusive.

[7] The spirited conduct of this brigade, on several occasions when engaged with the enemy, had given it the appellation of the "Fighting Brigade."