| Year | Page | |
| 1803 | The Second Battalion of the Fifty-third Regiment formed from men raised under the Army of Reserve Act in Yorkshire, and assembled at Sunderland | [35] |
| 1804 | Embarked for Ireland | [36] |
| 1807 | The men enlisted for limited service transferred to a Garrison battalion; the remainder embarked from Dublin, and proceeded to Shrewsbury; thence to Weymouth, where the Battalion was augmented by volunteers from the Militia | [37] |
| 1808 | Proceeded to Bletchington, thence to Portsmouth, and embarked for Ireland | — |
| 1809 | Embarked at Cork for service with the army in Portugal | — |
| —— | Marched to Oporto | — |
| —— | Advanced into Spain, and engaged in the Battle of Talavera | [38] |
| —— | Received the Royal Authority to bear the word "Talavera" on the colours and appointments | [39] |
| —— | Withdrew into Portugal | — |
| 1810 | Advanced from Guarda to the valley of Mondego | [39] |
| —— | Ciudad Rodrigo captured by the French | [40] |
| —— | Engaged at the Battle of Busaco | — |
| —— | Occupied the lines of Torres Vedras | — |
| 1811 | The French retreated to the Portuguese frontier | — |
| —— | The fortress of Almeida invested | [41] |
| —— | Removed to San Pedro | — |
| —— | Engaged in the action at Fuentes d'Onor | — |
| —— | Resumed its post before Almeida | — |
| —— | Joined the army in the Alemtejo | — |
| —— | Crossed the Agueda to protect the inhabitants from the French garrison of Ciudad Rodrigo | — |
| 1812 | Siege and capture of Ciudad Rodrigo | [42] |
| —— | Formed part of the covering army during the siege and capture of Badajoz | — |
| —— | Moved forward to assist in the attack at Almaraz | [43] |
| —— | Employed in the siege of the French troops left in two fortified convents | — |
| —— | Engaged at the Battle of Salamanca | [44] |
| —— | Received the Royal Authority to bear the word "Salamanca" on the colours and appointments | [45] |
| —— | Entered the city of Valladolid | [46] |
| —— | Stationed at Cuellar | — |
| —— | Employed in the siege of Burgos castle | [47] |
| —— | Retired from Burgos to the Portuguese frontier | — |
| 1813 | Four companies formed part of the second Provisional battalion | — |
| —— | Six companies proceeded to England | — |
| —— | Proceeded through the Tras-os-Montes, and crossed the Esla river | [48] |
| —— | Engaged in the Battle of Vittoria | — |
| —— | Received the Royal Authority to bear the word "Vittoria" on the colours and appointments | — |
| 1813 | Followed the French army to the vicinity of Pampeluna | [49] |
| —— | Employed in the blockade of Pampeluna | — |
| —— | Advanced into the Pyrenees in support of the troops in the Pass of Roncesvalles | — |
| —— | Conflict in front of Pampeluna | — |
| —— | Received the Royal Authority to bear the word "Pyrenees" on the colours and appointments | — |
| —— | Pursued the French army through the Pyrenees | [50] |
| —— | Storming and capture of St. Sebastian | — |
| —— | Attack of the French troops on the heights of San Marcial, and Pass of St. Antonio | — |
| —— | Passage of the Bidassoa | — |
| —— | Advanced into France | [51] |
| —— | Engaged in the Battle of Nivelle | — |
| —— | Received the Royal Authority to bear the word "Nivelle" on the colours and appointments | — |
| —— | Passage of the river Nive | [52] |
| 1814 | Marched to St. Jean de Luz | — |
| —— | Rejoined the army at Grenade | — |
| —— | Marched towards Bordeaux | — |
| —— | The six companies sent to England in 1813, returned to Spain, and advanced to Tarbes | — |
| 1814 | Employed in operations against the castle of L'Ourde | [52] |
| —— | Engaged in the Battle of Toulouse | — |
| —— | Received the Royal Authority to bear the word "Toulouse" on the colours and appointments | — |
| —— | Termination of the Peninsular War | [54] |
| —— | Received the Royal Authority to bear the word "Peninsula" on the colours and appointments | — |
| —— | Encamped at Bordeaux | — |
| —— | Embarked for Ireland | — |
| —— | Re-embarked for England | [55] |
| 1815 | Stationed at Portsmouth | [55] |
| —— | Battle of Waterloo, and surrender of Napoleon Bonaparte | — |
| —— | Proceeded with Napoleon Bonaparte to St. Helena | — |
| —— | Medals presented to certain Serjeants for services in the Peninsular War | — |
| 1817 | Returned from St. Helena to England | [56] |
| —— | Arrived at Portsmouth, and proceeded to Canterbury | [57] |
| —— | Disbanded at Canterbury | — |
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| The Conclusion | [59] | |
SUCCESSION OF COLONELS
OF THE
FIFTY-THIRD
OR
THE SHROPSHIRE REGIMENT OF FOOT.
| Year | Page | |
| 1755 | William Whitmore | [59] |
| 1759 | John Toovey | — |
| 1770 | Robert Dalrymple Horne Elphinstone | [60] |
| 1794 | Gerard Lake, afterwards Viscount Lake | — |
| 1796 | Welbore Ellis Doyle | [62] |
| 1798 | Charles Crosbie | [63] |
| 1807 | Honorable John Abercromby, G.C.B | — |
| 1817 | Rowland Lord Hill, G.C.B. | [65] |
| 1830 | Lord FitzRoy James Henry Somerset, G.C.B. | [68] |
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| Memoir of the Services of Major-General Sir George Ridout Bingham, K.C.B. | [69] | |