Historical Record of the Fourth, or the King's Own, Regiment of Foot / Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1680, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1839

by Richard Cannon

TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE

Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and consultation of external sources.

Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text, and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained. For example, daybreak, day-break; sea-service, sea service; vice-roy, vice roy; bandalier; devotedness; musquetry.

[Pg viii], '1806 Returns to England' replaced by '—— Returns to England'.
[Pg x], In List of Plates, added 'Fourth (or King's Own) Regiment of Foot, to face page 141'.
[Pg 55], 'well-pallisadoed' replaced by 'well-pallisaded'.
[Pg 55], 'forward aud chased' replaced by 'forward and chased'.
[Pg 126], 'with the but-ends' replaced by 'with the butt-ends'.
[Footnote [26], 'Welsh Fusileers' replaced by 'Welsh Fusiliers'.
[Footnote [27], 'bowitzer' replaced by 'howitzer'.