NINETEENTH REGIMENT OF FOOT.
[CONTENTS]
OF THE
HISTORICAL RECORD.
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| Year | Introduction | |
| 1688 | Formation of the regiment | [1] |
| 1689 | Francis Lutterell appointed to be Colonel | [2] |
| —— | Names of Officers appointed to Commissions | — |
| —— | Regiment marched to Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight | — |
| —— | Embarked as Marines | — |
| —— | Returned to Plymouth | — |
| 1690 | Embarked for Ireland | [3] |
| —— | Detachment sent to the West Indies | — |
| 1691 | Returned to England | — |
| —— | Appointment of Thomas Erle to be Colonel, in succession to Colonel F. Lutterell, deceased | — |
| 1692 | Embarked for Flanders | — |
| —— | Engaged at the battle of Steenkirk | — |
| 1693 | ————– the battle of Landen | [4] |
| —— | Entered winter quarters at Malines | — |
| 1694 | Engaged in operations in Flanders and Brabant | — |
| —— | Returned to Malines | — |
| 1695 | Engaged in the siege of Namur | — |
| —— | Occupied winter quarters at Dendermond | [5] |
| 1696 | Returned to England in consequence of the expectation of invasion by France, and of the plan for assassinating King William | [5] |
| 1697 | Re-embarked for Flanders and encamped near Brussels | — |
| —— | Treaty of Peace concluded at Ryswick | — |
| —— | Returned to England | — |
| 1698 | Embarked for Ireland | — |
| 1702 | War recommenced with France | — |
| —— | Embarked from Ireland for the Isle of Wight | [6] |
| —— | Proceeded on an expedition to Cadiz | — |
| —— | ———— to the West Indies | — |
| 1704 | Returned to Ireland | [7] |
| 1705 | Embarked for England | — |
| 1709 | Promotion of Lieut.-Colonel Freke to be Colonel, in succession to Lieut.-General Erle, retired | — |
| 1710 | Embarked for Flanders | — |
| —— | Engaged in forcing the French lines at Pont-à-Vendin | — |
| —— | Siege and surrender of Douay | — |
| —— | ————————— Bethune | — |
| —— | ————————— Aire and St.-Venant | — |
| —— | Entered winter quarters at Ghent | — |
| 1711 | Encamped at Warde | [8] |
| —— | Engaged in forcing the French lines at Arleux | — |
| —— | Siege and surrender of Bouchain | — |
| 1712 | Appointment of Richard Sutton to be Colonel, in succession to Colonel G. Freke, deceased | — |
| —— | The Duke of Ormond assumed the command of the army in Flanders | — |
| —— | Suspension of hostilities | — |
| —— | British troops retired to Ghent | — |
| 1713 | Regiment stationed in Flanders | — |
| 1714 | Returned to England | — |
| 1715 | Promotion of Lieut.-Colonel Grove to be Colonel, in place of Major-General Sutton, retired | — |
| 1722 | Encamped on Salisbury Plain | [9] |
| 1723 | Marched to Scotland | — |
| 1729 | Re-appointment of Major-General Sutton to be Colonel in succession to Colonel Grove, deceased | — |
| —— | Embarked for Ireland | — |
| 1738 | Appointment of Colonel Honorable Charles Howard to be Colonel, in succession to Lieut.-General Sutton, deceased | — |
| 1739 | War declared against Spain | — |
| —— | Removed from Ireland to North Britain | — |
| 1742 | War declared against France and Bavaria | — |
| 1744 | Embarked for Flanders | — |
| —— | Quartered during the winter at Ghent | — |
| 1745 | Advanced to the relief of Tournay | — |
| —— | Engaged at the battle of Fontenoy | [10] |
| —— | Retreated to Aeth | — |
| 1746 | Engaged at Roucoux | [11] |
| —— | Retreated to Maestricht | — |
| 1747 | Engaged at Val | — |
| 1748 | Treaty of Peace concluded at Aix-la-Chapelle | [12] |
| —— | Appointment of Colonel Lord George Beauclerk to be Colonel, in succession to Major-General Honorable Charles Howard, removed to the 3rd Dragoon Guards | — |
| 1749 | Regiment returned to England | [13] |
| —— | Embarked for Gibraltar | — |
| 1751 | The colours, clothing, &c., regulated by royal warrant of King George II. | — |
| 1753 | Returned to England | — |
| 1755 | Proceeded to Scotland | — |
| 1756 | Returned to England | — |
| —— | War commenced with France | — |
| —— | Regiment augmented to two battalions | — |
| 1758 | The second battalion formed into a distinct regiment, and numbered the 66th regiment. | — |
| 1759 | Encamped at Brentwood | [14] |
| 1760 | Encamped at Barham Down | [14] |
| 1761 | Formed part of an expedition against Belle-Isle on the coast of Bretagne | — |
| —— | Capture of Belle-Isle | [15] |
| 1762 | Returned to England | — |
| —— | Treaty of Peace concluded at Fontainebleau | — |
| —— | Regiment embarked for Gibraltar | — |
| 1768 | Appointment of General David Graeme to be Colonel, in succession to Lord George Beauclerk, deceased | — |
| 1771 | Regiment returned to England | [16] |
| 1773 | Stationed in Scotland | — |
| 1775 | Embarked for Ireland | — |
| 1781 | —————– America | — |
| 1782 | Designated the NINETEENTH, or the First Yorkshire North Riding Regiment | — |
| —— | Peace concluded with America | — |
| —— | Proceeded to the West Indies | — |
| 1783 | Removed to Jamaica | — |
| 1791 | Returned to England | — |
| 1793 | War commenced with France | — |
| —— | Embarked under General the Earl of Moira to aid the French Royalists in La Vendée and La Loire | [17] |
| 1794 | Returned to England, and landed in Devonshire | — |
| —— | Embarked for Ostend | — |
| —— | Joined the army under the Duke of York at Malines | — |
| —— | Retreated through Holland to Germany | [18] |
| —— | Engaged with the enemy at Tuyl | — |
| 1795 | Embarked from Bremen for England | — |
| 1796 | ———— for the East Indies and landed at Madras | — |
| —— | Embarked for Ceylon, and landed at Columbo | — |
| 1797 | Appointment of General Samuel Hulse in succession to General Graeme, deceased | [18] |
| 1799 | Five companies embarked for India, and engaged in the storming and capture of Seringapatam, on the 4th of May, when Tippoo Saib was mortally wounded | [19] |
| —— | The five companies returned to Ceylon | — |
| 1800 | Marched from Columbo to Point de Galle | — |
| 1801 | Embarked for Trincomalee | [20] |
| 1802 | The Island of Ceylon retained by Great Britain on the conclusion of Peace between France and Holland | — |
| 1803 | War recommenced with France and Holland | — |
| —— | Marched to Candy | — |
| —— | Engaged on arduous service against the perfidious Candians | [21] |
| 1804 | Further engagement with the Candians | [22] |
| 1805 | The Candians again defeated | — |
| —— | Embarked for Columbo | — |
| 1806 | Proceeded to Trincomalee | — |
| —— | Marched back to Columbo | — |
| 1809 | Proceeded to Madras and joined a division of troops employed against the Rajah of Travancore | — |
| —— | Returned to Ceylon, after compelling the Rajah of Travancore to submit | [23] |
| 1810 | Appointment of General Sir Hew Dalrymple, from 37th regiment, to the colonelcy, in succession to General Sir Samuel Hulse, removed to 62nd regiment | — |
| —— | Four companies embarked with an expedition against the Isle of France | — |
| —— | Capture of the Isle of France | — |
| —— | The four companies returned to Ceylon | — |
| 1811 | Appointment of General Sir Hilgrove Turner to the colonelcy, in succession to Sir Hew Dalrymple, removed to 57th regiment | [24] |
| 1814 | Embarked for Trincomalee | [24] |
| 1815 | The British troops advanced against the King of Candy | — |
| —— | The King of Candy brought prisoner to the British camp | [25] |
| —— | The Malbar dynasty deposed, and the provinces of Candy united to the dominions of the British Crown | — |
| 1816 | Remained at Trincomalee | — |
| 1818 | Returned to Columbo | — |
| —— | Marched to Candy to suppress a rebellion of several native chiefs | [26] |
| —— | Returned to Columbo, and marched to Point de Galle | — |
| 1820 | Embarked for England | — |
| 1821 | —————– Ireland | — |
| 1826 | Formed into six service and four depôt companies | — |
| —— | Embarked for the West Indies | — |
| 1830 | Depôt companies embarked from Cork for England | — |
| 1836 | Service companies returned from the West Indies to Ireland | [27] |
| —— | Joined by the depôt companies from England | — |
| 1839 | Embarked from Dublin for Bristol | — |
| 1840 | Returned to Ireland | — |
| —— | Formed into six service and four depôt companies | — |
| —— | Service companies embarked for Malta | — |
| 1841 | Depôt companies embarked from Ireland for England | — |
| 1843 | Appointment of General Sir W. M. Peacocke to be Colonel, in succession to General Sir Hilgrove Turner, deceased | — |
| —— | Service companies embarked for the Ionian Islands | — |
| 1843 | Depôt companies embarked for Jersey | [27] |
| 1845 | Depôt companies embarked for Ireland | [28] |
| —— | Service companies embarked from Corfu for the West Indies | — |
| 1848 | Service companies embarked from Barbadoes for Canada | — |
| The Conclusion | [29] |
APPENDIX.
| List of Battles, Sieges, &c. in the Netherlands from 1689 to 1697 | [31] |
| List of Battles, Sieges, &c. in the Netherlands and Germany from 1702 to 1712 | [32] |