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HISTORICAL RECORD.


YearPage
Introduction.[ ix]
1758Formation of the Regiment from the Second Battalion of the Thirty-first regiment[1]
——Stationed in Scotland
——Faced with light grey, and commonly called the Glasgow Greys
——The colonelcy conferred on Lieut.-Colonel John Parslow, from the First Foot Guards
——Officers appointed to Commissions in the regiment[2]
1759Removed to South Britain
1760Appointment of Lieut.-Colonel Cyrus Trapaud, from the Third regiment, to the colonelcy, in succession to Colonel Parslow, removed to the Fifty-fourth regiment
1763Embarked for Ireland
1764Embarked for the West Indies
1768The Facing directed by the Royal Warrant of the 19th of December to be Black[3]
1774Returned to England from the West Indies
1776Proceeded to Scotland
1778Embarked for North America[3]
——Appointment of Major-General William Tryon to the colonelcy, in succession to Lieut.-General Trapaud, removed to the Fifty-second regiment
1781Stationed in Nova Scotia
1782Directed to assume the County title of “Surrey” regiment, in addition to its Numerical title
1783Appointment of Colonel the Earl of Suffolk to the colonelcy, in succession to Lieut.-General Tryon, removed to the Twenty-ninth regiment
1784Returned to England from North America[4]
1787Embarked for Ireland
1793Embarked for the West Indies
1794Engaged in the capture of Martinique
1795Returned to England[5]
——Embarked for Gibraltar[6]
1800Embarked for the West Indies, where six companies arrived
——Four companies prevented from proceeding to the West Indies by the vessel having sprung a leak, and proceeded from Lisbon to Jersey
1801The six companies returned from the West Indies and joined the four companies at Jersey
——The Regiment proceeded from Jersey to Dover
1803Embarked for the West Indies
1807Detachment engaged in the capture of certain Danish West India Islands
1810Flank companies formed part of an expedition against Guadaloupe[7]
——Capture of Guadaloupe
1812Returned from the West Indies[8]
——Proceeded to Scotland
——Received the Royal Authority to assume the title of the Glasgow Lowland regiment
1813Engaged on duties at Montrose and Perth[8]
——Embarked for Ireland
——Embarked for Canada
1814Appointment of Lieut.-General Honorable Sir G. Lowry Cole, K.B., to the colonelcy, in succession to General the Earl of Suffolk, removed to the Forty-fourth regiment
——Employed at Quebec, Montreal, Cornwall, and Kingston in Canada
1816Appointment of Lieut.-General Forbes Champagné to the colonelcy, in succession to Lieut.-General Sir G. Lowry Cole, removed to the Thirty-fourth regiment[9]
——Appointment of Major-General Sir Kenneth Alexander Howard, K.C.B., afterwards Earl of Effingham, to the colonelcy, in succession to Lieut.-General Champagné, deceased
1825Authorized to resume the County title of the Surrey regiment, and to discontinue the title of the Glasgow Lowland regiment
1826Continued on duty at different stations in Canada
1827Embarked from Canada[10]
——Proceeded to Ireland
1832Appointment of Lieut.-General G. J. Hall to the colonelcy, in succession to Lieut.-General Lord Howard of Effingham
1834Formed into six Service, and four Depôt companies, preparatory to embarkation for a foreign station
——Service companies embarked from Cork for Gibraltar
1835Depôt companies embarked from Ireland for Guernsey
1836Service companies embarked from Gibraltar for Malta
1838Service companies embarked from Malta for the West Indies[10]
——Depôt companies embarked from Guernsey for Ireland
——The Royal Court of Guernsey passed an Act in order to record in a permanent manner their testimony of the good conduct and discipline of the officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates of the Seventieth regiment
1841The Service companies embarked from the West Indies for Canada[12]
——Received the thanks of the Lieut.-General commanding in the West Indies
1843Embarked at Quebec for England[13]
——Arrived at Portsmouth, and joined by the Depôt companies from Ireland
——Proceeded to Manchester
1845Embarked for Ireland
1847Establishment augmented to 1000 rank and file[14]
1848Ordered to be held in readiness to embark for the East Indies
Conclusion[14]

1849.


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