OR

THE SURREY REGIMENT OF FOOT.

1756

The repose granted to Europe by the treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle was interrupted by the aggressions, made by the French, on the British territory in America. War between the two kingdoms speedily followed; and a considerable augmentation was made to the strength of the British army in the winter of 1755, and in the spring of 1756. On that occasion a second battalion was added to the THIRTY-FIRST regiment, then commanded by Major-General Henry Holmes, and stationed in Great Britain.

1758

In 1758 the second battalion of the THIRTY-FIRST foot was constituted a regiment, which was numbered the “SEVENTIETH” in the British line. It was stationed in North Britain; its facings were light grey; it contained in its ranks many men who were natives of Scotland, particularly of Glasgow, and they were commonly called the “Glasgow greys.”

The colonelcy of the SEVENTIETH regiment was conferred on Colonel John Parslow, from captain and lieut.-colonel in the first foot guards; the lieut.-colonelcy on Charles Vignoles, from major in the thirty-first regiment; and the majority on Robert Pigot, senior captain of the thirty-first. The officers appointed to the SEVENTIETH regiment were:—

Colonel John Parslow.
Lieut.-Colonel Charles Vignoles.Major Robert Pigot.
Captains.
William Piers.D. Hamilton.William Nesbit.
Hector Munro.George Grant.Captain Lieut. Jno. Fowle.
Hon. Spencer Compton.T. Grueber.
Lieutenants.
John Crofton.John Stevens.William Smith.
Rob. Clements.M. Johnston.Edward Hicks.
J. Dumarsque.A. Lysaght.Geo. Whichcot.
A. Thompson.R. Bristow.Cha. Sutherland.
Anthony Morgan.H. Norman.U. Pendergrast.
William Tullock.Jas. Cusack.W. L. Hooker.
Ensigns.
Geo. Williamson.Geo. Kinlock.Rob. Jephson.
Cha. Gordon.Rob. Orrock.Wm. Talbot.
Robert Wilson.J. Rosenhagen.
Chaplain, Tho. Parslow.Adjutant, W. L. Hooker.
Surgeon, Sam. Bright.Quarter-Master, Geo. Williamson.