1833
1834
1835
1836
1837
1838
In January, 1833, the regiment was at Panwell, in February it was encamped near Dungah, and in March at Deesa, where it remained during that and the two succeeding years, when it proceeded to Colaba. It was stationed at Colaba during the years 1836 and 1837[39]; and in the beginning of 1838 returned to cantonments at Poona, where it has remained until the end of the year; which brings this record to a conclusion.
The formation of the Sixth, or Royal First Warwickshire Regiment, in 1674, to support the cause of civil and religious liberty in Holland against the power of the ambitious Louis XIV. of France, gives an interesting character to its origin, and also to its early services in support of the Protestant interests. At the Revolution, in 1688, it had the honour to compose part of the army which appeared in England to rescue the country from the dangers by which it was menaced. It aided in delivering Ireland from the power of papacy, and afterwards fought under King William III. in the Netherlands. In the war of the Spanish succession it performed much sharp fighting and arduous duty in Spain. Its services at home, and in the West Indies, have been of an important character. It had the honour to gain laurels under Lieut.-General Sir John Moore, and also under the Duke of Wellington, in Portugal, Spain, and France, and acquired distinction on the distant shores of Lake Erie in North America. During the last eighteen years it has been employed in protecting the British colonial possessions in Africa and Asia, a service from which important commercial advantages are derived by the country.
SIXTH (THE ROYAL FIRST WARWICKSHIRE) REGIMENT OF FOOT, M DCCC XXXIX.
FOOTNOTES:
[6] Then called the Holland Regiment, and now the Third Foot, or the Buffs.
[7] A corps of cavalry, and two brigades of infantry, one English, and one Scots, of which the First, or the Royal Regiment, is the only remaining corps.
[8] Boyer's Life of King William III.