Historical Record of the Sixty-first, or the South Gloucestershire Regiment of Foot / Containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1758, and of its subsequent services to 1844.

by Richard Cannon

Few regiments have been engaged in services which have called into exercise the moral and physical energies of the officers and soldiers to a greater extent than the duties in which the Sixty-first Regiment has been employed; and none have displayed the heroic virtues of the British military character more fully than this meritorious corps.

Whether at the Fort of St. Philip, in Minorca,—in the valley of the Tagus, at Talavera,—on the plains of Salamanca,—on the lofty Pyrenees,—or in the southern provinces of France, the same valour, constancy, patience, and perseverance, have shone forth with a splendour which has elevated the reputation of the corps; and its conduct in quarters has also elicited the commendations of the general officers under whom it has served. Deriving its origin from the Third Regiment of Foot, or the Buffs, the Sixty-first Regiment has inherited the same spirit which animated the officers and soldiers of that veteran corps during the wars of three centuries.

1844.

SUCCESSION OF COLONELS

OF

THE SIXTY-FIRST,

OR,

THE SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT OF

FOOT.