YearPage
Introduction.
1758Formation of the Regiment from second battalion of the Twentieth Regiment[1]
——Appointment of Colonel James Wolfe to the Colonelcy[2]
——Uniform and Facing of the Regiment
——Officers appointed
1759Station of the Regiment[3]
——Appointment of Lieut.-Colonel Lord Frederick Cavendish to the Colonelcy, in succession to Major-General Wolfe, killed at the Battle of Quebec
1760Decease of King George II., and Accession of George III. to the Throne
——Appointment of Major-General Sir Henry Erskine, Bart., to the Colonelcy, in succession to Lord Frederick Cavendish, removed to the 34th Regiment
1761Embarked with the expedition under the command of Major-General Hodgson[4]
——Capture of Belle-Isle[6]
1761 Congratulatory address to King George III. from the Citizens of London[7]
——Appointment of Lieut.-Colonel Hamilton Lambert to the Colonelcy, in succession to Major-General Sir Henry Erskine, removed to the 25th Regiment
1762Embarked for Portugal[8]
1763Treaty of Peace concluded at Fontainebleau
——Embarked to take possession of Minorca, on its being restored to Great Britain[9]
1768Regulations, prescribed by Royal Warrant, for maintaining uniformity in the clothing, standards, and colours of regiments, &c. &c.
1771Embarked from Minorca for England[10]
1773Proceeded to Scotland
1774Appointment of Lieut.-Colonel Edward Maxwell Brown to the Colonelcy, in succession to Lieut.-General Hamilton Lambert, deceased
1775Embarked for Ireland
1782Directed to assume the county title of South Hampshire Regiment, in addition to its numerical title
1785Embarked for the West Indies
1794Returned to England
——Proceeded to Ireland
1796Embarked for St. Domingo to aid the planters against the negro inhabitants
1798Proceeded to Jamaica[11]
1801Re-embarked for England
1803Appointment of Lieut.-General Francis D'Oyly to the Colonelcy, in succession to General Edward Maxwell Brown, deceased
——Appointment of General Peter Craig to the Colonelcy, in succession to Lieut.-General D'Oyly, deceased
1803 Embarked for Ireland[12]
——A second battalion added to the regiment, and formed from men raised in Ireland under the Army of Reserve and Additional Force Acts
——First battalion embarked for Guernsey
1804—— —— embarked for Portsmouth
——The regiment augmented to 1200 rank and file
1805The first battalion embarked for the East Indies
——Arrived at Bengal, and proceeded to Dinapore; thence to Benares, and to Ghazeepore
1811Appointment of Lieut.-General Sir William Keppel, G.C.B., to the Colonelcy, in succession to General Peter Craig, deceased
1813Marched from Ghazeepore to Cawnpore
1815Marched to Meerut[13]
1817Proceeded on field service, and joined the army of reserve under Major-General Sir David Ochterlony
1818Embarked for Bombay
——Six companies embarked for the Concan
——Engaged in the siege and capture of Ryghur
——Four companies embarked for Surat[14]
——Capture of Nunderbar, and other towns and forts
——Embarked for the Deccan
——Surrender of Amulneir and Behauderpore[15]
1819Proceeded to Asseerghur, and joined the force under General Doveton[16]
——Surrender of the fortress of Asseerghur[18]
——Marched to Mallygaum[21]
1820Proceeded to Sholapore in the Deccan
1823Proceeded to Poonah
1826Embarked for Calcutta
——Embarked for England[22]
1826 Arrived at Chatham and proceeded to Windsor
——Received the Royal Authority to bear on its colours and appointments the figure of the "Royal Tiger," with the word "India" superscribed
1827Marched from Windsor to Weedon; thence to Bolton, &c. &c.
1828Appointment of Major-General John Macdonald to the Colonelcy, in succession to General Sir William Keppel, removed to the 2nd Queen's Royal Regiment
1830Embarked for Ireland[23]
1832Formed into six service and four depôt companies
——Service companies embarked for Gibraltar
1833Embarked for the West Indies
1840Embarked for Canada
1842Returned to England, and rejoined by the four depôt companies[24]
1843Proceeded from Plymouth to Weedon, and thence to Manchester
1844Appointment of Major-General John Clitherow to the Colonelcy, in succession to Lieut.-General Sir John Macdonald, G.C.B., removed to the 42nd Regiment
——Embarked for Ireland
1846Augmented to twelve companies, and formed into two battalions
1848The first and the reserve battalions embarked at Cork for Gibraltar[25]
——Report of the Governor of Gibraltar on the state of discipline and efficiency of the regiment
——Depôt Company removed from Cork to the Isle of Wight[26]

[CONTENTS] — Second Battalion

OF THE

HISTORICAL RECORD

OF THE SERVICES OF THE

SECOND BATTALION

OF

THE SIXTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT.