THIRTY-SIXTH,
OR
HEREFORDSHIRE REGIMENT OF FOOT.
CONTENTS
OF THE
HISTORICAL RECORD.
| Year. | Page. | ||
| 1700. | Introduction | [1] | |
| 1701. | Formation of the regiment | [2] | |
| ” | William Viscount Charlemont appointed Colonel of the regiment | ib. | |
| 1702. | War of the Spanish succession | [3] | |
| ” | Expedition to Cadiz | [4] | |
| ” | The regiment embarked for Cadiz | [5] | |
| ” | Embarkation return of the regiment | [6] | |
| ” | Detached to the West Indies | [7] | |
| 1704. | Returned to Ireland | ib. | |
| 1705. | Embarked for Spain | [8] | |
| ” | Siege of Barcelona | [9] | |
| ” | Capture of Montjuich | [11] | |
| ” | Surrender of Barcelona | ib. | |
| 1706. | Barcelona invested by the French and Spaniards | [13] | |
| ” | Successful defence of the place by the Allies | ib. | |
| ” | Withdrawal of the enemy from Barcelona | [13] | |
| ” | Lieut.-Colonel Thomas Alnutt appointed Colonel of the regiment | ib. | |
| ” | The regiment embarked for Valencia | [14] | |
| ” | Capture of Requena and Cuenza | ib. | |
| 1707. | Battle of Almanza | [15] | |
| ” | Casualties of the regiment | [16] | |
| 1708. | Recruiting of the regiment | [17] | |
| 1709. | Colonel Archibald Earl of Ilay appointed Colonel of the regiment | [18] | |
| 1710. | Colonel Desney appointed Colonel of the regiment | ib. | |
| 1711. | Expedition against Quebec | [19] | |
| ” | The regiment selected to form part thereof | ib. | |
| ” | Returned to England | [20] | |
| 1712. | Embarked for Dunkirk | ib. | |
| 1713. | Treaty of Utrecht signed | ib. | |
| 1714. | The regiment returned to England | [21] | |
| ” | Proceeded to Ireland | ib. | |
| 1715. | Colonel William Egerton appointed Colonel of the regiment | ib. | |
| ” | The regiment embarked for Scotland | ib. | |
| ” | Battle of Sheriffmuir | ib. | |
| ” | Arrival of the Pretender in Scotland | [22] | |
| 1716. | The Pretender returned to France | ib. | |
| ” | Termination of the Rebellion | ib. | |
| 1718. | The regiment proceeded to Ireland | ib. | |
| 1719. | Embarked for Great Britain | ib. | |
| ” | Brigadier-General Sir Charles Hotham, Bart., appointed Colonel of the regiment | [23] | |
| 1720. | The regiment returned to Ireland | ib. | |
| ” | Colonel John Pocock appointed Colonel of the regiment | ib. | |
| 1721. | Lieut.-Colonel Charles Lenoe appointed Colonel of the regiment | ib. | |
| 1732. | Brigadier-General John Moyle appointed Colonel of the | ||
| regiment | ib. | ||
| 1737. | Lieut.-Colonel Humphrey Bland appointed Colonel of the regiment | ib. | |
| 1739. | The regiment removed from Ireland to Great Britain | [24] | |
| 1740. | Part of the regiment embarked for the West Indies | ib. | |
| 1741. | Lieut.-Colonel James Fleming appointed Colonel of the regiment | ib. | |
| ” | Operations against Carthagena | [25] | |
| ” | Siege of Bocca-Chica and of the Castle of Lazar | ib. | |
| ” | Return of the expedition to Jamaica | [26] | |
| ” | The portion of the regiment which had been employed on this service returned to England | ib. | |
| 1743. | The regiment stationed in Great Britain | ib. | |
| 1744. | War of the Austrian Succession | ib. | |
| ” | The regiment embarked for Flanders | [27] | |
| 1745. | Rebellion in Scotland | ib. | |
| ” | The regiment returned to England | ib. | |
| 1746. | Battle of Falkirk | [28] | |
| ” | Battle of Culloden | [29] | |
| ” | Suppression of the Rebellion | [30] | |
| 1747. | The regiment returned to Flanders | ib. | |
| ” | Battle of Laffeld, or Val | ib. | |
| 1748. | Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle | [31] | |
| ” | The regiment returned to England | ib. | |
| 1749. | Embarked for Gibraltar | ib. | |
| 1751. | Colonel Lord Robert Manners appointed Colonel of the regiment | [31] | |
| ” | Royal Warrant of the 1st of July 1751 for ensuring uniformity in the clothing, standards, and colours of the army, and regulating the number and rank of regiments | ib. | |
| 1754. | The regiment embarked at Gibraltar for England | ib. | |
| ” | Stationed in North Britain | [32] | |
| 1755. | The regiment removed to South Britain | ib. | |
| 1756. | Augmented to two battalions | ib. | |
| ” | Encamped at Chatham | ib. | |
| 1757. | Encamped at Barham Downs | ib. | |
| 1758. | The second battalion of the Thirty-sixth formed into a distinct corps, and numbered the Seventy-fourth regiment | [33] | |
| ” | The Thirty-sixth regiment formed part of the expedition against St. Maloes | ib. | |
| ” | Returned to England | [34] | |
| ” | Second expedition to the coast of France | ib. | |
| ” | Capture of Cherbourg | ib. | |
| ” | Destruction of the batteries in the bay of St. Lunaire | ib. | |
| ” | Return of the regiment to England | ib. | |
| 1759. | Encamped at Chatham | ib. | |
| 1760. | Encamped at Sandheath | ib. | |
| 1761. | Proceeded with the expedition against Belle-Isle | [35] | |
| ” | Capture of the island | [36] | |
| ” | The regiment returned to England | ib. | |
| 1762. | Encamped at Sandheath | ib. | |
| 1763. | Treaty of Fontainebleau concluded | ib. | |
| 1764. | The regiment embarked for Jamaica | ib. | |
| 1765. | Major-General Richard Pierson appointed Colonel of the | ||
| regiment | ib. | ||
| 1773. | Return of the regiment to England from Jamaica | [37] | |
| 1774. | The light company reviewed in Richmond-park by King George III. | ib. | |
| 1775. | Embarkation of the regiment for Ireland | ib. | |
| 1778. | Colonel the Hon. Henry St. John appointed Colonel of the regiment | ib. | |
| 1782. | The Thirty-sixth designated the Herefordshire regiment | ib. | |
| ” | Removed from Ireland to England | ib. | |
| 1783. | Embarked for the East Indies | [38] | |
| ” | Employed against the forces of Tippoo Saib, the Sultan of Mysore | ib. | |
| ” | Proceeded to Mangalore | ib. | |
| ” | Capture of Cannanore | [39] | |
| 1784. | Peace concluded with Tippoo Saib | ib. | |
| 1785 | } | ||
| to | } The regiment stationed in the Madras presidency | ib. | |
| 1788. | } | ||
| 1789. | Renewal of hostilities with Tippoo Saib | [39] | |
| 1790. | The regiment selected to form part of the force under Major-General Medows | [40] | |
| ” | Advance of the troops towards the Coimbatore country | ib. | |
| ” | The regiment detached to the relief of Colonel Floyd | [41] | |
| ” | Battle of Sattimungulum | ib. | |
| ” | Battle of Shawoor | [46] | |
| ” | Subsequent operations against Tippoo Saib | [49] | |
| 1791. | The army reviewed by General Charles Earl Cornwallis | [50] | |
| ” | Siege of Bangalore | [51] | |
| ” | Capture of that fortress | [53] | |
| ” | Advance of troops towards Seringapatam | [54] | |
| ” | Returned to Bangalore | [55] | |
| ” | Capture of Nundydroog | [57] | |
| 1792. | March of the troops towards Seringapatam | [58] | |
| ” | Assault of the fortified camp of Tippoo Saib | [61] | |
| ” | Siege of Seringapatam | [62] | |
| ” | Treaty of peace concluded with Tippoo Saib | ib. | |
| 1793. | War with France | [63] | |
| ” | The regiment ordered to the Coromandel coast | ib. | |
| ” | Capture of the French settlement of Pondicherry | [64] | |
| ” | The regiment returned to Madras | ib. | |
| 1794. | Stationed at Trichinopoly | ib. | |
| 1795. | Proceeded to Negapatam | ib. | |
| 1796 | } | ||
| and | } Stationed at Warriore | ib. | |
| 1797. | } | ||
| 1798. | Embarked at Madras for England | ib. | |
| 1799. | Arrived at Greenhithe, and afterwards proceeded to Winchester | ib. | |
| ” | Authorized to bear the word “Hindoostan” on the regimental colour and appointments | ib. | |
| 1800. | Embarked for Ireland | [65] | |
| ” | Proceeded with an expedition against the coast of France | ib. | |
| ” | Landed at Quiberon | ib. | |
| ” | Embarked at Minorca | ib. | |
| 1801. | Stationed in that island | ib. | |
| 1802. | Peace of Amiens | ib. | |
| ” | The regiment returned to Ireland | ib. | |
| 1803. | Renewal of the war with France | ib. | |
| 1804. | A second battalion added to the regiment | [66] | |
| 1805. | The first battalion embarked for Germany | ib. | |
| 1806. | Returned to England | [67] | |
| ” | The first battalion embarked for Buenos Ayres | ib. | |
| 1807. | Operations against Buenos Ayres | [68] | |
| ” | Return of the battalion to Europe | [69] | |
| ” | Stationed in Ireland | ib. | |
| 1808. | Embarked for Portugal with the troops under Lieut.-General the Hon. Sir Arthur Wellesley | ib. | |
| ” | Battle of Roleia | [70] | |
| ” | Authorized to bear the word “Roleia” on the regimental colour and appointments | ib. | |
| 1808. | Battle of Vimiera | [70] | |
| ” | Authorized to bear the word “Vimiera” on the regimental colour and appointments | [71] | |
| ” | Advance into Spain | [72] | |
| ” | Joined the army under Lieut.-General Sir John Moore | ib. | |
| ” | Retreat on Corunna | [73] | |
| 1809. | Battle of Corunna | [74] | |
| ” | Authorized to bear the word “Corunna” on the regimental colour and appointments | [75] | |
| ” | Embarkation of the battalion for England | ib. | |
| ” | Proceeded with the expedition to the Scheldt | [75] | |
| ” | Arrived at Walcheren | ib. | |
| ” | Siege and capture of Flushing | ib. | |
| ” | Casualties of the battalion | ib. | |
| ” | Returned to England | [77] | |
| 1810. | Stationed at Battle | ib. | |
| 1811. | Embarked for the Peninsula | ib. | |
| ” | Actions at Fuentes d’Onor | ib. | |
| ” | Affair of Barba del Puerco | ib. | |
| ” | Affairs of Especha and Ronda | [78] | |
| 1812. | Siege and capture of Ciudad Rodrigo | [79] | |
| ” | Siege and capture of Badajoz | ib. | |
| ” | Battle of Salamanca | [80] | |
| ” | Authorized to bear the word “Salamanca” on the regimental colour and appointments | [82] | |
| ” | Siege of Burgos | ib. | |
| ” | Retreat from Burgos | ib. | |
| 1813. | Battle of Vittoria | [83] | |
| ” | Crossing of the Pyrenees | ib. | |
| ” | Operations near Pampeluna | ib. | |
| ” | Action at Sorauren | ib. | |
| ” | Authorized to bear the word “Pyrenees” on the regimental colour and appointments | [84] | |
| ” | Affairs of Urdax | ib. | |
| ” | Battle of the Nivelle | [85] | |
| ” | Authorized to bear the word “Nivelle” on the regimental colour and appointments | ib. | |
| ” | Passage of the Nive | [86] | |
| ” | Authorized to bear the word “Nive” on the regimental colour and appointments | ib. | |
| ” | Blockade of Bayonne | ib. | |
| 1814. | Battle of Orthes | [87] | |
| ” | Authorized to bear the word “Orthes” on the regimental colour and appointments | [88] | |
| ” | Affairs of Vic Bigorre and Tarbes | ib. | |
| ” | Battle of Toulouse | [89] | |
| ” | Authorized to bear the words “Toulouse” and “Peninsula” on the regimental colour and appointments | [91] | |
| ” | Sortie from Bayonne | [92] | |
| ” | Termination of the Peninsular war | ib. | |
| ” | The second battalion disbanded | ib. | |
| 1815. | Return of Napoleon to France | ib. | |
| ” | Battle of Waterloo | [93] | |
| ” | The regiment embarked for Ostend | ib. | |
| ” | Marched to Paris | ib. | |
| 1815. | Returned to England | [93] | |
| 1816. | Stationed at Portsmouth | ib. | |
| ” | Permitted to resume the word “Firm” on the regimental colour and appointments | [94] | |
| 1817. | Embarked for Malta | ib. | |
| 1818. | General George Don appointed Colonel of the regiment | ib. | |
| 1820. | Embarked for the Ionian Islands | [95] | |
| 1821. | Casualties from sickness | ib. | |
| 1825. | Augmentation of establishment | [97] | |
| ” | Formed into six service and four depôt companies | ib. | |
| ” | Returned from the Ionian Islands to England | ib. | |
| 1827. | Embarked for Ireland | ib. | |
| 1829. | Lieut.-General Sir Roger Hale Sheaffe, Bart., appointed Colonel of the regiment | [98] | |
| 1830. | Formed into six service and four depôt companies | ib. | |
| ” | Service companies, embarked for the West Indies | ib. | |
| 1833. | Removed from Barbadoes to Antigua | ib. | |
| 1835. | Proceeded to St. Lucia | [99] | |
| ” | Depôt companies removed from Ireland to England | ib. | |
| 1837. | Service companies returned to Barbadoes | ib. | |
| 1838. | Depôt companies returned to Ireland | ib. | |
| ” | Service companies embarked for Nova Scotia | ib. | |
| ” | Complimentary Order prior to embarkation | [100] | |
| 1839. | Service companies stationed at Fredericton, New Brunswick | ib. | |
| 1841. | Removed to St. John’s, New Brunswick | [101] | |
| 1842. | Embarked for Ireland | ib. | |
| 1845. | Removed from Ireland to Great Britain | ib. | |
| 1846. | Formed into two battalions | ib. | |
| ” | Presentation of new colours | [102] | |
| 1847. | The first and reserve battalion embarked for the Ionian Islands | ib. | |
| 1848. | The reserve battalion employed in suppressing an insurrection in Cephalonia | [103] | |
| 1849. | Part of the first battalion employed on a similar service | [104] | |
| ” | The reserve battalion again employed in operations connected with the outbreak | [105] | |
| 1850. | The establishment of the regiment reduced | ib. | |
| ” | The reserve consolidated with the first battalion | ib. | |
| 1851. | The four depôt companies embarked at Cephalonia for England | ib. | |
| ” | The service companies proceeded from Corfu to Barbadoes | ib. | |
| ” | Major-General the Lord Frederick FitzClarence, G.C.H., appointed Colonel of the regiment | ib. | |
| 1852. | The service companies removed from Barbadoes to Trinidad | ib. | |
| ” | The depôt companies proceeded from Parkhurst to Fort Pembroke Dock | ib. | |
| ” | Conclusion | ib. |