OR
THE CHESHIRE REGIMENT OF FOOT.
CONTENTS
OF THE
HISTORICAL RECORD.
| Year | Page | |
| Introduction. | ||
| 1689 | Formation of the Regiment | [1] |
| —— | Henry, Duke of Norfolk appointed to the Colonelcy | - |
| —— | Numbered the Twenty-Second Regiment | - |
| —— | Stationed at Chester | - |
| —— | Embarked for Ireland | - |
| —— | Engaged at the siege of Carrickfergus | [2] |
| —— | Marched to Dundalk, and thence to Armagh | - |
| —— | Sir Henry Bellasis, from the Sixth Regiment, appointed to the Colonelcy, in succession to the Duke of Norfolk | - |
| 1690 | Engaged at the Battle of the Boyne | - |
| —— | Reviewed by King William at Finglass | - |
| —— | Advanced against Athlone | - |
| —— | Rejoined the Army | - |
| —— | Employed at the first siege of Limerick | - |
| —— | Proceeded into winter-quarters | - |
| —— | Engaged with the Rapparees | - |
| 1691 | Proceeded with the Army against Ballymore | [3] |
| 1691 | Engaged in the Siege and Capture of Athlone | [3] |
| —— | Engaged at the Battle of Aghrim | - |
| —— | Engaged at the Capture of Galway | - |
| —— | —————————— Limerick | [4] |
| —— | Termination of the War in Ireland | - |
| 1695 | Proceeded to join the Army in Flanders | - |
| 1696 | Returned to England | - |
| 1697 | Treaty of Peace concluded at Ryswick | - |
| 1698 | Re-embarked for Ireland | [5] |
| 1701 | Appointment of Brigadier-General William Selwyn, by exchange, from the Second Foot, with Lieut.-General Sir Henry Bellasis | - |
| 1702 | Accession of Queen Anne on the demise of King William III | - |
| —— | Regiment embarked for Jamaica | - |
| —— | Promotion of Lieut.-Colonel Thomas Handasyd to the Colonelcy, in succession to Major-General Selwyn, deceased | - |
| 1705 | Establishment augmented by two companies | - |
| 1712 | Promotion of Lieut.-Colonel Roger Handasyd to the Colonelcy, in succession to his Father, Major-General Thomas Handasyd, retired | [6] |
| 1713 | Treaty of Peace concluded at Utrecht | - |
| 1714 | Regiment returned to England, leaving two Independent Companies at Jamaica | - |
| 1715 | Employed in recruiting its Establishment | - |
| 1718 | Embarked for Ireland | - |
| 1726 | —————— Minorca | - |
| 1727 | Detachment embarked for Gibraltar to assist in its Defence against the Spaniards | - |
| 1730 | Appointment of Colonel William Barrel, from the Twenty-Eighth Regiment, to the Colonelcy, in succession to Colonel Roger Handasyd, removed to the Sixteenth Regiment | - |
| 1734 | Appointment of Colonel Hon. James St. Clair to the Colonelcy, in succession to Colonel William Barrell, removed to the Fourth Foot | [7] |
| 1737 | Appointment of Major-General John Moyle, from the Thirty-Sixth Regiment, to the Colonelcy, in succession to Colonel Hon. James St. Clair, removed to the First, or Royal Regiment of Foot | - |
| 1738 | Promotion of Colonel Thomas Paget to the Colonelcy, in succession to Major-General Moyle, deceased | - |
| 1741 | Promotion of Lieut.-Colonel Richard O'Farrell, from the Ninth Regiment, to the Colonelcy, in succession to Colonel Paget, deceased | - |
| 1748 | Treaty of Peace concluded at Aix-la-Chapelle | - |
| 1749 | Regiment relieved at Minorca and proceeded to Ireland | - |
| 1751 | Royal Warrant, dated 1st July, issued for regulating the Clothing, Colours, Numbers, Facings, Badges, Mottos, and Distinctions of the Regiments of Cavalry and Infantry | - |
| 1756 | War declared against France | - |
| —— | Regiment embarked from Ireland for North America | - |
| 1757 | Promotion of Lieut.-Colonel Edward Whitmore from the Thirty-Sixth Regiment to the Colonelcy, in succession to Major-General O'Farrell, deceased | [8] |
| 1758 | Engaged in the siege of Louisburg, and the Capture of the Island of Cape Breton | - |
| 1759 | The Grenadier Company, incorporated with the Louisburg Grenadiers,—Engaged at the Battle of Quebec | [9] |
| 1760 | Embarked from Louisburg, proceeded to Quebec, and advanced to Montreal | - |
| —— | Engaged in the conquest of the Canadas | - |
| 1761 | Proceeded to New York, and embarked for the West Indies | [9] |
| —— | Engaged in the capture of the Island of Dominica | [10] |
| 1762 | Engaged in the Capture of Martinique, Grenada, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent | — |
| —— | Embarked with the expedition against the Havannah | — |
| —— | Storming and Capture of Fort Moro | [11] |
| —— | Appointment of Major-General Honorable Thomas Gage to the Colonelcy, in succession to Major-General Whitmore, drowned at sea | — |
| 1763 | Treaty of Peace concluded at Fontainebleau | — |
| —— | The Havannah restored to Spain, in exchange for the Province of Florida, in South America | — |
| —— | Regiment proceeded to West Florida | — |
| 1765 | Embarked for Great Britain | — |
| 1773 | Proceeded to Ireland | — |
| 1775 | Embarked for North America | [12] |
| —— | Engaged at the Battle of Bunker's Hill | — |
| 1776 | Quitted Boston, and proceeded to Nova Scotia | — |
| —— | Embarked for Staten Island, near New York | — |
| —— | Landed on Long Island, and engaged with the Americans at Brooklyn | — |
| —— | Gained possession of New York, captured Fort Washington, and reduced part of the Jerseys | [13] |
| —— | Detached with other Corps and captured Rhode Island | — |
| 1778 | The King of France having united with the Americans, made preparations for the re-capture of Rhode Island, but was compelled to abandon the siege | [14] |
| 1779 | The British Commander-in-Chief resolved to vacate Rhode Island; the Regiment proceeded to New York | [15] |
| 1782 | Appointment of Major-General Charles O'Hara to the Colonelcy, in succession to General the Honorable Thomas Gage, removed to the Seventeenth Light Dragoons | [15] |
| —— | Regiment received instructions to assume the title of the Twenty-Second, or the Cheshire Regiment | — |
| 1783 | The American War having terminated, the regiment embarked for England | — |
| 1785 | Regiment stationed at Windsor and furnished the Guards at the Castle | — |
| —— | King George the III. authorized an Order of Merit to be instituted in the corps | — |
| 1787 | Proceeded to Jersey and Guernsey, and thence to Portsmouth | [16] |
| 1788 | Proceeded to Chatham and Dover | — |
| 1790 | Embarked for Ireland | — |
| 1791 | Appointment of Major-General David Dundas to the Colonelcy, in succession to Major-General O'Hara, removed to the Seventy-Fourth Highlanders | [17] |
| 1793 | War commenced between Great Britain and France | — |
| —— | Regiment embarked for the West Indies | — |
| 1794 | Capture of the Island of Martinique | — |
| —— | ———— ———— St. Lucia | — |
| —— | ———— ———— Guadaloupe | — |
| —— | ———— ———— St. Domingo | — |
| 1795 | Returned to England from St. Domingo | [18] |
| —— | Appointment of Major-General William Crosbie, from the Eighty-Ninth Regiment, to the Colonelcy, in succession to Lieut.-General Dundas, removed to the Seventh Light Dragoons | — |
| 1798 | Proceeded to Guernsey | — |
| 1798 | Appointment of Major-General John G. Simcoe, from the Eighty-First Regiment, to the Colonelcy, in succession to Major-General Crosbie, deceased | [18] |
| 1799 | Removed to Portsmouth | [19] |
| —— | Authorized to enlist boys or lads with a view to being sent to the Cape of Good Hope, preparatory to being embarked for service in the East Indies | — |
| 1800 | Embarked for the Cape of Good Hope | — |
| 1802 | Proceeded to India | [20] |
| 1803 | Arrival at Calcutta | — |
| —— | The flank companies embarked, and joined the field force assembled for the attack of the province of Cuttack | — |
| —— | Flank Companies engaged at the Capture of the fort of Barrabatta by storm | — |
| 1804 | Joined the army under Lord Lake and engaged in the siege of Bhurtpore | [21] |
| 1805 | Marched from Fort William and encamped at Benares, thence proceeded to Cawnpore | — |
| —— | Siege of Bhurtpore continued, and the Flank Companies distinguished themselves in three unsuccessful attacks | — |
| —— | Rajah Sing submitted and concluded a treaty of peace | [22] |
| —— | British army withdrew from Bhurtpore | — |
| —— | The Flank Companies rejoined the regiment at Cawnpore | — |
| —— | Holkar and Scindia concluded Treaties of Peace | — |
| 1806 | Marched from the banks of the Sutlej to Delhi | — |
| —— | Removed to Muttra, and received the thanks of the Governor-General in Council and of General Lord Lake, Commander-in-Chief, for its conduct during the war | — |
| 1806 | Appointment of Lieut.-General Sir James Henry Craig, K. B., in succession to General Simcoe, deceased | [22] |
| 1807 | Proceeded to Berhampore | — |
| 1809 | Appointment of Major-General the Honorable Edward Finch to the Colonelcy, in succession to General Sir James Henry Craig, removed to the Seventy-eighth Highlanders | — |
| 1810 | Embarked at Fort William, and formed part of the expedition against the Mauritius | — |
| —— | Engaged in the capture of the Mauritius | [23] |
| 1811 | Detachment employed at Tamatave in the Island of Madagascar | — |
| 1812 | Proceeded to Bourbon | — |
| 1813 | Removed a second time to the Mauritius | — |
| 1814 | A second Battalion added to the establishment of the regiment, which was reduced in the same year | — |
| 1815 | The Flank Companies rejoined the regiment at the Mauritius from Hindoostan | [24] |
| 1819 | Embarked for England from the Mauritius | — |
| —— | Landed at Gosport and marched to Northampton | [25] |
| 1821 | Marched to Liverpool and embarked for Ireland | — |
| 1822 | Detachment proceeded against a body of armed men assembled at Newmarket in county of Cork. The officers commanding this detachment received the thanks of H. R. H. the Duke of York, and were presented with a silver cup by the gentlemen and inhabitants of the Town of Newmarket, for attacking and defeating this body of insurgents | — |
| 1826 | Formed into six Service and four Depôt Companies preparatory to embarkation for foreign service | [26] |
| —— | Service Companies embarked for Jamaica | — |
| 1830 | Depôt Companies embarked for England | [27] |
| 1831 | Service Companies employed in suppressing an insurrection among the slaves in Jamaica | — |
| 1836 | Depôt Companies embarked for Ireland | — |
| 1837 | Service Companies embarked from Jamaica for Ireland, and rejoined by the Depôt Companies | — |
| 1840 | Embarked from Ireland for England | — |
| 1841 | Embarked for Bombay and proceeded to Poonah | [28] |
| 1842 | Proceeded to Scinde, and encamped at Kurrachee | — |
| 1843 | Employed in the destruction of the Fort of Emaum Ghur | — |
| —— | The march through the Desert to Emaum Ghur, as described by Major-General William E. P. Napier | [29] |
| —— | The troops returned triumphant to Peer-Abu-Bekr | [30] |
| —— | Treaty of Peace with the Ameers of Scinde | — |
| —— | Treacherous attack upon the British residency at Hyderabad, and gallant defence made by the Light Company of the Twenty-Second regiment | — |
| —— | Light Company joined the army under Major-General Sir Charles Napier | [31] |
| —— | Battle of Meeanee | — |
| —— | Surrender of six Ameers on the field of battle | — |
| —— | British Colours planted on the Fortress of Hyderabad | [32] |
| —— | Details of the defeat of the Beloochees at Meeanee | — |
| —— | Gallant conduct of the Twenty-Second regiment | [34] |
| —— | Threatened attack by Mere Shere Mahomed | [36] |
| —— | Battle of Hyderabad | — |
| —— | Flight of Mere Shere Mahomed to the desert | [37] |
| —— | Particulars of the march of the British troops through the desert | — |
| 1843 | Honors and distinctions conferred by Queen Victoria, and by the British Parliament, on the Twenty-second regiment for its conduct in the Campaign of Scinde | [38] |
| —— | Address of Major-General Sir Charles Napier to the troops in distributing the medals conferred on them for their gallantry in this campaign | [40] |
| —— | Marched from Hyderabad to Kurrachee | [42] |
| —— | Directed to proceed to Bombay, and Major-General Sir Charles Napier's order on the occasion | [43] |
| —— | Embarked for Bombay | — |
| —— | Honorable reception of the Regiment at Bombay | — |
| —— | Appointment of Major-General Sir Charles Napier to the Colonelcy, in succession to General Honorable E. Finch, deceased | [44] |
| 1844 | Employed on field-service in the Kolapore districts | — |
| —— | Capture of Forts Punalla and Pownghur | — |
| —— | Operations in the Sawunt-Warree district | [45] |
| —— | Investments of the Forts of Monuhurr and Monsentosh | — |
| 1845 | Capture of the village of Seevapore and other Forts | — |
| —— | Returned to Poonah | — |
| 1846 | Marched to Bombay | [46] |
| 1847 | Removed to Poonah | — |
| 1849 | Proceeded to Bombay | — |
| —— | Conclusion | — |
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| Description of the Standards captured at the battles of Meeanee and Hyderabad, and of the Medal conferred in honor of the victories obtained at those places | [47] |