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The second battalion moved between various stations in southern
England through 1805, being presented with its colours on 28 November at the Isle of Wight. In December it was brought up to an establishment of 866 men, raised to a thousand early in 1806. In March 1806 it moved to Guernsey for garrison
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Battalion of the Essex Regiment remained in an independent existence until 1948, when the 2nd Battalion was dissolved and the regiment was amalgamated into a single regular battalion. The Essex Regiment
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The regiment boarded ships to return from Bombay in March 1866; they arrived at
Portsmouth, and took up residence in barracks there, in March 1866. After a spell in England, the regiment moved to Ireland in early 1868, and then embarked for India in February 1871. By late 1877 the regiment had moved
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Ireland, and increased its establishment by a further two companies of a hundred men each. The new recruits, since returning from the West Indies in 1799, had been enlisted for service only within Europe; on hearing the announcement of the major victories in
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ended hostilities, and confirmed
British possession of Gibraltar. The 56th received the battle honour "Gibraltar" for its service in the siege, with the right to bear the castle-and-key insignia on its colours. It was relieved in October 1783, and returned to England. Shortly thereafter the regiment
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began. At this point, the effective regimental strength was 560 men and 27 officers, around a tenth of the garrison. A relief convoy arrived early in 1780, and a second in April 1781, but supplies remained limited. The commander of the garrison decided late in 1781 to attempt a sortie, and this was
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England in February, they were stationed at Chatham to recruit and retrain. The regiment sailed to Cork in September, and after a brief period in Ireland was deemed to have attained "so perfect a state of discipline and efficiency" that it was considered fit for overseas service once
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demonstrations, until it moved to
England in 1844. A reserve battalion was formed this year, by organising the existing depot companies, and forming a new depot force. The main force of the regiment moved to Gibraltar in 1847. The reserve battalion was transported to join them in February 1847,
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A force of militia volunteers sent as recruits to the 56th arrived as a garrison in Goa in mid-1810. It joined the first battalion in 1811, and the Indian Ocean detachment returned later that year. To mark the regiment's services in India, it received a new pair of colours as a gift from the
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Under the 1825 army reforms, six companies would be sent for overseas service at any one time, whilst four remained in the United
Kingdom as a depot. Accordingly, when the regiment was ordered to embark for Jamaica in 1831 it took six of its ten companies. Other than a brief epidemic of
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of 1792 the army was expanded in preparation for war; the authorised establishment of the 56th was brought up to twelve companies, and it was ordered to prepare for overseas service. Before hostilities broke out, however, the regiment was involved in suppressing a riot near
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in 1813, and again in camp in 1814, losing some three hundred and thirty men between March 1813 and
December 1814. However, by January 1815 it had moved to more salubrious climes at Assaye and was able to muster nine hundred men fit for service.
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The city surrendered on 13 August. The regiment suffered twelve deaths, with one officer and 23 men wounded, during the campaign. The 56th remained as part of the Havana garrison for the following year, until Cuba was returned to Spain by the
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Scotland, serving at various stations there until January 1788, when it embarked for Ireland with a reduced establishment of ten companies. From 1788 to 1793 it was stationed in Ireland.
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Sevastopol fell on the 11th, and the regiment was awarded the battle honour "Sevastopol" for its involvement in the attack. Five men of the regiment were awarded the French Military War Medal for "fearless and steady conduct".
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The battalion was ordered to be disbanded as part of the reduction in the army after Waterloo, and marched to Bombay in November 1816. There, four hundred men who volunteered to continue in India were transferred to the
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The second section of the regiment arrived in Dublin from Bermuda in January 1855, where it remained as a depot. Detachments from the depot provided support to the police during unrest at the 1855 by-election in
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in November 1813, and was recruited very rapidly; within a month of its formation, it was reported as ready for service with an establishment of 650 men. It embarked for Holland on 9 December, and fought at the
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With the return of Napoleon to France in 1815, the battalion was again despatched to Mauritius to reinforce the garrison there against the possibility of a revolt by the French population, where it remained.
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had broken out, and the regiment was put under orders to recruit in Ireland over the winter to full strength, and then sail for Turkey. In December, the first detachment of the regiment sailed for
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in September. It remained as a garrison in the West Indies for the remainder of 1794, but took great losses from disease. In October, the men still fit for service were transferred to the
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duties, returning to the Isle of Wight in early 1807, and embarked for India in June. The two portions of the battalion were split up in a gale, one group putting in at the
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769:on 30 January 1814. After service in the
3764:100th (Prince of Wales's Royal Canadian)
3751:100th (Prince Regent's County of Dublin)
2356:48th (Northamptonshire) Regiment of Foot
1055:The regiment carried on its colours the
300:. It was despatched to India during the
3718:99th (Prince Regent's County of Dublin)
3073:72nd (Duke of Albany's Own Highlanders)
3003:67th (South Hampshire) Regiment of Foot
2372:Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment
1924:
1922:
1920:
1185:
480:In 1770 the regiment was despatched to
4321:Military units and formations in Essex
4311:Infantry regiments of the British Army
3344:85th (Royal Volontiers Light Infantry)
3228:79th (Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders)
3208:78th (Highland) (The Ross-shire Buffs)
1651:"2nd Battalion, 56th Regiment of Foot"
968:, and was ordered home in early 1878.
423:expedition against Spanish possessions
172:Purple facings to uniform, silver lace
37:
31:56th Regiment of Foot (disambiguation)
3898:105th (Queen's Own Royal Highlanders)
984:, and assigned to district no. 44 at
7:
2364:58th (Rutlandshire) Regiment of Foot
2000:"56th (West Essex) Regiment of Foot"
4058:114th (Royal Highlander Volunteers)
4023:111th (Loyal Birmingham Volunteers)
3879:104th (Royal Manchester Volunteers)
3293:82nd (Prince of Wales's Volunteers)
2901:60th (The King's Royal Rifle Corps)
2743:43rd (Monmouthshire Light Infantry)
1162:John Fane, 11th Earl of Westmorland
786:John Fane, 11th Earl of Westmorland
3712:99th (Prince of Wales's Tipperary)
3683:98th (Prince of Wales's Tipperary)
3637:97th (Inverness-shire Highlanders)
3589:95th (Derbyshire) Regiment of Foot
3067:72nd (Royal Manchester Volunteers)
2981:65th (2nd Yorkshire, North Riding)
2388:56th (West Essex) Regiment of Foot
2380:44th (East Essex) Regiment of Foot
982:44th (East Essex) Regiment of Foot
760:The third battalion was raised at
644:
640:
636:
506:56th (West Essex) Regiment of Foot
306:44th (East Essex) Regiment of Foot
243:56th (West Essex) Regiment of Foot
41:56th (West Essex) Regiment of Foot
25:
4002:110th (Queen's Royal Musqueteers)
3800:102nd (Queen's Royal Volunteers)
3241:80th (Royal Edinburgh Volunteers)
3222:79th (Royal Liverpool Volunteers)
3145:75th (Prince of Wales's Regiment)
2993:66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot
2849:52nd (Oxfordshire Light Infantry)
2529:3rd (East Kent – The Buffs)
526:Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland
472:Panorama of the Grand Assault on
308:to form the 2nd Battalion of the
4030:112th (King's Royal Musqueteers)
3846:103rd (Loyal Bristol Volunteers)
3452:90th (Perthshire Light Infantry)
2539:5th (Northumberland) (Fusiliers)
1913:. 28 October 1859. p. 3886.
815:was appointed to the colonelcy.
623:(on the right), captured by the
164:(Badge of the Rock of Gibraltar)
102:
83:
70:
4072:115th (Royal Scotch Lowlanders)
3332:84th (Royal Highland Emigrants)
3313:83rd (Loyal Lincoln Volunteers)
3306:83rd (Royal Glasgow Volunteers)
3269:81st (Loyal Lincoln Volunteers)
3247:80th (Staffordshire Volunteers)
3176:77th (Montgomery's Highlanders)
2679:33rd (The Duke of Wellington's)
2108:. Littlehampton Book Services.
2002:. regiments.org. Archived from
1973:. Regiments.org. Archived from
1653:. Regiments.org. Archived from
1624:. Regiments.org. Archived from
1148:Matthew Aylmer, 5th Lord Aylmer
1079:Colonels of the Regiment were:
4093:116th (Perthshire Highlanders)
3859:103rd (Royal Bombay Fusiliers)
3826:102nd (Royal Madras Fusiliers)
3795:101st (Royal Bengal Fusiliers)
3672:98th (Argyllshire Highlanders)
3164:76th (MacDonald's Highlanders)
3119:74th (Argyleshire Highlanders)
3047:71st (Highland Light Infantry)
3013:68th (Durham) (Light Infantry)
2674:32nd (Cornwall) Light Infantry
1096:56th Regiment of Foot - (1756)
1:
3958:107th (Bengal Light Infantry)
3939:106th (Bombay Light Infantry)
3919:105th (Madras Light Infantry)
3905:105th (Volunteers of Ireland)
3820:102nd (New South Wales Corps)
3758:100th (New South Wales Corps)
3528:94th (Royal Welsh Volunteers)
3522:93rd (Sutherland Highlanders)
3482:92nd (Donegal Light Infantry)
3258:81st (Aberdeenshire Highland)
2945:63rd (2nd Highland Battalion)
2929:62nd (1st Highland Battalion)
2396:Royal Leicestershire Regiment
838:Northeastern Boundary Dispute
706:Honourable East India Company
421:, and began preparing for an
3789:101st (Duke of York's Irish)
3465:91st (Shropshire Volunteers)
3395:87th (Royal Irish Fusiliers)
2654:28th (North Gloucestershire)
2629:23rd (Royal Welch Fusiliers)
2619:21st (Royal Scots Fusiliers)
2544:6th (Royal 1st Warwickshire)
2127:Uniforms of the British Army
1141:Sir John Murray, 8th Baronet
645:3rd Battalion, 56th Regiment
641:1st Battalion, 56th Regiment
637:2nd Battalion, 56th Regiment
344:One of these regiments, the
3517:93rd (Highland) (1793-1798)
3446:90th (Yorkshire Volunteers)
3439:90th (Irish Light Infantry)
3195:78th (Fraser's Highlanders)
3036:71st (Fraser's Highlanders)
2956:64th (Loudon's Highlanders)
2816:50th (American Provincials)
2779:47th Regiment (4th Marines)
2639:25th (King's Own Borderers)
2348:Royal Lincolnshire Regiment
972:Amalgamation and successors
339:an expected war with France
333:Formation and early service
4347:
3744:100th (Gordon Highlanders)
3724:99th (Duke of Edinburgh's)
3643:97th (Queen's Own Germans)
3616:96th (Queen's Own Germans)
3433:89th (Princess Victoria's)
3401:88th (Highland Volunteers)
3382:87th (Keith's Highlanders)
2889:59th (2nd Nottinghamshire)
2534:4th (The King's Own Royal)
2260:. Harrison and Sons. 1858.
2208:Matthews, Charles (1993).
375:In April 1757 it moved to
271:American Revolutionary War
195:American Revolutionary War
131:(two battalions 1804–1817)
28:
4044:113th (Royal Highlanders)
3926:106th (Black Musqueteers)
3865:104th (King's Volunteers)
3602:96th (British Musketeers)
3500:92nd (Gordon Highlanders)
3338:84th (York and Lancaster)
3183:77th (Atholl Highlanders)
3018:69th (South Lincolnshire)
2514:
2458:3rd East Anglian Regiment
2450:2nd East Anglian Regiment
2442:1st East Anglian Regiment
2415:Northamptonshire Regiment
2028:. Chelmsford City Council
1885:. Chelmsford City Council
898:1855, by Grigoryi Shukaev
516:French Revolutionary Wars
275:French Revolutionary Wars
199:French Revolutionary Wars
45:
4128:119th (The Prince's Own)
4079:115th (Prince William's)
3414:88th (Connaught Rangers)
3376:86th (Royal County Down)
2969:64th (2nd Staffordshire)
2714:40th (2nd Somersetshire)
2704:38th (1st Staffordshire)
2589:15th (York, East Riding)
1815:, p. 332; Russell, p. 98
1741:Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper
1101:1761–1765: Lt-Gen. Hon.
1075:Colonels of the Regiment
878:aboard the convict hulk
493:Great Siege of Gibraltar
312:in 1881, as part of the
267:Great Siege of Gibraltar
78:Kingdom of Great Britain
3996:109th (Bombay Infantry)
3977:108th (Madras Infantry)
3699:99th (Jamaica Regiment)
3319:83rd (County of Dublin)
2795:48th (Northamptonshire)
2773:46th (South Devonshire)
2634:24th (2nd Warwickshire)
2569:11th (North Devonshire)
2227:Russell, W. H. (1856).
2155:. Groombridge and Sons.
2104:Baker, Anthony (1986).
1153:1832–1842: Lt-Gen. Sir
1039:The regimental march, "
948:On the outbreak of the
631:On the outbreak of the
433:and a battalion of the
4275:134th (Loyal Limerick)
3892:104th Regiment of Foot
3886:104th (New Brunswick )
2822:50th (The Queen's Own)
2699:37th (North Hampshire)
2669:31st (Huntingdonshire)
2614:20th (East Devonshire)
2604:18th (The Royal Irish)
2519:1st or The Royal Scots
2332:Royal Norfolk Regiment
2311:Royal Anglian Regiment
2238:Wickes, H. L. (1974).
1010:Royal Anglian Regiment
899:
789:
628:
529:
477:
414:
318:Royal Anglian Regiment
4288:Regimental titles in
3990:109th (Aberdeenshire)
3622:96th Regiment of Foot
3546:94th (Scots Brigade)
3170:76th Regiment of Foot
2923:62nd (Royal American)
2879:57th (West Middlesex)
2664:30th (Cambridgeshire)
2659:29th (Worcestershire)
2599:17th (Leicestershire)
2549:7th (Royal Fusiliers)
2189:(paperback). London:
2123:Carman, W.Y. (1985).
1192:Awarded to successor
1133:1797–1818: Gen. Hon.
1083:58th Regiment of Foot
1065:Montis Insignia Calpe
1061:castle and key device
992:. On 1 July 1881 the
893:
784:
618:
523:
471:
406:
370:56th Regiment of Foot
346:58th Regiment of Foot
162:Montis insignia Calpe
3151:75th (Stirlingshire)
2895:60th (De Grangues's)
2694:36th (Herefordshire)
2564:10th (North Lincoln)
2131:. Webb & Bower.
1175:Henry William Breton
1126:1795–1797: F.M. Sir
1090:Lord Charles Manners
1088:1755–1761: Maj-Gen.
958:Henry William Breton
399:West Indies campaign
2987:66th (Pepperrell's)
2950:63rd (West Suffolk)
2884:58th (Rutlandshire)
2864:54th (West Norfolk)
2854:53rd (10th Marines)
2725:42nd (Oglethorpe's)
2689:35th (Royal Sussex)
2649:27th (Inniskilling)
2594:16th (Bedfordshire)
2574:12th (East Suffolk)
2524:2nd (Queen's Royal)
1977:on 10 February 2006
1167:1859–1860: Lt-Gen.
1107:1765–1766: Lt-Gen.
1026:Madame de Pompadour
896:Siege of Sevastopol
849:Earl of Westmorland
322:mechanised infantry
298:Siege of Sevastopol
214:Battle honours
18:West Essex Regiment
3234:80th (Light Armed)
2869:55th (Westmorland)
2844:52nd (9th Marines)
2827:51st (8th Marines)
2810:50th (7th Marines)
2800:49th (6th Marines)
2790:48th (5th Marines)
2768:46th (3rd Marines)
2758:45th (2nd Marines)
2748:44th (1st Marines)
2737:43rd (Spotswood's)
2709:39th (Dorsetshire)
2559:9th (East Norfolk)
1910:The London Gazette
1883:"The 19th Century"
1743:, 17 December 1854
1730:, 15 November 1854
1717:, 21 December 1853
1679:, 15 February 1847
1472:Cannon, pp. 39, 43
1406:Cannon, pp. 30, 33
931:besieging the city
900:
790:
629:
530:
478:
415:
4298:
4297:
4205:124th (Waterford)
4198:124th (1762-1763)
4191:123rd (1794-1796)
4184:123rd (1762-1764)
4177:122nd (1794-1796)
4170:122nd (1762-1764)
4163:121st (1794-1795)
4156:121st (1761-1763)
4149:120th (1794-1795)
4142:120th (1762-1763)
4135:119th (1794-1796)
4121:118th (1794-1795)
4107:117th (1793-1795)
4065:114th (1794-1795)
4051:113th (1794-1795)
4037:112th (1794-1795)
4016:111th (1761-1763)
4009:110th (1794-1795)
3983:109th (1761-1763)
3971:108th (1794-1795)
3964:108th (1760-1763)
3933:106th (1794-1796)
3912:105th (1794-1796)
3872:104th (1782-1783)
3853:103rd (1809-1816)
3806:102nd (1780-1783)
3777:101st (1780-1783)
3737:100th (1780-1784)
3099:73rd (Perthshire)
2874:56th (West Essex)
2859:53rd (Shropshire)
2785:47th (Lancashire)
2753:44th (East Essex)
2684:34th (Cumberland)
2644:26th (Cameronian)
2507:Regiments of foot
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2212:. Pen and Sword.
1971:"Training Depots"
1960:, 23 October 1877
1767:Morning Chronicle
1756:, 16 January 1855
1561:Cannon, pp. 50–51
1520:Cannon, pp. 46–47
1463:Cannon, pp. 31–32
1415:Cannon, pp. 35–36
1385:Cannon, pp. 34–35
1353:Cannon, pp. 25–29
1344:Cannon, pp. 25–27
1335:Cannon, pp. 24–25
1326:Cannon, pp. 23–24
1317:Cannon, pp. 22–23
1287:Cannon, pp. 15–18
1278:Cannon, pp. 14–15
1269:Cannon, pp. 13–14
1241:Cannon, pp. 12–13
1232:Cannon, pp. 11–12
777:Peacetime service
723:Cape of Good Hope
601:Egyptian campaign
534:French Revolution
259:capture of Havana
236:
235:
16:(Redirected from
4338:
4282:135th (Limerick)
4268:133rd (Highland)
4261:132nd (Highland)
4114:118th (Invalids)
4100:117th (Invalids)
4086:116th (Invalids)
3770:101st (Highland)
3730:100th (Highland)
3706:99th (1794-1797)
3693:99th (1760-1763)
3678:98th (1804-1816)
3665:98th (1780-1784)
3659:98th (1760-1763)
3649:97th (1816-1818)
3632:97th (1780-1784)
3627:97th (1760-1763)
3609:96th (1803-1816)
3595:96th (1760-1763)
3583:95th (1816-1818)
3570:95th (1794-1796)
3564:95th (1780-1783)
3557:95th (1759-1763)
3535:94th (1780-1783)
3511:93rd (1779-1783)
3505:93rd (1760-1763)
3495:92nd (1793-1795)
3489:92nd (1779-1783)
3471:91st (1793-1795)
3458:91st (1759-1763)
3427:89th (1779-1783)
3408:88th (1779-1783)
3389:87th (1779-1783)
3370:86th (1779-1783)
3363:86th (1759-1763)
3351:85th (1779-1783)
3325:84th (1758-1764)
3299:83rd (1757-1763)
3157:76th (1758–1763)
3131:75th (1758–1763)
3105:74th (1758–1763)
3079:73rd (1758–1763)
3053:72nd (1758–1763)
3029:71st (1758-1763)
3008:68th (Bedford's)
2975:65th (Shirley's)
2935:62nd (Wiltshire)
2918:62nd (Baterau's)
2719:41st (The Welsh)
2554:8th (The King's)
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1160:1842–1859: Gen.
1146:1827–1832: Gen.
1139:1818–1827: Gen.
1113:1766–1795: Gen.
1041:Rule, Britannia!
1030:favourite colour
994:Childers Reforms
978:Cardwell Reforms
771:siege of Antwerp
767:Battle of Merxem
419:Seven Years' War
348:, was raised at
314:Childers Reforms
263:Seven Years' War
249:regiment in the
191:Seven Years' War
181:Rule, Britannia!
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3952:107th 1794-1795
3576:95th (Riflemen)
3420:89th (Highland)
3275:82nd (invalids)
3252:81st (Invalids)
3202:78th (Highland)
3138:75th (Invalids)
3125:74th (Highland)
3112:74th (Invalids)
3093:73rd (Highland)
3086:73rd (Invalids)
3060:72nd (Invalids)
3042:71st (Invalids)
2998:67th (Bolton's)
2963:64th (Draper's)
2940:63rd (American)
2624:22nd (Cheshire)
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1769:, 20 March 1855
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944:Postwar service
925:to relieve the
888:
856:repeal movement
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633:Napoleonic Wars
613:
611:Napoleonic Wars
605:Peace of Amiens
589:Helder Campaign
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501:Treaty of Paris
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450:Treaty of Paris
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358:Charles Manners
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2907:61st (Gooch's)
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2438:
2436:
2435:3rd generation
2432:
2431:
2429:
2428:
2423:Essex Regiment
2420:
2411:
2409:
2408:2nd generation
2405:
2404:
2402:
2401:
2393:
2385:
2377:
2369:
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2345:
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2328:
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2325:1st generation
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2269:External links
2267:
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2263:Digitised copy
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2248:
2235:
2224:
2219:978-0850523713
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1842:Carter, p. 135
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1574:, 31 July 1838
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1251:(Baker, p. 45)
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1194:Essex Regiment
1184:
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1179:
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1171:
1169:John Home Home
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1135:Chapple Norton
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1103:William Keppel
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1069:Essex Regiment
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1051:Battle honours
1049:
1017:
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998:Essex Regiment
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884:
778:
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3810:
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3798:
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3786:
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3783:101st (Irish)
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2082:Wickes, p. 83
2079:
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2073:Holmes, p. 43
2070:
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904:Crimean War
886:Crimean War
859:aboard the
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809:Lord Aylmer
802:John Murray
794:slave trade
694:Île Bourbon
680:Île Bourbon
621:Piémontaise
574:St. Domingo
294:Crimean War
207:Crimean War
187:Engagements
150:Nickname(s)
136:Garrison/HQ
93:(1801–1881)
80:(1755–1800)
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2242:. Osprey.
2174:Wikisource
2098:References
1981:16 October
1780:Daily News
1164:, GCB, GCH
1115:Hunt Walsh
1016:Traditions
871:Resistance
862:Birkenhead
844:Resistance
798:Port Louis
664:Travancore
625:Royal Navy
554:Guadeloupe
546:Martinique
458:Hunt Walsh
231:Sevastopol
2509:1740–1881
2032:8 January
1958:The Times
1945:The Times
1889:8 January
1715:The Times
1690:The Times
1677:The Times
1661:8 January
1632:8 January
1572:The Times
1034:underwear
990:Brentwood
927:71st Foot
729:Greyhound
698:Mauritius
666:in 1809.
550:St. Lucia
532:With the
482:Gibraltar
474:Gibraltar
464:Gibraltar
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385:Edinburgh
354:Gateshead
350:Newcastle
296:, at the
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227:Gibraltar
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129:battalion
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381:Aberdeen
247:infantry
219:Havannah
158:Motto(s)
4290:italics
2187:Redcoat
2010:17 July
1196:in 1909
1045:marines
762:Horsham
741:Gujarat
539:Wexford
528:in 1799
377:Berwick
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1181:Notes
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1143:, GCH
1130:, GCH
988:near
923:Kerch
916:Cavan
177:March
3551:94th
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