Historical Record of the Eleventh, or the North Devon Regiment, of Foot

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Location: Devon, England

Historical Record of the Eleventh, or the North Devon Regiment, of Foot

• Author: Cannon, Richard, 1779-1865
• Publisher: Parker, Furnivall and Parker. 1845.
• Description:
  • This book contains an account of the formation of the regiment in 1685, and of its subsequent services to 1845
• Contents:
  • 1685 Formation of the Regiment; Names of the Officers
  • 1686 Distinguishing Uniform
  • 1687 Proceeds to Scotland; Independent Company of Grenadiers attached to the Regiment
  • 1688 Returns to England, and is placed in Garrison at Hull
  • 1689 Embarks for Ireland; Raising of the Siege of Londonderry
  • 1690 Battle of the Boyne; Reviewed by King William Ill; Sieges of Athlone and Limerick; Affair at Lanesborough
  • 1691 Second Siege of Limerick
  • 1692 Continues on the Irish Establishment
  • 1702 Continues on the Irish Establishment
  • 1703 Embarks from Ireland for Holland
  • 1704 Returns from Holland to England, and proceeds to Portugal; Capitulation of the Garrison of Portalegre
  • 1705 Exchange of Prisoners, and return of the Regiment to England
  • 1706 Expedition to the Coast of France
  • 1707 Embarks again for Portugal, and thence for Spain; Battle of Almanza
  • 1708 Returns to England; Proceeds to the Netherlands
  • 1709 Siege of Mons
  • 1711 Returns from Holland; proceeds to America and returns to England
  • 1712 Stationed at Dunkirk
  • 1713 Stationed at Dunkirk
  • 1714 Stationed at Dunkirk; Returns to England, and proceeds to Ireland
  • 1715 Removes to Scotland ; Battle of Dunblain
  • 1719 Services in the Highlands
  • 1721 Returns to England
  • 1722 Reviewed by the King
  • 1728 Reviewed by the King
  • 1742 Embarks for Flanders
  • 1743 Campaign in Germany, and Battle of Dettingen
  • 1744 Campaign in Flanders
  • 1745 Battle of Fontenoy; Returns to England
  • 1746 Proceeds again to Holland; Battle of Roucoux
  • 1748 Returns to England
  • 1751 Uniform; Facings; Colous of the Regiment
  • 1756 Augmentation of the Regiment, and formation of a Second Battalion
  • 1758 The Second Battalion constituted the Sixty-fourth Regiment
  • 1760 Embarks for the Continent ; Battle of Warbourg
  • 1761 Campaign in Germany; affairs at Eimbeck and Foorwohle
  • 1762 Battle of Groebenstein, and Siege of Cassel
  • 1763 Returns home, and proceeds to Minorca
  • 1771 Returns to England
  • 1775 Proceeds to Ireland
  • 1782 Styled the North Devonshire" Regiment
  • 1783 Embarks for Gibraltar
  • 1792 Returns to England
  • 1793 Serves on board the Mediterranean Fleet as Marines; Occupation Of Toulon
  • 1793 Evacuation of Toulon
  • 1794 Siege of Bastia, and taking of Corsica
  • 1795 Proceeds to Gibraltar
  • 1796 Returns to England
  • 1798 Unsuccessful operations at Ostend
  • 1801 Proceeds to the West Indies. Capture of Bartholomew, St. Martin's, St. Thomas's, St. John's, and Santa Cruz
  • 1802 Services in the West Indies
  • 1806 Services in the West Indies; Returns to England
  • 1807 Embarks for Madeira
  • 1808 Second Battalion formed
  • 1809 Second Battalion proceeds to the Scheldt; Taking of Flushing; Returns with the Expedition from Walcheren; First Battalion withdrawn from Madeira and sent to Portugal
  • 1810 Duties of the Second Battalion in London; Battle of Busaco and Lines of Torres Vedras
  • 1811 Second Battalion embarks for Cadiz and proceeds to Gibraltar; First Battalion remains in the Peninsula, Action at Sabugal, Blockade of Almeida; Defence of Tarifa; Siege of Badajoz
  • 1812 Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo; Second Siege of Badajoz; Attack on the Forts at Salamanca; Battle of Salamanca; Siege of Burgos Castle; raised
  • 1813 Second Battalion proceeds from Gibraltar to Ceuta; First Battalion remains in the Peninsula; Battles of the Pyrenees
  • 1813 Passage of the Bidassoa and the Nivelle; Passage of the Nive. Action at St. Pierre
  • 1814 Blockade of Bayonne; Battles of Orthes and Toulouse; First Battalion returns to Ireland; Second Battalion removed from Ceuta to Gibraltar
  • 1816 First Battalion proceeds to Gibraltar; Second Battalion disbanded
  • 1817 Reduction of the Establishment
  • 1820 Returns to England
  • 1821 Further reduction of the Regiment, which proceeds to Ireland
  • 1825 Regiment augmented to ten Companies; Presentation of new Colours; Formation into Service and Depot Companies
  • 1827 Service Companies embark for Portugal; Land at Lisbon, and march up the country
  • 1828 Return to Lisbon, and embark for Corfu
  • 1830 Depot Companies remove from Ireland to Wales
  • 1831 Service Companies distributed in the Ionian Islands
  • 1837 Service Companies distributed in the Ionian Islands
  • 1838 Proceed to Gibraltar, and from thence to Nova Scotia; March to Canada
  • 1839 Stationed in the " disputed Territory"
  • 1840 Embark for England
  • 1843 Regiment proceeds to Ireland
  • 1844 Returns to England
  • 1845 Embarks for New South Wales
  • Conclusion
  • Plates
    • Original Costume
    • Colours of the Regiment
    • Present Uniform
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