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	76th Regiment of Foot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 76th Regiment of Foot was raised for service in India by the East India Company in 1787, due to fears that war with France was imminent.
		The 76th fought with distinction in a battle that caused 800 casualties for the British and 1,500 for the French.
		The 76th, now in Canada, were part of the force that took part in the failed Battle of Platsberg at Lake Champlain in September 1814.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/76th_Regiment_of_Foot (931 words)

	33rd Regiment of Foot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Originally formed in 1702 as the Earl of Huntingdon's Regiment of Foot, (during that period of history regiment's were known by the names of the Colonel of the regiment).
		The Regiment was involved in bitter fighting with the Tippoo Sultan's fearsome warriors.
		The 33rd was linked in 1881 with the 76th Regiment of Foot due to the Childers Reforms (a continuation of the Cardwell's Reforms of the armed forces) to form the 1st and 2nd Battalions of The Duke of Wellington's Regiment.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/33rd_Regiment_of_Foot (2450 words)

	76th Regiment of Foot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		For their distinguished service in these actions, King George III gave his authorisation to the 76th, to allow them to have the word "Hindoostan" to be emblazoned upon on the colours, along with an "elephant" badge, with a howdah atop the elephant, also inscribed with the word "Hindoostan".
		In that campaign, the regiment fought at the Battle of La Corunna in January 1809, as part of the 2nd Division, which was under the command of Lieutenant-General Sir John Hope.
		In 1881, the 76th amalgamated with the 33rd, forming the present-day Duke of Wellington's Regiment.
	www.bidprobe.com /en/wikipedia/7/76/76th_regiment_of_foot.html (865 words)

	76th Regiment of Foot -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The regiment also took part in the capture of (A city in north central India) Delhi and (A city in northern India; former capital of the Mogul empire; site of the Taj Mahal) Agra, as well as the Battle of Leswaree, where they performed with great courage in one of the bloodiest of battles.
		The regiment then served thirteen years in (A nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada) Canada, defending Canada's border with the (The army of the United States of America; organizes and trains soldiers for land warfare) USA, against any further aggression by Canada's neighbours.
		In 1861, the 76th arrived in (Largest city in Scotland; a port in west central Scotland; one of the great shipbuilding centers of the world) Glasgow, with a few companies being dispatched to (A port in southwestern Scotland) Ayr and (A soft wool fabric with a colorful swirled pattern of curved shapes) Paisley.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/7/76/76th_regiment_of_foot.htm (1053 words)

	Encyclopedia: The-Duke-of-Wellington's-Regiment-(West-Riding) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		76th (formed in 1787) Regiments of Foot during the Childers Reforms, which were a continuation of the Cardwell Reforms, as a result of their respective association's with the 1st Duke of Wellington.
		The Duke of Wellington's Regiment was formed in 1881 by the amalgamation of the 33rd and 76th Regiments of Foot.
		The regiment departed for the The Crimea (officially Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukrainian transliteration: Avtonomna Respublika Krym, Ukrainian: Автономна Республіка Крим, Russian: Автономная Республика Крым, pronounced cry_MEE_ah in English) is a peninsula and an autonomous republic of Ukraine on the northern coast of the Black Sea.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/The_Duke_of_Wellington%27s_Regiment_%28West_Riding%29 (10520 words)

	British Light Infantry Regiments - Canada - Infantry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		This regiment was raised by Lord Macdonald, in the Highlands and Isles, in 1777.
		The remnant of the regiment was disbanded at Dover Castle in 1783.
		The King's New Brunswick Regiment of Foot was raised as a provincial corps in 1793 and was elevated to a fencible corps in 1799.
	www.lightinfantry.org.uk /regiments/Canada/can_infantry2.htm (7014 words)

	H.M. 76th Regiment of Foot 1787-1870 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		During that protracted period the Regiment was almost constantly in the field, constantly in camps, repeatedly in front of the enemy, and always found zealously anxious to do its duty like good soldiers, anxious for the honour of their King, anxious for the honour of their country, jealous of their own honour and character.
		In 1809 the 76th was engaged in Holland, exchanging its duty in the bleak inhospitable mountains of Galicia for the pestilential swamps of Holland.
		In 1813 the 76th again went to Spain, and took part in the closing campaign of the Peninsular war under the immortal Duke of Wellington, and was particularly distinguished at the battle of the Nive, which name is proudly emblazoned on its colours to this day.
	203.108.4.105 /~clday/76foot.htm (3241 words)

	British Units
		The Household Regiments ordinarily served as bodyguards to the king at London and Westminster.
		The regiment was 140 strong at Yorktown and were under the command of Captain Anthorpe.
		Colonel John Yorke was in charge of the 182 men from the 33rd Regiment as well as being responsible for the brigade consisting of the 17th, 23rd, 33d and 71st Regiments.
	www.nps.gov /colo/Ythanout/britunits.htm (770 words)

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		In 1809 it was re-designated as the 84th (York and Lancaster) Regiment of Foot, on the 1st of July 1881 it became the 2nd Battalion of the Regiment.
		The Duke of Wellington’s Regiment (West Riding) The Cardwell reforms of 1881 saw the amalgamation of the 33rd Regiment of Foot with that of the 76th Regiment of Foot; it was with both these Regiments the Duke of Wellington had been closely associated.
		The regiment was raised 12.02.1702 as the Earl of Huntingdon’s regiment of foot and throughout the years it was known by the names of its Colonels.
	www.lhi.org.uk /docs/REGIMENTS_CUDWORTH_WAR_MEMORIAL_SAMPLE.doc (1139 words)

	Battle of Portsmouth, 1783 - 41st Regiment of Foot
		Century was the raising of regiments to meet the specific needs of a major war, that were then disbanded at the end of that war.
		Consequently, the men of the average Highland clan-based regiment were generally of a higher quality than normal in the Army, where "gutter sweepings" all too often composed a significant proportion of the manpower of the average English regiment.
		Interestingly, of the 11 regiments of Highlanders raised during the American War of Independence (9 regular, 2 fencible), a total of 6 regiments (5 regular, 1 fencible) were involved in incidents of mutiny.
	www.fortyfirst.org /writings/portsmouth1783.htm (2874 words)

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		Most regiments up to the 1800's were known by the name of their Colonel, even though the practice was abolished in 1751.
		A great number of regiments were raised and disbanded to match the military needs of the country and often had the same names or more often the same numbers as regular army units.
		Another 76th Regiment of Foot (most likely a 2nd bt.) was raised in 1778 and disbanded in 1784, each act one year later than the previous listing.
	www.bissett.org /research.html (822 words)

	67th Of Foot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		On 21st April 1758 the 2nd Battalion of the 20th Foot became the 67th of Foot being the 67th in the line of established Regiments.
		Facing's of the regiment to be pale yellow as worn by the 20th Foot.
		The 67th being brigaded with the 9th and 76th foot, Port Andro was selected on April 8th for the landing the grenadier companies leading the way, two battalions made a feint against Sauzon, on the Northern coast west of Palais the stronghold.
	www.pauljerrard.com /67th/67thFoot.html (1050 words)

	76th Regiment of Foot [UK]
		H.M. 76th Regiment of Foot 1787-1870, transcribed from Regimental Digest, by Roger Capewell (Family History in India)
		A small part of the history of the 76th.
		Historical record of the 76th "Hindoostan" Regiment from its formation in 1787 to 30th June, 1881.
	www.regiments.org /regiments/uk/inf/076-787.htm (290 words)

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		This regiment was comprised of men from Northampton County, Pennsylvania and served with the 11th Corps.
		In 1864 the regiment was attached to the Iron Brigade and later saw action in the Wilderness in the Overland Campaign and at Petersburg.
		The author was the colonel of the regiment and puts forth his recollections of the regiment's activities from Antietam to Chancellorsville.
	www.molalla.net /~milkcrk/htmlspec.html (9187 words)

	The Green Howards, - Origins of the Regiment
		The regiment was numbered 19th of Foot in 1751, by which time it had already acquired its nickname of the "Green Howards" from its commander, the Hon Charles Howard, and the green facings to its tunics.
		The regiment marches to Bonnie English Rose and is one of the few regiments still to wear a khaki beret, as opposed to the standard infantry navy blue.
		The regiment's most famous former member is, of course, Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington who, however, was not commissioned into the regiment, but joined the 76th as a major from the 73rd in 1787, and was then gazetted as a major to the 33rd in 1793.
	www.greenhowards.org.uk /html-files/ft-history.htm (1110 words)

	True History 34
		Regiment on their left (looking outward) at or near redoubt 8.
		“The 43d 71st and 76th Regiments are to send to the Quarter Master of the Light Infantry for a proportion of
		This regiment too had adopted infantry breeches by 1781,” and indicates that the enlisted strength of the 76th on
	members.aol.com /macdonald76th/TrueHistory34.html (240 words)

	True History 44
		Records indicate that disbanded men of the 76th helped cut streets and were given land.
		Sergeant John McVicar of the 76th were busily employed in November of 1783 in “cutting the streets” of the
		It is unclear as to how many of the rank and file of the 76th returned to Scotland directly from New York.
	members.aol.com /macdonald76th/TrueHistory44.html (381 words)

	33rd Regiment of Foot - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation 33rd Regiment of Foot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Here you will find more informations about 33rd Regiment of Foot.
		The list of the 33rd Regiment of Foot Authors is
		The orginal 33rd Regiment of Foot article can be editet
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/33rd-Regiment-of-Foot.html (2456 words)

	78th Officers
		On the conclusion of the war he was transferred to the 29th Regiment, and afterwards major and lieutenant-colonel in the 42nd or Royal Highlanders, with which he served in India until 1773, when he returned to Scotland, and was elected to Parliament for the Stirling burgs in 1774.
		Hugh was in command of a company when the regiment was disbanded in 1763; went on half-pay as Captain in the 78th until 1767, when he exchanged with Captain Alex Baillie to half-pay in the Second Battalion, 1st Foot (Royal Scots), his new commission dated 4 February 1767 [NAS GD3/9/111].
		Wallace suggests that he was the major of the name, in the 84th Regiment, who was killed at Boston in 1776, but his continuous presence in the 78th Regiment Half-Pay Ledgers and, in particular, the fact that he drew half pay as late as 1798, shows that this could not be the case.
	www.clanfraser.ca /78th1.htm (12369 words)

	Uniform Documentation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Little documentation appears extant specifically regarding the 76th Regiment of Foot 1777-1784.
		material indicates that their uniform facing was dark green, and a few buttons of the 76th exist in collections.
		Highland regiments raised at the same time as the 76th.
	hometown.aol.com /macdonald76th/UniformDocumentation.html (620 words)

	List of British Army regiments (1881) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		This is a list of British Army cavalry and infantry regiments that were created by in 1881, a continuation of the.
		33rd (The Duke of Wellington's) Regiment of Foot
		The Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment)
	lighthousepoint.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/List_of_British_Army_regiments_(1881) (162 words)

	George Gordon Gerard Trophime de Lally-Tollendal Webster Wedderburn
		In January 1849 he transferred to the 24th Foot (a regiment later virtually annihilated at Isandhlwana), with whom he served in the Punjab Campaign of 1848-49, under Sir Hugh Gough, during the Second Sikh War.
		He was promoted to lieutenant on December 21, 1849, and on October 7, 1851 he was transferred to the 76th Regiment of Foot, the "Immortals" (later the 2nd Battalion, West Riding Regiment).
		Caroline was born on 18 November 1827, the daughter of William Dixon and Cecilia Pierina Gironci, at Corfu.
	members.cox.net /ghgraham/georgewedderburn1827.html (1272 words)

	The British Army: 1 February 1793
		Of its Foot Artillery, nineteen companies were in Great Britain, one company was in Scotland, five companies were in Gibraltar, eight companies were in British North America, seven companies were in the West Indies and the two independent companies were in India.
		Other regiments had to go into the fleet to act as Marines.
		Any then at hand reinforcements for the continent would have to be the cavalry regiments.
	www.napoleon-series.org /military/organization/c_britarmy1793b.html (812 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Family of John Rankin (born 1744) John Rankin was born in Appin in 1744.
		Nothing is known of his early years until he enlisted in the newly formed 76th Regiment of Foot (see Appendix 5) on 19 March 1778.
		He was discharged from the 76th at Stirling in early 1784.
	familytreemaker.genealogy.com /users/r/a/n/Alasdair-Rankin/FILE/0001text.txt (215 words)

	76th Regiment of Foot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		the colour of the facing of the regiment, with the Union in the upper
		canton; except those regiments which are faced with red, white, or fl.
		of the regiment, with the King's cypher and crown, and the
	www.fifedrum.org /crfd/images/D76.htm (96 words)

	England GenWeb Project - Military Information - Lincolnshire Units
		Although men from all over the Empire served in the Lincolnshire Regiments in World War One, a large percentage of the troops were local Lincolnshire lads.
		Lincolnshire men also served in other units, both before and during WW I. In the early 1800's, many men were drawn to the 76th Regiment of Foot which became 2nd Btn.
		This was the Headquarters of the Regiment and stationed at Lincoln.
	www.rootsweb.com /~englin/military_linc.htm (1209 words)

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		For their distinguished service in these actions, King George III gave his authorisation to the 76th, allowing them to have the word "Hindoostan " emblazoned upon on the colours, along with an "elephant" badge, with a howdah atop the elephant, also inscribed with the word "Hindoostan".
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/76th_Regiment_of_Foot (1049 words)

	The Military History Research Index
		Regiment of the Foot, 1871-1881, in India -
		Regiment of Foot [Hindoostan], Second Battalion, 1825-1857, Britain and overseas,Details of -
		Regiment of the Foot, 1808-1825, in Peninsular War, Canada, Ireland (Kinsale,Cork) and Mauritius -
	www.geocities.com /RainForest/Vines/2750/milhis.htm (540 words)

	The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding). (The 33rd/76th Regiment of Foot). [Introduction by Lt.-General Sir ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		LUNT (J): The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding).
		Leo Cooper, [1971] 8vo., First Ed, with a portrait frontispiece and numerous illustrations in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in uncipped dust wrapper.
		Published in Cooper's concise 'Famous Regiments' series, edited by Horrocks.
	www.antiqbook.co.uk /boox/isl/5698.shtml (95 words)

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