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The regiment returned to the West Indies in November 1781 and took part in the Battle of Saint Kitts in January 1782 and, while serving as marines, in the Battle of the Saintes in April 1782. [4] In August 1782 the regiment took a county title as the 69th (South Lincolnshire) Regiment of Foot. [2] The regiment returned home in 1785. [3]
Includes commissioned officers of the 69th Regiment of Foot of the British Army formed in 1758 and amalgamated into the Welch Regiment in 1881. Pages in category "69th Regiment of Foot officers" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.
69th Regiment of Foot 1745–1746: 1745 Raised 1745 as the Duke of Montagu's Regiment, ranked as 69th Foot. Disbanded 1746. 69th Regiment of Foot 1758–1782. 69th (South Lincolnshire) Regiment of Foot 1782–1881 [109] 1756 Raised as 2nd Battalion, 24th Regiment of Foot 1756, reconstituted as 69th Regiment of Foot 1758. [109] 1881: 2nd Battalion,
He transferred first to Colonel Ramsay's Regiment 21 May 1803 then to Colonel Baille's Regiment on 9 August 1806 and then to the 3rd Ceylon Regiment on 31 July 1806. He was promoted to lieutenant-colonel on 7 January 1808 and was given command of the 2nd battalion of 69th Regiment of Foot on 4 June 1813.
69th Regiment may refer to: 69th (South Lincolnshire) Regiment of Foot, an infantry regiment of the British Army; 69th Armor Regiment, an armoured unit of the US Army; 69th Infantry Regiment (United States), an infantry unit of the US Army; 69th Infantry Regiment (New York), an infantry unit of the US Army; American Civil war. 69th Illinois ...
The Welch Regiment (or "The Welch", an archaic spelling of "Welsh") was an infantry regiment of the line of the British Army in existence from 1881 until 1969. The regiment was created in 1881 under the Childers Reforms by the amalgamation of the 41st (Welch) Regiment of Foot and 69th (South Lincolnshire) Regiment of Foot to form the Welsh ...
32 units of the United States Army have lineages which date back to the colonial history of the United States.Of those, 31 are Army National Guard units, including regiments, battalions, companies, batteries and troops, while one is a battalion of the Regular Army's Field Artillery Branch. 29 of the 31 Army National Guard units trace their lineage back to units formed in British America, while ...
He was colonel of the 69th Foot in 1876, then transferred to the 15th Foot in 1877 and the 22nd Foot (Cheshire Regiment) in 1888. In 1881 he was made KCB and subsequently GCB in 1893. He was a councillor of the Oxford Military College in Cowley and Oxford Oxfordshire from 1876 to 1894.