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71 Foot: 1762 Feb to Nov: 71st Regiment of Foot; colonel: William Petitot. 1789 Apr:...
Catalogue reference: WO 17/192
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- WO 17/192
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1762-1812.
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71 Foot:
- 1762 Feb to Nov: 71st Regiment of Foot; colonel: William Petitot.
- 1789 Apr: 71st Regiment of Foot; colonel: John Mackenzie (Lord McLeod):
- 1804 Dec to 1809 Jan: 71st Regiment of Foot; colonel: Sir John Francis Craddock.
- 1809 Feb to 1812 Dec: 71st Highland and Glasgow Regiment of Foot; colonel: Francis Dundas; includes returns from on board the Agincourt, at sea October to December 1807 on passage home from South America (Buenos Aires, Argentina) and Portugal, July to November 1808.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Office of the Commander in Chief: Monthly Returns to the Adjutant General
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