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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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Reference
WO 17/192
Date
1762-1812.
Description

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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Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Subjects
Topics
Army
Europe and Russia
Americas
Armed Forces (General Administration)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C601069/

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