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82 Foot: 1778 Apr to Dec: Duke of Hamilton's or Colonel McLean's Regiment; colonel:...
Catalogue reference: WO 17/203
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- WO 17/203
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1778-1812.
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82 Foot:
- 1778 Apr to Dec: Duke of Hamilton's or Colonel McLean's Regiment; colonel: Lieutenant Colonel John Gunning (Colonel Francis McLean serving in Portugal); includes monthly returns and officers lists in preparation for embarkation to America.
- 1794 Jan to1795 June: 82nd Regiment of Foot or the Prince of Wales's Volunteers; colonel: Charles Leigh; includes monthly returns from Jersey.
- 1799 Jan to1812 Dec: 82nd Regiment of Foot; colonel: Sir Henry Pigot; includes monthly returns from Denmark, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Sicily and Portugal.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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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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