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85 Foot: 1759 Dec to 1762 Dec: Colonel Craufurd's Regiment of Royal Volunteers; colonel:...
Catalogue reference: WO 17/206
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This record is about the 85 Foot: 1759 Dec to 1762 Dec: Colonel Craufurd's Regiment of Royal Volunteers; colonel:... dating from 1759-1812. in the series Office of the Commander in Chief: Monthly Returns to the Adjutant General. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1759-1812.
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85 Foot:
- 1759 Dec to 1762 Dec: Colonel Craufurd's Regiment of Royal Volunteers; colonel: John Craufurd.
- 1794 Aug to 1802 Jan: 85th (Bucks Volunteers) Regiment of Foot; colonels: George Nugent, Sir Charles Ross; includes monthly returns from Gibraltar, Madeira, Isle of Wight and Jersey.
- 1806 June to 1812 Dec: 85th (Bucks Volunteers) Regiment of Foot or five companies 85th Light Infantry; colonels: Sir Charles Ross, Sir Charles Asgill, Henry Cuyler, Thomas Slaughter Stanwix; includes monthly returns from Jamaica, Spain and Portugal.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C601083/
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Office of the Commander in Chief: Monthly Returns to the Adjutant General
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