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86 Foot: 1761 June to 1762 Dec: 86th Regiment of Foot; colonel: Richard Worge. 1779...
Catalogue reference: WO 17/207
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- 1761-1812.
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86 Foot:
- 1761 June to 1762 Dec: 86th Regiment of Foot; colonel: Richard Worge.
- 1779 Nov to 1782 Oct: 86th (or Rutland) Regiment of Foot; colonel: Anthony St Leger.
- 1794 Oct to 1796 June: 86th Regiment of Foot; colonels: Russell Manners, Henry Cuyler, William Grinfield; includes monthly returns from the Isle of Wight.
- 1799 July to 1804 July: 86th Regiment of Foot; colonel: William Grinfield; includes monthly returns from India.
- 1806 May to 1812 Dec: 86th (or Leinster) Regiment of Foot; colonels: Sir James Henry Craig, Sir Charles Ross, Francis Needham; includes monthly returns from India and the islands of Goa, Bourbon and Mauritius.
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