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87 Foot: 1779 Oct to Dec: 87th Regiment of Foot; colonel: Viscount George Chewton....
Catalogue reference: WO 17/208
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- 1779-1812.
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87 Foot:
- 1779 Oct to Dec: 87th Regiment of Foot; colonel: Viscount George Chewton.
- 1794 Feb to 1812 Dec: 87th (Prince of Wales' Irish or the Prince's Own Irish Regiment) of Foot; colonel: Sir John Doyle; includes monthly returns from the Isle of Wight, Guernsey, Spain, Portugal, Mauritius and Africa.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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WO 17
Office of the Commander in Chief: Monthly Returns to the Adjutant General
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