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88 Foot: 1779 Nov: 88th Regiment of Foot; colonel: Thomas Keating. 1795 June to 1812...
Catalogue reference: WO 17/209
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- 1779-1812.
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88 Foot:
- 1779 Nov: 88th Regiment of Foot; colonel: Thomas Keating.
- 1795 June to 1812 Dec: 88th Regiment of Foot; colonels: John Reid, Sir William Carr (1st Viscount Beresford); includes monthly returns from India, Africa, Portugal and Spain.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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Office of the Commander in Chief: Monthly Returns to the Adjutant General
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