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West India Regiments: 1st West India Regiment, 1807 April to 1808 December; colonel...
Catalogue reference: WO 17/251
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- WO 17/251
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1795-1808.
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West India Regiments:
- 1st West India Regiment, 1807 April to 1808 December; colonel Lord Charles Henry Somerset. April 1807 at sea; remaining returns at St Ann's, Barbados.
- 2nd West India Regiment, 1805 January to 1808 December; colonel initially Sir William Myers, succeeded by the Earl of Cavan, and then Eyre Power Trench and Sir Brent Spencer. At Fort Charlotte, New Providence, Bahamas (to August 1806); then Fort Augusta, Jamaica.
- 3rd West India Regiment, 1807 April to August; colonel Hildebrand Oakes. At Prince Ruperts, Dominica.
- 4th West India Regiment, 1795 Nov and 1806 July to 1808 November; colonel initially Oliver Nicolls, then Thomas Maitland (returns from January 1808). At sea, on board Cove of Corke (Nov 1795); At Brandwaght, Surinam (from July 1806), with last returns at Fort New Amsterdam (Sept 1808), at sea, on board HMS Belleisle (Oct 1808), and St Ann's, Barbados (Nov 1808).
- 5th (or Duke of York's) West India Regiment, 1806 May to 1808 December; colonel initially Sir Henry Calvert, then Sir Charles Asgill (returns from August 1806) and Sir Alexander Hope (returns from June 1807). At Hondurus.
- 6th West India Regiment, 1797 July, 1802 January to 1804 December, and 1806 October to 1808 December; colonel initially John Whitelocke, then Simon Fraser (returns from October 1806). At Fort Augusta (July 1797); in the Bahamas (Jan 1802 to Aug 1803); at sea (Sept 1803); in Barbados (from Oct 1803); at Fort Amsterdam, Surinam (from May to Dec 1804); in St Lucia (from Oct 1806).
- 7th West India Regiment, 1802 August (late 7th WIR), and 1807 March to 1808 July; colonel Isaac Gascoyne. At St Ann's, Barbados and New Providence (from July 1807).
- 8th West India Regiment, 1795 October, and 1806 July to 1808 December; colonel John Skerrett (for Oct 1795 return), then Thomas Hislop. In Trinidad (from July 1806).
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- Open Document, Open Description
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