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ACTIONS, MOVEMENTS & QUARTERS
1702 - 1800
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June 1702 |
On Active
Service at Cadiz and Vigo |
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June -
September 1702 |
Expedition
to Cadiz |
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22 October
1702 |
Capture of
Vigo |
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November 1702 |
Sandwich,
Margate, Plymouth |
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December 1702 |
Sandwich,
Margate, Exeter, Tiverton, Cullompton, Broadminch |
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February 1703 |
Sandwich,
Margate, Plymouth, Exeter |
1703: The
Queen’s Regiment of Marines or Royal Regiment of Marines
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3 April 1703 |
Regiment
transferred to Marine Establishment |
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April 1703 |
Plymouth,
Mediterranean |
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December 1703 |
Plymouth,
Spithead |
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January 1704 |
Plymouth,
Mediterranean |
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16 August
1704 |
Capture of
Gibraltar |
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4 September
1704 |
Battle of
Malaga |
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September 1704 |
Exeter,
Taunton, Tiverton, Crediton, Totnes, Mediterranean |
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October 1704
- May 1705 |
Defence of
Gibraltar |
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January 1705 |
Mediterranean |
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25 October
1705 |
Capture of
Barcelona |
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4 February
1706 |
Battle of
San Estevan |
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April - May
1706 |
Defence of
Barcelona |
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18 July 1706 |
Capture of
Alicante |
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July -
August 1707 |
Seige of
Toulon |
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September-November 1707 |
Defence of
Lerida |
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13 September
1708 |
Capture of
Minorca |
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November
1708 |
Defence of
Denia |
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October 1709 |
Mediterranean
and Exeter |
1710: The
Queen’s Own Regiment of Foot
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March 1710 |
Regiment
reverted to land establishment |
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March 1710 |
Mediterranean
and Plymouth |
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July 1710 |
Plymouth and
the Isle of Wight |
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September 1710 |
Portsmouth and
Plymouth |
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January 1711 |
Portsmouth |
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March 1711 |
On Active
Service in Canada |
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October 1711 |
Plymouth |
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November 1711 |
Taunton,
Bridgewater, Somerton, Ilminster, Wellington, Glastonbury, and South
Petherton |
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August 1712 |
Plymouth,
Portsmouth and Pendennis |
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September 1713 |
Portsmouth,
Plymouth, Jersey, Guernsey, Falmouth and Scilly |
1715: His
Majesty’s Own Regiment of Food - or The King’s Own Regiment of Foot
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December 1715 |
Windsor,
Maidenhead, Colebrook, Beaconsfield and Wickham |
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October 1716 |
Portsmouth |
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May 1717 |
Jersey,
Guernsey, Isle of Wight, Windsor, and Hampton Court |
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March 1719 |
Plymouth |
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July 1719 |
Exeter |
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April 1720 |
Wolverhampton
and Birmingham |
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June 1720 |
Shrewsbury |
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November 1720 |
Ludlow,
Hereford and Leominster |
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February 1721 |
Winchester |
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March 1721 |
Winchester,
Isle of Wight, Southampton, and Romsey |
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August 1721 |
Southampton,
Chichester, Romsey, and Isle of Wight |
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January 1722 |
Waltham, Romsey,
Ringwood, Isle of Wight, Alresford, Odiham, and Alton |
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February 1722 |
Kent and Sussex
for Preventative Duties |
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May 1722 |
Farnham,
Godalming, Guildford |
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May 1722 |
Salisbury |
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September 1722 |
Exeter |
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May 1723 |
Shaftesbury,
Warminster and Hindon |
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June 1723 |
Newbury, Hyde
Park, Windsor and Hampton Court |
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October 1723 |
Yeovil,
Warminster, Shaftesbury, Chippenham, Devizes, Wincanton, Ilchester,
Frome, Bradford, Blandford, Hindon, Trowbridge, Wells, & Sherborne. |
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April 1724 |
Reading, Henley
and Newbury |
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April 1725 |
Scotland |
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May 1731 |
Bristol |
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July 1732 |
Exeter |
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May 1736 |
Durham and
Newcastle |
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September 1736 |
Edinburgh |
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July 1739 |
York |
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August 1740 |
Newbury |
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September 1740 |
Nantwich,
Derby, Macclesfield, Preston, Manchester, Lancaster, Wakefield,
Northwich, Liverpool & Bolton and Warrington until May 1741 |
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September 1741 |
Bristol |
1743: 4th Foot
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February 1744 |
Romford,
Brentwood, Stratford, Barking, Chelmsford, Billericay, and Ingatestone |
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June 1744 |
On Active
Service in the Netherlands |
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July 1744 |
Depot companies
in Hereford and Monmouth |
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October 1745 |
On Active
Service in Scotland |
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September 1745 |
Depot companies
Plymouth |
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8 February
1746 |
Battle of
Falkirk |
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April 1746 |
Inverness |
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27 April
1746 |
Battle of
Culloden |
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May 1746 |
Fort Augustus |
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August 1746 |
Stirling |
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September 1746 |
Linlithgow and
Bo’ness |
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February 1747 |
Berwick,
Linlithgow and Bo’ness |
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September 1747 |
Stirling,
Linlithgow and Bo’ness |
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December 1748 |
Inverness |
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1749 |
Edinburgh |
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May 1750 |
Fort Augustus,
Fort William |
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November 1750 |
Glasgow |
1751: 4th
Regiment or King’s Own Royal Regiment of Foot
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September 1751 |
En route for
the south via Carlisle and London |
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November 1751 |
Dover,
Canterbury, Sevenoaks, Tonbridge, Cranbrook, Goudhurst, Hawkhurst,
Flamwell, Deal, Exeter, Maidstone, Bromley, Town Malling, and
Faversham |
1752: Fourth (or
The King’s Own) Regiment of Foot
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March 1752 |
Exeter,
Tiverton, Padstow and St. Columb, Penzance, Helston, Canterbury,
Chichester, Littlehampton, Arundel and Maidstone, Shoreham, Broadwater,
Sevenoaks, Tonbridge, Cranbrook, Hastings, Eastbourne, Winchester, and
Rye |
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October 1752 |
Southampton,
Taunton, Yeovil, Chard, Exeter, Tiverton, Padstow, and St. Columb |
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November 1752 |
Exeter,
Tiverton, Padstow and St. Columb |
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March 1753 |
Plymouth Dock,
Plymouth, and Stoke Damarell |
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August 1753 |
In Garrison in
Minorca |
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April - June
1756 |
Defence of
Minorca |
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October 1756 |
Exeter and
Tiverton |
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March 1757 |
Plymouth and
Cornwall |
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October 1757 |
1st
Battalion
Truro, Redruth, St. Michaels,
Falmouth, Penrhyn, Lostwithiel, Fowey, Tredwardrith, Tavistock,
Barnstaple, Bideford, and Torrington
2nd Battalion
Grampound, Tregon, St.
Austell, St. Columb, Padstow, Wardbridge, Kennington, Saltash,
Launceston, Newport, Modbury, Plympton, Totnes, Ashburton, Brent,
Dartmouth, Newton Bushell, and Bodmin |
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February 1758 |
2nd
Battalion
On Active Service in North
America, becoming
62nd Foot (later Wiltshire Regiment) |
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April 1758 |
Exeter |
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October 1758 |
Plymouth |
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November
1758 |
On Active
Service in the West Indies |
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18 January
1759 |
Attack on
Martinique |
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January -
April 1759 |
Capture of
Guadeloupe |
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7 June 1761 |
Capture of
Dominique |
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January -
February 1762 |
Capture of
Martinique |
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June -
August 1762 |
Capture of
Havana |
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July 1764 |
Chatham |
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July 1765 |
Exeter,
Plymouth, and Tiverton |
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August 1766 |
Plymouth, and
St. Austell |
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February 1767 |
Cirencester |
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April 1767 |
To Scotland |
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June 1768 |
Berwick |
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Winter 1768 |
Edinburgh and
Dumfries |
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Summer 1769 |
Glasgow, Perth
and Ayr |
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Winter 1769 |
Perth |
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Summer 1771 |
Glenshiel |
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Winter 1771 |
Fort Augustus
and Fort William |
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Winter 1772 |
Dumfries,
Kirkcudbright and Annan |
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March 1773 |
En route to
Southampton via Winchester |
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April 1774 |
On Active
Service in North America |
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18 April
1775 |
Expedition
to Concord |
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April 1775 -
March 1776 |
Defence of
Boston |
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17 June 1775 |
Battle of
Bunker Hill |
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June - July
1776 |
Attack on
Charleston, South Carolina |
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26 August
1776 |
Battle of
Long Island |
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24 October
1776 |
Skirmish at
Pell's Point |
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28 October
1776 |
Battle of
White Plains |
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16 November
1776 |
Capture of
Fort Washington |
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18 November
1776 |
Capture of
Fort Lee |
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26 April
1777 |
Raid on
Danbury |
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11 September
1777 |
Battle of
Brandywine |
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4 October
1777 |
Battle of
Germantown |
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December
1777 |
Skirmishes
at Chestnut Hill and Edge Hill |
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28 June 1778 |
Battle of
Monmouth Court House |
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November
1778 |
On Active
Service in the West Indies
Depot companies at Nottingham
and Norwich |
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December
1778 |
Capture of
St. Lucia |
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6 July 1779 |
Battle of
Grenada (Naval
Action) |
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January 1781 |
Norwich |
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May 1781 |
Chester for
Ireland |
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May 1781 |
Armagh |
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June 1782 |
Galway |
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September 1782 |
Galway and
Limerick |
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February 1783 |
Enniskillen |
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1784 |
Dublin |
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May 1785 |
Cork |
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October 1786 |
Kinsale |
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May 1787 |
Embarked for
tour of foreign service in North America |
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June 1787 |
Newfoundland
and Halifax |
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September 1791 |
Newfoundland,
Annapolis Royal, Windsor & Shelburne |
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August 1792 |
Newfoundland
and Halifax |
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May 1793 |
St. Pierre,
Halifax, Newfoundland |
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1795 |
Halifax and
Quebec |
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June 1796 |
St. John's,
Chambley, and Isle aux Noix |
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November 1796 |
Montreal |
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June 1797 |
Quebec |
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May 1798 |
Chatham |
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July 1798 |
Botley,
Hampshire |
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April 1799 |
Worcester |
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July 1799 |
Horsham |
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August 1799 |
Canterbury |
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September
1799 |
On Active
Service in Holland |
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2 October
1799 |
Battle of
Egmont-op-Zee |
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6 October
1799 |
Battle of
Alkmaar |
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November 1799 |
Ipswich |
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March 1800 |
Colchester |
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April 1800 |
Ashford and
Chatham |
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June 1800 |
Swinley Camp |
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September 1800 |
Barnstaple and
Exeter |
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November 1800 |
Winchester |
1680 to 1702
1800 to 1914
1914 to 1959
1959 to 2005
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