Historical Record of the Fifteenth, or, the Yorkshire East Riding, Regiment of Foot. Cannon Richard

— 1810 Embarked in an expedition against Guadaloupe — —— Capture of Guadaloupe 62 1812 Removed to St. Christopher's 63 1814 General peace proclaimed — 1815 War recommenced by the violation of the treaty of peace by Napoleon Buonaparte 64 —— The islands of Martinique and Guadaloupe again taken possession of — —— Re-embarked for Barbadoes — 1816 Peace being restored, the second battalion disbanded 65 —— Removed to Martinique — —— Proceeded to Grenada — 1817 Embarked for Nova Scotia — 1819 ———— for Bermuda — 1821 ———— for England — 1822 ———— for Ireland — 1827 Formed into six Service and four Depôt Companies 66 1827 Embarked for Canada — 1832 Employed in aid of the civil power at Montreal in suppressing a serious riot 67 —— Expressions of approbation of the conduct of the regiment 68 —— Suffered severely from the effects of Asiatic cholera 73 1838 Engaged on active duties in consequence of rebellion among a portion of the inhabitants of the Canadas 75 1840 Returned to England 79 —— Disembarked at Portsmouth, and joined by the Depôt Companies — 1841 Proceeded to Winchester, and thence to Woolwich — 1842 Marched to Windsor — —— Reviewed by Her Majesty the Queen Victoria, and the Prince Albert — —— Proceeded to Chester 80 —— ———— to Manchester — 1843 Embarked for Ireland — 1845 Formed into six Service and four Depôt Companies — —— Service Companies embarked for Ceylon — 1846 ———————— arrived at Ceylon 81 1847 Depôt Companies embarked from Ireland to England — 1848 The Conclusion —

SUCCESSION OF COLONELS.

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Year		Page
1685	Sir William Clifton, Bart	83
1686	Arthur Herbert, afterwards Earl of Torrington	—
1687	Sackville Tufton	84
1688	Sir James Lesley	85
1695	Emanuel Howe	—
1709	Algernon Earl of Hertford, afterwards Duke of Somerset	86
1715	Harry Harrison	—
1749	John Jordan	87
1756	Jeffery Amherst, afterwards Lord Amherst	—
1768