HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE EIGHTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT, OR THE ROYAL IRISH FUSILIERS.

HISTORICAL RECORD

OF

THE EIGHTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT,

OR

THE ROYAL IRISH FUSILIERS:

CONTAINING

AN ACCOUNT OF THE FORMATION OF THE REGIMENT In 1793,

AND OF ITS SUBSEQUENT SERVICES To 1853.

COMPILED BY

RICHARD CANNON, ESQ.,

ADJUTANT GENERAL’S OFFICE, HORSE GUARDS.

Illustrated with Plates.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY GEORGE E. EYRE AND WILLIAM SPOTTISWOODE,

PRINTERS TO THE QUEEN’S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY, FOR HER MAJESTY’S STATIONERY OFFICE.

PUBLISHED BY PARKER, FURNIVALL, AND PARKER,

MILITARY LIBRARY,

30, CHARING CROSS.

1853.

THE EIGHTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT,

OR

THE ROYAL IRISH FUSILIERS,

BEARS ON THE REGIMENTAL COLOUR AND APPOINTMENTS

THE PLUME OF THE PRINCE OF WALES, WITH THE MOTTO,

“ICH DIEN” AND THE “HARP,”

IN CONSEQUENCE OF ITS HAVING BEEN ORIGINALLY DESIGNATED

THE “PRINCE OF WALES’S IRISH REGIMENT;”

ALSO THE WORDS, “MONTE VIDEO,” IN COMMEMORATION OF THE GALLANTRY DISPLAYED BY THE FIRST BATTALION AT THE CAPTURE OF THAT PLACE, ON THE 3RD OF FEBRUARY, 1807;

THE WORD, “TALAVERA,” IN TESTIMONY OF THE CONDUCT OF THE SECOND BATTALION IN THAT BATTLE, ON THE 27TH AND 28TH OF JULY, 1809;

AN EAGLE WITH A WREATH OF LAUREL ABOVE THE HARP, AND THE WORD, “BARROSA,” IN COMMEMORATION OF THE GALLANTRY OF THE SECOND BATTALION, AND OF THE TROPHY ACQUIRED IN THAT BATTLE, ON THE 5TH OF MARCH, 1811;

ALSO THE WORD, “TARIFA,” FOR THE DISTINGUISHED GALLANTRY OF THE SECOND BATTALION IN THE DEFENCE OF THAT PLACE, ON THE 31ST OF DECEMBER, 1811;

AND THE WORDS, “VITTORIA,” “NIVELLE,” “ORTHES,” “TOULOUSE,” AND “PENINSULA,” IN TESTIMONY OF THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICES OF THE SECOND BATTALION IN THE SEVERAL ACTIONS FOUGHT DURING THE WAR IN PORTUGAL, SPAIN, AND THE SOUTH OF FRANCE, FROM 1809 TO 1814;

AND THE WORD “AVA,” TO DENOTE THE MERITORIOUS CONDUCT OF THE REGIMENT DURING THE BURMESE WAR, IN 1825-26.

THE

EIGHTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT,

OR

THE ROYAL IRISH FUSILIERS.