HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE SEVENTH REGIMENT, OR THE ROYAL FUSILIERS:

CONTAINING

AN ACCOUNT OF THE FORMATION OF THE REGIMENT IN 1685,

AND OF ITS SUBSEQUENT SERVICES TO 1846.

COMPILED BY

RICHARD CANNON, Esq.,

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, HORSE-GUARDS.

ILLUSTRATED WITH PLATES.

LONDON:

PARKER, FURNIVALL, & PARKER,

30 CHARING CROSS.

MDCCCXLVII.

London: Printed by W. Clowes and Sons, Duke Street, Stamford Street, For Her Majesty's Stationery Office.

THE SEVENTH REGIMENT,

OR

THE ROYAL FUSILIERS,

BEARS IN THE CENTRE OF ITS REGIMENTAL COLOUR, THE ROSE WITHIN THE GARTER AND THE CROWN OVER IT; AND IN THE CORNER THE WHITE HORSE;

ALSO THE WORD

"MARTINIQUE,"

FOR ITS GALLANT CONDUCT AT THE CAPTURE OF THAT ISLAND IN 1809;

AND THE WORDS

"TALAVERA," "ALBUHERA," "BADAJOZ," "SALAMANCA," "VITTORIA," "PYRENEES," "ORTHES," "TOULOUSE," "PENINSULA,"

TO COMMEMORATE ITS DISTINGUISHED SERVICES IN THE PENINSULA AND SOUTH OF FRANCE FROM 1809 TO 1814.