HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE THIRTY-SIXTH, OR THE HEREFORDSHIRE REGIMENT OF FOOT:

CONTAINING

AN ACCOUNT OF THE FORMATION OF THE REGIMENT In 1701,

AND OF ITS SUBSEQUENT SERVICES To 1852.

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 STATIONARY OFFICE. PUBLISHED BY PARKER, FURNIVALL, AND PARKER, 30, CHARING CROSS.

1853.

THE THIRTY-SIXTH REGIMENT BEARS ON THE REGIMENTAL COLOUR AND APPOINTMENTS THE WORD “FIRM;” ALSO THE WORD “HINDOOSTAN,” IN COMMEMORATION OF ITS DISTINGUISHED SERVICES IN THE SEVERAL ACTIONS IN WHICH IT WAS ENGAGED IN INDIA FROM 1790 TO 1793; AND THE WORDS “ROLEIA,” “VIMIERA,” “CORUNNA,” “SALAMANCA,” “PYRENEES,” “NIVELLE,” “NIVE,” “ORTHES,” “TOULOUSE,” AND “PENINSULA,” IN TESTIMONY OF ITS GALLANTRY IN THE SEVERAL ACTIONS FOUGHT DURING THE WAR IN PORTUGAL, SPAIN, AND THE SOUTH OF FRANCE, FROM 1808 TO 1814.

THE

THIRTY-SIXTH,

OR

HEREFORDSHIRE REGIMENT OF FOOT.