Historical Record of the Fifty-Sixth, or the West Essex Regiment of Foot

by Richard Cannon

HISTORICAL RECORD

OF

THE FIFTY-SIXTH,

OR

THE WEST ESSEX REGIMENT

OF

FOOT:

CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF

THE FORMATION OF THE REGIMENT

IN 1755,

AND OF

ITS SUBSEQUENT SERVICES

TO 1844.

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ILLUSTRATED WITH PLATES.

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LONDON.

PARKER, FURNIVALL, AND PARKER,

MILITARY LIBRARY, WHITEHALL.

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M.DCCC.XLIV.

LONDON:
HARRISON AND CO., PRINTERS,
ST. MARTIN’S LANE

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Contents

General Orders

Preface

Plates

Contents

1755–1844

Succession of Colonels

Succession of Lieutenant-Colonels

Succession of Majors