: Memoirs and Services of the Eighty-third Regiment County of Dublin from 1793 to 1907 Including the Campaigns of the Regiment in the West Indies Africa the Peninsula Ceylon Canada and India by Bray Edward William - Great Britain History Military; Great Bri

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PART I contains the Services of 1st Battalion, from 1793, the date of its being raised, to 1817, when the 1st and 2nd Battalions were amalgamated at the Cape of Good Hope.

PART II contains the History of the 2nd Battalion from 1804 to 1814, and the Services of the Regiment during the Peninsular War.

PART V contains the Services of the Regiment in India, including the Indian Mutiny, from 1849 to 1857.

PART VI contains the Services of the Regiment from 1858 to 1863, including the campaign of 1858 in Central India.

MEMOIRS

OF THE

EIGHTY-THIRD REGIMENT

PART I

SERVICES OF THE 1ST BATTALION, 1793-1817

In September, 1793, Major William Fitch obtained a letter of service to raise a regiment, which, after being numbered, became the 83rd, its formation bearing date 28th September, 1793, and of which the major was appointed lieutenant-colonel commandant. The regiment was embodied at Dublin, and quartered in the old Custom House at Essex Bridge for about two months, when it was called upon to take a portion of the garrison duties, in consequence of a great number of troops having been drawn from that garrison for the purpose of embarking for the West Indies. The regiment then moved to the royal barracks. The establishment of the regiment at this period was fixed at 72 sergeants, 26 drummers, 1200 rank and file, and an additional lieutenant added to each company.

In October, 1794, a second battalion was added to the regiment, and the establishment of the first battalion was reduced to 52 sergeants, 22 drummers, and 1000 rank and file. The 2nd Battalion soon afterwards was numbered, and became the 134th Regiment.

On the 7th November, 1794, the regiment embarked at Dublin and sailed for England. It landed at Pill and marched to Bath, in Somersetshire, where it was quartered several months. It then marched to Poole, in Dorsetshire, where it remained about five months, and from thence to Southampton.

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