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86th (Royal County Down) Regiment of Foot
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1793.10.30 |
Sir Cornelius Cuyler's Shropshire Volunteers
raised at Shrewsbury from men of Yorkshire, Lancashire and Cheshire as a volunteer corps |
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1794 |
86th (Shropshire Volunteers)
placed on Regular Establishment |
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1795.10.25 |
absorbed personnel of 118th Regiment of Foot |
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1806 |
86th (The Leinster) Regiment of Foot |
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1812.05 |
86th (Royal County Down) Regiment of Foot |
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1881.07.01 |
amalgamated with 83rd Foot to form The Royal Irish Rifles |
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Uniform: |
coat: scarlet, lapels and cuffs: deep orange, turnbacks: deep orange, lacings: white with central black line |
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1793.10.30 |
Gen. Sir Cornelius Cuyler, Bt. [also
69th Foot] |
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1794.06.20 |
Gen. Russell Manners [also 19th Light Dgns, 23rd Lancers] |
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1795.03.25 |
Gen. William Grinfield |
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1804.01.05 |
Gen. Sir James Henry Craig, KB [also
22nd Foot, 46th Foot,
78th Foot, 82nd Foot [1757-68, 1777-83]; Gov. Lower Canada 1807-11, Gov. Cape 1795] |
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1806.10.30 |
Lt-Gen. Sir Charles Ross, Bt. [also 37th Foot, 85th Foot] |
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1810.06.25 |
Gen. Francis (Needham), 1st Earl of Kilmorey [also 76th Foot (McDonnell's Highlanders) [1777-84] |
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1832.12.03 |
Lt-Gen. William George (Harris), 2nd Baron Harris of Seringapatam and Mysore, CB, KCH [also
73rd Foot] |
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1835.12.04 |
Maj-Gen. Hon. Sir Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby, GCMG, KCB, KCH [also 1st Dgns] |
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1836.03.31 |
Gen. Sir James Watson, KCB [also 14th Foot] |
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1837.05.24 |
Lt-Gen. Sir Arthur Brooke, KCB |
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1843.08.25 |
Gen. John Maister [also 2nd West India Regt] |
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1852.05.26 |
Maj-Gen. Roger Parke |
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1854.05.08 |
Lord James Hay |
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1862.08.19 |
F.M. Sir John Michel, GCB [also C-in-C Ireland 1875-80] |
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The Irish Giants |
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St. Patrick's Day |
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