Historical Record of the Fifteenth, or, the Yorkshire East Riding, Regiment of Foot Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1685, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1848

His Majesty has been pleased to command that, with the view of doing the fullest justice to Regiments, as well as to Individuals who have distinguished themselves by their Brave...

In their tranquil enjoyment of the blessings which the country derives from the industry and the enterprise of the agriculturist and the trader, its happy inhabitants may be sup...

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From their pleasant quarters among the Dutch peasantry, the soldiers of the FIFTEENTH foot were called, in the spring of 1703, to participate in the achievements of another camp...

In the middle of June, 1740, the FIFTEENTH, twenty-fourth, twenty-seventh regiments, and the six battalions of marines, were encamped on the Isle of Wight, under the orders of G...

In June a detachment of the regiment advanced up the river, in vessels, to co-operate with the troops under General Sir Jeffery Amherst, in an attack on the French army at _Mont...

The regiment remained a short time at Martinique, and afterwards proceeded to Dominica; but returned to Martinique in January, 1795, and was stationed at that island twelve mont...

'These considerations having now been removed in a manner the most satisfactory to you and to ourselves, we beg most respectfully to convey to you this expression of the obligat...

This officer entered the army as ensign in a regiment of foot, on the 22nd of February, 1695, and served two campaigns in Flanders under King William III. He also served with re...