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Chapter XVIII: Appendix: B

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QUARTERS AND MOVEMENTS OF THE I7TH LANCERS SINCE THEIR FOUNDATION

[^1 signifies headquarters]

1759. _November 7th._--Warrant for raising the regiment.
_November 26th_ (?)--First rendezvous. Watford and
Rickmansworth.
_December._--Coventry.

1760. _October._--Haddington,^1 Musselburgh.

1761. _August._--Perth,^1 Falkland, Aberdour, Cupar, Culross,
Leven.

1762. _June._--Musselburgh^1 (2 troops), Dalkeith (2), Hamilton.
_September._--Haddington,^1 Dalkeith, Dunbar, Hamilton,
Musselburgh, Linlithgow.

1763. _January._--Haddington^1 (2), Dalkeith, Dunbar, Musselburgh,
Linlithgow.

1764 to 1771.--Ireland. [Gap in the muster-rolls; 2 troops in the
Isle of Man 1766.]

1772. _January._--Clonmell^1 (3), Clogheen (2), Leightonbridge (1).
_July._--Kilkenny^1 (2), Carrick (2), Ross (2).

1773. _January._--Kilkenny^1 (2), Carrick (2), Ross, Leightonbridge.
_July._--Carlow,^1 Athy, Tullow, Callen.

1774. _January._--Carlow,^1 Athy, Tullow, Callen.
_July._--Maryborough,^1 Mount Mellick.

1775. _April._--Embarked for Boston; arrived 10–15 June.
America, active service.

1776. _March._--Embarked for Halifax.
_June._--Left Halifax.
_July._--Landed Staten Island.
_August._--Mustered Staten Island.

1777. _January._--Mustered at New York.
_May._ „ Perth and Amboy.
_August._ „ Camp, New York Island, and
Bloomendale.

1778. _February._ „ Philadelphia.

1779. _September._ „ Flushing, Long Island (detachment to
Carolina).

1780. _May._--Mustered at Hampstead, Long Island.

1780. _July._--Mustered at East Chester.

1781. _January._ „ Haarlem, N. Y., and Hampstead, L. I.
_July._ „ Flushing, L. I.

1782. _January._ „ Hampstead, L. I.
_July._ „ Fort Knyphausen.

1783. _January._ „ New York and Haarlem.
_July._ „ New York.
Embarked for Ireland.

1784. _January._--Cork (on arrival).
_July._--Maryborough,^1 (3), Mount Mellick (3).

1785. _January._--Maryborough,^1 Mount Mellick.
_July._--Tullamore,^1 Philipstown.

1786. _January._--Tullamore,^1 Philipstown.
_July._--Longford,^1 Navan.

1787. _January._--Athlone,^1 Mount Mellick, Navan, “Man-of-War.”
_July._--Castlebar,^1 Sligo, Ballinrobe.

1788.--Castlebar,^1 Sligo, Ballinrobe.

1789.--Bandon.

1790. _July._--Kilkenny.

1791. _January._--Kilkenny,^1 Carrick, Ross.
_July._--Kilkenny.

1792. _January._--Kilkenny.
_July._--Phœnix Park.

1793. _January._--Collon.
_July._--Lisburn.

1794.--Belturbet.

1795. _May_?--Three troops embarked for West Indies--Jamaica.
_August._ „ „ „ St. Domingo.
Active service.

1796.--Jamaica, Grenada, St. Domingo.

1797. _March._--Port Royal (3 troops)? for embarkation.
_May._--Trowbridge (2 troops? depôt).
_August._--Return from West Indies. Nottingham, Trowbridge,
Gloucester, Bath, Bristol.

1798.--Canterbury (detachment on active service to Ostend).

1799.--Canterbury. Two troops to Southampton.
_Summer._--Swinley Camp.
_Winter._--Exeter and Taunton.

1800. _Summer._--Bagshot Heath.
_Winter._--Duffield (in aid of civil power).

1801 to 1802.--Manchester,^1 Lancaster, Chester, Bolton, Preston.

1803. _May._--Embarked for Ireland.
Tullamore,^1 Philipstown, Carlow, Kilkenny.

1804.--Clonmel,^1 Tullamore, Philipstown, Carlow, Kilkenny.

1805.--Dublin.
_September._--Moved to Northampton.

1806. _April._--Brighton, Romney, Rye, Hastings.
_October._--Embarked for active service in South America.
_December._--Arrived in La Plata.

1807.--Active service in South America.
_November._--Embarked for England.

1808. _January._--Disembarked at Portsmouth and marched to
Chichester.
_February._--Embarked for East Indies.
_August._--Fort William, Calcutta.

1809. _February._--Surat. Detachment to Persia.

1810.--Surat.

1811. _December._--Ruttapore.

1812 to 1821.--Ruttapore. Active service, detachments 1813 to 1815;
whole regiment, 1816 to 1821.

1822.--Ruttapore.

1823. _January._--Embarked for England.
_May._--Arrived in England. Quarters, Chatham.

1824. _June._--Regent’s Park Barracks.
_July._--Canterbury.

1825. _June._--Regent’s Park Barracks.
_July._--Brighton, Chichester.

1826. _March._--Exeter and Topsham.

1827. _January._--Hounslow and Hampton Court.

1828. _April._--Dundalk, Belturbet.

1829. _May._--Dublin.

1830. _May._--Newbridge,^1 Armagh, Navan, Kells, Kilkenny.

1831. _April._--Limerick,^1 Ennis, Newmarket, Adair.
_June._--Headquarters to Ballincollig.

1832. _April._--Portobello Barracks, Dublin.
_June._--Newport,^1 Berkeley, Dursley.
_July._--Dursley,^1 Wootton-under-Edge.
_November._--Headquarters to Gloucester.
(Cholera year.)

1833. _March._--Hounslow,^1 Hampton Court, Kensington.

1834. _May._--Leeds,^1 Burnley.

1835. _May._--Manchester.

1836. _April._--Norwich, Ipswich.

1837. _May._--Coventry, Northampton.

1838. _June._--Portobello Barracks, Dublin

1839. _January._--Royal Barracks, Dublin.
_August._--Portobello Barracks.

1840.--Portobello Barracks.

1841.--Glasgow, Edinburgh.^1

1842.--Leeds.

1843. _April._--Nottingham.^1
[_Autumn._]--Birmingham.^1

1844. _May._--Hounslow.^1

1845. _April._--Brighton.^1

1846. _June._--Dundalk.^1

1847. _April._--Island Bridge,^1 Portobello and Royal Barracks.
_October._--Royal Barracks.

1848 to 1849.--Royal Barracks, Dublin.

1850. _April._--Newbridge,^1 Clonmel, Kilkenny, Waterford, Carrick.

1851. _April._--Woolwich.
_October._--Canterbury.

1852. _June._--Brighton,^1 Christchurch, Trowbridge.

1853. _March._--Brighton,^1 Dorchester.
_June._--Chobham.
_July._--Hounslow,^1 Hampton Court.

1854. _April._--Sailed for active service in the Crimea. Depôt,
Canterbury.

1855.--Crimea.

1856. _April._--Left the East for Ireland.
_May._--Cahir Barracks,^1 Fethard, Clonmel, Clogheen,
Limerick.
_September._--Portobello Barracks.

1857. _March._--Island Bridge Barracks.
_October._--Embarked for active service in India. Depôt,
Canterbury.

1858. _February._--Arrived Kirkee, Bombay.
Pursuit of Tantia Topee.

1859. _May_--Gwalior.

1860. _January._--Left Gwalior.
_April._--Secunderabad.

1861 to December 1864.--Secunderabad.

1865. _January._--Embarked for England.
_May._--Colchester.

1866. _March._--Aldershot.

1867. _August._--Brighton,^1 Shorncliffe.

1868. _June._--Woolwich,^1 Kensington, Hampton Court.
_August._--Hounslow, Kensington, Hampton Court.

1869. _July._--Edinburgh,^1 Hamilton.

1870. _April._--Royal Barracks, Dublin.

1871. _April._--Longford,^1 Athlone, Ballinrobe, Castlebar, Gort.

1872. _May._--Ballincollig, Limerick, Cork, Fermoy, Clogheen.

1873. _July._--Curragh.
_August._--Island Bridge Barracks, Dublin.

1874. _August._--Dundalk,^1 Belfast, Belturbet (1 troop in December)

1875. _June._--Island Bridge^1 and Royal Barracks, Dublin.

1876. _June._--Embarked for England for autumn manœuvres.

1876. _September._--East Cavalry Barracks, Aldershot.

1877. _August._--Leeds,^1 Preston, Sheffield.

1878. [_May._--Detachments to Burnley, Blackburn, and Clitheroe, in
aid of civil power.]
_July._--Aldershot.
_September._--Hounslow,^1 Hampton Court.

1879. _February._--Embarked for active service in South Africa.
Depôt, Hounslow.
_April._--Arrived Durban.
_October._--Embarked for India.
_November._--Arrived at Mhow.

1880 to _January_ 1884.--Mhow. Depôt, Canterbury.

1884. _January and February._--Lucknow.

1885 to 1890.--Lucknow.

1890. _October._--Embarked for England.
_November._--Shorncliffe (one squadron in Egypt).

1891. _July._--Hounslow.

1892. Hounslow, Hampton Court, and Kensington.

1893. _September._--Preston^1 [Derby, Alfreton, Normanton (in aid
of civil power)] and Birmingham.

1894. Leeds,^1 Birmingham.

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