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HISTORICAL RECORD
OF
THE SIXTH, OR INNISKILLING REGIMENT
OF
DRAGOONS:
CONTAINING
AN ACCOUNT OF THE FORMATION OF THE REGIMENT
In 1689,
AND OF ITS SUBSEQUENT SERVICES
To 1846.
COMPILED BY
RICHARD CANNON, Esq.
ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, HORSE-GUARDS.
ILLUSTRATED WITH PLATES OF THE GUIDONS, AND OF THE UNIFORM
IN 1742, 1825, AND 1843.
LONDON:
PARKER, FURNIVALL, & PARKER,
30, CHARING CROSS.
M DCCC XLVII.
London:—Printed by W. Clowes & Sons, Duke Street, Stamford Street,
For Her Majesty's Stationery Office.
GENERAL ORDERS.
HORSE GUARDS,
1st January, 1836.
His Majesty has been pleased to command,that, with a view of doing the fullest justiceto Regiments, as well as to Individuals who havedistinguished themselves by their Bravery inAction with the Enemy, an Account of the Servicesof every Regiment in the British Army shallbe published under the superintendence anddirection of the Adjutant-General; and that thisAccount shall contain the following particulars,viz.,
—— The Period and Circumstances of theOriginal Formation of the Regiment; The Stationsat which it has been from time to time employed;The Battles, Sieges, and other MilitaryOperations, in which it has been engaged, particularlyspecifying any Achievement it may haveperformed, and the Colours, Trophies, &c., itmay have captured from the Enemy.
—— The Names of the Officers, and thenumber of Non-Commissioned Officers and Privates,Killed or Wounded by the Enemy, specifyingthe Place and Date of the Action.
—— The names of those Officers, who, in considerationof their Gallant Services and Mer