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REGIMENTS AND CORPS AT FORT YORK - PERIODS OF SERVICE Compiled by David Spittal 13th Hussars 1866, 1868 19th Light Dragoons 1813 Royal Artillery 1793, 1812 - 1815 1832 - 1856, 1862 - 1865 Royal Engineers and 1793, 1812 - 1815 (Sappers and Miners) 1832 - 1839, 1861 - 1862 1st Regiment of Foot 1843 1st (Royal) Regiment of Foot. 6th 1814 6th (1st Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot. 8th 1812 - 1815 8th (The King’s) Regiment. 15th 1834 - 1837 15th (York East Riding) Regiment of Foot. 16th 1863 - 1870 16th (Bedfordshire) Regiment of Foot. 17th 1866 - 1868 17th (Leicester) Regiment of Foot. 23rd 1852 - 1853 23rd (Royal Welch Fusilers) Regiment of Foot. 24th 1837 - 1840 24th (2nd Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot. 29th 1868 - 1869 29th (Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot. 30th 1861 - 1863 30th (Cambridgeshire) Regiment of Foot. 32nd 1838 - 1841 32nd (Cornwall) Regiment of Foot. 37th 1816 – 1817 37th (North Hampshire) Regiment of Foot. 1825 - 1826 41st 1802 - 1812 41st Regiment of Foot. 43rd 1841 - 1842 43rd (Monmouthshire Light Infantry) Regiment. 47th 1865 47th (The Lancashire) Regiment of Foot. 49th 1803 - 1816 49th (Hertfordshire) Regiment of Foot. 60th 1868 - 1870 60th Kings Royal Rifl e Corps 66th 1832 - 1834 66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot. 68th 1819 - 1822 68th (Durham Light Infantry) Regiment. 1826 - 1829 70th 1816 - 1819 70th (or Glasgow Lowland) Regiment of Foot. 1826 - 1827 70th (The Surrey) Regiment of Foot. 71st 1830 - 1831 71st (Highland Light Infantry) Regiment. 1850 - 1852 73rd 1838 - 1840 73rd Regiment of Foot. 76th 1822 - 1826 76th Regiment of Foot. 79th 1831 - 1833 79th (Cameron Highlanders) Regiment. 81st 1846 - 1847 81st (Loyal Lincoln Volunteers) Regiment of Foot. 82nd 1844 - 1846 82nd (Prince of Wales’s Volunteers) Regiment of Foot. 83rd 1842 - 1843 83rd Regiment of Foot. 85th 1838 - 1839 85th (The King’s Light Infantry) Regiment. 89th 1812 - 1815 89th Regiment of Foot. 93rd 1838 - 1840 93rd Highlanders. 1841 - 1844 97th 1812 - 1814 98th Regiment of Foot, renumbered and disbanded as the 97th. 100th 1808 - 1862? HRH The Prince Regent’s, County of Dublin Regiment. Disbanded 1818. 100th Regiment of Foot 1816 - 1818. 100th 1866 - 1868 100th (Prince of Wales’s Royal Canadian) Regiment of Foot. Rifl e Brigade 1847 - 1850 CANADIAN MILITIA Royal Newfoundland Regiment 1812 - 1813 Glengarry Light Infantry 1812 - 1815 Royal Canadian Rifl e Regiment 1847 - 1850, 1853 - 1861 Queen’s Rangers 1793 - 1802 Royal Canadian Veteran Battalion 1800 Royal Canadian Volunteer Regiment 1802 3rd Battalion Military Train 1862 - 1864 York Militia 1812 - 1815 Royal Canadian Dragoons arrived Toronto 1893 His Majesty’s Canadian Regiment 1814 - 1816 of Fencible Infantry OTHER REGIMENTS (Represented by Buttons etc.) 7th Regiment Royal Fusiliers 104th Regiment New Brunswick Regiment 6th Westmeath Irish Militia Regiment 26th Regiment Cameronians Regiment of Foot. 56th Regiment West Essex Regiment of Foot 103rd Regiment Regiment of Foot Marine and/or Navy.

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The London Gazette, January 25, 1898
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