34th (Cumberland) Regiment of Foot
34th (Cumberland) Regiment of Foot | |
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Active | 1702–1881 |
Country | Kingdom of England (1702–1707) Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1801) |
Branch | British Army |
Garrison/HQ | Carlisle Castle |
Nickname(s) | Cumberland Gentlemen[1] |
Engagements | War of the Spanish Succession Seven Years' War American Revolutionary War Napoleonic Wars Upper Canada Rebellion Crimean War Indian Rebellion |
The 34th Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1702. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 55th (Westmorland) Regiment of Foot to form the Border Regiment in 1881.
History
Early history
The regiment was raised in
The regiment embarked for Flanders in June 1744 and saw action at the Battle of Fontenoy in May 1745 during the War of the Austrian Succession.[11] It was ordered home in September 1745 as part of the government response to the Jacobite rebellion[12] and were in the right wing of the front line at the Battle of Culloden in April 1746.[13] In 1751 a royal warrant declared that regiments should no longer be known by the name of their colonel, but their number in the order of precedence, and Conway's duly became the 34th Regiment of Foot.[2]
Seven Years' War
Posted to
The regiment departed with the
American Revolutionary War
The regiment was dispatched to Canada in spring 1776 and, while participating in numerous small skirmishes, drove out the American forces and forced then to abandon Fort Ticonderoga in July 1777.[18] A detachment of the regiment under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Barry St. Leger also took part in the unsuccessful siege of Fort Stanwix.[19] Captain Alexander Fraser, a veteran of the French and Indian War serving with the regiment, commanded what became known as the Company of Select Marksmen and saw action as skirmishers during the Saratoga campaign in autumn 1777.[20] A number of other officers and other ranks, including Lieutenant Bright Nodder, were captured by the American forces and held as part of the Convention Army.[21]
On 31 October 1780 the
The regiment was granted the county title as the 34th (Cumberland) Regiment of Foot in 1782[2] but did not return to England until 1786.[19]
Napoleonic Wars
The regiment was posted to the
A second battalion of the regiment was raised in 1804 serving in England and
Victorian era
In August 1829 the regiment was posted to
As part of the Cardwell Reforms of the 1870s, where single-battalion regiments were linked together to share a single depot and recruiting district in the United Kingdom, the 26th was linked with the 55th (Westmorland) Regiment of Foot, and assigned to district no. 2 at Carlisle Castle.[44] On 1 July 1881 the Childers Reforms came into effect and the regiment amalgamated with the 55th (Westmorland) Regiment of Foot to form the Border Regiment.[2]
Battle honours
Battle honours won by the regiment were:[2]
- Peninsular War: Albuhera, Arroyo dos Molinos, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Peninsula
- Crimean War: Sevastopol
- Indian Mutiny: Lucknow
- West Indies: Havannah(awarded 1909 to The Border Regiment)
Victoria Crosses
Victoria Crosses awarded to men of the regiment were:
- Private William Coffey, Crimean War (29 March 1855)
- Private Indian Mutiny(27 April 1859)
- Private John Joseph Sims, Crimean War (18 June 1855)
Regimental Colonels
Colonels of the regiment were:[2]
- 1702–1705: Robert Lucas, 3rd Baron Lucas of Shenfield
- 1705–1712: Hans Hamilton
- 1712–1723: Thomas Chudleigh
- 1723–1732: Robert Hayes
- 1732–1738: Hon. Stephen Cornwallis
- 1738–1742: Lord James Cavendish
- 1742–1749: Hon. James Cholmondeley
- 1749–1751: Hon. Henry Seymour Conway
34th Regiment of Foot
- 1751–1754: Charles Russell
- 1754–1760: Thomas Howard, 2nd Earl of Effingham
- 1760–1797: Lord Frederick Cavendish
34th (Cumberland) Regiment of Foot
- 1797–1810: George Fitzroy, 2nd Lord Southampton
- 1810–1816: Gen. Sir Eyre Coote
- 1816–1826: Gen. Hon. Sir Galbraith Lowry Cole
- 1826–1860: Sir Thomas Brisbane
- 1860–1874: Gen. John Eden
- 1874–1875: James Creagh
- 1875–1879: Gen. William Irwin
- 1879–1881: Gen. Alexander Maxwell
References
- ISBN 978-1-84832-562-3.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "34th (the Cumberland) Regiment of Foot". regiments.org. Archived from the original on 1 March 2006. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
- ^ Cannon, p. 11
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- ^ Cannon, p. 21
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- ^ Cannon, p. 30
- ^ Cannon, p. 32
- ^ Cannon, p. 33
- ^ a b Cannon, p. 35
- ^ Cannon, p. 37
- ^ a b Cannon, p. 39
- ^ "Captain Alexander Fraser's Company of Select Marksmen". Company of Select Marksmen. Archived from the original on 31 October 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
- ^ Baumgardt, Kenneth. "The Royal Army in America During the Revolutionary War: The American Prisoner Records". Defense Technical Information Center. Archived from the original on 31 October 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
- ^ Haldimand Papers CO42/14 XP003691 Copy 1 Niagara, 18 November 1780
- ^ "British warship sunk in 1780 found in Lake Ontario". CTV News. 13 June 2008. Archived from the original on 16 October 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
- ^ Cannon, p. 40
- ^ Cannon, p. 41
- ^ Cannon, p. 42
- ^ Cannon, p. 69
- ^ WO/379/6 Regimental annual dispositions. National Archives. Retrieved 8 August 2018
- ^ Cannon, p. 45
- ^ Cannon, p. 48
- ^ Cannon, p. 49
- ^ Cannon, p. 52
- ^ a b Cannon, p. 53
- ^ Cannon, p. 55
- ^ Cannon, p. 60
- ^ Cannon, p. 61
- ^ a b c Cannon, p. 62
- ^ Cannon, p. 43
- ^ Cannon, p. 71
- ^ "Chronology of events". The 1837 rebellions. Archived from the original on 22 February 2007. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
- ^ Cannon, p. 76
- ^ Cannon, p. 77
- ^ a b "34th Regiment". Cumbria's museum of military life. Archived from the original on 13 April 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
- ^ "Training Depots". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 10 February 2006. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
Sources
- ISBN 9780665483547.
Further reading
- Probert, Rebecca, ed. (2014). Catherine Exley's Diary: the life and times of an army wife in the Peninsular War. Kenilworth: Takeway (Publishing). ISBN 978-0-9563847-9-9.
External links
- 34th (Cumberland) Regiment of Foot National Army Museum