Old Army regiments

[dunkmac74]

Hi all bit of a big ask i expect but my 6x Grt Grandfathers Army record arrived today showing what regiments he fought with im wondering if someone in the Know might be able to please tell me where these regiments fought and against who?
Owen McDonald
Born Drum Roscommon Ireland
Discharged aged 59 after 39 years service between 1779 and 1814
served in these regiments
8TH FOOT
34TH FOOT
74TH FOOT
Then it says invalids or Supernumeracy invalids?
2ND ROYAL VETERANS BATTALION
Any help at all would be really really Appreciated
 Many Thanks
  Duncan McDonald

[neil1821]

Discharged aged 59 after 39 years service between 1779 and 1814
served in these regiments
8TH FOOT
34TH FOOT
74TH FOOT
Then it says invalids or Supernumeracy invalids?
2ND ROYAL VETERANS BATTALION

Can you break it down for us which years he served in which regiment? It would simplify the answer...

[dunkmac74]

Hi Neil1821
Thanks for the reply
Unfortunately the info i have is as ive given sorry nightmare i know all i can say is he must of started in the 8th in 1779 and been in the rest between then and finnally ending up ion the 2ND Royal veterans around 1814 not much help im afraid at the most if its all i can find out is where the regiments fought or who against i can at least think he may of been there?
Sorry i cant be more help
 Dunc

[Salty]

8th Foot   = The Kings (Liverpool ) Regt
34th Foot = Cumberland 1st Batt Border Regt
74th Foot = Highlanders 2nd Batt The Highland Light Infantry

[neil1821]

OK, well you asked for it....

1st Battalion 8th Foot
1777-83 garrison duty Fort Niagara, Fort Detroit etc (American revolutionary war)
1783-85 Canada
1785-90 England
1790-93 Channel Islands - Jersey
1793 Ireland
1793-94 West Indies (flank companies only)
1794-95 Holland
1795-96 West Indies (4 coys)
1796-99 England
1799-1800 Minorca
1800-1801 Gibraltar
1801-02 Egypt
1802-03 Gibraltar
1803-05 England
1805-06 North Germany - Hanover
1806-07 Ireland
1807 Denmark - Copenhagen
1808-09 West Indies
1809-10 Nova Scotia
1810-12 Canada
1812-14 Canadian/American Frontier - war of 1812
1814-15 Canada

More to follow...

[neil1821]

2nd Battalion 8th Foot
raised 1804
1804-09 England
1809 Walcheren expedition (flank companies)
1809-10 Jersey
1810-14 Nova Scotia/New Brunswick
1814-15 Canadian.American frontier
1815 England - disbanded

[neil1821]

1st Battalion 34th Foot
1777-86 Canada
1786-96 England
1796-1800 West Indies
1800-02 Cape of Good Hope
1802-23 India (including Pindari War 1817-19)

2nd Battalion 34th Foot
raised 1805 England
1805-06 North Germany - Hanover
1806-09 England
1809-14 Peninsular War - Portugal, Spain, France
1814-17 Ireland, then disbanded

[dunkmac74]

Holy XXXX!
Gees Neil thanks for all that and thank you for taking the time out looks like Owen must of seen a bit of action in his 39 years!!especially as he served with the 74th and ended up in the 2nd Royal veterans as well.Im now wondering if theres a way of finding which campaigns he was in whilst with these regiments obviously he cant of been in all of these Campaigns? must say thank you also to Salty to for telling me the regiments thats something else for me to look up im now wondering who hed of fought whilst part of Highlanders 2nd Batt?maybe he joined up in Liverpool originally when he had sailed from Ireland i wonder?
Really really good of you Neil for the look ups and thanks so much for your time any thing else you could think of to share would be Great
 Kindest regards
  Dunc

[neil1821]

Im now wondering if theres a way of finding which campaigns he was in whilst with these regiments obviously he cant of been in all of these Campaigns?

The answer to that is first of all to know which years he served in which regiment.
You say the information comes from his army records and I can't believe the information isn't there.

I'll do the 74th Regt for you later