88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers)
[1] The regiment was sent to join the Duke of York's army in the Netherlands in summer 1794 as part of the unsuccessful defence of that country against the Republican French during the Flanders Campaign.[2] The regiment embarked for the West Indies in autumn 1795 and, after a difficult voyage, two companies took part in the capture of Grenada and the siege of Saint Lucia before returning to England in summer 1796.[3] The regiment sailed from India for Egypt in December 1800 for service in the Egyptian Campaign reaching Cairo on the day that the French troops surrendered.[5] The battalion sailed for South America in April 1807[5] and took part in the disastrous expedition under Sir Home Popham: it saw action in the unsuccessful attack on Buenos Aires in July 1807.[12] Then, at the Battle of Bussaco in September 1810, the battalion, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel John Wallace, together with a detachment of the 45th Regiment of Foot, made a bayonet charge which sent the French troops reeling.[15] The battalion, still under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Wallace made another bayonet charge at the Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro in May 1811 and drove the French Army from the village.
Great BritainUnited KingdomBritish ArmyRenmore BarracksGalwayFrench Revolutionary WarsNapoleonic WarsCrimean WarIndian Rebellion of 1857RegimentChilders Reforms94th Regiment of FootConnaught RangersJohn WallacePeninsular WarConnaughtJohn Thomas de Burgh, 13th Earl of ClanricardFrench RevolutionDuke of YorkNetherlandsFlanders CampaignWest Indiestook part inGrenadaSaint LuciaBombayEgyptian CampaignDumfriesFalmouthCape of Good HopeSouth AmericaexpeditionSir Home PophamBuenos AiresRío de la PlataPortsmouthPortugalWilliam Beresford, 1st Viscount BeresfordJean-de-Dieu SoultOportoBattle of TalaveraBattle of Bussaco45th Regiment of FootbayonetSir Arthur WellesleyLines of Torres VedrasBattle of Fuentes de OñoroSiege of Ciudad RodrigoSiege of BadajozBattle of SalamancaTurkish crescentSiege of BurgosBattle of VitoriaBattle of the PyreneesBattle of NivelleBattle of the NiveBattle of OrthezBattle of ToulouseNorth AmericaWar of 1812Battle of PlattsburghOstendLisbonBattle of SabugalIonian IslandsNova ScotiaBattle of AlmaBattle of InkermanSiege of SevastopolCity of GalwayIndian RebellionHMS JumnacholeraSouth Africa9th Xhosa WarAnglo-Zulu WarCardwell Reforms87th (Royal Irish Fusiliers) Regiment of FootTalaveraBusacoFuentes d'OnorCiudad RodrigoBadajozSalamancaVittoriaNivelleOrthesToulouseInkermanSevastopolHans Garrett MooreJohn Thomas de Burgh, 13th Earl of ClanricardeJohn ReidGordon DrummondHenry Frederick CampbellJohn Alexander Dunlop Agnew WallaceGeorge BullerArthur Dalzell, 9th Earl of CarnwathHoratio ShirleyRegiments of foot1st or The Royal Scots2nd (Queen's Royal)3rd (East Kent – The Buffs)4th (The King's Own Royal)5th (Northumberland) (Fusiliers)6th (Royal 1st Warwickshire)7th (Royal Fusiliers)8th (The King's)9th (East Norfolk)10th (North Lincoln)11th (North Devonshire)12th (East Suffolk)13th (1st Somersetshire) (Prince Albert's Light Infantry)14th (Buckinghamshire – The Prince of Wales's Own)15th (York, East Riding)16th (Bedfordshire)17th (Leicestershire)18th (The Royal Irish)19th (1st Yorkshire, North Riding – Princess of Wales's Own)20th (East Devonshire)21st (Royal Scots Fusiliers)22nd (Cheshire)23rd (Royal Welch Fusiliers)24th (2nd Warwickshire)25th (King's Own Borderers)26th (Cameronian)