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British Orderly Books - Foot

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Unit	Begin Date	End Date	Location	Source/Options
BF-3 3rd Regiment of Foot (The Buffs) Formed for service in the Low Countries [1572] Established as the third regiment of the British Line [1665] Designated 3rd Regiment [1751] Arrived Charlestown, SC [Mar. 1781] Siege of Ninety-Six [1781] To West Indies [Dec. 1782]
BF-4 4th (Kings Own) Regiment of Foot Formed as 2nd Tangier Regiment [1680] Designated the Duchess of York and Albany's Regiment [1684] Queen's Marines [1685] King's Own Regiment [1715] Designated 4th Regiment [1751] Arrived at Boston [Jun 1774] New York Campaign [1776] Philadelphia Campaign [1777] Returned to New York [1778] To West Indies [Nov. 1778]
BF-5 5th Regiment of Foot Formed as a Holland Regiment [1674] Designated 5th Regiment [1751] Arrived Boston [Jul 1774] New York Campaign [1776] Philadelphia Campaign [1777] Returned to New York [1778] To West Indies[Nov 1778]
BF-6 6th Regiment of Foot Formed as a Holland Regiment [1673] Designated 6th Regiment [1751] Arrived at New York from the West Indies [Oct 1776] Men drafted into other regiments and officers returned to England [Dec 1776]
BF-7 7th Regiment of Foot (Royal Fusileers) Formed as Our Royal Regiment of Fusileers [1685] Designated 7th Regiment [1751] Arrived Quebec [Jul 1773] Surrendered at St. Johns and Chambly [1775] Reformed in New York [1777] Philadelphia [Winter 1777-78] Returned to New York [1778] Siege of Charlestown [1780] Battle of Cowpens [1781] Returned to New York [Aug 1782] Returned to England [1783]
BF-7-01. 7th Regiment of Foot	27 Apr 1778	27 Jun 1778	Philadelphia, Evasham, Mount Holly, Haddenfield, Blackhorse, Rising Sun, Monmouth Court House	‡Original: New Jersey State Archives, RG: Dept of defense; SubGroup: Adjutant General's Office; Series: Loyalist Manuscripts 1776-1783; Manuscript#: Box 3, #202-L. Transcript: NJSA: Copies of RevWar Manuscripts, Box 28-29, #44. Copy Hist Soc Penn, Am 625.
Other Books of Interest
B-RS-01 Recruiting Service Chatham Garrison	20 Mar 1780	5 Aug 1780	Chatham Barracks, Elizabeth transport, Portsmouth	‡Original: West Yorkshire Archives, SH:7/A/4
BF-8 8th (King's) Regiment of Foot Formed as Princess Anne of Denmark's Regiment [1685] Designated the Kings Regiment [1715] Designated 8th Regiment [1751] Arrived in Canada [summer 1768] Garrisoned Michimackinac, Oswego, Niagara, Detroit through 1785
Other Books of Interest
B-RS-01 Recruiting Service Chatham Garrison	20 Mar 1780	5 Aug 1780	Chatham Barracks, Elizabeth transport, Portsmouth	‡Original: West Yorkshire Archives, SH:7/A/4
BF-9 9th Regiment of Foot Formed in 1685 Designated 9th Regiment [1751] Arrived Quebec [May 1776] Surrendered at Saratoga [Oct 1777]
Other Books of Interest
BC-MSC-03. Major Acland's Grenadier Battalion	8 Oct 1776	4 Mar 1777	Point au Fer, Crown Point, Valcour Island, Verchere, Montreal	‡Original: Society of the Cincinnati, MSS L1996F76
BC-MSC-04. Major Acland's Grenadier Battalion Grenadier Co. from 47th Regiment of Foot	7 Jun 1777	3 Jul 1777	Point au Fer, River Bouquet, Chimney Point, Three Mile Point, Crown Point, camp before Ticonderoga	‡Original: NYHS, also microfilm: #46; reel 4.
BF-10 10th Regiment of Foot Formed in 1685 Designated 10th Regiment [1751] Arrived Boston [Oct 1774] New York Campaign [1776] Newport [Nov 1776] Philadelphia Campaign [1777] Returned to New York [1778] Men drafted into other regiments and officers returned to England [1778]
BF-10-01. 10th Regiment of Foot	3 Mar 1775	25 Apr 1775	Boston	‡Original: Clements Library, #8.
BF-14 14th Regiment of Foot Formed [1685] Designated 14th Regiment [1751] Arrived Virginia from the West Indies [1775] Sent to New York [1776] Men drafted into other regiments and officers returned to England [Dec 1776]
BF-14-01. Orderly Book for the Detachment of the 14th Regiment	4 Jun 1776	10 Jun 1776	Halifax, Nova Scotia	†Original: 5904/175, National Army Museum.
BF-14-yy. 14th Regiment of Foot	1776	1776	?	†Original: National Army Museum, mss. 5904-175
BF-15 15th Regiment of Foot Formed [1685] Designated 15th Regiment [1751] Siege of Charleston, SC [1776] New York Campaign [1776] Philadelphia Campaign [1777] Returned to New York [1778] To West Indies [Nov 1778]
BF-15-01. 15th Regiment of Foot	9 Dec 1776	15 Feb 1777	New York	†Original: Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Hamilton Papers.
Other Books of Interest
B-RS-01 Recruiting Service Chatham Garrison	20 Mar 1780	5 Aug 1780	Chatham Barracks, Elizabeth transport, Portsmouth	‡Original: West Yorkshire Archives, SH:7/A/4
BF-16 16th Regiment of Foot Formed [1688] Designated 16th Regiment [1751] Arrived in New York [1767] Sent to Florida [1767] Defense of Baton Rouge [1779] Siege of Pensacola [1781] Returned to England [Mar 1782]
Other Books of Interest
B-RS-01 Recruiting Service Chatham Garrison	20 Mar 1780	5 Aug 1780	Chatham Barracks, Elizabeth transport, Portsmouth	‡Original: West Yorkshire Archives, SH:7/A/4
BF-17 17th Regiment of Foot Formed [1688] Designated 17th Regiment [1751] Arrived Boston [Dec 1775] New York Campaign [1776] Philadelphia Campaign [1777] Returned to New York [1778] Sent to Virginia [Apr 1781] Surrendered at Yorktown [Oct 1781] Exchanged and sent to Nova Scotia [Nov 1783]
BF-17-01. 17th Regiment of Foot	11 Oct 1776	28 Dec 1776	New York, White Plains, Mile Square Camp, Delancy's Mills, Newark, Trenton, Princeton, Middlebush, New Brunswick	‡Original: NYHS, also microfilm: #41; reel 4.
BF-17-02. 17th Regiment of Foot	16 Aug 1778	2 Jan 1779	New York, Morris' House	‡Original: Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Am 618; also published 8.
BF-17-03. 17th Regiment of Foot	26 Jan 1779	1 Apr 1779	New York, Morris' House	†Original: NARA, also microfilm: M853, v163, r17.
BF-17-04. 17th Regiment of Foot	14 Feb 1779	29 Jun 1779	Stony Point	†Original: Huntington Library, HM 52666. Available online
BF-17-05. 17th Regiment of Foot	14 June 1779	12 Jul 1779	Stony Point, Verplanck's Point	†Original: NARA, also microfilm: M853, v163, r17.
BF-18 18th (Royal Irish) Regiment of Foot Formed [1684] Designated 18th (Royal Irish) Regiment [1751] Arrived Boston from Nova Scotia [Oct 1774] Men drafted into other regiments and officers returned to England [1775]
BF-18-01. Orderly Book, Detachment of the 18th Regiment	12 Oct 1774	5 Jun 1775	New York, Boston	†Source: 7609-3, microfilm, National Army Museum; original in private collection.
BF-19 19th Regiment of Foot Formed [1688] Designated 19th Regiment [1751] Arrived Charlestown, SC [Jun 1781] Siege of Ninety-Six [1781] To West Indies [Dec 1782]
Other Books of Interest
B-RS-01 Recruiting Service Chatham Garrison	20 Mar 1780	5 Aug 1780	Chatham Barracks, Elizabeth transport, Portsmouth	‡Original: West Yorkshire Archives, SH:7/A/4
BF-20 20th Regiment of Foot Formed [1688] Designated 20th Regiment [1751] Arrived Quebec [May 1776] Surrendered at Saratoga [Oct 1777]
Other Books of Interest
BC-MSC-02. Brigadier Simon Fraser's Advanced corps, light infantry company of the 20th Regiment of Foot	7 Aug 1776	4 Dec 1777	?	†Original: New York State Library, AFM223 or New York State Archives, V5465.
BC-MSC-03. Major Acland's Grenadier Battalion	8 Oct 1776	4 Mar 1777	Point au Fer, Crown Point, Valcour Island, Verchere, Montreal	‡Original: Society of the Cincinnati, MSS L1996F76
BC-MSC-04. Major Acland's Grenadier Battalion Grenadier Co. from 47th Regiment of Foot	7 Jun 1777	3 Jul 1777	Point au Fer, River Bouquet, Chimney Point, Three Mile Point, Crown Point, camp before Ticonderoga	‡Original: NYHS, also microfilm: #46; reel 4.
B-RS-01 Recruiting Service Chatham Garrison	20 Mar 1780	5 Aug 1780	Chatham Barracks, Elizabeth transport, Portsmouth	‡Original: West Yorkshire Archives, SH:7/A/4

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