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British Orderly Books - Foot

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Unit	Begin Date	End Date	Location	Source/Options
BF-21 21st Regiment of Foot (Royal North British Fusileers) Formed as The Earl of Mar's Regiment of Foot [before 1678] Redesignated the The Royal Regiment of North British Fusileers [1707] Designated 21st 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-22 22nd Regiment of Foot Formed [1689] Designated 22nd Regiment [1751] Arrived at Boston [July 1775] New York Campaign [1776] Rhode Island [1777-1779] New York [1780-1783] Returned to England [1783]
Other Books of Interest
BB-FS-01. BG Francis Smith's Brigade	28 Nov 1776	6 Jan 1778	Rhode Island	†Original: National Archives WO 63/2, also microfilm.
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-JM-01. Brigadier Marsh's Brigade	4 May 1782	20 Oct 1782	Staten Island	‡Original: Newberry Library, "Craven Orderly Book", Case MS F 8326.2
BF-23 23rd Regiment of Foot (Royal Welch Fusileers) Formed [1689] Designated the Prince of Wales's Own Royal Regiment of Welch Fusileers [1714] Designated The Royal Welch Fusileers [1727] Numbered the 23rd Regiment [1751] Arrived New York [Jun 1773] Boston [1774] New York Campaign [1776] Philadelphia Campaign [1777] Returned to New York [1778] Siege Charlestown, SC [1780] Cornwallis' southern campaigns [1780-1781] Surrendered at Yorktown [Oct 1781]
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-24 24th Regiment of Foot Formed [1689] Designated 24th 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-26 26th Regiment of Foot (Cameronians) Formed [1689] Designated 26th Regiment [1751] Arrived at New Jersey [Summer 1767] Sent to Canada [Apr 1775] Surrendered at St. Johns and Exchanged [Dec 1776] Reformed in New York Philadelphia [1777] Returned to New York [1778] Men drafted into other regiments and officers returned to England [Dec 1779]
BF-26-01. General Orders issued in America	1764	1783	?	†Original: Royal Museum of Scotland
BF-27 27th Regiment of Foot (Enniskillings) Formed [1689] Designated 27th (Enniskillings) Regiment [1751] Arrived at Boston [Oct 1775] New York Campaign [1776] Philadelphia Campaign [1777] Returned to New York [1777] To West Indies [Nov 1778]
BF-27-01. 27th Regiment of Foot	3 Jun 1776	8 Aug 1776	Halifax	‡Original: NY Public Library.
Other Books of Interest
BC-1LI-01. 1st Light Infantry Bn. Light Infantry Co. from 27th Regiment of Foot.	4 Aug 1778	16 Oct 1778	New York	‡Original: LOC, also microfilm: Washington Papers, ser. 6B, Vol 6, reel 118, also available on the web, type in "orderly book," select by date.
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-28 28th Regiment of Foot Formed [1690] Designated 28th Regiment [1751] Siege of Charleston, SC [May 1776] New York Campaign [1776] Philadelphia Campaign [1777] Returned to New York [1778] To West Indies [Nov 1778]
BF-28-01. 28th Regiment of Foot, General Gray's Company	1 Mar 1778	20 May 1778	Philadelphia	‡Original: Private collection; also microfilm, Rutgers University Library.
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-29 29th Regiment of Foot Formed [1704] Designated 29th Regiment [1751] Arrived Boston [Sept 1768] Returned to England [1773] Arrived Quebec [May 1776] Remained in Canada until 1787
BF-29-01. 29th Regiment of Foot	9 Dec 1781	16 Nov 1783	Terre Bonne, Montreal, Lechienne, St. Johns	‡Original: National Archives of Canada, MG23, K1, Malcom Fraser Papers, Vol. XXVIII.
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-30 30th Regiment of Foot Formed [1702] Designated the 30th Regiment [1751] Arrived in Charlestown, SC [Jun 1781] To West Indies [Dec 1782]
BF-31 31st Regiment of Foot Raised as Villier's marine corps [1702] Reformed as a regiment of foot [1715] Designated 31st Regiment [1751] Arrived in Quebec [May 1776] Remained in Canada until 1787
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.
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-33 33rd Regiment of Foot Formed [1702] Designated 33rd Regiment [1751] Siege of Charleston, SC [1776] New York Campaign [1776] Philadelphia Campaign[1777] Returned to New York [1778] Siege Charlestown, SC [1780] Cornwallis' southern campaigns [1780-1781] Surrendered at Yorktown [Oct 1781] Exchanged and sent to Halifax [Sept 1783]
BF-34 34th Regiment of Foot Formed [1702] Designated 34rd Regiment [1751] Arrived Quebec [May 1776] Siege of Fort Stanwix [1777] Garrisoned Niagara and other northern posts until 1786
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.
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-35 35th Regiment of Foot Formed [1701] Designated 35th Regiment [1751] Arrived Boston [Jun 1775] New York Campaign [1776] To West Indies [Nov 1778]
BF-35-01. Standing Orders of the 35th Regiment	1769	1776	Boston	†Original: Massachusetts Historical Society.
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-37 37th Regiment of Foot Formed [1702] Designated 37th Regiment [1751] Siege of Charleston, SC [1776] New York Campaign [1776] Philadelphia Campaign [1777] Returned to New York [1778] Departed the United States [1783]
BF-37-01. Regulations for Doing Duty, 37th Regiment of Foot	Circa 1774			‡Original: Eyre Coote Papers, 27/4, Clements Library.
BF-37-02. 37th Regiment of Foot	11 May 1776	9 Oct 1776	South Carolina, New York	‡Original: Eyre Coote Papers, 6912/14-32, Clements Library.
BF-37-03. 37th Regiment of Foot	16 Sep 1776	5 Oct 1776	New York	‡Original: Eyre Coote Papers, 6912/14-33, Clements Library.
BF-37-04. 37th Regiment of Foot	27 Aug 1777	9 Sep 1777	Elk Ferry	‡Original: Eyre Coote Papers, 6912/14-34, Clements Library.
BF-37-05. 37th Regiment of Foot	9 Sep 1777	3 Oct 1777	Kennets Square	‡Original: Eyre Coote Papers, 6912/14-35, Clements Library.
BF-37-06. 37th Regiment of Foot	10 Oct 1777	26 Nov 1777	Philadelphia	‡Original: Eyre Coote Papers, 6912/14-36, Clements Library.
BF-37-07. 37th Regiment of Foot	3 Dec 1777	29 Dec 1777	Philadelphia	‡Original: Eyre Coote Papers, 6912/14-37, Clements Library.
BF-37-08. 37th Regiment of Foot	30 Dec 1777	25 Jan 1778	Philadelphia	‡Original: Eyre Coote Papers, 6912/14-38, Clements Library.
BF-37-09. 37th Regiment of Foot	37 Mar 1778	2 May 1778	Philadelphia	‡Original: Eyre Coote Papers, 6912/14-39, Clements Library.
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
BC-1LI-02. Light infantry Co. from 37th Regiment of Foot	5 Nov 1778	13 Nov 1778	New York	‡ Also includes company account book. Original: Eyre Coote Papers, 6912/14-40, Clements Library.
BC-1LI-03. Light infantry Co. from 37th Regiment of Foot	14 Nov 1779	31 May 1780	New York, Long Island, Charleston	‡Original: Eyre Coote Papers, 6912/14-41, Clements Library.
BC-1LI-04. Light infantry Co. from 37th Regiment of Foot	1 Jun 1780	27 Oct 1780	New York, Long Island	‡Original: Eyre Coote Papers, 6912/14-42, Clements Library.
BC-1LI-05. Light infantry Co. from 37th Regiment of Foot	30 Oct 1780	219 Jun 1781	New York, Long Island, Portsmouth VA, Petersburg	‡Original: Eyre Coote Papers, 6912/14-43, Clements Library.
BF-38 38th Regiment of Foot Formed [1702] Designated 38th Regiment [1751] Arrived at Boston [Jul 1774] New York Campaign [1776] Rhode Island [1778] Returned to New York [1779] Returned to England [1783]
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-40 40th Regiment of Foot Formed [1717] Designated the 40th Regiment [1751] Arrived at Boston [Jun 1775] New York Campaign [1776] Philadelphia Campaign [1777] Returned to New York [1778] To West Indies [Nov 1778] Returned to New York [Aug 1781] Returned to England [1783]
BF-40-01. 40th Regiment of Foot	6 Oct 1776	27 Dec 1776	New York, Hillsboro	†Original: Massachusetts Historical Society, also microfilm: Reel 6, No. 1. This book was captured(?) and reused by the American Army as AR-04A-01
BF-40-02. 40th Regiment of Foot	20 Apr 1777	28 Aug 1777	Amboy, New York	‡Original: LOC, also microfilm: Washington Papers, ser. 6B, vol 1, reel 117, also available on the web, type in :orderly book," select by date.
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

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