The 43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot was an

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of the

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, raised in 1741. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the

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(Light Infantry) to form the 1st and 2nd battalions of the Oxfordshire Light Infantry in 1881. The regiment went on to become the

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in 1908.

History

Raising and Seven Years War

The regiment was raised at Winchester by Colonel

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as Thomas Fowke's Regiment of Foot in 1741. The regiment's first deployment was on garrison duties at

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in 1742. The regiment was numbered 54th Regiment of Foot from 1747 until 1751 when it became the 43rd Regiment of Foot. In May 1757 the 43rd sailed for North America, arriving at

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the following month to defend the British North American colonies during the

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(the North American Theatre of the

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) against France. A detachment of the 43rd was defeated in a skirmish with

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and Acadian resistance fighters at Bloody Creek near

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on 8 December 1757. The regiment had spent almost two years on garrison duties when, in 1759, as part of General Wolfe's force, it took part in the capture of

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gaining its first battle honour. The next campaign was in the

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where the 43rd took part in the capture of Martinique in January 1762 and of Saint Lucia later in the month from the FrenchLevinge, p. 48 and the capture of

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In August 1762 from the Spanish.

American War of Independence

The regiment returned to North America in 1774 and remained there throughout the American War of Independence. The 43rd were joined by the 52nd at

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in June 1774. At the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the Grenadier and

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(flank) companies of the regiment were deployed. At the Battle of Bunker Hill, the regiment formed part of the 'Assault Force', which had the unfortunate job of assaulting the heavily defended

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.May, p. 23 Following the Siege of Boston, the regiment was evacuated to Halifax in

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. One year later, the regiment sailed for Long Island and took part in the

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, Between 16-18 November 1776, the regiment took part in the Battle of Rhode Island, and shortly thereafter was withdrawn back to New York where it took part in the

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and Battle of Fort Lee. In 1781, the regiment was moved back into

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where it formed part of the garrison under

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Henry Clinton. Later that year, the regiment joined

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Benedict Arnold in his Virginia campaign and took part in the

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. Later, the regiment arrived in Yorktown and was present during the

Siege of Yorktown The Siege of Yorktown, also known as the Battle of Yorktown, the surrender at Yorktown, or the German battle (from the presence of Germans in all three armies), beginning on September 28, 1781, and ending on October 19, 1781, at Yorktown, Virgi ...

later that year. In 1782, regimental county titles were granted and the 43rd became the 43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot. The regiment returned to the West Indies in January 1794 to capture for the second time Martinique and Saint Lucia which following the peace treaty of 1763 had been returned to France. They were defeated at Guadeloupe in 1794 by a much larger French force after defending their position for three months.

Light Infantry

In 1803, the 43rd, the 52nd and the 95th Rifles became the first Corps of Light Infantry and formed the Light Brigade at Shorncliffe in

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under the command of Major-General John Moore. The regiment was re-titled as the 43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry). The 43rd was part of a force led by

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which in 1807 captured

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and the entire Danish fleet.

Peninsular War

Le 43e régiment britannique à Sabugal, 1811

In August 1808, during the

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, the 43rd fought in the

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which drove Napoleon's forces from Portugal. The campaign against the French then moved to Spain where in January 1809 the regiment took part in the retreat to Vigo and Corunna; achieving fame as part of the rearguard to the army before returning to England. In May 1809 the 1st battalion of the 43rd, as part of Sir

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's Light Brigade, sailed for

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to join Sir Arthur Wellesley's army. On landing at Lisbon the 43rd moved to Spain to support Wellesley's forces there. The battalion's march of 250 miles from Lisbon to Talavera included a march of fifty-two miles in twenty-six hours in the hottest season of the year. The battle of Talavera had been won before the battalion arrived. However, a company of the 43rd which had been at Lisbon from December 1808 fought in the battle as part of General Richard Stewart's brigade. In 1810 the 43rd formed part of the Light Division under the command of Sir Robert Craufurd. The 43rd fought in the battle of the crossing of the Côa in July 1810, the

Battle of Bussaco The Battle of Buçaco () or Bussaco, fought on 27 September 1810 during the Peninsular War in the Portuguese mountain range of Serra do Buçaco, resulted in the defeat of French forces by Lord Wellington's Anglo-Portuguese Army. Having o ...

in September 1810 and the

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in April 1811. The 43rd also took part in the

Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro In the Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro (3–5 May 1811), the British–Portuguese Army under Wellington checked an attempt by the French Army of Portugal under Marshal André Masséna to relieve the besieged city of Almeida. A bloody stalema ...

in May 1811, the assault on the fortress of

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in January 1812 and the Siege of Badajoz in April 1812; when storming the breach the 43rd lost 20 officers and 335 men. The regiment went on to fight at the

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in July 1812 and the

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in June 1813 and then pursued the French Army into France where they saw action at the

Battle of Nivelle The Battle of Nivelle (10 November 1813) took place in front of the river Nivelle near the end of the Peninsular War (1808–1814). After the Allied siege of San Sebastian, Wellington's 80,000 British, Portuguese and Spanish troops (20, ...

in November 1813, the

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in December 1813 and the Battle of Toulouse in April 1814. Following the end of the Peninsular War in 1814 the Light Division was disbanded and the 43rd returned to England. The 2nd battalion of the 43rd was part of the

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in 1809 where many troops lost their lives to fever in the Scheldt marshes.

Battle of New Orleans

The 43rd returned to America in 1814 as part of an expeditionary force which initially had some success but was defeated during the

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by the forces of General Jackson in 1815.Booth, p.51Newbolt, p. 130 The regiment then returned to Europe. The 43rd arrived in Belgium too late to fight in the

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on 18 June 1815. There were however a number of 43rd officers present during the battle including Lord Fitzroy Somerset and Major James Shaw Kennedy who both served on the Duke of Wellington's staff. The regiment formed part of the army of occupation in France until November 1818.

Canada 1836-1846

The regiment served in

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from 1819 to 1823 and then at

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from 1823 to 1830. Following a period in England the 43rd returned to

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in 1836. The regiment under the overall command of

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commander-in-chief Canada took part in the suppression of the Rebellions of 1837. In December 1837, in severe weather conditions, the regiment marched from Fredericton to Quebec a distance of 370 miles of many forests, frozen rivers and mountainous terrain in a period of eighteen days. The march received much attention in Canada and the Duke of Wellington expressed his high admiration for the arduous undertaking the 43rd had completed. The regiment left Canada for England in 1846 and was stationed in the south of England and then in Ireland until 1851.

Southern Africa 1851-1853

The 43rd were sent to South Africa for service in the Eighth Xhosa War in 1851. In 1852 a detachment from the regiment departed

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aboard the troopship HMS ''Birkenhead'' bound for Port Elizabeth. At two o'clock in the morning on 28 February 1852, the ship struck rocks at Danger Point, just off

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. The troops assembled on deck, and allowed the women and children to board the lifeboats first, but then stood firm as the ship sank when told by officers that jumping overboard and swimming to the

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would mostly likely upset those boats and endanger the civilian passengers. 357 men drowned. The bravery and discipline shown by British troops which included a detachment of the 43rd under the command of Lieutenant Girardot during the ship-wreck received much publicity in England and abroad. King Frederick of Prussia ordered that the story of the bravery shown during the sinking of the troopship be read out to each regiment of his army as an example of devotion to duty.

Indian Mutiny

The 43rd moved from South Africa to India arriving at Madras in January 1854. The regiment assisted in putting down the Indian Mutiny from 1857 to 1859. In the campaign, the regiment marched 1,300 miles in six months; from Southern India to Bengal and engaged in many actions with the enemy along the way. The regiment also won its first

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awarded to Henry Addison in 1859.

New Zealand Wars

In September 1863, the 43rd left India to take part in the

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. The 43rd led the storming column at Gate Pa in April 1864 and took part in the assault on the fort at Te Ranga in June 1864. Frederick Augustus Smith was awarded the

for his bravery during an attack on a Maori trench. The regiment returned to England in February 1866.

Later history

For the next fifteen years the regiment was mainly stationed abroad with only brief periods spent in the UK. The major operation it was engaged in during this time was in the suppression of the rebellion by the Moplahs in Southern India in 1873.Booth, p. 80–81 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 43rd was linked with the

53rd (Shropshire) Regiment of Foot The 53rd (Shropshire) Regiment of Foot was a British Army regiment, raised in 1755. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 85th (King's Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot to form the King's Shropshire Light Infantry in 1881. History E ...

, and assigned to district no. 21 at Copthorne Barracks in Shrewsbury. On 1 July 1881 the Childers Reforms came into effect and the regiment amalgamated with the

(Light Infantry) to form the 1st and 2nd battalions of the Oxfordshire Light Infantry (which became the

in 1908).

Battle Honours

* Quebec 1759, Martinique 1762, Havannah *Peninsular War: Vimiera, Corunna, Busaco, Fuentes d'Onor,

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, Vittoria,

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, Peninsula *Napoleonic Wars:

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*New Zealand Wars:

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1851-2-3 (''awarded to successor regiment, 1882'') * Martinique 1794 (''awarded to successor regiment, 1909'') *

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(''awarded to successor regiment, 1910'')

Victoria Cross recipients

* Henry Addison was awarded the VC in 1859 for his involvement in the Indian Mutiny. * Frederick Augustus Smith received the VC in 1864 for his part in the New Zealand Land Wars.

Colonels of the Regiment

Colonels of the regiment included: *1741: Lt-Gen.

*1741–1746: Brig-Gen William Graham *1746–1761: Lt-Gen. James Kennedy

The 43rd Regiment of Foot - (1751)

*1761–1762: Maj-Gen. Hon. Sharrington Talbot *1762–1766: Lt-Gen. Bennet Noel *1766–1792: Gen. Hon. George Carey

43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) - (1803)

*1792–1809: Gen Edward Smith *1809–1839: Gen Rt Hon Sir

John Cradock, 1st Baron Howden General John Francis Cradock, 1st Baron Howden (11 August 175926 July 1839) was a British peer, politician and soldier. Life He was son of John Cradock, Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin. In 1775 he was admitted to St John's College, Ca ...

, KB KC *1839–1844: Lt-Gen. Rt. Hon. Sir

John Keane, 1st Baron Keane Lieutenant-General John Keane, 1st Baron Keane (6 February 1781 – 24 August 1844) was an Irish soldier in the British Army. Early life John Keane was born in Waterford, Ireland, on 6 February 1781; he was the second son of John Keane and Sa ...

of Ghuznee, GCB, GCH *1844–1850: Lt-Gen. Hon. Sir

Hercules Robert Pakenham Lieutenant-General Sir Hercules Robert Pakenham (29 September 1781 – 7 March 1850) was a British Army officer who served as '' aide-de-camp'' to William IV of the United Kingdom. Early life Hercules Robert Pakenham was born 29 September 1781 ...

, KCB *1850–1865: Gen. Sir James Fergusson, GCB *1865–1866: Gen. Sir James

Frederick Love General Sir James Frederick Love (1789 – 13 January 1866) was a British Army officer who served as Lieutenant Governor of Jersey. Military career Love was commissioned into the 52nd Regiment of Foot in 1804 and took part in the retrea ...

, GCB, KH *1866–1869: Lt-Gen. Sir

Robert Garrett Robert S. Garrett (May 24, 1875 – April 25, 1961) was an American athlete, as well as investment banker and philanthropist in Baltimore, Maryland and financier of several important archeological excavations. Garrett was the first modern Ol ...

, KCB, KH *1869–1881: Gen. Hon. Sir Augustus Almeric Spencer, GCB

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