Gretton follows one regiment from its raising in Ireland in 1684 through the wars of William III and Marlborough’s campaigns, the second siege of Gibraltar, Toulon and the wars with revolutionary France, the first war with China, Burma, the Crimea and the Indian Mutiny, then the separate service of its two battalions in New Zealand, Egypt and beyond to 1902.
A full regimental record for military historians and anyone tracing Irish soldiers in the British army. Download the free EPUB.