Ten soldiers of the 78th Regiment were admitted to Royal Chelsea Hospital on July 20, 1759, nine of which are listed as having sustained injuries at Louisbourg. James Williamson; Roderick Mcniel; William Fraser Callum; James Cummings; John Gillis; William Cunnison; Alexander McTavish; Robert Thompson; John Fraser, John Macallum.
MONTHLY
RETURN OF HIS MAJESTY’S FORCES IN THE RIVER ST. LAWRENCE, UNDER THE COMMAND
OF BRIGR. GENL. ROBERT MONCKTON, SEPTR. 24TH 1759.
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78TH
REGIMENT: COLONEL FRASER’S
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OFFICERS
PRESENT
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COMMISSION
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Colonels
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Lt.
Colonels
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Majors
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Captains
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Lieutenants
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Ensigns
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1
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11
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25
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13
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OFFICERS
ABSENT
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Major
Clephane
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Left sick
at New York
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Major
Campbell
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Never
joyn’d His Majesty’s
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Lieut.
McTavish
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Left with
the sick at Louisbourg
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NAMES OF
VACANT OFFICERS
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Capt.
Ross
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Killed
Sepr. 13th
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Lieut.
Roderick McNeil
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Killed
Sepr. 13th
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Lieut.
Alexr. McDonell
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Killed
Sepr. 13th
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STAFF
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Chaplains
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Adjutants
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Qr.
Masters
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Surgeons
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Mates
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1
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1
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1
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1
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2
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EFFECTIVES
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RANK
& FILE
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Fit for
Duty
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Sick/Present
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Sick/Hospital
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Absent
sick & on duty
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Recruiting
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On Furlow
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744
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245
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241
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66
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TOTAL:
1296
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WANTING
TO COMPLEAT
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Serjeants
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Drummers
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Rank
& File
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149
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SINCE
LAST RETURN
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Recruited
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Dead
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Discharged
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Deserted
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Killed
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Wounded
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8
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1
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27
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137
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JOYN’D
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INVALIDS
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Serjeants
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Drummers
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Rank
& File
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Recommended
to Chelsea and kept on Regiments pay
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4
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2
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131
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11
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PRISONERS
OR MISSING
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Source:
Casgrain, P.-B. A few remarks on "The siege of Quebec" and the battle of the Plains of Abraham by A. Doughty in collaboration with G.W. Parmeles, and on The probable site of the battle of the Plains of Abraham, by A. Doughty. App. III, J. Hope, 1903.
© Jeffrey Campbell, The 78th Regiment of Foot, 2019.
© Jeffrey Campbell, The 78th Regiment of Foot, 2019.
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