Regimental Timeline

25^th March

Large Moorish Army invests Tangier.

13^th May

Moors capture Kendall, Charle, Pole and Henrietta Forts.

2^nd June

Four new companies arrive from England. Governor’s regiment formed into two battalions.

30^th July

Two regiments of Guards, with Dumbarton’s Regiment, arrive in Tangier. Earl of Ossory appointed Governor; Sir Palmes Fairborne remains in command.

20^th September

Sortie and battle before Tangier. Forts retaken and refortified.

24^th October

Sir Palmes Fairborne killed. Colonel Sackville appointed Governor.

December

Six months’ truce with the Moors. Earl of Plymouth appointed Governor and Colonel of the Governor’s Regiment.

Arrival of 2^nd Tangier Regiment in two battalions under Piercy Kirk and Charles Trelawney.

1681

Kirke’s emissary to the Moors.

25^th March 1682

Kirke appointed Governor and Colonel of the Governor’s Regiment.

January

Treaty of Whitehall.

Destruction of the Mole and fortifications of Tangier commences.

14^th September

Arrival of the English fleet.

20^th February

Tangier Regiment returns home on the evacuation of Tangier, and on 1^st May is designated The Queen’s Regiment, with seniority as Second in the Line.

Four companies sent to Ireland.

1^st January 1685

The Queen’s Regiment redesignated The Queen Dowager’s Regiment on the death of Charles II and accession of James II.

10^th June

James Duke of Monmouth lands at Lyme Bay and raises rebellion.

6^th July

Battle of Sedgemoor concludes Monmouth’s rebellion.

The Queen’s redesignated as The Queen Dowager’s Regiment.

Regiment at Plymouth, then to Kingston.

February

Rochester.

Hounslow Camp; companies in Ireland return.

August

Exeter and Taunton.