For a brief account of their history by Iain Swinnerton see: http://www.greenhowards.org.uk/html-files/ft-history.htm   Ray   --- On Thu, 4/9/08, Roger Partridge <r.partridge@ukonline.co.uk> wrote: From: Roger Partridge <r.partridge@ukonline.co.uk> Subject: Re: [Ess] Tendering reference To: "David Vesey" <veseybrown@sympatico.ca>, "Essex" <ESSEX-UK-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, 4 September, 2008, 2:17 PM Hi David & Listers ! No ! - according to my copy of "An Introduction to The British Army: Its History, Tradition and Records" by Iain SWINNERTON (Pub: Federation of Family History Societies - 1998 Reprint; ISBN: 1-86006-031-5) the "76th Foot" were renamed in 1881 as the 2nd Battalion of the Duke of Wellington's Regiment. Sorry ! Best Wishes ! Roger. -------------------- On 5 Sep 2008, at 02:17, David Vesey wrote: > Found a death notice from Tendering, circa 1865, > for a Lieut Vesey 'late of the 76th'. > > Can anyone help shed light on the '76th' for me. > Is this a renown 18th C Essex regiment? > > David Vesey > Canada ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Any problems, please contact the List Admin: Essex-UK-admin@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ESSEX-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message