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Known as '''HM Regiment de Meuron''' | Known as '''HM Regiment de Meuron''' | ||
[[File:Regiment suisse de Meuron .png|200px|thumb|right|Flag of de Meuron regiment]] | |||
== Chronology == | == Chronology == | ||
*'''1781''' raised in Neuchatel, Switzerland (100% Protestant and two thirds Swiss personnel), as the Le Régiment de Meuron after its commander, [http:// | *'''1781''' raised in Neuchatel, Switzerland (100% Protestant and two thirds Swiss personnel), as the Le Régiment de Meuron after its commander, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles-Daniel_de_Meuron Comte Charles de Meuron]. The regiment was a private regiment with Charles de Meuron the proprietor. At the time of its establishment, Neuchatel was ruled by the King of Prussia. The regiment was to serve the Dutch East India Company protecting the Dutch colonies. | ||
*'''1795''' transferred allegiance to the [[British Army]] as Meuron's Regiment after the British took Ceylon from the [[Dutch]] | *'''1795''' transferred allegiance to the [[British Army]] as Meuron's Regiment after the British took Ceylon from the [[Dutch]] | ||
*'''1816''' disbanded in England at Harwich (with free passage to the continent) | *'''1816''' disbanded in England at Harwich (with free passage to the continent) | ||
[[File:Regiment de Meuron Indien.jpg|thumb|350px|right|de Meuron Regiment at Seringapatam]] | |||
== Service in British India == | == Service in British India == | ||
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==Records== | ==Records== | ||
===National Archives, Kew=== | ====National Archives, Kew==== | ||
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/browser.asp?CATLN=3&CATID=13061&POSCATLN=6&POSCATID=509000 II. | *[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/browser.asp?CATLN=3&CATID=13061&POSCATLN=6&POSCATID=509000 II. War Department In-Letters And Papers: 1. Of the French Wars period: e. India, Ceylon and East Indies: Mission of Cleghorn to detach the De Meuron regiment from the service of the Dutch East India Company in Ceylon WO 1/361] | ||
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/browser.asp?CATLN=5&CATID=77636&GPE=False&MARKER=0 Commissary General of Musters Office and successors: General Muster Books and Pay Lists De Meuron's (Swiss) Regiment WO 12 /11960-11972] | *[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/browser.asp?CATLN=5&CATID=77636&GPE=False&MARKER=0 Commissary General of Musters Office and successors: General Muster Books and Pay Lists De Meuron's (Swiss) Regiment WO 12 /11960-11972] | ||
===Switzerland=== | ====Switzerland==== | ||
*The archives in Switzerland consulted while researching the book ''Le Régiment Meuron, 1781-1816'' by Guy de Meuron may be seen in this [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=9zvz9eXtN24C&pg=PA349 link] (Google Books), including a mention of records at the Archives de l’Etat in Neuchatel “Fonds Registres Rgt Meuron, 28 cartons, inventaire une page.” | *The archives in Switzerland consulted while researching the book ''Le Régiment Meuron, 1781-1816'' by Guy de Meuron may be seen in this [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=9zvz9eXtN24C&pg=PA349 link] (Google Books), including a mention of records at the Archives de l’Etat in Neuchatel “Fonds Registres Rgt Meuron, 28 cartons, inventaire une page.” | ||
*This [http://www.archive.org/stream/guidetomaterials00faus#page/166/mode/2up link]<ref>[http://www.archive.org/stream/guidetomaterials00faus#page/166/mode/2up "Canton de Neuchâtel" ''Guide to the materials for American history in Swiss and Austrian archives''] by Albert B. Faust 1916 Archive.org</ref> is about records in Neuchâtel. Page 167 mentions Pièces Annexes, in the Archives de l’Etat with the dossier title Militaire (Service à l’Étranger), and [http://www.archive.org/stream/guidetomaterials00faus#page/172/mode/2up page 172] refers to articles about the Regiment de Meuron | *This [http://www.archive.org/stream/guidetomaterials00faus#page/166/mode/2up link]<ref>[http://www.archive.org/stream/guidetomaterials00faus#page/166/mode/2up "Canton de Neuchâtel" ''Guide to the materials for American history in Swiss and Austrian archives''] by Albert B. Faust 1916 Archive.org</ref> is about records in Neuchâtel. Page 167 mentions Pièces Annexes, in the Archives de l’Etat with the dossier title Militaire (Service à l’Étranger), and [http://www.archive.org/stream/guidetomaterials00faus#page/172/mode/2up page 172] refers to articles about the Regiment de Meuron | ||
====Fibis==== | |||
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*[[German]] | *[[German]] | ||
== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
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[http://www.ceylondatabase.net/military.html#DeMeuron De Meuron Regiment] International Ceylon Database: Military, part of Kyle Joustra’s [http://www.ceylondatabase.net/Genealogy.html website]. Includes some names of soldiers. | [http://www.ceylondatabase.net/military.html#DeMeuron De Meuron Regiment] International Ceylon Database: Military, part of Kyle Joustra’s [http://www.ceylondatabase.net/Genealogy.html website]. Includes some names of soldiers. | ||
== References == | |||
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[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]] | [[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]] | ||
Revision as of 16:05, 14 April 2011
Known as HM Regiment de Meuron
Chronology
- 1781 raised in Neuchatel, Switzerland (100% Protestant and two thirds Swiss personnel), as the Le Régiment de Meuron after its commander, Comte Charles de Meuron. The regiment was a private regiment with Charles de Meuron the proprietor. At the time of its establishment, Neuchatel was ruled by the King of Prussia. The regiment was to serve the Dutch East India Company protecting the Dutch colonies.
- 1795 transferred allegiance to the British Army as Meuron's Regiment after the British took Ceylon from the Dutch
- 1816 disbanded in England at Harwich (with free passage to the continent)
Service in British India
- 1782 Ceylon
- 1783 helped the French defend Cuddalore
- 1788 Ceylon
- 1795 two companies taken prisoner by the British at Trincomalee
- 1799 4th Mysore War under Arthur Wellesley
- 1806 left India for Malta
Records
National Archives, Kew
- II. War Department In-Letters And Papers: 1. Of the French Wars period: e. India, Ceylon and East Indies: Mission of Cleghorn to detach the De Meuron regiment from the service of the Dutch East India Company in Ceylon WO 1/361
- Commissary General of Musters Office and successors: General Muster Books and Pay Lists De Meuron's (Swiss) Regiment WO 12 /11960-11972
Switzerland
- The archives in Switzerland consulted while researching the book Le Régiment Meuron, 1781-1816 by Guy de Meuron may be seen in this link (Google Books), including a mention of records at the Archives de l’Etat in Neuchatel “Fonds Registres Rgt Meuron, 28 cartons, inventaire une page.”
- This link[1] is about records in Neuchâtel. Page 167 mentions Pièces Annexes, in the Archives de l’Etat with the dossier title Militaire (Service à l’Étranger), and page 172 refers to articles about the Regiment de Meuron
Fibis
External Links
Regiment de Meuron Wikipedia. More dtailed French version Wikipedia
HM Regiment de Meuron ccv.northwestcompany.com
de Meuron Regiment www.library.mq.edu.au
Le Régiment de Meuron www.regiments.org, an archived site.
"His Majesty's Regiment de Meuron" by Julian James Cotton. Originally published in the Calcutta Review Vol. 117 October 1903, republished in the Journal of the Dutch Burgher Union of Ceylon Vol. LIV January-December 1964.
"New Light on an Old Controversy: How the Regiment de Meuron became part of the British Army" by R L Brohier Journal of the Dutch Burgher Union of Ceylon Volume XLIII no.2, April 1953.
Chapter 5 "Capitulation avec la Compagnie hollandaise des Indes orientales (1781)" Le Régiment Meuron, 1781-1816 by Guy de Meuron. (Written in French ) 1982 Google Books(Preview). This book is available at the British Library
"The Meuron Regiment at the Cape, 1783-1788" by Nigel Penn . Presented at a conference in October, 2003. Original link html version
"Lodge "La Réunion Neuchâteloise", Colombo Sri Lanka 1790-1796" html version original pdf MasonicLib
De Meuron Regiment International Ceylon Database: Military, part of Kyle Joustra’s website. Includes some names of soldiers.
References
- ↑ "Canton de Neuchâtel" Guide to the materials for American history in Swiss and Austrian archives by Albert B. Faust 1916 Archive.org