De Meuron Regiment

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 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

Also see

• German

External Links

Regiment de Meuron Wikipedia
HM Regiment de Meuron ccv.northwestcompany.com
de Meuron Regiment www.library.mq.edu.au
Le Régiment de Meuron www.regiments.org