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== Campaigns ==
==== 4th Mysore War ====
The 12th Regiment of Foot first embarked for the East Indies in June 1796 on board the [[East Indiamen]] "[[Rockingham]]", "[[Lord Hawkesbury]]", "[[Airlie Castle]]" and "[[Melville Castle]]". They were convoyed by the frigate "Fox". Lists of the officers and men of the regiment that boarded these ships have been transcribed from the ships' logs held at the [[British Library]] and put online on the [httpshttp://searchfibis.fibisourarchives.org/frontisonline/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=25&s_id=177 fibis search] website. Wives that accompanied the men are also listed.
The regiment arrived in Madras in January 1797 and remained in India until 1810. During its time in India the regiment saw action in the [[4th Mysore War]] taking part in the [[Battle of Seringapatam 1799]] on the 4th May 1799.
The Suffolk Regiment Archives are held at the [[Suffolk Record Office]] in Bury St Edmunds.
An index of individuals listed in the [httpshttp://searchfibis.fibisourarchives.org/frontisonline/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=389&s_id=103 "Suffolk Regimental Gazette"] held at the Bury St Edmunds branch of Suffolk Record Office is also being put online on the FIBIS search site.
==Death by duel at Arnee, December 1798==
== External Links ==
===Historical Books Onlinebooks online===
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/recordoftwentyfi00canniala#page/n3/mode/2up ''Historical Record of the Twelfth, or the East Suffolk, Regiment of Foot : containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1685, and of its subsequent services to 1847''] by Richard Cannon 1848. Archive.org. Indian service commences [http://www.archive.org/stream/recordoftwentyfi00canniala#page/56/mode/2up page 57] in 1797 in Madras
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924027998024#page/n9/mode/2up ''Memoirs of George Elers, Captain in the 12th Regiment of Foot (1777-1842) to which are added correspondence and other papers, with genealogy and notes''] 1903 Archive.org . He arrived in Madras [http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924027998024#page/n81/mode/2up page 58]
*[https://archive.org/details/junglegreen009665mbp/page/n9/mode/2up ''Jungle Green''] by Arthur Campbell 1954, first published 1953. Archive.org. The campaign in Malaya against the Communist terrorists. Campbell served with the Suffolk Regiment.
===Other===
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_Regiment_of_Foot 12th Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia
