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*[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]
====British Library====
The British Library has the books
*''Le Régiment Meuron, 1781-1816'' by Guy de Meuron 1982, also available as a Preview Google Book, see below
*''The Swiss Regiment Meuron at the Cape and afterwards, 1781-1816'' by Adolphe Linder, published 2000 at Cape Town by the Castle Military Museum
====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.”
== External Links ==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regiment_de_Meuron Regiment de Meuron] Wikipedia. More dtailed detailed [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9giment_de_Meuron French version] Wikipedia<br>*[http://ccv.northwestcompany.com/demeuron.html HM Regiment de Meuron] ccv.northwestcompany.com<br>*[http://www.library.mq.edu.au/digital/seringapatam/regiments.html#meuron de Meuron Regiment] www.library.mq.edu.au<br>*[http://replay.waybackmachine.org/20071010052149/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/europe/ch-regts/meuron.htm Le Régiment de Meuron] www.regiments.org, an archived site.<br>*[http://www.dutchburgherunionthedutchburgherunion.org/journals/vol_51_60/JDBU%20Vol%2054%20No%201-4%20-%201964(1).pdf "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. <br>*[http://www.dutchburgherunionthedutchburgherunion.org/journals/vol_41_50/JDBU%20Vol%2043%20No%202%20-%201953(1).pdf "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.<br>*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=9zvz9eXtN24C&pg=PA44 Chapter 5 "Capitulation avec la Compagnie hollandaise des Indes orientales (1781)"] ''Le Régiment Meuron, 1781-1816'' by Guy de Meuron. (Written in French language ) 1982 Google Books(Preview). This book is available at the [[British Library]]<br>"The Meuron Regiment at the Cape, 1783-1788" by Nigel Penn . Presented at a *[httphttps://pagesweb.unibasarchive.chorg/afrikaweb/nocolonies*/prog.htm conference] in October, 2003. [http://pages.unibas.ch/afrika/nocolonies/penn_kaehr.paper.rtf Original link"The Meuron Regiment at the Cape, 1783-1788"] by Nigel Penn, now an archived webpage. Download a document to your computer (which you may need to locate in your downloads folder) which then must be opened. Presented at a [httphttps://webcacheweb.googleusercontentarchive.comorg/web/20110909025943/search?q=cache:9bpQjRT8Uu0Jhttp://pages.unibas.ch/afrika/nocolonies/penn_kaehrprog.paper.rtf+%22The+Meuron+Regiment+at+the+Capehtm conference] in October,+1783-1788%22&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=au&source=www2003.googleunibas.com.au html version]<br>ch*"Lodge "La Réunion Neuchâteloise", Colombo Sri Lanka 1790-1796" [http://docs.google.com/viewer?aurl=v&q=cache:pV0EVO_VSPMJ:wwwhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.masoniclib.com/images/images0/telech.php%3Ffich2Fimages%2Fimages0%3D3117299804812F311729980481.pdf+%22His+Majesty's+Regiment+De+Meuron%22&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESjSYehmfJjGrAast8MH104ypuRMEEUEg8FuXnUP93Zlr57KW-45v-GP0g_LvaZcvQleAdTgadC-vq2Uhjb6eXMFL1D8moOEgvxiEctnKZj6OZa1UCuJJu2cGkAu8WgWuLdDk9_Z&sig=AHIEtbQwJr1yWibzWx5_1vgR807OLlh7ew html version] , [http://www.masoniclib.com/images/images0/telech.php?fich=311729980481.pdf original pdf] MasonicLib<br>*[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.nzz.ch/nachrichten/panorama/der_letzte_schweizer_1.4078110.html Der letzte Schweizer] NZZ Online 29 November 2009 (German language) ==Historical books online==*[http://www.archive.org/stream/genealogist23selb#page/n385/mode/2up Six Marriages at Seringapatam in 1802], page 183, ''The Genealogist Volume 23'', 1907 Archive.org. There are some later marriages at Seringapatam which possibly could be for this regiment.*[http://books.google.com/books?id=zA4IAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA1 ''Narrative of the sufferings and adventures of Henderick Portenger, a Private Soldier of the late Swiss Regiment De Mueron, who was wrecked on the shores of Abyssinia in the Red Sea''] by R De May, as told by Henderick Portenger 1819 Google Books
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