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87th Regiment of Foot

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===Historical Books Onlinebooks online===*[http://www.archive.org/details/recordofeightyse00canniala ''Historical Record of the Eighty-Seventh Regiment, or the Royal Irish Fusiliers : containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1793, and of its subsequent services to 1853''] Archive.org. Indian service commences [http://www.archive.org/stream/recordofeightyse00canniala#page/16/mode/2up page 16] in 1815 in Calcutta.**[https://archive.org/details/memoirsofextraor00shiprich/page/n7/mode/2up ''Memoirs of the extraordinary military career of John Shipp, late a lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment''] written by himself. A new illustrated edition with an Introduction by H Manners Chichester 1890 Archive.org. Originally published 1829 in 3 volumes [https://archive.org/details/memoirsofextraor01shipiala/page/n9/mode/2up Volume 1] [https://archive.org/details/memoirsofextraor02shipiala/page/n7/mode/2up Volume 2] [https://archive.org/details/memoirsofextraor03shipiala/page/n7/mode/2up Volume 3] and [https://archive.org/details/memoirsofextraor00ship/page/n5/mode/2up 1843 edition] with a further chapter. Archive.org:He first enlisted in 1797 age 13 (born 1784) and was with the [[22nd Regiment of Foot]] in India, where he took part in the siege of Bhurtpore (page 99) and as a result he was promoted to be an officer in 1805. He sold out in 1808 and re-enlisted and went to India again. In 1815 he was promoted and became an ensign in the 87th Royal Irish Fusiliers. He left India in 1825.
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