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Régiment
de Dillon
[1793-1796] |
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Irish
Catholic / French Emigré
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| How to find information about individuals who served in this corps |
| 1791.07.21 |
2e Bataillon, 87e Demi-brigade de Bataille |
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| 1793.09 | Régiment
de Dillon surrendered to British in Santo Domingo, transferred to British service (180 men), and reverted to its ancient Irish Brigade title (a year later, other emigres also reconstituted the Regt de Dillon as the Hon. Henry Dillon's Regt in the British Army) |
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| 1796.11 | disbanded in Santo Domingo (personnel absorbed by Dillon's Regt and Comte de Walsh's Regt) | |
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1793.09 | transferred from French to British service in Santo Domingo | |||||
| 1793 | Santo Domingo | ||||||
| 1796.11 | disbanded (absorbed by Dillon's Regt in Santo Domingo) | ||||||
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| Uniform: | 1793: scarlet; facings: yellow; headdress: round hats | |||||||
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| Colonel: | ||
| 1793 | Col. Hon. Henry Dillon | |
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| 1793.09 | Maj. O'Farrel [Fr. officer who engineered defection of bn to British] | |
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Wild Geese Heritage Museum and Library, Portumna, Co. Galway, Ireland | |
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