East Yorkshire Regiment
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The East Yorkshire Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, first raised in 1685 as Sir William Clifton's Regiment of Foot and later renamed the 15th Regiment of Foot. It saw service
Cap badge
c. 1742 engraving of a regimental private
1776 portrait of a regimental officer
1848 illustration of two regimental officers
The Battle of the Plains of Abraham, also known as the First Battle of Quebec, was a pivotal battle in the Seven Years' War—whose North American theatre is referred to by Americans as the French and I
East Yorkshire Regiment
…Regiment of Foot. The regiment went on to take part in the capture of Île-d'Aix in 1757 and, having sailed for North America in 1758, fought at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in 1759 during the Seven Years' War. After the conclusion of the aforementioned war, the regiment was deployed to Montreal, Canada in c. October 1765…
The Death of General Wolfe Benjamin West, 1770
A portrait of Wolfe printed circa 1776
French fire ships sent downriver to block the British advance, as shown in a copy of a painting by Dominic Serres
The Battle of the Plains of Abraham