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Saturday, November 17, 2007

November 1807


Picture from KGL Info

7th November - 4th Light Batalion.Captain Augustus von Quernheim died at Tullamore of accident or illness.1

21st November - The 2d Heavy German Dragoons have arrived at Tullamore , from this city. The 1st Heavy German Dragoons have received the route for Ballinrobe, Gort, &c2

27th November - The German Legion….The 5th and 7th battalions of the line, and the light brigade, comprising the 1st and 2nd light battalions, are to sail immediately for Ireland….3

1 Beamish, North Ludlow, History of the King’s German Legion Vol. 2 , Appendix 1084.
2 Freeman’s Journal 21st November 1807
3 Freeman’s Journal 27th November 1807

August 1807

Picture from KGL Info


10th August - Troop returns indicated that only 1st Dragoons were in Ireland.
1st Regiment of dragoons at Tullamore in Ireland.
25 officers, 6 staff, 42 Troop quarter-masters, and other sergents, 8 Trumpeters and drummers, 597 rank and file and 638 horses. 2nd regiment of dragoons on their way to Ireland.1

1 Beamish, North Ludlow, History of the King’s German Legion Vol 1, Pg. 356, C.