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Historical Records of the 32nd (Cornwall) Light Infantry: Now the 1st Battalion Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry, from the Formation of the Regiment. by Col G C Swiney A history of the 32nd (Cornwall) Light Infantry, proudly narrating its service throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. Originally formed as Marines under the ill-fated Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovel - later lost with his flagship in a wreck off the Cornish coast - the regiments first major action was the sudden capture and subsequent defence of the Rock of Gibraltar in 1703 during the War of the Spanish Succession. It later mounted raids on the west coast of France, was disbanded at the wars end with the Peace of Utrecht in 1713, only to be promptly reformed in 1715 during the Jacobite emergency. |
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