James Marsh (British Army officer)
James Marsh | |
|---|---|
| Died | 12 June 1804 |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service |  British Army |
| Rank | General |
| Battles / wars | American Revolutionary War |
General James Marsh (died 12 June 1804) was a British Army officer.
Military career
[edit]Marsh commanded the 43rd Regiment of Foot at Rhode Island in 1776 during the American Revolutionary War.[1] He remained in that post until October 1787[2] when he was asked to raise the 77th (Hindoostan) Regiment of Foot.[3] He was promoted to major-general on 18 October 1793,[4] to lieutenant-general on 9 January 1798[5] and to full general on 25 September 1803.[6]
He served as colonel of the 77th Regiment of Foot from 1787 until his death in 1804.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "The Brigade Dispatch, Volume XXIV, No. 3 (Summer 1994)". pp. 16–18. Archived from the original on 18 June 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
- ^ "No. 12930". The London Gazette. 16 October 1787. p. 485.
- ^ a b "77th (the East Middlesex) Regiment of Foot". regiments.org. Archived from the original on 29 December 2006. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "No. 13582". The London Gazette. 15 October 1793. p. 913.
- ^ "No. 14080". The London Gazette. 16 January 1798. p. 22.
- ^ Haydn's Book of Dignities (1851) p. 320.