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Accession Number

NAM.2012-08-2-109

Description

Letter from Maj Gen Thomas Calcraft, Colonel of the 65th Regiment of Foot to Col Adam Williamson, Deputy Adjutant General, 20 May 1782. Writes that the 65th would like to be named for Yorkshire, West Riding; also includes an extract from Lt Gen George Carey states that he doesn’t ‘think it a Sufficient Reason for Altering the Name of the 43rd, at my time of Life.’ From a group of 52 letters replying to letters from Adam Williamson asking each of the Colonels of the Regiments of Foot to choose a county name, 1782.