James Marsh (British Army officer)

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General

James Marsh
Died(1804-06-12)12 June 1804
Allegiance Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
Branch Flag of the British Army.svg British Army
Rank General
Battles / wars American Revolutionary War

General James Marsh (died 12 June 1804) was a British Army officer.

Military career

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

  1. ↑ "The Brigade Dispatch, Volume XXIV, No. 3 (Summer 1994)". pp. 16–18. Archived from the original on 18 June 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  2. ↑ "No. 12930". The London Gazette . 16 October 1787. p. 485.
  3. 1 2 "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)
  4. ↑ "No. 13582". The London Gazette . 15 October 1793. p. 913.
  5. ↑ "No. 14080". The London Gazette . 16 January 1798. p. 22.
  6. ↑ Haydn's Book of Dignities (1851) p. 320.
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