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This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain : Historical Record of the Twelfth, or the East Suffolk Regiment of Foot by Richard Cannon (1848) pp. 99-100.
- ↑ Army List for 1740, p. 16.
- ↑ "No. 8113". The London Gazette . 24–27 April 1742. p. 2.
- ↑ "No. 9540". The London Gazette. 23–27 December 1755. p. 1.
- ↑ "No. 9552". The London Gazette. 3–7 February 1756. p. 2.
- ↑ "No. 9684". The London Gazette. 3–7 May 1757. p. 2.
- ↑ "No. 9924". The London Gazette. 21–25 August 1759. p. 2.
- ↑ The Scots Magazine : vol. 28. p. 615. November 1766.
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