39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot

[2] It saw action at the Battle of La Gudina in May 1709[3] and then remained in Portugal until 1713 when it embarked for Gibraltar and then moved to Menorca later in the year.

[6] The regiment served as marines from March 1744 to September 1746 when it took part in the Raid on Lorient during the War of the Austrian Succession.

[10] The regiment returned to Ireland in autumn 1758[11] and was engaged in the Great Siege of Gibraltar in 1779 and the following three years.

[1] The regiment participated in a task force under Major-General John Whyte to capture the Dutch settlements of Demerara, Essequibo, and Berbice in April and May 1796.

[25] The battalion was then posted to North America for service in the War of 1812[26] and took part in the Battle of Plattsburgh in September 1814[27] before returning to England in July 1815.

[29] The regiment arrived in the British colony of New South Wales toward the end of 1825[30] and saw service guarding convicts and establishing settlements at Hobart, Sydney, Swan River Colony and Bathurst, where in 1830 it helped suppress the bushranging insurgency known as the Bathurst Rebellion.

[31] It saw action at various skirmishes in spring 1834 during the Coorg War[32] and at the Battle of Maharajpore in December 1843 during the Gwalior campaign.

Major Eyre Coote who commanded the regiment at the Battle of Plassey in June 1757
Soldier of 39th regiment, 1742
Uniform of 39th Regiment, 1756