Talk:43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot

Sable Island
The header refers to a link in support of a claim of a loss of men in 1760 in a shipwreck on Sable Island in Canada. However the reference states:- "Robert Elliot purchased a lieutenancy in the 43rd regiment on 27 Jan. 1740." As the regiment was not raised until 1741 this indicates the reference relates to a different regiment titled 43rd Regiment of Foot. As there were several units renumbered at that period of time, due to the '2nd battalion' of regiments being reformed as regiments in their own right. This claim needs verifying as to the actual regiment Lieutenant Elliot was in. It may have been the 42nd Regiment of Foot, which was raised in 1740 and renumbered as the 43rd in 1741. That regiment was serving at the surrender of Montreal in 1760 and then transferred to New York. Richard Harvey (talk) 11:21, 21 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Good point, you are probably right. Regardless, the story was badly formatted and inserted into the lead of the article where it was certainly misplaced.  It seems non-notable in the history of any regiment (and extrememly disproportional to the article seeing as the much much more significant history of the 43rd is not yet discussed) and so I have removed it but am pasting it here for easy future access (if needed). sassf (talk) 15:05, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

Text removed from article: "A transport {name unknown} lost November 14 1760 on Sable Island carrying troops of the 43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot. {See Sable Island link to Ships of war lost in 18th Century}."