Shropshire's "Foreign Legion"
The Story of the 53rd (Shropshire) Regiment of Foot.
In the Lifetime of John Hope Wynne EYTON, 1852-1911.
CONTENTS
Introduction, 7
Chapter 1 53rd in India, 1844. 11
Indian Mutiny, 1857, 25
Chapter 2 Return to England, 1860. 33
Chapter 3 Deployment to Canada, 1866. 44
Chapter 4 53rd Move to Barbados, 1869. 53
Chapter 5 In Bermuda, 1870. 59
Chapter 6 John Hope Wynne Eyton Sub Lieutenant, 1873. 76
Chapter 7 To Ireland, 1875. 86
Chapter 8 To Jersey, 1877. 94
Chapter 9 Return to England 102
Aldershot, 1878. - Manchester, 1880. – Chatham, 1881. – Aldershot, 1882. – Ireland, 1882.
Chapter 10 The Egyptian Campaign, 1882. 115
Chapter 11 Malta, 1883. 122
Chapter 12 The Suakin Field Force, 1885. Egypt, 1886. 133
Chapter 13 Malta, 1887. 173
Chapter 14 Hong Kong, 1892. 180
Chapter 15 India, 1895. 195
Chapter 16 Eyton’s Retirement, 1898. Return to England 201
Chapter 17 Eyton in South Africa with the Imperial Yeomanry, 1900. 206
Chapter 18 A Final Retirement 1901-1911. 216
Epilogue 233
Notes 229