Regimental Timeline

The 70th Regiment

1756-1881

Soldiers of the Regiment

1756 - 1763: The Seven Years' War
1756 - 1763

1765 - 1772

1776 - 1782: American Revolutionary War
1776

1782 - 1790

1792 - 1802: The French Revolutionary Wars
1792 - 1802

1802 - 1815: the Napoleonic Wars
1802 - 1815

1815

1816 - 1827

1839 - 1842: First Afghan War
1839 - 1842

1842 - 1846: First Sikh War
1845 - 1846

1847 - 1848

1851 - 1853: First Frontier War
1851 - 1853

1854 - 1856: Crimean War
1854 - 1856

1857: Indian Mutiny
1857

1859

1860 - 1863: First Opium War (China)
1860 - 1863

1863 - 1866: Maori Wars (New Zealand)
1863 - 1866

1867 - 1868

1873: Cardwell's First Reforms
1873

1875 - 1877

1878 - 1879: Second Afghan War
1878 - 1879

1880