A right Family affair! Here is a list of the men that are included in this research and the corps and regiments in which they served: The main character: Victor Richard Thomas Menage, Royal Engineers. His father: Victor Ernest Menage, Royal…
The 87th Foot was raised in Ireland in 1793 on the outbreak of war with revolutionary France, as The 87th (The Prince of Wales's Irish) Regiment of Foot.
It became a Fusiliers Regiment on 23 July 1827, as the 87th or The Prince of Wales's Own Irish…