See also: Category:Soldiers of the Tangier Garrison
English garrison of Tangier
An illustration of the Tangier Garrison fighting at the Battle of Tangier in 1664
The Tangier Garrison was the land force which oversaw the defence of English Tangier between 1661 and 1684 when it was evacuated. It was part of the English Army, the de facto standing army that Charles II established following the Restoration. Charles II received Tangier as part of the Marriage Treaty with Portugal in 1661. He appointed Henry Mordaunt, 2nd Earl of Peterborough as governor and, on 30 January 1662, the new garrison took up its duties. Peterborough was not a successful appointment as governor, and Andrew, Lord Rutherford, was appointed in 1662/1663 to replace him.
The TangierGarrison was the land force which oversaw the defence of English Tangier between 1661 and 1684 when it was evacuated. It was part of the English...
English Tangier was the period in Moroccan history in which the city of Tangier was occupied by England as part of its colonial empire from 1661 to 1684...
Tangier (/tænˈdʒɪər/ tan-JEER; Arabic: طنجة, romanized: Ṭanjah, [tˤandʒa], [tˤanʒa]) or Tangiers is a city in northwestern Morocco, on the coasts of the...
governors of Tangier during the period when it was under European control (1471–1684). Timeline of TangierTangierGarrisonTangier Regiment 2nd Tangier Regiment...
of Tangier in 1661, the English had erected a number of forts around the town to help protect it. By the early 1670s, the English garrison in Tangier was...
The original garrison of Tangier in 1471 numbered 40 horsemen; 470 infantry, of which 130 were crossbowmen; 10 gunners, 6 scouts. Tangier was considered...
King Charles II, the regiment's intended role was to help to garrison the Colony of Tangier, but that was evacuated four years later. After a number of...
reinforce the TangierGarrison. In October 1680 he was wounded during a battle with the local Moroccan forces during the Great Siege of Tangier. He married...
probably in the English Colony of Tangier in Morocco, to George Elliott (c. 1636 - 1668, the Chirurgeon to the TangierGarrison) and his wife Catherine (née...
formed Tangier Regiment of Foot. The regiment mustered one thousand strong, besides officers, on Putney Heath, 14 October, and sailed to garrisonTangier, under...
Sir Tobias Bridge fought for Parliament in the English Civil War, and served the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell during the Interregnum. After the Restoration...
Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards, with which he served with the TangierGarrison, along with Percy Kirke and Charles Trelawny. Although he lost his...
with Portugal, where it formed most of the initial TangierGarrison. Also, many from the garrison joined the British brigade to fight in Portugal to help...
an Ensign on 12 June 1679, transferring to Colonel Kirke's Regiment in Tangier in 1681. He seems also to have served in the navy around this time, being...
Huntsville, Alabama, US Former dedications include the TangierGarrison chapel in 17th-century English Tangier, and a missionary chapel in Wakkanai established...
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