Lieut-Col Toby Purcell promoted to the Colonelcy of 23rd, 1691
When Col Charles Herbert was murdered in Ireland in 1691, he was succeeded to the colonelcy by Lieut-Col Tobias Purcell.
When Col Charles Herbert was murdered in Ireland in 1691, he was succeeded to the colonelcy by Lieut-Col Tobias Purcell, second-in-command of the Regiment at the battle of the Boyne in 1690. The spurs which he wore in the battle became a prized Regimental possession, being drunk to at every St David’s Day Dinner, and worn on ceremonial occasions by successive seconds-in-command until lost in a fire in Canada in 1842.
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