Relic condition.  Shank broken off.   Location of recovery unknown.

The 53rd was raised in 1755 as the 55th but was renumbered in 1757 to the 53rd. The regiment would see its first action when it arrived at Quebec City in May of 1776 to help raise the siege of the city by Continental Army troops during the Revolutionary War. The regiment served in the 1776 campaign under Guy Carleton the Battle of Trois-Rivieres and the Battle of Valcour Island.  In 1777 its flank companies were with Gen. John Burgoyne during the ill-fated Saratoga Campaign. Men from the other eight companies would serve under Maj. Christopher Carleton during Carleton’s Raid (1778) and in 1780 during the Burning of the Valleys campaign. Lt. Houghton of the 53rd would lead the Royalton Raid in 1780 burning three towns in eastern Vermont. In 1782 the regiment was linked to the county of Shropshire for recruiting. The Regiment returned to England in 1787.

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