7th Royal Fusiliers 1775 -1776 Memorial Plaque

1685
VII
THE ROYAL
REGIMENT OF
FUSILIERS

THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY PERMISSION OF
HIS MAJESTY KING GEORGE V COLONEL-IN-CHIEF
OF THE ROYAL FUSILIERS, BY THAT REGIMENT, THEIR SISTER
REGIMENT THECANADIAN FUSILIERS AND THEIR FRIENDS,
TO THE MEMORY OF THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE
7TH ROYAL FUSILIERS WHO DEFENDED QUEBEC IN 1775
AND 1776 UNDER SIR GUY CARLETON, AND WHO WITH THE
HELP OF DETACHMENTS FROM THE ROYAL NAVY AND MERCHANT
SHIPPING, THE ROYAL ARTILLERY, ROYAL EMIGRANTS,
ENGLISH AND FRENCH-CANADIAN MILITIA AND VOLUNTEERS,
HELD THE FORTRESS AND CITY SECURE DURING A SEIGE
OF 154 DAYS THROUGHOUT THE RIGOURS OF A CANADIAN
WINTER AGAINST A NUMEROUS AND ENTERPRISING ENEMY.