This select chronology aims to provide a temporal framework for the Georgian army, and an indication of how widely it campaigned, but is not intended to be fully comprehensive.
| 1740 | Expedition to Carthagena |
| Battle of Dettingen (Germany) | |
| 1745–57 | Duke of Cumberland: Captain General of Army (C. in C.) |
| 1745 | Battle of Fontenoy (Flanders) |
| Battle of Prestonpans (Scotland) | |
| 1746 | Battle of Culloden (Scotland) |
| 1747 | Battle of Lauffeldt (Flanders) |
| 1754 | French capture Fort Necessity |
| First regular battalion (39th) to India | |
| 1755 | Braddock defeated on Monongahela |
| 1756 | French capture Fort Oswego |
| 1757 | French capture Fort William Henry |
| Battle of Plassey (India) | |
| 1758 | Abercrombie defeated at Ticonderoga |
| Amherst takes Louisburg | |
| 1759 | Battle of Minden (Germany) |
| Capture of Quebec | |
| 1760 | Battle of Wandewash (India) |
| Battle of Warburg (Germany) | |
| 1761 | Belle Isle Expedition (France) |
| 1763 | Pontiac’s Rebellion |
| 1775 | Battle of Bunker Hill |
| 1776 | Capture of New York |
| 1777 | Battle of Brandywine Creek |
| Battle of Saratoga | |
| 1778 | Battle of Monmouth |
| 1779 | Defence of Savannah |
| 1780 | Battle of Camden |
| 1781 | Unsuccessful French attack on Jersey |
| Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown | |
| 1783 | British Army evacuates New York |
| Siege of Cuddalore (India) | |
| 1791 | Capture of Sringapatnam |
| 1793 –95 | Lord Amherst (C. in C.) |
| 1793 | Expeditionary force sent to Flanders |
| Expeditionary force sent to St. Domingo (Haiti) | |
| 1794 | Capture of Port au Prince (St. Domingo/Haiti) |
| Capture of Martinique | |
| 1795 | Evacuation of British troops from |
| Holland/Germany | |
| 1795–1809 | Duke of York (C. in C.) |
| 1796 | Expedition to Cape (South Africa) |
| Maroon Revolt on Jamaica | |
| 1798 | Evacuation of British troops from St. Domingo |
| Rebellion in Ireland | |
| 1799 | Helder Expedition (Holland) |
| Storming of Sringapatnam (India) | |
| 1800 | Ferrol Expedition (Spain) |
| Liberation of Malta | |
| 1801 | Expedition to Egypt |
| Defence of Elba | |
| 1803 | Battle of Assaye (India) |
| Capture of St. Lucia | |
| 1804 | Expedition to Surinam (South |
| America) | |
| 1805 | Expedition to Hanover (Germany) |
| 1806 | Expedition to Buenos Aires |
| Battle of Maida (Italy) | |
| 1807 | Expedition to Copenhagen |
| Capture of Curacao | |
| 1808 | Opening campaigns of |
| Peninsular War | |
| 1809–11 | Gen. David Dundas (C. in C.) |
| 1809 | Walcheren Expedition (Holland) |
| Battle of Talavera (Spain) | |
| 1810 | Battle of Busaco (Portugal) |
| Capture of Guadaloupe | |
| 1811–27 | Duke of York (C. in C.) |
| 1811 | Battle of Fuentes d’Onoro |
| (Portugal) | |
| Battle of Albuera (Spain) | |
| 1812 | Battle of Salamanca (Spain) |
| Battle of Queenston Heights | |
| (Canada) | |
| 1813 | Battle of Vittoria (Spain) |
| Battle of Crysler’s Farm (Canada) | |
| 1814 | Battle of Toulouse ends |
| Peninsular War | |
| Battle of Lundy’s Lane (Canada) | |
| 1815 | Battle of New Orleans (USA) |
| Battle of Waterloo |
This illustration is copied from one of a remarkable series of watercolour sketches by an officer named William Loftie, who served in the 16th Foot for over 20 years between 1793 and 1815. Most of his output dates from around 1800 and records some wide variations from the regulations. This officer of the 21st Regiment (or Royal North British Fuziliers), 1801, presents a number of interesting features such as the Tarleton helmet worn in place of a fusilier cap, and the short jacket with blue facings and gold lace which might indicate a member of the light company were it not for the white hackle in his helmet. Note also the very distinctive non-regulation pointed cuffs.