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The graphs were created from data in the Inspection Returns of the
64th Regiment held in the Public Record Office, and show the height
and age distribution of the various companies. What
does this tell us? Well, it shows that the tallest men (in 1767 and
1768) were in the 1st
Captain's Company (the Grenadier Company). We also get an idea for the
average height of the British soldier in the 18th century, and their
average age.
The figures for 1785, after the regiment returned to England, are for a
period in which it is severely lacking in manpower.