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The items of Staffordshire 80th foot regiments is interesting. Are you sure it is a breast plate from 80th (Staffordshire Volunteers) Regiment of Foot?
The Regiment came in to being in 1758 . During this year it was given the name the 80th (Light Armed) Regiment of Foot. The following is a history of the Regiments name changes.
During the year 1764 the Regiment was disbanded , but reformed in 1778 as the 80th (Royal Edinburgh Volunteers), again disbanded in 1790. Once again the Regiment was recalled to duty in 1793, when it was also renamed the 80th (Staffordshire Volunteers) Regiment of Foot, a name it retained until 1881.
As you can see the regimental history below.
1793-1794 Chatham
1794 Guernsey
1794-1795 Campaign in the Low Countries
1795 Isle Dieu Expedition
1796-1797 Cape Town
1797-1801 Trincomalee Ceylon
1801-1802 Egypt, Det. Malabar Coast, S. India
1802-1803 Madras. Det. Poonamalee
1803-1804 Operations in Southern Mahratta Country
1804-1807 Cannanore, S. India
1805 Operations against Nairs of Wynaud
1807-1809 Seringapatam, S. India
1809-1811 Cannanore
1811-1813 Seringapatam
1813-1817 Quilon, S. India
1817-1818 Chatham
1818 Colchester. Dets.
1818-1819 Hull. Dets.
1819 Glasgow. Dets.
1819-1820 Aberdeen. Dets
1820 Edinburgh
1821 Gibraltar
1822-1828 Malta
1828-1830 Corfu, Ionian Islands
1830-1831 Cephalonia, Ionian Islands. Det. Ithaca
1831-1832 Lancashire and Cheshire
1832 Dublin
1832-1833 Belfast. Dets.
1833-1834 Naas, Co. Kildare. Dets.
1834 Lancashire and Cheshire
1834-1835 Salford
1835 Liverpool. Dets.
1835-1836 Chatham
1836-1837 Sydney, N.S.W. Convict escort duty to Australia
1837-1841 Windsor, N.S.W. Dets. including Norfolk Island
1840-1844 Det. in New Zealand
1841-1845 Parramatta, N.S.W. Dets.
1845 Agra, U.P. India
1845-1846 1st Sikh War
1846-1847 Lahore, Punjab
1847-1852 Dinapore, Bihar
1847 Meerut, U.P.
1852-1853 2nd Burmese War
1853-1854 Calcutta
1854-1855 Fort George, Scotland
1855 Portsmouth
1855-1856 Aldershot
1856-1857 Fort Beaufort. Cape Colony. Dets.
1858-1859 Indian Mutiny
1859 Cawnpore. U.P.
1860-1861 Saugor, Central Provinces
1862-1864 Jhansi, U.P. Dets. Gwalior and Seepree, Central India
1864-1865 Dum Dum, Bengal
1865 Bhutan Field Force
1866-1867 Devonport
1867 Portland. Det. Weymouth
1867-1868 Aldershot
1868-1869 Fleetwood. Dets. Leeds and Liverpool
1869-1870 Birr, Co. Tipperary. Dets.
1870-1872 Belfast.Dets.
1872 Singapore. Dets. Penang and Malacca
1872-1876 Hong Kong
1875-1876 Det. Perak Operations
1876-1877 Singapore
1877 Kingwilliamstown, Cape Colony
1877-1878 Pietermaritzburg, Natal. Det. Newcastle
1878-1879 Zulu War
1880-1881 Dublin
They were only in that part of the world between 1872 and 1877 as the 80th (Staffordshire Volunteers) Regiment of Foot.
The British East India Company was founded in 1600 and lasted until 1872. possibly the wreck you have is from a much later date say around 1872. The items datable on the vessel might of earlier vintage of course.
Understanding in what context the items found may help you determine the date of the vessel.
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