tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84456383202302116862024-02-19T14:38:51.738-08:00British Army LineageBritish Army regiments: their histories and traditions from humble beginnings, through glorious heritage, to the present day. This is a British Army reference site tracing the evolution of British Army regiments over the years.Paul Nixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8445638320230211686.post-89592281116734832752018-07-31T02:59:00.001-07:002018-08-01T05:55:20.162-07:00One blog closesI'm rationalising my blogs. I have too many to keep them all active and so I'm going to cease posting on some of them. In any event, it's been a while since I posted anything here. I'll still keep the blog open but I just won't post any more content here.
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<b>31st July 2018
</b>Paul Nixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8445638320230211686.post-77029781197312935282015-12-27T23:43:00.001-08:002015-12-27T23:43:38.233-08:0026th Regiment of Foot - The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>1688</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><em>The Cameronian Guard.</em></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>19th April 1689</strong><span style="color: #222222;"><em>The Earl of Angus's Regiment.</em> </span><br /><span style="color: #222222;">Entered British service under King William III. Also known as The Cameronians and by the names of six other colonels until 1751.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222;"><strong>1st July 1751</strong><br /><em>26th Regiment of Foot. </em></span><br /><span style="color: #222222;"><strong>16th February 1786</strong></span><br /><span style="color: #222222;"><strong></strong></span><em><span style="color: #222222;">26th (The Cameronian) Regiment of Foot. </span></em></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222;"><strong>1881</strong></span><br /><span style="color: #222222;">Together with the <em>90th Regiment of Foot (Perthshire Volunteers) (Light Infantry) </em>becomes <em>The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). </em>This regiment - and the <em>Highland Light Infantry</em> - are organised as the county regiments for Lanarkshire</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>14th May 1968</strong><br />Cameronians are disbanded and the <a href="http://britisharmylineage.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/25th-regiment-of-foot-kings-own.html" target="_blank">King's Own Scottish Borderers</a> absorbs the south Lanarkshire recruiting area. </span>Paul Nixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8445638320230211686.post-89709710469894756262015-05-23T00:17:00.003-07:002015-05-23T00:18:00.905-07:0025th Regiment of Foot - King's Own Scottish Borderers<br />
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19th March 1689</strong></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">The Earl of Leven's, or Edinburgh, Regiment of Foot.</span></em> </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Until 1751 it was also known by the names of eight</span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> other colonels. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">1st July 1751</span></strong><br /><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><em>25th (Edinburgh) Regiment of Foot </em></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><strong>31st August 1782</strong></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: #222222;">25th (the Sussex) Regiment of Foot </span></em></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222;"><strong>7th May 1805</strong></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222;"></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222;">25th (The King's Own Borderers) Regiment of Foot </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222;">Named for King George III and the Sussex title passed to the 35th regiment of Foot.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222;"><strong>1870</strong></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222;"><em>25th (The York) Regiment of Foot (King's Own Borderers)</em></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">1st July 1881</span></strong></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">The York Regiment of Foot (King's Own Borderers)</span></em></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Re-organised with HQ at Berwick-on-Tweed.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><strong>1881</strong></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><em>The King's Own Borderers</em></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><strong>1st May 1887</strong></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><em></em></span></span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><em>The King's Own Scottish Borderers</em></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Re-organised as the county regiment of Berwickshire (transferred from the Royal Scots), Dumfries-shire, Roxburghshire, and Selkirkshire (all formerly Royal Scots Fusiliers)</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><strong>1899</strong></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Galloway (Kirkudbright and Wigtown) recruiting area transferred from Royal Scots Fusiliers</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong>1968</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Cameronians are disbanded and the KOSB absorbs the south Lanarkshire recruiting area. </span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><strong>28th March 2006</strong></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Amalgamated with the <a href="http://britisharmylineage.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/1st-regiment-of-foot-royal-scots.html" target="_blank">Royal Scots</a>, The Royal Highland Fusiliers, The Black Watch, The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons) and The Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders to form the Royal Regiment of Scotland.</span></span></span>Paul Nixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8445638320230211686.post-89656451504287282672015-05-04T02:14:00.003-07:002015-05-04T02:14:47.867-07:0024th Regiment of Foot - South Wales Borderers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh45Wbjfd4tJBXgkkrJZhQBGOrxXyVjbIf_EQJFga8ZGfIqZFa_G4xAdPwHTlgv-ERsxgOsJXA9owTTIz7dZHDpdLoNZER8UH-eoKLl9VRxS80ZLD5KvIBh6wEsJflc_8sMdcxcMlr2oypV/s1600/2646633-o2vz.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="277" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh45Wbjfd4tJBXgkkrJZhQBGOrxXyVjbIf_EQJFga8ZGfIqZFa_G4xAdPwHTlgv-ERsxgOsJXA9owTTIz7dZHDpdLoNZER8UH-eoKLl9VRxS80ZLD5KvIBh6wEsJflc_8sMdcxcMlr2oypV/s400/2646633-o2vz.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>8</strong></span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>th March 1689</strong><br /><em><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Sir Edward Dering's Regiment of Foot.</span></em> </span></span><br /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Until 1751 it was also known by the names of </span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">other colonels. </span></span><br /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>1747</strong></span></span></span><br /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Ranked as 24th Foot.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">1st July 1751</span></strong><br /><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><em>24th (the 2nd Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot </em></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">1st July 1881</span></strong></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">The South Wales Borderers</span></em></span></span><br /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Re-organised as the county regiment of Brecknockshire, Cardiganshire, Monmouthshire, Montgomeryshire, and Radnor</span></span></span><br /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><strong>11th June 1969</strong></span></span></span><br /><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Amalgamated with the Welsh Regiment to form the Royal Regiment of Wales (24th/41st Foot). </span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><strong>1st March 2006</strong></span></span></span><br /><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Amalgamated with the <a href="http://britisharmylineage.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/23rd-regiment-of-foot-royal-welch.html" target="_blank">Royal Welch Fusiliers</a> to form the <em>Royal Welsh</em>. It becomes the 2nd Battalion, Royal Welsh whilst the Royal Welch Fusiliers became the 1st Battalion.</span></span></span> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The image on this post, courtesy of the <a href="http://historum.com/war-military-history/41051-war-photography-62.html" target="_blank">Historum</a>, shows 24th Foot veterans of Rorke's Drift in 1934.</span></span></span>Paul Nixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8445638320230211686.post-87975028337426650202015-03-16T05:01:00.001-07:002015-03-16T05:01:35.867-07:0023rd Regiment of Foot - Royal Welch Fusiliers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>16th March 1689</strong><br /><em><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Lord Herbert's Regiment of Foot.</span></em> </span></span><br /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Until 1751 it was also known by the names of twelve</span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> other colonels. 5th Earl of Mar pictured above.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>1702</strong></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>The Welsh Regiment of Fuzileers</em></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Converted to fusiliers for the protection of artillery</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>1713</strong></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>The Royal Regiment of Welch Fuzileers</em></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">The "Royal" accolade was granted in recognition of the regiment's service in the war of the Spanish Succession.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong>1714</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><em>The Prince of Wales's Own Royal Regiment of Welch Fuzileers</em></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Named for the future King George II</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong>April 1723</strong></span><br />
<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">The Royal Regiment of Welch Fuzileers</span></em><br /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>1747</strong></span></span></span><br /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Ranked as 23rd Foot.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">1st July 1751</span></strong><br /><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><em>23rd Regiment of Foot (Royal Welsh Fuzileers)</em></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">1st July 1881</span></strong></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">The Royal Welsh Fusiliers</span></em></span></span><br /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Re-organised as the county regiment for Cheshire.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><strong>1st January 1921</strong></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><em>The Royal Welch Fusiliers</em></span></span></span><br /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"></span></span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><strong>1st March 2006</strong></span></span></span><br /><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Amalgamated with the Royal Regiment of Wales to form the <em>Royal Welsh</em>. It becomes the 1st Battalion, Royal Welsh. whilst the Royal Regiment of Wales becomes the 2nd Battalion.</span></span></span>Paul Nixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8445638320230211686.post-20132815961882664022015-03-02T06:23:00.001-08:002015-03-02T06:23:19.762-08:0022nd Regiment of Foot - The Cheshire Regiment<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwNE1l66odDkZT9h2WXxAqzRL1braYfg5zb_WJEljzvLxID-afFVja2x6sxtgW4eMj-z8hhkIfxRoU8dt1G00XF9yZfr3EaHZ2YAJJhtfnuvHBdB_m5Xue16E-9okq-ZXIHHSS9cN2IQl2/s1600/cheshire-belt-buckle-main.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwNE1l66odDkZT9h2WXxAqzRL1braYfg5zb_WJEljzvLxID-afFVja2x6sxtgW4eMj-z8hhkIfxRoU8dt1G00XF9yZfr3EaHZ2YAJJhtfnuvHBdB_m5Xue16E-9okq-ZXIHHSS9cN2IQl2/s1600/cheshire-belt-buckle-main.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>8th March 1688</strong><br /><em><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Duke of Norfolk's Regiment of Foot.</span></em> </span></span><br /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Until 1751 it was also known by the names of twelve</span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> other colonels. 5th Earl of Mar pictured above.</span></span><br /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>1747</strong></span></span></span><br /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Ranked as 22nd Foot.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">1st July 1751</span></strong><br /><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><em>22nd (The Cheshire) Regiment of Foot </em></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><strong>3rd April 1877</strong></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><em>21st (Royal Scots Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot</em></span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">1st July 1881</span></strong></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">The Cheshire Regiment</span></em></span></span><br /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Re-organised as the county regiment for Cheshire.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"></span></span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><strong>1st September 2007</strong></span></span></span><br /><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Merged with Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment and The Staffordshire Regiment to form <em>The Mercian Regiment.</em></span></span>Paul Nixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8445638320230211686.post-57568248027097929852015-02-21T00:14:00.000-08:002015-02-21T00:14:43.906-08:0021st Regiment of Foot - Royal Scots Fusiliers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCH72-R4RwJcrnNxJOCb54naYVm_xWo-jrzE-pKwyY43KFr169Nus9dQpblYYpb1H5yBjv_0-6gniMGwEuCKm-3O8DmnLZh2EeiH1KimOCp8w06yPAx7CdeHIDPA8Eq5aGWuR85wPPH9d-/s1600/5th+earl+of+mar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="21st Regiment of Foot - Royal Scots Fusiliers" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCH72-R4RwJcrnNxJOCb54naYVm_xWo-jrzE-pKwyY43KFr169Nus9dQpblYYpb1H5yBjv_0-6gniMGwEuCKm-3O8DmnLZh2EeiH1KimOCp8w06yPAx7CdeHIDPA8Eq5aGWuR85wPPH9d-/s1600/5th+earl+of+mar.jpg" height="320" title="5th Earl of Mar" width="272" /></a></div>
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>23rd September 1678</strong><br /><em><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Earl of Mar's Regiment of Foot.</span></em> </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Until 1751 it was also known by the names of twelve</span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> other colonels. 5th Earl of Mar pictured above.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1685</span></strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Scots Fuzileers</em></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>1st March 1688</strong></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Placed on the English Establishment and ranked as the 21st Foot</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>1707</strong></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>North British Fuzileers</em></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>1713</strong></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Royal <span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">North British Fuzileers</span></span></span></em></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">1st July 1751</span></strong><br /><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><em>21st Regiment of Foot (<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Royal <span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">North British Fuzileers)</span></span></span></span></span></span></em></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><strong>3rd April 1877</strong></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><em>21st (Royal Scots Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot</em></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">1st July 1881</span></strong></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">The Royal Scots Fusiliers</span></em></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Re-organised as the county regiment for Dumfries-shire, Kirkcudbrightshire, Roxburghshire, Selkirkshire and Wigtownshire.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><strong>1st May 1887</strong></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">King's Own Scottish Borderers takes over responsibility for recruiting in<strong> </strong>Dumfries-shire, Roxburghshire and Selkirkshire</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><strong>1899</strong></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"></span></span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">King's Own Scottish Borderers takes over responsibility for recruiting in<strong> </strong>Kirkcudbright and Wigtown</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"></span></span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><strong>20th January 1959</strong></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Merged with The Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment) to form <em>The Royal Highland Fusiliers (Princess Margaret's Own Glasgow & Ayrshire Regiment).</em></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>28th March 2006</strong></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Became 2nd Battalion of the <em>Royal Regiment of Scotland</em></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em></em></span></span><br />Paul Nixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8445638320230211686.post-4758407745484002852015-02-02T15:23:00.000-08:002015-02-02T15:24:10.485-08:0020th Regiment of Foot - Lancashire Fusiliers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVfak43HzUnk1c4NuqOl1BUq7WdlTzPBPbgkGC4Vhl14JKefh49QBR4z38k_if9qM3Yo9pvGX1vwmXK6tMtCpAAmxZEH67vyLjzmOGKqlC-idzk-0xIWiQtb43jdbixpPX2qv29ywqbCsw/s1600/ArnottSurgeonNapoleon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Surgeon Archibald Arnold MD, 20th Foot" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVfak43HzUnk1c4NuqOl1BUq7WdlTzPBPbgkGC4Vhl14JKefh49QBR4z38k_if9qM3Yo9pvGX1vwmXK6tMtCpAAmxZEH67vyLjzmOGKqlC-idzk-0xIWiQtb43jdbixpPX2qv29ywqbCsw/s1600/ArnottSurgeonNapoleon.jpg" height="400" title="Archibald Arnold MD, 20th Regiment of Foot" width="322" /></a></div>
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>20th November 1688</strong><br /><em><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Sir Richard Peyton's Regiment of Foot.</span></em> </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The regiment was raised in Devonshire. Until 1751 it was also known by the names of ten other colonels.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">1st July 1751</span></strong><br /><em><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">20th Regiment of Foot</span></em><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">31st August 1782</span></strong><br /><em><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">20th (The East Devonshire) Regiment of Foot.</span></em></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">1st July 1881</span></strong></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">The Lancashire Fusiliers</span></em></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><strong>23rd April 1968</strong></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Merged with <a href="http://britisharmylineage.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/5th-regiment-of-foot-northumberland.html" target="_blank">The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers</a>, <a href="http://britisharmylineage.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/6th-regiment-of-foot-royal-warwickshire.html" target="_blank">The Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers</a> and <a href="http://britisharmylineage.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/7th-regiment-of-foot-royal-fusiliers.html" target="_blank">The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)</a> to form <em>The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.</em></span></span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The image on this post shows Archibald Arnott M.D. (1771-1855). Surgeon to the 20th Regiment of Foot. I've borrowed this image from John Tyrell's excellent, </span><a href="http://johntyrrell.blogspot.co.uk/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Reflections on A Journey to St Helena</span></a>.Paul Nixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8445638320230211686.post-45908421442107947562015-01-06T15:00:00.001-08:002015-01-06T15:00:49.999-08:0019th Regiment of Foot - Yorkshire Regiment<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvKsKltSEaGipA8SpL6SZaGlvnXB01jBhQuijDmalp4SkHwD0rIgo8nJQHpNfCNttatE-4nvTAZKTQ12rLBAdPkj-AfYFtSprOktA82VEDcNFaGuwQEGdfTLH0fdNI35TU_T-6Y_A9AMRA/s1600/19th+Foot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvKsKltSEaGipA8SpL6SZaGlvnXB01jBhQuijDmalp4SkHwD0rIgo8nJQHpNfCNttatE-4nvTAZKTQ12rLBAdPkj-AfYFtSprOktA82VEDcNFaGuwQEGdfTLH0fdNI35TU_T-6Y_A9AMRA/s1600/19th+Foot.jpg" /></a></div>
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>20th November 1688</strong><br /><em><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Francis Lutterell's Regiment of Foot.</span></em> </span></span><br /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The regiment was raised from independent companies in Devonshire. Until 1751 it was also known by the names of seven other colonels.</span></span><br /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">8th March 1689</span></strong></span><br /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thomas Erle raised a regiment and later became colonel of the 19th Foot (1691-1712). He thus claimed the distinction of owning two regiments. The junior one
(also referred to as the 2nd Battalion) was disbanded 1698)</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">1st July 1751</span></strong><br /><em><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">19th Regiment of Foot</span></em><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">31st August 1782</span></strong><br /><em><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">19th (The 1st Yorkshire North Riding) Regiment of Foot.</span></em></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><strong>29th October 1875</strong></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><em>19th (The 1st Yorkshire North Riding - Princess of Wales's Own) Regiment of Foot.</em></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Named for Princess Alexandra, Princess of Wales.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"></span></em></span><strong><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">1st July 1881</span></strong></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">The Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment)</span></em></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><strong>1902</strong></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><em>Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment)</em></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span></span></span><strong><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial;">1st January 1921</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>The Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment)</em></span><br /><span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"></span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial;"><strong>2006</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Merged with The Prince of Wales's
Own Regiment of Yorkshire and The Duke of
Wellington's Regiment, to form <em>The
Yorkshire Regiment.</em></span></span>Paul Nixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8445638320230211686.post-32826472706665578862014-12-19T09:35:00.002-08:002015-01-06T15:01:11.166-08:0018th Regiment of Foot - Royal Irish Regiment<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>1st April 1684</strong><br /><em><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Earl of Granard's Regiment of Foot.</span></em> </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The regiment was formed in Ireland from independent garrison companies. Until 1751 it was also known by the names of other colonels.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1689</span></strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Placed on the English establishment</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1695</span></strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Royal Regiment of Ireland</span></em></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">1747</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Ranked as the 18th Foot<br /><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">1st July 1751</span></strong><br /><em><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">18th (or Royal Irish) Regiment of Foot</span></em><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">31st August 1782</span></strong><br /><em><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">18th (The Royal Irish) Regiment of Foot.</span></em></span><strong><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">1st July 1881</span></strong></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">The Royal Irish Regiment</span></em>. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Reorganised as the county regiment for Kilkenny, Tipperary, Waterford and Wexford, also encompassing militia infantry.<o:p></o:p></span><br /><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">31st July 1922</span></b></span><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"></span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"></span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Disbanded</span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The painting is by Michael Angelo Hay and depicts <span style="color: black;">The 18th (The Royal Irish) Regiment of Foot at the storming of the Fortress of Amoy (Xiamen), China on the 26th August 1841.</span></span></span><br />
<br />Paul Nixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8445638320230211686.post-33040142777411596402014-12-11T09:51:00.001-08:002014-12-11T09:51:49.215-08:0017th Regiment of Foot - Leicestershire Regiment<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">27th September 1688</span></strong></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Solomon Richard's Regiment of Foot.</span></em> The regiment was raised at London. Until 1751 it was also known by the names of other colonels.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">1st July 1751</span></strong><br /><em><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">17th Regiment of Foot</span></em><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">31st August 1782</span></strong><br /><em><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">17th (the Leicestershire) Regiment of Foot.</span></em></span><strong><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">1st July 1881</span></strong></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">The Leicestershire Regiment</span></em>. Designated as the county regiment for Leicestershire, also encompassing militia and volunteer infantry.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>28th November 1946</strong><br />The Royal Leicestershire Regiment<br /><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">1st September 1964</span></strong><br />Merges with the <em><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">1st East Anglian Regiment, 2nd East Anglian Regiment </span></em>and <em><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">3rd East Anglian Regiment </span></em>to form the <em><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Royal Anglian Regiment.</span></em></span></span>Paul Nixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8445638320230211686.post-55789825458624095552014-11-30T01:19:00.004-08:002014-11-30T01:19:56.104-08:0016th Regiment of Foot
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<strong><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">9th October 1688</span></strong><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
<em><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Archibald Douglas’s Regiment
of Foot.</span></em> The regiment was raised at Reading from southern counties.
Until 1751 it was also known by the names of other colonels.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">1747<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Ranked as the 16th Foot<br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">1st July 1751</span></strong><br />
<em><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">16th Regiment of Foot</span></em><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">31st August 1782</span></strong><br />
<em><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">16th (the Buckinghamshire)
Regiment of Foot.</span></em><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">May 1809<o:p></o:p></span></strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Exchanged county
titles with the 14th Foot<o:p></o:p></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">1st July 1881</span></strong><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
<em><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">The Bedfordshire Regiment</span></em>.
Designated as the county regiment for Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire, also
encompassing militia and volunteer infantry.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">29th July 1919</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
The Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Regiment <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">2nd June 1958</span></strong><br />
Amalgamated with the Essex Regiment to form the 3rd East Anglian Regiment <br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">1st September 1964</span></strong><br />
<em><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">3rd East Anglian Regiment</span></em>
merges with the <em><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">1st East
Anglian Regiment, 2nd East Anglian Regiment </span></em>and <em><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">The Royal Leicestershire Regiment</span></em>
to form the <em><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Royal Anglian
Regiment.</span></em></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Image courtesy of <a href="http://www.themilitarygentleman.com/ProdDetails.asp?Id=235&f=ProdList.asp%7Cprev=true" target="_blank">The Military Gentleman</a>.</span></span><br />
Paul Nixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8445638320230211686.post-17444219342509064072014-11-23T03:56:00.000-08:002014-11-23T03:56:56.880-08:0015th Regiment of Foot - East Yorkshire Regiment<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<strong>22nd June 1685</strong><br />
<em>Sir William Clifton's Regiment of Foot.</em>
The regiment was raised at Nottingham. Until 1751 it was also known by the names
of other colonels.<br />
<strong>1st July 1751</strong><br />
<em>15th Regiment of
Foot</em><br />
<strong>31st August 1782</strong><br />
<em>15th (the Yorkshire East Riding)
Regiment of Foot.</em><br />
<strong>1st July 1881</strong><br />
<em>The East Yorkshire Regiment</em>. Designated as the county regiment for
the East Riding, also encompassing militia and volunteer infantry.<br />
<strong>6th May 1935</strong><br />
The East Yorkshire Regiment (The Duke of York's
Own).<br />
<strong>25th April 1958</strong><br />
Amalgamated with the <a href="http://britisharmylineage.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/14th-regiment-of-foot-west-yorkshire.html" target="_blank">West Yorkshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Own)</a> to form the <em>Prince of Wales's Own Regiment
of Yorkshire.</em><br />
<strong>6th June 2006</strong><br />
<em>Prince of Wales's
Own Regiment of Yorkshire.</em> merges with the Green Howards and The Duke Of
Wellington's Regiment to form <em>The Yorkshire Regiment.</em> The Prince of
Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire becomes the <em>1st Battalion</em> of the
Yorkshire Regiment.<br />
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The image, courtesy of Wikipedia, shows <span class="mw-mmv-title" original-title="">John Theophilus Rawdon-Hastings, 2nd son of the 1st Earl of Moira, in the uniform of the 15th Regiment of Foot (1776) with a flintlock gun (and two adoring dogs).</span>Paul Nixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8445638320230211686.post-85760823844133616952014-11-16T03:07:00.000-08:002014-11-16T03:07:35.894-08:0014th Regiment of Foot - The West Yorkshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Own)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<strong>22nd June 1685</strong><br />
<em>Sir Edward Hales's Regiment of
Foot.</em> The regiment was raised at Canterbury. Until 1751 it was also known by the names of
other colonels.<br />
<strong>1st July 1751</strong><br />
<em>14th Regiment of
Foot</em><br />
<strong>31st August 1782</strong><br />
<em>14th (the Bedfordshire)
Regiment of Foot. </em>Exchanged county titles with the 16th Regiment of Foot.<br />
<strong>6th June 1876</strong><br />
14th (Buckinghamshire - The Prince of Wales's Own) Regiment of Foot<br />
<strong>1st July 1881</strong><br />
The Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment). Designated as the county regiment for West Yorkshire, also encompassing militia and
volunteer infantry.<br />
<strong>1st January 1921</strong><br />
The West Yorkshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Own).<br />
<strong>25th April 1958</strong><br />
Amalgamated with the East Yorkshire Regiment (The Duke of York's Own) to form the <em>Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire.</em><br />
<strong>6th June 2006</strong><br />
<em>Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire.</em> merges with the Green Howards and The Duke Of Wellington's Regiment to form <em>The Yorkshire Regiment.</em> The Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire becomes the <em>1st Battalion</em> of the Yorkshire Regiment.<br />
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The image on this post is taken from The BBC's <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/an-officer-of-the-3rd-battalion-the-14th-regiment-of-foot-10264" target="_blank">Your Paintings website</a> and depicts an officer of the 3rd Battalion, the 14th Regiment of Foot, Army of Occupation, Paris, 1816. Painted by Jean-Pierre-Frédéric Barrois.Paul Nixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8445638320230211686.post-68205759980971390672014-11-16T02:47:00.000-08:002014-11-16T03:08:05.644-08:0013th Regiment of Foot - Somerset Light Infantry<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<strong>20th June 1685</strong><br />
<em>Earl of Huntingdon's Regiment of
Foot.</em> Until 1751 it was also known by the names of
other colonels.<br />
<strong>1st July 1751</strong><br />
<em>13th Regiment of
Foot</em><br />
<strong>31st August 1782</strong><br />
<em>13th (1st Somersetshire)
Regiment of Foot</em><br />
<strong>25th December 1822</strong><br />
<strong></strong><em>13th (1st Somersetshire) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry)</em><br />
<strong>26th August 1842</strong><br />
<strong></strong><em>13th (1st Somersetshire) (Prince Albert's Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot </em><br />
<strong>1st July 1881</strong><br />
<em>Prince Albert's Light Infantry (Somersetshire Regiment).</em> Designated as the county regiment for Suffolk, also encompassing
militia and volunteer
infantry.<br />
<strong>13th December 1881</strong><br />
<em>Prince Albert's (Somersetshire Light Infantry)</em><br />
<strong>1912</strong><br />
<strong></strong><em>Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry)</em><br />
<strong>1st January 1921</strong><br />
<em>The Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's)</em><br />
<strong>29th August 1959</strong><br />
Amalgamated with the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry to form the <em>The Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry</em><br />
<strong>10th July 1968</strong><br />
<strong></strong><em>The Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry</em> amalgamates with the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, King's Shropshire Light Infantry and Durham Light Infantry to form <em>The Light Infantry.</em><br />
<strong>1st February 2007</strong><br />
<em>The Light Infantry</em>, along with the Devon & Dorset Regiment, the Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment and the Royal Green Jackets, are amalgamated to create a new regiment, <em>The Rifles</em>.Paul Nixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8445638320230211686.post-85784615187560533012014-11-16T00:31:00.000-08:002014-11-16T03:07:53.344-08:0012th Regiment of Foot - The Suffolk Regiment<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<strong>20th June 1685</strong><br />
<em>The Duke of Norfolk's Regiment of
Foot.</em> The regiment was raised at Norwich from local men living in Norfolk and Suffolk. It also incorporated a detachment, raised in 1660, which had been sent to Virginia in 1667. Until 1751 it was also known by the names of ten other colonels.<br />
<strong>1747</strong><br />
Ranked as <em>12th Foot</em><br />
<strong>1st July
1751</strong><br />
<em>12th Regiment of Foot</em><br />
<strong>31st August
1782</strong><br />
<em>12th (the East Suffolk) Regiment of
Foot</em><br />
<strong>1st July 1881</strong><br />
<em>The Suffolk Regiment.</em>
Designated as the county regiment for Suffolk, also encompassing militia
and volunteer infantry.<br />
<strong>29th August 1959</strong><br />
Amalgamated with
the <a href="http://britisharmylineage.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/9th-regiment-of-foot-norfolk-regiment.html" target="_blank">Royal Norfolk Regiment</a> to form the <em>1st East Anglian Regiment, (Royal Norfolk and Suffolk).</em><br />
<strong>1st September 1964</strong><br />
<em>1st East Anglian Regiment</em> merges
with the <em>2nd East Anglian Regiment, 3rd East Anglian Regiment </em>and
<em>The Royal Leicestershire Regiment</em> to form the <em>Royal Anglian
Regiment.</em> <br />
<br />
Pictured, Major General Sir Thomas Picton who joined the regiment in 1773 and was killed at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.Paul Nixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8445638320230211686.post-59940173215695713812014-11-01T06:12:00.002-07:002014-11-16T00:18:23.773-08:0011th Regiment of Foot - The Devonshire Regiment<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<strong>13th June 1667</strong><br />
<em>Marquess of Worcester's Regiment of Foot.</em> <br />
<strong>1667</strong><br />
Disbanded<br />
<strong>24th January 1673</strong><br />
<em>Marquess of Worcester's Regiment of Foot.</em> <br />
<strong>1673</strong><br />
Disbanded<br />
<strong>20th June 1685</strong><br />
<em>The Duke of Beaufort's Regiment of Foot. </em>Known until 1751 by the names of ten subsequent colonels.<br />
<strong>1st
July 1751</strong><br />
<em>11th Regiment of Foot</em><br />
<strong>31st August
1782</strong><br />
<em>11th (the North Devonshire) Regiment of
Foot</em><br />
<strong>1st July
1881</strong><br />
<em>The Devonshire Regiment.</em> Designated as the county
regiment for Lincolnshire, also encompassing militia and volunteer
infantry.<br />
<strong>17th May 1958</strong><br />
Amalgamated with
the Dorset Regiment to form the <em>Devonshire & Dorset Regiment</em><br />
<strong>2007</strong><br />
The <em>Devonshire & Dorset Regiment m</em>erged with <em>The Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment</em> to form the 1st Battalion, <em>The Rifles</em>.<br />
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The image on this post, courtesy Wikipedia, is a portrait by John Hoppner (1758-1810) of an unknown British officer circa 1800, probably from the North Devonshire Regiment of Foot.Paul Nixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8445638320230211686.post-38293246553351228512014-10-26T00:24:00.000-07:002014-10-26T00:27:25.479-07:0010th Regiment of Foot - The Lincolnshire Regiment<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<strong>20th June 1685</strong><br />
<em>Earl of Bath's Regiment.</em>
Raised from eleven independent companies in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire and the garrison at Plymouth. Known until 1751 by the names of eight subsequent
colonels.<br />
<strong>1747</strong><br />
Ranked as the 10th Foot<br />
<strong>1st July 1751</strong><br />
<em>10th Regiment of Foot</em><br />
<strong>31st August 1782</strong><br />
<em>10th (the North Lincolnshire)
Regiment of Foot</em><br />
<strong>1st July
1881</strong><br />
<em>The Lincolnshire Regiment.</em> Designated as the county
regiment for Lincolnshire, also encompassing militia and volunteer
infantry.<br />
<strong>29th November 1946</strong><br />
<em>The Royal Lincolnshire Regiment</em><br />
<strong>1st June 1960</strong><br />
Amalgamated with
the Northamptonshire Regiment to form the <em>2nd East Anglian Regiment (Duchess of Gloucester's Own Royal Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire)</em><br />
<strong>1st September 1964</strong><br />
<em>2nd East Anglian
Regiment</em> merges with the <em>1st East Anglian Regiment, 3rd East Anglian
Regiment </em>and <em>The Royal Leicestershire Regiment</em> to form the
<em>Royal Anglian Regiment.</em> Paul Nixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8445638320230211686.post-88633009357378071992014-10-12T06:29:00.000-07:002014-10-26T00:28:52.271-07:009th Regiment of Foot - The Norfolk Regiment<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<strong>19th June 1685</strong><br />
<em>Henry Cornewall's Regiment of
Foot.</em> Raised at Gloucester and known until 1751 by the names of twelve subsequent colonels.<br />
<strong>1st July
1751</strong><br />
<em>9th Regiment of Foot</em><br />
<strong>31st August 1782</strong><br />
<em>9th (the East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot</em><br />
<strong>1st July
1881</strong><br />
<em>The Norfolk Regiment.</em> Designated as the
county regiment for Norfolk, also encompassing militia and volunteer
infantry.<br />
<strong>3rd June 1935</strong><br />
<em>The Royal Norfolk Regiment</em><br />
<strong>29th August 1959</strong><br />
Amalgamated with the Suffolk
Regiment to form the <em>1st East Anglian Regiment (Royal Norfolk and Suffolk)</em><br />
<strong>1st September 1964</strong><br />
<em>1st East Anglian Regiment</em> merges with the <em>2nd East Anglian Regiment, 3rd East Anglian Regiment </em>and <em>The Royal Leicestershire Regiment</em> to form the <em>Royal Anglian Regiment.</em>Paul Nixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8445638320230211686.post-11303241167387557312014-09-21T04:22:00.000-07:002014-09-21T04:22:01.873-07:008th Regiment of Foot - The King's (Liverpool Regiment)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<strong>19th June 1685</strong><em>The Princess Anne of Denmark's Regiment of Foot.</em> Raised in Derbyshire & Hertfordshire and named for the future Queen Anne.<br />
<strong>1702</strong><br /><em>The Queen's Regiment of Foot</em>.
Re-designated to recognise Princess Anne becoming Queen Anne.<br /><strong>1716</strong><br />
<strong></strong><em>The King's Regiment of Foot. </em>Re-named to recognise King George I<br />
<strong>1st July 1751</strong><br />
<em>8th (The King's) Regiment of Foot</em><br /><strong>1st July
1881</strong><br /><em>The King's (Liverpool Regiment).</em> Designated as the city regiment of Liverpool, also
encompassing militia and volunteer infantry.<br /><strong>1st January 1921</strong><br /><em>The King's Regiment (Liverpool)</em> <br /><strong>1958</strong><br />Amalgamated with the Manchester Regiment to form the <em>King's Regiment (Manchester & Liverpool)</em><br /><strong>1st July 2006</strong><br />
Amalgamates with the Queen's Lancashire Regiment and King's Own Royal Border Regiment to form the <em>Duke of Lancaster's Regiment</em>.Paul Nixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8445638320230211686.post-16265276058801823252014-09-11T14:57:00.000-07:002014-09-11T14:57:32.789-07:007th Regiment of Foot - Royal Fusiliers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<strong></strong><br />
<strong>11th June 1685</strong><br />
<em>The Ordnance Regiment.</em> Raised in the City of London from two companies of Tower Guards as an escort to the train of Artillery. Also known as the <em>Royal Regiment of Fusiliers</em>.<br /><strong>1747</strong><br /><em>Royal English Fuzileers</em>. Ranked as the 7th Regiment of
Foot<br /><strong>1st July 1751</strong><br /><em>7th Regiment of
Foot (Royal Fuzileers)</em><br /><strong>1st July 1881</strong><br /><em>The
Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment).</em> Two regular battalions.<em> </em>Designated as the city regiment of London, also encompassing militia and volunteer infantry.<br />
<strong>1889</strong><br />
County of London formed from parts of Kent, Middlesex and Surrey<br />
<strong>1898</strong><br />
3rd (Regular) Battalion formed.<br />
<strong>1900</strong><br />
4th (Regular) Battalion formed<br />
<strong>1st April 1908</strong><br />
The 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Volunteer Battalions were transferred to the London Regiment and became the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th (City of London Battalions), The London Regiment, upon the creation of the Territorial Force.<br />
<strong>7th July 1916</strong><br />
The four Territorial Force battalions mentioned above were re-affiliated to The Royal Fusiliers<br />
<strong>1922</strong><br />
The 3rd (Regular) and 4th (Regular) Battalions are disbanded.<br /><strong>23rd
April 1968</strong><br />Amalgamated with the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, The
Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers and the Lancashire Fusiliers to form
<em><a href="http://www.army.mod.uk/infantry/regiments/30250.aspx" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2288bb;">The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers</span></a></em> Paul Nixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8445638320230211686.post-14173379023266588442014-08-21T15:41:00.000-07:002014-08-21T15:41:02.898-07:006th Regiment of Foot / Royal Warwickshire Regiment<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<strong>13th June 1667</strong><em>Sir Walter Vane's Regiment of Foot</em><br /><strong>about 1668</strong><br />Disbanded<br /><strong>12th December 1673</strong><br /><em>Sir Walter Vane's Regiment of Foot.</em> A "Holland Regiment". Raised at Bois-le-Duc from Irish troops for Dutch Service<br /><strong>1688</strong><br />Transferred to the English establishment<br /><strong>1747</strong><br />Ranked as the 6th Regiment of Foot<br /><strong>1st July 1751</strong><br /><em>6th Regiment of Foot</em><br />
<strong>31st August 1782</strong><br />
<em>6th (1st Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot</em><br /><strong>15th June 1832</strong><br /><em>6th (Royal 1st Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot</em><br /><strong>1st July 1881</strong><br /><em>The Royal Warwickshire Regiment). </em>Designated as the county regiment for Warwickshire, also encompassing militia and volunteer infantry.<br /><strong>1st May 1963</strong><br /><em>The Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers</em><br /><strong>23rd April 1968</strong><br />Amalgamated with the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) and the Lancashire Fusiliers to form <em><a href="http://www.army.mod.uk/infantry/regiments/30250.aspx" target="_blank">The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers</a></em>Paul Nixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8445638320230211686.post-26003070127500554342014-08-21T15:14:00.000-07:002014-08-21T15:14:50.026-07:005th Regiment of Foot / The Northumberland Fusiliers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<strong></strong><br />
<strong>8th August 1674</strong><em>The Irish Regiment</em>. Irish regiment raised for Dutch service. Also known until 1751 by the names of its colonels:<br />
<strong>1674</strong> <br />
<em>O'Brien's Foot</em> or <em>Clare's regiment of Foot</em> (named after Daniel, Viscount Clare)<br />
<strong>1675</strong> <br />
<em>Sir John Fenwick's Foot</em> (named after Sir John Fenwick)<br />
<strong>1676</strong> <br />
<em>Wiseley's Foot</em> or <em>Wesley's Foot</em> (named after Henry Wiseley)<br />
<strong>1680</strong> <br />
<em>Monk's Foot</em> or <em>Monck's Foot</em> (named after Thomas Monck)<br /><strong>1685</strong><br /> Transferred to the English Establishment: an Irish regiment on the English establishment<br />
<strong>1685</strong> <br />
<em>Talmash's Foot</em> or <em>Tollemache's Foot</em> (named after Thomas Tollemache)<br />
<strong>1689</strong><br />
<em>Lloyd's Foot</em> (named after Edward Lloyd)<br />
<strong>1690</strong> <br />
<em>Fairfax's Foot</em> (named after Thomas Fairfax)<br />
<strong>1704</strong> <br />
<em>Pearce's Foot</em> (named after Thomas Pearce)<br />
<strong>1732</strong> <br />
<em>Cope's Foot</em> (named after Sir John Cope KB)<br />
<strong>1737</strong> <br />
<em>Irvine's Foot</em> or <em>Irwin's Foot</em> or <em>Irwine's Foot</em> (named after Alexander Irwine)<br />
<strong>1st July 1751</strong><em>5th Regiment of Foot</em><br /><strong>31st August 1782</strong><br /><em>5th (The Northumberland) Regiment of Foot</em><br /><strong>4th May 1836</strong><br /><em>5th Regiment of Foot (Northumberland Fusiliers)</em><br /><strong>1st July 1881</strong><br /><em>The Northumberland Fusiliers. </em>Designated as the county regiment for Northumberland, also encompassing militia and volunteer infantry.<br /><strong>3rd June 1935</strong><br /><em>The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers</em><br />
<strong>23rd April 1968</strong><br /> Amalgamated with the Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) and the Lancashire Fusiliers to form <em><a href="http://www.army.mod.uk/infantry/regiments/30250.aspx" target="_blank">The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers</a></em>Paul Nixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8445638320230211686.post-35641864053338977542014-07-01T09:09:00.002-07:002014-07-01T12:34:13.178-07:004th Regiment of Foot / The King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<strong></strong><br />
<strong>13th July 1680</strong><br />
<em>2nd Tangier, or Earl of Plymouth's Regiment of Foot</em><br />
<strong>1684</strong><br />
The Duchess of York and Albany's Regiment of Foot<br />
<strong>February 1685</strong><br />
<em>The Queen's Regiment of Foot</em><br />
<strong>1688</strong><br />
<em>The Queen Consort's Regiment of Foot</em><br />
<strong>1702</strong><br />
<em>The Queen's Regiment of Foot</em><br />
<strong>1703</strong><br />
<em>The Queen's Own Regiment of Marines</em><br />
<strong>1710</strong><br />
<em>The Queen's Own Regiment of Foot</em><br />
<strong>1715</strong><br />
<em>The King's Own Regiment of Foot</em><br />
1st July 1751<br />
<em>4th (The King's Own) Regiment of Foot</em><br />
<strong>1867</strong><br />
<em>4th (The King's Own Royal) Regiment of Foot</em><br />
<strong>1st July 1881</strong><br />
<em>The King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment). </em>Designated as the county regiment for North Lancashire.<br />
<strong>1st January 1921</strong><br />
<em>The King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)</em><br />
<strong>1st October 1959</strong><br />
Amalgamated with the Border Regiment to form <em>The King's Own Royal Border Regiment</em><br />
<strong>2004</strong><br />
Amalgamated with the King's Regiment and the Queen's Lancashire Regiment to form the <em>Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (King's Lancashire and Border)</em>Paul Nixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8445638320230211686.post-15712021186258508292014-07-01T08:32:00.000-07:002014-07-01T09:10:57.392-07:003rd Regiment of Foot / The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<strong>31st May 1665</strong><br />
<em>The Holland Regiment</em><br />
Formed in England from repatriated veterans of the three disbanded English regiments which had been in Dutch service.<br />
<strong>1689</strong><br />
<em>Prince George of Denmark's Regiment</em><br />
<strong>1st July 1751</strong><br />
<em>3rd Regiment of Foot, or The Buffs</em><br />
<strong>31st August 1782</strong><br />
<em>3rd (The East Kent) Regiment of Foot</em><br />
<strong>1st July 1881</strong><br />
<em>The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)</em><br />
<strong>3rd June 1935</strong><br />
<em>The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)</em><br />
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<strong>1st March 1961</strong> <br />
Amalgamated with The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment to form <em>The Queen's Own Buffs, The Royal Kent Regiment</em><br />
<strong>1966</strong><br />
Combines with The Queen’s Royal Surrey Regiment, The Royal Sussex Regiment and The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own to form <em>The Queen's Regiment</em><br />
<strong>9th September 1992</strong><em>The Queen's Regiment</em> amalgamates with the Royal Hampshire Regiment to form <em>The Princess of Wales' Royal Regiment (Queen's and Royal Hampshires)</em>Paul Nixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.com0