16th Regiment of Foot

 

9th October 1688
Archibald Douglas’s Regiment of Foot. The regiment was raised at Reading from southern counties. Until 1751 it was also known by the names of other colonels.

1747
Ranked as the 16th Foot
1st July 1751
16th Regiment of Foot
31st August 1782
16th (the Buckinghamshire) Regiment of Foot.
May 1809
Exchanged county titles with the 14th Foot
1st July 1881
The Bedfordshire Regiment. Designated as the county regiment for Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire, also encompassing militia and volunteer infantry.
29th July 1919
The Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Regiment  
2nd June 1958
Amalgamated with the Essex Regiment to form the 3rd East Anglian Regiment
1st September 1964
3rd East Anglian Regiment merges with the 1st East Anglian Regiment, 2nd East Anglian Regiment and The Royal Leicestershire Regiment to form the Royal Anglian Regiment.

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10th Regiment of Foot - The Lincolnshire Regiment

20th June 1685
Earl of Bath's Regiment. Raised from eleven independent companies in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire and the garrison at Plymouth. Known until 1751 by the names of eight subsequent colonels.
1747
Ranked as the 10th Foot
1st July 1751
10th Regiment of Foot
31st August 1782
10th (the North Lincolnshire) Regiment of Foot
1st July 1881
The Lincolnshire Regiment. Designated as the county regiment for Lincolnshire, also encompassing militia and volunteer infantry.
29th November 1946
The Royal Lincolnshire Regiment
1st June 1960
Amalgamated with the Northamptonshire Regiment to form the 2nd East Anglian Regiment (Duchess of Gloucester's Own Royal Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire)
1st September 1964
2nd East Anglian Regiment merges with the 1st East Anglian Regiment, 3rd East Anglian Regiment and The Royal Leicestershire Regiment to form the Royal Anglian Regiment.