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[[Image :Hampshire's badge carved in rock-1.JPG|right|thumb|300px| ''Badge of Hampshire Regt carved in Rock'']]
Also known as '''37th (North Hampshire) Regiment of Foot'''
Also known as '''37th (North Hampshire) Regiment of Foot'''
== Chronology ==
== Chronology ==
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==First World War==
1/4th, 2/4th, 1/5th, 2/5th, 1/6th, 1/7th, 2/7th,  and 1/9th (Cyclist), Battalions, spent at least some time in India, before being transferred elsewhere, including [[Mesopotamia Campaign|Mesopotamia]].
During their time in India, many drafts were provided for Hampshire Regiments in Mesopotamia. As an example,  two War Diaries show that 1/4 Hants received  drafts from  1/4 Bn India, 2/4,  1/6 Bn, 1/7 Bn, 2/7 Bn India.<ref> sotonmate. [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/238187-14th-hampshire-after-kut/?do=findComment&comment=2389435 1/4th Hampshire after Kut] ''Great War Forum'' 17 April 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2019.</ref>
1/5th Battalion "arrived in Bombay on 9th November, 1914, and proceeded to Allahabad. Volunteers were called for to go to Mesopotamia (1 officer and 50 o.r.), and in 1915 the battalion was split up and detachments sent to various spots until reassembling at Fyzabad in March 1916. They then appear to have done a Grand Tour of cantonments, even taking in several months in Burma in 1918 (!). More fun in the Punjab in early 1919, dealing with riots, before taking part in the Afghan campaign in May/June 1919 (temperatures of 125 degrees F in the tents ... nice) before departing in October and arriving back in Southampton on 8th November 1919".<ref> Broomfield, Steven. [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/254102-15th-hampshires/?tab=comments#comment-2570581 1/5th hampshires] ''Great War Forum'' 6 October 2017,  with details from the book ''History of the Hampshire Territorial Force Association and War Records of Units, 1914-1919'',  authors  Brigadier General G H Nicholson and Col H L Powell, published 1921.  Retrieved 25 April 2019.</ref>
Oswald S. Early was a First World War wireless operator with the 1/9th Battalion Territorial Force of the Royal Hampshire Regiment, serving from 1916 to 1919 in India, Iraq and Afghanistan. He kept a diary which was later published.<ref>''The Messenger'' by Oswald Early, compiled and edited by Russell Early. First published 2014 by Mereo Books. ISBN: 9781861512352 </ref>
Refer next section for photographs.
==FIBIS Resources==
*[[:Category :Hampshire Regiment images| Hampshire Regiment images]]
*[http://gallery.fibis.org/index.php?/category/70  1/5th Hampshire Regiment  in India 1914-1918] FIBIS Gallery


==Regimental journal==
==Regimental journal==
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*[http://www.southernlife.org.uk/hants_regt.htm The Royal Hampshire Regiment (The Tigers)] southernlife.org.uk
*[http://www.southernlife.org.uk/hants_regt.htm The Royal Hampshire Regiment (The Tigers)] southernlife.org.uk
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_of_Wales's_Royal_Regiment Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_of_Wales's_Royal_Regiment Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment] Wikipedia
*[http://www.andoverhgs.org.uk/ Andover Family History Group]  
*[http://www.andoverhgs.org.uk/ Andover Family History Group]  
*[http://www.hgs-online.org.uk/ Hampshire Genealogical Society]
*[http://www.hgs-online.org.uk/ Hampshire Genealogical Society]
*[http://www.maltaramc.com/regmltgar/1hamp.html  1st Battalion Hampshire Regiment left Malta  9 Jan 1886 for Bombay]. maltaramc.com
*[http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/regiments-and-corps/the-british-infantry-regiments-of-1914-1918/hampshire-regiment/  The Hampshire Regiment] from The Long, Long Trail:The British Army in the Great War. There were Territorial Force battalions in India and Mesopotamia.
**Article: [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1258286/All-quiet-eastern-The-amazing-photo-album-shows-boys-fared-India-WWI.html All quiet on the Eastern Front: The amazing photo album which shows how our boys fared in India in WWI] 16 March 2010  ''Daily Mail''.  With photographs. Private Wally Langrish 1/9 Cycle Battalion of the Hampshire Regiment. He was stationed in [[Bangalore]] and [[Dagshai]], before going to Mesopotamia.
*[http://1rhamps.com/ww1/DiaryAug2001.htm  A 1/4th Hampshire Regiment Signallers Diary November 1916 To September 1919] by Arthur James Foster
(1899-1973) (Ex Corporal Of The Hampshire Regiment), Edited by his son Richard Carfax-Foster. The author was in Mesopotamia, and then took part in Dunsterforce, see [[Norperforce]]
*Listen to the [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80019789  2000 interview with Jack Vardy], born 1913, British private (bandsman) served with 1st Bn Hampshire Regt in India 1929-1935. He was sixteen when he arrived in India. Includes time spent in  [[Multan]], [[Dalhousie]],  [[Razmak]] where he spent sixteen months, a brief mention of the [[Mohmand Campaign 1935]] where he acted as a stretcher bearer,  [[Peshawar]] and [[Nowshera]]. Imperial War Museums
====Historical books online====
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=ESBcAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA221  "Topographical Report on the District and Station of Ghazeepore, North-West Province, Bengal"] by JW Fleming, FRCS,  Surgeon 37th Regiment, page 221 ''Army Medical Department: Statistical Sanitary and Medical Reports for the year 1859'' (published 1861)  Google Books
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/coo.31924022998615?urlappend=%3Bseq=7 ''The Hampshire Men (37th Regiment) in Upper Burmah in 1889''] by Lieut-Colonel F Cochran, Commanding 1st Battalion The Hampshire Regiment 1890 HathiTrust Digital Library. Also available [https://archive.org/details/hampshiremenupperburmah/page/n7/mode/2up Archive.org]
*[https://find.slv.vic.gov.au/permalink/61SLV_INST/1sev8ar/alma992031973607636 ''2/4 Battalion. Hampshire Regiment 1914-1919''] Published 1920?. State Library of Victoria. [https://archive.org/details/2-4battalionhampshireregiment/mode/2up Archive.org version]. The Battalion was in India January 1915-April 1917, where it provided many drafts for Mesopotamia, and was then in Palestine and France.
:[https://archive.org/details/wanderingsoftemp00bacoiala/page/n8 ''The Wanderings of a Temporary Warrior : a territorial officer's narrative of service (and sport) in three continents''] by Captain Alban F L Bacon (late Hampshire Regiment) [2/4 Battalion] 1922.  Archive.org. India, [[Egypt, Palestine, Syria (First World War)| Egypt/Palestine]], [[Western Front]].
*[https://archive.org/stream/memogw/memoirs_of_the_great_war#page/n79/mode/2up ''Memoirs of the Great War''] by James Racine c 1920. Pages 80-102 cover the author's voyage to India from October 1916 and his period in India  as an officer with the 2/5th Battalion of the Hampshire Regiment  in Secunderabad  until the Battalion was transferred to Egypt.  Archive.org
*[http://archive.org/stream/mesopotamia00palmuoft#page/n3/mode/2up ''Letters from Mesopotamia in 1915 and January, 1916''] from Robert Palmer 1916 Archive.org. He went with a draft from the 6th Hants,  in India since November 1914, to reinforce the 1/4th Hants.  Both these regiments were part of the Territorial Force. He was killed June 21, 1916, aged 27 years. The initial letters were written in India.


===Historical books online===
== References ==
*[http://www.scribd.com/doc/17735398/Memoirs-of-the-Great-War ''Memoirs of the Great War''] by James Racine c 1920s. Scribd.com. Pages 70-101 cover his period in India  as an officer with the 2/5th Battalion of the Hampshire Regiment in Secunderabad c 1915-1916 until the Battalion was transferred to Egypt. [http://www.archive.org/details/memogw Pdf version]  available from Archive.org
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Latest revision as of 05:27, 10 June 2024

Badge of Hampshire Regt carved in Rock

Also known as 37th (North Hampshire) Regiment of Foot

Chronology

  • 1702 raised in Ireland as Thomas Meredith's Regiment of Foot also known until 1751 by the names of seven other colonels
  • 1751 became 37th Regiment of Foot
  • 1782 became 37th (the North Hampshire) Regiment of Foot
  • 1881 united with 67th Regiment of Foot to become the 1st Battalion The Hampshire Regiment
  • 1946 became The Royal Hampshire Regiment
  • 1992 merged with the Queens Regiment to become The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment

British India Service

37th Regiment of Foot succeeded by 1st Btn Hampshire Regt
1846 Ceylon 1886 Secunderabad
1857 Indian Mutiny 1888 Burma
1857 Azimghur 1891 Bareilly
1857 Arrah 1893 Raniket
1866 Bengal 1896 Mooltan
1899 Cherat
1903 Aden
1925 Mhow
1927 Multan
1929 Razmak
1931 Nowshera
1934 Rawalpindi
1935 NW Frontier
1937 Deccan

First World War

1/4th, 2/4th, 1/5th, 2/5th, 1/6th, 1/7th, 2/7th, and 1/9th (Cyclist), Battalions, spent at least some time in India, before being transferred elsewhere, including Mesopotamia.

During their time in India, many drafts were provided for Hampshire Regiments in Mesopotamia. As an example, two War Diaries show that 1/4 Hants received drafts from 1/4 Bn India, 2/4, 1/6 Bn, 1/7 Bn, 2/7 Bn India.[1]

1/5th Battalion "arrived in Bombay on 9th November, 1914, and proceeded to Allahabad. Volunteers were called for to go to Mesopotamia (1 officer and 50 o.r.), and in 1915 the battalion was split up and detachments sent to various spots until reassembling at Fyzabad in March 1916. They then appear to have done a Grand Tour of cantonments, even taking in several months in Burma in 1918 (!). More fun in the Punjab in early 1919, dealing with riots, before taking part in the Afghan campaign in May/June 1919 (temperatures of 125 degrees F in the tents ... nice) before departing in October and arriving back in Southampton on 8th November 1919".[2]

Oswald S. Early was a First World War wireless operator with the 1/9th Battalion Territorial Force of the Royal Hampshire Regiment, serving from 1916 to 1919 in India, Iraq and Afghanistan. He kept a diary which was later published.[3]

Refer next section for photographs.

FIBIS Resources

Regimental journal

Journal. 1st Hampshire Regiment no. 1-6 1903-1904 and The 37th Journal. 1st Hampshire Regiment no. 7-12 1904-1905. Available at the British Library
The Hampshire Regimental Journal from 1905. The British Library has some issues from 1905, but it is unclear what the holding is. The Regimental Museum, refer below, holds issues from 1905-1992. The National Army Museum may be another source.

External Links

Historical books online

The Wanderings of a Temporary Warrior : a territorial officer's narrative of service (and sport) in three continents by Captain Alban F L Bacon (late Hampshire Regiment) [2/4 Battalion] 1922. Archive.org. India, Egypt/Palestine, Western Front.
  • Memoirs of the Great War by James Racine c 1920. Pages 80-102 cover the author's voyage to India from October 1916 and his period in India as an officer with the 2/5th Battalion of the Hampshire Regiment in Secunderabad until the Battalion was transferred to Egypt. Archive.org
  • Letters from Mesopotamia in 1915 and January, 1916 from Robert Palmer 1916 Archive.org. He went with a draft from the 6th Hants, in India since November 1914, to reinforce the 1/4th Hants. Both these regiments were part of the Territorial Force. He was killed June 21, 1916, aged 27 years. The initial letters were written in India.

References

  1. ↑ sotonmate. 1/4th Hampshire after Kut Great War Forum 17 April 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  2. ↑ Broomfield, Steven. 1/5th hampshires Great War Forum 6 October 2017, with details from the book History of the Hampshire Territorial Force Association and War Records of Units, 1914-1919, authors Brigadier General G H Nicholson and Col H L Powell, published 1921. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  3. ↑ The Messenger by Oswald Early, compiled and edited by Russell Early. First published 2014 by Mereo Books. ISBN: 9781861512352

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