Difference between revisions of "16th Regiment of Foot"

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Known as The Bedfordshire Regiment

1688 raised as Douglas' Regiment of Foot by Col Archibald Douglas
1751 became 16th Regiment of Foot
1782 became 16th (Buckinghamshire) Regiment of Foot
1809 became 16th (Bedfordshire) Regiment of Foot
1881 became The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment (known as The Bedfordshire Regiment until 1919)
1958 merged with The Essex Regiment to form the 1st Battalion 3rd East Anglian Regiment
1964 amalgamated with the four regiments of the East Anglian Brigade to become 3rd Battalion (16th/44th Foot) Royal Anglian Regiment

Narrative of a Three Month's March in India by Harriette Ashmore, Wife of an Officer in the 16th Foot London 1841 Google Books

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 == External Links ==
 [http://www.bedfordregiment.org.uk/16thfoothistory.html 16th Foot History] bedfordregiment.org.uk<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bedfordshire_Regiment Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3rd_East_Anglian_Regiment 3rd East Anglian regiment] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Anglian_Regiment Royal Anglian Regiment] Wikipedia<br>[http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Regiments/16thRegimentofFoot.html 16th Regiment of Foot] Roll-of-Honour.com
+===Online Books===
+''Narrative of a Three Month's March in India'' by Harriette Ashmore, Wife of an Officer in the 16th Foot London 1841 [http://books.google.com/books?id=Ru5uMbaqSN8C&pg=PR1 Google Books]
 [[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]]