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*'''1881''' became The Cheshire Regiment  
*'''1881''' became The Cheshire Regiment  
*'''2007'''  amalgamated with the Staffordshire Regiment and the Worcestershire & Sherwood Foresters to become the 1st Battalion, Mercian Regiment (Cheshires)
*'''2007'''  amalgamated with the Staffordshire Regiment and the Worcestershire & Sherwood Foresters to become the 1st Battalion, Mercian Regiment (Cheshires)
== Service in British India ==
*'''1803''' [[2nd Maratha War]]
*'''1843''' [[Sind Campaign]]
*'''1844''' [[Gwalior Campaign]]
*'''1853''' [[Bori Valley Expedition]]
*'''1873''' India (2nd Btn)
*'''1887''' [[Burma]]
*'''1891''' [[Belgaum]]
*'''1895''' [[Secunderabad]]
*'''1901''' [[Quetta]]
*'''1903''' [[Bombay]]
*'''1922''' [[Lucknow]]
*'''1924''' [[Dinapore]]
*'''1927''' [[Poona]]
*'''1929''' [[Allahabad]]
*'''1933''' [[Landi Kotal]]
*'''1934''' [[Ambala]]
*'''1936''' [[Bombay]]
*'''1904''' [[Madras]] (2nd Btn)
== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheshire_Regiment Cheshire Regiment] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercian_Regiment Mercian Regiment] Wikipedia<br> [http://web.ukonline.co.uk/ewh.bryan/Cheshire-1.htm Eardley Bryan's comprehensive site]<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheshire_Regiment Cheshire Regiment] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercian_Regiment Mercian Regiment] Wikipedia<br> [http://web.ukonline.co.uk/ewh.bryan/Cheshire-1.htm Eardley Bryan's comprehensive site]<br>
[http://web.archive.org/web/20071218044908/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/022Ches.htm The Cheshire Regiment] including deployments: [http://web.archive.org/web/20071219072243/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/022-1.htm 1st Battalion], [http://web.archive.org/web/20071228151451/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/022-2.htm  2nd Battalion] Regiments.org (archived site)
[http://web.archive.org/web/20071218044908/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/022Ches.htm The Cheshire Regiment] including deployments: [http://web.archive.org/web/20071219072243/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/022-1.htm 1st Battalion], [http://web.archive.org/web/20071228151451/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/022-2.htm  2nd Battalion] Regiments.org (archived site)


===Historical books online===
====Historical books online====
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=Gt0QAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP9  ''Historical Record of the Twenty-second, or the Cheshire Regiment of Foot'']  by Richard Cannon 1849 Google Books   
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=Gt0QAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP9  ''Historical Record of the Twenty-second, or the Cheshire Regiment of Foot'']  by Richard Cannon 1849 Google Books   


[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]]
[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]]

Revision as of 08:51, 7 November 2011

22nd Regiment of Foot (The Cheshire Regiment)

Chronology

  • 1689 raised as The Norfolk's Regiment of Foot
  • 1751 became the 22nd Regiment of Foot
  • 1782 became 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment of Foot
  • 1881 became The Cheshire Regiment
  • 2007 amalgamated with the Staffordshire Regiment and the Worcestershire & Sherwood Foresters to become the 1st Battalion, Mercian Regiment (Cheshires)

Service in British India

External Links

Cheshire Regiment Wikipedia
Mercian Regiment Wikipedia
Eardley Bryan's comprehensive site
The Cheshire Regiment including deployments: 1st Battalion, 2nd Battalion Regiments.org (archived site)

Historical books online