68th Regiment of Foot
Also known as The Northumberland Fusiliers
Chronology
- 1745 raised as the 68th Regiment of Foot by John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford
- 1746 disbanded
- 1758 2nd Battalion, 23rd Regiment of Foot redesignated as the 68th Regiment of Foot
- 1782 became 68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot
- 1808 became 68th (Durham Light Infantry) Regiment
- 1881 amalgamated with the 106th Regiment of Foot(Bombay Light Infantry) and became the 1st Battalion The Durham Light Infantry
- 1968 amalgamated with three other county light infantry regiments to become 4th Battalion The Light Infantry
- 1969 4th Battalion (formerly Durham Light Infantry) was disbanded
External Links
- 68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) Wikipedia
- The Durham Light Infantry www.lightinfantry.me.uk
- Durham Light Infantry Wikipedia
- The Light Infantry Wikipedia
- 68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) including deployments Regiments.org, an archived site.
- The Durham Light Infantry including deployments: 1st Battalion, 2nd Battalion Regiments.org, an archived site
- Durham Light Infantry Museum at Aykley Heads, Durham
- Durham County Record Office holds Durham Light Infantry Records
- WW2Talk Forum thread about Enlistment and Discharge Books from 1921 onwards
- The Story of Jimmy Durham includes two photographs of the 2nd Battalion in India and Burma 1897-1899. Durham County Record Office