22nd Regiment of Foot
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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)
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
- Historical Record of the Twenty-second, or the Cheshire Regiment of Foot by Richard Cannon 1849 Google Books
