Difference between revisions of "54th Regiment of Foot"

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1755 raised as the 56th Regiment of Foot
1756 became the 54th Regiment of Foot
1782 became the 28th (West Norfolk) Regiment of Foot
1881 amalgamated with the 39th Regiment of Foot to form The Dorsetshire Regiment

The Dorset regimental journal : a paper for Dorset men and men of the Dorsets. Vol. 1, no. 1 (May 1912)-v. 3, no. 27 (July 1914) is available at the British Library
The Dorsetshire regimental quarterly. Vol. 1, no. 1 (June 1926)-v. 19, no. 2 (June 1951) is available at the British Library

54th Regiment of Foot Wikipedia
The Dorsetshire Regiment Wikipedia
The Dorset Regiment including deployments (2nd Battalion) Regiments.org, an archived site
The Keep Military Museum, Dorchester, Dorset. Covers the 11th, 39th and 54th Regiments of Foot. Includes
British Graves, with an earlier post from calicutheritage.blogspot.com. Privates Eley and Hutchings were killed in August 1921

Narrative of the burning of the "Sarah Sands" screw steam ship by an old 54th officer. [Frederick Schlotel] 1869. Google Books. 1870 edition Google Books. Full title and some text appear to differ. A vessel charted by the East India Company, for the conveyance of troops to Calcutta on the news of the Indian Mutiny reaching England, which sailed from Portsmouth on 15 August 1857.

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 ===Historical books online===
-*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=vQVXAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA1 ''Narrative of the burning of the "Sarah Sands" screw steam ship, with the head quarters of H. M. 54th Regiment on board''] by a late 54th officer. [Frederick Schlotel] 1869. Google Books. A vessel charted by the  East India Company, for the conveyance of troops to Calcutta on the news of the Indian Mutiny reaching England, which sailed from Portsmouth on 15 August 1857
+*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=vQVXAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA1 ''Narrative of the burning of the "Sarah Sands" screw steam ship''] by an old 54th officer. [Frederick Schlotel] 1869. Google Books. [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=KUlHAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR5-IA1 1870 edition] Google Books.  Full title and some text appear to differ.  A vessel charted by the  East India Company, for the conveyance of troops to Calcutta on the news of the Indian Mutiny reaching England, which sailed from Portsmouth on 15 August 1857.
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