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***[http://www.flickr.com/photos/northampton_museum/sets/72157625077918924/ Views of India (1) taken by Private Linley] of the 2nd Battalion, The Northamptonshire Regiment compiled whilst serving in India 1923-1938.
***[http://www.flickr.com/photos/northampton_museum/sets/72157625077918924/ Views of India (1) taken by Private Linley] of the 2nd Battalion, The Northamptonshire Regiment compiled whilst serving in India 1923-1938.
***[http://www.flickr.com/photos/northampton_museum/sets/72157626659014008/ Views of India (2) taken by Private Linley] of the 2nd Battalion, The Northamptonshire Regiment compiled whilst serving in India 1923-1938.
***[http://www.flickr.com/photos/northampton_museum/sets/72157626659014008/ Views of India (2) taken by Private Linley] of the 2nd Battalion, The Northamptonshire Regiment compiled whilst serving in India 1923-1938.
 
*[http://www.royalanglianmuseum.org.uk/index.html The Royal Anglian Regiment Museum]. Covers the Royal Norfolk Regiment ([[9th Regiment of Foot|9th Foot]]), the Royal Lincolnshire Regiment ([[10th Regiment of Foot|10th Foot]]), the Suffolk Regiment ([[12th Regiment of Foot|12th Foot]]), the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment ([[16th Regiment of Foot|16th Foot]]), the Royal Leicestershire Regiment ([[17th Regiment of Foot|17th Foot)]]), the Essex Regiment ([[44th Regiment of Foot|44th]]/ [[56th Regiment of Foot|56th Foot]]), and the Northamptonshire Regiment ([[48th Regiment of Foot|48th]]/ 58th Foot).
**[http://www.royalanglianmuseum.org.uk/northants.html The Northamptonshire Regiment (48th/58th Foot)]





Revision as of 09:32, 1 January 2012

Chronology

  • 1755 raised as the 60th Regiment of Foot
  • 1757 became the 58th Regiment of Foot
  • 1782 became the 58th (Rutlandshire) Regiment of Foot
  • 1881 amalgamated with the 48th Regiment of Foot to become the 2nd Battalion The Northamptonshire Regiment
  • 1948 regiment reduced to a single battalion
  • 1960 merged with The Royal Lincolnshire Regiment to form the 2nd East Anglian Regiment (Duchess of Gloucester's Own Royal Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire)
  • 1964 amalgamated with the 1st and 3rd East Anglian Regiments and the Royal Leicestershire Regiment to become 2nd Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment

Service in British India

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