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*[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/ [[58th Regiment of Foot|58th Foot]])
*[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/ [[58th Regiment of Foot|58th Foot]])
**[http://www.royalanglianmuseum.org.uk/northants.html The Northamptonshire Regiment (48th/58th Foot)])
**[http://www.royalanglianmuseum.org.uk/northants.html The Northamptonshire Regiment (48th/58th Foot)])
*[http://www.wellingboroughrec.org.uk/blackh/blackarm.htm Black Soldiers in Northamptonshire Regiments of the British Army]  (from Black History,  Northamptonshire Racial Equality Council) gives details of  William and James Damerum, two Anglo-Indian brothers who served with the 48th "Northamptonshire" Regiment between 1824 and 1834, when they transferred to the [[55th Regiment of Foot| 55th Foot]] rather than return to England. William enlisted at age seven
*[http://www.wellingboroughrec.org.uk/blackh/blackarm.htm Black Soldiers in Northamptonshire Regiments of the British Army]  (from Black History,  Northamptonshire Racial Equality Council) gives details of  William and James Damerum, two [[Anglo Indian|Eurasian]] brothers who served with the 48th "Northamptonshire" Regiment between 1824 and 1834, when they transferred to the [[55th Regiment of Foot| 55th Foot]] rather than return to England. William enlisted at age seven in 1800 in India when he enlisted in the [[74th Regiment of Foot|74th Foot]]
*Details of the army records of Corporal Harrison of the [http://dkvblog.sulekha.com/blog/post/2007/07/army-regiments-in-mhow-1840-1948-a-fascinating/comments.htm 1st northamptonshire regiment  in India c 1940-1944] (scroll down) dkvblog.sulekha.com
*Details of the army records of Corporal Harrison of the [http://dkvblog.sulekha.com/blog/post/2007/07/army-regiments-in-mhow-1840-1948-a-fascinating/comments.htm 1st northamptonshire regiment  in India c 1940-1944] (scroll down) dkvblog.sulekha.com


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

Revision as of 02:27, 3 February 2012

Also known as The Northamptonshire Regiment

Chronology

  • 1741 raised as James Cholmondeley's Regiment of Foot in Norwich
  • 1748 renumbered as the 48th Regiment of Foot
  • 1780 became known as the Northamptonshire Regiment
  • 1881 united with 58th (Rutlandshire) Regiment of Foot to form The Northamptonshire Regiment
  • 1960 amalgamated with 1st Battalion The Royal Lincolnshire Regiment to form the 1st Battalion 2nd East Anglian Regiment (Duchess of Gloucester's Own Royal Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire)
  • 1964 became 2nd Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment

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