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*'''1936''' [[Bombay]]
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*'''1904''' [[Madras]] (2nd Btn)
*'''1904''' [[Madras]] (2nd Btn)
The 1st Cheshires were at [[Kasauli]] in  June 1935.<ref> There is a memorial in the church in [[Kasauli]] to Selby Lane and Richard Reed of the Cheshire Regiment,  “ who gave their lives fighting a forest fire, which on 7th June threatened to destroy Kasauli” in 1935, described in  [https://web.archive.org/web/20121229115846/http://www.travelintelligence.com/travel-writing/kasauli-of-bun-samosas-and-rissoles "Kasauli: of Bun-Samosas and Rissoles"] by Raaja Bhasin, (travelintelligence.com, now an archived website) (retrieved 14 June 2014)</ref>


==British Library holdings==
==British Library holdings==
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercian_Regiment Mercian Regiment] Wikipedia<br>  
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercian_Regiment Mercian Regiment] Wikipedia<br>  
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20071218044908/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/022Ches.htm The Cheshire Regiment] including deployments: [http://web.archive.org/web/20071219072243/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/022-1.htm 1st Battalion], [http://web.archive.org/web/20071228151451/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/022-2.htm  2nd Battalion] Regiments.org (archived site)
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20071218044908/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/022Ches.htm The Cheshire Regiment] including deployments: [http://web.archive.org/web/20071219072243/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/022-1.htm 1st Battalion], [http://web.archive.org/web/20071228151451/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/022-2.htm  2nd Battalion] Regiments.org (archived site)
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20101226211942/http://web.ukonline.co.uk/ewh.bryan/Cheshire-1.htm  The 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment]  Eardley Bryan's comprehensive site, now archived (retrieved 14 June 2014)
*[http://www.militarysunhelmets.com/2012/british-puggarees-2-3-4-and-6-folds British Puggarees 2, 3, 4 and 6 Folds] includes a section on the Cheshire Regiment (with photographs) militarysunhelmets.com
*[http://www.militarysunhelmets.com/2012/british-puggarees-2-3-4-and-6-folds British Puggarees 2, 3, 4 and 6 Folds] includes a section on the Cheshire Regiment (with photographs) militarysunhelmets.com



Revision as of 07:39, 14 June 2014

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)

Service in British India

The 1st Cheshires were at Kasauli in June 1935.[1]

British Library holdings

  • The 1st Battalion Cheshire Regiment, illustrated. With brief historical account of the services of the Regiment, etc. Photographs by Fred Bremner. Published in Quetta by Fred Bremner, 1902.
This is a photographic album produced by the photographer Fred Bremner, one of four known photographic albums of British Army Regiments in the North-West of India which he published in Quetta and Lahore in the early 1900s. It consists of a brief History of 20 pages followed by 38 full page printed photographs.[2]

External Links

Historical books online

References

  1. There is a memorial in the church in Kasauli to Selby Lane and Richard Reed of the Cheshire Regiment, “ who gave their lives fighting a forest fire, which on 7th June threatened to destroy Kasauli” in 1935, described in "Kasauli: of Bun-Samosas and Rissoles" by Raaja Bhasin, (travelintelligence.com, now an archived website) (retrieved 14 June 2014)
  2. www.iberlibro.com, page no longer accessible