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*[http://www.1914-1918.net/msex.htm 1/9th Battalion and 1/10th Battalion Middlesex Regiment] Both battalions sailed 30 October 1914  from Southampton for India, arriving Bombay on 2 December 1914. The 1/9th Battalion eventually moved to Mesopotamia, arriving Basra on 24 November 1917, and joined the 53rd Brigade of the 18th Indian Division. It remained in that theatre until the end of the war.. The 1/10th Battalion remained in India until the end of the war.  www.1914-1918.net
*[http://www.1914-1918.net/msex.htm 1/9th Battalion and 1/10th Battalion Middlesex Regiment] Both battalions sailed 30 October 1914  from Southampton for India, arriving Bombay on 2 December 1914. The 1/9th Battalion eventually moved to Mesopotamia, arriving Basra on 24 November 1917, and joined the 53rd Brigade of the 18th Indian Division. It remained in that theatre until the end of the war.. The 1/10th Battalion remained in India until the end of the war.  www.1914-1918.net
**[http://www.flickr.com/photos/58031268@N03  David Prebble’s Photostream]. flickr.com Some of the photographs are labelled “1/9th Middlesex Regiment India 1914 to 1920” and it very probable all the photographs are of this regiment, in England or India
**[http://www.flickr.com/photos/58031268@N03  David Prebble’s Photostream]. flickr.com Some of the photographs are labelled “1/9th Middlesex Regiment India 1914 to 1920” and it very probable all the photographs are of this regiment, in England or India
**[http://www.king-emperor.com/Photographs%20-%20103rd%20Mahrattas%20-%201-9th%20Middlesex%20Regt..html Photographs: 1/9th Middlesex Regiment in India 1914-1918] king-emperor.com. Taken by then Sgt Maurice Mendes, later commissioned.
**[http://www.flickr.com/photos/35101160@N05/12952709894/in/photostream/  Photograph: 1/9th Middlesex Regiment, Dinapore, India, 1916]  flickr.com
**[http://www.flickr.com/photos/35101160@N05/12952709894/in/photostream/  Photograph: 1/9th Middlesex Regiment, Dinapore, India, 1916]  flickr.com
**The [[National Army Museum]] has many papers and photographs in its collection including
**The [[National Army Museum]] has many papers and photographs in its collection including

Revision as of 06:47, 20 August 2016

Known as "The Die Hards"

Chronology

  • 1755 raised as the 59th Regiment of Foot at Gloucester
  • 1756 became the 57th Regiment of Foot
  • 1782 became the 57th (the West Middlesex) Regiment of Foot
  • 1881 amalgamated with the 77th Regiment of Foot to become the 1st Battalion The Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment)
  • 1966 amalgamated with three other regiments to become the 4th Battalion The Queen's Regiment
  • 1973 4th Battalion disbanded

External Links

Historical Books Online