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[[Category:British Army]]
Also known as '''The Royal Berkshire Regiment'''
== History ==
 
*1758 2nd Battalion the [[19th Regiment of Foot]] formed in 1756 became the 66th Regiment
== Chronology==
*1782 became the 66th (Berkshire) Regiment.
*'''1758''' 2nd Battalion the [[19th Regiment of Foot]] formed in 1756 became the 66th Regiment
*1803 2nd Battalion raised. Fought in the Peninsular War
*'''1782''' became the 66th (Berkshire) Regiment.
*1881 under the Cardwell reforms became 2nd Battalion of Princess Charlotte of Wales’s (Berkshire) Regiment
*'''1803''' 2nd Battalion raised. Fought in the Peninsular War
*1885 became the Princess Charlotte of Wales’s Royal Berkshire Regiment
*'''1881''' under the Cardwell reforms became 2nd Battalion of Princess Charlotte of Wales’s (Berkshire) Regiment
*1920 became The Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales’s)
*'''1885''' became the Princess Charlotte of Wales’s Royal Berkshire Regiment
*'''1920''' became The Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales’s)
 
== Service in British India ==
*'''1804''' [[Ceylon]]
*'''1814''' India
*'''1815''' [[Gurkha War|Nepal]]
*'''1817''' India
*'''1857''' India
*'''1870''' India
*'''1880''' [[2nd Afghan War|Afghanistan]]
:*[[Battle of Maiwand]]
*'''1906''' Subathu
*'''1909''' [[Meerut]]
*'''1906''' [[Jhansi]]
*'''1937''' [[Lucknow]]
*'''1941''' [[Bombay]]
*'''1943''' [[Burma]]
 
== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/66th_Regiment_of_Foot 66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Royal_Berkshire_Regiment The Royal Berkshire Regiment] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/66th_Regiment_of_Foot 66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia<br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Royal_Berkshire_Regiment The Royal Berkshire Regiment] Wikipedia<br>
*[http://history.farmersboys.com/Battles/afghanistan_1879-80.htm 66th at Maiwand] history.farmersboys.com<br>
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20071007122012/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/066-758.htm 66th Regiment of Foot] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20071018072719/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/066-1.htm deployments] Regiments.org (archived site)<br>
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20071011103521/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/049Berks.htm The Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales's)] including deployments: [http://web.archive.org/web/20071031091908/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/049-1.htm 1st Battalion], [http://web.archive.org/web/20071018072719/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/066-1.htm 2nd Battalion] Regiments.org (archived site)<br>
*[http://www.thewardrobe.org.uk/home  The Wardrobe : The Rifles (Berkshire and Wiltshire) Museum]-The Story of the Infantry of Berkshire and Wiltshire. Covers the [[49th Regiment of Foot| 49th]],  [[62nd Regiment of Foot |62nd]],  66th and  [[99th Regiment of Foot|99th Regiments of Foot]]
**[http://www.thewardrobe.org.uk/research/regimental-timeline Regimental Time Line].  Extensive details of deployments.<br>
**[http://www.thewardrobe.org.uk/research/contact-us/support-us/the-collection/search/category:9 Photographic search facilty].Many photos may be viewed online
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20170630132410/http://maiwandjournal.victorianwars.com/ The Last Stand: The Journal of the Maiwand Files Project] July 2009. Victorianwars.com, now archived. Originally contained many articles about Maiwand but the only articles which have been archived are
**[https://web.archive.org/web/20170606100626/http://maiwandjournal.victorianwars.com/an_account_of_maiwand.htm "An Account Of Maiwand. A Letter written by Lieutenant Manus L. O’Donel 66th (Berkshire) Regiment"]
**[https://web.archive.org/web/20170424184541/http://maiwandjournal.victorianwars.com/its_a_dogs_life_in_the_army.htm "It’s A Dogs Life In The Army"] by Richard J Stacpoole-Ryding
**[https://web.archive.org/web/20180713134909/http://maiwandjournal.victorianwars.com/maiwand_medal_news.htm "Maiwand Medal News"] by Andy Chaloner
**[https://web.archive.org/web/20110307050517/http://maiwandjournal.victorianwars.com/book_review.htm "Book Review"]
*[http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Berkshire/ReadingAfghanCampaign.html 66th Regiment Afghan Campaign War Memorial at Forbury Gardens, Reading , Berkshire] by Andy Chaloner.  roll-of-honour.com <br>
*[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2095088/The-REAL-Dr-Watson-The-Victorian-army-medic-inspiration-Sherlocks-trusty-sidekick.html Surgeon-Major Alexander Francis Preston: The REAL Dr Watson: The Victorian army medic who was the inspiration for Sherlock's trusty sidekick] by Annabel Venning 2 February 2012 dailymail.co.uk. [http://www.thewardrobe.org.uk/research/contact-us/support-us/the-collection/detail/24986 *Photograph] , with details from The Wardrobe.
*Article:[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1229067/One-British-soldiers-diaries-bloody-battle-Afghanistan-130-years-ago-provide-haunting-insight-horrors-troops-face-now.html "The amazing story of Bobbie, the bravest dog of war, as told in a British soldier's diary of a bloody battle in Afghanistan 130 years ago"] by Geoffrey Wansell  19 November 2009 www.dailymail.co.uk Describes  letters which belonged to Captain John Slade of the [[Royal Horse Artillery]] at the Battle of Maiwand
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobbie Bobbie the mascot at Maiwand] Wikipedia<br>
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VCpkplKUf8&feature=related The Delhi Durbar 1911] www.youtube.com.  Colour footage of the regimental marchpast at the [[Delhi Durbar]] 1911 from 'The British Empire in Colour' series, probably Program 1. The red coated unit marching past at the start is the 2nd Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment.<ref>'' Victorian Wars Forum'' thread dated 17 December 2011, now no longer accessible <nowiki>http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=6353#p25763 .</nowiki></ref>
*[http://www.berksfhs.org.uk/ Berkshire Family History Society]<br>
 
====Historical books online====
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/thberkshireregi00unkngoog#page/n8/mode/2up ''The 66th Berkshire Regiment: A Brief History of its Services at Home and Abroad from 1758 to 1881'']  by John Percy Groves 1887 Archive.org
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=u8JmAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR3 ''Events of a military life: being recollections after service in the Peninsular war, invasion of France, the East Indies, St. Helena, Canada, and elsewhere Volume I''] by Walter Henry, Surgeon to the Forces 1843. Google Books. The author leaves for India [http://books.google.com/books?id=u8JmAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA213 page 213] in 1815
**[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/aeu.ark:/13960/t6543g74c?urlappend=%3Bseq=10 ''Volume II''] Hathi Trust Digital Library
**1839 edition with title: ''Trifles from my Port-folio'' [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=G0xBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PP7 ''Volume I''] Google Books, [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/yale.39002024328669?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 ''Volume II''] Hathi Trust Digital Library
 
== References ==
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[[Category: British Army Infantry Regiments]]

Latest revision as of 02:56, 21 January 2020

Also known as The Royal Berkshire Regiment

Chronology

  • 1758 2nd Battalion the 19th Regiment of Foot formed in 1756 became the 66th Regiment
  • 1782 became the 66th (Berkshire) Regiment.
  • 1803 2nd Battalion raised. Fought in the Peninsular War
  • 1881 under the Cardwell reforms became 2nd Battalion of Princess Charlotte of Wales’s (Berkshire) Regiment
  • 1885 became the Princess Charlotte of Wales’s Royal Berkshire Regiment
  • 1920 became The Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales’s)

Service in British India

External Links

Historical books online

References

  1. ↑ Victorian Wars Forum thread dated 17 December 2011, now no longer accessible http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=6353#p25763 .


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