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*'''1748''' renumbered as the 48th Regiment of Foot
*'''1748''' renumbered as the 48th Regiment of Foot
*'''1780''' became known as the Northamptonshire Regiment
*'''1780''' became known as the Northamptonshire Regiment
*'''1881''' united with 58th (Rutlandshire) Regiment of Foot to form The Northamptonshire Regiment
*'''1881''' united with [[58th Regiment of Foot|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)
*'''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
*'''1964''' became 2nd Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment


==Regimental History==
''History of the Northamptonshire Regiment 1742-1934'' by Lt Colonel Russell Gurney. Available at the [[British Library]] UIN: BLL01001096904 .
This book is available on FamilySearch microfilm [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/507817 catalogue entry], if you can locate a copy of the  microfilm. It is not currently (2019/04) available digitally, even though the microfilm has been digitised.  (See [[FamilySearch Centres]]).
== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/48th_(Northamptonshire)_Regiment_of_Foot 48th (Northamptonshire) Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Northamptonshire_Regiment The Northamptonshire Regiment] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_East_Anglian_Regiment 2nd East Anglian Regiment] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Anglian_Regiment Royal Anglian Regiment] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/48th_(Northamptonshire)_Regiment_of_Foot 48th (Northamptonshire) Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Northamptonshire_Regiment The Northamptonshire Regiment] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_East_Anglian_Regiment 2nd East Anglian Regiment] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Anglian_Regiment Royal Anglian Regiment] Wikipedia
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080113060338/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/048-751.htm 48th (Northamptonshire) Regiment of Foot] including  [http://web.archive.org/web/20071223004533/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/048-1.htm deployments] Regiments.org, an archived site
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080118040218/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/048Nhant.htm The Northamptonshire Regiment] including deployments: [http://web.archive.org/web/20071223004533/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/048-1.htm 1st Battalion] and [http://web.archive.org/web/20071213220157/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/058-1.htm 2nd Battalion] Regiments.org, an archived site
*[http://www.britisharmedforces.org/i_regiments/north_index.htm The Northamptonshire Regiment] from British Armed Forces & National Service, gives details of deployments
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/northampton_museum/collections/72157607003846030/ Photographs of the Northamptonshire Regiment on flickr.com] Sets of photographs from The Northamptonshire Regiment Collection at Northampton Museums Service. Includes  "The Northamptonshire Regiment in the Punjab (1907-1908)" (4th collection),  which in turn contais a photograph titled  'The Knitting Circle'; 2 collections on Waziristan in the 1930s; "Photograph Album Views of India 1932-1938"  and “Views of India (2)", both  taken by Private Linley, 2nd Battalion.
*[http://www.archhistory.co.uk/taca/schooling.html Photograph  of the regimental school] (scroll down)  of the 1st Battalion of the Northamptonshire Regiment (previously the 48th Foot) in India, probably in Secunderabad, in around 1889–90 . From The Army Children Archive (TACA)
*[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://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1936/nov/30/north-west-frontier-military-operations North-West Frontier (Military Operations):  An account of the fighting which took place in the Khaisora Valley from 25th to 27th November, 1936] in which the 1st Battalion took part. Hansard.  Lists some of the wounded.
*Details of the army records of Corporal Harrison of the [https://web.archive.org/web/20070828122607/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) sulekha.com, now an archived webpage.
 
===Historical books online===
*[https://archive.org/details/diaryofpedestria00knigrich  ''Diary of a Pedestrian in Cashmere and Thibet''] by Captain Knight, Forty-Eighth Regiment 1863 Archive.org
 
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[[Category: British Army Infantry Regiments]]
[[Category: British Army Infantry Regiments]]

Latest revision as of 05:27, 26 April 2019

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

Regimental History

History of the Northamptonshire Regiment 1742-1934 by Lt Colonel Russell Gurney. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01001096904 .

This book is available on FamilySearch microfilm catalogue entry, if you can locate a copy of the microfilm. It is not currently (2019/04) available digitally, even though the microfilm has been digitised. (See FamilySearch Centres).

External Links

Historical books online