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[[Category:British Army]]
== Chronology ==
*'''1816''' formed as the 95th Regiment of Foot when the 95th Rifles were redesignated [[The Rifle Brigade]]
*'''1832''' became 95th (Derbyshire) Regiment of Foot
*'''1881''' united with the [[45th Regiment of Foot]] to form the Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire Regiment) and became 2nd Battalion
*'''1958''' became part of the Forester Brigade
*'''1963''' became part of the Mercian Brigade
*'''1970''' amalgamated with The Worcestershire Regiment to form The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment (29th/45th Foot).
*'''2004''' amalgamated to become 2nd Battalion The Mercian Regiment
 
==FIBIS resources==
[http://gallery.fibis.org/index.php?/category/30 Andrew Rippin Collection of photographs of the 2nd Battalion Derbyshire Regiment]
 
== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/95th_(Derbyshire)_Regiment_of_Foot 95th (Derbyshire) Foot] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/95th_(Derbyshire)_Regiment_of_Foot 95th (Derbyshire) Foot] Wikipedia<br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherwood_Foresters_(Derbyshire_Regiment) Sherwood Foresters] Wikipedia<br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worcestershire_and_Sherwood_Foresters Worcester & Sherwood Foresters] Wikipedia<br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercian_Regiment Mercian Regiment] Wikipedia<br>
*[http://freespace.virgin.net/stephen.mee/index.htm The Sherwood Foresters Regiment A History] by Stephen Mee<br>
*[http://classic-web.archive.org/web/20080112133935/http:/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/095-823.htm 95th (Derbyshire) Regiment of Foot];  [http://classic-web.archive.org/web/20060110001138/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/045SherF.htm The  Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)] including [http://classic-web.archive.org/web/20060117195537/www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/095.htm 2nd Battalion deployments] Regiments.org (an archived site)<br>
*[http://www.britisharmedforces.org/i_regiments/sherwood_index.htm  Sherwood Foresters] British Armed Forces & National Service. Includes deployments
*[http://www.wfrmuseum.org.uk/index.htm The Museum of the Mercian Regiment]
**[http://www.wfrmuseum.org.uk/sf_museum.htm 45th and 95th Regiments Museum collection]
**[http://www.wfrmuseum.org.uk/archives.htm Regimental Archives]
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mossvalley/mv4/95th-ceylon.html The 95th Regiment In Ceylon] 1838-1847 “Moss Valley”. Retrieved 28 August 2014
 
===Historical books online===
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/thieninetyfifth00raingoog#page/n8/mode/2up ''The 95th (The Derbyshire) Regiment in Central India''] [1857-59] by Julius Raines 1900 Archive.org. ''The Derbyshire Campaign Series No. 2''.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/ndiesecondbatta00iggugoog#page/n10/mode/2up ''The 2nd Battalion Derbyshire Regiment in the Sikkim Expedition of 1888''] by Herbert Augustus Iggulden 1900 Archive.org. ''The Derbyshire Campaign Series No. 4''.
*[https://archive.org/details/2ndbnderbyshirereg-tirah/page/n9/mode/2up ''The 2nd Battalion Derbyshire Regiment in Tirah''] by Captain A K Slessor  1900 Archive.org. ''The Derbyshire Campaign Series No. 5''.
:The other books in this ''Campaign Series'' are ''The 95th (the Derbyshire) Regiment in the Crimea'' 1899 (No.1) and ''The 2nd Battalion Derbyshire Regiment in Egypt, 1882'' (No.3) 1899 and 1914 editions.
*[https://archive.org/details/avariedlifearec00gordgoog ''A varied life: a record of military and civil service, of sport and of travel in India, Central Asia and Persia 1849 -1902''] by Gen. Sir Thomas Edward Gordon. 1906 Archive.org. He initially served in the British Army with the [[61st Regiment of Foot]], with the  52nd  (briefly), became on attachment, 2nd in command, and then in command,  of the [[7th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|7th Punjab Infantry]], Bengal Army for approximately 20 months, during the [[Indian Mutiny]],  on active service near Cawnpore, was then with the 25th (in England)  and exchanged into the 95th Regiment of Foot in order to return to India, which he did in in 1860, appointed to the Indian Army Indian Staff Corps 1862. 
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=sRgNAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP9 ''Standing Orders.  95th The Derbyshire Regiment''] 1856 Google Books
*[https://derbyshireterritorials.uk/resources/regimental-histories/ Derbyshire Territorials in the Great War: Regimental Histories] Histories of some of the Great War Battalions are available to download. derbyshireterritorials.uk
*[https://archive.org/details/breakhindenburg00priesuoft/page/n7/mode/2up ''Breaking the Hindenburg line : the story of the 46th (North Midland) Division''] [in the First World War] by Major R E Priestley 1919 Archive.org
 
 
 
 
[[Category: British Army Infantry Regiments]]

Latest revision as of 02:24, 19 December 2023

Chronology

  • 1816 formed as the 95th Regiment of Foot when the 95th Rifles were redesignated The Rifle Brigade
  • 1832 became 95th (Derbyshire) Regiment of Foot
  • 1881 united with the 45th Regiment of Foot to form the Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire Regiment) and became 2nd Battalion
  • 1958 became part of the Forester Brigade
  • 1963 became part of the Mercian Brigade
  • 1970 amalgamated with The Worcestershire Regiment to form The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment (29th/45th Foot).
  • 2004 amalgamated to become 2nd Battalion The Mercian Regiment

FIBIS resources

Andrew Rippin Collection of photographs of the 2nd Battalion Derbyshire Regiment

External Links

Historical books online

The other books in this Campaign Series are The 95th (the Derbyshire) Regiment in the Crimea 1899 (No.1) and The 2nd Battalion Derbyshire Regiment in Egypt, 1882 (No.3) 1899 and 1914 editions.
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