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Also known as the '''Goddard Battalion'''.
== Chronology ==
== Chronology ==
*'''1864''' raised as 13th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry  
*'''1764''' raised as 18th Battalion at Mooshedabad by [http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/167/mode/1up Captain Thomas Goddard]
*'''1857''' mutinied
*'''1764''' ranked as 17th Battalion
*'''1765''' posted to the 1st Brigade
*'''1775''' renumbered the 7th Battalion of Bengal Native Infantry
*'''1781''' became the 7th Battalion of Bombay Native Infantry
*'''1784''' became the 7th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
*'''1796''' became the 1st Battalion 7th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
*'''1824''' became the '''13th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry'''
*'''1857''' mutinied at [[Lucknow]] 30 May
 
''In 1861 after the mutiny the title was given to the Shekhawati Battalion which became [[13th (Shekhawati Regiment) Bengal Native Infantry]].''
 
== External links ==
[http://books.google.com/books?id=2gQLAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA57&dq=First+European+Regiment&hl=en&ei=xzZyTK7rOciOjAfqyMz6CA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false List of officers 1829] Google Books<br>
[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1283353/The-incredible-story-soldier-slept-Indian-Mutiny-evacuation--woke-30-000-rebels.html  The Incredible story of the soldier who slept through the Indian Mutiny evacuation] DailyMail.co.uk article dated 2 June 2010.  The story of Captain Thomas Waterman may be found in ''The History of the Indian Mutiny, Volume 2'' by Charles Ball, 1858, page 92 available on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website, computer page 101.
 
 
 
[[Category:Bengal Infantry Regiments]]
[[Category:Bengal Infantry Regiments]]
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