48th Regiment of Foot: Difference between revisions

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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

48th (Northamptonshire) Regiment of Foot Wikipedia
The Northamptonshire Regiment Wikipedia
2nd East Anglian Regiment Wikipedia
Royal Anglian Regiment Wikipedia
48th (Northamptonshire) Regiment of Foot including deployments Regiments.org, an archived site
The Northamptonshire Regiment including deployments: 1st Battalion and 2nd Battalion Regiments.org, an archived site
The Northamptonshire Regiment from British Armed Forces & National Service, gives details of deployments
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.
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)
The Royal Anglian Regiment Museum. Covers the Royal Norfolk Regiment (9th Foot), the Royal Lincolnshire Regiment (10th Foot), the Suffolk Regiment (12th Foot), the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment (16th Foot), the Royal Leicestershire Regiment (17th Foot)), the Essex Regiment (44th/ 56th Foot), and the Northamptonshire Regiment (48th/ 58th Foot)
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 1st Northamptonshire Regiment in India c 1940-1944 (scroll down) sulekha.com, now an archived webpage.

Historical books online

Diary of a Pedestrian in Cashmere and Thibet by Captain Knight, Forty-Eighth Regiment 1863 Archive.org

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 *'''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 ==
-*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/northampton_museum/4250632359/ Operations, Waziristan. 1937]  Photographs of the 48th Regiment taken in 1937 by RSM James Cass.
 *[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.wellingboroughrec.org.uk/blackh/blackarm.htm Black Soldiers in Northamptonshire Regiments of the British Army]  (from Black History,  Northamptonshire Racial Equality Council) gives details of  William and James Damerum, two Anglo-Indian brothers who served with the 48th "Northamptonshire" Regiment between 1824 and 1834, when they transferred to the [[55th Regiment of Foot| 55th Foot]] rather than return to England. William enlisted at age seven
+*[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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