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==Regimental History==
==Regimental History==
''History of the Northamptonshire Regiment 1742-1934'' by Lt Colonel Russell Gurney.
''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?availability=Family%20History%20Library catalogue entry] ([[FamilySearch Centres#Ordering microfilms|Ordering microfilms]])


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
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/48th_(Northamptonshire)_Regiment_of_Foot 48th (Northamptonshire) Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia
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*[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://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.britisharmedforces.org/i_regiments/north_index.htm The Northamptonshire Regiment] from British Armed Forces & National Service, gives details of deployments
*[http://www.northampton.gov.uk/site/scripts/documents.php?categoryID=200070  The Museum Collection of the Northamptonshire Regiment at  Abington Park Museum].This link may default to the Council website. Select Council information: Leisure and culture: Museums and galleries. Includes
*[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.flickr.com/photos/northampton_museum/collections/72157607003846030/ Photographs of the Northamptonshire Regiment on flickr.com]  
***[http://www.flickr.com/photos/northampton_museum/sets/72157625077907120/ Photographs of the Regiment in the  Punjab] The 1st Battalion of The Northamptonshire Regiment were stationed in the Punjab 1907/1908
****[http://www.flickr.com/photos/northampton_museum/5043995856/in/set-72157625077907120/ The Knitting Circle]; [http://www.flickr.com/photos/northampton_museum/5043371487/in/set-72157625077907120 Ready For Inspection:A Soldiers Kit Laid Out]
***[http://www.flickr.com/photos/northampton_museum/sets/72157608579921184/ Photographs of the Regiment in Waziristan 1936/37] 1st Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment. The Battalion was based at [[Razmak]] November 1936 to December 1937.
***[http://www.flickr.com/photos/northampton_museum/sets/72157625077918924/ Views of India (1) taken by Private Linley] of the 2nd Battalion, The Northamptonshire Regiment compiled whilst serving in India 1923-1938.
***[http://www.flickr.com/photos/northampton_museum/sets/72157626659014008/ Views of India (2) taken by Private Linley] of the 2nd Battalion, The Northamptonshire Regiment compiled whilst serving in India 1923-1938.
*[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.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://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://www.royalanglianmuseum.org.uk/northants.html The Northamptonshire Regiment (48th/58th Foot)])
*[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|Eurasian]] 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 in 1800 in India when he enlisted in the [[74th Regiment of Foot|74th 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.
*[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.
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/northampton_museum/4250632359/ Operations, Waziristan. 1937]  Photographs of the 48th Regiment taken in 1937 by RSM James Cass.
*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.
*Details of the army records of Corporal Harrison of the [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) dkvblog.sulekha.com


===Historical books online===
===Historical books online===

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