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== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[http://www.bedfordregiment.org.uk/16thfoothistory.html 16th Foot History] bedfordregiment.org.uk<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bedfordshire_Regiment Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3rd_East_Anglian_Regiment 3rd East Anglian regiment] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Anglian_Regiment Royal Anglian Regiment] Wikipedia<br>[http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Regiments/16thRegimentofFoot.html 16th Regiment of Foot] Roll-of-Honour.com
[http://www.bedfordregiment.org.uk/16thfoothistory.html 16th Foot History] bedfordregiment.org.uk<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bedfordshire_Regiment Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3rd_East_Anglian_Regiment 3rd East Anglian regiment] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Anglian_Regiment Royal Anglian Regiment] Wikipedia<br>[http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Regiments/16thRegimentofFoot.html 16th Regiment of Foot] Roll-of-Honour.com
===Online Books===
''Narrative of a Three Month's March in India'' by Harriette Ashmore, Wife of an Officer in the 16th Foot London 1841 [http://books.google.com/books?id=Ru5uMbaqSN8C&pg=PR1 Google Books]


[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]]
[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]]

Revision as of 08:00, 18 August 2009

Known as The Bedfordshire Regiment

History

  • 1688 raised as Douglas' Regiment of Foot by Col Archibald Douglas
  • 1751 became 16th Regiment of Foot
  • 1782 became 16th (Buckinghamshire) Regiment of Foot
  • 1809 became 16th (Bedfordshire) Regiment of Foot
  • 1881 became The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment (known as The Bedfordshire Regiment until 1919)
  • 1958 merged with The Essex Regiment to form the 1st Battalion 3rd East Anglian Regiment
  • 1964 amalgamated with the four regiments of the East Anglian Brigade to become 3rd Battalion (16th/44th Foot) Royal Anglian Regiment

External Links

16th Foot History bedfordregiment.org.uk
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment Wikipedia
3rd East Anglian regiment Wikipedia
Royal Anglian Regiment Wikipedia
16th Regiment of Foot Roll-of-Honour.com

Online Books

Narrative of a Three Month's March in India by Harriette Ashmore, Wife of an Officer in the 16th Foot London 1841 Google Books