66th Regiment of Foot: Difference between revisions

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Also known as The Royal Berkshire Regiment

1758 2nd Battalion the 19th Regiment of Foot formed in 1756 became the 66th Regiment
1782 became the 66th (Berkshire) Regiment.
1803 2nd Battalion raised. Fought in the Peninsular War
1881 under the Cardwell reforms became 2nd Battalion of Princess Charlotte of Wales’s (Berkshire) Regiment
1885 became the Princess Charlotte of Wales’s Royal Berkshire Regiment
1920 became The Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales’s)

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 == External Links ==
-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/66th_Regiment_of_Foot 66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Royal_Berkshire_Regiment The Royal Berkshire Regiment] Wikipedia<br>[http://history.farmersboys.com/Battles/afghanistan_1879-80.htm 66th at Maiwand] history.farmersboys.com
+===Historical Books Online===
+[http://books.google.com/books?id=u8JmAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR3 Events of a military life: being recollections after service in the Peninsular war, invasion of France, the East Indies, St. Helena, Canada, and elsewhere Volume 1] by Walter Henry, Surgeon to the Forces 1843 The author leaves for India [http://books.google.com/books?id=u8JmAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA213 page 213] in 1815
+===Other===
+[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/66th_Regiment_of_Foot 66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Royal_Berkshire_Regiment The Royal Berkshire Regiment] Wikipedia<br>[http://history.farmersboys.com/Battles/afghanistan_1879-80.htm 66th at Maiwand] history.farmersboys.com<br>
+[http://web.archive.org/web/20071024090102/www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/066-1.htm 66th Regiment of Foot] Regiments.org (archived site)
 [[Category: British Army Infantry Regiments]]