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'''Known as "The Die Hards"'''
== Chronology ==
*'''1755''' raised as the 59th Regiment of Foot at Gloucester
*'''1756''' became the 57th Regiment of Foot
*'''1782''' became the 57th (the West Middlesex) Regiment of Foot
*'''1881''' amalgamated with the [[77th Regiment of Foot]] to become the 1st Battalion The Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment)
*'''1966''' amalgamated with three other regiments to become the 4th Battalion The Queen's Regiment
*'''1973''' 4th Battalion disbanded<br />
'''No service in British India'''
==External Links==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/57th_(West_Middlesex)_Regiment_of_Foot 57th (West Middlesex) Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia<br />[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Middlesex_Regiment Middlesex Regiment] Wikipedia<br />[http://www.prole.demon.co.uk/middlesex/index.htm The Middlesex Regiment 1755-1966] www.prole.demon.co.uk<br />[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Queen%27s_Regiment Queen's Regiment] Wikipedia<br /> ====Historical Books Online====
[http://www.archive.org/stream/historicalrecor00warrgoog#page/n7/mode/1up ''Historical records of the Fifty-Seventh, or, West Middlesex Regiment of Foot: compiled from official and private sources, from the date of its formation in 1755, to the present time, 1878''] by H J Warre (1878) Archive.org. Indian Service commences [http://www.archive.org/stream/historicalrecor00warrgoog#page/n122/mode/1up page 76], in 1831 in Madras.
[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]]
