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[http://web.archive.org/web/20071024090102/www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/066-1.htm 66th Regiment of Foot] Regiments.org (archived site<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<br> | ||
[https://www.thewardrobe.org.uk/index.php The Wardrobe : The Rifles ( Berkshire and Wiltshire) Museum]-The Story of the Infantry of Berkshire and Wiltshire<br> | [https://www.thewardrobe.org.uk/index.php The Wardrobe : The Rifles ( Berkshire and Wiltshire) Museum]-The Story of the Infantry of Berkshire and Wiltshire<br> | ||
[https://www.thewardrobe.org.uk/regimental_timeline.php Regimental Time Line]. The Wardrobe.org.uk . Extensive details of deployments.<br> | |||
Information about the book [http://www.garenewing.co.uk/angloafghanwar/articles/Maiwand66th_introduction.php Maiwand: The Last Stand of the 66th (Berkshire) Regiment in Afghanistan, 1880] by Richard J. Stacpoole-Ryding from Anglo Afghan War. This book may be bought from the [http://astore.amazon.co.uk/faminbriindso-21/detail/0752445375 FIBIS Shop] through Amazon.co.uk | Information about the book [http://www.garenewing.co.uk/angloafghanwar/articles/Maiwand66th_introduction.php Maiwand: The Last Stand of the 66th (Berkshire) Regiment in Afghanistan, 1880] by Richard J. Stacpoole-Ryding from Anglo Afghan War. This book may be bought from the [http://astore.amazon.co.uk/faminbriindso-21/detail/0752445375 FIBIS Shop] through Amazon.co.uk | ||
Revision as of 01:29, 4 July 2010
Also known as The Royal Berkshire Regiment
Chronology
- 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)
External Links
Historical Books Online
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 page 213 in 1815
Other
66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot Wikipedia
The Royal Berkshire Regiment Wikipedia
66th at Maiwand history.farmersboys.com
66th Regiment of Foot Regiments.org (archived site
The Wardrobe : The Rifles ( Berkshire and Wiltshire) Museum-The Story of the Infantry of Berkshire and Wiltshire
Regimental Time Line. The Wardrobe.org.uk . Extensive details of deployments.
Information about the book Maiwand: The Last Stand of the 66th (Berkshire) Regiment in Afghanistan, 1880 by Richard J. Stacpoole-Ryding from Anglo Afghan War. This book may be bought from the FIBIS Shop through Amazon.co.uk