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*'''1782''' became the 35th (The Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot | *'''1782''' became the 35th (The Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot | ||
*'''1805''' became the 35th (Sussex) Regiment of Foot. | *'''1805''' became the 35th (Sussex) Regiment of Foot. | ||
*'''1881''' united with the 107th Regiment of Foot (Bengal Light Infantry) to form The Royal Sussex Regiment | *'''1881''' united with the [[3rd Bengal (European) Light Infantry|107th Regiment of Foot (Bengal Light Infantry)]] to form The Royal Sussex Regiment | ||
*'''1966''' was amalgamated with The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment, The Queen's Own Buffs, The Royal Kent Regiment and The Middlesex Regiment and became 3rd Battalion The Queen's Regiment | *'''1966''' was amalgamated with The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment, The Queen's Own Buffs, The Royal Kent Regiment and The Middlesex Regiment and became 3rd Battalion The Queen's Regiment | ||
*'''1992''' amalgamated with The Royal Hampshire Regiment to become The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (Queen's and Royal Hampshires) | *'''1992''' amalgamated with The Royal Hampshire Regiment to become The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (Queen's and Royal Hampshires) | ||
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Royal_Sussex_Regiment The Royal Sussex Regiment] Wikipedia | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Royal_Sussex_Regiment The Royal Sussex Regiment] Wikipedia | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Queen%27s_Regiment The Queen's Regiment] Wikipedia | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Queen%27s_Regiment The Queen's Regiment] Wikipedia | ||
*[http://www.eastbournemuseums.co.uk/TheRoyalSussexRegiment.htm The Royal Sussex Regimental Collection] at [http://www.eastbournemuseums.co.uk/ Redoubt Fortress and Military Museum]. Covers the 35th Regiment and [[3rd Bengal (European) Light Infantry|107th Regiment of Foot (Bengal Light Infantry)]] | |||
*[http://www.1royalsussex-3queens.com/royal_sussex_site/pages/1st%20Bn%20The%20Royal%20Sussex%20Regt%203rd%20Bn%20The%20Queen's%20Regt2.htm Photo album of John E Brown] | *[http://www.1royalsussex-3queens.com/royal_sussex_site/pages/1st%20Bn%20The%20Royal%20Sussex%20Regt%203rd%20Bn%20The%20Queen's%20Regt2.htm Photo album of John E Brown] | ||
Revision as of 00:08, 11 November 2011
Also known as The Royal Sussex Regiment
Chronology
- 1693 raised as the Earl of Donegal's Regiment of Foot
- 1698 disbanded
- 1701 raised again. Also known as the Belfast Regiment
- 1747 became 35th Regiment of Foot
- 1751 given the title Prince of Orange's Own Regiment
- 1782 became the 35th (The Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot
- 1805 became the 35th (Sussex) Regiment of Foot.
- 1881 united with the 107th Regiment of Foot (Bengal Light Infantry) to form The Royal Sussex Regiment
- 1966 was amalgamated with The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment, The Queen's Own Buffs, The Royal Kent Regiment and The Middlesex Regiment and became 3rd Battalion The Queen's Regiment
- 1992 amalgamated with The Royal Hampshire Regiment to become The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (Queen's and Royal Hampshires)
Gallery
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2nd Battalion The Royal Sussex Regiment taken in Peshawar, India in 1932 at the Queens Birthday Parade -
2nd Battalion The Royal Sussex Regiment taken in Peshawar, India in 1932 at the Queens Birthday Parade
External Links
- The Royal Sussex Regiment www.royalsussex.org.uk
- 35th (Royal Sussex) Regiment of Foot Wikipedia
- The Royal Sussex Regiment Wikipedia
- The Queen's Regiment Wikipedia
- The Royal Sussex Regimental Collection at Redoubt Fortress and Military Museum. Covers the 35th Regiment and 107th Regiment of Foot (Bengal Light Infantry)
- Photo album of John E Brown
Historical books online
- An Historical Memoir of the 35th Royal Sussex Regiment of Foot by Richard Trimen 1873 Archive.org