49th Regiment of Foot: Difference between revisions

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Also known as The Hertfordshire Regiment

1743 raised as Edward Trelawney's Regiment of Foot
1751 ranked as the 49th Regiment of Foot
1782 became the 49th (the Hertfordshire) Regiment of Foot
1816 became the 49th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) (or the Hertfordshire) Regiment of Foot
1881 united with 66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot, to form The Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Berkshire Regiment)
1885 was granted the distinction of a royal title, and became The Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment)
1959 amalgamated into The Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment (Berkshire and Wiltshire)
1994 amalgamated with the 1st Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment, to form the 1st Battalion, The Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment.

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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Duke_of_Edinburgh%27s_Royal_Regiment_(Berkshire_and_Wiltshire) Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment] Wikipedia<br>
 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Royal_Gloucestershire,_Berkshire_and_Wiltshire_Regiment Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment] Wikipedia<br>
-[https://www.thewardrobe.org.uk/regimental_timeline.php Regimental Time Line]. The Wardrobe.org.uk  . Extensive details of deployments.
+[http://www.thewardrobe.org.uk/home  The Wardrobe : The Rifles (Berkshire and Wiltshire) Museum-The Story of the Infantry of Berkshire and Wiltshire]. Covers the  49th,  [[62nd Regiment of Foot |62nd]],   [[66th Regiment of Foot |66th]] and  [[99th Regiment of Foot|99th Regiments of Foot]]
+*[http://www.thewardrobe.org.uk/research/regimental-timeline Regimental Time Line].   Extensive details of deployments
+*[http://www.thewardrobe.org.uk/research/the-collection/search/category:9 Photographic search facilty].Many photos may be viewed online
 [[Category: British Army Infantry Regiments]]