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*[http://books.google.com/books?id=Gt0QAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP9 ''Historical Record of the Twenty-second, or the Cheshire Regiment of Foot''] by Richard Cannon 1849 Google Books | *[http://books.google.com/books?id=Gt0QAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP9 ''Historical Record of the Twenty-second, or the Cheshire Regiment of Foot''] by Richard Cannon 1849 Google Books | ||
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V13_105.gif "Hazaribagh Town"] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 13'', page 99. Mentions numerous deaths from enteric fever in 1874 at the cantonment at [[Hazaribagh]] where the 2nd Battalion was stationed. | |||
[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]] | [[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]] | ||
Revision as of 10:15, 7 November 2011
22nd Regiment of Foot (The Cheshire Regiment)
Chronology
- 1689 raised as The Norfolk's Regiment of Foot
- 1751 became the 22nd Regiment of Foot
- 1782 became 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment of Foot
- 1881 became The Cheshire Regiment
- 2007 amalgamated with the Staffordshire Regiment and the Worcestershire & Sherwood Foresters to become the 1st Battalion, Mercian Regiment (Cheshires)
Service in British India
- 1803 2nd Maratha War
- 1843 Sind Campaign
- 1844 Gwalior Campaign
- 1853 Bori Valley Expedition
- 1873 India (2nd Btn)
- 1887 Burma
- 1891 Belgaum
- 1895 Secunderabad
- 1901 Quetta
- 1903 Bombay
- 1922 Lucknow
- 1924 Dinapore
- 1927 Poona
- 1929 Allahabad
- 1933 Landi Kotal
- 1934 Ambala
- 1936 Bombay
- 1904 Madras (2nd Btn)
External Links
Cheshire Regiment Wikipedia
Mercian Regiment Wikipedia
Eardley Bryan's comprehensive site
The Cheshire Regiment including deployments: 1st Battalion, 2nd Battalion Regiments.org (archived site)
Historical books online
- Historical Record of the Twenty-second, or the Cheshire Regiment of Foot by Richard Cannon 1849 Google Books
- "Hazaribagh Town" Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 13, page 99. Mentions numerous deaths from enteric fever in 1874 at the cantonment at Hazaribagh where the 2nd Battalion was stationed.
