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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/45th_Regiment_of_Foot 45th Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia<br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/45th_Regiment_of_Foot 45th Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia<br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercian_Regiment Mercian Regiment] Wikipedia<br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercian_Regiment Mercian Regiment] Wikipedia<br>
*[http://www.wfrmuseum.org.uk/index.htm The Museum of the Mercian Regiment]
**[http://www.wfrmuseum.org.uk/sf_museum.htm 45th and 95th Regiments Museum collection]
**[http://www.wfrmuseum.org.uk/archives.htm Regimental Archives]
*Details of the memorial at the [http://web.archive.org/web/20101006052038/http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hutchfield/afghan-church.html  Afghan Church (St John’s) Colaba,  Bombay]  to Sergeants, Corporals, Privates, Women and Children of the 45th Regiment who died at Naamuah and Colaba between March 1865 and January 1866. Hutchfield family website, now archived.  
*Details of the memorial at the [http://web.archive.org/web/20101006052038/http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hutchfield/afghan-church.html  Afghan Church (St John’s) Colaba,  Bombay]  to Sergeants, Corporals, Privates, Women and Children of the 45th Regiment who died at Naamuah and Colaba between March 1865 and January 1866. Hutchfield family website, now archived.  
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/rorysmith/3654799958/ Extract from England Census 1911 taken at Gough Barracks, Trimulgherry, Deccan, India]  1st Battalion  Sherwood Foresters [http://www.flickr.com/photos/rorysmith/3654799958/sizes/o/in/photostream Enlarged version] flickr.com
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/rorysmith/3654799958/ Extract from England Census 1911 taken at Gough Barracks, Trimulgherry, Deccan, India]  1st Battalion  Sherwood Foresters [http://www.flickr.com/photos/rorysmith/3654799958/sizes/o/in/photostream Enlarged version] flickr.com

Revision as of 11:49, 8 February 2013

Also known as The Sherwood Foresters

History

  • 1741 raised as Daniel Houghton's Regiment of Foot
  • 1751 became the 45th Regiment of Foot
  • 1782 became the 45th (the Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot
  • 1881 united with 95th (Derbyshire) Regiment of Foot to become 1st Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire Regiment)
  • 1902 became The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)
  • 1970 amalgamated with The Worcestershire Regiment to form The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment (29th/45th Foot)
  • 2007 amalgamated with with The Cheshire Regiment and The Staffordshire Regiment to form The Mercian Regiment


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