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== History == | |||
*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 == | == External Links == | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/66th_Regiment_of_Foot 66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/66th_Regiment_of_Foot 66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Royal_Berkshire_Regiment The Royal berkshire Regiment] Wikipedia | ||
Revision as of 15:35, 13 March 2009
History
- 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
66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot Wikipedia
The Royal berkshire Regiment Wikipedia