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Known as '''The Bedfordshire Regiment''' | |||
== History == | == History == | ||
*'''1688''' raised as Douglas' Regiment of Foot by Col Archibald Douglas<br> | *'''1688''' raised as Douglas' Regiment of Foot by Col Archibald Douglas<br> | ||
Revision as of 19:37, 6 May 2009
Known as The Bedfordshire Regiment
History
- 1688 raised as Douglas' Regiment of Foot by Col Archibald Douglas
- 1751 became 16th Regiment of Foot
- 1782 became 16th (Buckinghamshire) Regiment of Foot
- 1809 became 16th (Bedfordshire) Regiment of Foot
- 1881 became The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment (known as The Bedfordshire Regiment until 1919)
- 1958 merged with The Essex Regiment to form the 1st Battalion 3rd East Anglian Regiment
- 1964 amalgamated with the four regiments of the East Anglian Brigade to become 3rd Battalion (16th/44th Foot) Royal Anglian Regiment
External Links
16th Foot History bedfordregiment.org.uk
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment Wikipedia
3rd East Anglian regiment Wikipedia
Royal Anglian Regiment Wikipedia
16th Regiment of Foot Roll-of-Honour.com