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Also known as | Also known as '''The Royal Berkshire Regiment''' | ||
== Chronology== | == Chronology== | ||
*1758 2nd Battalion the [[19th Regiment of Foot]] formed in 1756 became the 66th Regiment | *1758 2nd Battalion the [[19th Regiment of Foot]] formed in 1756 became the 66th Regiment | ||
Revision as of 18:16, 7 May 2009
Also known as The Royal Berkshire Regiment
Chronology
- 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