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Also known as '''The Ox and Bucks'' | Also known as '''The Ox and Bucks''' | ||
== Chronology== | == Chronology== | ||
*'''1741''' raised as Thomas Fowke's Regiment of Foot | *'''1741''' raised as Thomas Fowke's Regiment of Foot | ||
Revision as of 18:21, 12 May 2009
Also known as The Ox and Bucks
Chronology
- 1741 raised as Thomas Fowke's Regiment of Foot
- 1747 renamed the 54th Regiment of Foot
- 1747 became the 43rd Regiment of Foot
- 1751 became the 43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot
- 1881 amalgamated with the 52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot, to become the 1st Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.
- 1908 became the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
- 1958 re-titled as the 1st Green Jackets (43rd and 52nd)
- 1966 amalgamated with the two other regiments of the Green Jackets Brigade to become the 1st Battalion Royal Green Jackets
- 1992 1st Battalion disbanded
External Links
43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot Wikipedia
Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Wikipedia
Royal Green Jackets Wikipedia