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Known as '''The Manchester Regiment''' from 1881. | |||
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*'''2006''' amalgamated with the King's Own Royal Border Regiment and the Queen's Lancashire Regiment to form the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (King's Lancashire and Border) | *'''2006''' amalgamated with the King's Own Royal Border Regiment and the Queen's Lancashire Regiment to form the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (King's Lancashire and Border) | ||
== External | == External links == | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/96th_Regiment_of_Foot 96th Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/96th_Regiment_of_Foot 96th Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia | ||
=== | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Manchester_Regiment The Manchester Regiment] Wikipedia | ||
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/fromenglandtoant00tyrrrich#page/10/mode/2up ''From England to the Antipodes & India - 1846 to 1902, with startling revelations, or 56 years of my life in the Indian Mutiny, Police & Jails''] by Isaac Tyrell 1904 | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King%27s_Regiment The King's Regiment] Wikipedia | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_of_Lancaster%27s_Regiment_(King%27s_Lancashire_and_Border) Duke of Lancaster's Regiment] Wikipedia | |||
===Historical books online=== | |||
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/fromenglandtoant00tyrrrich#page/10/mode/2up ''From England to the Antipodes & India - 1846 to 1902, with startling revelations, or 56 years of my life in the Indian Mutiny, Police & Jails''] by Isaac Tyrell (1904) Archive.org. On page 10 the author transfers to the 96th Foot in Hobart in 1848. The regiment left for India in 1849. | |||
[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]] | [[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]] | ||
Revision as of 22:50, 18 February 2010
Known as The Manchester Regiment from 1881.
Chronology
- 1824 formed as 96th Regiment of Foot at Manchester
- 1874 deemed to be successor of earlier 96th Regiment
- 1881 united with 63rd Regiment of Foot to become 2nd Battalion The Manchester Regiment
- 1958 amalgamated with the King's Regiment (Liverpool) to form the King's Regiment.
- 2006 amalgamated with the King's Own Royal Border Regiment and the Queen's Lancashire Regiment to form the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (King's Lancashire and Border)
External links
- 96th Regiment of Foot Wikipedia
- The Manchester Regiment Wikipedia
- The King's Regiment Wikipedia
- Duke of Lancaster's Regiment Wikipedia
Historical books online
- From England to the Antipodes & India - 1846 to 1902, with startling revelations, or 56 years of my life in the Indian Mutiny, Police & Jails by Isaac Tyrell (1904) Archive.org. On page 10 the author transfers to the 96th Foot in Hobart in 1848. The regiment left for India in 1849.