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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King%27s_Regiment The King's Regiment] Wikipedia | *[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 | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_of_Lancaster%27s_Regiment_(King%27s_Lancashire_and_Border) Duke of Lancaster's Regiment] Wikipedia | ||
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080113060536/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/096-824.htm 96th regiment of Foot] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20071213223136/www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/096-824.htm deployments] Regiments.org, an archived site. | |||
*Details of [http://www.naval-military-press.com/history-of-the-manchester-regiment-63rd-and-96th-regiments-volumes-i-1758-1883-and-ii-1883-1922.html ''History of the Manchester Regiment (63rd and 96th Regiments)'']: Volume 1 (1758-1883) Volume 2 1883-1922 by Col. H. C. Wylly, C.B. Reprint, originally published 1923-1925. Available through Amazon.co.uk from the [http://astore.amazon.co.uk/faminbriindso-21/detail/1845741439 FIBIS Shop] | |||
===Historical books online=== | ===Historical books online=== | ||
Revision as of 10:55, 1 November 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
- 96th regiment of Foot including deployments Regiments.org, an archived site.
- Details of History of the Manchester Regiment (63rd and 96th Regiments): Volume 1 (1758-1883) Volume 2 1883-1922 by Col. H. C. Wylly, C.B. Reprint, originally published 1923-1925. Available through Amazon.co.uk from the FIBIS Shop
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.