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*'''1885''' became the Princess Charlotte of Wales’s Royal Berkshire Regiment | *'''1885''' became the Princess Charlotte of Wales’s Royal Berkshire Regiment | ||
*'''1920''' became The Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales’s) | *'''1920''' became The Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales’s) | ||
== Service in British India == | |||
*'''1804''' [[Ceylon]] | |||
*'''1814''' India | |||
*'''1815''' [[Gurkha War|Nepal]] | |||
*'''1817''' India | |||
*'''1857''' India | |||
*'''1870''' India | |||
*'''1880''' [[2nd Afghan War|Afghanistan]] | |||
:*[[Battle of Maiwand]] | |||
*'''1906''' Subathu | |||
*'''1909''' [[Meerut]] | |||
*'''1906''' [[Jhansi]] | |||
*'''1937''' [[Lucknow]] | |||
*'''1941''' [[Bombay]] | |||
*'''1943''' [[Burma]] | |||
== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
Revision as of 09:54, 10 November 2010
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)
Service in British India
- 1804 Ceylon
- 1814 India
- 1815 Nepal
- 1817 India
- 1857 India
- 1870 India
- 1880 Afghanistan
External Links
66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot Wikipedia
The Royal Berkshire Regiment Wikipedia
66th at Maiwand history.farmersboys.com
66th Regiment of Foot Regiments.org (archived site)
The Wardrobe : The Rifles ( Berkshire and Wiltshire) Museum-The Story of the Infantry of Berkshire and Wiltshire
Regimental Time Line. The Wardrobe.org.uk . Extensive details of deployments.
Historical Books Online
Events of a military life: being recollections after service in the Peninsular war, invasion of France, the East Indies, St. Helena, Canada, and elsewhere Volume 1 by Walter Henry, Surgeon to the Forces 1843 The author leaves for India page 213 in 1815
Recommended reading
Maiwand: The Last Stand of the 66th (Berkshire) Regiment in Afghanistan, 1880 by Richard J. Stacpoole-Ryding from Anglo Afghan War. This book may be bought from the FIBIS Shop through Amazon.co.uk