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'''Known as "The Die Hards"''' | |||
== Chronology == | |||
*'''1755''' raised as the 59th Regiment of Foot at Gloucester | |||
*'''1756''' became the 57th Regiment of Foot | |||
*'''1782''' became the 57th (the West Middlesex) Regiment of Foot | |||
*'''1881''' amalgamated with the [[77th Regiment of Foot]] to become the 1st Battalion The Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) | |||
*'''1966''' amalgamated with three other regiments to become the 4th Battalion The Queen's Regiment | |||
*'''1973''' 4th Battalion disbanded<br /> | |||
'''No service in British India''' | |||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
===Historical Books Online=== | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/57th_(West_Middlesex)_Regiment_of_Foot 57th (West Middlesex) Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia<br /> | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Middlesex_Regiment Middlesex Regiment] Wikipedia<br /> | |||
[http://www.prole.demon.co.uk/middlesex/index.htm The Middlesex Regiment 1755-1966] www.prole.demon.co.uk<br /> | |||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Queen%27s_Regiment Queen's Regiment] Wikipedia<br /> | |||
====Historical Books Online==== | |||
[http://www.archive.org/stream/historicalrecor00warrgoog#page/n7/mode/1up ''Historical records of the Fifty-Seventh, or, West Middlesex Regiment of Foot: compiled from official and private sources, from the date of its formation in 1755, to the present time, 1878''] by H J Warre (1878) Archive.org. Indian Service commences [http://www.archive.org/stream/historicalrecor00warrgoog#page/n122/mode/1up page 76], in 1831 in Madras. | [http://www.archive.org/stream/historicalrecor00warrgoog#page/n7/mode/1up ''Historical records of the Fifty-Seventh, or, West Middlesex Regiment of Foot: compiled from official and private sources, from the date of its formation in 1755, to the present time, 1878''] by H J Warre (1878) Archive.org. Indian Service commences [http://www.archive.org/stream/historicalrecor00warrgoog#page/n122/mode/1up page 76], in 1831 in Madras. | ||
[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]] | [[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]] | ||
Revision as of 07:31, 22 April 2011
Known as "The Die Hards"
Chronology
- 1755 raised as the 59th Regiment of Foot at Gloucester
- 1756 became the 57th Regiment of Foot
- 1782 became the 57th (the West Middlesex) Regiment of Foot
- 1881 amalgamated with the 77th Regiment of Foot to become the 1st Battalion The Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment)
- 1966 amalgamated with three other regiments to become the 4th Battalion The Queen's Regiment
- 1973 4th Battalion disbanded
No service in British India
External Links
57th (West Middlesex) Regiment of Foot Wikipedia
Middlesex Regiment Wikipedia
The Middlesex Regiment 1755-1966 www.prole.demon.co.uk
Queen's Regiment Wikipedia
Historical Books Online
Historical records of the Fifty-Seventh, or, West Middlesex Regiment of Foot: compiled from official and private sources, from the date of its formation in 1755, to the present time, 1878 by H J Warre (1878) Archive.org. Indian Service commences page 76, in 1831 in Madras.