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*'''1881''' became The Cheshire Regiment | *'''1881''' became The Cheshire Regiment | ||
*'''2007''' amalgamated with the Staffordshire Regiment and the Worcestershire & Sherwood Foresters to become the 1st Battalion, Mercian Regiment (Cheshires) | *'''2007''' amalgamated with the Staffordshire Regiment and the Worcestershire & Sherwood Foresters to become the 1st Battalion, Mercian Regiment (Cheshires) | ||
== Service in British India == | |||
*'''1803''' [[2nd Maratha War]] | |||
*'''1843''' [[Sind Campaign]] | |||
*'''1844''' [[Gwalior Campaign]] | |||
*'''1853''' [[Bori Valley Expedition]] | |||
*'''1873''' India (2nd Btn) | |||
*'''1887''' [[Burma]] | |||
*'''1891''' [[Belgaum]] | |||
*'''1895''' [[Secunderabad]] | |||
*'''1901''' [[Quetta]] | |||
*'''1903''' [[Bombay]] | |||
*'''1922''' [[Lucknow]] | |||
*'''1924''' [[Dinapore]] | |||
*'''1927''' [[Poona]] | |||
*'''1929''' [[Allahabad]] | |||
*'''1933''' [[Landi Kotal]] | |||
*'''1934''' [[Ambala]] | |||
*'''1936''' [[Bombay]] | |||
*'''1904''' [[Madras]] (2nd Btn) | |||
== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheshire_Regiment Cheshire Regiment] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercian_Regiment Mercian Regiment] Wikipedia<br> [http://web.ukonline.co.uk/ewh.bryan/Cheshire-1.htm Eardley Bryan's comprehensive site]<br> | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheshire_Regiment Cheshire Regiment] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercian_Regiment Mercian Regiment] Wikipedia<br> [http://web.ukonline.co.uk/ewh.bryan/Cheshire-1.htm Eardley Bryan's comprehensive site]<br> | ||
[http://web.archive.org/web/20071218044908/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/022Ches.htm The Cheshire Regiment] including deployments: [http://web.archive.org/web/20071219072243/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/022-1.htm 1st Battalion], [http://web.archive.org/web/20071228151451/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/022-2.htm 2nd Battalion] Regiments.org (archived site) | [http://web.archive.org/web/20071218044908/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/022Ches.htm The Cheshire Regiment] including deployments: [http://web.archive.org/web/20071219072243/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/022-1.htm 1st Battalion], [http://web.archive.org/web/20071228151451/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/022-2.htm 2nd Battalion] Regiments.org (archived site) | ||
===Historical books online=== | ====Historical books online==== | ||
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=Gt0QAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP9 ''Historical Record of the Twenty-second, or the Cheshire Regiment of Foot''] by Richard Cannon 1849 Google Books | *[http://books.google.com/books?id=Gt0QAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP9 ''Historical Record of the Twenty-second, or the Cheshire Regiment of Foot''] by Richard Cannon 1849 Google Books | ||
[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]] | [[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]] | ||
Revision as of 08:51, 7 November 2011
22nd Regiment of Foot (The Cheshire Regiment)
Chronology
- 1689 raised as The Norfolk's Regiment of Foot
- 1751 became the 22nd Regiment of Foot
- 1782 became 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment of Foot
- 1881 became The Cheshire Regiment
- 2007 amalgamated with the Staffordshire Regiment and the Worcestershire & Sherwood Foresters to become the 1st Battalion, Mercian Regiment (Cheshires)
Service in British India
- 1803 2nd Maratha War
- 1843 Sind Campaign
- 1844 Gwalior Campaign
- 1853 Bori Valley Expedition
- 1873 India (2nd Btn)
- 1887 Burma
- 1891 Belgaum
- 1895 Secunderabad
- 1901 Quetta
- 1903 Bombay
- 1922 Lucknow
- 1924 Dinapore
- 1927 Poona
- 1929 Allahabad
- 1933 Landi Kotal
- 1934 Ambala
- 1936 Bombay
- 1904 Madras (2nd Btn)
External Links
Cheshire Regiment Wikipedia
Mercian Regiment Wikipedia
Eardley Bryan's comprehensive site
The Cheshire Regiment including deployments: 1st Battalion, 2nd Battalion Regiments.org (archived site)
Historical books online
- Historical Record of the Twenty-second, or the Cheshire Regiment of Foot by Richard Cannon 1849 Google Books