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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_of_Cornwall's_Light_Infantry Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry] Wikipedia<br> | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_of_Cornwall's_Light_Infantry Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry] Wikipedia<br> | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerset_and_Cornwall_Light_Infantry Somerset & Cornwall Light Infantry] Wikipedia<br> | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerset_and_Cornwall_Light_Infantry Somerset & Cornwall Light Infantry] Wikipedia<br> | ||
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20071223004551/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/046-751.htm 46th (South Devonshire) Regiment of Foot] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20071221233605/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/046-1.htm deployments] | *[http://web.archive.org/web/20071223004551/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/046-751.htm 46th (South Devonshire) Regiment of Foot] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20071221233605/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/046-1.htm deployments] Regiments.org, an archived site. | ||
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080118040213/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/032DCLI.htm The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry] including deployments: [http://web.archive.org/web/20071221053831/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/032-1.htm 1st Battalion], [http://web.archive.org/web/20071221233605/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/046-1.htm 2nd Battalion] | *[http://web.archive.org/web/20080118040213/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/032DCLI.htm The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry] including deployments: [http://web.archive.org/web/20071221053831/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/032-1.htm 1st Battalion], [http://web.archive.org/web/20071221233605/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/046-1.htm 2nd Battalion] Regiments.org, an archived site. | ||
*[http://www.cornwalls-regimentalmuseum.org/ Cornwall’s Regimental Museum]. | *[http://www.cornwalls-regimentalmuseum.org/ Cornwall’s Regimental Museum]. | ||
*[http://www.46thfoot.com/ 46th Foot.com]. In the section “Men”, for soldier Frederick Crosland there is an interesting account of the recruitment procedure in 1834 | *[http://www.46thfoot.com/ 46th Foot.com]. In the section “Men”, for soldier Frederick Crosland there is an interesting account of the recruitment procedure in 1834 | ||
Revision as of 05:25, 8 November 2011
The 46th Foot were called the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry (DCLI) after amalgamating with the 32nd Foot in 1881.
Chronology
- 1741 raised as John Price's Regiment of Foot at Newcastle; known by the name of one other colonel until 1751
- 1747 ranked as 57th Regiment of Foot
- 1751 became 46th Regiment of Foot
- 1782 became 46th (the South Devonshire) Regiment of Foot
- 1881 amalgamated with the 32nd Regiment of Foot to become 2nd Battalion, The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
- 1959 merged to become part of the Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry
- 1968 amalgamated with the three other regiments of the Light Infantry Brigade to form The Light Infantry
Service in India
The 46th Regiment are mentioned in the Historical records of the 91st Argyllshire Highlanders (archive.org), on a seventeen miles trek across the desert to Suez, presumably en route to India, in 1858.
External Links
- 46th (South Devonshire) Regiment of Foot Wikipedia
- Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry www.lightinfantry.me.uk
- Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry Wikipedia
- Somerset & Cornwall Light Infantry Wikipedia
- 46th (South Devonshire) Regiment of Foot including deployments Regiments.org, an archived site.
- The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry including deployments: 1st Battalion, 2nd Battalion Regiments.org, an archived site.
- Cornwall’s Regimental Museum.
- 46th Foot.com. In the section “Men”, for soldier Frederick Crosland there is an interesting account of the recruitment procedure in 1834
Historical Books on-line
Historical record of the Forty-Sixth, or the South Devonshire, Regiment of Foot: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1741, and of its subsequent services to 1851 by Richard Cannon (1851) Archive.org. Indian service commences page 52 in 1818 in Madras.