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==== Historical Books on-line ==== | ==== Historical Books on-line ==== | ||
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/historythstnott00dalbgoog#page/n10/mode/2up ''History of the 45th: 1st Nottinghamshire Regiment (Sherwood Foresters)''] by Philip Hugh Dalbiac 1902 Archive.org | *[http://www.archive.org/stream/historythstnott00dalbgoog#page/n10/mode/2up ''History of the 45th: 1st Nottinghamshire Regiment (Sherwood Foresters)''] by Philip Hugh Dalbiac 1902 Archive.org | ||
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=lkMBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR3 ''Rough notes by an old soldier during fifty years' service, Volume 1''] by George Bell (sir) 1867 Google Books. The author transferred to the 45th Regiment and [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=lkMBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA197 sailed for India in April 1825], page 197, and subsequently arrived in [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=lkMBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA217 Rangoon in November 1825] page 217, , see [[1st Burma War]]. After a few years he returned to England and changed regiments again. ([http://books.google.com.au/books?id=oEMBAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover Volume 2]) | |||
Revision as of 04:23, 9 November 2011
Also known as The Sherwood Foresters
History
- 1741 raised as Daniel Houghton's Regiment of Foot
- 1751 became the 45th Regiment of Foot
- 1782 became the 45th (the Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot
- 1881 united with 95th (Derbyshire) Regiment of Foot to become 1st Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire Regiment)
- 1902 became The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)
- 1970 amalgamated with The Worcestershire Regiment to form The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment (29th/45th Foot)
- 2007 amalgamated with with The Cheshire Regiment and The Staffordshire Regiment to form The Mercian Regiment
External Links
45th (Nottinghamshire) (Sherwood Foresters) Regiment of Foot www.regiments.org, an archived site.
The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) including 1st Battalion deployments www.regiments.org, an archived site.
Sherwood Foresters British Armed Forces & National Service. Includes deployments
45th Regiment of Foot Wikipedia
Mercian Regiment Wikipedia
Historical Books on-line
- History of the 45th: 1st Nottinghamshire Regiment (Sherwood Foresters) by Philip Hugh Dalbiac 1902 Archive.org
- Rough notes by an old soldier during fifty years' service, Volume 1 by George Bell (sir) 1867 Google Books. The author transferred to the 45th Regiment and sailed for India in April 1825, page 197, and subsequently arrived in Rangoon in November 1825 page 217, , see 1st Burma War. After a few years he returned to England and changed regiments again. (Volume 2)