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*'''1782''' became the 35th (The Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot | *'''1782''' became the 35th (The Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot | ||
*'''1805''' became the 35th (Sussex) Regiment of Foot. | *'''1805''' became the 35th (Sussex) Regiment of Foot. | ||
| − | *'''1881''' united with the 107th Regiment of Foot (Bengal Light Infantry) to form The Royal Sussex Regiment | + | *'''1881''' united with the [[3rd Bengal (European) Light Infantry|107th Regiment of Foot (Bengal Light Infantry)]] to form The Royal Sussex Regiment |
*'''1966''' was amalgamated with The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment, The Queen's Own Buffs, The Royal Kent Regiment and The Middlesex Regiment and became 3rd Battalion The Queen's Regiment | *'''1966''' was amalgamated with The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment, The Queen's Own Buffs, The Royal Kent Regiment and The Middlesex Regiment and became 3rd Battalion The Queen's Regiment | ||
*'''1992''' amalgamated with The Royal Hampshire Regiment to become The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (Queen's and Royal Hampshires) | *'''1992''' amalgamated with The Royal Hampshire Regiment to become The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (Queen's and Royal Hampshires) | ||
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Royal_Sussex_Regiment The Royal Sussex Regiment] Wikipedia | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Royal_Sussex_Regiment The Royal Sussex Regiment] Wikipedia | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Queen%27s_Regiment The Queen's Regiment] Wikipedia | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Queen%27s_Regiment The Queen's Regiment] Wikipedia | ||
| + | *[http://www.eastbournemuseums.co.uk/TheRoyalSussexRegiment.htm The Royal Sussex Regimental Collection] at [http://www.eastbournemuseums.co.uk/ Redoubt Fortress and Military Museum]. Covers the 35th Regiment and [[3rd Bengal (European) Light Infantry|107th Regiment of Foot (Bengal Light Infantry)]] | ||
*[http://www.1royalsussex-3queens.com/royal_sussex_site/pages/1st%20Bn%20The%20Royal%20Sussex%20Regt%203rd%20Bn%20The%20Queen's%20Regt2.htm Photo album of John E Brown] | *[http://www.1royalsussex-3queens.com/royal_sussex_site/pages/1st%20Bn%20The%20Royal%20Sussex%20Regt%203rd%20Bn%20The%20Queen's%20Regt2.htm Photo album of John E Brown] | ||
Revision as of 00:08, 11 November 2011
Also known as The Royal Sussex Regiment
Chronology
- 1693 raised as the Earl of Donegal's Regiment of Foot
- 1698 disbanded
- 1701 raised again. Also known as the Belfast Regiment
- 1747 became 35th Regiment of Foot
- 1751 given the title Prince of Orange's Own Regiment
- 1782 became the 35th (The Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot
- 1805 became the 35th (Sussex) Regiment of Foot.
- 1881 united with the 107th Regiment of Foot (Bengal Light Infantry) to form The Royal Sussex Regiment
- 1966 was amalgamated with The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment, The Queen's Own Buffs, The Royal Kent Regiment and The Middlesex Regiment and became 3rd Battalion The Queen's Regiment
- 1992 amalgamated with The Royal Hampshire Regiment to become The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (Queen's and Royal Hampshires)
Gallery
2nd Battalion The Royal Sussex Regiment taken in Peshawar, India in 1932 at the Queens Birthday Parade
2nd Battalion The Royal Sussex Regiment taken in Peshawar, India in 1932 at the Queens Birthday Parade
External Links
- The Royal Sussex Regiment www.royalsussex.org.uk
- 35th (Royal Sussex) Regiment of Foot Wikipedia
- The Royal Sussex Regiment Wikipedia
- The Queen's Regiment Wikipedia
- The Royal Sussex Regimental Collection at Redoubt Fortress and Military Museum. Covers the 35th Regiment and 107th Regiment of Foot (Bengal Light Infantry)
- Photo album of John E Brown
Historical books online
- An Historical Memoir of the 35th Royal Sussex Regiment of Foot by Richard Trimen 1873 Archive.org
