66th Regiment of Foot: Difference between revisions

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Also known as The Royal Berkshire Regiment

1758 2nd Battalion the 19th Regiment of Foot formed in 1756 became the 66th Regiment
1782 became the 66th (Berkshire) Regiment.
1803 2nd Battalion raised. Fought in the Peninsular War
1881 under the Cardwell reforms became 2nd Battalion of Princess Charlotte of Wales’s (Berkshire) Regiment
1885 became the Princess Charlotte of Wales’s Royal Berkshire Regiment
1920 became The Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales’s)

Berkshire Family History Society
How was the 66th (Berkshire) Regiment Deployed at Maiwand? Victorianwars.com. This action was part of the 2nd Afghan War
Bobbie the mascot at Maiwand Wikipedia
The Delhi Durbar 1911 www.youtube.com. Colour footage of the regimental marchpast at the Delhi Durbar 1911 from 'The British Empire in Colour' series, probably Program 1. The red coated unit marching past at the start is the 2nd Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment.^[1]

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 [http://history.farmersboys.com/Battles/afghanistan_1879-80.htm 66th at Maiwand] history.farmersboys.com<br>
 [http://web.archive.org/web/20071007122012/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/066-758.htm 66th Regiment of Foot] Regiments.org (archived site)<br>
-[http://www.thewardrobe.org.uk/home  The Wardrobe : The Rifles (Berkshire and Wiltshire) Museum]-The Story of the Infantry of Berkshire and Wiltshire<br>
+[http://www.thewardrobe.org.uk/home  The Wardrobe : The Rifles (Berkshire and Wiltshire) Museum]-The Story of the Infantry of Berkshire and Wiltshire. Covers the [[49th Regiment of Foot| 49th]],  [[62nd Regiment of Foot |62nd]],   66th and  [[99th Regiment of Foot|99th Regiments of Foot]]
-[http://www.thewardrobe.org.uk/research/regimental-timeline Regimental Time Line]. The Wardrobe.org.uk  . Extensive details of deployments.<br>
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+*[http://www.thewardrobe.org.uk/research/regimental-timeline Regimental Time Line].   Extensive details of deployments.<br>
+*[http://www.thewardrobe.org.uk/research/the-collection/search/category:9 Photographic search facilty].Many photos may be viewed online
 [http://www.berksfhs.org.uk/ Berkshire Family History Society]<br>
 [http://maiwandjournal.victorianwars.com/how_was_the_regiment_deployed.htm How was the 66th (Berkshire) Regiment Deployed at Maiwand?] Victorianwars.com. This action was part of the [[2nd Afghan War]]<br />