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== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
[http://www.militaryheritage.com/60thregt.htm 60th (Royal American) Regiment of Foot] Military Heritage website<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/60th_Regiment_of_Foot 60th Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Green_Jackets Royal Green Jackets] Wikipedia<br> | *[http://www.militaryheritage.com/60thregt.htm 60th (Royal American) Regiment of Foot] Military Heritage website<br> | ||
[http://www.rgjmuseum.co.uk/home.asp The Royal Green Jackets (Rifles) Museum] covers the [[43rd Regiment of Foot|43rd]], [[52nd Regiment of Foot|52nd]] and 60th Regiments, and [[The Rifle Brigade|the Rifle Brigade]]. | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/60th_Regiment_of_Foot 60th Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia<br> | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Green_Jackets Royal Green Jackets] Wikipedia<br> | |||
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080123044911/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/060KRRC.htm The King's Royal Rifle Corps] including deployments: [http://web.archive.org/web/20071216091046/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/060-1.htm 1st Battalion], [http://web.archive.org/web/20071110141051/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/060-2.htm 2nd Battalion] Regiments.org, an archived site. | |||
*[http://www.rgjmuseum.co.uk/home.asp The Royal Green Jackets (Rifles) Museum] covers the [[43rd Regiment of Foot|43rd]], [[52nd Regiment of Foot|52nd]] and 60th Regiments, and [[The Rifle Brigade|the Rifle Brigade]]. | |||
===Historical books online=== | |||
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/reportarmymedic07unkngoog#page/n261/mode/1up "Case of Sword-Bayonet Wound of the Abdomen"] (following attack by a fellow soldier at Meerut in 1878 (or 1877?) by Surgeon Major FA Turton MD, Army Medical Department. In Medical Charge of 2/60 Rifles, page 239 ''Army Medical Department: Report for the Year 1877 Volume 19'' published 1879 Archive.org | |||
[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]] | [[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]] | ||
Revision as of 11:23, 14 March 2012
Also known as The 60th Rifles and King's Royal Rifles
Chronology
- 1756 four battalions raised as 62nd (Royal American) Regiment
- 1757 renamed 60th (Royal American) Regiment of Foot
- 1797 fifth battalion raised
- 18?? renamed The Duke of York's Own Rifle Corps
- 1830 renamed King's Royal Rifle Corps
- 1958 became 2nd Green Jackets (The King's Royal Rifle Corps)
- 2007 became 4th Btn Royal Green Jackets
External Links
- 60th (Royal American) Regiment of Foot Military Heritage website
- 60th Regiment of Foot Wikipedia
- Royal Green Jackets Wikipedia
- The King's Royal Rifle Corps including deployments: 1st Battalion, 2nd Battalion Regiments.org, an archived site.
- The Royal Green Jackets (Rifles) Museum covers the 43rd, 52nd and 60th Regiments, and the Rifle Brigade.
Historical books online
- "Case of Sword-Bayonet Wound of the Abdomen" (following attack by a fellow soldier at Meerut in 1878 (or 1877?) by Surgeon Major FA Turton MD, Army Medical Department. In Medical Charge of 2/60 Rifles, page 239 Army Medical Department: Report for the Year 1877 Volume 19 published 1879 Archive.org