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**[http://www.wfrmuseum.org.uk/sf_museum.htm 45th and 95th Regiments Museum collection] | **[http://www.wfrmuseum.org.uk/sf_museum.htm 45th and 95th Regiments Museum collection] | ||
**[http://www.wfrmuseum.org.uk/archives.htm Regimental Archives] | **[http://www.wfrmuseum.org.uk/archives.htm Regimental Archives] | ||
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mossvalley/mv4/95th-ceylon.html The 95th Regiment In Ceylon] 1838-1847 “Moss Valley”. Retrieved 28 August 2014 | |||
===Historical books online=== | ===Historical books online=== | ||
Revision as of 12:13, 28 August 2014
Chronology
- 1816 formed as the 95th Regiment of Foot when the 95th Rifles were redesignated The Rifle Brigade
- 1832 became 95th (Derbyshire) Regiment of Foot
- 1881 united with the 45th Regiment of Foot to form the Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire Regiment) and became 2nd Battalion
- 1958 became part of the Forester Brigade
- 1963 became part of the Mercian Brigade
- 1970 amalgamated with The Worcestershire Regiment to form The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment (29th/45th Foot).
- 2004 amalgamated to become 2nd Battalion The Mercian Regiment
FIBIS resources
Andrew Rippin Collection of photographs of the 2nd Battalion Derbyshire Regiment
British Library
The British Library has the following history in its collection
- The 2nd Battalion Derbyshire Regiment in Tirah [1897-98] by Arthur Kerr Slessor 1900
External Links
- 95th (Derbyshire) Foot Wikipedia
- Sherwood Foresters Wikipedia
- Worcester & Sherwood Foresters Wikipedia
- Mercian Regiment Wikipedia
- The Sherwood Foresters Regiment A History by Stephen Mee
- 95th (Derbyshire) Regiment of Foot; The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) including 2nd Battalion deployments Regiments.org (an archived site)
- Sherwood Foresters British Armed Forces & National Service. Includes deployments
- The Museum of the Mercian Regiment
- The 95th Regiment In Ceylon 1838-1847 “Moss Valley”. Retrieved 28 August 2014
Historical books online
- The 95th (The Derbyshire) Regiment in Central India [1857-59] by Julius Raines 1900 Archive.org
- The 2nd Battalion Derbyshire Regiment in the Sikkim Expedition of 1888 by Herbert Augustus Iggulden 1900 Archive.org
- Standing Orders. 95th The Derbyshire Regiment 1856 Google Books
Restricted availability
Probably accessible to those in North America, and some other countries. Google Books. Also similarly available on the Hathi Trust Digital Library
- The 2nd Battalion, Derbyshire Regiment in Tirah by A K Slessor 1900