95th Regiment of Foot: Difference between revisions

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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

The British Library has the following history in its collection

The 2nd Battalion Derbyshire Regiment in Tirah [1897-98] by Arthur Kerr Slessor 1900

The 95th (The Derbyshire) Regiment in Central India [1857-59] by Julius Raines 1900 Archive.org
A varied life: a record of military and civil service, of sport and of travel in India, Central Asia and Persia 1849 -1902 by Gen. Sir Thomas Edward Gordon. 1906 Archive.org. He initially served in the British Army with the 61st Regiment of Foot, with the 52nd (briefly), became on attachment, 2nd in command, and then in command, of the 7th Punjab Infantry, Bengal Army for approximately 20 months, during the Indian Mutiny, on active service near Cawnpore, was then with the 25th (in England) and exchanged into the 95th Regiment of Foot in order to return to India, which he did in in 1860, appointed to the Indian Army Indian Staff Corps 1862.
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

Probably accessible to those in North America, and some other countries. Google Books. Also similarly available on the Hathi Trust Digital Library

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 ===Historical books online===
 *[http://www.archive.org/stream/thieninetyfifth00raingoog#page/n8/mode/2up ''The 95th (The Derbyshire) Regiment in Central India''] [1857-59] by Julius Raines 1900 Archive.org
+*[https://archive.org/details/avariedlifearec00gordgoog ''A varied life: a record of military and civil service, of sport and of travel in India, Central Asia and Persia 1849 -1902''] by Gen. Sir Thomas Edward Gordon. 1906 Archive.org. He initially served in the British Army with the [[61st Regiment of Foot]], with the  52nd  (briefly), became on attachment, 2nd in command, and then in command,  of the [[7th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|7th Punjab Infantry]], Bengal Army for approximately 20 months, during the [[Indian Mutiny]],  on active service near Cawnpore, was then with the 25th (in England)  and exchanged into the 95th Regiment of Foot in order to return to India, which he did in in 1860, appointed to the Indian Army Indian Staff Corps 1862.
 *[http://www.archive.org/stream/ndiesecondbatta00iggugoog#page/n10/mode/2up ''The 2nd Battalion Derbyshire Regiment in the Sikkim Expedition of 1888''] by Herbert Augustus Iggulden 1900 Archive.org
 *[http://books.google.com/books?id=sRgNAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP9 ''Standing Orders.  95th The Derbyshire Regiment''] 1856 Google Books