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*'''1881''' amalgamated with the [[28th Regiment of Foot|28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot]] to form the two-battalion Gloucestershire Regiment
*'''1881''' amalgamated with the [[28th Regiment of Foot|28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot]] to form the two-battalion Gloucestershire Regiment
*'''2005''' amalgamated with the Light Infantry, The Royal Green Jackets and the Devonshire and Dorset Regiment to form the 1st Battalion The Rifles
*'''2005''' amalgamated with the Light Infantry, The Royal Green Jackets and the Devonshire and Dorset Regiment to form the 1st Battalion The Rifles
===Second World War===
10th Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment, arrived Bombay December 17th, 1942, and moved from India to the Arakan on January 13th, 1944. It served in Shillong, and again in Burma until  May 16th, 1945 and then returned to India.<ref>dryan67 [http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/10th-btn-glosters-in-india-burma.42986/#post-511089 10th Btn, Glosters In India/Burma] '''WW2Talk Forum'' 26 October 2012. Retrieved 25 April 2019. David A Ryan is co author of books on the Indian Army in WW2, see the ''WW2Talk Forum'' post 
[http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/indian-army-an-organisational-history.52920/  Indian Army: An Organisational History].  Retrieved 25 April 2019.</ref>


== External Links ==
== External Links ==
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*[http://www.britisharmedforces.org/i_regiments/glosters_index.htm The Gloucestershire Regiment]  from British Armed Forces & National Service
*[http://www.britisharmedforces.org/i_regiments/glosters_index.htm The Gloucestershire Regiment]  from British Armed Forces & National Service
*[http://glosters.tripod.com/India30.html India 1933-36] 1st Battalion, Glosters, when the regiment was stationed at Mhow, from [http://glosters.tripod.com/second.html The Glorious Glosters], which also contains links to service in Burma.
*[http://glosters.tripod.com/India30.html India 1933-36] 1st Battalion, Glosters, when the regiment was stationed at Mhow, from [http://glosters.tripod.com/second.html The Glorious Glosters], which also contains links to service in Burma.
*WW2Talk Forum  thread about the 10th Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment, in India and Burma during WW2<ref>WW2Talk Forum thread [http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/10th-btn-glosters-in-india-burma.42986/  10th Btn, Glosters In India/Burma] reply by 'dryan67'</ref>
*[http://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=17206 Sources for Military History held at Gloucestershire Archives], prior to June 2006 known as the Gloucestershire Record Office
*[http://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=17206 Sources for Military History held at Gloucestershire Archives], prior to June 2006 known as the Gloucestershire Record Office
*[http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=59512833&postcount=1 Photograph of the memorial known as the Quetta Sphinx] for the Second Battalion of the Gloucestershire Regiment in respect of those who died  in Baluchistan/Southern Afghanistan circa October 1880-January 1883. This memorial has now been destroyed. skyscrapercity.com, originally from flickr.com. Victorian Wars Forum [http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=80&t=6693&p=27611#p27611 thread] about the inscription
*[http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=59512833&postcount=1 Photograph of the memorial known as the Quetta Sphinx] for the Second Battalion of the Gloucestershire Regiment in respect of those who died  in Baluchistan/Southern Afghanistan circa October 1880-January 1883. This memorial has now been destroyed. skyscrapercity.com, originally from flickr.com. Victorian Wars Forum [http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=80&t=6693&p=27611#p27611 thread] about the inscription

Revision as of 11:47, 25 April 2019

Also known as 61st Rifles

Chronology

  • 1758 2nd Battalion 3rd Regiment of Foot redesignation as the 61st Regiment of Foot
  • 1782 renamed 61st (South Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot
  • 1881 amalgamated with the 28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot to form the two-battalion Gloucestershire Regiment
  • 2005 amalgamated with the Light Infantry, The Royal Green Jackets and the Devonshire and Dorset Regiment to form the 1st Battalion The Rifles

Second World War

10th Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment, arrived Bombay December 17th, 1942, and moved from India to the Arakan on January 13th, 1944. It served in Shillong, and again in Burma until May 16th, 1945 and then returned to India.[1]

External Links

Historical books online

Other

References

  1. dryan67 10th Btn, Glosters In India/Burma 'WW2Talk Forum 26 October 2012. Retrieved 25 April 2019. David A Ryan is co author of books on the Indian Army in WW2, see the WW2Talk Forum post Indian Army: An Organisational History. Retrieved 25 April 2019.