61st Regiment of Foot

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. Also sometimes called the Gloster Regiment, or the Glosters.
• 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.

External links

Historical books online

• Historical Record of the Sixty - First, or the South Gloucestershire Regiment of Foot: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1758, and of its subsequent services to 1844 Google Books 1844. Page 47 indicates the Regiment went to Ceylon in 1828
• 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 with the 61st Regiment of Foot.
• The Gloucestershire Regiment in the War 1914-1918. The Records of the 1st (28th), 2nd (61st), 3rd (Special Reserve) and 4th, 5th, and 6th (First-Line T.A.) Battalions by Everard Wyrall 1931 Archive.org
• Cap of Honour : the 300 years of the Gloucestershire Regiment by David Scott Daniell. First published 1951, reprinted and updated in 1975, 3rd edition 2005. Archive.org Texts to Borrow.

Other

• 61st (South Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot including deployments Regiments.org, an archived site.
• Soldiers of Gloucestershire including details of the Museum.
  • Research
  • 1886 - Pax Britannica - 2nd Battalion in India scroll down, now an archived webpage
  • 1942 - Rearguard in Burma.
  • The Gloucesters in India, now an archived webpage.
• Steve Lewis' excellent website, now archived The Glorious Glosters. Appears to be connected with the site of the same name below. Includes
  • 61st Foot (South Gloucestershire Regiment) includes
    • Regimental postings to 1947
    • The 61st Foot in India 1845 – 1860
    • Recollections by Ex-Sergeant-Major Edward Young, 61st Regt. He enlisted in 1880, joined a draft to Quetta in 1882 and was in India until 1893.
• The Gloucestershire Regiment including deployments: 1st Battalion, 2nd Battalion Regiments.org, an archived site.
• Gloucestershire Regiment Wikipedia
• The Gloucestershire Regiment from British Armed Forces & National Service
• India 1933-36 1st Battalion, Glosters, when the regiment was stationed at Mhow, from The Glorious Glosters, which also contains links to service in Burma.
• Sources for Military History held at Gloucestershire Archives, prior to June 2006 known as the Gloucestershire Record Office
• 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 thread about the inscription.
• 61st (South Gloucestershire) Regiments of the Malta Garrison. The 61st left Malta for Bombay 19 August–1 September 1880