66th Regiment of Foot

Also known as The Royal Berkshire Regiment

Chronology

• 1758 2nd Battalion the 19th Regiment of Foot formed in 1756 became the 66th Regiment
• 1782 became the 66th (Berkshire) Regiment.
• 1803 2nd Battalion raised. Fought in the Peninsular War
• 1881 under the Cardwell reforms became 2nd Battalion of Princess Charlotte of Wales’s (Berkshire) Regiment
• 1885 became the Princess Charlotte of Wales’s Royal Berkshire Regiment
• 1920 became The Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales’s)

Service in British India

• 1804 Ceylon
• 1814 India
• 1815 Nepal
• 1817 India
• 1857 India
• 1870 India
• 1880 Afghanistan

• Battle of Maiwand

• 1906 Subathu
• 1909 Meerut
• 1906 Jhansi
• 1937 Lucknow
• 1941 Bombay
• 1943 Burma

External Links

66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot Wikipedia
The Royal Berkshire Regiment Wikipedia
66th at Maiwand history.farmersboys.com
66th Regiment of Foot Regiments.org (archived site)
The Wardrobe : The Rifles (Berkshire and Wiltshire) Museum-The Story of the Infantry of Berkshire and Wiltshire. Covers the 49th, 62nd, 66th and 99th Regiments of Foot

• Regimental Time Line. Extensive details of deployments.
  
• Photographic search facilty.Many photos may be viewed online

Berkshire Family History Society
How was the 66th (Berkshire) Regiment Deployed at Maiwand? Victorianwars.com. This action was part of the 2nd Afghan War
Bobbie the mascot at Maiwand Wikipedia
The Delhi Durbar 1911 www.youtube.com. Colour footage of the regimental marchpast at the Delhi Durbar 1911 from 'The British Empire in Colour' series, probably Program 1. The red coated unit marching past at the start is the 2nd Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment.

Historical Books Online

• The 66th Berkshire Regiment: A Brief History of its Services at Home and Abroad from 1758 to 1881 by John Percy Groves 1887 Archive.org
• Events of a military life: being recollections after service in the Peninsular war, invasion of France, the East Indies, St. Helena, Canada, and elsewhere Volume 1 by Walter Henry, Surgeon to the Forces 1843 The author leaves for India page 213 in 1815

Recommended reading

Maiwand: The Last Stand of the 66th (Berkshire) Regiment in Afghanistan, 1880 by Richard J. Stacpoole-Ryding from Anglo Afghan War. This book may be bought from the FIBIS Shop through Amazon.co.uk