60th Regiment of Foot
Also known as The 60th Rifles and King's Royal Rifles
Chronology
- 1756 four battalions raised as 62nd (Royal American) Regiment
- 1757 renamed 60th (Royal American) Regiment of Foot
- 1797 fifth battalion raised
- 18?? renamed The Duke of York's Own Rifle Corps
- 1830 renamed King's Royal Rifle Corps
- 1958 became 2nd Green Jackets (The King's Royal Rifle Corps)
- 2007 became 4th Btn Royal Green Jackets
External Links
- 60th (Royal American) Regiment of Foot Military Heritage website
- 60th Regiment of Foot Wikipedia
- Royal Green Jackets Wikipedia
- The King's Royal Rifle Corps including deployments: 1st Battalion, 2nd Battalion Regiments.org, an archived site.
- The Royal Green Jackets (Rifles) Museum covers the 43rd, 52nd and 60th Regiments, and the Rifle Brigade.
Historical books online
- A regimental chronicle and list of officers of the 60th, or the King's Royal Rifle Corps, formerly the 62nd, or the Royal American Regiment of Foot by Nesbit Willoughby Wallace 1879 Archive.org
- "Case of Sword-Bayonet Wound of the Abdomen" (following attack by a fellow soldier at Meerut in 1878 (or 1877?) by Surgeon Major FA Turton MD, Army Medical Department. In Medical Charge of 2/60 Rifles, page 239 Army Medical Department: Report for the Year 1877 Volume 19 published 1879 Archive.org