36th Regiment of Foot

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Also known as 36th (Herefordshire) Regiment of Foot

Chronology

  • 1694 raised as Viscount Charlemont's Regiment of Foot
  • 1698 disbanded
  • 1701 raised again as Viscount Charlemont's Regiment of Foot also known by the names of eleven other colonels until 1751
  • 1751 became 36th Regiment of Foot
  • 1782 became 36th (the Herefordshire) Regiment of Foot
  • 1881 united with 29th (Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot, to become 2nd Battalion The Worcestershire Regiment
  • 1970 amalgamated with The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) to become Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment
  • 2004 amalgamated with the 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment and the Staffordshire Regiment to form the new Mercian Regiment

Service in British India

External Links

36th (Herefordshire) Regiment of Foot www.regiments.org
36th (Herefordshire) Regiment of Foot Wikipedia
The Worcestershire Regiment www.worcestershireregiment.com
Worcestershire Regiment Wikipedia
Mercian Regiment Wikipedia