36th Regiment of Foot
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
- 1782 Madras
- 1782 2nd Mysore War
- 1789 3rd Mysore War
- 1793 Pondicherry
- 1863 India
- 1904 Ceylon
- 1906 Ahmadnagar
- 1909 Jhansi
- 1936 Sialkot
- 1939 Rawalpindi
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