96th Regiment of Foot

Known as The Manchester Regiment from 1881.

Chronology

• 1824 formed as 96th Regiment of Foot at Manchester
• 1874 deemed to be successor of earlier 96th Regiment
• 1881 united with 63rd Regiment of Foot to become 2nd Battalion The Manchester Regiment
• 1958 amalgamated with the King's Regiment (Liverpool) to form the King's Regiment.
• 2006 amalgamated with the King's Own Royal Border Regiment and the Queen's Lancashire Regiment to form the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (King's Lancashire and Border)

External links

• 96th Regiment of Foot Wikipedia
• The Manchester Regiment Wikipedia
• The King's Regiment Wikipedia
• Duke of Lancaster's Regiment Wikipedia

Historical books online

• From England to the Antipodes & India - 1846 to 1902, with startling revelations, or 56 years of my life in the Indian Mutiny, Police & Jails by Isaac Tyrell (1904) Archive.org. On page 10 the author transfers to the 96th Foot in Hobart in 1848. The regiment left for India in 1849.