77th Regiment of Foot
Chronology
- 1787 raised as 77th (Hindoostan) Regiment of Foot by EIC for service in India when war with the French was imminent
- 1807 renamed the 77th (the East Middlesex) Regiment of Foot
- 1876 renamed the 77th (the East Middlesex) Regiment of Foot (The Duke of Cambridge's Own)
- 1881 united with 57th (West Middlesex) Regiment of Foot to form The Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment)
- 1966 amalgamated with three other regiments to become 4th Battalion The Queen's Regiment
- 1992 amalgamated with The Royal Hampshire Regiment to become Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment
- 2006 amalgamated with the other Scottish infantry regiments into the single large Royal Regiment of Scotland becoming The Highlanders, 4th Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland (4 SCOTS)
External Links
- 77th Regiment of Foot Wikipedia
- The Middlesex Regiment Wikipedia
- Queen's Regiment Wikipedia
- Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment Wikipedia
- 77th In India 1787-1807 www.albuhera.co.uk
- 77th (the East Middlesex) Regiment of Foot including deployments Regiments.org, an archived site
- The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) including deployments: 1st Battalion, 2nd Battalion Regiments.org, an archived site
- Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment & Queen's Regiment Museum Armymuseums.org
- Photograph: "A" Company, 3rd Middlesex Regiment. Winners Football, 1912, Lebong, India. wibbo-archive.blogspot.com
- 1/9th Battalion and 1/10th Battalion Middlesex Regiment Both battalions sailed 30 October 1914 from Southampton for India, arriving Bombay on 2 December 1914. The 1/9th Battalion eventually moved to Mesopotamia, arriving Basra on 24 November 1917, and joined the 53rd Brigade of the 18th Indian Division. It remained in that theatre until the end of the war.. The 1/10th Battalion remained in India until the end of the war. www.1914-1918.net
- David Prebble’s Photostream. flickr.com Some of the photographs are labeled “1/9th Middlesex Regiment India 1914 to 1920” and it very probable all the photographs are of this regiment, in England or India
Historical books on-line
- Lists of the officers of His Majesty's and the Hon. Company's troops serving under the Presidency of Bombay from Adjutant General's Office January 1st 1798 Muster roll in Cochin Google Books
- The Story of the Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) by Charles Lethbridge Kingsford] 1916 Archive.org