95th Regiment of Foot

Chronology

• 1816 formed as the 95th Regiment of Foot when the 95th Rifles were redesignated The Rifle Brigade
• 1832 became 95th (Derbyshire) Regiment of Foot
• 1881 united with the 45th Regiment of Foot to form the Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire Regiment) and became 2nd Battalion
• 1958 became part of the Forester Brigade
• 1963 became part of the Mercian Brigade
• 1970 amalgamated with The Worcestershire Regiment to form The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment (29th/45th Foot).
• 2004 amalgamated to become 2nd Battalion The Mercian Regiment

FIBIS resources

Andrew Rippin Collection of photographs of the 2nd Battalion Derbyshire Regiment

British Library

The British Library has the following history in its collection

• The 2nd Battalion Derbyshire Regiment in Tirah [1897-98] by Arthur Kerr Slessor 1900

External Links

• 95th (Derbyshire) Foot Wikipedia
  
• Sherwood Foresters Wikipedia
  
• Worcester & Sherwood Foresters Wikipedia
  
• Mercian Regiment Wikipedia
  
• The Sherwood Foresters Regiment A History by Stephen Mee
  
• 95th (Derbyshire) Regiment of Foot; The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) including 2nd Battalion deployments Regiments.org (an archived site)
  
• Sherwood Foresters British Armed Forces & National Service. Includes deployments
• The Museum of the Mercian Regiment
  • 45th and 95th Regiments Museum collection
  • Regimental Archives

Historical books online

• The 95th (The Derbyshire) Regiment in Central India [1857-59] by Julius Raines 1900 Archive.org
• The 2nd Battalion Derbyshire Regiment in the Sikkim Expedition of 1888 by Herbert Augustus Iggulden 1900 Archive.org
• Standing Orders. 95th The Derbyshire Regiment 1856 Google Books