60th Regiment of Foot

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Also known as The 60th Rifles and King's Royal Rifles

Chronology

  • 1756 four battalions raised as 62nd (Royal American) Regiment
  • 1757 renamed 60th (Royal American) Regiment of Foot
  • 1797 fifth battalion raised
  • 18?? renamed The Duke of York's Own Rifle Corps
  • 1830 renamed King's Royal Rifle Corps
  • 1958 became 2nd Green Jackets (The King's Royal Rifle Corps)
  • 2007 became 4th Btn Royal Green Jackets

Service in India

A post from the Victorian Wars Forum provides the following details in respect of the 4th Battalion[1]

  • "2 Nov 1876 - 4th Bn sailed from Queenstown (having been serving in Dublin) on HMS Serapis
  • 6 Dec 1876 - Arrived Bombay and then moved to Agra (I think that is some 600 miles, by train ?)
  • 14 Feb 80 - left Agra for Dagshai
  • 15 Oct 81 - left Dagshai to march to Ferozopore arrived 3 Nov (some 200 miles in 18 days)
  • 12 Dec 84 - left Ferozepore to march to Peshawar arrived 21 Jan 85 (some 350 miles in 40 days) (the history notes that these long marches were enjoyed by the troops)."

British Library holdings

  • Annals Of The King’s Royal Rifle Corps in seven volumes, published from 1913.
    • Annals Of The King’s Royal Rifle Corps: Vol 4 'The K.R.R.C.' 1872-1913 by Major-Gen. Sir Steuart Hare. Originally published 1929. The Fourth Battalion took part in colonial campaigns in India and Burma in the 1890s. Available through Amazon.co.uk from the FIBIS Shop

Regimental journal

The King’s Royal Rifle Corps Chronicles
The 1904 edition is available online at Archive.org, see below.
The editions for 1901-1913, 1920-1939 and 1944 are available online on the pay website The Military Archive, as part of the Library, on an individual item or subscription basis.

External Links

Historical books online


References

  1. Victorian Wars Forum post dated 18 July 2012