43rd Regiment of Foot

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Also known as the Monmouthshire Regiment and later The Ox and Bucks.

Chronology

  • 1741 raised as Thomas Fowke's Regiment of Foot
  • 1747 renamed the 54th Regiment of Foot
  • 1747 became the 43rd Regiment of Foot
  • 1751 became the 43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot
  • 1881 amalgamated with the 52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot, to become the 1st Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.
  • 1908 became the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
  • 1958 re-titled as the 1st Green Jackets (43rd and 52nd)
  • 1966 amalgamated with the two other regiments of the Green Jackets Brigade to become the 1st Battalion Royal Green Jackets
  • 1992 1st Battalion disbanded

Service in British India

Indian Mutiny

As the regiment were stationed in Madras they were not immediately involved in the Mutiny. In late 1857 they became part of the Madras Column sent to join the Central India field force with the ultimate aim or relieving Saugor. See also the Banda and Kirwee Prize Money for reward money paid to the 43rd.

Henry Addison of the 43rd was awarded the Victoria Cross for saving the life of the politcal agent at Rewah.

Stations

A partial list of stations of the 43rd Foot (by quarter) as taken from the musters rolls (at The National Archives). At most times there are several detachments stationed elsewhere, only some are noted here.

External links

Historical books online

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