58th Regiment of Foot

Chronology

1755 raised as the 60th Regiment of Foot
1757 became the 58th Regiment of Foot
1782 became the 58th (Rutlandshire) Regiment of Foot
1881 amalgamated with the 48th Regiment of Foot to become the 2nd Battalion The Northamptonshire Regiment
1948 regiment reduced to a single battalion
1960 merged with The Royal Lincolnshire Regiment to form the 2nd East Anglian Regiment (Duchess of Gloucester's Own Royal Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire)
1964 amalgamated with the 1st and 3rd East Anglian Regiments and the Royal Leicestershire Regiment to become 2nd Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment