35th Regiment of Foot

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Also known as The Royal Sussex Regiment

Chronology

  • 1693 raised as the Earl of Donegal's Regiment of Foot
  • 1698 disbanded
  • 1701 raised again. Also known as the Belfast Regiment
  • 1747 became 35th Regiment of Foot
  • 1751 given the title Prince of Orange's Own Regiment
  • 1782 became the 35th (The Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot
  • 1805 became the 35th (Sussex) Regiment of Foot.
  • 1881 united with the 107th Regiment of Foot (Bengal Light Infantry) to form The Royal Sussex Regiment
  • 1966 was amalgamated with The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment, The Queen's Own Buffs, The Royal Kent Regiment and The Middlesex Regiment and became 3rd Battalion The Queen's Regiment
  • 1992 amalgamated with The Royal Hampshire Regiment to become The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (Queen's and Royal Hampshires)

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External Links

Historical books online