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

Service in British India

• 1864 India
• 1919 Lahore
• 1923 Karachi

External Links

58th Regiment of Foot Wikipedia
The Northamptonshire Regiment Wikipedia
2nd East Anglian Regiment Wikipedia
Royal Anglian Regiment Wikipedia
58th (Rutlandshire) Regiment of Foot including deployments Regiments.org, an archived site
The Northamptonshire Regiment including deployments: 1st Battalion and 2nd Battalion Regiments.org, an archived site