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
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
- The Museum Collection of the Northamptonshire Regiment at Abington Park Museum includes
- Photographs of the Northamptonshire Regiment on flickr
- Photographs of the Regiment in the Punjab The 1st Battalion of The Northamptonshire Regiment were stationed in the Punjab 1907/1908
- Photographs of the Regiment in Waziristan 1936/37 1st Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment
- Views of India (1) taken by Private Linley of the 2nd Battalion, The Northamptonshire Regiment compiled whilst serving in India 1923-1938.
- Views of India (2) taken by Private Linley of the 2nd Battalion, The Northamptonshire Regiment compiled whilst serving in India 1923-1938.
- Photographs of the Northamptonshire Regiment on flickr