43rd Regiment of Foot
Also known as 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
External Links
Historical Books Online
Historical Record of the Forty - Third Regiment, Monmouthshire Light Infantry to 1867 by Sir Richard G A Levinge 1868 Google Books. Indian Service commences page 272 in 1854 in Madras. Contains an alphabetical list of Officers from page 296
Other
43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot Wikipedia
Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Wikipedia
Royal Green Jackets Wikipedia