82nd Regiment of Foot

Chronology

• 1793 raised as the 82nd Regiment of Foot
• 1802 became the 82nd Regiment of Foot (Prince of Wales's Volunteers)
• 1881 amalgamated with the 40th (2nd Somersetshire) Regiment of Foot to form The Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment)
• 1938 became The South Lancashire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Volunteers)
• 1958 amalgamated with The East Lancashire Regiment, to form The Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Volunteers)

Service in British India

• 1857 Indian Mutiny (see History of the 88th Regiment of Foot)
• 1861 Moradabad and Shahjahanpur
• 1861 Delhi (exchanged stations with the 88th Foot in 1861)
• 1869 Bombay
• 1895 Kamptee
• 1899 Jubbulpore
• 1922 Mhow
• 1925 Assam
• 1927 Jubbulpore
• 1930 NW Frontier
• 1933 Allahabad
• 1936 Quetta
• 1939 Bombay

Recommended Reading

In Search of the Forlorn Hope : A Comprehensive Guide to Locating British Regiments and their Records by John Kitzmiller ISBN 0-961926-03-1
The Colonial Wars Source Book by Philip Haythornthwaite ISBN 1-854091-96-4
British Army Pensioners Abroad by Norman K. Crowder ISBN 0-806314-60-5

External Links

Historical Books Online

Historical record of the 82nd regiment, or Prince of Wales's volunteers by Brevet-Major Jarvis 1866 (Google Books). Indian service commences page 79 in 1857

Other

82nd Foot Wikipedia
South Lancashire Regiment Wikipedia
Lancashire Regiment Wikipedia