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57th Regiment of Foot
Known as "The Die Hards"
Chronology
- 1755 raised as the 59th Regiment of Foot at Gloucester
- 1756 became the 57th Regiment of Foot
- 1782 became the 57th (the West Middlesex) Regiment of Foot
- 1881 amalgamated with the 77th Regiment of Foot to become the 1st Battalion The Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment)
- 1966 amalgamated with three other regiments to become the 4th Battalion The Queen's Regiment
- 1973 4th Battalion disbanded
No service in British India
External Links
57th (West Middlesex) Regiment of Foot Wikipedia
Middlesex Regiment Wikipedia
The Middlesex Regiment 1755-1966 www.prole.demon.co.uk
Queen's Regiment Wikipedia
Historical Books Online
Historical records of the Fifty-Seventh, or, West Middlesex Regiment of Foot: compiled from official and private sources, from the date of its formation in 1755, to the present time, 1878 by H J Warre (1878) Archive.org. Indian Service commences page 76, in 1831 in Madras.