61st Regiment of Foot
Also known as 61st Rifles
Chronology
- 1758 2nd Battalion 3rd Regiment of Foot redesignation as the 61st Regiment of Foot
- 1782 renamed 61st (South Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot
- 1881 amalgamated with the 28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot to form the two-battalion Gloucestershire Regiment
- 2005 amalgamated with the Light Infantry, The Royal Green Jackets and the Devonshire and Dorset Regiment to form the 1st Battalion The Rifles
External Links
Historical Books Online
Historical Record of the Sixty - First, or the South Gloucestershire Regiment of Foot: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1758, and of its subsequent services to 1844 Google Books 1844. Page 47 indicates the Regiment went to Ceylon in 1828
Other
- 61st (South Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot including deployments Regiments.org, an archived site.
- Steve Lewis' excellent website, now archived The Glorious Glosters. Appears to be connected with the site of the same name below. Includes
- The Gloucestershire Regiment including deployments: 1st Battalion, 2nd Battalion Regiments.org, an archived site.
- Gloucestershire Regiment Wikipedia
- The Gloucestershire Regiment from British Armed Forces & National Service
- India 1933-36 1st Battalion, Glosters, when the regiment was stationed at Mhow, from The Glorious Glosters, which also contains links to service in Burma.
- Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum