58th Regiment of Foot

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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

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