49th Regiment of Foot
Also known as The Hertfordshire Regiment
Chronology
- 1743 raised as Edward Trelawney's Regiment of Foot
- 1751 ranked as the 49th Regiment of Foot
- 1782 became the 49th (the Hertfordshire) Regiment of Foot
- 1816 became the 49th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) (or the Hertfordshire) Regiment of Foot
- 1881 united with 66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot, to form The Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Berkshire Regiment)
- 1885 was granted the distinction of a royal title, and became The Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment)
- 1959 amalgamated into The Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment (Berkshire and Wiltshire)
- 1994 amalgamated with the 1st Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment, to form the 1st Battalion, The Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment.
Service in British India
- 1828 India
- 1840 China
- 1843 India
- 1865 India
External Links
- 49th Regiment of Foot including deployments www.regiments.org (now archived)
- The Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) including deployments: 1st Battalion, 2nd Battalion www.regiments.org (now archived)
- Royal Berkshire Regiment Wikipedia
- Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment Wikipedia
- Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment Wikipedia
- The Wardrobe : The Rifles (Berkshire and Wiltshire) Museum-The Story of the Infantry of Berkshire and Wiltshire. Covers the 49th, 62nd, 66th and 99th Regiments of Foot
- Regimental Time Line. Extensive details of deployments
- Photographic search facilty.Many photos may be viewed online