68th Regiment of Foot

Chronology

• 1745 raised as the 68th Regiment of Foot by John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford
• 1746 disbanded
• 1758 2nd Battalion, 23rd Regiment of Foot redesignated as the 68th Regiment of Foot
• 1782 became 68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot
• 1808 became 68th (Durham Light Infantry) Regiment
• 1881 amalgamated with the 106th Regiment of Foot(Bombay Light Infantry) and became the 1st Battalion The Durham Light Infantry
• 1968 amalgamated with three other county light infantry regiments to become 4th Battalion The Light Infantry
• 1969 4th Battalion (formerly Durham Light Infantry) was disbanded

Regimental journals

• The Bugle. A Chronicle of Regimental News. The British Library holds "vol. 1. no. 2.-vol. 13. no. 330. May 1894-Sept. 1902. Imperfect; wanting vol. 1. no. 3 and vol. 9. no. 232-vol. 12. no. 312" It appears likely there were no volumes after this date, for this period. The Bugle recommenced again in the 1920s, but the British Library does not appear to have copies.
• The Regimental Journal of the Durham Light Infantry. (Incorporating “The Bugle.”) was published from 1934 and is available at the British Library

External Links

• 68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) Wikipedia
  
• The Durham Light Infantry www.lightinfantry.me.uk
  
• Durham Light Infantry Wikipedia
  
• The Light Infantry Wikipedia
  
• 68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) including deployments Regiments.org, an archived site.
  
• The Durham Light Infantry including deployments: 1st Battalion, 2nd Battalion Regiments.org, an archived site
  
• Durham Light Infantry Museum at Aykley Heads, Durham
  
• Durham County Record Office holds Durham Light Infantry Records
  
  • The Bugle; Regimental news in India
  • Enlistment and Discharge Books from 1921 onwards
  • The Story of Jimmy Durham includes two photographs of the 2nd Battalion in India and Burma 1897-1899.
• Durham Light Infantry 1920-1946