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*[http://books.google.com/books?id=sAYRAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover ''Historical Record of the Tenth, or the North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1685, and of its subsequent services to 1847'']  by Richard Cannon (1847) Google Books. Indian Service commences [http://books.google.com/books?id=sAYRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA46 page 46] in 1799 in Madras.  
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*[http://books.google.com/books?id=sAYRAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover ''Historical Record of the Tenth, or the North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1685, and of its subsequent services to 1847'']  by Richard Cannon (1847) Google Books. Indian Service commences [http://books.google.com/books?id=sAYRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA46 page 46] in 1799 in Madras.
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*''Barracks and battlefields in India; or, The experiences of a soldier of the 10th Foot (North Lincoln) in the Sikh wars and Sepoy Mutiny'', edited by the Rev Caesar Caine 1891 is available to read  online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website. The soldier was Thomas Malcolm. This book is also available on a '''restricted access''' basis, probably accessible by those in North America on the  [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100382741 Hathi Trust Digital Library]
  
 
== References ==
 
== References ==

Revision as of 05:41, 21 December 2014

The Royal Lincolnshire Regiment

Chronology

  • 1685 raised as the Earl of Bath's Regiment for its first Colonel John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath
  • 1751 became the 10th Regiment of Foot
  • 1781 became the 10th (North Lincoln) Regiment of Foot
  • 1881 became The Lincolnshire Regiment
  • 1946 became The Royal Lincolnshire Regiment
  • 1960 amalgamated with The Northamptonshire Regiment, to form 2nd East Anglian Regiment (Duchess of Gloucester's Own Royal Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire)
  • 1964 united with 1st East Anglian Regiment (Royal Norfolk and Suffolk), 3rd East Anglian Regiment (16th/44th Foot), and The Royal Leicestershire Regiment, to form The Royal Anglian Regiment

Service in British India

External Links

Historical Books Online

References

  1. "Pick up your Parrots and Monkeys" by William Pennington, has a chapter on life on "Neuralia"
  2. Rootsweb British Army Message Board post