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**[http://www.suffolkregimentsuffolkregimentmuseum.orgco.uk/Museum.html Suffolk Regiment Museum] Official website of The Suffolk Regiment Museum. Suffolkregiment.org
** [http://www.royalanglianmuseum.org.uk/suffolk.html The Suffolk Regiment (12th Foot)]
*Victorian Wars Forum [http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=6172 thread] in which Frogsmile identifies a photograph taken in Quetta as 2nd Battalion the Suffolk Regiment c 1900 and provides additional information and a further regimental photograph
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*'''1752''' became the 12th (the East Suffolk) Regiment of Foot
*'''1758''' 2nd Battalion redesignated as [[65th Regiment of Foot|65th (2nd Yorkshire, North Riding) Regiment of Foot]]
*'''1881''' became The Suffolk Regiment
*'''1959''' amalgamated with the 1st Battalion The Royal Norfolk Regiment and became 1st Battalion, 1st East Anglian Regiment (Royal Norfolk and Suffolk)
*'''1964''' amalgamated with the three other remaining regiments of the East Anglian Brigade and became 1st Battalion (Royal Norfolk and Suffolk) East Anglian Brigade
== Campaigns ==
==== 4th Mysore War ====
The 12th Regiment of Foot first embarked for the East Indies in June 1796 on board the [[East Indiamen]] "[[Rockingham]]", "[[Lord Hawkesbury]]", "[[Airlie Castle]]" and "[[Melville Castle]]". They were convoyed by the frigate "Fox". Lists of the officers and men of the regiment that boarded these ships have been transcribed from the ships' logs held at the [[British Library]] and put online on the [httphttps://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_advanced_searchaps_browse_sources.php ?mode=browse_components&id=25&s_id=177 fibis search] website. Wives that accompanied the men are also listed.
The regiment arrived in Madras in January 1797 and remained in India until 1810. During its time in India the regiment saw action in the [[4th Mysore War]] taking part in the [[Battle of Seringapatam 1799]] on the 4th May 1799.
==== Afghan War ====
The regiment embarked again for India from Ireland in July 1864 aboard the "Alnwick Castle", "Trafalgar", Calcutta" and "Alquis". The First Battalion saw action in the [[:Category:2nd Afghan War|2nd Afghan War]] from 1878-80.
==FIBIS resources==
*A video of the talk "The “The British Army in India – Soldiers of H.M 12th Foot, The Suffolk Regiment" Regiment” given by Gwyn Thomas, Curator of the Suffolk Regiment Archives, at the FIBIS Spring lecture meeting 21 May 2011 is available for viewing by FIBIS members in the when logged into he [httphttps://www.members-areafibis.org/ FIBIS website]* [https://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=389&s_id=103 “Suffolk Regimental Gazette"]* [https://search.fibis.org/ FIBIS Social Networkfrontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=25&s_id=177Embarkation%20lists%20from%20ships%20logs Embarkation lists from ships logs]
==British Library holdings==
*''The 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment with brief historical account of the services of the regiment. Photographs by Fred Bremner''. Published in Quetta by Fred Bremner, 1899.
:This is a photographic album produced by the photographer Fred Bremner, one of four known photographic albums of British Army Regiments in the North-West of India which he published in Quetta and Lahore in the early 1900s. As an indication, that for the 1st Battalion [[22nd Regiment of Foot|Cheshire Regiment]] consists of a brief History of 20 pages followed by 38 full page printed photographs.<ref>[http://www.iberlibro.com/buscar-libro/autor/cheshire-regiment-bremner-photographs www.iberlibro.com], webpage no longer available</ref>
== Suffolk Regiment Archive ==
The Suffolk Regiment Archives are held at the [[Suffolk Record Office]] in Bury St Edmunds.
An index of individuals listed in the [httphttps://www.search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=389&s_id=103 "Suffolk Regimental Gazette"] held at the Bury St Edmunds branch of Suffolk Record Office is also being put online on the FIBIS search site.
==Death by duel at Arnee, December 1798==
Colonel Henry Hervey Aston died 23 December 1798, at Arnee, Madras Presidency, a week after being shot in a duel by fellow officer Major James Allen
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=BNAgAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA160 ''Supplementary Despatches and Memoranda of Field Marshal Arthur, Duke of Wellington, K. G. Volume 1 India 1797-1805''], (published 1858) page 160
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924027998024#page/n107/mode/2up Pages 84-89] from ''Memoirs of George Elers'' (refer below)*India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2010-09/1284089082 thread] with an account from two London newspapers.
== External Links ==
**[http://www.suffolkregiment.org/Suffolk_History.html The History of The Suffolk Regiment]
**[http://www.suffolkregiment.org/Archive.html The Suffolk Regiment Archive]
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080131232639/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/012Suff.htm The Suffolk Regiment] including deployments: [http://web.archive.org/web/20071213234341/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/012-1.htm 1st Battalion], [http://web.archive.org/web/20071112150307/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/012-2.htm 2nd Battalion] Regiments.org, an archived website.
*[http://www.royalanglianmuseum.org.uk/index.html The Royal Anglian Regiment Museum]. Covers the Royal Norfolk Regiment ([[9th Regiment of Foot|9th Foot]]), the Royal Lincolnshire Regiment ([[10th Regiment of Foot|10th Foot]]), the Suffolk Regiment (12th Foot), the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment ([[16th Regiment of Foot|16th Foot]]), the Royal Leicestershire Regiment ([[17th Regiment of Foot|17th Foot)]]), the Essex Regiment ([[44th Regiment of Foot|44th]]/ [[56th Regiment of Foot|56th Foot]]), and the Northamptonshire Regiment ([[48th Regiment of Foot|48th]]/ [[58th Regiment of Foot|58th Foot]]).
*[http://www.militarysunhelmets.com/2012/british-puggarees-2-3-4-and-6-folds British Puggarees 2, 3, 4 and 6 Folds] includes a section on the Suffolk Regiment (with photographs) militarysunhelmets.com
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