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*'''1964''' amalgamated with the four regiments of the East Anglian Brigade to become 3rd Battalion (16th/44th Foot) Royal Anglian Regiment | *'''1964''' amalgamated with the four regiments of the East Anglian Brigade to become 3rd Battalion (16th/44th Foot) Royal Anglian Regiment | ||
== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
| − | [http://www.bedfordregiment.org.uk/16thfoothistory.html 16th Foot History] bedfordregiment.org.uk | + | *[http://www.bedfordregiment.org.uk/16thfoothistory.html 16th Foot History] bedfordregiment.org.uk |
| + | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bedfordshire_Regiment Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment] Wikipedia | ||
| + | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3rd_East_Anglian_Regiment 3rd East Anglian regiment] Wikipedia | ||
| + | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Anglian_Regiment Royal Anglian Regiment] Wikipedia | ||
| + | *[http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Regiments/16thRegimentofFoot.html 16th Regiment of Foot] Roll-of-Honour.com | ||
==== Historical books on-line ==== | ==== Historical books on-line ==== | ||
*''Historical Record of the Sixteenth, or The Bedfordshire Regiment of Foot: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1688, and of its subsequent services to 1848'' by Richard Cannon 1848. [http://books.google.com/books?id=keKND1Pz6pYC Google Books] [http://books.google.com/books?id=keKND1Pz6pYC&pg=PA30 Page 30] states the Regiment went to Ceylon in 1820. Indian service commenced in 1829 | *''Historical Record of the Sixteenth, or The Bedfordshire Regiment of Foot: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1688, and of its subsequent services to 1848'' by Richard Cannon 1848. [http://books.google.com/books?id=keKND1Pz6pYC Google Books] [http://books.google.com/books?id=keKND1Pz6pYC&pg=PA30 Page 30] states the Regiment went to Ceylon in 1820. Indian service commenced in 1829 | ||
Revision as of 17:45, 18 April 2010
Known as The Bedfordshire Regiment
History
- 1688 raised as Douglas' Regiment of Foot by Col Archibald Douglas
- 1751 became 16th Regiment of Foot
- 1782 became 16th (Buckinghamshire) Regiment of Foot
- 1809 became 16th (Bedfordshire) Regiment of Foot
- 1881 became The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment (known as The Bedfordshire Regiment until 1919)
- 1958 merged with The Essex Regiment to form the 1st Battalion 3rd East Anglian Regiment
- 1964 amalgamated with the four regiments of the East Anglian Brigade to become 3rd Battalion (16th/44th Foot) Royal Anglian Regiment
External Links
- 16th Foot History bedfordregiment.org.uk
- Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment Wikipedia
- 3rd East Anglian regiment Wikipedia
- Royal Anglian Regiment Wikipedia
- 16th Regiment of Foot Roll-of-Honour.com
Historical books on-line
- Historical Record of the Sixteenth, or The Bedfordshire Regiment of Foot: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1688, and of its subsequent services to 1848 by Richard Cannon 1848. Google Books Page 30 states the Regiment went to Ceylon in 1820. Indian service commenced in 1829
- Narrative of a Three Month's March in India by Harriette Ashmore, Wife of an Officer in the 16th Foot London 1841 Google Books
