16th Regiment of Foot

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