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36th Regiment of Foot

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India 1863
== Service in British India ==
*'''17821783''' Arrived at [[Madras]]in July*'''17821783''' [[2nd Mysore War]]
:*[[Siege of Mangalore]]
:*[[Battle of Cannanore]]
*'''1936''' [[Sialkot]]
*'''1939''' [[Rawalpindi]]
===India 1863===
In 1863 the regiment embarked for India. They served in Lucknow, Peshawar and Rawlpindi, mainly as a presence rather than engaged in military action. The regiment returned to England from Bombay arriving back on 18th December 1875. In Hereford Cathedral it is recorded that, during the service in India a total of nine officers, seventeen corporals, two drummers and 307 privates died. The majority of deaths were from cholera<ref> B S Sharples’ [https://web.archive.org/web/20211017184723/http://www.bsswebsite.me.uk/Local-history/Herefordshire%20Regiment/HerefordshireRgmts.html History of the Herefordshire Regiments -Herefordshire Regiment 1], now archived.</ref>
==Regimental histories==Refer Historical books online. An additional volume was published: ''Historical records of the Thirty-sixth Regiment from 1852 to 1881 : compiled from the official digest of services of the regiment''. London : Mitchell & Co., 1883. This [http://www.worcestershireregiment.com/wr.php?main=inc/b_36th_Foot link] advises in 2003, Golden Valley Publications produced a limited number of 30 copies (facsimile) of both the original book and its appendix in one book with a hardback cover (ISBN 0-9542578-3-9). ==Regimental journals==''The Green ’Un'' was published regularly from November 1922-March 1927, but there were some earlier editions<br>''Firm. The Journal of the Worcestershire Regiment'' was published from 1927.<br>This [http://www.worcestershireregiment.com/wr.php?main=inc/Regimental_Magazine link] gives further details.<br>Both these journals are available at the [[British Library]]== References ==<references /> == External Links links =====Historical Books Onlinebooks online===*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=I0EIAAAAQAAJ&printsec=titlepage Historical Record of the 36th Foot to 1852] Google Books. Indian service commences [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=I0EIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA38 page 38] in 1783 at Madras*[https://archive.org/details/worcestershirereggreatwar/page/n15/mode/2up ''The Worcestershire Regiment in the Great War''] by Captain H FitzM Stacke (Henry FitzMaurice) 1928 Archive.org
===Other===
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20071015190219/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/036-701.htm 36th (Herefordshire) Regiment of Foot] www.regiments.org<br>*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/36th_(Herefordshire)_Regiment_of_Foot 36th (Herefordshire) Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia<br>*[http://www.worcestershireregiment.com/wr.php?main=inc/welcome The Worcestershire Regiment] www.worcestershireregiment.com<br>**[http://www.worcestershireregiment.com/wr.php?main=inc/PRO_records Worcestershire Regiment Records held at the National Archives, Kew]*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worcestershire_Regiment Worcestershire Regiment] Wikipedia<br> *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercian_Regiment Mercian Regiment] Wikipedia<br>*[http://web.archive.org/web/20071226171157/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/036-701.htm 36th (Herefordshire)Regiment of Foot] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20071214092230/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/036-1.htm deployments] Regiments.org, an archived website*[http://web.archive.org/web/20071218204125/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/029Worcs.htmThe Worcestershire Regiment] including deployments: [http://web.archive.org/web/20071221233559/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/029-1.htm 1st Battalion], [http://web.archive.org/web/20071214092230/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/036-1.htm 2nd Battalion], [http://web.archive.org/web/20071111143028/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/029w-4.htm 4th Battalion] Regiments.org, an archived website*B S Sharples’ [http://www.bsswebsite.me.uk/Local-history/Herefordshire%20Regiment/HerefordshireRgmts.html History of the Herefordshire Regiments -Herefordshire Regiment 1]<br>*[http://www.worcestershireregiment.com The Worcestershire Regiment] **[http://www.worcestershireregiment.com/h_waziristan.php "Waziristan (1940) - The North-West Frontier"] worcestershireregiment.com. Scroll down for a photograph of a Indian Army Crossley armoured car.*[https://worcestershireandmercianregimentmuseum.org/ Museum] Mercian Regiment Museum at Worcester.**[https://worcestershireandmercianregimentmuseum.org/worcestershire-regiment-ancestors/ Regimental Archives]*[https://www.stand-firm-strike-hard.org.uk Museum of the Mercian Regiment] at Nottingham Castle. The museum informs and educates about the history of The Mercian Regiment, The Worcestershire & Sherwood Foresters & The Sherwood Foresters.  
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