43rd Regiment of Foot
Revision as of 17:16, 12 May 2009 by Symorsebrown (talk | contribs) (Create page. Add chronology & external links)
Also known as 'The Ox and Bucks
Chronology
- 1741 raised as Thomas Fowke's Regiment of Foot
- 1747 renamed the 54th Regiment of Foot
- 1747 became the 43rd Regiment of Foot
- 1751 became the 43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot
- 1881 amalgamated with the 52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot, to become the 1st Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.
- 1908 became the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
- 1958 re-titled as the 1st Green Jackets (43rd and 52nd)
- 1966 amalgamated with the two other regiments of the Green Jackets Brigade to become the 1st Battalion Royal Green Jackets
- 1992 1st Battalion disbanded
External Links
43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot Wikipedia
Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Wikipedia
Royal Green Jackets Wikipedia
