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46th Regiment of Foot

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The '''46th Foot''' were called the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry (DCLI) after amalgamating with the 32nd Foot in 1881.
 
== Chronology ==
*'''1968''' amalgamated with the three other regiments of the Light Infantry Brigade to form The Light Infantry
== External Links Service in India=====Historical Books Online===''Historical record of the Forty-Sixth, or the South Devonshire, Regiment of Foot: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1741, and of its subsequent services to 1851'' by Richard Cannon 1851 [http://www.archive.org/stream/histrecordforty00canniala#page/n3/mode/2up Archive.org]. Indian service commences [http://www.archive.org/stream/histrecordforty00canniala#page/52/mode/2up page 52] in 1818 in Madras The 46th Regiment are mentioned in this the [http://www.archive.org/stream/historicalrecord00goffuoft#page/234/mode/2up Archives''Historical records of the 91st Argyllshire Highlanders''] (archive.org] link), on a seventeen miles trek across the desert to Suez, presumably en route to India , in 1858.
===Other=External links ==*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/46th_(South_Devonshire)_Regiment_of_Foot 46th (South Devonshire) Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia<br>*[http://www.lightinfantry.me.uk/dukecornwallli.htm Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry] www.lightinfantry.me.uk<br>*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_of_Cornwall's_Light_Infantry Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry] Wikipedia<br>*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerset_and_Cornwall_Light_Infantry Somerset & Cornwall Light Infantry] Wikipedia<br>*[http://web.archive.org/web/20071223004551/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/046-751.htm 46th (South Devonshire) Regiment of Foot] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20071221233605/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/046-1.htm deployments] Regiments.org, an archived site.*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080118040213/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/032DCLI.htm The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry] including deployments: [http://web.archive.org/web/20071221053831/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/032-1.htm 1st Battalion], [http://web.archive.org/web/20071221233605/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/046-1.htm 2nd Battalion] Regiments.org, an archived site.*[http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/regiments-and-corps/the-british-infantry-regiments-of-1914-1918/duke-of-cornwalls-light-infantry/ The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 1914-1918] The Long, Long Trail. The 1/4th Battalion and 2/4th Battalion were in [[First World War#British Army Territorial Force troops in India|India as part of the Territorial Force]] 1914-1916 and 1914-1918 respectively.*[http://www.cornwalls-regimentalmuseum.org/ Cornwall’s Regimental Museum].*[http://www.46thfoot.com/ 46th Foot.com]. In the section “Men”, for soldier Frederick Crosland there is an interesting account of the recruitment procedure in 1834
====Historical books online====*[http://enwww.wikipediaarchive.org/wikistream/histrecordforty00canniala#page/n3/mode/46th_(South_Devonshire)_Regiment_of_Foot 46th (2up ''Historical record of the Forty-Sixth, or the South Devonshire) , Regiment of Foot: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1741, and of its subsequent services to 1851''] Wikipedia<br>by Richard Cannon (1851) Archive.org. Indian service commences [http://www.lightinfantryarchive.org.uk/regimentsstream/histrecordforty00canniala#page/52/dclimode/duke_index.htm Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry2up page 52] wwwin 1818 in Madras.lightinfantry.org.uk<br>*[http://enlib.militaryarchive.wikipediaco.orguk/library/infantry-histories/library/The-History-of-The-Duke-of-Cornwalls-Light-Infantry-1914-1919/files/assets/wikibasic-html/Duke_of_Cornwallpage1.html 's_Light_Infantry 'The History of the Duke of Cornwall's Cornwall’s Light Infantry1914-1919''] Wikipedia<br>by Everard Wyrall 1932. Transcription by OCR, so subject to errors. lib.militaryarchive.co.uk. [httphttps://enbooks.wikipediagoogle.org/wikicom.au/Somerset_and_Cornwall_Light_Infantry Somerset & Cornwall Light Infantrybooks?id=L5QFAQAAIAAJ Snippet view, Searchable] Wikipedia<br>Google Books. Also Searchable at [httphttps://wwwcatalog.lightinfantryhathitrust.org.uk/regimentsRecord/dcli/duke_timeline.htm Regimental Timeline000442490 HathiTrust Digital Library] www.lightinfantry.org.uk
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