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***[http://www.flickr.com/photos/northampton_museum/sets/72157625077907120/ Photographs of  the Regiment in the  Punjab] The 1st Battalion of The Northamptonshire Regiment were stationed in the Punjab 1907/1908
 
***[http://www.flickr.com/photos/northampton_museum/sets/72157625077907120/ Photographs of  the Regiment in the  Punjab] The 1st Battalion of The Northamptonshire Regiment were stationed in the Punjab 1907/1908
 
****[http://www.flickr.com/photos/northampton_museum/5043995856/in/set-72157625077907120/ The Knitting Circle]; [http://www.flickr.com/photos/northampton_museum/5043371487/in/set-72157625077907120 Ready For Inspection:A Soldiers Kit Laid Out]  
 
****[http://www.flickr.com/photos/northampton_museum/5043995856/in/set-72157625077907120/ The Knitting Circle]; [http://www.flickr.com/photos/northampton_museum/5043371487/in/set-72157625077907120 Ready For Inspection:A Soldiers Kit Laid Out]  
***[http://www.flickr.com/photos/northampton_museum/sets/72157608579921184/ Photographs of the Regiment in Waziristan 1936/37] 1st Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment
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***[http://www.flickr.com/photos/northampton_museum/sets/72157608579921184/ Photographs of the Regiment in Waziristan 1936/37] 1st Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment. The Battalion was based at [[Razmak]] November 1936 to December 1937.
 
***[http://www.flickr.com/photos/northampton_museum/sets/72157625077918924/ Views of India (1) taken by Private Linley] of the 2nd Battalion, The Northamptonshire Regiment compiled whilst serving in India 1923-1938.
 
***[http://www.flickr.com/photos/northampton_museum/sets/72157625077918924/ Views of India (1) taken by Private Linley] of the 2nd Battalion, The Northamptonshire Regiment compiled whilst serving in India 1923-1938.
 
***[http://www.flickr.com/photos/northampton_museum/sets/72157626659014008/ Views of India (2) taken by Private Linley] of the 2nd Battalion, The Northamptonshire Regiment compiled whilst serving in India 1923-1938.
 
***[http://www.flickr.com/photos/northampton_museum/sets/72157626659014008/ Views of India (2) taken by Private Linley] of the 2nd Battalion, The Northamptonshire Regiment compiled whilst serving in India 1923-1938.
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*[http://www.royalanglianmuseum.org.uk/index.html The Royal Anglian Regiment Museum]. Covers the Royal Norfolk Regiment ([[9th Regiment of Foot|9th Foot]]), the Royal Lincolnshire Regiment ([[10th Regiment of Foot|10th Foot]]), the Suffolk Regiment ([[12th Regiment of Foot|12th Foot]]), the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment ([[16th Regiment of Foot|16th Foot]]), the Royal Leicestershire Regiment ([[17th Regiment of Foot|17th Foot)]]), the Essex Regiment ([[44th Regiment of Foot|44th]]/ [[56th Regiment of Foot|56th Foot]]), and the Northamptonshire Regiment (48th/ [[58th Regiment of Foot|58th Foot]])
 
*[http://www.royalanglianmuseum.org.uk/index.html The Royal Anglian Regiment Museum]. Covers the Royal Norfolk Regiment ([[9th Regiment of Foot|9th Foot]]), the Royal Lincolnshire Regiment ([[10th Regiment of Foot|10th Foot]]), the Suffolk Regiment ([[12th Regiment of Foot|12th Foot]]), the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment ([[16th Regiment of Foot|16th Foot]]), the Royal Leicestershire Regiment ([[17th Regiment of Foot|17th Foot)]]), the Essex Regiment ([[44th Regiment of Foot|44th]]/ [[56th Regiment of Foot|56th Foot]]), and the Northamptonshire Regiment (48th/ [[58th Regiment of Foot|58th Foot]])
 
**[http://www.royalanglianmuseum.org.uk/northants.html The Northamptonshire Regiment (48th/58th Foot)])
 
**[http://www.royalanglianmuseum.org.uk/northants.html The Northamptonshire Regiment (48th/58th Foot)])
*[http://www.wellingboroughrec.org.uk/blackh/blackarm.htm Black Soldiers in Northamptonshire Regiments of the British Army]  (from Black History,  Northamptonshire Racial Equality Council) gives details of  William and James Damerum, two [[Anglo Indian|Eurasian]] brothers who served with the 48th "Northamptonshire" Regiment between 1824 and 1834, when they transferred to the [[55th Regiment of Foot| 55th Foot]] rather than return to England. William enlisted at age seven in 1800 in India when he enlisted in the [[74th Regiment of Foot|74th Foot]]  
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*[http://www.wellingboroughrec.org.uk/blackh/blackarm.htm Black Soldiers in Northamptonshire Regiments of the British Army]  (from Black History,  Northamptonshire Racial Equality Council) gives details of  William and James Damerum, two [[Anglo Indian|Eurasian]] brothers who served with the 48th "Northamptonshire" Regiment between 1824 and 1834, when they transferred to the [[55th Regiment of Foot| 55th Foot]] rather than return to England. William enlisted at age seven in 1800 in India when he enlisted in the [[74th Regiment of Foot|74th Foot]]
*Details of the army records of Corporal Harrison of the [http://dkvblog.sulekha.com/blog/post/2007/07/army-regiments-in-mhow-1840-1948-a-fascinating/comments.htm 1st northamptonshire regiment in India c 1940-1944] (scroll down) dkvblog.sulekha.com
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*[http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1936/nov/30/north-west-frontier-military-operations North-West Frontier (Military Operations):  An account of the fighting which took place in the Khaisora Valley from 25th to 27th November, 1936] in which the 1st Battalion took part. Hansard.  Lists some of the wounded.
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*Details of the army records of Corporal Harrison of the [http://dkvblog.sulekha.com/blog/post/2007/07/army-regiments-in-mhow-1840-1948-a-fascinating/comments.htm 1st Northamptonshire Regiment in India c 1940-1944] (scroll down) dkvblog.sulekha.com
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[[Category: British Army Infantry Regiments]]
 
[[Category: British Army Infantry Regiments]]

Revision as of 10:17, 26 February 2013

Also known as The Northamptonshire Regiment

Chronology

  • 1741 raised as James Cholmondeley's Regiment of Foot in Norwich
  • 1748 renumbered as the 48th Regiment of Foot
  • 1780 became known as the Northamptonshire Regiment
  • 1881 united with 58th (Rutlandshire) Regiment of Foot to form The Northamptonshire Regiment
  • 1960 amalgamated with 1st Battalion The Royal Lincolnshire Regiment to form the 1st Battalion 2nd East Anglian Regiment (Duchess of Gloucester's Own Royal Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire)
  • 1964 became 2nd Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment

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