48th Regiment of Foot

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

Regimental History

History of the Northamptonshire Regiment 1742-1934 by Lt Colonel Russell Gurney.

This book is available on FamilySearch microfilm, catalogue entry (Ordering microfilms)

External Links

• Operations, Waziristan. 1937 Photographs of the 48th Regiment taken in 1937 by RSM James Cass.
• 48th (Northamptonshire) Regiment of Foot Wikipedia
• The Northamptonshire Regiment Wikipedia
• 2nd East Anglian Regiment Wikipedia
• Royal Anglian Regiment Wikipedia
• 48th (Northamptonshire) Regiment of Foot including deployments Regiments.org, an archived site
• The Northamptonshire Regiment including deployments: 1st Battalion and 2nd Battalion Regiments.org, an archived site
• The Northamptonshire Regiment from British Armed Forces & National Service, gives details of deployments
• The Museum Collection of the Northamptonshire Regiment at Abington Park Museum.This link may default to the Council website. Select Council information: Leisure and culture: Museums and galleries. Includes
  • Photographs of the Northamptonshire Regiment on flickr.com
    • Photographs of the Regiment in the Punjab The 1st Battalion of The Northamptonshire Regiment were stationed in the Punjab 1907/1908
      • The Knitting Circle; Ready For Inspection:A Soldiers Kit Laid Out
    • Photographs of the Regiment in Waziristan 1936/37 1st Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment. The Battalion was based at Razmak November 1936 to December 1937.
    • Views of India (1) taken by Private Linley of the 2nd Battalion, The Northamptonshire Regiment compiled whilst serving in India 1923-1938.
    • Views of India (2) taken by Private Linley of the 2nd Battalion, The Northamptonshire Regiment compiled whilst serving in India 1923-1938.
• Photograph of the regimental school (scroll down) of the 1st Battalion of the Northamptonshire Regiment (previously the 48th Foot) in India, probably in Secunderabad, in around 1889–90 . From The Army Children Archive (TACA)
• The Royal Anglian Regiment Museum. Covers the Royal Norfolk Regiment (9th Foot), the Royal Lincolnshire Regiment (10th Foot), the Suffolk Regiment (12th Foot), the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment (16th Foot), the Royal Leicestershire Regiment (17th Foot)), the Essex Regiment (44th/ 56th Foot), and the Northamptonshire Regiment (48th/ 58th Foot)
  • The Northamptonshire Regiment (48th/58th Foot))
• Black Soldiers in Northamptonshire Regiments of the British Army (from Black History, Northamptonshire Racial Equality Council) gives details of William and James Damerum, two Eurasian brothers who served with the 48th "Northamptonshire" Regiment between 1824 and 1834, when they transferred to the 55th Foot rather than return to England. William enlisted at age seven in 1800 in India when he enlisted in the 74th Foot
• 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.
• Details of the army records of Corporal Harrison of the 1st Northamptonshire Regiment in India c 1940-1944 (scroll down) dkvblog.sulekha.com