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*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/northampton_museum/4250632359/ Operations, Waziristan. 1937] Photographs of the 48th Regiment taken in 1937 by RSM James Cass.
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*'''1748''' renumbered as the 48th Regiment of Foot
*'''1780''' became known as the Northamptonshire Regiment
*'''1881''' united with [[58th Regiment of Foot|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. Available at the [[British Library]] UIN: BLL01001096904 .
This book is available on FamilySearch microfilm [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/507817 catalogue entry], if you can locate a copy of the microfilm. It is not currently (2019/04) available digitally, even though the microfilm has been digitised. (See [[FamilySearch Centres]]).
== External Links ==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/48th_(Northamptonshire)_Regiment_of_Foot 48th (Northamptonshire) Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Northamptonshire_Regiment The Northamptonshire Regiment] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_East_Anglian_Regiment 2nd East Anglian Regiment] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Anglian_Regiment Royal Anglian Regiment] Wikipedia
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080113060338/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/048-751.htm 48th (Northamptonshire) Regiment of Foot] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20071223004533/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/048-1.htm deployments] Regiments.org, an archived site*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080118040218/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/048Nhant.htm The Northamptonshire Regiment] including deployments: [http://web.archive.org/web/20071223004533/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/048-1.htm 1st Battalion] and [http://web.archive.org/web/20071213220157/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/058-1.htm 2nd Battalion] Regiments.org, an archived site*[http://www.britisharmedforces.org/i_regiments/north_index.htm The Northamptonshire Regiment] from British Armed Forces & National Service , gives details of deployments*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/northampton_museum/collections/72157607003846030/ Photographs of the Northamptonshire Regiment on flickr.com] Sets of photographs from The Northamptonshire Regiment Collection at Northampton Museums Service. Includes "The Northamptonshire Regiment in the Punjab (1907-1908)" (4th collection), which in turn contais a photograph titled 'The Knitting Circle'; 2 collections on Waziristan in the 1930s; "Photograph Album Views of India 1932-1938" and “Views of India (2)", both taken by Private Linley, 2nd Battalion.
*[http://www.archhistory.co.uk/taca/schooling.html 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)
*[http://www.wellingboroughrecroyalanglianmuseum.org.uk/blackh/blackarmindex.html The Royal Anglian Regiment Museum].htm Black Soldiers in Northamptonshire Regiments Covers the Royal Norfolk Regiment ([[9th Regiment of Foot|9th Foot]]), the British ArmyRoyal Lincolnshire Regiment ([[10th Regiment of Foot|10th Foot] ]), the Suffolk Regiment (from Black History[[12th Regiment of Foot|12th Foot]]), Northamptonshire Racial Equality Councilthe Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment ([[16th Regiment of Foot|16th Foot]]) gives details , the Royal Leicestershire Regiment ([[17th Regiment of William and James DamerumFoot|17th Foot)]]), two Anglo-Indian brothers who served with the 48th "Northamptonshire" Essex Regiment ([[44th Regiment of Foot|44th]]/ [[56th Regiment between 1824 of Foot|56th Foot]]), and 1834, when they transferred to the Northamptonshire Regiment (48th/ [[55th 58th Regiment of Foot| 55th 58th Foot]] rather than return )*[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 England27th 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 [https://web. William enlisted at age seven archive.org/web/20070828122607/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) sulekha.com, now an archived webpage. ===Historical books online===*[https://archive.org/details/diaryofpedestria00knigrich ''Diary of a Pedestrian in Cashmere and Thibet''] by Captain Knight, Forty-Eighth Regiment 1863 Archive.org {{#widget:Google PlusOne|size=small|count=true}}
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