Difference between revisions of "54th Regiment of Foot"

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1755 raised as the 56th Regiment of Foot
1756 became the 54th Regiment of Foot
1782 became the 28th (West Norfolk) Regiment of Foot
1881 amalgamated with the 39th Regiment of Foot to form The Dorsetshireshire Regiment

The Dorset regimental journal : a paper for Dorset men and men of the Dorsets. Vol. 1, no. 1 (May 1912)-v. 3, no. 27 (July 1914) is available at the British Library
The Dorsetshire regimental quarterly. Vol. 1, no. 1 (June 1926)-v. 19, no. 2 (June 1951) is available at the British Library

54th Regiment of Foot Wikipedia
The Dorsetshire Regiment Wikipedia
The Dorset Regiment including deployments (2nd Battalion) Regiments.org, an archived site
The Keep Military Museum, Dorchester, Dorset including
- The 2nd Dorsets in Mesopotamia
- The Malabar Campaign (Moplah Rebellion) 1921
British Graves, with an earlier post from calicutheritage.blogspot.com. Privates Eley and Hutchings were killed in August 1921

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 *[http://www.keepmilitarymuseum.org./ The Keep Military Museum], Dorchester, Dorset including
 **[http://www.keepmilitarymuseum.org./mesopotamia_2nd_dorsets.php?&dx=1&ob=3&rpn=mesopotamia&sid=b520d6b10d214e4670b1537bac968b07 The 2nd Dorsets in Mesopotamia]
 **[http://www.keepmilitarymuseum.org./malabar.php?&dx=1&ob=3&rpn=history&sid=b520d6b10d214e4670b1537bac968b07 The Malabar Campaign (Moplah Rebellion) 1921]
+*[http://calicutheritage.blogspot.com/2009_02_01_archive.html British Graves], with an earlier [http://calicutheritage.blogspot.com/search?q=Trikkulam+and+the+Demise+of+History post] from calicutheritage.blogspot.com.  Privates Eley and Hutchings were killed in August 1921
 [[Category: British Army Infantry Regiments]]