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*''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 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]]
 
*''The Dorsetshire regimental quarterly''. Vol. 1, no. 1 (June 1926)-v. 19, no. 2 (June 1951) is available at the [[British Library]]
 
  
 
== External Links ==
 
== External Links ==
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**[http://www.keepmilitarymuseum.org./malabar.php?&dx=1&ob=3&rpn=history&sid=b520d6b10d214e4670b1537bac968b07 The Malabar Campaign (Moplah Rebellion) 1921]
 
**[http://www.keepmilitarymuseum.org./malabar.php?&dx=1&ob=3&rpn=history&sid=b520d6b10d214e4670b1537bac968b07 The Malabar Campaign (Moplah Rebellion) 1921]
 
**[http://www.keepmilitarymuseum.org./resources.php?&dx=1&ob=3&rpn=army_numbers&sid=13fcc180765a5847cbd1888fff9a6bdc Resources Held at the Museum]
 
**[http://www.keepmilitarymuseum.org./resources.php?&dx=1&ob=3&rpn=army_numbers&sid=13fcc180765a5847cbd1888fff9a6bdc Resources Held at the Museum]
*[http://calicutheritage.blogspot.com/2009_02_01_archive.html British Graves], with an earlier [http://calicutheritage.blogspot.com/2008/12/trikkulam-and-demise-of-history-team.html post] from calicutheritage.blogspot.com.  Privates Eley and Hutchings were killed in August 1921   
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*[http://calicutheritage.blogspot.com/2009_02_01_archive.html British Graves], with an earlier [http://calicutheritage.blogspot.com/2008/12/trikkulam-and-demise-of-history-team.html post] from calicutheritage.blogspot.com.  Privates Eley and Hutchings were killed in August 1921
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===Historical books online===
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*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=vQVXAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA1 ''Narrative of the burning of the "Sarah Sands" screw steam ship, with the head quarters of H. M. 54th Regiment on board''] by a late 54th officer. [Frederick Schlotel] 1869. Google Books. A vessel charted by the  East India Company, for the conveyance of troops to Calcutta on the news of the Indian Mutiny reaching England, which sailed from Portsmouth on 15 August 1857    
  
  
 
[[Category: British Army Infantry Regiments]]
 
[[Category: British Army Infantry Regiments]]

Revision as of 22:57, 24 November 2014

Chronology

  • 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 Dorsetshire Regiment

Service in British India

Regimental journal

  • 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

External Links

Historical books online