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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/57th_(West_Middlesex)_Regiment_of_Foot 57th (West Middlesex) Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia<br />
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/57th_(West_Middlesex)_Regiment_of_Foot 57th (West Middlesex) Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia<br />
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Middlesex_Regiment Middlesex Regiment] Wikipedia<br />
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Middlesex_Regiment Middlesex Regiment] Wikipedia<br />
[http://www.prole.demon.co.uk/middlesex/index.htm The Middlesex Regiment 1755-1966] www.prole.demon.co.uk<br />
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*[http://www.prole.demon.co.uk/middlesex/index.htm The Middlesex Regiment 1755-1966] www.prole.demon.co.uk<br />
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Queen%27s_Regiment Queen's Regiment] Wikipedia<br />
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Queen%27s_Regiment Queen's Regiment] Wikipedia<br />
[http://web.archive.org/web/20071214220443/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/057-757.htm 57th (the West Middlesex) Regiment of Foot] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20071216143702/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/057-1.htm deployments] Regiments.org, an archived site<br>
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*[http://web.archive.org/web/20071214220443/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/057-757.htm 57th (the West Middlesex) Regiment of Foot] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20071216143702/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/057-1.htm deployments] Regiments.org, an archived site<br>
[http://web.archive.org/web/20071215184402/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/057Midx.htm The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own)] including deployments: [http://web.archive.org/web/20071216143702/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/057-1.htm 1st Battalion],  [http://web.archive.org/web/20071217120831/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/077-1.htm 2nd Battalion] Regiments.org, an archived site<br>
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*[http://web.archive.org/web/20071215184402/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/057Midx.htm The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own)] including deployments: [http://web.archive.org/web/20071216143702/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/057-1.htm 1st Battalion],  [http://web.archive.org/web/20071217120831/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/077-1.htm 2nd Battalion] Regiments.org, an archived site<br>
[http://www.armymuseums.org.uk/museums/0000000082-Princess-of-Wales-s-Royal-Regiment--Queen-s-Regiment-Museum.htm Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment & Queen's Regiment Museum] Armymuseums.org<br>
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*[http://www.armymuseums.org.uk/museums/0000000082-Princess-of-Wales-s-Royal-Regiment--Queen-s-Regiment-Museum.htm Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment & Queen's Regiment Museum] Armymuseums.org<br>
[http://www.thediehards.co.uk/ The Diehard Company 1st Battalion, Middlesex Regiment Re-enactment Group] thediehards.co.uk<br>
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*[http://www.thediehards.co.uk/ The Diehard Company 1st Battalion, Middlesex Regiment Re-enactment Group] thediehards.co.uk<br>
[http://www.thediehards.org.ua/history.htm The Diehards  2nd Coy. 57th Regiment of Foot (Middlesex Regiment)] thediehards.org.ua
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*[http://www.thediehards.org.ua/history.htm The Diehards  2nd Coy. 57th Regiment of Foot (Middlesex Regiment)] thediehards.org.ua
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*[http://wibbo-archive.blogspot.com.au/2012/08/out-in-india.html Photograph: "A" Company, 3rd Middlesex Regiment. Winners Football, 1912, Lebong, India.] wibbo-archive.blogspot.com
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*[http://www.1914-1918.net/msex.htm 1/9th Battalion and 1/10th Battalion Middlesex Regiment] Both battalions sailed 30 October 1914  from Southampton for India, arriving Bombay on 2 December 1914. The 1/9th Battalion eventually moved to Mesopotamia, arriving Basra on 24 November 1917, and joined the 53rd Brigade of the 18th Indian Division. It remained in that theatre until the end of the war.. The 1/10th Battalion remained in India until the end of the war.  www.1914-1918.net
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*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/58031268@N03  David Prebble’s Photostream]. flickr.com Some of the photographs are labeled “1/9th Middlesex Regiment India 1914 to 1920” and it very probable all the photographs are of this regiment, in England or India
  
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====Historical Books Online====
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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/historicalrecor00warrgoog#page/n7/mode/1up ''Historical records of the Fifty-Seventh, or, West Middlesex Regiment of Foot: compiled from official and private sources, from the date of its formation in 1755, to the present time, 1878'']  by H J Warre (1878) Archive.org. Indian Service commences [http://www.archive.org/stream/historicalrecor00warrgoog#page/n122/mode/1up page 76], in 1831 in Madras.
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*[http://archive.org/stream/storyofdukeofcam00king#page/n5/mode/2up ''The Story of the Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment)''] by Charles Lethbridge Kingsford] 1916 Archive.org
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** The 1st Battalion was in India 1898-1912, [http://archive.org/stream/storyofdukeofcam00king#page/158/mode/2up page 158]
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** The 3rd Battalion moved to India in 1911 and was there when war broke out, [http://archive.org/stream/storyofdukeofcam00king#page/n203/mode/2up page 159]
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** The Territorial Battalions in India are briefly mentioned (to 1916) [http://archive.org/stream/storyofdukeofcam00king#page/210/mode/2up  page 210]
  
  
====Historical Books Online====
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Revision as of 04:13, 18 January 2013

Known as "The Die Hards"

Chronology

  • 1755 raised as the 59th Regiment of Foot at Gloucester
  • 1756 became the 57th Regiment of Foot
  • 1782 became the 57th (the West Middlesex) Regiment of Foot
  • 1881 amalgamated with the 77th Regiment of Foot to become the 1st Battalion The Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment)
  • 1966 amalgamated with three other regiments to become the 4th Battalion The Queen's Regiment
  • 1973 4th Battalion disbanded

External Links

Historical Books Online