58th Regiment of Foot

Chronology

• 1755 raised as the 60th Regiment of Foot
• 1757 became the 58th Regiment of Foot
• 1782 became the 58th (Rutlandshire) Regiment of Foot
• 1881 amalgamated with the 48th Regiment of Foot to become the 2nd Battalion The Northamptonshire Regiment
• 1948 regiment reduced to a single battalion
• 1960 merged with The Royal Lincolnshire Regiment to form the 2nd East Anglian Regiment (Duchess of Gloucester's Own Royal Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire)
• 1964 amalgamated with the 1st and 3rd East Anglian Regiments and the Royal Leicestershire Regiment to become 2nd Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment

Service in British India

• 1864 India
• 1919 Lahore
• 1923 Karachi

External Links

• 58th Regiment of Foot Wikipedia
  
• The Northamptonshire Regiment Wikipedia
  
• 2nd East Anglian Regiment Wikipedia
  
• Royal Anglian Regiment Wikipedia
  
• 58th (Rutlandshire) 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 Museum Collection of the Northamptonshire Regiment at Abington Park Museum includes
  • Photographs of the Northamptonshire Regiment on flickr
    • Photographs of the Regiment in the Punjab The 1st Battalion of The Northamptonshire Regiment were stationed in the Punjab 1907/1908
    • Photographs of the Regiment in Waziristan 1936/37 1st Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment
    • 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.