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*'''1958''' became 2nd Green Jackets (The King's Royal Rifle Corps)
*'''2007''' became 4th Btn Royal Green Jackets
==Service in India==
A post from the Victorian Wars Forum provides the following details in respect of the 4th Battalion<ref>Victorian Wars Forum [http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=7269#p31207 post] dated 18 July 2012</ref>
*"2 Nov 1876 - 4th Bn sailed from Queenstown (having been serving in Dublin) on HMS Serapis
*6 Dec 1876 - Arrived Bombay and then moved to Agra (I think that is some 600 miles, by train ?)
*14 Feb 80 - left Agra for Dagshai
*15 Oct 81 - left Dagshai to march to Ferozopore arrived 3 Nov (some 200 miles in 18 days)
*12 Dec 84 - left Ferozepore to march to Peshawar arrived 21 Jan 85 (some 350 miles in 40 days) (the history notes that these long marches were enjoyed by the troops)."
== External Links ==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/60th_Regiment_of_Foot 60th Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia<br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Green_Jackets Royal Green Jackets] Wikipedia<br>
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080123044911/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/060KRRC.htm The King's Royal Rifle Corps] including deployments: [http://web.archive.org/web/20071216091046/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/060-1.htm 1st Battalion], [http://web.archive.org/web/20071110141051/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/060-2.htm 2nd Battalion], [http://web.archive.org/web/20071116224933/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/060-3.htm 3rd Battalion], [http://web.archive.org/web/20071116224844/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/060-4.htm 4th Battalion] Regiments.org, an archived site.
*[http://www.rgjmuseum.co.uk/home.asp The Royal Green Jackets (Rifles) Museum] covers the [[43rd Regiment of Foot|43rd]], [[52nd Regiment of Foot|52nd]] and 60th Regiments, and [[The Rifle Brigade|the Rifle Brigade]].
===Historical books online===
*[http://archive.org/stream/regimentalchroni00walluoft#page/n9/mode/2up ''A regimental chronicle and list of officers of the 60th, or the King's Royal Rifle Corps, formerly the 62nd, or the Royal American Regiment of Foot''] by Nesbit Willoughby Wallace 1879 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/reportarmymedic07unkngoog#page/n261/mode/1up "Case of Sword-Bayonet Wound of the Abdomen"] (following attack by a fellow soldier at Meerut in 1878 (or 1877?) by Surgeon Major FA Turton MD, Army Medical Department. In Medical Charge of 2/60 Rifles, page 239 ''Army Medical Department: Report for the Year 1877 Volume 19'' published 1879 Archive.org
== References ==
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[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]]
