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Also known as '''The West Suffolk Regiment''' and later '''The Manchester Regiment'''
== Chronology ==
*'''1758''' formed as 63rd Regiment of Foot by redesignation of 2nd Battalion, 8th (The King's) Regiment
*'''1782''' renamed the '''63rd (the West Suffolk) Regiment of Foot'''*'''1881''' united with [[96th Regiment of Foot ]] to become 1st Battalion The Manchester Regiment
*'''1958''' amalgamated with the King's Regiment (Liverpool) to form the King's Regiment.
*'''2006''' amalgamated with the King's Own Royal Border Regiment and the Queen's Lancashire Regiment to form the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (King's Lancashire and Border)
