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== Chronology==
== History ==
 
 
*1758 2nd Battalion the [[19th Regiment of Foot]] formed in 1756 became the 66th Regiment
 
*1758 2nd Battalion the [[19th Regiment of Foot]] formed in 1756 became the 66th Regiment
 
*1782 became the 66th (Berkshire) Regiment.
 
*1782 became the 66th (Berkshire) Regiment.
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*1885 became the Princess Charlotte of Wales’s Royal Berkshire Regiment
 
*1885 became the Princess Charlotte of Wales’s Royal Berkshire Regiment
 
*1920 became The Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales’s)
 
*1920 became The Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales’s)
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== External Links ==
 
== External Links ==
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/66th_Regiment_of_Foot 66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Royal_Berkshire_Regiment The Royal Berkshire Regiment] Wikipedia
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/66th_Regiment_of_Foot 66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Royal_Berkshire_Regiment The Royal Berkshire Regiment] Wikipedia
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[[Category: British Army Infantry Regiments]]

Revision as of 12:57, 25 March 2009

Chronology

  • 1758 2nd Battalion the 19th Regiment of Foot formed in 1756 became the 66th Regiment
  • 1782 became the 66th (Berkshire) Regiment.
  • 1803 2nd Battalion raised. Fought in the Peninsular War
  • 1881 under the Cardwell reforms became 2nd Battalion of Princess Charlotte of Wales’s (Berkshire) Regiment
  • 1885 became the Princess Charlotte of Wales’s Royal Berkshire Regiment
  • 1920 became The Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales’s)

External Links

66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot Wikipedia
The Royal Berkshire Regiment Wikipedia