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Also known as '''The Royal Berkshire Regiment''' == Chronology==*'''1758''' 2nd Battalion the [[Category19th 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) == Service in British India ==*'''1804''' [[Ceylon]]*'''1814''' India*'''1815''' [[Gurkha War|Nepal]]*'''1817''' India*'''1857''' India*'''1870''' India*'''1880''' [[2nd Afghan War|Afghanistan]]:British Army*[[Battle of Maiwand]]*'''1906''' Subathu*'''1909''' [[Meerut]]*'''1906''' [[Jhansi]]*'''1937''' [[Lucknow]]*'''1941''' [[Bombay]]*'''1943''' [[Burma]] 

*[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<br>*[http://history.farmersboys.com/Battles/afghanistan_1879-80.htm 66th at Maiwand] history.farmersboys.com<br>*[http://web.archive.org/web/20071007122012/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/066-758.htm 66th Regiment of Foot] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20071018072719/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/066-1.htm deployments] Regiments.org (archived site)<br>*[http://web.archive.org/web/20071011103521/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/049Berks.htm The Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales's)] including deployments: [http://web.archive.org/web/20071031091908/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/049-1.htm 1st Battalion], [http://web.archive.org/web/20071018072719/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/066-1.htm 2nd Battalion] Regiments.org (archived site)<br>*[http://www.thewardrobe.org.uk/home The Wardrobe : The Rifles (Berkshire and Wiltshire) Museum]-The Story of the Infantry of Berkshire and Wiltshire. Covers the [[49th Regiment of Foot| 49th]], [[62nd Regiment of Foot |62nd]], 66th and [[99th Regiment of Foot|99th Regiments of Foot]]**[http://www.thewardrobe.org.uk/research/regimental-timeline Regimental Time Line]. Extensive details of deployments.<br>**[http://www.thewardrobe.org.uk/research/contact-us/support-us/the-collection/search/category:9 Photographic search facilty].Many photos may be viewed online*[https://web.archive.org/web/20170630132410/http://maiwandjournal.victorianwars.com/ The Last Stand: The Journal of the Maiwand Files Project] July 2009. Victorianwars.com, now archived. Originally contained many articles about Maiwand but the only articles which have been archived are**[https://web.archive.org/web/20170606100626/http://maiwandjournal.victorianwars.com/an_account_of_maiwand.htm "An Account Of Maiwand. A Letter written by Lieutenant Manus L. O’Donel 66th (Berkshire) Regiment"]**[https://web.archive.org/web/20170424184541/http://maiwandjournal.victorianwars.com/its_a_dogs_life_in_the_army.htm "It’s A Dogs Life In The Army"] by Richard J Stacpoole-Ryding**[https://web.archive.org/web/20180713134909/http://maiwandjournal.victorianwars.com/maiwand_medal_news.htm "Maiwand Medal News"] by Andy Chaloner**[https://web.archive.org/web/20110307050517/http://maiwandjournal.victorianwars.com/book_review.htm "Book Review"] *[http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Berkshire/ReadingAfghanCampaign.html 66th Regiment Afghan Campaign War Memorial at Forbury Gardens, Reading , Berkshire] by Andy Chaloner. roll-of-honour.com <br>*[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2095088/The-REAL-Dr-Watson-The-Victorian-army-medic-inspiration-Sherlocks-trusty-sidekick.html Surgeon-Major Alexander Francis Preston: The REAL Dr Watson: The Victorian army medic who was the inspiration for Sherlock's trusty sidekick] by Annabel Venning 2 February 2012 dailymail.co.uk. [http://www.thewardrobe.org.uk/research/contact-us/support-us/the-collection/detail/24986 *Photograph] , with details from The Wardrobe.*Article:[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1229067/One-British-soldiers-diaries-bloody-battle-Afghanistan-130-years-ago-provide-haunting-insight-horrors-troops-face-now.html "The amazing story of Bobbie, the bravest dog of war, as told in a British soldier's diary of a bloody battle in Afghanistan 130 years ago"] by Geoffrey Wansell 19 November 2009 www.dailymail.co.uk Describes letters which belonged to Captain John Slade of the [[Royal Horse Artillery]] at the Battle of Maiwand *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobbie Bobbie the mascot at Maiwand] Wikipedia<br>*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VCpkplKUf8&feature=related The Delhi Durbar 1911] www.youtube.com. Colour footage of the regimental marchpast at the [[Delhi Durbar]] 1911 from 'The British Empire in Colour' series, probably Program 1. The red coated unit marching past at the start is the 2nd Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment.<ref>'' Victorian Wars Forum'' thread dated 17 December 2011, now no longer accessible <nowiki>http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=6353#p25763 .</nowiki></ref>*[http://www.berksfhs.org.uk/ Berkshire Family History Society]<br>  ====Historical books online====*[http://www.archive.org/stream/thberkshireregi00unkngoog#page/n8/mode/2up ''The 66th Berkshire Regiment: A Brief History of its Services at Home and Abroad from 1758 to 1881''] by John Percy Groves 1887 Archive.org*[http://books.google.com/books?id=u8JmAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR3 ''Events of a military life: being recollections after service in the Peninsular war, invasion of France, the East Indies, St. Helena, Canada, and elsewhere Volume I''] by Walter Henry, Surgeon to the Forces 1843. Google Books. The author leaves for India [http://books.google.com/books?id=u8JmAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA213 page 213] in 1815**[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/aeu.ark:/13960/t6543g74c?urlappend=%3Bseq=10 ''Volume II''] Hathi Trust Digital Library**1839 edition with title: ''Trifles from my Port-folio'' [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=G0xBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PP7 ''Volume I''] Google Books, [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/yale.39002024328669?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 ''Volume II''] Hathi Trust Digital Library == References ==<references />  {{#widget:Google PlusOne|size=small|count=true}}   [[Category: British Army Infantry Regiments]]