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6th Regiment of Foot

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North West Frontier
Known as '''The Royal Warwickshire Regiment'''
== History ==
*'''1674''' Lillingstone's Regiment nicknamed ‘The Dutch Guards’ employed by the Dutch
*'''1832''' became The Royal (1st) Warwickshire Regiment
*'''1881''' became The Royal Warwickshire Regiment
*'''1963''' merged with the [[5th Regiment of Foot]] (Royal Northumberland Fusiliers), [[7th Regiment of Foot]] (Royal Fusiliers - City of London Regiment) and [[20th Regiment of Foot]] (Lancashire Fusiliers) in the Fusilier Brigade and became The Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers
*'''1968''' became 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers when the four English Fusilier Regiments merged
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Royal_Warwickshire_Fusiliers Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers] Wikipedia<br>[http://www.warwickfusiliers.co.uk/default.asp?mid=29&id=39 Royal Regiment of Fusiliers] warwickfusiliers.co.uk
==Regimental Journal==The ''Antelope'', published from 1902. The [[British Library]] has some issues from 1902, including 1911-1912, but otherwise the catalogue does not specify just what is held. The [[National Army Museum]] holds 1902-1906, and 1923-1937, together with some later issues. The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers Museum (Royal Warwickshire) (see below) also holds journals. ==North West Frontier==Royal Warwickshire Regiment served on the North West Frontier in 1908,<ref>Mark. [https://web.archive.org/web/20190423124155/http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=80&t=416%201908 1908 North West Frontier - role of the Royal Warwicks] ''Victorian Wars Forum'' 3 June 2008, now archived.</ref> and took part in the [[Zakha Khel Expedition 1908|Zakka Khel Expedition]], also known as the Bazar Valley Campaign. == External links =====Historical books online===*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=0gYwjIxE1FwC&pg=PP7 ''Historical record of the Sixth, or the Royal First Warwickshire Regiment of Foot''] 1838 Google Books. Indian Service commences [http://books.google.com/books?id=0gYwjIxE1FwC&pg=PA95 page 95] in 1825 at Bombay*[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100003075213.0x000002 ''A Short History of the Royal Warwickshire Regt''] 1921 access.bl.uk British Library ===Other===*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Royal_Warwickshire_Fusiliers Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers] Wikipedia[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]]*[http://web.archive.org/web/20071216173149/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/006RWF.htm The Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers] including deployments: [http://web.archive.org/web/20071221233554/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/006-1.htm 1st Battalion], [http://web.archive.org/web/20071121044052/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/006-2.htm 2nd Battalion] Regiments.org, an archived site.*[http://www.warwickfusiliers.co.uk/ Royal Regiment of Fusiliers Museum (Royal Warwickshire)]** [http://www.warwickfusiliers.co.uk/pages/pg-41-regimental_history/Regimental History]** [http://www.warwickfusiliers.co.uk/pages/pg-24-research/ Research]*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071205044246/http://www.indian-cemeteries.org/viewimage.asp?mode=mon&ID=282 Monument to those who died 1st Bn 6th Royal Regiment at Murree and Camp Kotlee during the Cholera Epidemic of 1872] Cliffden Road Cemetery, Murree indian-cemeteries.org, now an archived website. ==References==<references/>
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