95th Regiment of Foot

Chronology

• 1816 formed as the 95th Regiment of Foot when the 95th Rifles were redesignated The Rifle Brigade
• 1832 became 95th (Derbyshire) Regiment of Foot
• 1881 united with the 45th Regiment of Foot to form the Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire Regiment) and became 2nd Battalion
• 1958 became part of the Forester Brigade
• 1963 became part of the Mercian Brigade
• 1970 amalgamated with The Worcestershire Regiment to form The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment (29th/45th Foot).
• 2004 amalgamated to become 2nd Battalion The Mercian Regiment

British Library

The British Library has the following history in its collection

• The 2nd Battalion Derbyshire Regiment in Tirah [1897-98] by Arthur Kerr Slessor 1900

External Links

95th (Derbyshire) Foot Wikipedia
Sherwood Foresters Wikipedia
Worcester & Sherwood Foresters Wikipedia
Mercian Regiment Wikipedia
The Sherwood Foresters Regiment A History by Stephen Mee
95th (Derbyshire) Regiment of Foot; The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) including 2nd Battalion deployments Regiments.org (an archived site)
Sherwood Foresters British Armed Forces & National Service. Includes deployments

Historical books online

• The 95th (The Derbyshire) Regiment in Central India [1857-59] by Julius Raines 1900 Archive.org
• The 2nd Battalion Derbyshire Regiment in the Sikkim Expedition of 1888 by Herbert Augustus Iggulden 1900 Archive.org