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== Chronology ==
 
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*'''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)
 
*'''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)
  
== External Links ==
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== External links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/96th_Regiment_of_Foot 96th Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Manchester_Regiment The Manchester Regiment] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King%27s_Regiment The King's Regiment] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_of_Lancaster%27s_Regiment_(King%27s_Lancashire_and_Border) Duke of Lancaster's Regiment] Wikipedia
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/96th_Regiment_of_Foot 96th Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia
===historical books online===
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Manchester_Regiment The Manchester Regiment] Wikipedia
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/fromenglandtoant00tyrrrich#page/10/mode/2up  ''From England to the Antipodes & India - 1846 to 1902, with startling revelations, or 56 years of my life in the Indian Mutiny, Police & Jails''] by Isaac Tyrell 1904, page 10 the author
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King%27s_Regiment The King's Regiment] Wikipedia
transferred to the 96th Foot in Hobart in 1848, and the regiment left for India in 1849. Archive.org
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_of_Lancaster%27s_Regiment_(King%27s_Lancashire_and_Border) Duke of Lancaster's Regiment] Wikipedia
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===Historical books online===
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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/fromenglandtoant00tyrrrich#page/10/mode/2up  ''From England to the Antipodes & India - 1846 to 1902, with startling revelations, or 56 years of my life in the Indian Mutiny, Police & Jails''] by Isaac Tyrell (1904) Archive.org. On page 10 the author transfers to the 96th Foot in Hobart in 1848. The regiment left for India in 1849.  
  
  
  
 
[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]]
 
[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]]

Revision as of 22:50, 18 February 2010

Known as The Manchester Regiment from 1881.

Chronology

  • 1824 formed as 96th Regiment of Foot at Manchester
  • 1874 deemed to be successor of earlier 96th Regiment
  • 1881 united with 63rd Regiment of Foot to become 2nd 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)

External links

Historical books online