49th Regiment of Foot

Also known as The Hertfordshire Regiment

Chronology

• 1743 raised as Edward Trelawney's Regiment of Foot
• 1751 ranked as the 49th Regiment of Foot
• 1782 became the 49th (the Hertfordshire) Regiment of Foot
• 1816 became the 49th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) (or the Hertfordshire) Regiment of Foot
• 1881 united with 66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot, to form The Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Berkshire Regiment)
• 1885 was granted the distinction of a royal title, and became The Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment)
• 1959 amalgamated into The Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment (Berkshire and Wiltshire)
• 1994 amalgamated with the 1st Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment, to form the 1st Battalion, The Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment.

Service in British India

• 1828 India
• 1840 China
• 1843 India
• 1865 India

External links

• 49th Regiment of Foot including deployments www.regiments.org (now archived)
  
• The Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) including deployments: 1st Battalion, 2nd Battalion www.regiments.org (now archived)
• Royal Berkshire Regiment Wikipedia
  
• Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment Wikipedia
  
• Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment Wikipedia
  
• The Wardrobe : The Rifles (Berkshire and Wiltshire) Museum-The Story of the Infantry of Berkshire and Wiltshire. Covers the 49th, 62nd, 66th and 99th Regiments of Foot
  • Regimental Time Line. Extensive details of deployments
  • Photographic search facilty. Many photos may be viewed online

Historical books online

• The Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales's). 49th Foot. 66th Foot. Volume 1, 1743-1914 by F Loraine Petre (Francis) 1925 Archive.org.

The Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales's). Volume 2, 1914-1918 by F Loraine Petre (Francis) 1925 Archive.org.