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48th (Northamptonshire) Regiment of Foot |
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United Kingdom  |
| 1741.01.31 | James Cholmondeley's Regiment of Foot known until 1751 by the names of five other colonels |
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| 1747 | ranked as 59th Foot | |
| 1751.07.01 | 48th Regiment of Foot | |
| 1782.08.31 | 48th (Northamptonshire) Regiment of Foot | |
| 1881.07.01 | amalgamated with 58th Foot to form The Northamptonshire Regiment |
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Douro, Talavera, Albuhera, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Orthes, Toulouse, Peninsula, Sevastopol Note: see also The Northamptonshire Regiment for belatedly awarded battle honours. |
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| Uniform: | coat: scarlet, lapels and cuffs: pake buff, turnbacks:pale buff , lacings: white with thin green line thin yellow line and green wavy line | |
| 1741.01.13 | Gen. Hon. James Cholmondeley [also 34th Foot] | |
| 1743.03.14 | Col. Lord Henry Beauclerk [also 31st Foot] | |
| 1745.04.22 | Col. Francis Ligonier | |
| 1746.04.06 | F.M. Hon. Henry Seymour Conway [also 34th Foot] | |
| 1749.07.24 | Maj-Gen. George (Byng), 3rd Viscount Torrington [also 4th Marines] | |
| 1750.08.11 | Lt-Gen. William (Home), 8th Earl of Home [also 25th Foot] | |
| 1752.04.29 | Lt-Gen. Thomas Dunbar | |
| 1755.11.11 | Lt-Gen. Daniel Webb [also 8th Foot] | |
| 1766.12.18 | Lt-Gen. William Browne [also 73rd Foot [1756-63] | |
| 1773.12.15 | Lt-Gen. William Alexander Sorrell | |
| 1783.03.31 | Lt-Gen. Robert Skene [also 99th Foot (Jamaica Regt) [1780-83] | |
| 1787.05.23 | Gen. Patrick Tonyn [also 104th Foot [1761-63, 1782-84] | |
| 1805.01.01 | Gen. Lord Charles Fitzroy [also 25th Foot, 4th Bn 60th Foot] | |
| 1829.12.25 | Gen. Sir Thomas Hislop, Bt., GCB [also 51st Foot, 93rd Foot, 11th West India Regt] | |
| 1843.05.31 | Lt-Gen. George Middlemore, CB [also 76th Foot; Gov. St. Helena 1835-41] | |
| 1850.11.25 | Gen. Sir James Henry Reynett, KCB, KCH | |
| 1864.08.10 | Gen. Arthur Alexander (Dalzell), 13th Earl of Carnwath [also 88th Foot] | |
| 1875.04.29 | Gen. William Anson McCleverty [also 108th Foot] | |
| Mottos: | Montis Insignia Calpe | |
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| Nicknames: | The Heroes of Talavera | |
| Anniversaries: | Talavera (27 Jul 1809) | |
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| Marches: | The Northamptonshires, The Lincolnshire Poacher | |
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