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59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot |
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1755.12.23 |
61st Regiment of Foot |
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1756.12.25 |
59th Regiment of Foot
renumbered upon disbandment of old 50th Regiment (Shirley's) [1745-48, 1754-57] and 51st Regiment (Pepperell's) [1745-48, 1754-56] |
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1782.08.31 |
59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot |
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1881.07.01 |
amalgamated with 30th Foot to form The East Lancashire Regiment |
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BATTLE HONOURS LINKS ARE INOPERATIVE
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Cape of Good Hope 1806, Corunna, Java, Vittoria, San Sebastian, Nive, Peninsula, Bhurtpore,
Canton, Ahmad Khel, Afghanistan 1878-80 |
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Uniform: |
coat: scarlet, lapels and cuffs: purple, turnbacks: scarlet, lacings: yellow |
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1755.12.30 |
Lt-Gen. Sir Charles Montagu, KB [also
2nd Foot] |
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1760.11.27 |
Lt-Gen. John Owen |
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1776.01.16 |
Gen. Sir David Lindsay, Bt. |
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1797.03.02 |
Lt-Gen. Andrew Gordon [also
26th Foot, 89th Foot] |
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1801.03.28 |
Gen. Alexander Ross [also
89th Foot] |
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1827.12.01 |
Gen. Sir Frederick Philipse Robinson, GCB [also 39th Foot; Gov. Tobago 1816-27] |
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1840.06.15 |
Lt-Gen. Sir Robert Lawrence Dundas, KCB |
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1844.12.03 |
Lt-Gen. Sir John Harvey, KCB, KCH |
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1852.04.27 |
Lt-Gen. George Augustus Henderson, KH, KC |
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1857.09.08 |
Lt-Gen. Jeremiah Taylor |
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1862.02.02 |
Maj-Gen. Plomer Young |
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1863.03.09 |
Maj-Gen. John Clarke, KH |
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1865.03.23 |
Gen. Henry Eyre |
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Nicknames: |
The Lilywhites |
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The Lancashire Lads |
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