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61st (South Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot |
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1742 |
Richbell's Regiment of Foot ranked as 61st Foot; also known by the name of one other colonel |
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1748 |
disbanded |
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1758.04.21 |
61st Regiment of Foot
formed by redesignation of 2nd Battalion, 3rd Regiment of Foot |
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1782.08.31 |
61st (South Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot |
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1881.07.01 |
amalgamated with 28th Foot to form The Gloucestershire Regiment |
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BATTLE HONOURS LINKS ARE INOPERATIVE
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[Egypt]1,
Maida,
Talavera, Salamanca, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse, Peninsula, Chillianwallah, Goojerat, Punjaub, Delhi 1857 1. the Sphinx badge superscribed "Egypt".
Note: see also The Gloucestershire Regiment for belatedly awarded battle honours. |
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coat: scarlet, lapels and cuffs: buff, turnbacks: buff, lacings: white with blue line |
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1742 |
Maj-Gen. Edward Richbell [also
17th Foot, 39th Foot] |
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1743 |
Lt-Gen. John Folliott [also
18th Foot] |
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1758.04.21 |
Maj-Gen. Granville Elliott |
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1759.07.19 |
Lt-Gen. Sir George Gray, Bt [also 37th Foot] |
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1768.05.09 |
Lt-Gen. John Gore [also
6th Foot] |
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1773.02.19 |
Maj-Gen. John Barlow |
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1778.05.14 |
Gen. Staates Long Morris [also 92nd Foot] |
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1800.04.04 |
Gen. Sir George Hewett, Bt., GCB [ also 92nd Foot [1779-83, 1793-95]; CinC India, CincC Ireland] |
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1840.03.30 |
Lt-Gen. Sir John Gardiner, KCB [also 6th Foot, 50th Foot] |
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1844.01.20 |
Lt-Gen. Sir Jeremiah Dickson, KCB |
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1848.03.29 |
Lt-Gen. George Guy Carleton L'Estrange, CB [also 95th Foot] |
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1848.09.01 |
Gen. Hastings Fraser, CB [also
83rd Foot] |
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1852.10.11 |
Gen. John Reeve |
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1864.10.03 |
Lt-Gen. Edward Hungerford Delaval Elers Napier [also 46th Foot] |
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1870.02.03 |
Gen. Sir Horatio Shirley, KCB [also 88th Foot] |
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1874.09.23 |
Gen. Sir Thomas Montagu Steele, GCB |
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The Silver Tailed Dandies, The Flowers of Tolouse |
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