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66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot |
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BATTLE HONOURS LINKS ARE INOPERATIVE
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Douro, Talavera, Albuhera, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Peninsula,
Kandahar 1880, Afghanistan 1879-80 |
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Uniform: |
coat: scarlet, lapels and cuffs: yellowish green, turnbacks: yellowish green, lacings: white two crimson lines with crimson diagonal stripes across |
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1758.04.21 |
Lt-Gen. Edward Sandford [also
10th Foot, 26th Foot,
52nd Foot] |
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1758.08.24 |
Maj-Gen. John La Fausille |
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1763.01.19 |
Gen. Lord Adam Gordon [also
1st Foot,
26th Foot] |
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1776.01.13 |
Lt-Gen. Joseph Gabbett |
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1794.11.27 |
Gen. John Thomas (de Burgh), 13th Earl of Clanricarde [also 88th Foot] |
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1808.08.03 |
Gen. Oliver Nicolls [also 54th Foot] |
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1829.12.07 |
Gen. Sir William Anson, Bt., KCB [also
47th Foot] |
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1835.03.25 |
Gen. Richard Blunt |
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1859.12.26 |
Gen. Edward Welles Bell |
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1870.10.10 |
Gen. Thomas Henry Johnston [also 87th Foot] |
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Nicknames: |
The Brave Boys of Berks |
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Marches: |
The Farmer's Boy |
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