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1755.12.23 |
56th
Regiment of Foot
raised at Salisbury |
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1756 |
England |
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1756 |
Gibraltar |
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1756 |
Mediterranean |
service
as marines |
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1756.10 |
54th
Regiment of Foot |
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1763 |
Gibraltar |
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1768 |
Ireland |
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1776 |
at sea
(embarked at Cork) |
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1776.05 |
North Carolina:
Cape Fear |
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1776 |
American
revolution |
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1776 |
at sea |
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1776 |
New York |
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1776 |
American
revolution |
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1776.11 |
Rhode Island:
Newport |
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1779 |
New York |
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1779 |
American
revolution |
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1782.09 |
Nova Scotia:
Halifax |
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1783 |
at sea
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1783 |
England |
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1793 |
Channel
Islands: Guernsey |
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1794 |
England |
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1794 |
Flanders |
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1795 |
West
Indies |
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1796 |
England |
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1797 |
Ireland |
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1800 |
England |
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1800.05.16 |
1st
Battalion, 54th
Regiment of Foot
redesignated upon formation of 2nd
Battalion |
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1800 |
Spanish
coast |
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1800 |
Gibraltar |
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1801 |
Egypt |
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1802 |
Gibraltar |
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1802 |
Gibraltar |
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1802.05 |
54th
Regiment of Foot
redesignated upon disbandment of
2nd
Battalion |
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1803 |
Gibraltar |
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1805 |
England |
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1807 |
West
Indies |
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1807 |
South
America (det) |
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1809? |
England |
re-formed
after depletion |
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1810 |
Swedish
Pommerania: Stralsund |
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1813 |
North Germany |
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1813 |
Netherlands |
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1815 |
Waterloo |
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1815.06 |
France |
Army of
Occupation |
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1816 |
England |
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1819 |
Cape of
Good Hope |
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1819 |
Kaffir
war |
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1819 |
Cape of
Good Hope |
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1822 |
India |
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1824 |
Burma |
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1825 |
India |
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1840 |
England |
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1842 |
Ireland |
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1845 |
Gibraltar |
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1847 |
Malta |
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1848 |
West Indies |
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1851 |
Canada |
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1854 |
England |
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1854 |
Gibraltar |
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1856 |
England |
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1857 |
India |
|
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1857 |
Sepoy
rebellion |
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1858 |
India |
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1866 |
England |
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1871 |
India |
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1881.07.01 |
2nd
Battalion, The
Dorsetshire Regiment |
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1881 |
India: Cherat |
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1885 |
Aden
|
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1886 |
England:
? |
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1887 |
Malta
|
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1888 |
England:
Portsmouth |
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1891 |
Plymouth
|
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1893 |
Ireland:
Belfast |
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1896 |
Enniskillen
|
|
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1898 |
Crete
|
|
| |
1899 |
Malta |
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1899.12 |
South
Africa |
10
Bde |
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1902 |
England:
Portland |
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1904 |
Colchester
|
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1906 |
India:
Madras |
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1910 |
Poona
|
16
Bde, Poona Div |
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1914.08 |
Poona
|
16
Bde, Poona Div |
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1914.11.06 |
Mesopotamia |
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1916.02.04 |
amalgamated
due to heavy casualties with 2nd
Bn, The Norfolk Regiment to form
English
Battalion ("The Norsets") |
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1916.07.21 |
re-formed |
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1916.07 |
Mesopotamia |
Corps
Troops, Tigris Corps |
| |
1917.01 |
Mesopotamia
|
3
Ind Div |
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1918.04.23 |
Egypt |
|
| |
1918.06 |
Palestine
|
|
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1918.10 |
Syria |
|
| |
1919.06 |
at
sea |
|
| |
1919.10 |
India:
Bangalore |
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1921 |
Malabar
|
|
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1922.01 |
Egypt |
|
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1922.12 |
Sudan
|
|
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1923.04 |
Egypt
|
|
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1924.01 |
England:
Aldershot |
5
Bde |
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1928 |
Germany
|
Army
of Occupation |
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1929 |
England:
Portland |
|
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1932 |
Dover
|
|
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1936 |
Palestine
|
|
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1937 |
England:
Aldershot |
5
Bde |
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1939.09 |
France
& Belgium |
2
Inf Div, BEF |
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1940.06 |
UK |
|
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1942.06 |
India/Burma |
|
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1946 |
Japan |
5
Bde, Brindiv, BCOF |
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1947 |
Malaya
|
|
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1948.09.04 |
disbanded
(technically "amalgamated" with 1st
Battalion) |
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