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Page
created 1 November 2002. Corrected and updated
19.06.2005
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United
Kingdom  |
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Note:This
is a battalion history of the Regular Army. See the main regimental
page for full lineage and other information.
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Colour Key
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Lineage
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War service
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Overseas service
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Home service
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1755.12.23 |
61st
Regiment of Foot
raised in Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire |
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1755 |
England |
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1755 |
Ireland |
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1756.10 |
59th
Regiment of Foot |
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1763 |
Nova Scotia:
Louisbourg |
coy
in Newfoundland |
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1772 |
Massachusetts:
Boston |
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1775 |
American
revolution |
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1776 |
remnants
drafted to other regiments and officers sent home to re-form |
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1776 |
England |
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1782.10 |
Gibraltar |
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1783 |
Gibraltar |
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1792 |
England |
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1793 |
Channel
Islands |
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1794 |
Flanders |
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1795 |
England |
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1795 |
West
Indies |
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1802 |
England |
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1803 |
England |
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1804.08.01 |
1st
Battalion, 59th
Regiment of Foot
redesignated upon formation of 2nd
Battalion |
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1805 |
at sea |
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1806.01 |
Cape
of Good Hope |
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1806 |
India |
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1810 |
Mauritius |
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1811 |
Java |
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1812 |
Java |
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1815 |
India |
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1816 |
59th
Regiment of Foot
redesignated upon disbandment of
2nd
Battalion |
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1817 |
Ceylon |
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1818 |
India |
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1818 |
Pindari
war |
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1819 |
India |
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1826 |
Jat
war |
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1826 |
India |
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1829 |
England |
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1831 |
Ireland |
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1834 |
England |
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1836 |
Malta |
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1841 |
West Indies |
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1843 |
England |
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1846 |
Ireland |
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1849 |
China |
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1857 |
China |
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1858 |
South
Africa |
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1861 |
England |
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1865 |
Ireland |
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1867 |
Ceylon |
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1869 |
India |
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1878 |
Afghanistan |
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1880 |
England |
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1881.07.01 |
2nd
Battalion, The
East Lancashire Regiment |
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1881 |
England: Gosport |
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1883 |
Dover
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1885 |
Ireland:
Enniskillen |
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1888 |
Newry
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1891 |
Mullingar
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1893 |
Gibraltar
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1895 |
England:
Aldershot |
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1897 |
India:
Rhaniket |
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1898 |
Chakratta
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1901 |
Jullunder
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1903 |
Poona
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1907 |
Karachi
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1909 |
Mhow
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1911 |
South
Africa |
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1914.11 |
France
and Flanders |
8
Div |
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1915.10 |
France
and Flanders |
23
Div |
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1916.07 |
France
and Flanders |
8
Div |
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1919 |
Ireland:
Buttevant |
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1923 |
England:
Bordon |
3
Bde |
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1927 |
Pembroke
Dock |
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1929 |
Catterick
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1933 |
Hong
Kong |
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1937 |
India:
Ambala |
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1940.09 |
UK |
29
Bde |
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1942.03.21 |
at
sea |
29
Bde, Force 121 |
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1942.04.22 |
South
Africa |
29
Bde, Force 121 |
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1942.04.28 |
at
sea |
29
Bde, Force 121 |
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1942.05.05 |
Madagascar
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29
Bde, Force 121 |
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1942.08.20 |
at
sea |
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1942.08.26 |
East
Africa |
29
Bde, Force 121 |
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1942.09.05 |
at sea |
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1942.09.10 |
Madagascar
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29 Bde,
Force 121 |
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1942.10.16 |
at sea |
29 Bde |
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1942.10.24 |
South Africa |
29 Bde |
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1943.01.08 |
at sea |
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1943.01.26 |
India
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1944.09 |
Burma/India
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36
Inf Div |
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1945 |
Burma
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1947 |
UK |
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1948.07.31 |
disbanded
(technically "amalgamated" with 1st
Battalion) |
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