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63rd (West Suffolk)
Regiment of Foot
 
United Kingdom 
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1758.04.21 63rd Regiment of Foot
formed by redesignation of 2nd Battalion, 8th (The King's) Regiment
1782.08.31 63rd (the West Suffolk) Regiment of Foot
1881.07.01 united with 96th Regiment of Foot, to form The Manchester Regiment
pip 1st/63rd Foot (West Suffolk) Regiment 1829-1833, by B & M Chapman.
     
  Regulars:
    [1st Battalion] [1758-1881]
    2nd Battalion [1804-1814]
Depot and Reserves:
  ? Depot Battalion [1856-1871]
  16th Brigade Depot at Ashton [1873-1881]

Egmont-op-Zee, Martinique 1809, Guadeloupe 1810, Alma, Inkerman, Sevastopol, Afghanistan 1879-80

Note: see also successor for belatedly awarded battle honours.

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Uniform: 1758-1881: scarlet; facings: deep green
   
   
     
   
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1758.04.21 Maj-Gen. David Watson
1760.10.12 Gen. Sir William Boothby, Bt.
1764.09.05 Lt-Gen. Sir Richard Pierson, KB
1765.09.13 Gen. Sir Charles Hotham, 8th Bt., KB
1768.11.06 Lt-Gen. Francis Grant [also 90th Foot]
1782.01.02 Lt-Gen. Hon Alexander Leslie
1788.07.04 Col. George (Waldegrave), 4th Earl Waldegrave
1789.08.27 Gen. Alexander (Lindsay), 6th Earl of Belcarres [also 71st Hldrs]
1825.04.07 Gen. William Dyott
1847.05.17 Maj-Gen. Sir Henry Watson, CB
1850.11.25 Gen. Sir Thomas Kenah, KCB
1868.02.27 Lt-Gen. Arthur Cunliffe van Notten Pole
1873.08.22 Gen. Thomas Maitland Wilson
1877.10.15 Gen. Sir Richard Waddy, KCB
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monument Museum of the Manchesters (Army Museums Ogilby Trust)
monument Museum of the Manchesters, by Henrik Teller (Simonides listing)
monument The Museum of the Manchesters, Tameside Metropolitan Borough
monument Museum of the Manchesters, Ashton-under-Lyne
   
   
Full Histories:
book Slack, James.  The history of the late 63rd (West Suffolk) Regiment.  London : Army and Navy Co-operative Society, 1886.
Wylly, H. C. (Harold Carmichael). History of the Manchester Regiment (late the 63rd and 96th Foot). London : F. Groom, 1923-1925. (2 vols.)
Campbell, G. L.  The Manchesters : a history of the Regular, Militia, Special Reserve, Territorial, and New Army Battalions since their formation; with a record of the officers now serving and the Honours and Casualties of the war of 1914-16.  London : Picture Advertising Co., 1916.
   
Manuscripts and Archives:
book Orderly Books of the Crown Forces in America 1775-1784, compiled by John K. Robertson, Don Hagist, Todd Braisted, and Don Londahl-Smidt (RevWar'75)