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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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| 1756.08.25 | 2nd
Battalion, 19th
Regiment of Foot raised at Morpeth, Northumberland |
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| 1756 | England | aaa | |
| 1758.06.15 | 66th Regiment of Foot | ||
| 1758.10.26 | at sea (embarked at Kinsale) | ||
| 1758.12.28 | Sénégal: Gorée (2 coys) | ||
| 1759 | Sénégal (2 coys) | garrison duty | |
| 1763 | Ireland | ||
| 1764 | Jamaica | ||
| 1773 | England | ||
| 1774? | Scotland: Edinburgh | ||
| 1775 | Ireland | ||
| 1782.08.31 | 66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot | ||
| 1785 | West Indies: St. Vincent | ||
| 1793 | Gibraltar | ||
| 1795 | at sea | ||
| 1796.01 | Santo Domingo | ||
| 1798.10? | Jamaica | ||
| 1799 | Canada | ||
| 1802? | Newfoundland | ||
| 1802 | England | ||
| 1803.07.09 | 1st
Battalion, 66th
Regiment of Foot redesignated on formation of 2nd Battalion |
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| 1804 | Ceylon | ||
| 1814 | India | aaa | |
| 1815 | Nepal | ||
| 1817 | India | ||
| 1817 | St. Helena | guard for Napoleon | |
| 1817 | 66th
Regiment of Foot redesignated upon absorbing 2nd Battalion at St. Helena |
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| 1821 | England | ||
| 1823 | Ireland | ||
| 1827 | Canada | ||
| 1840 | England | ||
| 1843 | Ireland | ||
| 1845 | Gibraltar | ||
| 1848 | West Indies | ||
| 1851 | Canada | ||
| 1854 | England | ||
| 1854 | Gibraltar | ||
| 1856 | England | ||
| 1857 | India | ||
| 1859 | India | ||
| 1865 | England | ||
| 1867 | Channel Islands | ||
| 1868 | Ireland | ||
| 1870 | India | ||
| 1880 | Afghanistan | ||
| 1880.10 | India | ||
| 1881.07.01 | 2nd Battalion, The Princess of Charlotte of Wales's (Berkshire Regiment) | ||
| 1881 | England: Parkhurst | ||
| 1883 | Chatham | ||
| 1885 | Ireland: Athlone | ||
| 1888 | Templemore | ||
| 1891 | Cork | ||
| 1893 | England: Portland | ||
| 1895 | England: Aldershot | ||
| 1897 | Cape Colony | ||
| 1899 | South Africa | ||
| 1902 | Egypt | ||
| 1906 | India: Subathu | ||
| 1909 | Meerut | ||
| 1912 | Jhansi | ||
| 1914.11 | France and Flanders | 8 Div | |
| 1919 | Ireland: Dublin | ||
| 1919 | Russia (one coy) | ||
| 1921.01.01 | 2nd Battalion, The Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) | ||
| 1923 | England: Plymouth | ||
| 1926 | Germany | ||
| 1928 | England: Aldershot | 2 Bde | |
| 1931 | Shorncliffe | ||
| 1934 | Egyp | ||
| 1936? | Palestine | ||
| 1937.10 | Lucknow | ||
| 1941.03 | Bombay | ||
| 1943.01 | India/Burma | 98 Ind Bde | |
| 1944.01 | India/Burma | 19 Ind Div | |
| 1945 | Burma | ||
| 1948.04 | Eritrea | Occupation force | |
| 1949.03.05 | 1st
Battalion, The
Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales's)
renumbered upon disbandment of 1st Battalion (technically "amalgamated") |
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| 1951.08 | Cyprus/Egypt | ||
| 1953 | UK | ||
| 1954 | Germany: Goslar | BAOR | |
| 1956.04 | Germany: Goslar | 12 Bde | |
| 1956.01 | England: Tidworth | ||
| 1956.08 | Cyprus | ||
| 1959.01 | England: Reading | ||
| 1959.06.09 | amalgamated with 1st Bn, The Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh's), to form 1st Bn, The Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment (Berkshire and Wiltshire) | ||
