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95th (Derbyshire)
Regiment of Foot
 
United Kingdom 
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1823.12.01 95th Regiment of Foot
1825.12.21 95th (Derbyshire) Regiment of Foot
1881.07.01 united with 45th (Nottinghamshire) (Sherwood Foresters) Regiment of Foot to form The Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire Regiment)
pip The 95th Regiment of Foot: a History, by Stephen Mee.
     
  Regulars:
    [1st Battalion] [1823-1881]
Depot and Reserves:
  ? Depot Battalion [1856-1871]
  26th Brigade Depot at Derby [1873-1881]
Alma, Inkerman, Sevastopol, Central India
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Uniform: 1823-1881: scarlet; facings: black
   
   
     
   
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1823.12.01 Gen. Sir Colin Halkett, GCB, GCH [also 31st Foot, 45th Foot, 71st Hldrs, 2nd Lt Bn KGL; Cin-C Bombay 1831-32, Gov. R Hospital 1849-56]
1829.09.21 Lt-Gen. Sir Archibald Campbell, Bt., GCB (of Ava)
1834.12.23 Lt-Gen. Sir Charles Pratt, KCB
1838.11.05 Lt-Gen. Sir John Buchan, KCB
1843.06.12 Lt-Gen. George Guy Carleton L'Estrange, CB
1848.03.29 Lt-Gen. Sir Richard Armstrong, KCB
1850.06.25 Gen. Sir John Bell, GCB
1853.12.26 Gen. Sir Francis Cockburn
1868.08.25 Gen. John ffolliott Crofton
1869.09.05 Maj-Gen. Frederick Holt Robe, CB
1871.04.05 Gen. James Pattoun Sparks, CB
1876.06.24 Gen. John Studholme Brownrigg, CB
vc Victoria Crosses, by Mike Chapman (VC Reference).
vc VCs in the Sherwood Foresters Regimental Museum, by Iain Stewart.
 
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monument Sherwood Foresters Regimental Museum, Nottingham (Army Museums Ogilby Trust)
monument Sherwood Foresters Regimental Museum, Nottingham (Simonides listing)
   
   
Regimental Journal:
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Full Histories:
book Wylly, H. C. (Harold Carmichael). History of the 1st & 2nd Battalions, the Sherwood Foresters, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment, 1740-1914. 45th Foot, 95th Foot. [Frome : Butler & Tanner], 1929. [2 v.]
book Wylly, H. C. (Harold Carmichael). Record of services of the officers of the 1st and 2nd Battalions, the Sherwood Foresters, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment, 45th and 95th, 1741-1931. [s.l. : s.n.], 1931.
   
Wars:
book Wylly, H. C. (Harold Carmichael). The 95th (The Derbyshire) Regiment in the Crimea. London : Swan, Sonnenschein & Co., 1899. (The Derbyshire campaign series ; no. 1)
book Raines, Julius, Sir. The 95th (The Derbyshire) Regiment in Central India. London : Swan, Sonnenschein & Co., 1900. (The Derbyshire campaign series ; no. 2)
 
Special Topics:
book Standing orders: 95th, the Derbyshire Regiment. Dublin : W. Frazer, army printers, 1856.