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Regiment of Foot |
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| 1742.03.29 | John Batereau's Regiment of Foot | |
| 1747. | ranked as 62nd Foot | |
| 1748. | disbanded at Stirling | |
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| 1758.04.21 | 62nd Regiment
of Foot formed by redesignation of 2nd Battalion, 4th Regiment of Foot |
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| 1782.08.31 | 62nd (the Wiltshire) Regiment of Foot | |
| 1881.07.01 | united
with 99th Duke of Edinburgh's (Lanarkshire)
Regiment of Foot , to form The Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment) |
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62nd Regiment, by The Wardrobe (Museum site) | |
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Regimental Timeline, by The Wardrobe | |
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History (to 1881) [49th, 62nd, 66th, and 99th Foot] by The Wardrobe (Museum site) | |
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The Wiltshire Regiment (62nd Foot) in India, 1830-1847, by Cathy Day. | |
| Regulars: | ||
| [1st Battalion] [1742-1748, 1758-1881] | ||
2nd Battalion [1799-1802, 1804-1816]
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| Depot and Reserves: | ||
| ? Depot Battalion
[1856-1871]
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| 38th Brigade Depot at Devizes [1873-1881] | ||
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Nive, Peninsula, Ferozeshah, Sobraon, Sevastopol Note: see also successor for belatedly awarded battle honours. |
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| Uniform: | 1742-1748:
scarlet; facings: yellow 1758-1881: scarlet; facings: buff |
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| 1742.03.29 | Col. John Batereau [to 1748] | |
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| 1758.04.21 | Lt-Gen. William Strode | |
| 1776.01.15 | Maj-Gen. Valentine Jones | |
| 1779.11.17 | Gen. Edward Mathew | |
| 1805.12.27 | F.M. Sir George Nugent, Bt., GCB | |
| 1806.05.26 | Gen. Sir Eyre Coote, GCB, KC | |
| 1810.06.25 | F.M. Sir Samuel Hulse, Bt., GCH | |
| 1837.01.10 | Gen. Sir Frederick Augustus Wetherall, GCH | |
| 1840.02.17 | Lt-Gen. Sir Archibald Campbell, Bt., GCB (of Ava) | |
| 1843.11.21 | F.M. Sir John Forster Fitzgerald, GCB | |
| 1850.03.09 | Gen. Sir James Ferguson, GCB | |
| 1850.03.26 | Lt-Gen. William Smelt, CB | |
| 1851.04.11 | Lt-Gen. Thomas Lightfoot, CB | |
| 1858.11.16 | Gen. Sir William Thomas Knollys, KCB | |
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Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire & Wiltshire Regiment Salisbury Museum, Salisbury (Army Museums Ogilby Trust) | |
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Museum of the Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment, Salisbury (Simonides listing) | |
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The Wardrobe: RGBW Regimental Museum, Salisbury (Museum site) | |
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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) | |
