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The 48th (Northamptonshire) Regiment of Foot was a regiment of the British Army, raised in 1741. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 58th (Rutlandshire) Regiment of Foot to form the Northamptonshire Regiment in 1881.
Includes commissioned officers of the 48th Regiment of Foot of the British Army, which was formed in 1741 and amalgamated into the Northamptonshire Regiment in 1881.
The Northamptonshire Regiment was formed as part of the reorganisation of the infantry by the Childers Reforms when the 48th (Northamptonshire) Regiment of Foot (raised in 1741) and the 58th (Rutlandshire) Regiment of Foot (raised in 1755) were redesignated as the 1st and 2nd battalions of the Northamptonshire Regiment, with the regimental depot at Northampton. [1]
48th (Northamptonshire) Regiment of Foot - 2 Battalion 1803-1814 49th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) (Hertfordshire) Regiment of Foot - 2 Battalions 1813-1814 50th (West Kent) Regiment of Foot - 2 Battalions 1804-1814
The barracks were renamed Gibraltar Barracks at that time in recognition of the participation of the 58th regiment in the Great Siege of Gibraltar. [2] Following the Childers Reforms , the 48th and 58th Regiments amalgamated to form the Northamptonshire Regiment with its depot at the barracks in 1881.
Duke of Lancaster's Regiment: 48: 48th Regiment of Foot (5th Marines)1739–1748 [83] 1739 Raised 20 November 1739 as Charles Douglass's Regiment of Marines, from 1740 Jame's Cochrane's Regiment: ranked as 48th Foot or 5th Marines by 1741. Disbanded 4 November 1748. [83] 48th Regiment of Foot 1751–1782. 48th (Northamptonshire) Regiment of ...
Includes soldiers and non-commissioned officers of the Northamptonshire Regiment of the British Army, which was formed in 1881 by the amalgamation of the 48th Regiment of Foot and the 58th Regiment of Foot. The unit was merged into the 2nd East Anglian Regiment (later the Royal Anglian Regiment) in 1959.
The 58th (Rutlandshire) Regiment of Foot was a British Army line infantry regiment, raised in 1755. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 48th (Northamptonshire) Regiment of Foot to form the Northamptonshire Regiment in 1881.