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The regiment was raised at Norwich by Colonel James Cholmondeley as James Cholmondeley's Regiment of Foot in 1741 during the War of Austrian Succession. [1] It was sent to Scotland in 1745 and fought against the Jacobites the Battle of Falkirk Muir in January 1746 and the Battle of Culloden in April 1746 during the Jacobite rising . [ 2 ]
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.
The Northamptonshire Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 until 1960. In 1960, it was amalgamated with the Royal Lincolnshire Regiment to form the 2nd East Anglian Regiment (Duchess of Gloucester's Own Royal Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire), which was amalgamated with the 1st East Anglian Regiment (Royal Norfolk and Suffolk), the 3rd East Anglian ...
The Northamptonshire Regiment remained at the barracks until it merged with the Royal Lincolnshire Regiment to form the 2nd East Anglian Regiment (Duchess of Gloucester's Own Royal Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire) in 1960.
The building was designed in the Fortress Gothic Revival Style as the headquarters of the 1st Northamptonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps and completed in 1859. [1] The unit evolved to become the 1st Volunteer Battalion, The Northamptonshire Regiment in 1887 and the 4th Battalion, The Northamptonshire Regiment in 1908. [2]
4th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment; 5th (Huntingdonshire) Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment; 9th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment; 48th (Northamptonshire) Regiment of Foot; 50th (The Northamptonshire Regiment) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, Royal Engineers; 50th (The Northamptonshire Regiment) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery
77th Regiment of Foot 1758–1763 (Montgomery's Highlanders) [120] 1756 Raised late 1756 as 62nd Foot, renumbered as 77th Foot in 1758 when second battalions of several regiments raised in 1756 were constituted as 61st to 75th Regiments of Foot. [120] 77th Regiment of Foot 1777–1783 (Atholl Highlanders) [120] 1777 Raised 1777, disbanded 1783 ...
48th (Northamptonshire) Regiment of Foot; 50th (The Northamptonshire Regiment) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, Royal Engineers; 50th (The Northamptonshire Regiment) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery; 62nd Provisional Battalion (Territorial Force) 336th (Northamptonshire) Field Battery, Royal Artillery; 585th (The Northamptonshire Regiment) Light ...