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The 35th (Royal Sussex) Regiment of Foot was a line infantry regiment of the British Army raised in 1701. Under the 1881 Childers Reforms , it was amalgamated with the 107th (Bengal Infantry) Regiment of Foot to form the Royal Sussex Regiment .
Duke of Lancaster's Regiment: 35: 35th Regiment of Foot 1751–1782. 35th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot 1782–1805 [65] 35th (Sussex) Regiment of Foot 1805–1832 [65] 35th (Royal Sussex) Regiment of Foot 1832–1881 [29] [65] 1702 Raised 28 June 1701 on the Irish Establishment as The Earl of Donegall's Regiment of Foot, on English ...
Includes commissioned officers of the 35th Regiment of Foot of the British Army which became part of the Royal Sussex Regiment in 1881. Pages in category "35th Regiment of Foot officers" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total.
He was colonel of the 35th Regiment of Foot from 1717 [2] until his death in 1764. During this extraordinarily long colonecy, the Regiment was known as Otway's Foot, even after the practice of identifying regiments by the name of their colonel was officially abolished in 1751. [1] His promotions were as follows: Brigadier-General: 1735 [3]
Further enhancements to the barracks took place in the 1930s when the wooden huts were removed. The name of the barracks, given in 1958, commemorates the actions of the 35th (Royal Sussex) Regiment of Foot in putting the Regiment Royal Roussillon to flight at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham during the Seven Years' War. [4]
The Royal Sussex Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army that was in existence from 1881 to 1966. The regiment was formed in 1881 as part of the Childers Reforms by the amalgamation of the 35th (Royal Sussex) Regiment of Foot and the 107th Regiment of Foot (Bengal Light Infantry).
Having made a career in the English Army, Lord Donegall founded the 35th Regiment of Foot in Belfast in 1701, becoming its first Colonel.In 1704 he accompanied the regiment to fight in the War of the Spanish Succession in Spain, and was appointed major general of Spanish forces.
Browne was commissioned as an ensign in the 35th Regiment of Foot on 5 July 1780. [1] He became commanding officer of the 40th Regiment of Foot and commanded it at the Battle of Krabbendam and the Battle of Bergen in September 1799 and the Battle of Alkmaar in October 1799 during the Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland. [2]