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| The Northamptonshire Regiment. |  | 1741-1960
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| | | Titles | | pre 1881 | post 1881 | | 48th (Northamptonshire) Regiment of Foot | 1st Battalion, The Northamptonshire Regiment. | | 58th (Rutlandshire) Regiment of Foot. | 2nd Battalion, The Northamptonshire Regiment. | | | | Earliest recognised formation: | 48th: 1741 as Cholmondeley's Regiment, recognised as the 48th Foot in 1751. | | 58th : 1755 (a second battalion of the 58th was operational 1804-1815) | | | | Motto: | Montis Insignia Calpe = The Badge of the Rock of Gibraltar | | | | Regimental Journal: | ? | | | | WWI: | Battle Honours; 58 | Victoria Crosses; 4 | Died; 5950 | | WWII: | Battle Honours; 32 | Victoria Crosses; nil | Died; ??? | | | | Amalgamated: | 1960, with the Royal Lincolnshire Regiment to form " The 2nd East Anglian Regiment (Duchess of Gloucester's Own Royal Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire) " | | |
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Egypt Campaign 1801 and the Peninsula War 1808 - 1814 | Military General Service Medal. 1793 - 1814 clasps: | | 48th Regiment. | | Total Medals | Max clasps | Egypt | Maida | Corunna | Talavera | Busaco | Albuhera | Ciudad Rodrigo | Badajos | Salamanca | Vittoria | Pyrenees | St. Sebastian | Nivelle | Nive | Orthes | Toulouse | | 310 | 12 | - | - | - | 200 | 101 | 190 | 83 | 137 | 98 | 140 | 132 | 17 | 80 | 20 | 110 | 138 | | | | 58th Regiment. | | 173 | 5 | 24 | 102 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 52 | 35 | 29 | | 13 | | 23 | | | | Battle Honous: Talavera; Albuhera; Badajos; Salamanca;Vittoria; Pyrenees; Nivelle; Orthes; Toulouse; Peninsula. |
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1st Maori War 1845-47 58th Regiment | New Zealand Medal 1845-1866 | | reverse: | all undated? | | numbers: | 498* | | | * an additional 64 names are struck through, 'dead' etc. (British forces next-of-kin not entitled to this medal) | | | Battle Honour: New Zealand. |
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Crimean War 1854 - 1856 48th Regiment | Crimea Medal 1854 -56 | | | | Clasp: → | ..none... | | Total Medals | | Number: → | ? | 824 | ? | | | | | Battle Casualties; | | | Action. | Killed | Dangerously
Wounded | Severely
Wounded | Slightly
Wounded | Total | | Final Attack on the Redan | - | - | - | 5 | 5 | | 2nd, 3rd, 4th, & 5th Bombardments of Sebastopol and Minor Actions. | 5 | - | 24 | 30 | 59 | Grand Total: | 64 | Men who served in the Crimea also eligible for: | Turkish Crimea Medal 1855 | | | Battle Honour: Sevastopol |
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South Africa and the Zulu War 1876-79 58th regiment | South Africa Medal 1877-79 | | clasp: | ..none... | | total | | numbers : | 345 | 689 | 1034 | | | | | Battle Honour: South Africa 1879 |
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| The 58th Regiment also served in the Boer Revolt of 1880-1881 winning two Victoria Crosses: |
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| Titled "The Northamptonshire Regiment" in 1881 (1st and 2nd Battalions) |
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North West Frontier Operations 1897-98 1st Battalion | India Medal 1895 | | clasp: | | | | | number: | 813 | 733 | 806 | | | Battle Honour: Tirah |
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Anglo-Boer War 1899 - 1902 2nd Battalion. Nov 1899- end of war | Queen's South Africa Medal 1899-1902, with or without the King's South Africa Medal 1901 - 1902 | Common clasps: Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902; also: | | | | clasp; | | | | | numbers; | ? | ? | ? | | | | | | | Officers | NCOs and Men | | KIA & DOW | Wounded | Missing / POW | KIA & DOW | Death from disease | Wounded | Missing / POW | | | | - | 6 | - | 8 | 78 | 32 | - | | | Battle Honours: Modder River; South Africa 1899-1902 |
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The Great War 1914 - 1918 (13 battalions; 7 served overseas:- ) | Generally awarded the British War Medal & Victory Medal, most men overseas prior to 1/1/1916 also a 1914 or 1914-15 Star. | | Battalion → | 1 | 2* | 1/4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 1
Garrison | date of first overseas service.
(first theatre red x ) | 13/8
1914 | 5/11
1914 | 15/8
1915 | 30/5
1915 | 26/7
1915 | 2/9
1915 | ?/10
1915 | | France & Flanders | x | x | | x | x | x | | | Gallipoli | | | x | | | | | | Egypt & Palestine | | | x | | | | x | | Macedonia/Salonika | | | | | | | x | Star
possible ? | 1914 or 1914-15 | x | x | | | | | | | or 1914-15 only | | | x | x | x | x | x | | | | | | | | | | died
Extracted from : "Soldiers / Officers Died in the Great War" (consider approximate - in addition 81 officers are recorded with 'battalion not shown' or battalions not shown here ) | 1665 | 1270 | 417 | 344 | 1230 | 869 | 29 | | | * 2nd Battalion at Alexandria when war declared - moved to England prior to moving to France 5/11/1914 | Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19
98 officers and men of the The Northamptonshire Regiment also qualified for this medal. | | Regular | Territorial Force | New Armies | Garrison. |
| | | Battle Honours: Marne 1914; Aisne 1914, 1918; Ypres 1914, 1917; Neuve Chapelle; Loos; Somme 1916, 1918; Arras 1917, 1918; Epéhy; Gaza. Retreat from Mons; Langemarck 1914, 1917; Gheluvelt; Nonne Bosschen; Givenchy 1914; Aubers; Albert 1916, 1918; Bazentin; Delville Wood; Pozières; Flers-Courcelette; Morval; Thiepval; Le Transloy; Ancre Heights; Ancre 1916, 1918; Bapaume 1917, 1918; Vimy 1917; Scarpe 1917, 1918; Arleux; Messines 1917; Pilckem; Passchendaele; Cambrai 1917, 1918; St Quentin; Rosières; Avre; Villers Bretonneux; Amiens; Drocourt-Quéant;Hindenburg Line; St Quentin Canal; Selle; Sambre; France and Flanders 1914-18; Suvla; Landing at Suvla; Scimitar Hill; Gallipoli 1915; Egypt 1915-17; El Mughar; Nebi Samwil; Jerusalem; Jaffa; Tell'Asur; Megiddo; Sharon; Palestine 1917-18. |
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Operations on the North West Frontier 1936-39 1st Battalion | India General Service Medal 1936-39 | | clasp: | North West Frontier 1937-36 |
| North West Frontier 1937-39 |
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WW2 1939 - 1945 | | Battalion → | 1st | 2nd | 4th | 5th | | overseas service ↓ | | | | | France and Belgium 1940.
(Dunkirk ) | | x
19/10/39-31/5/40 | | x
29/1/40-1/6/40 | | North Africa | | | | x
8/11/42 -22/7/43 | | Egypt & Middle East | | x
20/9/42-10/7/43
8/7/44-8/2/45 | | x
23/7/44-9/9/44 | | India | x
3/9/39-7/12/43 | x
22/6/42-13/9/42 | | | | Burma | x
7/12/43?-11/5/45 | | | | | Sicily | | x
10/7/43-3/9/43 | | x
25/7/43 -21/9/43 | | Italy | | x
3/9/43-4/7/44
16/2/45-3/3/45 | | x
22/9/43-17/7/44
16/9/44-8/5/45 | | N.W. Europe | | x
5/3/45-31/8/45 | x
12/2/45-31/8/45 | | | | Notes. | | | | 17th Inf. Bde. for duration
also served 'Operation Ironclad' Madagascar 5/5/42-10/6/42 | | 11th Inf. Bde.
29/1/40-31/8/45 | | | | | | | WW2 Stars common to the Battalion. (excluding 39-45 star )
Key: A = Africa, P = Pacific, B = Burma, I = Italy, F&G = France and Germany | | | B | I, F&G | F&G | A, I | | | | | | | | | Most also entitled to the 1939-45 War Medal and many the Defence Medal | | | Battle Honours: North-West Europe 1940, 1945; North Africa 1942-3; Garigliano Crossing; Anzio; Cassino II; Italy 19435; Yu; Imphal; Myinmu Bridgehead; Burma 1943-5. Defence of Escaut; Defence of Arras; Ypres-Comines Canal; Djedeida; Djebel Djaffa; Oued Zarga; Djebel Tanngoucha; Sidi Ahmed; Landing in Sicily; Adrano; Sicily 1943; Sangro; Monte Gabbione; Trasimene Line; Monte La Pieve; Argenta Gap; Madagascar; Tamu Road; Bishenpur; Monywa 1945; Irrawaddy. |
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