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The Royal Berkshire Regiment ( Princess
Charlotte of Wales's) |
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- 1959
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post 1881 |
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| 49th (Princess
Charlotte of Wales's) (Hertfordshire) Regiment of Foot |
1st Battalion, The Princess Charlotte of
Wales's (Berkshire Regiment) |
| 66th (Berkshire)
Regiment of Foot |
2nd Battalion, The Princess Charlotte of
Wales's (Berkshire Regiment) |
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Earliest recognised formation: |
49th: 1744, when raised as Trelawney's Regiment. Allocated the 49th
Regiment o foot in 1755 |
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66th: 1755, when raised as the 2nd Battalion of the 19th Regiment of Foot.
renumbered the 66th Foot in 1758 |
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Regimental Journal: |
The China Dragon |
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| WWI: |
Battle Honours; 55 |
Victoria Crosses; 2 |
Died; 7140 |
| WWII: |
Battle Honours; 25 |
Victoria Crosses; 0 |
Died; ??? |
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| Amalgamated: |
1959, with
The Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh's), to form
The Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment (Berkshire and Wiltshire) |
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| | | | A 2nd Battalion of the 66th
served 1803 - 1817 |
The Peninsula War 1808 -
1814 2nd Battalion, 66th Regiment. ( *suffered 65% casualties at Albuhera) |
Military General Service Medal.
1793 - 1814 |
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97 | 56 |
99 | 110 |
104 | 37 |
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Total Medals |
Max clasps |
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Battle Honours: Douro, Talavera, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle,
Nive, Orthes, Peninsula. |
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Nepal War 1814-16 1st Battalion 66th Regiment |
Army of India Medal 1799 - 1826 | |
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1st Anglo-Chinese War (1st Opium War) 1840-42 49th Regiment. |
China Medal 1840-42 | | number: |
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Battle Honour: A dragon
superscribed 'China' was permitted to be borne on the colours |
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Crimean War 1854 - 1856 49th
Regiment | Crimea Medal 1854 -56 | | | | Clasp: → | ..none... |
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Medals | | | Number: → |
? | 690 |
16 | 679 |
1867 | 992* | | | | |
*Our best interpretation of the main
roll only. Grand total would be equal to or higher than Sebastopol
clasps. | | | Battle Casualties; | | Action. | Killed | Died of Wounds | 'Wounded' | Dangerously
Wounded | Severely
Wounded | Slightly
Wounded | Missing | Total | |
The Battle of the Alma |
2 | - |
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- | 15 | | First bombardment of Sebastopol, first battle of Inkermann and minor actions |
3 | - |
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13 | 3 |
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The Battle of Inkermann |
43 | - |
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63 | 29 |
- | 148 | | Assault on the Quarries |
17 | 3* |
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41 | 14 |
1 | 84 | | First Attack on the Redan |
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- | 4 | | Final Attack on the Redan |
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10 | 16 |
- | 31 | | 2nd, 3rd, 4th, & 5th Bombardments of Sebastopol and Minor Actions. |
34 | 1 |
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43 | 54 |
2 | 153 | | Magazine explosion at the French Siege Train |
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*Wounded Mortally | | | Men who served in the Crimea also eligible for: | Turkish Crimea Medal 1855 | | | |
VCs: 3; Owens, Walters, Conolly.
see VC page | | | | | Battle Honours:
Alma; Inkerman Sevastopol. |
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Afghan War 1878-1880
66th Regiment |
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Afghanistan Medal
1878 -1880 |
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| A major part of the regiment that was serving under
Lieut-Colonel Galbraith was completely annihilated in a last stand
action at the Battle of Maiwand 27th July 1880. |
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"Colonel St. John reports from Kandahar as follows:— From the
accounts of one of Ayub's officers
present at the action of Maiwand, it appears that a stand was made by a
remnant of the 66th Regiment
round the colours in an enclosure; informant estimated their
number at 100 and states that they were
surrounded by the whole army, and that when all but eleven were
killed, these made
a desperate charge, all perished, fighting bravely to the last man." |
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...none... |
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total medals |
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525 |
329 |
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Total Maiwand killed recorded on the medal
rolls: 481 |
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Medal and Maiwand Casualty Roll for the 66th Regiment: |
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Officers, NCOs,
Drummers, - and Other Ranks surname A-B
C-G
H-O
P-Z |
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Also see list of known medals |
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General Roberts' march, Kabul to Kandahar 9-31 August 1880 |
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Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880 |
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Battle Honours: Kandahar 1880, Afghanistan 1879-80 |
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1881: The 49th and 66th Regiments now become the 1st and 2nd Battalions,
The Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Berkshire Regiment.) | | |
Revolt of Arabi Pasha and the 1st Sudan War 1882-4, Nile Expedition
1884 (Small detachment with the Transport Corps)
Suakin Expedition 1885 1st Battalion |
Egypt and Sudan Medal 1882-89 |
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....none.... |
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35 |
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* Men with the mounted infantry. |
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**(for their distinguished conduct in the battle of
Tofrek the Berkshire Regiment was granted the prefix "Royal") |
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Recipients also entitled to a Khedive's Star
"1882" "1884" or "1884-6" as appropriate |
Battle Honours:
Tofrek, Suakin 1885. |
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Anglo - Boer War 1899 - 1902. 2nd Battalion: Entire war. |
Queen's South Africa Medal 1899-1902, with or without the
King's South Africa Medal 1901 - 1902 |
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Common clasps: Cape Colony, Orange Free State,
Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902. |
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Casualties: |
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Officers |
NCOs and Men |
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KIA & DOW/ DOD |
Wounded |
Missing / POW |
KIA & DOW |
Death from disease |
Wounded |
Missing / POW |
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1 / 1 |
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VCs: 1; House
see VC page |
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Battle Honour: South Africa 1899-1902 |
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The Great War 1914 - 1918
( 16 battalions; 12 served overseas:- ) |
Generally awarded the
British War Medal &
Victory Medal, men overseas prior to 1/1/1916 also a
1914 or
1914-15 Star. |
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Battalion → |
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2* |
1/4 |
2/4 |
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Labour** |
date of first overseas service.
(first theatre red
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13/8
1914 |
5/11
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31/3
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27/5
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31/5
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26/7
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20/9
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8/8
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20/6
1916 |
24/7
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?/8
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21/9
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Flanders |
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Gallipoli |
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Egypt & Palestine |
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Italy | |
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Mesopotamia | |
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Macedonia |
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Star
possible ? |
1914 or 1914-15 |
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or 1914-15 only |
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died
Extracted from : "Soldiers / Officers
Died in the Great War" (consider approximate - in addition the
regiment as a whole lost an additional 145 officers who
are recorded with 'battalion not shown' or with battalions
not shown here, or who we have not yet allocated a
battalion.) |
1294 |
1493 |
396 ORs |
563 ORs |
1030 |
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208 |
975 |
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31 |
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*In India at the start, moved to the UK |
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**all Labour Battalions transferred to the
Labour Corps April 1917. |
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Regular |
Territorial Force |
New Armies |
Garrison. |
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Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19
7 officers and 62 men of the Royal Berkshire Regiment also qualified for this
medal. |
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VCs: 2; Turner, Welch. see VC page |
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Battle Honours: Mons; Ypres 1914, 1918; Neuve
Chapelle; Loos; Somme 1916, 1918; Arras 1917, 1918; Cambrai 1917,
1918; Selle; Vittorio Veneto; Doiran 1917, 1918. Retreat
from Mons; Marne 1914; Aisne 1914, 1918; Langemarck 1914, 1917;
Gheluvelt; Nonne Bosschen; Aubers; Festubert 1915; Albert 1916,
1918; Bazentin; Delville Wood; Pozières; Flers-Courcelette; Morval;
Thiepval; Le Transloy; Ancre Heights; Ancre 1916; Scarpe 1917, 1918;
Arleux; Pilckem; Polygon Wood; Broodseinde; Poelcapelle;
Passchendaele; St Quentin; Bapaume 1918; Rosières; Avre; Villers
Bretonneux; Lys; Hazebrouck; Béthune; Amiens; Hindenburg Line;
Havrincourt; Epéhy; Canal du Nord; St Quentin Canal; Valenciennes;
Sambre; France and Flanders 1914-18; Piave; Italy 191718; Macedonia
1915-18. |
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title changed to: "The Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of
Wales's)" | | |
Operations against the Waziris and Mahsuds, North West Frontier 1919 - 24
1st Battalion |
India General Service Medal 1908 | | clasp: |
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WW2 1939 - 1945 |
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Battalion → |
1st |
2nd |
4th |
5th |
10th |
30th |
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France and Belgium 1940.
(Dunkirk ) |
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North Africa & Middle East |
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Burma |
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Sicily / Italy |
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N.W. Europe |
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Notes. |
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6th Infantry Brigade for the duration (operating on two occasions as
an Independent Infantry Brigade Group for operations in the Arakan &
Burma.) Arakan/Burma service: 25/12/42-26/5/43 and 12/5/45-31/8/45 |
98th Indian Infantry Brigade for Burma/Arakan from Nov 1944. |
149th and 8th Infantry Brigade for France and Belgium |
D-Day Landers under 3rd Canadian Division for the Assault phase.
also served 115th Infantry Brigade NW Europe |
168th London Infantry Brigade 15/2/41-15/2/44. Iraq, Palestine,
Egypt Sicily, Italy. |
115th Infantry Brigade 27/8/44-15/3/45 landed NW Europe
12/2/45 . Also under 21st Army Group. |
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WW2 Stars common to the Battalion. (excluding
39-45 star
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Key: A =
Africa, P =
Pacific, B =
Burma, I =
Italy, F&G =
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Most also entitled to the
1939-45 War Medal and many the
Defence Medal |
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Battle Honours: Dyle; Dunkirk 1940; Normandy Landing;
Rhine; Sicily 1943; Damiano; Anzio; Kohima; Mandalay; Burma 1942-5.
St Orner-La Bassée; North-West Europe 1940, 1944-5; Pursuit to
Messina; Monte Camino; Calabritto; Garigliano Crossing; Carroceto;
Italy 1943-5; Donbaik; Mao Sonsang; Shwebo; Kyaukmyaung Bridgehead;
Fort Dufferin; Rangoon Road; Toungoo. |
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1949: Regulars reduced to a single Battalion, the 1st. | | |
The Cyprus Emergency 1955 - 1960 1st Battalion (November 1956-
?) | General Service Medal 1918-62 | | clasp: |
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C.O.; R.B.G. Bromhead |
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Selected Bibliography; |
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| Author/ Ed.. Etc. |
Title |
Publisher |
| F. Loraine Petre. |
The Royal Berkshire
Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) 49th-66th Foot.
2 volumes 403pp and 419pp |
Reading: The Barracks,
1925. |
| Brig. Gordon Blight, with
a Foreword by Gen. Sir Miles Dempsey. |
The History of The Royal
Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales's),
1920-1947. 499 pp. |
London: Staples Press
[1953] |
| From Notes compiled by W.
O. J. L. Perry |
A Short Regimental History
of The Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of
Wales's). 39 pp. |
Reading: Bradley & Son
Ltd., 1939. |
| J. Percy Groves |
The 66th Berkshire
Regiment. A Brief History of its Services at Home and
Abroad, from 1758 to 1881. 159 pp. |
Reading: Joseph J.
Beecroft, 1887 |
| David R. C. West. With a
Foreword by Lieut.-Col. G. H. Sawyer |
The Fighting Tenth. A
Short history of the 10th Battalion, The Royal Berkshire
Regiment, 1940 to 1944. (10th Royal Berks Reunion
Committee.). 63 pp |
Marlborough: printed by J.
W. Gale, I950 |
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Additional Bibliography for this
Page. |
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| Officers of the
Regiment. |
Unpublished rolls in
the care of the National Archives; WO 100/ etc. |
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Additional bibliography
same as Northumberland Fusiliers
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