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created 1 July 2002. Corrected and updated
11.06.2003
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Note:This
is a battalion history of the Regular Army. See the main regimental
page for full lineage and other information.
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Colour Key
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| 1755.12.28 | 60th Regiment of Foot | ||
| 1755 | England | ||
| 1756.10 | 58th Regiment of Foot | ||
| 1757 | North America | ||
| 1762 | at sea | 8 coys captured by French | |
| 1762 | Cuba | ||
| 1762 | England | ||
| 1763 | Ireland | ||
| 1770 | Gibraltar | ||
| 1779 | Gibraltar | ||
| 1784 | England | ||
| 1787 | Ireland | ||
| 1793 | West Indies | ||
| 1795 | England | ||
| 1797 | Channel Islands: Jersey | ||
| 1798 | England | ||
| 1798 | Gibraltar | ||
| 1798.11 | Minorca | ||
| 1800 | Malta | ||
| 1801 | Egypt | ||
| 1802 | Ireland | ||
| 1803 | Channel Islands: Jersey | ||
| 1804.08.28 | 1st
Battalion, 58th
Regiment of Foot redesignated on formation of 2nd Battalion |
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| 1805 | England | ||
| 1805 | Gibraltar | ||
| 1805 | Malta | ||
| 1805 | Sicily | ||
| 1806 | Italy | ||
| 1812 | Spain & France | C Bde, 6 Div | |
| 1812 | Canada | Power Bde | |
| 1815 | Netherlands | ||
| 1815 | Ireland | ||
| 1815.12 | 58th
Regiment of Foot redesignated on disbandment of 2nd Battalion and absorbed its personnel) |
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| 1816 | Jamaica | ||
| 1822 | England | ||
| 1824 | Ireland | ||
| 1826 | England | ||
| 1828 | Ceylon | ||
| 1839 | England | ||
| 1841 | Ireland | ||
| 1841 | England | ||
| 1843 | at sea | escort to prison ships | |
| 1843 | New South Wales | ||
| 1845.03 | New Zealand | ||
| 1859 | England | ||
| 1862 | Ireland | ||
| 1864 | India | ||
| 1874 | England | ||
| 1879 | Natal | ||
| 1879 | Zulu War | ||
| 1880 | South Africa | ||
| 1881.07.01 | 2nd Battalion, The Northamptonshire Regiment | ||
| 1881 | Natal | ||
| 1881 | South Africa | last battalion to carry Colours in battle | |
| 1885 | Hong Kong | ||
| 1889 | Singapore | ||
| 1892 | England: Colchester | ||
| 1895 | Jersey | ||
| 1897 | England: Aldershot | ||
| 1899 | Ireland- | ||
| 1899.11 | South Africa | 9 Bde | |
| 1902 | Bordon | ||
| 1904 | England: Colchester | ||
| 1911 | Malta | ||
| 1914 | Egypt | ||
| 1914.11 | France and Flanders | 8 Div | |
| 1919 | Lahore | ||
| 1923 | Karachi | ||
| 1926 | Sudan | ||
| 1927 | England: Colchester | ||
| 1931 | England: Aldershot | 2 Bde | |
| 1935 | Northern Ireland: Ballykinler | ||
| 1939.09 | France & Belgium | 5 Inf Div, BEF | |
| 1940.06 | UK | ||
| 1942.04 | Madagascar | ||
| 1942.06 | Persia/Iraq | ||
| 1943.07 | Sicily | ||
| 1943 | Italy | ||
| 1945.02 | Germany | ||
| 1945 | Germany | ||
| 1948.08.30 | amalgamated with 1st Battalion | ||