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The
Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales's)
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crest and tie
by James Robinson
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| 1881.07.01 | The
Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Berkshire Regiment) organised as the county regiment of Berkshire, encompassing its Militia and Volunteer infantry [see below] and uniting two regular battalions: |
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| 1885.09.29 | The
Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment) royal accolade granted for distinguished conduct at Tofrek |
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| 1921.01.01 | The Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) | |
| 1959.06.09 | amalgamated with The Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh's), to form The Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment (Berkshire and Wiltshire) | |
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History of The Royal Berkshire Regiment and The Wiltshire Regiment, 1881-1959, by The Wardrobe (Museum site) | |
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The Royal Berkshire Regiment, by The Wardrobe (Museum site) | |
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Regimental Timeline, by The Wardrobe | |
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The Royal Berkshire Regiment, by Brad Chappell (The Regimental Warpath 1914-1918) | |
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The Royal Berkshire Regiment, by Chris Baker (The British Army in the Great War). | |
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| 49th Regimental District at Reading [1881-1905] | ||
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| H Group at Bulford [1946-1948] | ||
| Wessex Brigade at Exeter [1948-1959] | ||
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Regulars:
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| 1st Battalion [1881-1959] | ||
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| 2nd Battalion [1881-1949] | ||
| Militia and Special Reserve: | ||
| 3rd Battalion (Royal Berkshire
Regiment of Militia) [1881-1953]
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| Territorials and Volunteers: | ||
| 1st Volunteer Battalion [1881-1908]
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| 4th Battalion [1908-1947]
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| 4th/6th Battalion [1947-1967] | ||
| 5th (Hackney) Battalion [1937-1947] | ||
| 10th London Regiment [1929-1937] | ||
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Hostilities-Only Units (First
and Second World War, including T.A. duplicates):
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War Diary, 6th Battalion, 1915-1918 (Museum site) | |
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War Diary, 7th Battalion, 1915-1918 (Museum site) | |
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History of the 8th Royal Berkshires, by Andrew Tatham. | |
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War Diary, 8th Battalion, 1915-1918 (Museum site) | |
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War Diary, 10th (Labour) Battalion, 1914-1918 (Museum site) | |
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battle honours of 49th Regiment and
66th Regiment, plus:]
St. Lucia 17781, Egypt 1882, Tofrek, Suakin 1885, South Africa 1899-1902 Great War [16 battalions]: Mons, Retreat from Mons, Marne 1914, Aisne 1914 '18, Ypres 1914 '17, Langemarck 1914 '17, Gheluvelt, Nonne Bosschen, Neuve Chapelle, Aubers, Festubert 1915, Loos, Somme 1916 '18, Albert 1916 '18, Bazentin, Delville Wood, Pozières, Flers Courcelette, Morval, Thiepval, Le Transloy, Ancre Heights, Ancre 1916 '18, Arras 1917 '18, Scarpe 1917 '18, Arleux, Pilckem, Polygon Wood, Broodseinde, Poelcappelle, Passchendaele, Cambrai 1917 '18, St. Quentin, Bapaume 1918, Rosières, Avre, Villers Bretonneux, Lys, Hazebrouck, Béthune, Amiens, Hindenburg Line, Havrincourt, Épéhy, Canal du Nord, St. Quentin Canal, Selle, Valenciennes, Sambre, France and Flanders 1914-18, Piave, Vittorio Veneto, Italy 1917-18, Doiran 1917 '18, Macedonia 1915-18 Second World War: Dyle, St. Omer-La Bassée, Dunkirk 1940, Normandy Landing, Rhine, North-West Europe 1940 '44-45, Pursuit to Messina, Sicily 1943, Monte Camino, Calabritto, Garigliano Crossing, Damiano, Anzio, Carroceto, Italy 1943-45, Donbaik, Kohima, Mao Songsang, Shwebo, Kyaukmyaung Bridgehead, Mandalay, Fort Dufferin, Rangoon Road, Toungoo, Burma 1942-45 Royal Berkshire Militia:
Mediterranean 1. awarded 1909 for services of 49th Regiment. |
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The Colours of the Regiment, by The Wardrobe. | |
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| 1947.05.13 | F.M. HM King George VI | |
| 1881 | [1st Bn:] Gen. Sir Charles Henry Ellice, GCB | |
| 1881 | [2nd Bn:] Gen. Thomas Henry Johnston | |
| 1891.12.30 | Gen. Sir William Pollexfen Radcliffe, KCB | |
| 1894.01.27 | Lt-Gen. Robert William Lowry, CB | |
| 1905.06.09 | Lt-Gen. Sir William Bellairs, KCMG, CB | |
| 1913.07.25 | Maj-Gen. Edward Thompson Dickson | |
| 1930.05.21 | Gen. Sir Felix Fordati Ready, GBE, KCB, CSI, CMG, DSO | |
| 1940.04.06 | Maj-Gen. Robert John Collins, CB, CMG, DSO | |
| 1946.11.22 | Gen. Sir Miles Christopher Dempsey, GBE, KCB, DSO, MC | |
| 1956.11.22 | Brig. Dudley William Bruce Trower Hogg, CBE | |
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Victoria Crosses [Royal Berkshire Regt], by Mike Chapman (VC Reference). | |
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VCs in the Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regimental Museum, by Iain Stewart. | |
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49th Battalion (The Stanley Regiment)
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The Hawke's Bay Regiment
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The Regimental Association of The Royal Gloucestershire Berkshire & Wiltshire Regiment | |
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Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire & Wiltshire Regiment Salisbury Museum, Salisbury (Army Museums Ogilby Trust) | |
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Abingdon Museum (Army Museums Ogilby Trust) | |
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Museum of the Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment, Salisbury (Simonides listing) | |
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The Wardrobe: RGBW Regimental Museum, Salisbury (Museum site) | |
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The China dragon. | |
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