Middlesex Regiment

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infantry regiment line infantry regiment regiment of the British Army

The Middlesex Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, known for its long service history from the 19th century through both World Wars before its eventual amalgamation into the Queen's Regiment.

Aliases (4)

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	infantry regiment → line infantry regiment → regiment of the British Army →
alliedUnit	Canadian Scottish Regiment → Royal Montreal Regiment →
amalgamatedInto	Middlesex Regiment → surface form: "Queen's Regiment"
battleHonour	Albuhera → Arras 1917 → Cambrai 1917 → El Alamein → Gallipoli → surface form: "Gallipoli 1915" Inkerman → Second Battle of Seoul → surface form: "Korea 1950–51" Marne 1914 → Mons → Normandy 1944 → Rhine → Sevastopol → Battle of the Somme → surface form: "Somme 1916" South Africa 1899–1902 → Ypres 1914 →
branch	British Army →
convertedUnit	machine-gun battalions in the interwar period →
country	United Kingdom →
dateAmalgamated	1966 →
dateFormed	1881 →
disbandedAsSeparateRegiment	1966 →
formedBy	amalgamation of the 57th (West Middlesex) Regiment of Foot and the 77th (East Middlesex) Regiment of Foot →
formedUnder	Childers Reforms →
nickname	The Die-Hards →
notableEngagement	Battle of Albuera → Battle of Mons → Battle of Hong Kong → surface form: "Defence of Hong Kong 1941"
participatedIn	World War I → surface form: "First World War" Korean War → North-West Frontier campaigns → Second Anglo-Afghan War → Second Boer War → World War II → surface form: "Second World War"
primaryRecruitingArea	London, England → surface form: "London" Middlesex, England → surface form: "Middlesex"
regimentalColour	yellow facings →
regimentalDepot	Mill Hill Barracks → surface form: "Inglis Barracks, Mill Hill" Mill Hill Barracks →
regimentalMarch	Sir Manley Power →
regimentalMotto	Firm →
regimentalNumber	Middlesex Regiment → surface form: "57th Regiment of Foot" Middlesex Regiment → surface form: "77th Regiment of Foot"
role	infantry →
successorUnit	Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment → Middlesex Regiment → surface form: "Queen's Regiment"
type	line infantry →

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Middlesex Regiment → amalgamatedInto → Middlesex Regiment →

this entity surface form: "Queen's Regiment"

Battle of Hong Kong → involvedUnit → Middlesex Regiment →

Robert Ross → militaryUnit → Middlesex Regiment →

this entity surface form: "4th Regiment of Foot"

Middlesex Regiment → regimentalNumber → Middlesex Regiment →

this entity surface form: "57th Regiment of Foot"

Middlesex Regiment → regimentalNumber → Middlesex Regiment →

this entity surface form: "77th Regiment of Foot"

Middlesex Regiment → successorUnit → Middlesex Regiment →

this entity surface form: "Queen's Regiment"