66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot

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British Army regiment infantry regiment

The 66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot was a British Army infantry regiment renowned for its stubborn and costly stand during the Second Anglo-Afghan War, particularly at the Battle of Maiwand in 1880.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army regiment ⓘ
infantry regiment ⓘ
allegiance Kingdom of Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
amalgamatedToForm Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Berkshire Regiment) NERFINISHED ⓘ
amalgamatedUnder Childers Reforms NERFINISHED ⓘ
amalgamationYear 1881 ⓘ
arm infantry ⓘ
associatedCounty Berkshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
battleHonour Afghanistan 1878–80 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Albuhera NERFINISHED ⓘ
Maiwand NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nive NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nivelle NERFINISHED ⓘ
Orthes NERFINISHED ⓘ
Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pyrenees NERFINISHED ⓘ
Talavera NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vittoria NERFINISHED ⓘ
branch British Army ⓘ
category Infantry regiments of the British Army ⓘ
Military units and formations disestablished in 1881 ⓘ
Military units and formations established in 1756 ⓘ
Regiments of the British Army ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
disbanded 1881 ⓘ
garrison Reading, Berkshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
linkedTo 49th (Hertfordshire) Regiment of Foot NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEngagement Battle of Maiwand NERFINISHED ⓘ
notedFor stubborn defence at the Battle of Maiwand ⓘ
originatedAs 2nd Battalion, 19th Regiment of Foot NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessor 19th Regiment of Foot NERFINISHED ⓘ
raised 1756 ⓘ
redesignated 66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot NERFINISHED ⓘ
66th Regiment of Foot NERFINISHED ⓘ
regimentalDepot Reading NERFINISHED ⓘ
regimentalNumber 66 ⓘ
successor Royal Berkshire Regiment NERFINISHED ⓘ
sufferedHeavyLossesAt Battle of Maiwand NERFINISHED ⓘ
theatreOfOperations Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
North America NERFINISHED ⓘ
Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ
type line infantry ⓘ
uniformFacings green ⓘ
war American Revolutionary War NERFINISHED ⓘ
Napoleonic Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ
Peninsular War NERFINISHED ⓘ
Second Anglo-Afghan War NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Battle of Maiwand → notableUnit → 66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot ⓘ