Below is some genealogy information on the 46th (South Devonshire) Regiment of Foot of the British army that may help searches for military ancestors.

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Description: Formed in 1741 as the 57th Regiment of Foot. They saw action during the Seven Years War, fighting in North America and the Caribbean. In 1751 they were renamed the 46th Regiment of Foot. In 1782 they were renamed the 46th (South Devonshire) Regiment of Foot. They saw action during the American War of Independence fighting extensively in North America but also in the Caribbean. They were stationed in Australia between 1814 and 1817 before moving to India. They saw action in the Crimean War, fighting at Alma, Balaclava, Inkerman and Sevastapol. In 1881 they formed the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry by amalgamating with the 32nd (Cornwall) Regiment of Foot. They saw action in the Napoleonic Wars, fighting at Napoleonic war: Waterloo. They saw action in the Boer Wars, fighitng at Paardenburg. During the First World War they fought across the Western, Italian, Greek, Far Eastern, African and Middle Eastern fronts at battles such as Mons, Le Cateau, the 1st battle of Ypres, the 2nd battle of Ypres, Mount Sorrel, the Somme (1916), the Hindenburg Line, Arras, Passchendaele, the 1st battle of the Somme (1918) and the Advance in Flanders. During the Second World War they fought on the Western front. In 1959 they merged with the Somerset Light Infantry, forming the Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry. In 1968 they merged with The King's Own Yorkshire Infantry, the Durham Light Infantry and the King's Shropshire Light Infantry. In 2005 they merged with the The Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment, The Royal Green Jackets and the Devonshire and Dorset Regiment, forming The Rifles. Their nickname is Murray's Bucks, The Suprisers, The Lacedemonians or The Red Feathers.

Military actions:

• Crimean war: Alma
• Crimean war: Balaclava
• Crimean war: Inkerman
• Crimean war: Sevastapol
• WWI: Mons
• WWI: Le Cateau
• WWI: 1st battle of Ypres
• WWI: 2nd battle of Ypres
• WWI: Mount Sorrel
• WWI: Somme (1916)
• WWI: Hindenburg Line
• WWI: Arras
• WWI: 3rd battle of Ypres
• WWI: 1st battle of the Somme (1918)
• WWI: Advance in Flanders

Websites:

• Wikipedia: 32nd Foot regiment.

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