Below is some genealogy information on the 48th (The Northamptonshire) Regiment of Foot of the British army that may help searches for military ancestors.

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Description: Formed in 1741 as James Cholmondeley's Regiment. They saw action in the War of the Austrian Succession. They saw action in the Jacobite rebellion. In 1748 they were renamed the 48th Regiment of Foot. They saw action in the French and Indian War. They saw action in the American War of Independence. They saw action in the Napoleonic war, fighting in the Peninsular Wars. They saw action in the Crimean war, fighting at Sevastapol. In 1881 they formed the Northamptonshire Regiment by an amalgamation of the 58th (Rutlandshire) Regiment of Foot), the Northamptonshire and Rutland Militia and the 1st Northamptonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps. They saw action in the Boer Wars, fighting at Belmont and Graspan, Laing's Neck, Magersfontein, Majuba Hill and Modder River. During the First World War they fought across the Western, Turkish, African and Middle-Eastern fronts fighting at battles such as Mons, Marne, Aisne, the 1st battle of Ypres, Neuve Chapelle, Aubers Bridge, Loos, the Somme (1916), the Hindenburg Line and Passchendaele. During the Second World War they fought across the Western, African and Far-Eastern fronts. In 1960 they were merged with the Royal Lincolnshire Regiment, forming the 2nd East Anglian Regiment (Duchess of Gloucester's Own Royal Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire). In 1964 they became part of the Royal Anglian Regiment. Their nickname is The Black Cuffs or The Steelbacks.

Military actions:

• Napoleonic war: Peninsular Wars
• Crimean war: Sevastapol
• Boer war: Belmont and Graspan
• Boer war: Laing's Neck
• Boer war: Magersfontein
• Boer war: Majuba Hill
• Boer war: Modder River
• WWI: Mons
• WWI: Marne
• WWI: Aisne
• WWI: 1st battle of Ypres
• WWI: Neuve Chapelle
• WWI: Aubers Bridge
• WWI: Loos
• WWI: Somme (1916)
• WWI: Hindenburg Line
• WWI: 3rd battle of Ypres

Websites:

• A history of the 48th & 58th Regiments, Northamptonshire, East Anglian Brigade and Royal Anglian regiments.
• Wikipedia: 48th (Northamptonshire) Regiment of Foot

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