61st (South Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot
The 61st Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1756. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 28th Regiment of Foot to form the Gloucestershire Regiment in 1881.
Major-General Granville Elliott who was colonel of the regiment during its campaign in the West Indies in 1758
Battle of Maida, July 1806, painted by Philip James de Loutherbourg
A reproduction of the uniform of a private of the 61st Regiment of Foot during their deployment to the Cape Colony (1797–1801).
The monument erected in memory of the losses sustained by both armies at the Battles of Saddalupar and Chillianwala in January 1849
28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot
The 28th Regiment of Foot was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1694. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 61st Regiment of Foot to form the Gloucestershire Regiment in 1881.
Uniform of the 28th Regiment, 1742, with its yellow facings
The 28th Regiment at Quatre Bras by Elizabeth Thompson (Lady Butler)