The 62nd Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, which was raised in 1756 and saw service through the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgama
Carrickfergus Castle
1772 illustration of a regimental corporal and officer
Illustration of a regimental private in 1778
The regiment at the Battle of Ferozeshah
Wiltshire Regiment
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The Wiltshire Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, formed in 1881 under the Childers Reforms by the amalgamation of the 62nd Regiment of Foot and the 99th Duke of Edinburgh's Reg
62nd (Wiltshire) Regiment of Foot
…through the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 99th (Lanarkshire) Regiment of Foot to form the Wiltshire Regiment in 1881. The formation of the regiment was prompted by the expansion of the army as a result of the commencement of the Seven Years' War. On 25 August…
Wiltshire Regiment Cap Badge
Men of the 2nd Wiltshire Regiment and Tasmanian Imperial Force along the Orange River c. 1900.
Caption reads, "Wiltshire boys stealing on the enemy at Orange River, but Boers captured them later at Rensburg S.A.". Stereoscope image of the 2nd Wilts in a skirmish line, in the prone firing position, possibly in action, near Rensburg, February 1900.