The 63rd Regiment of Foot was a British Army regiment raised in 1756. Under the Childers Reforms, it amalgamated with the 96th Regiment of Foot to form the Manchester Regiment in 1881.
c. 1775 portrait of a regimental grenadier officer
General the Earl of Balcarres, colonel of the regiment throughout the Napoleonic Wars
Memorial to the men of the 63rd Regiment, St. Mary's Church, Fort St. George, Madras, India
Manchester Regiment
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The Manchester Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 until 1958. The regiment was created during the 1881 Childers Reforms by the amalgamation of the 63rd Re
63rd (West Suffolk) Regiment of Foot
…63rd Regiment of Foot was a British Army regiment raised in 1756. Under the Childers Reforms, it amalgamated with the 96th Regiment of Foot to form the Manchester 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…
Cap badge of the Manchester Regiment during the First World War.
The Manchester Regiment in the full dress uniform of 1914. Illustration by Harry Payne (1858–1927)
A regimental South African War Memorial (the work of William Hamo Thornycroft) in St Ann's Square, Manchester
The 1911 Delhi Durbar