The 96th Regiment of Foot was a British Army regiment, raised in 1798. Under the Childers reforms it amalgamated with the 63rd Regiment of Foot to form the Manchester Regiment.
Lieutenant Colonel Sir Charles Stuart, founder of the regiment, by George Romney
The Battle of Alexandria, 21 March 1801, by Philip James de Loutherbourg
Lieut. Col James Fullarton, 96th Regiment, Old Burying Ground (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
63rd (West Suffolk) Regiment of Foot
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.
The Battle of Bunker Hill, by Howard Pyle
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