Ladysmith Barracks
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Ladysmith Barracks was a British military installation on Mossley Road, Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester.
Entrance to Ladysmith Barracks
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.
Ladysmith Barracks
…and 1843. In 1873 a system of recruiting areas based on counties was instituted under the Cardwell Reforms and the barracks became the depot for the 63rd (West Suffolk) Regiment of Foot, the 96th Regiment of Foot and the 6th Royal Lancashire Militia. Following the Childers Reforms, the 63rd and 96th Regiments amalgamated as 1st and 2nd…
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