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
Wiltshire Regiment Cap Badge
Battle of Ferozeshah- Depiction of the 62nd Regiment on the second day of the battle by Henry Martens. 62nd evident by the buff colour of the flag and of the facings of the British regulars shown. The figures in the foreground are likely members of the regiment's light company.
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.
The 99th Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, formed in 1824. It amalgamated with the 62nd Regiment of Foot to form the Duke of Edinburgh's in 1881.
Wiltshire Regiment
…infantry regiment of the British Army, formed in 1881 under the Childers Reforms by the amalgamation of the 62nd (Wiltshire) Regiment of Foot and the 99th Duke of Edinburgh's (Lanarkshire) Regiment of Foot. The regiment was originally formed as the Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment), taking the county affiliation from the 62nd Foot (which became the…
General Sir Colin Campbell, colonel of the regiment in the 1830s, by William Salter
A memorial erected by the 99th Regiment of Foot at Anglesea Barracks, Hobart to commemorate the soldiers of the regiment killed during the New Zealand Wars. This is the only monument built by British soldiers in Australia to commemorate their casualties.