Introduction
The 43rd Regiment of foot (Monmouthshire) is new regiment that has been formed to provide a casual, non-mandatory means of enjoying line battles. We have uniqueness in that the core of our regiment is made up from a real-life friendship group that want to play more of NW than tropical paradise and Miniseige. As such, we are an extremely casual regiment with no commitments other than if you say are coming to an event and following officer’s commands.
Our main goal is to provide a casual, informal light infantry regiment that aims to go to an event or two a week. Due to our planned small schedule and other commitments (we’re mostly stoners); the regiment is not suited to those who want to be immersed in regiment life.
History
The regiment was formed in 1741 by Colonel Thomas Fowke as Thomas Fowke's Regiment of Foot. The regiment’s first active duty was a garrison position in Menorca a year after they had formed. The regiment was numbered 54th Regiment of Foot from 1747 until 1751 when it became the 43rd Regiment of Foot. Its first real duty however was to defend British North American colonies in the French-Indian War. It gained its first battle honour when it assisted in the capture of Quebec. They then were sent to the West Indies (Caribbean) where they captured many islands which they ultimately had to re-take during the 1794 after the islands had been given back to the French in 1963. They also served in the American war of Independence defending Boston and finally surrendering at Yorktown after the final siege
In 1803, the 43rd, the 52nd and the 95th Rifles became the first Corps of Light Infantry and formed the Light Brigade at Shorncliffe in Kent under the command of Major-General John Moore. The 43rd was part of a force led by Sir Arthur Wellesley which in 1807 captured Copenhagen and the entire Danish fleet in order to prevent Napoleon from capturing them and using them for a planned invasion of the UK.
They were then deployed to the Peninsular War where they took part in the battle of Vimeiro where they drove Napoleon out of Portugal. During the campaign the 1st battalion managed to march fifty-two miles in twenty six hours during the hottest season of the year. They fought all throughout the peninsular war and eventually made it to France. During the siege of Badajoz they lost 20 officers and 335 men attacking the breach in the defenses. The 43rd then returned to the UK only to be sent to New Orleans where they suffered defeat and were transferred to Belgium to help tackle Napoleon who had returned. They arrived too late to take part in Waterloo. The regiment formed part of the army of occupation in France until November 1818
The regiment served in Ireland from 1819 to 1823 and then at Gibraltar from 1823 to 1830. Following a period in England the 43rd returned to Canada in 1836. In December 1837, in severe weather conditions, the regiment marched from Fredericton to Quebec a distance of 370 miles of many forests, frozen rivers and mountainous terrain in a period of eighteen days. The march received much attention in Canada and the Duke of Wellington expressed his high admiration for the arduous undertaking the 43rd had completed. The regiment left Canada for England in 1846 and was stationed in the south of England and then in Ireland until 1851.
The 43rd were sent to South Africa for service in the Eighth Xhosa War in 1851. In 1852 a detachment from the regiment departed Simon's Town aboard the troopship HMS Birkenhead bound for Port Elizabeth. At two o'clock in the morning on 28 February 1852, the ship struck rocks at Danger Point. The troops assembled on deck, and allowed the women and children to board the lifeboats first, but then stood firm as the ship sank when told by officers that jumping overboard and swimming to the lifeboats would mostly likely upset those boats and endanger the civilian passengers. 357 men drowned. The bravery and discipline shown by British troops which included a detachment of the 43rd under the command of Lieutenant Girardot during the ship-wreck received much publicity in England and abroad. King Frederick of Prussia ordered that the story of the bravery shown during the sinking of the troopship be read out to each regiment of his army as an example of devotion to duty.
The 43rd moved from South Africa to India arriving at Madras in 1854.The regiment assisted in putting down the Indian Mutiny from 1857 to 1859. In the campaign, the regiment marched 1,300 miles in six months; from Southern India to Bengal and engaged in many actions with the enemy along the way. The regiment also won its first Victoria Cross awarded to Henry Addison in 1859.
In September 1863, the 43rd left India to take part in the New Zealand Wars. The 43rd led the storming column at Gate Pa in April 1864 and took part in the assault on the fort at Te Ranga in June 1864. Frederick Augustus Smith was awarded the Victoria Cross for his bravery during an attack on a Maori trench. The regiment returned to England in February 1866.
For the next fifteen years the regiment was mainly stationed abroad with only brief periods spent in the UK. The major operation it was engaged in during this time was in the suppression of the rebellion by the Moplahs in Southern India in 1873.
As part of the Cardwell Reforms of the 1870s, where single-battalion regiments were linked together to share a single depot and recruiting district in the United Kingdom, the 43rd was linked with the 53rd (Shropshire) Regiment of Foot. On 1 July 1881 the Childers Reforms came into effect and the regiment amalgamated with the 52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) to form the 1st and 2nd battalions of the Oxfordshire Light Infantry (which became the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry in 1908).
Event Schedule
Monday - Empty
Tuesday - Empty
Wednesday - Empty
Thursday - 2ndKGL Trench Battle
Friday - Empty
Saturday - Empty
Sunday - 1Rhein LB
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CO
Col_MilfAndCookies
NCO
Sgt_MrShaghettiArms
Cpl_Krash
Enlisted
Kgm_Ali
Mrks_Didge
Pfc_Joji
Pte_KingRizla
Pte_PorkScratching
Pte_Vegan
Pte_IAmMax
Pte_Cody
Pte_CrankyTea
Pte_Dogg0
Total = 13
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