66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot
Infomation
This regiment was originally raised in 1756 as the 2nd Battalion of the 19th Regiment of Foot. It became an independent unit two years later. In 1758 two of its companies were sent to garrison Senegal, while the rest of the regiment remained in England. The unit reunited in Ireland in 1763. It sailed to Jamaica in 1764, remaining there for nine years. In 1775 it moved to Ireland once again, this time for 10 years. In 1782 the regiment was given a territorial association with Berkshire. In 1785 it was deployed to St Vincent in the West Indies, but on the outbreak of the French Revolutionary Wars (1792-1802) it was moved to reinforce Gibraltar. It transferred back to the West Indies in 1796, seeing action on Saint-Domingue (now Haiti) and Jamaica. The 66th then garrisoned Canada (1799-1802), Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) (1804-14) and India (1814-17). The latter deployment included a brief stint in Nepal in 1815 during the Gurkha War (1814-16). In 1803 the regiment had raised a 2nd Battalion. This remained in Ireland until 1809, when it was sent to the Peninsular War (1807-14). Its service there included the battles of Douro (1809), Talavera (1809), Albuera (1811), Vitoria (1813), Nive (1813) and Orthes (1814). The ground where the 66th Regiment made their last stand at Maiwand, 1880The ground where the 66th Regiment made their last stand at Maiwand. At Albuera in May 1811 it lost its Colours and all but 52 of its men. The few survivors joined with those of four other regiments to form the Provisional Battalion. This was renamed the 1st Provisional Battalion in December 1812 and finally disbanded in October 1814. The 66th raised a new 2nd Battalion in England, which sailed to St Helena in 1816 to guard the exiled Napoleon. In 1817 it was joined on the island by 1st Battalion. The two merged later that year. The regiment remained on St Helena until Napoleon’s death in 1821 and six of its grenadiers formed part of his burial party. The next 20 years took the 66th back to Ireland, Canada, Gibraltar and the West Indies. In 1857 it moved to India, where it remained for eight years. In 1868 it returned to Ireland once again, but only for two years.
Ranks
Commissioned Officers  Colonel: 66th_Col_Name  Lieutenant Colonel: 66th_LtCol_Name  Major: 66th_Major_Name  Captain: 66th_Cpt_Name  Lieutenant: 66th_Lt_Name  Ensign: 66th_Ensign_Name | Non Commissioned Officers  Serjeant Major: 66th_Sjt-Maj_Name  Colour Serjeant: 66th_CSjt_Name  Serjeant: 66th_Sjt_Name  Corporal: 66th_Cpl_Name | Enlisted  Lance Corporal: 66th_LCpl_Name  Grenadier: 66th_Gren_Name  Kingsman: 66th_Kgm_Name  Regular: 66th_Rgl_Name  Private: 66th_Pte_Name  Recruit: 66th_Rct_Name |
Schedule
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Thursday - Training
Friday -
Saturday - Day Off
Sunday - Promotins
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