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	Soldiers of Gloucestershire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In the Spring of 1694 a new Regiment of Infantry was raised by Col. John Gibson, Lieutenant Governor of Portsmouth.
		In the 17th century, regiments were the personal property of their Colonels, and thus the new regiment became known as Gibson's Regiment of Foot.
		In 1782 the Regiments were linked for recruiting purposes with specific parts of the country, and the 28th and 61st were given the subsidiary titles of the North and the South Gloucestershire Regiment respectively.
	www.glosters.org.uk /gl-origins.html (254 words)

	ALEXANDRIA - LoveToKnow Article on ALEXANDRIA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The brunt of the attack fell upon the command of Moore, and in particular upon the 28th (Gloucestershire Regiment).
		The front and rear ranks of the 28th were simultaneously engaged, and the conduct of the regiment won for it the distinction of wearing badges both at the front and at the back of their head-dress.
		Other regiments which assisted in the overthrow of the French column were the 23rd, 4oth and 58th.
	www.87.1911encyclopedia.org /A/AL/ALEXANDRIA.htm (5901 words)

	RGBW Insignia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		It came about in the early nineteenth century, when regiments were allowed to incorporate in their shako plates some form of regimental crest, the 62nd, in company with eleven other regiments, adopted the Maltese cross.
		The Sphinx was worn by the Gloucestershire Regiment up to the amalgamation in 1994, and was carried over to the RGBW For a fuller explanation of the Campaign go to 'Battle Honours.
		The RGBW Stable belt is buff with a thin red stripe with a fl line traditionally worn by the Gloucestershire Regiment in mourning for General Wolfe, who died in front of the 28th of Foot at Quebec in 1759.
	history.farmersboys.com /RGBW/r_g_b_w__insigna.htm (922 words)

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		Raised in 1689 as The Duke of Norfolk's Regiment.
		In 1808 these were abolished, but one Battalion of the 23rd Regiment which was abroad at the time, continued to wear the flash until its return to England in 1834, permission was granted for officers and Sergeant majors to wear the flash and in 1900 this was extended to all ranks.
		The Gloucestershire Regiment have the unusual distinction of wearing a second 'back' badge in the rear of their headress, this stems from the Battle of Alexandria on March 21st 1801, when the 28th,42nd and 58th Regiments beat off a French attack by turning back to back with the front rank.
	www.egframes.co.uk /aapow12.htm (333 words)

	Hardy Falconer Parsons - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He was 20 years old, and a Temporary Second Lieutenant in the 14th (S) Bn., The Gloucestershire Regiment, British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.
		On 20/21 August 1917 near Epehy, France, during a night attack by the enemy on a bombing post held by his command, the bombers holding the post were forced back, but Second Lieutenant Parsons remained at his post.
		His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Gloucestershire Regiment Museum (Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hardy_Falconer_Parsons (208 words)

	Hidden Heritage - The Gloucestershire Regiment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Gloucestershire Regiment was made up of the 28th and 61st Regiments of Foot, (later to become the
		1st and 2nd Battalions), two Gloucestershire Regiments of Militia and various Corps of Volunteers.
		This battalion adopted as its uniform the somewhat unusual turnout of a slouch hat with a plume of feathers, a Khaki jacket with scarlet facings and silver braid, and breeches and gaiters - hardly the wear for a sober infantry unit.
	www.gloster.demon.co.uk /glos/glosregt.html (258 words)

	BBC NEWS \| In Pictures \| In pictures: Gloucestershire Regiment
		The Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment is being considered for amalgamation or disbanding as part of the Armed Forces shake-up - a move rejected by current and former members.
		Some say links with the regiment's 300-year history, much of which is displayed in the Soldiers of Gloucestershire museum, would be lost.
		The regiment lost 8,100 soldiers in WWI, including this 18-year-old soldier whose temporary grave marker was placed in France before a permanent marker was erected.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/in_pictures/4050207.stm (180 words)

	Regiments
		It was normal for a regiment to arrive at Malta in one, two or three divisions, possibly over a period of weeks.
		When a regiment sailed from Malta after a tour of duty, some sick men were often left behind, and these men may have died say six months later when the regiment was back in England, or was based elsewhere in the world.
		Needless to say many injured or sick men from such conflicts were brought to Malta without their regiments, so again the regiment is shown as serving elsewhere, whereas the soldier may have died in Malta.
	website.lineone.net /~stephaniebidmead/regiments.htm (1364 words)

	Gloucestershire Message Boards > Gloucestershire Regiment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Nov 11 2004, 08:42 AM I really hope not John B The gloucester regiment is a very proud regiment going back a long way and the only one to be honored will the back badge...
		Mar 19 2005, 11:22 PM I see that your famous Gloucester Regiment is to be merged in the Geoff Hoon and General Mick Jackson mergers in the UK...
		The Glosters were in Munster in the early eighties, 80/81 I think, and were the escort battalion for the RCT regiment I was attached to.
	www.softdata.co.uk /forums/lofiversion/index.php?t269.html (733 words)

	BBC NEWS \| England \| Gloucestershire \| Regiment acts to stop disbandment
		Members of an army regiment have launched a campaign in an attempt to avoid being disbanded.
		The Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire (RGBW) regiment has urged people to write to their MPs to stop it being disbanded or amalgamated.
		The RGBW is one of seven regiments, each of one battalion, in the Prince of Wales's Division.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/england/gloucestershire/3999807.stm (207 words)

	Timeline - 1916
		Pte Nicholas SLENDER, 1st Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, died of wounds in France.
		Pte Lancelot ORGAN, 10th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, died of wounds in France.
		Pte Thomas Phillip GAY, 2nd Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, died of wounds in Salonika.
	www.remembering.org.uk /timeline_1916.htm (5069 words)

	GENUKI: Genealogical research information for Gloucestershire, England
		Ralph Bigland visited many of Gloucestershire's graveyards in the late 18th Century, and recorded the contents of the Memorials he found in a series of 4 volumes, available in the Gloucestershire Record Office.
		Several Gloucestershire churches are featured on Phil Draper's Church Crawler Website, devoted to news and information about churches in the UK, and worldwide, where the emphasis is on "less-well-known churches that do not appear on the tourist trails of the world".
		Names from Musters of the Gloucestershire (North and South) Militia 1781-82 are available for purchase on floppy disk or microfiche through Family History Indexes (the link to Militia Musters is part way down the page).
	www.genuki.org.uk /big/eng/GLS (5941 words)

	The Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment (RGBW) - History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Royal Gloucestershire Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment (RGBW) was formed in 1994.
		The Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment is almost the youngest regiment in the British Army, but was formed from the Gloucestershire Regiment and the Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment whose 300 years of history and traditions it has inherited.
		In 1845 the 62nd Regiment was stationed in Madras and Bengal and took the field against the Sikhs in the first war against that nation.
	www.rgbw.co.uk /History/history.htm (304 words)

	Timeline - 1915
		Pte Alderman Justice LANE, 2nd Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, died of wounds in Belgium.
		Pte William REGAN, 1/3rd Battalion Monmouthshire Regiment, died of wounds as a POW in Belgium.
		Pte William Henry MATTHEWS, 1/5 Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, died of wounds in France.
	www.remembering.org.uk /timeline_1915.htm (3723 words)

	Gloucester Regiment
		The two battalions forming this regiment wre the 28th (North Gliucestershire), and 61st (South Gloucestershire), which were "linked" before they were territorialised.
		The regiment took part in the siege of Alexandria, after which the officers were given gold medals by the Sultan, and "Egypt", with the Sphinx, was added to the colours.
		The Volunteer battalions are the 1st Gloucestershire, Bristol (green with green facings), and the 2nd Gloucestershire, Gloucester (green and red).
	regimental-art.com /gloucester_regiment.htm (2171 words)

	The Gloucestershire Regiment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Formed 1 July 1881 by amalgamation of 28th Regiment of Foot and 61st Regiment of Foot.
		27 April 1994 amalgamated with The Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment (Berkshire and Wiltshire) to form The Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment.
		27 April 1994 merged with 1st Battalion The Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment to form 1st Battalion The Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment.
	www.win.tue.nl /~drenth/BritArmy/Lineage/GLOSTER (72 words)

	GENUKI: Genealogical research information for Gloucestershire, England
		Researchers may find one or more of the Gloucestershire Mailing Lists useful in their research; and Gloucestershire Surnames are listed within Graham Jaunay's On-line English Names Directory.
		Stuart Flight's Gloucestershire Parishes lists material for parishes he has collected and transcribed, mainly in the Kings Stanley and Stroud areas.
		Detailed Maps of the area you may be interested in Gloucestershire are viewable at the UK Street Map Page.
	www.genuki.org.uk:8080 /big/eng/GLS (5941 words)

	The Edge of the Sword
		The stand of the first Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment (the Glorious Glosters), at the Eastern crossing of the Imjin River in Korea has passed into British military history as an epic.
		The Edge of the Sword is more than an authentic frontline account of that engagements as seen and fought in by the Adjutant of the Battalion, for he, almost alone, was in Command of the whole situation.
		He was commissioned to the rank of sergeant in to the Parachute Regiment with whom he served in the Middle East during the last war as a platoon and company commander.
	www.britains-smallwars.com /swbooks/Edge-Sword.html (198 words)

	This Memorial commemorates (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Battalion of the Gloucestershire Regiment when he was killed on 3 October 1917.
		Battalion of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment in 1916 and was invalided home in December of that year, suffering from severe frostbite.
		He returned to his Regiment in June 1917 and was killed on 16 August.
	home.freeuk.net /ths/memorialbiographies.htm (445 words)

	BBC - Gloucestershire - About Gloucestershire - Hidden stories: Alfred 'Bean' Derrick
		A remarkable photograph from the Second World War of a band in a prisoner of war camp revealed a fascinating story of what life was like there...
		A BBC Gloucestershire article about the Glorious Glosters - the Gloucestershire Regiment - and their wartime exploits prompted Kiwi Derrick to get in touch with us about his father's time in the regiment.
		Alfred 'Bean' Derrick served with the Gloucestershire Regiment in the Second World War, and was captured by Germans as his regiment fought a heroic rearguard action at Dunkirk.
	www.bbc.co.uk /gloucestershire/content/articles/2005/09/14/stammlager_xxid_photo_feature.shtml (635 words)

	Battle Honours
		A quick reference point for anybody making a study of any Regiments history is to examine the colours of that Regiment paying particular attention to the Battle Honours.
		A good example of years of sustained campaigning and hardship is the American War of Independence which all of our former Regiments participated in, and which resulted in no Battle Honors being awarded.
		The 2nd Bn Glosters took part in the 1915 action and all three Regiments took part in the 1917 actions.
	history.farmersboys.com /Battle_Honours/battle_honours.htm (1141 words)

	28th Foot
		The next action was in September 1719 when the Regiment was among those landed on the Spanish coast to attack Vigo, while the Navy attacked the Spanish fleet.
		In 1742 the British Regiments were given numbers, according to their seniority.
		The regiment established HQ at Sydney, with detachments at Parramatta, Hassan's Wells, Illawara, Tonrang, Newcastle, Moreton Bay and Port Phillip (near Melbourne).
	members.tripod.com /~Glosters/28thfoot.html (3121 words)

	The Gloucestershire Regiment [UK]
		The Gloucestershire Regiment, by Brad Chappell (The Regimental Warpath 1914-1918)
		The Gloucestershire Regiment, by Chris Baker (The British Army in the Great War).
		The Gloucestershire Regiment in the war, 1914-1918 : the records of the 1st (28th), 2nd (61st), 3rd (Special Reserve) and 4th, 5th, and 6th (First-Line T.A.) Battalions.
	www.regiments.org /regiments/uk/inf/028Glos.htm (577 words)

	The Church: history
		Son of John and Louie Holford of May Hill, Longhope, Glos; husband of Lucy Georgina Holford of the Ferns, Quedgeley, Glos.
		William started at Taynton School in 1897 and when aged 6 years was living with his aunt Liz Warren at The Green Cottage,Taynton.
		Husband of Emily Ponting and son of Thomas and Alice Ponting of Longcroft, Taynton.
	www.taynton.btinternet.co.uk /wargraves.htm (874 words)

	Tormarton Gloucestershire, War Memorial
		The memorial is situated in the churchyard of the parish church of St Mary Magdalen, Tormarton, Gloucestershire, England.
		It consists of a tall cross set on a two tier octagonal base and faces the road.
		He is buried in he REYKJAVIK (FOSSVOGUR) CEMETERY in Iceland.
	www.glosgen.co.uk /warmem/tormartonwm.htm (159 words)

	ipedia.com: Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Although the Duke of Gloucester did not serve in the military, as a member of the royal family, he holds several honorary appointments in the British Army and the Royal Air Force.
		He served as colonel-in-chief of the Royal Gloucestershire Regiment (1975-94) and the Royal Pioneer Corps (1977-93).
		He is currently the colonel-in-chief of the Royal Army Medical Corps (from 2003); the deputy colonel-in-chief of the Royal Logistic Corps (from 1993) and of the Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire, and Wiltshire Regiment (from 1993); the royal honorary colonel of the Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers (Militia) (from 1977); and honorary air commodore of the RAF Odiham.
	www.ipedia.com /prince_richard__duke_of_gloucester.html (793 words)

	Coberley Gloucestershire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The original was produced in 1878 and this listing is therefore incomplete.
		Transcribed from Volume 1 of Gloucestershire Notes and Queries, Edited by the Rev. Beaver H. Blacker and published in 1881.
		The entry in Gloucestershire Notes and Queries was itself copied from a listing in The Genealogist Vol iii, P144, November 1878.
	web.ukonline.co.uk /flight/cobleywm.html (74 words)

	St John's Roll of Honour (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Roll of Honour is located in St John's Church, Clevedon, Somerset, England.
		1/4th Battalion (City of Bristol) T.F., Gloucestershire Regiment.
		Buried at Barnwood (St Lawrence) Churchyard, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom.
	www.curme.co.uk /stjohn.htm (690 words)

	61st (South Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot [UK]
		The 61st Regiment, 1756 to 1900 (The Glorious Glosters)
		A short pictorial history of the Colours of the Gloucestershire Regiments (The Glorious Glosters)
		Medals to Soldiers of The Gloucestershire Regiment (The Glorious Glosters)
	www.regiments.org /regiments/uk/inf/061-758.htm (193 words)

	Rolls of Honour - Korea; The Gloucestershire Regiment
		Firth, R.F. The Duke of Wellington's Regt attached The Gloucestershire Regt
		Hamson, D.R. The Wiltshire Regiment attached the Gloucestershire Regiment
		Judge, A.G. Middlesex Regiment, Attached the Gloucestershire Regiment
	www.britains-smallwars.com /korea/roh-korea/gloster-roh.html (104 words)

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