The 67th (South Hampshire) Regiment of Foot was a line infantry

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of the

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, raised in 1756. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 37th (North Hampshire) Regiment of Foot to form the

Hampshire Regiment The Hampshire Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, created as part of the Childers Reforms in 1881 by the amalgamation of the 37th (North Hampshire) Regiment of Foot and the 67th (South Hampshire) Regiment of Foot. The regim ...

(later the Royal Hampshire Regiment) in 1881.

History

Formation

The formation of the regiment was prompted by the expansion of the army as a result of the commencement of the

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. On 25 August 1756 it was ordered that a number of existing regiments should raise a second

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; among those chosen was the 20th Regiment of Foot. The 2nd Battalion of the 20th Regiment of Foot was formed on 10 December 1756 and renumbered as the 67th Regiment of Foot on 21 April 1758. In spring 1761 the regiment formed part of a force which successfully captured

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. It embarked for

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in 1762 and moved on to

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in 1763.Cannon, p. 9 After returning home in 1771, it was posted to

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in 1775.Cannon, p. 10 In 1782 the regiment took a county title as the 67th (South Hampshire) Regiment of Foot. In 1785 the regiment was posted to the

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: it arrived at

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and then moved to Antigua in autumn 1785. It moved to Grenada in 1788 and returned to Barbados in 1793 before travelling home in 1794.

Napoleonic Wars

The regiment returned to the West Indies in 1795 and helped put down a rebellion in Saint-Domingue in 1796.Cannon, p. 11 It moved to

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in 1798 and then with numbers depleted by disease returned to England in 1801. In July 1803 a second battalion was raised. The 1st battalion embarked for

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in April 1805Cannon, p. 12 and took part in the closing stages of the siege of Ryghur in May 1818Cannon, p. 14 and most of the siege of Asirgarh in March 1819 during the

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.Cannon, p. 16 Meanwhile, the 2nd battalion embarked for Portugal in November 1810 for service in the

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Cannon, p. 28 and fought at the

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in March 1811Cannon, p. 29 and the siege of Tarragona in June 1813Cannon, p. 37 before taking part in operations on the East coast of Spain in the closing stages of the War.Cannon, p. 40 The battalions were amalgamated again in May 1817.Cannon, p. 42

The Victorian era

The regiment returned from India in November 1826.Cannon, p. 22 It embarked for

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in 1832 and moved on to the West Indies in 1833: it was initially based at

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but moved to

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in 1837 and to Barbados in 1839 before returning home in 1840.Cannon, p. 24 It embarked for India in 1858 and them moved on the China in 1860 for service in the Second Opium War. It saw action in the Battle of the Taku Forts in August 1860 and the Battle of Palikao in September 1860 before taking part in the capture of

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later that month. The regiment moved to Japan in 1864 and to

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in 1865 before returning home in 1866. The regiment was posted to

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in 1872. From there it moved to

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for service in the

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in 1878. It fought at the Battle of Charasiab in October 1879 and the

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in December 1879 before returning to India in 1881. 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 67th was linked with the 37th (North Hampshire) Regiment of Foot, and assigned to district no. 40 at

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in Winchester. On 1 July 1881 the Childers Reforms came into effect and the regiment amalgamated with the 37th (North Hampshire) Regiment of Foot to form the

(later the Royal Hampshire Regiment).

Battle honours

Battle honours won by the regiment were: * Peninsular War: Barrosa, Peninsula * India * Second China War: Taku Forts, Pekin 1860 * Second Anglo-Afghan War: Charasiah, Kabul 1879, Afghanistan 1878-80

Recipients of the Victoria Cross

* Lieutenant

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1860 * Ensign John Worthy Chaplin Second China War 1860 * Hospital Apprentice Andrew Fitzgibbon Second China War 1860 * Private Thomas Lane Second China War 1860 * Lieutenant Edmund Henry Lenon Second China War 1860

Colonels of the Regiment

Colonels of the Regiment were:

67th Regiment of Foot

*1758–1759: Maj-Gen.

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*1759–1760: F.M. Lord Frederick Cavendish *1760–1761: Lt-Gen. Sir Henry Erskine, 5th Baronet *1761–1774: Lt-Gen. Hamilton Lambert *1774–1803: Gen. Edward Maxwell Browne

67th (the South Hampshire) Regiment of Foot - (1782)

*1803: Lt-Gen. Francis D'Oyly *1803–1811: Gen. Peter Craig *1811–1828: Gen. Sir William Keppel, GCB *1828–1844: Lt-Gen. Sir John Macdonald, GCB *1844–1852: Lt-Gen. John Clitheroe *1852–1854: Lt-Gen. John Frederick Ewart, CB *1854–1858: F.M. Sir

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, GCB, KCSI *1858–1874: Gen. Francis John Davies *1874–1877: Gen. Henry Phipps Raymond *1877–1881: Gen. William Mark Wood

References

Sources

* {{Regiments of Foot Royal Hampshire Regiment Infantry regiments of the British Army Military units and formations in Hampshire Military units and formations established in 1758 Military units and formations disestablished in 1881 Military units and formations of the United Kingdom in the Peninsular War