62nd (Wiltshire) Regiment of Foot
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For other uses, see 62nd Regiment of Foot (disambiguation).
The 62nd (Wiltshire) Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, which was raised in 1756 and saw service through the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 99th (Lanarkshire) Regiment of Foot to form the Wiltshire Regiment in 1881.
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62nd (Wiltshire) Regiment of Foot | |
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Active | 10 December 1756–1 July 1881 |
Country | Kingdom of Great Britain (1756–1800) United Kingdom (1801–1881) |
Branch | British Army |
Type | Line Infantry |
Role | Line Infantry (at times Light Infantry) |
Size | One battalion (two battalions 1808–1816) |
Garrison/HQ | Le Marchant Barracks, Devizes |
Nickname(s) | "The Moonrakers" "The Splashers" |
Motto(s) | Honi Soit Qui Mal y Pense |
March | "The Vly be on Turmit" (quick) "May Blossoms" (slow)[1] |
Anniversaries | 21 December (Ferozeshah) |
Engagements | Seven Years' War American Revolutionary War French Revolutionary Wars Napoleonic Wars First Anglo-Sikh War Crimean War |
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