63rd Regiment of Foot

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The 63rd Regiment of Foot was a British Army infantry regiment that served in numerous 18th- and 19th-century conflicts before later being amalgamated into a larger regimental structure.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army regiment
infantry regiment
alsoKnownAs 63rd (West Suffolk) Regiment of Foot
amalgamatedInto Manchester Regiment
amalgamatedUnder Childers Reforms
amalgamationYear 1881
battleHonour Bunker Hill
Charleston
Crimea
Louisbourg 1758
Nivelle
Peninsula
Sevastopol
Ticonderoga
category Defunct infantry regiments of the British Army
country Kingdom of Great Britain
United Kingdom
disestablished 1881
garrison Plymouth
linkedWith 96th Regiment of Foot
militaryBranch British Army
participatedIn Battle of Bunker Hill
Battle of Inkerman
Battle of Nivelle
Battle of Salamanca
Battle of Ticonderoga (1759)
linked to: Battle of Carillon

Boston campaign
New York and New Jersey campaign
Philadelphia campaign
Siege of Charleston (1780)
linked to: Siege of Charleston

Siege of Louisbourg (1758)
Siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855)
raised 1756
raisedAs 2nd Battalion, 8th Regiment of Foot
raisedDuring Seven Years' War
regimentalType line infantry
renamed 63rd Regiment of Foot
renamedIn 1758
servedInConflict American Revolutionary War
Crimean War
First Anglo-Burmese War
French Revolutionary Wars
Indian Rebellion of 1857
Napoleonic Wars
Seven Years' War
War of 1812
servedInTheatre Burma
linked to: Myanmar

Crimea
India
Mediterranean
North America
West Indies
successorUnit 1st Battalion, Manchester Regiment

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Ladysmith Barracks garrison 63rd Regiment of Foot
63rd Regiment of Foot renamed 63rd Regiment of Foot