Description
Royal Berkshire Regiment
The Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales’s) was originally formed in 1881, amalgamating the 49th (Princess Charlotte of Wales’s) (Hertfordshire) Regiment of Foot with the 66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot and originally formed as The Princess Charlotte of Wales’s (Berkshire Regiment).
The 49th Foot becoming the 1st Battalion and the 66th Foot became the 2nd Battalion. In 1885 the ‘Royal’ title was bestowed upon them, (see ‘Royal’ appointment) and became The Princess Charlotte of Wales’s (Royal Berkshire Regiment). 1921 saw the titles switched again to become The Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales’s).
After their services during WWI and II the regiment was amalgamated once more into The Duke of Edinburgh’s Royal Regiment (Berkshire and Wiltshire) in 1959.
