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A Soldier's Life

In Their Own Words: Captain George Fulton

George Fulton played a crucial role in the Siege of Lucknow during the Indian Rebellion (1857-59). His diary reveals him to be an officer of great courage and skill, who successfully fought a grim subterranean battle against enemy sappers and miners.

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The Gloucestershire Regiment

This infantry unit was raised in 1881. It served with the British Army until 1994, when it was merged into The Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment.

Shako plate, 28th (The North Gloucestershire) Regiment, c1870

28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot

This infantry unit was originally raised in 1694. It served in many British Army campaigns until 1881, when it became part of The Gloucestershire Regiment.

61st (South Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot

This infantry unit was raised in 1758. It served in several British Army campaigns until 1881, when it became part of The Gloucestershire Regiment.

The Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment

This infantry unit was formed in 1994. It continued in British Army service until 2007, when it became part of The Rifles.

Collar badge, The Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment, c1980

The Duke of Edinburgh’s Royal Regiment (Berkshire and Wiltshire)

This infantry unit was formed in 1959. It continued in British Army service until 1994, when it became part of The Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment.

The Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales’s)

This infantry unit was formed in 1881. It continued in British Army service until 1959, when it was merged into The Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment (Berkshire and Wiltshire).

Glengarry badge, 49th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) (or Hertfordshire) Regiment, c1874

49th (Princess Charlotte of Wales’s) (Hertfordshire) Regiment of Foot

This infantry unit was raised in 1743. It served until the 1881 Army reforms, when it was merged into The Princess Charlotte of Wales’s (Berkshire Regiment).

66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot

This infantry unit was raised in 1758. It continued in British Army service until 1881, when it was merged into The Princess Charlotte of Wales’s (Berkshire Regiment).

The Ulster Defence Regiment

This infantry unit was formed in 1970. It served with the British Army in Northern Ireland until 1992, when it was merged into The Royal Irish Regiment.