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The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment was the final title of a line infantry regiment of the British Army that was originally formed in 1688. After centuries of service in many small conflicts and wars, including both World War I and World War II, the regiment was amalgamated with the Essex Regiment in 1958 to form the 3rd East Anglian Regiment (16th/44th Foot). However, this was short-lived and again was amalgamated, in 1964, with the 1st East Anglian Regiment (Royal Norfolk and Suffolk) and 2nd East Anglian Regiment (Duchess of Gloucester's Own Royal Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire), and the Royal Leicestershire Regiment to form the present Royal Anglian Regiment. ==Formation and titles (1688 to 1751)== The origins of the regiment go back to 9 October 1688 when the raising of Archibald Douglas' Regiment of Foot was authorised by King James II in response to the threat posed to his throne by Prince William of Orange. The regiment was raised in the southern counties of England, and was embodied in Reading, Berkshire. The new regiment was ordered to London to oppose William's forces, but refused to fight. James fled the country, allowing William to become king. Colonel Douglas, an adherent of the displaced monarch, was replaced by Robert Hodges and the regiment was allowed to continue in existence as part of William's army.〔 Until 1751 the Regiment was titled according to its string of ten Colonels:〔 *1688: Archibald Douglas *1688–92: Robert Hodges *1692–1705: Honourable James Stanley: Earl of Derby from 1702 *1705–11: Francis Godfrey *1711–12: Brigadier General Henry Durell (died 1 December 1712) *1713–15: Brigadier-General Hans Hamilton (appointed 23 June 1713) *1715–17: Rich Ingram, 5th Viscount of Irvine *1717–24: James Cholmeley *1724–30: Henry Scott, 4th Earl of Deloraine *1730–63: Roger Handasyd 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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