1st / 63rd Foot (West
Suffolk) Regiment
1829 - 1833
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- The Regiment
- Known as (nickname)...................................................
" The Blood Suckers"
- Facings............................................................................
DEEP GREEN
- Braided Lace..................................................................
Silver
- Service in Australia
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Tasmania & Sydney .
- Commanding Officer.......................................................Lieut.
Colonel J. Logan
Ships the 63rd Regiment sailed on
- This Regiment began its military term in 1744 but
was know only as the 63rd ( American )Regiment . In 1758
the Regiment was renamed the 63rd (West Suffolk) Regiment
of Foot and retained this title until 1881.
- The following is a history of many name changes.
- 1744.....63rd
(American) Regiment of Foot
- 1758.....63rd
(West Suffolk) Regiment of Foot
- 1881.....1st
Battalion of The Manchester Regiment
- Present.....Forms part of The King's Regiment
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- Military records of the Regiment ,
Pay rolls, Pay Musters, Cemetery Records, Church Records
& General Muster Records.
- Reference: Records of the 63rd , Mitchell
Library, Sydney, Australia
- Wellington's Military Machine (Philip J.
Haythornthaite) published 1995
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Australia
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