Royal Hampshire Regiment
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The Royal Hampshire Regiment is a former British Army line infantry regiment who trace their origins back to 1702.
In World War I it took part in the Battle of Gallipoli when engaged in the fatal Landing at Cape Helles of the 88th Brigade, 29th (UK) Division.
Originally formed in 1702 and known as 'Merediths Regiment'. The Hampshire Regiment was formed from the merger of the 37th North Hampshire Regiment, and the 67th South Hampshire regiment, as the first and second battalions of the new Hampshire Regiment in 1881, and was granted the status of a Royal regiment in 1946.
A regimental tradition was that on the 1st August each year Battalion members would wear a rose in their head dress to commemorate the Battle of Minden. Known as Minden Day.
In 1992 it merged with the Queens Regiment to become The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment as part of the Options for Change reorganisations.
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Robert RYAN former battalion member
