28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot

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The 28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot was a British infantry regiment from 1782 to 1881.

For their conduct at the Battle of Alexandria in 1801 the 28th were given the unique honour of wearing a badge on both the front and rear of their head dress. ^[1]. They also fought in the battles of Quatre Bras and Waterloo as part of the 8th Brigade commanded by James Kempt, during which they earned distinguished mention in the dispatches of the Duke of Wellington. During the 100 days the 28th continued to wear the old style stovepipe shako, distinguishing them from most British regiments that had adopted the new Belgic shako.

From 1751 to 1782 they were the 28th Regiment of Foot, and in 1881 they merged with the 61st (South Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot to form the Gloucestershire Regiment.

The archives of 28th Regiment of Foot are held by The Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum in the Historic Docks Gloucester.^[2]

[edit] Battle Honours

Battle Honours^[3]:

Egypt campaign: No individual battle honours were awarded immediately after the campaign, instead the Sphinx badge superscribed "Egypt" (March 8–August 26 1801) was awarded in 1802. Mandora, awarded 1813–1817. The battles of the campaign which the 28th were involved in were: Aboukir, Roman Camp, Alexandria (March 21), Cairo, Alexandria (August 17–September 2 1801)
Peninsula War: Corunna, Barrosa, Albuhera, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse, Peninsula
Waterloo
Crimea War Alma, Inkerman, Sevastopol