1st / 58th Foot
(Rutlandshire ) Regiment
1844 - 1847
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- The
Regiments
- Known as
(nickname)................................................... " The Steel Back's
" , " The Black Cuffs "
- Facings............................................................................ BLACK
- Braided
Lace..................................................................
Gold
- Service in
Australia
....................................................... Sydney
- Commanding Officer......................................................Lieut.
Colonel E. B. Wynyard
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Ships the 58th Regiment sailed on
In 1843 it was decided that the 58th regiment
("The Black Cuffs) should take over garrison duties
in New - South Wales from the 80th which was going to
Madras. The 58th provided the guards for 19 convict ships
that left London and Ireland for Tasmania or Norfolk
Island in 1842-45.In 1845 N.S.W. reluctantly agreed to
send the 58th to N.Z. because of the unrest with the
Maori in the Bay of Islands. The regiment stayed in N.Z.
until November 1858 when they embarked for England, the
regiment consisting of 16 officers and 194 men . Over 300
officers and men had elected to settle in N.Z. During the
years that the regiment was in N.Z. some detachments
returned to Australia and some took their discharge
before this. In 1933, after many temporary homes, the
colours were placed in their final home, the recently
(then) completed Auckland War Memorial Museum where they
remain.
- This Regiment began its military
term in 1740 but was know only as the 58th Regiment of
Foot.
- The following is a history of many
name changes.
- 1740.....the 58th Regiment of Foot
- 1756.....47th Regiment of Foot
- 1756......changed back to 58th Regiment of
Foot
- 1757.....58th Regiment of Foot
- 1782.....The 58th ( Rutlandshire) Regiment
of Foot.
- 1881.....2nd Battalion of the
Norhamptonshire Regiment
- Present.....Now forms part of the
Royal Anglian Regiment
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- THE 58TH REGIMENT
DESCENDANT’S INTEREST GROUP NEWS:
- The 58th Group has
its own website -
- this Link directs
you the 58th Regiment site in New Zealand
- Awaiting new Site
Link
- Military records , Pay rolls, Pay
Musters, Cemetery Records, Church Records & General
Muster Records.
- Reference: Records of the 58th, Mitchell Library
,Sydney, Australia.
- Wellington's Military Machine
(Philip J. Haythornthaite) published 1995
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- E- mail address
- Refer Front Page
- © Copyright B & M Chapman
(QLD) Australia
- Last revised: September 04, 2007
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