The 37th Foot was raised in 1702, the 67th Foot in 1756. They became the North & South Hampshire in 1782 and the 1st & 2nd Battalions in 1881.

1881.07.01 The Hampshire Regiment
organised as the county regiment of Hampshire, encompassing its Militia and Volunteer infantry [see below] and uniting two regular battalions:
1st Battalion, redesignation of 37th (North Hampshire) Regiment of Foot
2nd Battalion, redesignation of 67th (South Hampshire) Regiment of Foot

1946.11.28 The Royal Hampshire Regiment
1992.09.09 amalgamated with The Queen's Regiment, to form The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (Queen's and Royal Hampshires)
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The Hampshires wore yellow facings. The new regiment is The Royal Regiment of Gloucestershire and Hampshire.

The Colours are in Portsmouth Cathedral and St Peters Church Bournemouth, memorial windows in Winchester Cathedral, All Saints Aldershot and Sandhurst Military Academy.

Battle HonoursWW1

[combined battle honours of 37th Regiment and 67th Regiment, plus:]

[combined battle honours of 37th Regiment and 67th Regiment, plus:]
Blenheim1, Ramillies1, Oudenarde1, Malplaquet1, Dettingen1, Belleisle2, Burma 1885-87, Paardeberg, South Africa 1900-02

The Great War [36 battalions]: Le Cateau, Retreat from Mons, Marne 1914 '18, Aisne 1914, Armentières 1914, Ypres 1915 '17 '18, St. Julien, Frezenberg, Bellewaarde, Somme 1916 '18, Albert 1916, Guillemont, Ginchy, Flers-Courcelette, Thiepval, Le Transloy, Ancre Heights, Ancre 1916, Arras 1917 '18, Vimy 1917, Scarpe 1917 '18, Messines 1917, Pilckem, Langemarck 1917, Menin Road, Polygon Wood, Broodseinde, Poelcappelle, Passchendaele, Cambrai 1917 '18, St. Quentin, Bapaume 1918, Rosières, Lys, Estaires, Hazebrouck, Bailleul, Kemmel, Béthune, Tardenois, Drocourt-Quéant, Hindenburg Line, Havrincourt, Canal du Nord, Courtrai, Selle, Valenciennes, Sambre, France and Flanders 1914-18, Italy 1917-18, Kosturino, Struma, Doiran 1917 '18, Macedonia 1915-18, Helles, Landing at Helles, Krithia, Suvla, Sari Bair, Landing at Suvla, Scimitar Hill, Gallipoli 1915-16, Egypt 1915-17, Gaza, El Mughar, Nebi Samwil, Jerusalem, Jaffa, Tell 'Asur, Megiddo, Sharon, Palestine 1917-18, Aden, Shaiba, Kut al Amara 1915 '17, Tigris 1916, Baghdad, Sharqat, Mesopotamia 1915-18, Persia 1918-19, Archangel 1919, Siberia 1918-19

Battle Honours WW2

The Second World War: Dunkirk 1940, Normandy Landing, Tilly sur Seulles, Caen, Hill 112, Mont Pincon, Jurques, St. Pierre La Vielle, Nederrijn, Roer, Rhineland, Goch, Rhine, North-West Europe 1940 '44-45, Tebourba Gap, Sidi Nsir, Hunt's Gap, Montagne Farm, Fondouk, Pichon, El Kourzia, Ber Rabal, North Africa 1940-43, Landing in Sicily, Regalbuto, Sicily 1943, Landing at Porto S. Venere, Salerno, Salerno Hills, Battipaglia, Cava di Tirreni, Volturno Crossing, Garigliano Crossing, Damiano, Monte Ornito, Cerasola, Cassino II, Massa Vertecchi, Trasimene Line, Advance to Florence, Gothic Line, Monte Gridolfo, Montegaudio, Coriano, Montilgallo, Capture of Forli, Cosina Canal Crossing, Lamone Crossing, Pideura, Rimini Line, Montescudo, Frisoni, Italy 1943-45, Athens, Greece 1944-45, Malta 1941-42

 

Royal Hampshire Regiment Museum, Winchester (Army Museums Ogilby Trust)

Deployment

1st Battalion

1881.07.01 1st Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment
<1881> Ireland: Kilkenny
1883 England-
1884 Malta
1886 India: Secunderabad
1888 Burma
1891 Bareilly
1893 Raniket
1896 Mooltan
1899 Cherat
1903 Aden
1903.10 Somaliland [two coys]
1904 England: Portsmouth
1907 Ireland: Londonderry
1910 England: Aldershot
1913 England: Colchester
1914.08 France and Flanders 4 Div
1919 England: Gosport
1920 Turkey Army of Occupation
1921 Egypt
1925 India: Mhow
1027 Multan
1929 Razmak
1931 Nowshera
1934 Rawalpindi
1935 NW Frontier
1937 Deccan
1939? Palestine
1939.09 Egypt
1941.02 Malta
1945.08 Palestine
1947 UK depot
1948.08.10 amalgamated with 2nd Battalion without change of title
1951 Germany: Minden
1954.01 Malaya 18 Inf Bde
1956.08 Germany: Münster
1957 Germany: Lemgo 20 Bde
1960.03 West Indies
1962.08 Germany: Münster
1965 UK
1966 Far East
1967 England: Netheravon
1970 reduced to Minden Company at Gibraltar
1972 battalion reconstituted at Colchester
1972 England: Colchester 19 Inf Bde
1972.11 (Northern Ireland)
1973.03 England: Colchester 19 Inf Bde
1973.09 (Northern Ireland)
1974.01 England: Colchester 19 Inf Bde
1976.03 Northern Ireland: Ballykelly 8 Inf Bde
1977.10 Hong Kong
1979.01 ?
1979.03 (Northern Ireland)
1979.07 ?
1980.11 Germany: Münster 4 Armd Div
1982.01 Münster 11 Armd Bde
1982.01 (Northern Ireland)
1982.08 Münster
1983.12 Berlin Berlin Bde
1986.02 England: Tidworth 1 Inf Bde
1987.01 (Northern Ireland)
1987.06 England: Tidworth
1988.11 Northern Ireland: Londonderry 8 Inf Bde
1991.04 England: Colchester 19 Inf Bde
1991.11 (Northern Ireland)
1992.05? England: Colchester 19 Inf Bde
1992.09.09 amalgamated with 1st Bn, The Queen's Regiment, and 2nd Bn, The Queen's Regiment, to form 1st Bn, The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment and 2nd Bn, The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment

2nd Battalion

1881.07.01 2nd Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment
1881 India: Madras
1883 Secunderabad
1885 Burma
1887 India-
1888 England: Chatham
1891 Ireland: Portadown
1893 Curragh
1895 Birr
1897 Cork
1900.01 South Africa 14 Bde
1902 England: Portsmouth
1903 Malta
1905 Bermuda
1907 South Africa
1911 Mauritius
1913 India: Mhow
1914.08 Mhow
1915.01 Mhow 29 Div
1915.04 Gallipoli
1916.03 France and Flanders
1918. North Russia
1919 Ireland: Cork
1921.01.01 2nd Battalion, The Royal Hampshire Regiment
1922 England: Bordon 3 Bde
1925 Plymouth
1928 Germany Army of Occupation
1929 England: Plymouth
1929 Catterick
1933 Parkhurst
1935 Aldershot 1 Bde
1936 Palestine
1938 England: Aldershot 1 Bde
1939.09 France & Belgium 1 Inf Div, BEF
1940.06 UK
1943.02 Tunisia
1943.05 Tunisia 46 Inf Div
1943.09.09 Italy 128 Bde, 46 Inf Div
1944.03.16 at sea
1944.03.21 Egypt 128 Bde, 46 Inf Div
1944.04.02 Palestine 128 Bde, 46 Inf Div
1944.05.14 Syria 128 Bde, 46 Inf Div
1944.06.20 Egypt 128 Bde, 46 Inf Div
1944.06.27 at sea
1944.07.03 Italy
1945.01.16 Greece 128 Bde, 46 Inf Div
1945.04.19 at sea
1945.04.21 Italy 128 Bde, 46 Inf Div
1945.03.16 Austria 128 Bde, 46 Inf Div
1945 Austria
1948 UK
1948.08.10 amalgamated with 1st Battalion at Bulford