North Hants Militia

North Hants Militia
North Hants Militia
	A gravestone to Thomas Thetcher of the North Hants Militia at Winchester Cathedral
Active	1757–1853
Country	Kingdom of Great Britain (1759–1800); United Kingdom (1801–1853)
Branch	British Army
Type	Infantry
Commanders
Current; commander	n/a

The North Hants Militia was a militia regiment in Hampshire, England which existed nominally from 1757 to 1853, as part of the reorganization of the standing armies of the United Kingdom brought in by the . The regiment was not continuously embodied, being mustered only in times of need.

In 1853, the North Hants Militia was merged with the to form the , which eventually became the 3rd Battalion of Royal Hampshire Regiment, now Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment.

Embodiments[]

(List incomplete)

August 1757 – December 1762, as part of the Seven Years' War, stationings in Bristol, Bideford, Newbury, Berkshire.
March 1778 – Deployments to American colonies, London (Gordon Riots)

References[]

http://www.pauljerrard.com/militia_ta/Volunteer.html

Bibliography[]

Beckett, Ian F W (2011). Britain's Part Time Soldiers. The Amateur Military Tradition 1558—1945 (2 ed.). Barnsley: Pen & Sword. ISBN 9781848843950.
Hay, George Jackson (Colonel) (1987) [1908]. An Epitomized History of the Militia (The "Constitutional Force"). Ray Westlake Military Books. ISBN 0-9508530-7-0.

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