Some history of the Real 33rd Regiment:

In 1702 Colonel George Hastings, 8th Earl of Huntingdon, was authorised to raise a new regiment, which he did in and around the city of Gloucester. As was the custom in those days the regiment was named Huntingdon's Regiment after its Colonel. As Colonel succeeded Colonel the name changed, but in 1751 regiments were given numbers, and the regiment was from that time officially known as the 33rd Regiment of Foot. In 1782 the regiment's title was changed to the 33rd (or First Yorkshire West Riding) Regiment, thus formalising an association with the West Riding of Yorkshire which, even then, had been long established.

The First Duke of Wellington died in 1852 and in the following year Queen Victoria, in recognition of the regiment's long ties to him, ordered that the regiment's title be changed to the 33rd (or The Duke of Wellington's) Regiment. In 1881, following the Cardwell Reforms, the 33rd was linked with the 76th Regiment of Foot, who shared their depot in Halifax. The 76th had first been raised in 1745, by Simon Harcourt and disbanded in 1746, re-raised in 1756 disbanded again in 1763, before being raised again in 1777, disbanded in 1784 and finally re-raised, in 1787, for service in India, by the Honorable East India Company.The two regiments became, respectively, the 1st and 2nd Battalions of The Duke of Wellington's Regiment.


-Regiment's Ranking System-


*Officer Ranks*

Colonel - Col.
Lieutenant Colonel - Lt.Col.
Major - Maj.
Captain - Cpt.
Lieutenant - Lt.
Ensign - Ens.



*Non-Comissioned Officer Ranks*

Regimental Sergeant Major - RSM.
Company Sergeant Major - CSM.
Colour Sergeant - CSgt.
Sergeant - Sgt.
Corporal - Cpl.



*Enlisted Ranks*

Lance Corporal - LCpl.
Regular - Rgl.
Private - Pte.
Cadet - Cdt.
Recruit - Rct.




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