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Whilst many articles include passing references to the 46th Regiment, it is not our intention to list every article in which the regiment is mentioned. Instead this page is designed to be a comprehensive list of articles substantially relating to the regiment, or to officers and men who served in it. If you know of any other articles (and we are sure there are many) which ought to be listed here but are missing, please let us at 46thFoot.com know.



  • Overland to India - By Donkey: A Journey by Lance-Sergeant Samuel Robert Taylor, 46th (South Devon) Regiment as recorded in his contemporary diary
    By Major Colin Robins. Edited and annotated transcription of the Diary of Sgt. Taylor, 1/4/1856 to 2/4/1863. 13pp., published in the Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research Vol. LXXVIII No. 314 (Summer 2000).
  • General Cathcart's Honour Guard
    By Michael Hargreave Mawson. Analysis of the services of the men of the 46th Regiment of Foot who made up Lieutenant-General Sir George Cathcart's Honour Guard on his way to the Crimean War. 3pp., published in the War Correspondent Vol. XVII No. 3 (October 1999).
  • A Curious Case
    By Andrew Sewell. 3300 Pte. John Maple, 46th Regiment, captured by the Russians on 19th September, 1854, but still awarded the clasp for the Battle of the Alma which took place the following day. 1 page, published in the War Correspondent Vol. XVI No. 4 (January 1999).
  • Brigadier-General Torrens
    By Michael Hargreave Mawson. An analysis of why the 2nd Brigade, 4th Division arrived over three hours late for the Battle of the Alma. 3pp. inc. map, published in the War Correspondent Vol. XV No. 1 (April 1997).
  • The 46th Foot at Inkermann
    By Andrew Sewell. Corrections to the published Casualty Roll of the 46th Regiment of Foot. 1 page, published in the War Correspondent Vol. XIV No. 2 (July 1996).
  • The Mystery of the Fourth Division
    By Michael Hargreave Mawson. The composition of the Division and its Brigades during the Crimean War. 5pp., published in the War Correspondent Vol. XIII No. 4 (January 1996).
  • Cathcart's Counter-Attack at Inkerman
    By Lt.-Col. Patrick Mercer, MBE. Analysis of the action on the Kitspur involving elements of the 20th, 46th and 68th Regiments. 6pp., published in the War Correspondent Vol. XIII No. 2 (July 1995).
  • The Mystery Continues...
    By Michael Hargreave Mawson. The composition of the 4th Division and its Brigades during the Crimean War; some new clues. 1 page, published in the War Correspondent Vol. XIII No. 1 (April 1995).
  • The Mystery of the 4th Division at the Alma
    By Ron McGuigan. The composition of the 4th Division at Alma. 2pp., published in the War Correspondent Vol. XII No. 3 (October 1994).
  • The Fourth Division at Alma
    By Major Colin Robins. The composition of the 4th Division at Alma. 5pp., published in the War Correspondent Vol. XII No. 2 (July 1994).
  • Three Generations in Uniform: 1824 to the present day
    By Ross G. Penny. Illustrated biographies of four men, including Colour-Sergeant Stephen Harbour, 46th Regiment. Mention is also made of two other 46th Regiment NCOs: Denis Scully and George Walters. 3pp., published in the Journal of the Orders and Medals Research Society, Summer, 1993.

The Index of the Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research includes the following entries:

46th FOOT (2nd Bn. Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry)
raising as Price's (1741), XXII 288; in 1746, XXII 295; in Murray's day (1743-64), XXIV 94; in North America (1757-78), XIV 235-6, XVI 6, 7, 10, 13, 14, XIX 164; in Dublin (1772), XVI 59; county title (1782), XIV 224, XXXVI 37; freemasonry in, XIV 29; age of commander in Crimean war, XII 226; reason for red feather, XIX 183; in 1745 rebellion, XII 236, XXII 292, 295, XXIV 156; at Brandywine, VIII 236 et seq.; in capture of Martinique (1809), XX 3; in blockade of Acre (1840), XVIII 113.

It also includes a large number of other entries, but these are, I believe, incorrect, and relate to articles on the 47th Regiment.

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