The Gloucesters in India
Compared with many regiments of the British Army, the Gloucesters were relative late-comers to the Indian sub-continent, the 61st South Gloucestershire Regiment being posted to Ceylon in 1828, and the 28th North Gloucestershire Regiment being posted to Bombay in 1842. But if they were tardy in their arrival, it cannot be said that they did not make up for it in their subsequent record, with postings to India being a recurring theme in the annals of the 28th and the 61st. Indeed, the 28th, when 1st Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment, was one of the last British units to leave India before independence in 1947.
Items from our collection
Water colour of Private John Edwards, Light Company, 28th North Gloucestershire Regiment. Camp Poonah, India, 1844. 
Miniature portrait of Bahadur Shah Zafar in a brooch with filigree surround. 
1609 Private Robert Brown of the 61st Regiment in uniform, c. 1860. 
'Tiffin under banyan tree'. India 1890. 2nd Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment. 
The grave of 6243 Private W. Jones with his portrait photograph, India 1906. 1st Battalion, The Gloucesterhire Regiment. 
Wedding of Captain H. C. Richmond. 1st Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment. India, 1909. 
Hunting party in India with Blackbuck. 5172829 Private Ernest James Bedwell in centre. India c. 1928. 2nd Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment 
The King's Birthday Parade in Wellington Barracks, India, 1937. 1st Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment. 
Colour Parties of 1st Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment and the Royal Scots Fusiliers on Victory Day, 6th March 1946. New Delhi, India.