58th (Rutlandshire) Regiment of Foot

58th Regiment of Foot
Active1755 to 1881
Country Kingdom of Great Britain (1755–1800)
 United Kingdom (1801–1881)
Branch British Army
TypeLine Infantry
RoleInfantry
SizeOne battalion (two battalions 1804–1815)
Garrison/HQGibraltar Barracks, Northampton
Nickname(s)The Honeysuckers[1]
The Steelbacks[1]
EngagementsFrench and Indian War
Anglo-Spanish War
French Revolutionary Wars
Napoleonic Wars
New Zealand Wars
Anglo-Zulu War
First Boer War

The 58th (Rutlandshire) Regiment of Foot was a British Army line infantry regiment, raised in 1755. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 48th (Northamptonshire) Regiment of Foot to form the Northamptonshire Regiment in 1881.

  1. ^ a b Burnham, Robert; McGuigan, Ron (2010). The British Army against Napoleon. Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Frontline Books. p. 127. ISBN 978-1-84832-562-3.