Royal North Gloucestershire Militia

North Gloucestershire Fusiliers
Royal North Gloucestershire Militia
4th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment
Active9 April 1761–31 July 1908
Country Kingdom of Great Britain (1761–1800)
 United Kingdom (1801–1908)
Branch Militia
RoleInfantry
Garrison/HQCecily Hill Barracks, Cirencester
Anniversaries'Back Number Day' (21 March)[1]
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Col Samuel Blackwell
Lt-Col Winchcombe Henry Hartley
Col Robert Kingscote
Col Sir Robert Nigel Fitzhardinge Kingscote
Lt-Col Allen Bathurst
Lt-Col Seymour Bathurst, 7th Earl Bathurst

The Royal North Gloucestershire Militia (RNGM), later the 4th (Militia) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment was a Militia regiment raised in the county of Gloucestershire in the West of England. From its formal creation in 1763 the regiment served in home defence and overseas garrisons in all of Britain's major wars until 1908.

  1. ^ Cripps, p. 176.