The Royal Hampshire Regiment Cap Badge: History, Symbolism & Meaning

Introduction

The Royal Hampshire Regiment was the title adopted in 1946 by The Hampshire Regiment, the county infantry regiment formed in 1881 from the 37th (North Hampshire) Regiment of Foot and the 67th (South Hampshire) Regiment of Foot. It continued in British Army service until 9 September 1992, when it amalgamated with The Queen's Regiment to form The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (Queen's and Royal Hampshires).

The regiment's antecedents reached back to 1702. The 37th traced its origin to Meredith's Regiment of Foot, while the 67th emerged in 1758 from the 2nd Battalion of the 20th Foot. From those two lineages came the regiment's most recognisable emblems: the Hampshire Rose and the Royal Bengal Tiger.

The familiar other-ranks Royal Hampshire cap badge placed the Royal Tiger on a scroll above the Hampshire Rose, both enclosed by the Crown and laurel wreath, with the regimental title on the lower scroll. The tiger commemorated the 67th Foot's long service in India and the distinction authorised in 1826. The officer's cap badge was different, using an eight-pointed star with the Garter and Hampshire Rose beneath the Crown.

Formation and Regimental Lineage

The 37th (North Hampshire) Regiment of Foot

The senior lineage began on 13 February 1702, when Colonel Thomas Meredith raised a new regiment of foot in Ireland during the War of the Spanish Succession. In 1751 it became the 37th Regiment of Foot, and in 1782 it received the county designation North Hampshire.

Meredith's regiment fought in the Duke of Marlborough's campaigns, including Blenheim, Ramillies, Oudenarde and Malplaquet. The 37th later fought at Minden on 1 August 1759, the battle that became central to Hampshire regimental tradition. The regiment also served in North America and in India during the Indian Mutiny.

The 67th (South Hampshire) Regiment of Foot

The 67th originated as the 2nd Battalion of the 20th Foot, raised in 1756 during the Seven Years War. On 21 April 1758 it became an independent regiment numbered the 67th, with James Wolfe as its first Colonel. In 1782 it received the county designation South Hampshire.

The regiment spent twenty-one years in India from 1805 to 1826. On 26 December 1826, its service there was recognised by authority to bear the figure of a Royal Bengal Tiger and the word INDIA on its Colours and other appointments. The tiger became one of the defining emblems of the later Hampshire and Royal Hampshire Regiment.

At the Taku Forts in China on 21 August 1860, four members of the 67th won the Victoria Cross. The regiment later served in Japan, southern Africa, Burma and the Second Afghan War.

The Hampshire Regiment, 1881

The Childers reforms brought the two regiments together in 1881. The 37th became 1st Battalion The Hampshire Regiment and the 67th became 2nd Battalion.

The new badge combined the Hampshire Rose of the 37th with the Royal Tiger of the 67th within a laurel wreath. Both battalions adopted each other's battle honours. In 1881 nine honours appeared on each Regimental Colour, rising to thirteen in 1882 when four of Marlborough's victories were added.

The Royal Hampshire Regiment, 1946

The regiment was granted the Royal prefix in 1946. The Royal Hampshire Regiment title remained in use until the 1992 amalgamation. Museum-held examples show a King's Crown Royal Hampshire cap badge from 1947 to 1953, followed by the Queen's Crown pattern worn from 1953 until 1992.

Key Dates

Date	Event
1702	Meredith's Regiment of Foot, later the 37th Foot, is raised.
1758	The 2nd Battalion of the 20th Foot becomes the independent 67th Regiment of Foot.
1 Aug 1759	The 37th fights at Minden; the Minden Rose tradition develops from the battle.
1782	The 37th and 67th receive the North Hampshire and South Hampshire county titles.
1826	The 67th is authorised to bear the Royal Bengal Tiger and INDIA for its long service in India.
21 Aug 1860	Four Victoria Crosses are won by the 67th at the Taku Forts.
1881	The 37th and 67th unite as The Hampshire Regiment.
1899–1902	2nd Battalion and Hampshire Mounted Infantry detachments serve in the South African War.
1915	2nd Battalion lands at Gallipoli; Second Lieutenant George Raymond Dallas Moor wins the Victoria Cross.
1917	Second Lieutenants Dennis Hewitt and Montague Shadworth Seymour Moore win Victoria Crosses during Third Ypres.
1942	Temporary Major Herbert Wallace Le Patourel wins the Victoria Cross at Tebourba.
1944	Captain Richard Wakeford wins the Victoria Cross near Cassino; Lieutenant Gerard Norton, South African Forces attached to 1/4th Hampshires, wins the VC at Montegridolfo.
1946	The regiment receives the Royal prefix.
1948	The Regular regiment is reduced to a single battalion.
1954–56	1st Royal Hampshire serves in the Malayan Emergency.
1960–62	Caribbean posting, with detachments in Jamaica, British Guiana, British Honduras and the Bahamas.
1966	The battalion serves in Borneo during the final phase of Indonesian Confrontation.
1968–69	1st Royal Hampshire serves with UNFICYP in Cyprus, responsible for the Limassol Zone.
1969	First Northern Ireland deployment; the first of eight deployments recorded by the Regimental Museum between 1969 and 1991.
1970–72	The Regular regiment is reduced to Minden Company after the planned amalgamation with The Gloucestershire Regiment is halted; full battalion strength is restored in 1972.
1974–76	1st Royal Hampshire is stationed in Hong Kong; 1st Battalion The Light Infantry replaces it in February 1976.
1976–77	Resident Northern Ireland tour at Ballykelly, one of the regiment's longer garrison commitments during the Troubles.
1982–83	1st Royal Hampshire serves as garrison battalion in the Falkland Islands, with a detachment on South Georgia.
1983–86	Final direct Cold War posting in West Berlin.
9 Sep 1992	The Royal Hampshire Regiment amalgamates with The Queen's Regiment to form The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment.

Victoria Cross Heritage

The direct regimental lineage contains nine Victoria Crosses: four awarded to members of the 67th Foot and five to officers of The Hampshire Regiment. A further award, to Lieutenant Gerard Ross Norton VC, MM of the South African Forces while attached to 1/4th Hampshires, belongs closely to the regiment's battlefield history but is recorded separately.

The Four Taku Forts VCs, 1860

At the assault on the North Taku Fort on 21 August 1860, four men of the 67th (South Hampshire) Regiment of Foot received the Victoria Cross:

• Lieutenant Nathaniel Burslem VC — for gallantry in swimming the ditches and helping enlarge an opening in the fort wall despite severe wounds.
• Lieutenant Edmund Henry Lenon VC — one of the first British soldiers established on the wall of the fort after entering through an embrasure.
• Private Thomas Lane VC — who fought alongside Burslem in opening the breach; Lane's later forfeiture of the award does not alter the fact that the VC was originally earned at Taku.
• Ensign John Worthy Chaplin VC — the Queen's Colour bearer who planted the Colour on the breach and then on the fort despite being badly wounded.

Three Hampshire Regiment VCs in the First World War

The Hampshire Regiment received three Victoria Crosses during the First World War, all to officers.

Second Lieutenant George Raymond Dallas Moor VC, MC & Bar of the Hampshire Regiment won the VC during the fighting south of Krithia on Gallipoli in June 1915 after restoring a collapsing situation and leading troops back into the lost trench.

Second Lieutenant Dennis George Wyldbore Hewitt VC of 14th Battalion received the award posthumously for his conduct on 31 July 1917 during the opening of Third Ypres. Despite severe wounds, he continued to lead his men until he was killed.

Second Lieutenant Montague Shadworth Seymour Moore VC of 15th Battalion won the VC at Tower Hamlets on 20 September 1917. After the battalion suffered devastating casualties, Moore remained with a small group in the captured position for about thirty-six hours before withdrawing the survivors.

Second World War Victoria Crosses

Temporary Major Herbert Wallace Le Patourel VC, 2nd Battalion The Hampshire Regiment, won the Victoria Cross at Tebourba on 3 December 1942. He led a small party against enemy machine-gun positions and finally attacked alone. Initially believed to have been killed, he was later discovered alive as a prisoner of war.

Temporary Captain Richard Wakeford VC, 2/4th Battalion The Hampshire Regiment, won the Victoria Cross during the fighting south of Cassino on 13–14 May 1944. He continued to command and reorganise his company despite wounds to his face, arms and legs.

Lieutenant Gerard Ross Norton VC, MM requires a distinction. Norton was an officer of the South African Forces attached to 1/4th Battalion The Hampshire Regiment when he won the Victoria Cross at Montegridolfo on 31 August 1944. His action belongs closely to Hampshire battlefield history, but he was not commissioned into the Hampshire Regiment itself.

The direct regimental total is therefore nine Victoria Crosses: four to the 67th Foot, three to Hampshire Regiment officers in the First World War and two to Hampshire Regiment officers in the Second World War. Norton remains an important attached-officer association.

The Development of the Cap Badge

The Hampshire Regiment Badge, 1881–1946

The 1881 badge combined the Hampshire Rose of the 37th with the Royal Tiger of the 67th inside a laurel wreath, preserving the principal badge distinction of each Regular battalion.

Royal Hampshire King's Crown Pattern, 1947–1953

Following the grant of the Royal prefix in 1946, the regimental title on the badge changed to Royal Hampshire. Museum examples identify a King's Crown Royal Hampshire pattern used from 1947 until 1953.

Royal Hampshire Queen's Crown Pattern, 1953–1992

After the accession of Queen Elizabeth II, the Crown changed to the St Edward's Crown form. The Queen's Crown other-ranks badge remained the familiar Royal Hampshire pattern until the 1992 amalgamation.

The Royal Hampshire Cap Badge: Design and Provenance

The Hampshire Rose

The rose represented the Hampshire identity inherited through the 37th and the county regiment formed in 1881. Regimental tradition later connected the Hampshire Rose with Hampshire men who served at Agincourt, but the securely documented cap-badge lineage is its use as the Hampshire emblem carried into the 1881 regiment.

The Royal Bengal Tiger and INDIA

The tiger came from the 67th Foot. After its long period of service in India from 1805 to 1826, the regiment was authorised to bear a Royal Bengal Tiger and the word INDIA on its Colours and other appointments. The tiger became so closely identified with the county regiment that Royal Hampshire soldiers were widely known as the Hampshire Tigers.

The Laurel Wreath and Crown

The rose and tiger sit within a laurel wreath beneath the Royal Crown. The Crown follows the reign in which the badge was issued: King's Crown examples exist from the early Royal Hampshire period, while the Queen's Crown pattern dominated from 1953 to 1992.

The Royal Hampshire Scroll

The lower scroll carries the title ROYAL HAMPSHIRE. This is an important dating point: badges inscribed only for the Hampshire Regiment belong to the pre-Royal title period, while Royal Hampshire badges post-date the 1946 grant.

The Officer's Badge Was Different

Collectors should not assume that every authentic Royal Hampshire cap badge has the tiger-and-rose other-ranks design. National Army Museum documentation records a distinct officer's badge: an eight-pointed star with the Garter and its motto surrounding the Hampshire Rose, surmounted by the Crown.

When identifying period insignia, the rank pattern should be considered alongside manufacture, fittings, dimensions and provenance rather than colour alone.

Regimental Traditions

The Hampshire Tigers

The tiger awarded to the 67th in 1826 gave the regiment one of its best-known nicknames. The Tigers survived the 1881 amalgamation, the grant of the Royal title and the 1992 creation of The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment.

Minden Day and the Minden Rose

Minden Day, 1 August, commemorated the 37th Foot's part in the Battle of Minden in 1759. The battle became one of the senior regiment's most prized honours.

Regimental tradition held that soldiers picked wild roses from the battlefield and wore them in their hats after the action. The custom developed into the wearing of a small red rose behind the cap badge on Minden Day. It remained a Royal Hampshire tradition and continues in the successor regiment.

Fritz, the D-Day Mascot

During the Normandy campaign in 1944, the regiment acquired its only recorded mascot: Fritz, a Pyrenean Mountain Dog captured from German forces during the D-Day landings. Fritz remained a well-known Royal Hampshire association with Normandy, although he was a wartime mascot rather than part of the regiment's formal heraldry.

Operational Service

From 1881 to the South African War

At formation in 1881, 1st Battalion was in Ireland and 2nd Battalion in India. The two battalions subsequently served across Malta, India, Burma, Aden and Britain. The 2nd Battalion fought in the Third Burma War before returning to Britain.

During the South African War of 1899–1902, 2nd Battalion served in the campaign and Hampshire Mounted Infantry detachments saw repeated action. The regiment received the honours Paardeberg and South Africa 1900–02.

The First World War

The Hampshire Regiment expanded enormously during the First World War. Its two Regular battalions both served on the Western Front. The 2nd Battalion also fought at Gallipoli in 1915, landing from the River Clyde at V Beach, before later returning to France.

Territorial and Service battalions served on the Western Front, in Gallipoli, Mesopotamia, Salonika, Egypt, Palestine and India. The 1/4th Hampshires suffered particularly heavily in Mesopotamia, where men endured failed relief operations, siege conditions and captivity.

Between the Wars

After the Armistice, Hampshire battalions served in Turkey, Egypt and North Russia. During the inter-war years 1st Battalion spent long periods in India, while 2nd Battalion served in Britain, Germany, Ireland and Palestine.

The Second World War

The regiment fought across several theatres. 2nd Battalion went to France with the British Expeditionary Force and was evacuated through Dunkirk in 1940. It later landed in North Africa during Operation TORCH and fought in Tunisia, including the battle of Tebourba, before serving in Italy and the eastern Mediterranean.

The Hampshire battalions fought extensively in North Africa and Italy. At Salerno in September 1943, the 128th (Hampshire) Brigade comprised the 2nd, 1/4th and 5th Battalions. Two companies of the 2/4th Battalion also took part in the landings in the beach-group role, but the battalion was not part of 128th Brigade. Reconstituted as a fighting unit, 2/4th later served with 28th Infantry Brigade and distinguished itself during the fighting around Cassino in 1944.

1st Battalion served in Egypt, Palestine and Malta, fought in Sicily and Italy, and then returned to Britain for the invasion of Normandy. It landed on Gold Beach on D-Day, 6 June 1944, with 231 Brigade and fought through Normandy and North-West Europe.

The 7th Battalion also fought in North-West Europe, taking part in the Normandy campaign, Operation Market Garden and the advance into Germany.

Royal Title, Palestine and BAOR

The regiment received the Royal prefix in 1946. In the immediate post-war period 1st Battalion served in Palestine on internal-security duties before leaving in 1947. In 1948 the Regular regiment was reduced to a single battalion.

From 1951, the battalion began a long period associated with the British Army of the Rhine in West Germany, interrupted by operational and overseas commitments elsewhere. In 1970, after the planned amalgamation with The Gloucestershire Regiment was halted, the Regular battalion was reduced to Minden Company. Full battalion status was restored in 1972.

Post-war Territorial Battalions

The post-war Territorial lineage remained significant. The 4th Battalion was re-formed after the war, while the former 5th Battalion became 14th Battalion, The Parachute Regiment with a Royal Hampshire subtitle. In 1961 the 4th and 5th traditions were brought together as 4/5th Battalion The Royal Hampshire Regiment (TA).

New Colours were presented to 4/5th Royal Hampshire at Broadlands in 1963. The battalion was disbanded in 1967 during the Territorial Army reorganisation, with Hampshire personnel passing into the Wessex Volunteers.

Malaya, 1954–56

During the Malayan Emergency, 1st Royal Hampshire undertook prolonged jungle operations against communist insurgents. Patrols often remained in the jungle for extended periods and relied on helicopter or parachute resupply. The battalion's work included a successful operation at Ulu Langat in December 1955.

The Caribbean, 1960–62

In 1960 the battalion moved to the Caribbean, with its headquarters in Jamaica and detachments in British Guiana, British Honduras and the Bahamas. Duties ranged from garrison work and internal security to disaster relief. In British Honduras, Royal Hampshire soldiers assisted after Hurricane Hattie in 1961, while A Company was deployed during serious disturbances in British Guiana in 1962.

Borneo, 1966

From January to October 1966 the battalion served in Sabah, North Borneo during the closing phase of the Indonesian-Malaysian Confrontation. Companies patrolled remote border areas, often relying on helicopter and river resupply.

Cyprus, 1968–69

From October 1968 to March 1969, 1st Royal Hampshire served with the United Nations Force in Cyprus. The battalion was responsible for the Limassol Zone, including Paphos, Limassol and Kophinou, immediately before the regiment's first Northern Ireland commitments.

Hong Kong, 1974–76

From 1974 the battalion was stationed in Hong Kong. During 1975 it formed part of the garrison supporting the Hong Kong Government and the Royal Hong Kong Police Force, including patrols in the border area and more remote parts of the New Territories. The battalion also sponsored Service instructors for a youth-leadership course at RAF Kai Tak. In February 1976, 1st Battalion The Light Infantry replaced 1st Royal Hampshire.

Northern Ireland

The Royal Hampshire Regiment was repeatedly committed to Northern Ireland during the Troubles. The Royal Hampshire Regiment Museum records eight deployments between 1969 and 1991: six short or emergency tours and two longer garrison tours. Service took the battalion to Belfast, Londonderry, South Armagh and Fermanagh.

The battalion served a resident tour at Ballykelly in 1976–77, experience on which many of its officers and soldiers later drew during subsequent deployments. It returned to Londonderry for a roulement tour from 7 March to 15 July 1979, assuming responsibility for the city west of the River Foyle. Companies operated from Fort George, the Walled City and the Creggan area in support of the Royal Ulster Constabulary.

The regiment returned on 4 January 1982 for its fifth roulement tour, taking responsibility for south-east Fermanagh. Battalion headquarters and several companies were based at St Angelo near Enniskillen, with other companies operating from Lisnaskea and border positions. The tour ended when 1st Parachute Regiment took over on 17 May 1982.

Germany, Falklands and Berlin

The battalion returned to West Germany in 1977 and remained part of BAOR until the early 1980s. After a Northern Ireland tour in 1982, it deployed from November 1982 to April 1983 as the garrison battalion in the Falkland Islands, with responsibility extending to a detachment on South Georgia.

Its final direct Cold War posting was West Berlin from November 1983 to January 1986. Based at Wavell Barracks, the battalion trained for both urban and conventional defence and carried out the ceremonial and security duties associated with the divided city.

Further Northern Ireland commitments followed in the regiment's final years before amalgamation, completing the sequence of eight deployments recorded by the Regimental Museum between 1969 and 1991.

Battle Honours and the Colours

The 1881 regiment inherited the honours of both the 37th and 67th. Initially each Regimental Colour carried nine battle honours; in 1882 four of Marlborough's victories — Blenheim, Ramillies, Oudenarde and Malplaquet — were added.

Minden remained one of the regiment's most important inherited honours, while Peninsula was the only honour common to both the 37th and 67th when they were united in 1881. Representative inherited distinctions included Minden, Peninsula, Taku Forts, Pekin 1860, Charasiah, Kabul 1879 and Afghanistan 1878–80. Later awards included Paardeberg and South Africa 1900–02, followed by the regiment's extensive First and Second World War honour rolls.

The Regimental Colours carried a selected record of the honours inherited from the 37th and 67th after their union in 1881. The Royal Bengal Tiger, authorised for the 67th in 1826, remained another visible mark of the South Hampshire lineage.

The Territorial lineage retained its own Colours. In 1963, new Colours were presented to 4/5th Battalion The Royal Hampshire Regiment (TA) at Broadlands, linking the post-war Territorial battalion directly with the county regiment's ceremonial tradition.

Amalgamation and Later Lineage

The end of the Cold War brought another major reduction in the infantry under Options for Change. On 9 September 1992, Salerno Day, The Royal Hampshire Regiment amalgamated with The Queen's Regiment.

The new regiment was titled The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (Queen's and Royal Hampshires). It retained The Tigers as its nickname, and the Royal Bengal Tiger survives as a sleeve distinction in the successor regiment.

Collecting the Royal Hampshire Regiment Cap Badge

Hampshire or Royal Hampshire?

The first distinction is the regimental title. A Hampshire Regiment badge belongs to the period before the Royal prefix. A badge carrying ROYAL HAMPSHIRE belongs to the post-1946 regiment.

King's Crown and Queen's Crown

Museum examples identify a King's Crown Royal Hampshire pattern from 1947 to 1953 and a Queen's Crown pattern from 1953 to 1992. Crown shape is therefore an important dating feature, although construction and provenance should always be considered as well.

Other Ranks and Officers Are Different

The familiar other-ranks pattern carries the Hampshire Rose, Royal Tiger, wreath, Crown and regimental scroll. The officer's badge used a different design centred on the Hampshire Rose within the Garter on an eight-pointed star.

Do Not Date an Original Badge by Colour Alone

Original badges exist in different materials and finishes. A modern full-colour or silver-and-gold commemorative finish should not be treated as evidence for a particular historical service pattern. Genuine identification depends on design, crown, construction, reverse fittings, dimensions, maker and provenance.

The Tiger and the Rose

On an other-ranks Royal Hampshire badge, both principal inherited devices should be clearly recognisable. The tiger represents the South Hampshire/67th lineage and the rose the North Hampshire/37th and county identity.

Frequently Asked Questions

When was The Royal Hampshire Regiment formed?

The county regiment was formed as The Hampshire Regiment in 1881. It received the Royal prefix in 1946.

Which regiments formed The Hampshire Regiment?

The 37th (North Hampshire) Regiment of Foot and 67th (South Hampshire) Regiment of Foot.

Why is there a tiger on the Royal Hampshire cap badge?

The tiger came from the 67th Foot. It was authorised in 1826 to commemorate the regiment's long service in India.

What does the Hampshire Rose represent?

The rose represented the Hampshire identity inherited through the 37th and the county regiment formed in 1881.

Why were Royal Hampshire soldiers called the Tigers?

The nickname came from the Royal Bengal Tiger inherited from the 67th Foot and became one of the regiment's strongest identities.

What is Minden Day?

1 August, commemorating the 37th Foot's part in the Battle of Minden in 1759. Royal Hampshire soldiers traditionally wore a red rose in the headdress on the day.

How many Victoria Crosses are associated with the Royal Hampshire lineage?

The direct lineage includes four VCs won by the 67th Foot at Taku in 1860, three by Hampshire Regiment officers in the First World War, and two by Hampshire Regiment officers in the Second World War. Lieutenant Gerard Ross Norton VC, a South African officer attached to 1/4th Hampshires, is a further important Hampshire battlefield association.

Did the Royal Hampshire Regiment itself win any Victoria Crosses after receiving the Royal title?

No Victoria Cross was awarded to a Royal Hampshire soldier for an action after the 1946 grant of the Royal title. The regiment inherited the earlier Hampshire and 67th VC tradition.

Did officers and other ranks wear the same cap badge?

No. The familiar tiger-and-rose pattern was the other-ranks badge. Officers used a different star-and-Garter design centred on the Hampshire Rose.

When did The Royal Hampshire Regiment cease to exist?

On 9 September 1992, when it amalgamated with The Queen's Regiment to form The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (Queen's and Royal Hampshires).

Legacy

The 1881 regiment combined the senior lineage, Minden tradition and Hampshire Rose of the 37th with the Royal Tiger, INDIA distinction and Taku Forts Victoria Cross tradition of the 67th.

Those traditions were carried through Gallipoli, the Western Front, North Africa, Italy, Normandy, Malaya, the Caribbean, Borneo, Cyprus, Hong Kong, Northern Ireland and the Cold War. From 1946 until amalgamation in 1992 the regiment served under the Royal Hampshire title.

In 1992 the Royal Hampshire lineage passed into The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment. The Hampshire Rose and Royal Bengal Tiger remain visible in the traditions and insignia of the successor regiment.

Museums & Archives

• The Royal Hampshire Regiment Museum, Serle's House, Winchester preserves the principal regimental collection covering the 37th, 67th, Hampshire Regiment and Royal Hampshire Regiment.
• National Army Museum, London holds Royal Hampshire and predecessor badges, photographs, uniforms and archival material.
• The National Archives preserves War Office and service records relevant to the regiment and its campaigns.
• Hampshire Archives and Local Studies holds material relating to local militia, county military history and associated records.

Further Reading

Selected authoritative sources used for this article:

• The Royal Hampshire Regiment Museum — Regimental Timeline
• National Army Museum — The Royal Hampshire Regiment
• National Army Museum — Other Ranks' Royal Hampshire Cap Badge, c.1971
• The Royal Hampshire Regiment Museum — Battle of Minden
• The Royal Hampshire Regiment Museum — Malaya 1954–56
• C. T. Atkinson — Regimental History of The Royal Hampshire Regiment, Volume I: 1702–1914.

View full research source list

• The Royal Hampshire Regiment Museum — The 37th and 67th united as The Hampshire Regiment
• The Royal Hampshire Regiment Museum — Royal Bengal Tiger on the Regimental Colours
• The Royal Hampshire Regiment Museum — 67th Regiment at the Taku Forts
• The Royal Hampshire Regiment Museum — Borneo 1966
• The Royal Hampshire Regiment Museum — Salerno Landings and 128th (Hampshire) Brigade
• The Royal Hampshire Regiment Museum — UN Tour of Cyprus, 1968–69
• Hong Kong Annual Report 1975 — 1st Battalion The Royal Hampshire Regiment
• Hong Kong Annual Report 1976 — Garrison Changes
• The Royal Hampshire Regiment Museum — Northern Ireland
• The Royal Hampshire Regiment Museum — Londonderry 1979 and Ballykelly 1976–77 context
• The Royal Hampshire Regiment Museum — Fermanagh 1982
• The Royal Hampshire Regiment Museum — Falkland Islands and South Georgia, 1982–83
• The Royal Hampshire Regiment Museum — The Cold War and Berlin, 1983–86
• VC & GC Association — George Raymond Dallas Moor VC
• VC & GC Association — Herbert Wallace Le Patourel VC
• VC & GC Association — Richard Wakeford VC
• Terence R. Woods — The Military Insignia of Hampshire & the Isle of Wight 1702–1992.
• Regimental History of The Hampshire Regiment, 1914–1918.
• Regimental History: 1918–1954 (Volume 3), available through The Royal Hampshire Regiment Museum.
• Regimental History: 1945–1992 (Volume 4), available through The Royal Hampshire Regiment Museum.

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