48th Regiment of Foot

48th (Northamptonshire) Regiment of Foot
Active	1741 to 1881
Country	Kingdom of Great Britain (1741–1800) United Kingdom (1801–1881)
Branch	British Army
Type	Line Infantry
Size	One battalion (two battalions 1803–1814)
Garrison/HQ	Gibraltar Barracks, Northampton
Nickname(s)	"The Heroes of Talavera", "Murray's Bucks", "The Surprisers", "Lacedemonians".
Colours	Buff Facings, Gold Braided Lace
March	Quick: Rule Britannia/Speed The Plough Slow: The Northamptonshire
Engagements	Jacobite rising War of the Austrian Succession French and Indian War Napoleonic Wars Coorg War Crimean War

The 48th (Northamptonshire) Regiment of Foot was a regiment of the British Army, raised in 1741. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 58th (Rutlandshire) Regiment of Foot to form the Northamptonshire Regiment in 1881.

The regiment was raised at Norwich by Colonel James Cholmondeley as James Cholmondeley's Regiment of Foot in 1741 during the War of Austrian Succession. It was sent to Scotland in 1745 and fought against the Jacobites the Battle of Falkirk Muir in January 1746 and the Battle of Culloden in April 1746 during the Jacobite rising. The regiment was deployed to Flanders in spring 1747 for service in the War of the Austrian Succession and saw action at the Battle of Lauffeld in July 1747. It was ranked as the 59th Regiment of Foot in 1747 but re-ranked as the 48th Regiment of Foot in 1751.

The regiment embarked for North America in January 1755 for service in the French and Indian War and, having landed in Virginia in February 1755, saw action at The disastrous Battle of the Monongahela, the Siege of Louisburg in June 1758 and the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in September 1759. It sailed for the West Indies in 1761 and took part in the invasion of Martinique in January 1762 and the Battle of Havana in March 1762. The regiment returned home in 1763 for service in Ireland.