Service
In the years 1881-1914 the two regular battalions saw overseas service in Hong Kong, India, Singapore and South Africa, with the regiment receiving battle honours for actions in the North West Frontier Province and the Second Boer War.
During the First World War the regiment was expanded to comprise 13 battalions which served on the Western Front in France and Flanders, the Gallipoli campaign, Egypt and Palestine.
Between the two world wars the regular battalions were in a number of overseas locations including Burma, China, Egypt, Iraq, Ireland, Palestine and Sudan. On August 16, 1920, members of the Northamptonshire Regiment damaged, looted and burned buildings in the town of Templemore, Co. Tipperary, Ireland in reprisal for IRA guerrilla activity during the Irish War of Independence.
On 17 October 1935 a Royal Scot Class locomotive of the London Midland and Scottish Railway was named The Northamptonshire Regiment at a ceremony at Northampton (Castle) Station.
In the Second World War battalions of the regiment fought in North West Europe, North Africa, Burma, Italy and Madagascar.
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