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The regiment lost approximately 258 men out of 500 (reports of the number vary, see the statue inscription total above) at the battle of
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This monument records the names and commemorates the valour and devotion of XI officers and CCCXVIII non-commissioned officers and men of the LXVI Berkshire
Regiment who gave their lives for their country at Girishk Maiwand and Kandahar and during the Afghan Campaign MDCCCLXXIX – MDCCCLXXX
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