This is a list of numbered Regiments of Foot of the British Army from the mid-18th century until 1881, when numbering was abandoned.
Establishment of precedence
The rank of regiments of the British Army was first fixed during the Nine Years’ War. Doubts as to the respective rank of regiments fighting in the Spanish Netherlands led William III to command a Board of General Officers meeting on the 10th of June in 1694 to establish the order of precedence of the various units. Further boards were convened by Queen Anne and George I in 1713 and 1715 to decide the rank of regiments raised after 1694.
The rank or precedence of regiments was fixed by the following criteria:
English regiments, raised in England, should rank from their date of raising.
English, Scots and Irish regiments, raised for service of a foreign power, should rank from the date that they came onto the English establishment.
This led to anomalies, such as the Royal Irish Regiment, raised in 1684, being ranked as the 18th of the line, junior to eleven regiments raised between 1685 and 1688.
Numbering
While regiments were known by the name of their colonel, or by their royal title, the number of their rank was increasingly used. Thus, in the Clothing Book of 1742, which illustrated the patterns of uniforms worn by the King’s forces, the regiments of foot are designated simply by numbers.
The substitution of numbers for names was completed by a clothing regulation of 1747 and a royal warrant of 1751. The 1747 document, which used numbers for the regiments throughout, decreed that no colonel was “to put his Arms, Crest, Device or Livery on any part of the Appointments of the Regiment under his command.” Furthermore, in the centre of the regiment’s colours was to be “painted or embroidered in gold Roman characters the number of the Rank of the Regiment”. The warrant, dated the 1st of July in 1751, repeated the instructions of the 1747 regulation and provided that regiments should in future be known by their numbers only.
As the size of the army expanded and contracted during the various conflicts of the 18th and 19th centuries, junior regiments were raised and disbanded. Accordingly, there were often a number of different regiments that bore the same number of different periods. Additionally, there were occasional partial re-numberings. For instance, in 1816 the 95th (Rifle) Regiment of Foot was renamed the Rifle Brigade, without a number. The existing 96th–103rd regiments were re-designated as the 95th–102nd.
Childers reforms
With modifications the numbers existed until 1881, when the Childers Reforms introduced “territorialisation”. From the 1st of July in 1881 the United Kingdom was divided into regimental districts, each allocated a two-battalion regiment, usually bearing a “county” title. Regimental numbers were abandoned: the 1st to 25th Foot, which already had two battalions adopted new titles. The remaining regiments were paired to become the 1st or 2nd battalions of the new regiments. Two rifle regiments: the King’s Royal Rifle Corps (ex 60th Foot) and the Rifle Brigade, who had four battalions each, recruited nationally.
Although the numbers were officially abolished in 1881, in some cases they continued to be used informally within the regiments. The regimental system introduced in 1881 was to last for more than seventy years. When new regiments were formed by amalgamation from 1958 onwards, the old regimental numbers were sometimes reintroduced into their titles. Examples are the 3rd East Anglian Regiment (16th/44th Foot), Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment (29th/45th Foot).
Royal and subsidiary titles
The 1751 warrant confirmed the royal titles or other special designations of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 7th, 8th, 18th, 21st, 23rd, 27th and 41st Regiments. In later years, other regiments were allowed to bear the names of the monarch or other members of the Royal family. Only one regiment, the 33rd Foot, was allowed to bear the name of a person other than Royalty when it became the “Duke of Wellington’s” in 1853, the year after the death of the First Duke, who had served as a subaltern in the regiment.
County affiliations
On the 21st August in 1782, the Commander-in-Chief of the Forces, Henry Seymour Conway, issued a regulation giving an English county designation to each regiment of foot other than those with a royal title or highland regiments. The intention was to improve recruitment during the unpopular American War of Independence, and the Home Secretary, Thomas Townshend issued a circular letter to the lieutenants of each county in England in the following terms:
My Lord,
The very great deficiency of men in the regiments of infantry being so very detrimental to the public service, the king has thought proper to give the names of the different counties to the old corps, in hopes that, by the zeal and activity of the principal nobility and gentry in the several counties, some considerable assistance may be given towards recruiting these regiments”.
The names of the counties were added to the regimental titles in parentheses, ranging from the 3rd (Buffs – East Kent) Regiment of Foot to the 70th (Surrey) Regiment of Foot. In some cases more than one regiment was allocated to a county, for example, the 38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot and 64th (2nd Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot. The attempt to link regimental areas to specific counties was found to be impractical, with regiments preferring to recruit from major centres of population. By June 1783 each regiment was again recruiting throughout the country, although the county names were to remain. In a few cases, affiliations were altered: for example the 14th and 16th Foot “exchanged” counties in 1809.
Fusiliers, light infantry and rifles
Fusiliers: The 7th, 21st and 23rd Foot had borne the title of fusiliers for some time before 1751. These regiments had originally been armed with flintlocks (or fusils, from the French), rather than matchlocks. Later, the “fusilier” title was granted as a purely honorary distinction to the 87th Foot in 1827 and to the 5th Foot in 1836The 101st to 104th Fusiliers joined the British Army from the Honourable East India Company (HEIC) in 1861.
Light Infantry: During the Napoleonic Wars it was decided to convert a number of line regiments to light infantry, and in 1803 the 43rd and 52nd Foot were accordingly redesignated as the 43rd (Monmouthshire Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot and 52nd (Oxfordshire Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot.
In the next few years the 13th, 51st, 68th, 85th and 90th Foot were converted to Light Infantry. By the middle of the 19th century the title of “light infantry” was largely an honorary title, reflected by the “elevation” of the 32nd Foot to light infantry in 1858 to recognise their gallantry in the Siege of Lucknow. Two more light infantry regiments subsequently joined the British Army as the 105th and 106th Regiments, transferred from the HEIC in 1861
Rifle Regiments: An Experimental Corps of Riflemen, equipped with Baker rifles and clothed in rifle green uniforms, was formed in 1800, and numbered as the 95th foot in 1802. The 60th Foot, which had some rifle battalions, was converted to rifles in 1824
List of Regiments of Foot
1st Regiment of Foot
Titles
1st (Royal) Regiment of Foot 1751–1812
1st Regiment of Foot (Royal Scots) 1812–1821
1st or The Royal Regiment of Foot 1821–1871
1st or The Royal Scots Regiment 1871–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1661
Raised 28 March 1633 in Scotland for French service.
Was on English Establishment in 1661 and in 1666 – 67; permanently from 1678.
Fate
1881: Lothian Regiment (Royal Scots)
Successor 2012
Royal Regiment of Scotland
2nd Regiment of Foot
Titles
2nd (Queen’s Royal) Regiment of Foot
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1661
Raised 1 October 1661 as the Tangier Regiment.
Fate
1881: The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
Successor 2012
Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment
3rd Regiment of Foot
Titles
3rd (or The Buffs) Regiment of Foot 1751–1782
3rd (East Kent – The Buffs) Regiment of Foot 1782–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1665
Raised 1572 for service in Holland.
Came onto the English establishment in 1665 as The Holland Regiment.
Fate
1881: The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
Successor 2012
Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment
4th Regiment of Foot
Titles
4th (The King’s Own) Regiment of Foot 1751–1867
4th (The King’s Own Royal) Regiment of Foot 1867–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1680
Raised 13 July 1680 as the 2nd Tangier Regiment.
Fate
1881: The King’s Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)
Successor 2012
Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment
5th Regiment of Foot
Titles
5th Regiment of Foot 1751–1782
5th (Northumberland) Regiment of Foot 1782–1836
5th (Northumberland) (Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot 1836–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1685
Raised 8 August 1674 as the Irish Regiment for Dutch service.
Came onto the English establishment in 1685
Fate
1881: The Northumberland Fusiliers
Successor 2012
Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
6th Regiment of Foot
Titles
6th Regiment of Foot 1751–1782
6th (1st Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot 1782–1832
6th (Royal 1st Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot 1832–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1685
Raised 12 December 1673 in Ireland for Dutch service.
Came onto the English establishment temporarily in 1685 and permanently in 1688.
Fate
1881: The Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Successor 2012
Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
7th Regiment of Foot
Titles
7th (Royal Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot 1751–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1685
Raised 11 June 1685 as the Ordnance Regiment, an escort to the Artillery Train.
Became the Royal Regiment of Fusileers in 1689.
Fate
1881: The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)
Successor 2012
Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
8th Regiment of Foot
Titles
8th (The King’s) Regiment of Foot 1751–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1685
Raised 19 June 1685 as Princess Anne of Denmark’s Regiment of Foot.
Fate
1881: The King’s (Liverpool Regiment)
Successor 2012
Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment
9th Regiment of Foot
Titles
9th Regiment of Foot 1751–1782
9th (East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot 1782–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1685
Raised 19 June 1685 as Henry Cornewall’s Regiment of Foot.
Fate
1881: The Norfolk Regiment
Successor 2012
Royal Anglian Regiment
10th Regiment of Foot
Titles
10th Regiment of Foot 1751–1782
10th (North Lincoln) Regiment of Foot 1782–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1685
Raised 20 June 1685 as the Earl of Bath’s Regiment of Foot.
Fate
1881: The Lincolnshire Regiment
Successor 2012
Royal Anglian Regiment
11th Regiment of Foot
Titles
11th Regiment of Foot 1751–1782
11th (North Devonshire) Regiment of Foot 1782–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1685
Raised 20 June 1685 as the Duke of Beaufort’s Musketeers.
Fate
1881: The Devonshire Regiment
Successor 2012
The Rifles
12th Regiment of Foot
Titles
12th Regiment of Foot 1751–1782
12th (East Suffolk) Regiment of Foot 1782–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1685
Raised 20 June 1685 as the Duke of Norfolk’s Regiment of Foot.
Fate
1881: The Suffolk Regiment
Successor 2012
Royal Anglian Regiment
13th Regiment of Foot
Titles
13th Regiment of Foot 1751–1782
13th (1st Somersetshire) Regiment of Foot 1782–1822
13th (1st Somersetshire Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot 1822–1842
13th (1st Somersetshire) (Prince Albert’s Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot 1842–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1685
Raised 20 June 1685 as the Earl of Huntingdon’s Regiment of Foot.
Fate
1881: Prince Albert’s Light Infantry (Somersetshire Regiment)
Successor 2012
The Rifles
14th Regiment of Foot
Titles
14th Regiment of Foot 1751–1782
14th (Bedfordshire) Regiment of Foot 1782–1809
14th (Buckinghamshire) Regiment of Foot 1809–1876
14th (Buckinghamshire – The Prince of Wales’s Own) Regiment of Foot 1876–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1685
Raised 22 June 1685 as Sir Edward Hales’s Regiment of Foot.
Fate
1881: The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)
Successor 2012
Yorkshire Regiment
15th Regiment of Foot
Titles
15th Regiment of Foot 1751–1782
15th (York, East Riding) Regiment of Foot 1782–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1685
Raised 22 June 1685 as Sir William Clifton’s Regiment of Foot.
Fate
1881: The East Yorkshire Regiment
Successor 2012
Yorkshire Regiment
16th Regiment of Foot
Titles
16th Regiment of Foot 1751–1782
16th (Buckinghamshire) Regiment of Foot 1782–1809
16th (Bedfordshire) Regiment of Foot 1809–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1688
Raised 10 September 1688 as Archibald Douglas’s Regiment of Foot.
Fate
1881: The Bedfordshire Regiment
Successor 2012
Royal Anglian Regiment
17th Regiment of Foot
Titles
17th Regiment of Foot 1751–1782
17th (Leicestershire) Regiment of Foot 1782–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1688
Raised 27 September 1688 as Solomon Richard’s Regiment of Foot.
Fate
1881: The Leicestershire Regiment
Successor 2012
Royal Anglian Regiment
18th Regiment of Foot
Titles
18th (The Royal Irish) Regiment of Foot 1751–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1688
Raised in Ireland on 1 April 1684 as the Earl of Granard’s Regiment of Foot.
Placed on the English establishment in 1688.
Fate
1881: The Royal Irish Regiment (disbanded 1922).
19th Regiment of Foot
Titles
19th Regiment of Foot 1751–1782
19th (1st Yorkshire, North Riding) Regiment of Foot 1782–1875
19th (1st Yorkshire, North Riding – Princess of Wales’s Own) Regiment of Foot 1875–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1688
Raised 20 November 1688 as Francis Lutterell’s Regiment of Foot.
Fate
1881: The Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment)
Successor 2012
Yorkshire Regiment
20th Regiment of Foot
Titles
20th Regiment of Foot 1751–1782
20th (East Devonshire) Regiment of Foot 1782–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1688
Raised 20 November 1688 as Sir Richard Peyton’s Regiment of Foot.
Fate
1881: The Lancashire Fusiliers
Successor 2012
Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
21st Regiment of Foot
Titles
21st (Royal North British Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot 1751–1877
21st (Royal Scots Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot 1877–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1688
Raised 23 September 1678 as the Earl of Mar’s Regiment.
Placed on English establishment in 1688.
Fate
1881: The Royal Scots Fusiliers
Successor 2012
Royal Regiment of Scotland
22nd Regiment of Foot
Titles
22nd Regiment of Foot 1751–1782
22nd (Cheshire) Regiment of Foot 1782–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1689
Raised 8 March 1689 as the Duke of Norfolk’s Regiment of Foot.
Fate
1881: The Cheshire Regiment
Successor 2012
Mercian Regiment
23rd Regiment of Foot
Titles
23rd (Royal Welch Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot 1751–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1689
Raised 16 March 1689 as Lord Herbert’s Regiment of Foot.
Fate
1881: Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Successor 2012
Royal Welsh
24th Regiment of Foot
Titles
24th Regiment of Foot 1751–1782
24th (2nd Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot 1782–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1689
Raised 8 March 1689 as Sir Edward Dering’s Regiment of Foot.
Fate
1881: The South Wales Borderers
Successor 2012
Royal Welsh
25th Regiment of Foot
Titles
25th Regiment of Foot 1751–1782
25th (Sussex) Regiment of Foot 1782–1805]
25th (King’s Own Borderers) Regiment of Foot 1805–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1689
Raised 19 March 1689 as The Earl of Leven’s or Edinburgh, Regiment of Foot.
Fate
1881: The King’s Own Borderers
Successor 2012
Royal Regiment of Scotland
26th Regiment of Foot
Titles
26th Regiment of Foot 1751–1786
26th (Cameronian) Regiment of Foot 1809–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1689
Raised 14 May 1689 as The Earl of Angus’s Regiment of Foot.
Fate
1881: 1st Battalion,
The Cameronians (Scotch Rifles)
(disbanded 1968)
27th Regiment of Foot
Titles
27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1689
Raised 26 June 1689 as Zacharaiah Tiffin’s Regiment of Foot.
Fate
1881: 1st Battalion,
The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Successor 2012
Royal Irish Regiment
28th Regiment of Foot
Titles
28th Regiment of Foot 1751–1782
28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot 1782–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1694
Raised as Sir John Gibson’s Regiment of Foot 16 February 1694, disbanded 1697.
Re-raised 12 February 1702
Fate
1881: 1st Battalion,
The Gloucestershire Regiment
Successor 2012
The RIFLES
29th Regiment of Foot
Titles
29th Regiment of Foot 1751–1782
29th (Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1694
Raised as Thomas Farrington’s Regiment of Foot 16 February 1694, disbanded 1698.
Re-raised 12 February 1702
Fate
1881: 1st Battalion,
The Worcestershire Regiment
Successor 2012
Mercian Regiment
30th Regiment of Foot
Titles
30th Regiment of Foot 1751–1782
30th (Cambridgeshire) Regiment of Foot 1782–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1689
Raised 8 March 1689 as Viscount Castleton’s Regiment of Foot, later (1694) Thomas Saunderson’s Regiment of Foot. Disbanded 1698.
Re-raised 12 February 1702 as Thomas Saunderson’s Regiment of Marines
Fate
1881: 1st Battalion,
The East Lancashire Regiment
Successor 2012
Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment
31st Regiment of Foot
Titles
31st Regiment of Foot 1751–1782
31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment of Foot 1782–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1696
Re-raised 14 April 1702 as George Villiers’s Regiment of Marines.
Converted to line infantry in 1714.
Fate
1881: 1st Battalion,
The East Surrey Regiment
Successor 2012
Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment
32nd Regiment of Foot
Titles
32nd Regiment of Foot 1751–1782
32nd (Cornwall) Regiment of Foot 1782–1858
32nd (Cornwall) Light Infantry 1858–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1702
Raised 12 February 1702 as Edward Fox’s Regiment of Marines.
Converted to line infantry in 1715.
Fate
1881: 1st Battalion,
The Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry
Successor 2012
The Rifles
33rd Regiment of Foot
Titles
33rd Regiment of Foot 1751–1782
33rd (1st York, West Riding) Regiment of Foot 1782–1853
33rd (The Duke of Wellington’s) Regiment of Foot 1853–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1702
Raised 12 February 1702 as The Earl of Huntingdon’s of Foot.
Fate
1881: 1st Battalion,
The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Successor 2012
Yorkshire Regiment
34th Regiment of Foot
Titles
34th Regiment of Foot 1751–1782
34th (Cumberland) Regiment of Foot 1782–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1702
Raised 12 February 1702 as Lord Lucas’s Regiment of Foot.
Fate
1881: 1st Battalion,
The Border Regiment
Successor 2012
Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment
35th Regiment of Foot
Titles
35th Regiment of Foot 1751–1782
35th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot 1782–1805
35th (Sussex) Regiment of Foot 1805–1832
35th (Royal Sussex) Regiment of Foot 1832–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1702
Raised 28 June 1701 on the Irish Establishment as The Earl of Donegall’s Regiment of Foot, on English Establishment in following year.
Fate
1881: 1st Battalion,
The Royal Sussex Regiment
Successor 2012
Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment
36th Regiment of Foot
Titles
36th Regiment of Foot 1751–1782
36th (Herefordshire) Regiment of Foot 1782–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1702
Raised 10 May 1701 on the Irish Establishment as Viscount Charlemont’s Regiment of Foot, on English Establishment in following year.
Fate
1881: 2nd Battalion,
The Worcestershire Regiment
Successor 2012
Mercian Regiment
37th Regiment of Foot
Titles
37th Regiment of Foot 1751–1782
37th (North Hampshire) Regiment of Foot 1782–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1702
Raised 13 February 1702 as Thomas Meredyth’s Regiment of Foot.
Fate
1881: 1st Battalion,
The Hampshire Regiment
Successor 2012
Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment
38th Regiment of Foot
Titles
38th Regiment of Foot 1751–1782
38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot 1782–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1702
Raised 13 February 1702 as Luke Lillingston’s Regiment of Foot
Fate
1881: 1st Battalion,
The South Staffordshire Regiment
Successor 2012
Mercian Regiment
39th Regiment of Foot
Titles
39th Regiment of Foot 1751–1782
39th (East Middlesex) Regiment of Foot 1782–1807
39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot 1782–180
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1702
Raised 29 February 1702 as Richard Coote’s Regiment of Foot
Fate
1881: 1st Battalion,
The Dorsetshire Regiment
Successor 2012
The Rifles
40th Regiment of Foot
Titles
40th Regiment of Foot 1751–1782
40th (2nd Somersetshire) Regiment of Foot 1782–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1717
Raised 25 August 1717 as Richard Philipps’s Regiment of Foot
Fate
1881: 1st Battalion,
The Prince of Wales’s Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment)
Successor 2012
Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment
41st Regiment of Foot
Titles
41st Regiment of Foot or Invalids 1751–1787
41st Regiment of Foot 1787–1831
41st (The Welsh) Regiment of Foot 1831–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1719
Formed 11 March 1719 as Edmund Fielding’s Regiment of Foot from companies of outpatients or “invalids” from Chelsea Hospital. Also known as the “1st Invalids” or “Regiment of Invalids”.
Fate
1881: 1st Battalion,
The Welsh Regiment
Successor 2012
Royal Welsh
42nd Regiment of Foot
Titles
Oglethorpe’s Regiment (42nd)
James Oglethorpe’s Regiment of Foot was formed on the 25th August in 1737 in Gibraltar. Ranked as 42nd Foot in 1747, Disbanded 29 May 1749 in Georgia.
42nd Regiment of Foot 1751–1758
42nd (The Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot 1758–1861
42nd (The Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot (The Black Watch) 1861–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1739
Six Independent Highland Companies raised 24 April 1725.
The Earl of Craufurd’s Regiment was formed 25 October 1739 by the regimentation of the independent companies. Ranked as 43rd Foot in 1747, renumbered to 42nd in 1749 on disbanding of existing 42nd Regiment. Known as the “Highland Regiment”.
Fate
1881: 1st Battalion,
The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Successor 2012
Royal Regiment of Scotland
43rd Regiment of Foot
Titles
Alexander Spotswood’s Regiment (43rd), later Gooch’s Marines 1739
Raised by Alexander Spotswood in North America: on Spotswood’s death in April 1740 William Gooch became colonel. Disbanded 1742.
The Highland Regiment (43rd): renumbered to 42nd in 1749 see 42nd of foot previous listing above
43rd Regiment of Foot 1751–1782
43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot 1782–1803
43rd (Monmouthshire Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1741
Raised 1 March 1741 as Thomas Fowke’s Regiment of Foot, ranked as 54th foot in 1747. Renumbered as 43rd in 1748/49 on disbandment of a number of regiments.
Fate
1881: 1st Battalion,
The Oxfordshire Light Infantry
Successor 2012
The RIFLES
44th Regiment of Foot
Titles
44th Regiment of Foot (1st Marines)1739–1748
1739
Raised 17 November 1739 as Edward Wolfe’s Regiment of Marines, ranked as 44th Foot or 1st Marines by 1741. Disbanded 11 November 1748.
44th Regiment of Foot 1751–1782
44th (East Essex) Regiment of Foot 1782–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1741
Raised 7 January 1741 as James Long’s Regiment of Foot.
Ranked 55th, renumbered 44th in 1748 on disbandment of ten regiments of marines.
Fate
1881: 1st Battalion,
The Essex Regiment
Successor 2012
Royal Anglian Regiment
45th Regiment of Foot
Titles
45th Regiment of Foot (2nd Marines)1739–1748
1739
Raised 18 November 1739 as William Robinson’s Regiment of Marines, ranked as 45th Foot or 2nd Marines by 1741. Disbanded 9 November 1748.
45th Regiment of Foot 1751–1782
45th (1st Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot 1782–1866
45th (Nottinghamshire Sherwood Foresters) Regiment of Foot 1866–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1741
Raised 11 January 1741 as Daniel Houghton’s Regiment of Foot.
Ranked 56th, renumbered 45th in 1748 on disbandment of ten regiments of marines.
Fate
1881: 1st Battalion,
The Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire Regiment)
Successor 2012
Mercian Regiment
46th Regiment of Foot
Titles
46th Regiment of Foot (3rd Marines)1739–1748
1739
Raised 19 November 1739 as Anthony Lowther’s Regiment of Marines, ranked as 46th Foot or 3rd Marines by 1741. Disbanded 7 November 1748.
46th Regiment of Foot 1751–1782
46th (South Devonshire) Regiment of Foot 1782–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1741
Raised 13 January 1741 as John Price’s Regiment of Foot.
Ranked 57th, renumbered 46th in 1748 on disbandment of ten regiments of marines.
Fate
1881: 2nd Battalion,
The Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry
Successor 2012
The RIFLES
47th Regiment of Foot
Titles
47th Regiment of Foot (4th Marines)1739–1748
1739
Raised 20 November 1739 as John Wynyard’s Regiment of Marines, ranked as 47th Foot or 4th Marines by 1741. Disbanded 8 November 1748.
47th Regiment of Foot 1751–1782
47th (Lancashire) Regiment of Foot 1782–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1741
Raised 15 January 1741 as Sir John Mordaunt’s Regiment of Foot.
Ranked 58th, renumbered 47th in 1748 on disbandment of ten regiments of marines.
Fate
1881: 1st Battalion,
The Loyal North Lancashire Regimen
Successor 2012
Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment
48th Regiment of Foot
Titles
48th Regiment of Foot (5th Marines)1739–1748
1739
Raised 20 November 1739 as Charles Douglass’s Regiment of Marines, from 1740 Jame’s Cochrane’s Regiment: ranked as 48th Foot or 5th Marines by 1741. Disbanded 4 November 1748.
48th Regiment of Foot 1751–1782
48th (Northamptonshire) Regiment of Foot 1782–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1741
Raised 31 January 1741 as James Cholmondeley’s Regiment of Foot.
Ranked 59th, renumbered 48th in 1748 on disbandment of ten regiments of marines.
Fate
1881: 1st Battalion,
The Northamptonshire Regiment
Successor 2012
Royal Anglian Regiment
49th Regiment of Foot
Titles
49th Regiment of Foot (6th Marines)1739–1748
1739
Raised 20 November 1739 as Lewis Moreton’s Regiment of Marines, later known as Cotterell’s Regiment: ranked as 49th Foot or 6th Marines by 1741. Disbanded 4 November 1748.
49th Regiment of Foot 1751–1782
49th (Hertfordshire) Regiment of Foot 1782–1816
49th (Hertfordshire – Princess Charlotte of Wales’s) Regiment of Foot 1816–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1743
Raised 1743 as Edward Trelawney’s Regiment of Foot.
Ranked 63rd, renumbered 49th in 1748 on disbandment of ten regiments of marines.
Fate
1881: 1st Battalion,
The Princess Charlotte of Wales’s (Berkshire Regiment)
Successor 2012
The RIFLES
50th Regiment of Foot
Titles
50th Regiment of Foot (7th Marines)1739–1748
1740
Raised 1740 as Henry Cornewall’s Regiment of Marines: ranked as 50th Foot or 7th Marines by 1741. Disbanded 3 November 1748.
50th Regiment of Foot (American Provincials)1754–1756
1754
Raised 1754 in New England, as a reforming of William Shirley’s Regiment of 1745–1749. Disbanded 1756.
50th Regiment of Foot 1757–1782
50th (West Kent) Regiment of Foot 1782–1827
50th (The Duke of Clarence’s) Regiment of Foot 1827–1831
50th (The Queen’s Own) Regiment of Foot
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1755
Raised 1755 as the 52nd Regiment of Foot.
Renumbered as 50th Foot in 1757 following disbandment of existing 50th and 51st Foot.
Fate
1881: 1st Battalion,
The Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
Successor 2012
Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment
51st Regiment of Foot
Titles
51st Regiment of Foot (8th Marines)1739–1748
1740
Raised 1740 as William Hanmer’s Regiment of Marines, ranked as 51st Foot or 8th Marines by 1741. Disbanded 8 November 1748.
51st Regiment of Foot (Cape Breton Regiment)1754–1756
1754
Raised 1754 in New England as a reforming of William Pepperell’s Regiment of 1745–1749. Disbanded 1756.
51st Regiment of Foot 1757–1782
51st (2nd York, West Riding) Regiment of Foot 1782–1809
51st (2nd York, West Riding, Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot 1809–1821
51st (2nd York, West Riding, The King’s Own Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot 1821–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1755
Raised as 53rd Regiment of Foot 1755, renumbered 51st in 1757 on disbandment of existing 50th and 51st Foot
Fate
1881: 1st Battalion,
The King’s Own Light Infantry (South Yorkshire Regiment)
Successor 2012
The IFLES
52nd Regiment of Foot
Titles
52nd Regiment of Foot (9th Marines)1740–1748
1740
Raised 1740 as Sir Charles Powlett’s Regiment of Marines, ranked as 52nd Foot or 9th Marines by 1741. Disbanded 7 November 1748.
52nd Regiment of Foot 1755–1757
1755
Raised 1755, Renumbered as 50th Foot (see above) 1757.
52nd Regiment of Foot 1757–1782
52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot 1782–1803
52nd (Oxfordshire Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot 1803–1821
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1755
Raised as 54th Regiment of Foot 1755, renumbered 52nd in 1757 on disbandment of existing 50th and 51st Foot.
Fate
1881: 2nd Battalion,
The Oxfordshire Light Infantry
Successor 2012
The RIFLES
53rd Regiment of Foot
Titles
53rd Regiment of Foot (10th Marines)1740–1748
1740
Raised 31 November 1740 as Jefferie’s Regiment of Marines, ranked as 53rd Foot or 10th Marines by 1741. Disbanded 11 November 1748.
53rd Regiment of Foot 1755–1757
1755
Raised 1755, Renumbered as 51st Foot (see above) 1757.
53rd Regiment of Foot 1757–1782
53rd (Shropshire) Regiment of Foot 1782–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1755
Raised as 55th Regiment of Foot 1755, renumbered 53rd in 1757 on disbandment of existing 50th and 51st Foot.
Fate
1881: 1st Battalion,
The King’s Light Infantry (Shropshire Regiment)
Successor 2012
The RIFLES
54th Regiment of Foot
Titles
54th Regiment of Foot 1741–1748
1741
Raised 1 March 1741 as Thomas Fowke’s Regiment of Foot, ranked as 54th foot in 1747. Renumbered as 43rd in 1748/49 (see above) on disbandment of a number of regiments.
54th Regiment of Foot 1755–1757
1755
Raised 1755, renumbered 52nd in 1757 (see above) on disbandment of existing 50th and 51st Foot.
54th Regiment of Foot 1757–1782
54th (West Norfolk) Regiment of Foot 1782–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1755
Raised 1755 as 56th Regiment of Foot, renumbered as 54th in 1757 on disbandment of existing 50th and 51st Foot.
Fate
1881: 2nd Battalion,
The Dorsetshire Regiment
Successor 2012
The RIFLES
55th Regiment of Foot
Titles
55th Regiment of Foot 1741–1748
1741
Raised 7 January 1741 as James Long’s Regiment of Foot, Renumbered as 44th in 1748 (see above) on disbandment of a number of regiments
55th Regiment of Foot 1755–1757
1755
Raised as 55th Regiment of Foot 1755, renumbered 53rd (see above) in 1757 on disbandment of existing 50th and 51st Foot.
55th Regiment of Foot 1757–1782
55th (Westmorland) Regiment of Foot 1782–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1755
Raised 1755 as 57th Regiment of Foot, renumbered as 55th in 1757 on disbandment of existing 50th and 51st Foot.
Fate
1881: 2nd Battalion,
The Border Regiment
Successor 2012
Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment
56th Regiment of Foot
Titles
56th Regiment of Foot 1741–1748
1741
Raised 11 January 1741 as Daniel Houghton’s Regiment of Foot.
Ranked 56th, renumbered 45th (see above) in 1748 on disbandment of ten regiments of marines.
56th Regiment of Foot 1755–1757
1755
Raised 1755 as 56th Regiment of Foot, renumbered as 54th (see above) in 1757 on disbandment of existing 50th and 51st Foot.
56th Regiment of Foot 1757–1782
56th (West Essex) Regiment of Foot 1782–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1755
Raised 1755 as 58th Regiment of Foot, renumbered as 56th in 1757 on disbandment of existing 50th and 51st Foot.
Fate
1881: 2nd Battalion,
The Essex Regiment
Successor 2012
Royal Anglian Regiment
57th Regiment of Foot
Titles
57th Regiment of Foot 1741–1748
1741
Raised 13 January 1741 as John Price’s Regiment of Foot, ranked as 57th, renumbered 46th (see above)in 1748 on disbandment of ten regiments of marines.
57th Regiment of Foot 1755–1757
1755
Raised 1755 as 57th Regiment of Foot, renumbered as 55th in 1757 on disbandment of existing 50th and 51st Foot.
57th Regiment of Foot 1757–1782
57th (West Middlesex) Regiment of Foot 1782–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1755
Raised 1755 as 59th Regiment of Foot, renumbered as 57th in 1757 on disbandment of existing 50th and 51st Foot.
Fate
1881: 1st Battalion,
The Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment)
Successor 2012
Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment
58th Regiment of Foot
Titles
58th Regiment of Foot 1741–1748
1741
Raised 15 January 1741 as Sir John Mordaunt’s Regiment of Foot, ranked as 58th, renumbered 47th (see above)in 1748 on disbandment of ten regiments of marines.
58th Regiment of Foot 1755–1757
1755
Raised 1755 as 58th Regiment of Foot, renumbered as 56th in 1757 on disbandment of existing 50th and 51st Foot.
58th Regiment of Foot 1757–1782
58th (Rutlandshire) Regiment of Foot 1782–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1755
Raised 1755 as 60th Regiment of Foot, renumbered as 58th in 1757 on disbandment of existing 50th and 51st Foot.
Fate
1881: 2nd Battalion,
The Northamptonshire Regiment
Successor 2012
Royal Anglian Regiment
59th Regiment of Foot
Titles
59th Regiment of Foot 1741–1748
1741
Raised 31 January 1741 as James Cholmondeley’s Regiment of Foot, ranked as 59th, renumbered 48th (see above)in 1748 on disbandment of ten regiments of marines.
59th Regiment of Foot 1755–1757
1755
Raised 1755 as 59th Regiment of Foot, renumbered as 57th (see above) in 1757 on disbandment of existing 50th and 51st Foot.
59th Regiment of Foot 1757–1782
59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot 1782–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1755
Raised 1755 as 61st Regiment of Foot, renumbered as 59th in 1757 on disbandment of existing 50th and 51st Foot.
Fate
1881: 2nd Battalion,
The East Lancashire Regiment
Successor 2012
Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment
60th Regiment of Foot
Titles
60th Regiment of Foot 1741–1748
1741
Raised 1741, disbanded 1748.
60th Regiment of Foot 1755–1757
1755
Raised 1755 as the 60th Regiment of Foot.
Renumbered as 58th (see above) Foot in 1757 following disbandment of existing 50th and 51st Foot.
60th (Royal American) Regiment of Foot 1757–1824
60th (The Duke of York’s Own Rifle Corps) Regiment of Foot 1824–1830
60th (The King’s Royal Rifle Corps) Regiment of Foot 1830–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
Raised as 62nd (Royal American) Regiment of Foot in 1755, renumbered as 60th in 1757 on disbandment of existing 50th and 51st Foot.
Fate
1881: The King’s Royal Rifle Corps
Successor 2012
The RIFLES
61st Regiment of Foot
Titles
61st Regiment of Foot 1742–1748
1742
Formed from disbanded Gooch’s Marines (see 43rd foot above), disbanded 1748.
61st Regiment of Foot 1755–1757
1755
Raised 1755, Renumbered as 59th Foot (see above) 1757.
61st Regiment of Foot 1757–1758
1756
Raised late 1756, Renumbered as 76th Foot in 1758 when second battalions of several regiments raised in 1756 were constituted as 61st to 75th Regiments of Foot. The second battalion of the 61st Foot was redesignated as the 86th Regiment of Foot at the same time.
61st Regiment of Foot 1758–1782
61st (South Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot 1782–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1758
Raised as 2nd Battalion, 3rd Regiment of Foot 1756, reconstituted as 61st Regiment of Foot 1758
Fate
1881: 2nd Battalion,
The Gloucestershire Regiment
Successor 2012
The RIFLES
62nd Regiment of Foot
Titles
62nd Regiment of Foot 1742–1748
1742
Raised 1742 as John Batereau’s Regiment of Marines, ranked as 62nd Foot. Disbanded 1748.
62nd (Royal American) Regiment of Foot 1755–1757
1755
Raised 1755, Renumbered as 60th Foot (see above) 1757.
62nd Regiment of Foot (1st Highland Battalion)1757–1758 (Montgomerie’s Highlanders).
1756
Raised late 1756, Renumbered as 77th Foot in 1758 when second battalions of several regiments raised in 1756 were constituted as 61st to 75th Regiments of Foot.
62nd Regiment of Foot 1758–1782
62nd (Wiltshire) Regiment of Foot 1782–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1756
Raised as 2nd Battalion, 4th Regiment of Foot 1756, reconstituted as 62nd Regiment of Foot 1758.
Fate
1881: 1st Battalion,
The Duke of Edinburgh’s (Wiltshire Regiment)
Successor 2012
The RIFLES
63rd Regiment of Foot
Titles
63rd (American) Regiment of Foot 1744–1748
1743
Raised 1743 as Edward Trelawney’s Regiment of Foot.
Ranked 63rd, renumbered 49th in 1748 on disbandment of ten regiments of marines.
63rd Regiment of Foot (2nd Highland Battalion)1757–1758 (Fraser’s Highlanders)
1756
Raised late 1756, Renumbered as 78th Foot in 1758 when second battalions of several regiments raised in 1756 were constituted as 61st to 75th Regiments of Foot.
63rd Regiment of Foot 1758–1782
63rd (West Suffolk) Regiment of Foot 1782–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1757
Raised as 2nd Battalion, 8th Regiment of Foot 1756, reconstituted as 63rd Regiment of Foot 1758.
Fate
1881: 1st Battalion,
The Manchester Regiment
Successor 2012
Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment
64th Regiment of Foot
Titles
64th Regiment of Foot1745–1748
1745
Raised 28 August 1745 as Earl of Loudoun’s Regiment, ranked as 64th, disbanded 1748.
64th Regiment of Foot 1757–1758
1757
Raised 1757, Renumbered as 79th Foot in 1758 when second battalions of several regiments raised in 1756 were constituted as 61st to 75th Regiments of Foot.
64th Regiment of Foot 1758–1782
64th (2nd Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot 1782–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1756
Raised as 2nd Battalion, 11th Regiment of Foot 1756, reconstituted as 64th Regiment of Foot 1758.
Fate
1881: 1st Battalion,
The Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment)
Successor 2012
Mercian Regiment
65th Regiment of Foot
Titles
65th Regiment of Foot (Shirley’s) 1745–1749
1741
Raised September 1745 in New England. Disbanded 1749.
65th Regiment of Foot 1758–1782
65th (2nd Yorkshire, North Riding) Regiment of Foot 1782–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1758
Raised as 2nd Battalion, 12th Regiment of Foot 1756, reconstituted as 65th Regiment of Foot 1758.
Fate
1881: 1st Battalion,
The York and Lancaster Regiment
Successor 2012
Disbanded 1968.
66th Regiment of Foot
Titles
66th Regiment of Foot (Pepperell’s) 1745–1749
1741
Raised September 1745 in New England. Disbanded 1749.
66th Regiment of Foot 1758–1782
66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot 1782–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1758
Raised as 2nd Battalion, 19th Regiment of Foot 1756, reconstituted as 66th Regiment of Foot 1758.
Fate
1881: 2nd Battalion,
The Princess Charlotte of Wales’s (Berkshire Regiment)
Successor 2012
The RIFLES
67th Regiment of Foot
Titles
67th Regiment of Foot 1745–1746
1745
Raised 1745 as the Duke of Bolton’s Regiment, ranked as 67th Foot. Disbanded 1746.
67th Regiment of Foot 1758–1782[104]
67th (South Hampshire) Regiment of Foot 1782–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1758
Raised as 2nd Battalion, 20th Regiment of Foot 1756, reconstituted as 67th Regiment of Foot 1758.
Fate
1881: 2nd Battalion,
The Hampshire Regiment
Successor 2012
Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment
68th Regiment of Foot
Titles
68th Regiment of Foot 1745–1746
1745
Raised 1745 as the Duke of Bedford’s Regiment, ranked as 68th Foot. Disbanded 1746.
68th Regiment of Foot 1758–1782[105]
68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot 1782–1812
68th (Durham – Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot 1812–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1758
Raised as 2nd Battalion, 23rd Regiment of Foot 1756, reconstituted as 68th Regiment of Foot 1758.
Fate
1881: 1st Battalion,
The Durham Light Infantry
Successor 2012
The RIFLES
69th Regiment of Foot
Titles
69th Regiment of Foot 1758–1782
69th (South Lincolnshire) Regiment of Foot 1782–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1756
Raised as 2nd Battalion, 24th Regiment of Foot 1756, reconstituted as 69th Regiment of Foot 1758.
Fate
1881: 2nd Battalion,
The Welsh Regiment
Successor 2012
The Royal Welsh
70th Regiment of Foot
Titles
70th Regiment of Foot 1758–1782
70th (Surrey) Regiment of Foot 1782–1812
70th (Glasgow Lowland) Regiment of Foot 1812–1825
70th (Surrey) Regiment of Foot 1825–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1756
Raised as 2nd Battalion, 31st Regiment of Foot 1756, reconstituted as 70th Regiment of Foot 1758.
Fate
1881: 2nd Battalion,
The East Surrey Regiment
Successor 2012
The Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment
71st Regiment of Foot
Titles
71st Regiment of Foot 1758–1763
1758
Raised as 2nd Battalion, 32nd Regiment of Foot 1756, reconstituted as 71st Regiment of Foot 1758. Disbanded 1763.
71st (Invalids) Regiment of Foot 1764–1769
1757
Raised 1757 as 81st (Invalids) Regiment of Foot, renumbered 71st in 1764 following disbandment of a number of senior regiments. Dispersed to independent garrison companies in 1768/69.
71st (Highland) Regiment of Foot 1775–1786 (Fraser’s Highlanders)
1775
Raised October 1775 in Scottish Highlands for service in North America. Disbanded 1786.
71st (Highland) Regiment of Foot 1786–1808
71st (Glasgow Highland) Regiment of Foot 1808–1809
71st (Glasgow Highland Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot 1809–1810
71st (Highland Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot 1810–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1777
Formed as 73rd (Highland) Regiment of Foot 1777 by regimentation of independent companies raised in 1771, renumbered as 71st in 1786 on disbandment of existing 71st and 72nd Foot.
Fate
1881: 1st Battalion,
The Highland Light Infantry
Successor 2012
Royal Regiment of Scotland
72nd Regiments of Foot
Titles
72nd Regiment of Foot 1758–1763
1758
Raised as 2nd Battalion, 33rd Regiment of Foot 1756, reconstituted as 72nd Regiment of Foot 1758. Disbanded 1763.
72nd (Invalids) Regiment of Foot 1764–1769
1757
Raised 1757 as 82nd (Invalids) Regiment of Foot, renumbered 72nd in 1764 following disbandment of a number of senior regiments. Dispersed to independent garrison companies in 1768/69.
72nd (Royal Manchester Volunteers) Regiment of Foot 1777–1784
1777
Raised December 1777. Disbanded 1784.
72nd (Highland) Regiment of Foot 1786–1809
72nd Regiment of Foot 1809–1823
72nd (Duke of Albany’s Own Highlanders) Regiment of Foot 1823–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1778
Formed as 78th (Highland) Regiment of Foot 1778 (or Seaforth’s Highlanders), renumbered as 72nd 12 September 1786 on disbandment of a number of senior regiments.
Fate
1881: 1st Battalion,
The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany’s)
Successors 2012
Royal Regiment of Scotland
73rd Regiments of Foot
Titles
73rd Regiment of Foot 1758–1763
1758
Raised as 2nd Battalion, 34th Regiment of Foot 1756, reconstituted as 73rd Regiment of Foot 1758. Disbanded 1763.
73rd (Invalids) Regiment of Foot 1764–1769
1762
Raised 1762 as 116th (Invalids) Regiment of Foot, renumbered 73rd in 1764 following disbandment of a number of senior regiments. Dispersed to independent garrison companies in 1769.
73rd (Highland) Regiment of Foot 1777–1786
1777
Formed 1777 by regimentation of independent companies raised in 1771, renumbered as 71st (see above) in 1786 on disbandment of existing 71st and 72nd Foot.
73rd (Highland) Regiment of Foot 1786–1809
73rd Regiment of Foot 1809–1862
73rd (Perthshire) Regiment of Foot 1862–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1780
Raised as 2nd Battalion, 42nd (Highland) Regiment of Foot 1780, reconstituted as 73rd Regiment of Foot 1786.
Fate
1881: 2nd Battalion,
The Black Watch
Successors 2012
Royal Regiment of Scotland
74th Regiments of Foot
Titles
74th Regiment of Foot 1758–1763
1758
Raised as 2nd Battalion, 36th Regiment of Foot 1756, reconstituted as 74th Regiment of Foot 1758. Disbanded 1763.
74th (Invalids) Regiment of Foot 1764–1769
1762
Raised 1762 as 117th (Invalids) Regiment of Foot, renumbered 74th in 1764 following disbandment of a number of senior regiments. Dispersed to independent garrison companies in 1769.
74th Regiment of Foot 1777–1784 (Argyleshire Highlanders)
1777
Raised 1777, disbanded 1784.
74th (Highland) Regiment of Foot 1787–1816
74th Regiment of Foot 1816–1845
74th (Highlanders) Regiment of Foot 1845–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1787 Raised by Honourable East India Company for service in India
Fate
1881: 2nd Battalion,
The Highland Light Infantry
Successors 2012
Royal Regiment of Scotland
75th Regiments of Foot
Titles
75th Regiment of Foot 1758–1763
1758
Raised as 2nd Battalion, 37th Regiment of Foot 1756, reconstituted as 75th Regiment of Foot 1758. Disbanded 1763.
75th (Invalids) Regiment of Foot 1764–1769
1762
Raised 1760 as 118th (Invalids) Regiment of Foot, renumbered 75th in 1764 following disbandment of a number of senior regiments. Dispersed to independent garrison companies in 1769.
75th Regiment of Foot (Prince of Wales’s Regiment)1778–1783
1778
Raised in Wales 1778, disbanded 1783.
75th (Highland) Regiment of Foot 1787–1809
75th Regiment of Foot 1809–1862
75th (Stirlingshire) Regiment of Foot 1862–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1787
Raised by Honourable East India Company for service in India
Fate
1881: 1st Battalion,
The Gordon Highlanders
Successors 2012
Royal Regiment of Scotland
77th Regiments of Foot
Titles
77th Regiment of Foot 1758–1763 (Montgomery’s Highlanders)
1756
Raised late 1756 as 62nd Foot, renumbered as 77th Foot in 1758 when second battalions of several regiments raised in 1756 were constituted as 61st to 75th Regiments of Foot.
77th Regiment of Foot 1777–1783 (Atholl Highlanders)
1777
Raised 1777, disbanded 1783.
77th (Hindoostan) Regiment of Foot 1787–1807[117]
77th (East Middlesex) Regiment of Foot 1807–1876[117]
77th (East Middlesex) Regiment of Foot (Duke of Cambridge’s Own) 1876–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1787
Raised by Honourable East India Company for service in India.
Fate
1881: 2nd Battalion,
The Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment)
Successors 2012
Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment
78th Regiments of Foot
Titles
78th Regiment of Foot 1758–1763 (Fraser’s Highlanders)
1756
Raised late 1756 as 63rd Foot, renumbered as 78th Foot in 1758 when second battalions of several regiments raised in 1756 were constituted as 61st to 75th Regiments of Foot.
78th (Highland) Regiment of Foot 1777–1783
1778
Raised 1778, renumbered 72nd in 1786.
78th (Highland) Regiment of Foot (The Ross-shire Buffs) 1793–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1793
Raised 17 August 1793.
Fate
1881: 2nd Battalion,
The Seaforth Highlanders
Successors 2012
Royal Regiment of Scotland
79th Regiments of Foot
Titles
79th Regiment of Foot 1758–1763
1757
Raised 1757 as 64th Foot, Renumbered as 79th Foot in 1758 when second battalions of several regiments raised in 1756 were constituted as 61st to 75th Regiments of Foot. Disbanded 1763.
79th (Royal Liverpool Volunteers) Regiment of Foot 1778–1784
1757
Raised 1778, disbanded 1784.
79th (Cameronian Volunteers) Regiment of Foot 1793–1804
79th (Cameronian Highlanders) Regiment of Foot 1804–1866
79th (Cameron Highlanders) Regiment of Foot 1866–1873
79th (Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders) Regiment of Foot 1873–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1793
Raised 16 August 1793.
Fate
1881: Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders
Successors 2012
Royal Regiment of Scotland
80th Regiments of Foot
Titles
80th (Light Armed) Regiment of Foot 1758–1764
1758
Raised 1758, disbanded 1764.
80th (Royal Edinburgh Volunteers) Regiment of Foot 1778–1784
1758
Raised 1778, disbanded 1784.
80th (Staffordshire Volunteers) Regiment of Foot 1778–1784
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1793
Raised 1793 from the Staffordshire Militia.
Fate
1881: 2nd Battalion,
The South Staffordshire Regiment
Successors 2012
Mercian Regiment
81st Regiments of Foot
Titles
81st (Invalids) Regiment of Foot 1757–1764
1757
Raised 1757 as 81st (Invalids) Regiment of Foot, renumbered 71st (see above) in 1764 following disbandment of a number of senior regiments.
81st Regiment of Foot 1778–1783 (Aberdeenshire Highland Regiment)
1778
Raised 1777 as Aberdeenshire Highland Regiment, numbered 81st in 1778. Disbanded 1783.
81st Regiment of Foot 1793
1793
Raised and disbanded in 1793
81st (Loyal Lincoln Volunteers) Regiment of Foot 1793–1794
81st Regiment of Foot 1794–1832
81st (Loyal Lincoln Volunteers) Regiment of Foot 1832–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1793
Raised as 83rd Foot in 1793, renumbered in 1794 on disbandment of existing 81st and 82nd Regiments.
Fate
1881:2nd Battalion,
The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Successors 2012
Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment
82nd Regiments of Foot
Titles
82nd (Invalids) Regiment of Foot 1757–1764
1757
Raised 1757 as 82nd (Invalids) Regiment of Foot, renumbered 72nd (see above) in 1764 following disbandment of a number of senior regiments.
82nd Regiment of Foot 1778–1783
1777
Raised 1777 for service in North America. Numbered 1778. Disbanded 1783.
82nd Regiment of Foot 1793
1793
Raised and disbanded in 1793
82nd Regiment of Foot 1793–1802
82nd (The Prince of Wales’s Volunteers) Regiment of Foot 1802–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1793
Raised as 84th Foot in 27 September 1793, renumbered in same year of disbandment of existing 81st and 82nd Regiments.
Fate
1881:2nd Battalion,
The Prince of Wales’s Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment)
Successors 2012
Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment
83rd Regiments of Foot
Titles
83rd Regiment of Foot 1758–1763
1758
Raised 1758. Disbanded 1763
83rd (Royal Glasgow Volunteers) Regiment of Foot 1778–1783
1778
Raised 1778, disbanded 1783
83rd (Loyal Lincoln Volunteers) Regiment of Foot 1793–1794
1793
Raised as 83rd Foot in 1793, renumbered 81st (see above) in same year of disbandment of existing 81st and 82nd Regiments.
83rd Regiment of Foot 1794–1859
83rd (County of Dublin) Regiment of Foot 1859–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1793
Raised as Colonel Commandant William Fitch’s Corps in Dublin, September 1793.[131] Numbered 83rd in 1794.
Fate
1881: 1st Battalion,
The Royal Irish Rifles
Successors 2012
Royal Irish Regiment
84th Regiments of Foot
Titles
84th Regiment of Foot 1758–1764
1758
Raised 1758 by Eyre Coote for service in India. Disbanded 1764.
84th (Royal Highland Emigrants) Regiment of Foot 1778–1783
1775
Raised 1775 in North America from veterans of Highland regiments, placed on British establishment in 1778 as 84th Foot, disbanded 1783.
84th Regiment of Foot 1793–1809
84th (York and Lancaster) Regiment of Foot 1809–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1793
Raised 1793.
Fate
1881: 2nd Battalion,
York and Lancaster Regiment
Successors 2012
Disbanded 1968
85th Regiments of Foot
Titles
85th (Royal Volunteers Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot 1759–1763
1759
Raised 1759. Disbanded 1763.
85th (Westminster Volunteers) Regiment of Foot 1778–1783
1778
Raised 1778, disbanded 1783.
85th (Bucks Volunteers) Regiment of Foot 1794–1808
85th (Bucks Volunteers) (Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot 1808–1815
85th (Bucks Volunteers) (Duke of York’s Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot 1815–1821[138]
85th (Bucks Volunteers) (The King’s Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot 1821–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1794
Raised 1794.
Fate
1881: 2nd Battalion,
The King’s (Shropshire Light Infantry)
Successors 2012
The Rifles
86th Regiments of Foot
Titles
86th Regiment of Foot 1759–1763
1759
Formed 1759 by redesignation of the 2nd Battallion, 76th Foot. Disbanded 1763.
86th Regiment of Foot 1779–1783
1779
Raised 1779, disbanded 1783
86th (Shropshire Volunteers) Regiment of Foot 1794–1809
86th (The Leinster) Regiment of Foot 1809–1812
86th (Royal County Down) Regiment of Foot 1815–1821
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1794
Raised 1793 as Sir Cornelius Cuyler’s Shropshire Volunteers, placed on regular establishment as 86th Foot in 1794.
Fate
1881: 2nd Battalion,
The Royal Irish Rifles
Successors 2012
Royal Irish Regiment
87th Regiments of Foot
Titles
87th Regiment of Foot 1759–1763 (Keith’s Highlanders)
1759
Raised late 1759 from companies of 2nd Battalion, 42nd Highlanders. Disbanded 1763.
87th Regiment of Foot 1779–1783
1779
Raised 1779, disbanded 1783.
87th (The Prince of Wales’s Irish) Regiment of Foot 1787–1811
87th (The Prince of Wales’s Own Irish) Regiment of Foot 1811–1827
87th (The Prince of Wales’s Own Irish Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot 1827
87th (Royal Irish Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot 1827–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1793
Raised 1793.
Fate
1881: 1st Battalion,
The Princess Victoria’s (Royal Irish Fusiliers)
Successors 2012
Royal Irish Regiment
88th Regiments of Foot
Titles
88th (Highland Volunteers) Regiment of Foot 1760–1763
1760
Raised 1760, also known as Campbell’s Highlanders. Disbanded 1763
88th Regiment of Foot 1779–1783
1779
Raised 1779, disbanded 1783.
88th (Connaught Rangers) Regiment of Foot 1793–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1793
Raised 1793.
Fate
1881: 1st Battalion,
The Connaught Rangers
Successors 2012
Disbanded 1922
89th Regiments of Foot
Titles
89th (Highland) Regiment of Foot 1759–1763
1759
Raised 1759, also known as Morris’s Highlanders. Disbanded 1765.
89th Regiment of Foot 1779–1783
1779
Raised 1779, disbanded 1783.
89th Regiment of Foot 1793–1866
89th (Princess Victoria’s) Regiment of Foot 1866–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1793
Raised 1793.
Fate
1881: ist Battalion,
The Princess Victoria’s (Royal Irish Fusiliers)
Successors 2012
Royal Irish Regiment
90th Regiments of Foot
Titles
90th (Irish Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot 1759–1763
1759
Raised 1759, disbanded 1763.
90th (Yorkshire Volunteers) Regiment of Foot 1779–1783
1779
Raised 1779, disbanded 1783.
90th (Perthshire Volunteers) Regiment of Foot 1794–1815
90th (Perthshire Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1794
Raised 1794.
Fate
1881: 2nd Battalion,
The Cameronians (Scotch Rifles)
Successors 2012
Disbanded 1968
91st Regiments of Foot
Titles
91st Regiment of Foot 1759–1763
1759
Raised 1759, disbanded 1763.
91st (Shropshire Volunteers) Regiment of Foot 1779–1783
1779
Raised 1779. Disbanded 1783.
91st Regiment of Foot 1794–1795
1793
Raised as John Fletcher Campbell’s Regiment of Foot in 1793, numbered 91st in 1794. Disbanded 1795.
91st (Argyllshire Highlanders) Regiment of Foot 1796–1809
91st Regiment of Foot 1809–1821
91st (Argyllshire) Regiment of Foot 1821–1864
91st (Argyllshire Highlanders) Regiment of Foot 1864–1872
91st (Princess Louise’s Argyllshire Highlanders) Regiment of Foot 1872–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1794
Raised as 98th Foot in 1794, renumbered in 1796 on disbandment of a number of regiments.
Fate
1881:1st Battalion,
The Princess Louise’s (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders)
Successors 2012
Royal Regiment of Scotland
92nd Regiments of Foot
Titles
92nd (Donegal Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot 1760–1763
1760
Raised 1760, disbanded 1763.
92nd Regiment of Foot 1779–1783
1779
Raised 1779. Disbanded 1783.
92nd Regiment of Foot 1794–1795
1793
Raised as George Hewett’s Regiment of Foot 1793, numbered as 92nd in 1794, disbanded 1795.
92nd (Highland) Regiment of Foot 1798–1861
92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment of Foot 1861–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1793
Raised as 100th Foot in 1794, renumbered in 1798 on disbandment of a number of regiments.
Fate
1881:2nd Battalion,
The Gordon Highlanders
Successors 2012
Royal Regiment of Scotland
93rd Regiments of Foot
Titles
93rd Regiment of Foot 1760–1763
1760
Raised 1760. Disbanded 1763.
93rd Regiment of Foot 1779–1783
1779
Raised 1779, disbanded 1783.
93rd (Highland) Regiment of Foot 1794–1796
1793
Raised 1793 as Nesbitt Balfour’s Regiment of Foot, numbered 93rd in 1794. Served in West Indies, drafted into 39th Foot on return to England 1796
93rd (Highland) Regiment of Foot 1799–1861
93rd (Sutherland Highlanders) Regiment of Foot 1861–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1799
Raised 1799.
Fate
1881:2nd Battalion,
The Princess Louise’s (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders)
Successors 2012
Royal Regiment of Scotland
94th Regiments of Foot
Titles
94th Regiment of Foot (Royal Welsh Volunteers)1760–1763
1760
Raised 1760 for service in North America. Disbanded 1763.
94th Regiment of Foot1780–1783
1780
Raised 1780, disbanded 1783.
94th (Irish) Regiment of Foot 1794–1796
1793
Raised 1794, disbanded 1796.
94th (Scots Brigade) Regiment of Foot 1802–1818
1794
Scotch Brigade, raised for Dutch service in 1568, placed on the British Establishment in 1794. Numbered in 1802. Disbanded in 1818.
94th Regiment of Foot 1823–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1823
Raised 1823. In 1875 was deemed to be the successor of the 94th Foot of 1802–1818.
Fate
1881:2nd Battalion,
The Connaught Rangers
Successors 2012
Disbanded 1922
95th Regiments of Foot
Titles
95th Regiment of Foot 1760–1763
1760
Raised in North Carolina in 1760. Disbanded 1763
95th Regiment of Foot 1780–1783
1780
Raised 1780, disbanded 1784.
95th Regiment of Foot 1794–1896
1793
William Edmeston’s Regiment of Foot raised 1793, numbered 1794. Disbanded 1796.
95th Regiment of Foot 1802–1812
95th Regiment of Foot (Riflemen) 1812–1816
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1800
Corps of Riflemen raised 1800, numbered 95th Foot in 1802. Redesignated as the Rifle Brigade without a number in 1816.
Successors 2012
The Rifles.
95th Regiment of Foot 1816–1818
1803
Raised as 96th Regiment of Foot in 1803. Renumbered as 95th in 1816 when existing 95th Foot became Rifle Brigade without a number. Disbanded 1818.
95th Regiment of Foot 1823–1825
95th (Derbyshire) Regiment of Foot 1825–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1823
Raised 1823
Fate
1881: 2nd Battalion,
The Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire Regiment)
Successors 2012
Mercian Regiment
96th Regiments of Foot
Titles
96th Regiment of Foot 1760–1763
1760
Formed 1760 for service in India. Disbanded 1763.
96th Regiment of Foot (British Musketeers) 1780–1784
1779
Raised 1780, disbanded 1784.
96th (Queen’s Royal Irish) Regiment of Foot 1794–1796
1794
Raised as John Murray’s Regiment of Foot 1793, numbered 96th in 1794, disbanded 1796.
96th Regiment of Foot 1803–1816
1803
Raised as 2nd Battalion, 52nd Foot in 1799, constituted as 96th Foot in 1794, renumbered as 95th in 1816 when existing 95th Foot became Rifle Brigade without a number.
96th (Queen’s Own Germans) Regiment of Foot 1816–1818
1816
97th Foot (see below 1824-1881), renumbered as 96th in 1816 when existing 95th Foot became Rifle Brigade without a number. Disbanded 1818.
96th Regiment of Foot 1824–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1824
Raised 1824. Deemed in 1874 to be the successor to the 96th Foot of 1816–1818.
Fate
1881: 2nd Battalion,
The Manchester Regiment
Successors 2012
Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment
97th Regiments of Foot
Titles
97th Regiment of Foot 1760–1763
1760
Raised 1760. Disbanded 1763.
97th Regiment of Foot 1780–1784
1780
Raised 1780, disbanded 1784.
97th Regiment of Foot (Inverness-shire Highlanders) 1794–1795
1794
Raised 1794 as Strathspey Highland Regiment, numbered in same year. Disbanded 1795.
97th (Queen’s Own Germans) Regiment of Foot 1805–1816
1798
Raised 1798 as The Minorca Regiment, redesignated the Queen’s own German Regiment in 1802, numbered in 1805. renumbered as 96th (see above) in 1816 when existing 95th Foot became Rifle Brigade without a number.
97th Regiment of Foot 1816–1818
1804
Raised 1760 as 98th Foot, renumbered as 97th (see above) in 1816 when existing 95th Foot became Rifle Brigade without a number. Disbanded 1818.
97th (The Earl of Ulster’s) Regiment of Foot 1824–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1824
Raised 1824.
Fate
1881: 2nd Battalion,
The Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
Successors 2012
Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment
98th Regiments of Foot
Titles
98th Regiment of Foot 1760–1763
1760
Raised 1760. Disbanded 1763.
98th Regiment of Foot 1779–1784
1779
Raised 1779, disbanded 1784.
98th Regiment of Foot (Argyllshire Highlanders) 1794–1795
1794
Raised 1794, renumbered 91st (see above) in 1796 on disbandment of a number of regiments.
98th Regiment of Foot 1805–1816
1805
Raised 1805, renumbered as 97th (see above) in 1816 when existing 95th Foot became Rifle Brigade without a number
98th (Prince of Wales’s Tipperary) Regiment of Foot 1816–1818
1804
Raised 1804 as 99th Foot, renumbered as 98th in 1816 when existing 95th Foot became Rifle Brigade without a number. Disbanded 1818
98th Regiment of Foot 1824–1876
98th (The Prince of Wales’s) Regiment of Foot 1876–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1824
Raised 1824.
Fate
1881: 2nd Battalion,
The Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment)
Successors 2012
Mercian Regiment
99th Regiments of Foot
Titles
99th Regiment of Foot 1760–1763
1760
Raised 1760. Disbanded 1763.
99th Regiment of Foot (Jamaica Regiment)1780–1783
1779
Raised 1780, disbanded 1783.
99th Regiment of Foot 1794–1798
1794
Raised 1794, disbanded 1798.
99th (Prince of Wales’s Tipperary) Regiment of Foot 1804–1816
1804
Raised 1804 as 99th Foot, renumbered as 98th in 1816 when existing 95th Foot became Rifle Brigade without a number.
99th (Prince Regent’s County of Dublin) Regiment of Foot 1816–1818
1805
Raised 1804 as 100th Foot, renumbered as 99th in 1816 when existing 95th Foot became Rifle Brigade without a number. Disbanded 1818.
99th (Lanarkshire) Regiment of Foot 1824–1874
99th (Duke of Edinburgh’s) Regiment of Foot 1874–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1824
Raised 1824.
Fate
1881: 2nd Battalion,
The Duke of Edinburgh’s (Wiltshire Regiment)
Successors 2012
The Rifles
100th Regiments of Foot
Titles
100th (Highland) Regiment of Foot 1761–1763
1761
Raised 1761. Disbanded 1763.
100th Regiment of Foot 1780–1784
1780
Raised 1780, disbanded 1784. Also known as “Loyal Lincolnshire Regiment”.
100th (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment of Foot 1794–1798
1794
Raised 1794, renumbered as 92nd (see above) in 1798.
100th (Prince Regent’s County of Dublin) Regiment of Foot 1805–1816
1804
Raised 1804 as 100th Foot, renumbered as 99th in 1816 when existing 95th Foot became Rifle Brigade without a number.
100th Regiment of Foot 1816–1818
1789
Raised 1798 as New South Wales Corps.
Numbered 1809 as 102nd Foot, renumbered as 100th in 1816 when existing 95th Foot became Rifle Brigade without a number. Disbanded 1818.
100th (Prince of Wales’s Royal Canadian) Regiment of Foot 1858–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1824
Raised 1858 in Canada. In 1875 was deemed successor to the 100th Foot of 1805–1816
Fate
1881: 1st Battalion,
The Prince of Wales’s Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians)
Successors 2012
Disbanded 1922.
101st Regiments of Foot
Titles
101st (Highland) Regiment of Foot 1760–1763
1760
Raised 1760, disbanded 1763. Also known as “Johnstone’s Highlanders”.
101st Regiment of Foot 1780–1783
1780
Raised 1780. Disbanded 1783.
101st (Irish) Regiment of Foot 1794–1795
1794
Raised 1794. Disbanded 1795.
101st (Duke of York’s Irish) Regiment of Foot 1806–1816
1806
Raised 1806, disbanded 1816.
101st Regiment of Foot (Royal Bengal Fusiliers) 1861–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1756
Raised 1756 by the Honorable East India Company as the Bengal European Regiment. Came under Crown control in 1858 as 1st Bengal Fusiliers. Made a “royal” regiment and integrated into the British Army as the 101st Foot in 1861.
Fate
1881:1st Battalion,
The Royal Munster Fusiliers
Successors 2012
Disbanded 1922
102nd Regiments of Foot
Titles
102nd (Queen’s Royal Volunteers) Regiment of Foot 1760–1763
1760
Raised 1760, disbanded 1763.
102nd Regiment of Foot 1780–1783
1780
Raised 1780. Disbanded 1783.
102nd (Irish) Regiment of Foot 1794–1795
1793
Raised 1793 as Trench’s Regiment. Numbered 1794, disbanded 1795. Also known as “Irish Rangers”.
102nd Regiment of Foot 1809–1816
1789
Raised 1789 as New South Wales Corps.
Numbered 1809 as 102nd Foot, renumbered as 100th (see above) in 1816 when existing 95th Foot became Rifle Brigade without a number.
102nd Regiment of Foot (Royal Madras Fusiliers) 1861–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1756
Raised 1742 by the Honorable East India Company as the Madras European Regiment. Came under Crown control in 1858 as 1st Madras Fusiliers. Made a “royal” regiment and integrated into the British Army as the 102nd Foot in 1861.
Fate
1881:1st Battalion,
The Royal Dublin Fusiliers
Successors 2012
Disbanded 1922
103rd Regiments of Foot
Titles
103rd (Volunteer Hunters) Regiment of Foot 1761–1763
1761
Raised 1761, disbanded 1763.
103rd (King’s Irish Infantry) Regiment of Foot 1781–1783
1781
Raised 1780. Disbanded 1783.
103rd (Loyal Bristol Volunteers) Regiment of Foot 1794–1795
1794
Raised 1794 as Loyal Bristol Regiment. Numbered 1794, disbanded 1795.
103rd Regiment of Foot 1809–1816
1809
Formed from the 9th Garrison Battalion (raised 1806). Disbanded 1816.
103rd Regiment of Foot (Royal Bombay Fusiliers) 1861–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1661
Raised 1661 as the Bombay Regiment. Under the control of the Honorable East India Company from 1668. Came under Crown control in 1858 as 1st Bombay Fusiliers. Made a “royal” regiment and integrated into the British Army as the 103rd Foot in 1861.
Fate
1881:2nd Battalion,
The Royal Dublin Fusiliers
Successors 2012
Disbanded 1922
104th Regiments of Foot
Titles
104th (King’s Volunteers) Regiment of Foot 1761–1763
1761
Raised 1761, disbanded 1763.
104th Regiment of Foot 1780–1783
1780
Raised 1780. Disbanded 1783.
104th (Royal Manchester Volunteers) Regiment of Foot 1794–1795
1794
Raised 1794, disbanded 1795.
104th Regiment of Foot (New Brunswick Regiment) 1809–1816
1811
Created from New Brunswick Fencible Infantry (raised 1803). Disbanded 1817.
104th Regiment of Foot (Bengal Fusiliers) 1861–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1839
Raised 1839 as the 2nd Bengal (European) Light Infantry. Came under Crown control in 1858 as 2nd Bengal Fusiliers. Integrated into the British Army as the 104th Foot in 1861.
Fate
1881:2nd Battalion,
The Royal Munster Fusiliers
Successors 2012
Disbanded 1922
105th Regiments of Foot
Titles
105th (Queen’s Own Royal Highlanders) Regiment of Foot 1761–1763
1761
Raised 1761, disbanded 1763.
105th (Volunteers of Ireland) Regiment of Foot 1781–1783
1781
Raised 1777 in North America. Brought onto British Establishment as 105th Foot in 1781/2. Disbanded 1783.
105th Regiment of Foot 1794–1796
1794
Raised 1794, disbanded 1796.
105th Regiment of Foot (Madras Light Infantry) 1861–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1839
Raised 1839 as the 2nd Madras (European) Light Infantry. Came under Crown control in 1858 as 2nd Madras Light Infantry. Integrated into the British Army as the 105th Foot in 1861.
Fate
1881:2nd Battalion,
The King’s Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry)
Successors 2012
The Rifles
106th Regiments of Foot
Titles
106th Regiment of Foot 1761–1763
1761
Raised 1761, disbanded 1763. Known as “Black Musketeers”.
106th Regiment of Foot 1794–1795
1794
Raised 1794, disbanded 1795.
106th Regiment of Foot (Bombay Light Infantry) 1861–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1839
Raised 1839 as the 2nd Bombay (European) Regiment. Came under Crown control in 1858 as 2nd Bombay Light Infantry. Integrated into the British Army as the 106th Foot in 1861.
Fate
1881:2nd Battalion,
The Durham Light Infantry
Successors 2012
The Rifles
107th Regiments of Foot
Titles
107th Regiment of Foot (Queen’s Own Royal Regiment of British Volunteers) 1761–1763
1761
Raised 1761. Disbanded 1763.
107th Regiment of Foot 1794–1795
1794
Raised 1794. Disbanded 1795.
107th Regiment of Foot (Bengal Light Infantry) 1861–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1854
Raised 1854 as the 3rd Bengal (European) Light Infantry. Came under Crown control in 1858 as 3rd Bengal Light Infantry. Integrated into the British Army as the 107th Foot in 1861.
Fate
1881:2nd Battalion,
The Royal Sussex Regiment
Successors 2012
Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment
108th Regiments of Foot
Titles
108th Regiment of Foot 1760–1763
1760
Raised 1760. Disbanded 1763.
108th Regiment of Foot 1794–1796
1794
Raised 1794. Disbanded 1796.
108th Regiment of Foot (Madras Infantry) 1861–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1854
Raised 1854 as the 3rd Madras (European) Infantry. Came under Crown control in 1858 as 3rd Madras Infantry. Integrated into the British Army as the 108th Foot in 1861.
Fate
1881:2nd Battalion,
The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Successors 2012
Royal Irish Regiment
109th Regiments of Foot
Titles
109th Regiment of Foot (1761) 1761–1763
1761
Raised 1761. Disbanded 1763.
109th (Aberdeenshire) Regiment of Foot 1794–1795
1794
Raised 1794. Disbanded 1795.
109th Regiment of Foot (Bombay Infantry) 1861–1881
Date of raising or coming onto establishment
1853
Raised 1853 as the 3rd Bombay (European) Regiment. Came under Crown control in 1858 as 3rd Bombay Regiment. Integrated into the British Army as the 108th Foot in 1861.
Fate
1881:2nd Battalion,
The Prince of Wales’s Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians)
Successors 2012
Disbanded 1922
110th Regiments of Foot
Titles
110th Regiment of Foot (Queen’s Own Musketeers) 1761–1763
1761
Raised 1761. Disbanded 1763.
110th Regiment of Foot 1794–1795
1794
Raised 1794, disbanded 1795.
111th Regiments of Foot
Titles
111th Regiment of Foot 1761–1763
1761
Raised 1761. Disbanded 1763
111th Regiment of Foot (Loyal Birmingham Volunteers) 1794–1795
1794
Raised 1794. Disbanded 1795.
112th Regiments of Foot
Titles
112th Regiment of Foot (King’s Royal Musketeers) 1761–1763
1761
Raised 1761. Disbanded 1763.
112th Regiment of Foot 1794–1795
1794
Raised 1794. Disbanded 1795.
113th Regiments of Foot
Titles
113th Regiment of Foot (Royal Highlanders) 1761–1763
1761
Raised 1761. Disbanded 1763.
113th Regiment of Foot 1794–1795
1794
Raised 1794. Disbanded 1795.
114th Regiments of Foot
Titles
114th Regiment of Foot (Royal Highland Volunteers) 1761–1763
1761
Raised 1761. Disbanded 1763.
114th Regiment of Foot 1794–1795
1794
Raised 1794. Disbanded 1795.
115th Regiments of Foot
Titles
115th Regiment of Foot (Royal Scotch Lowlanders) 1761–1763
1761
Raised 1761. Disbanded 1763.
115th Regiment of Foot (Prince William’s) 1794–1795
1794
Raised 1794. Disbanded 1795.
116th Regiments of Foot
Titles
116th (Invalids) Regiment of Foot 1762–1763
1762
Raised 1762. Renumbered as 73rd foot (see above) 1763
116th (Perthshire Highlanders) Regiment of Foot 1793–1795
1793
Raised 1793. Disbanded 1795.
117th Regiments of Foot
Titles
117th (Invalids) Regiment of Foot 1762–1763
1762
Raised 1762. Renumbered as 74th foot (see above) 1763
117th Regiment of Foot 1793–1795
1793
Raised 1794. Disbanded 1796.
118th Regiments of Foot
Titles
118th (Invalids) Regiment of Foot 1762–1763
1762
Raised 1762. Renumbered as 75th foot (see above) 1763
118th Regiment of Foot 1794–1795
1794
Raised 1794. Disbanded 1795.
119th Regiments of Foot
Titles
119th (The Prince’s Own) Regiment of Foot 1761–1763
1761
Raised 1762. Disbanded 1763.
119th Regiment of Foot 1794–1796
1794
Raised 1794 as John Rochfort’s Regiment of Foot. Disbanded 1795.
120th Regiments of Foot
Titles
120th Regiment of Foot 1762–1763
1762
Raised 1762. Disbanded 1763.
120th Regiment of Foot 1794–1795
1794
Raised 1794. Disbanded 1795.
121st Regiments of Foot
Titles
121st Regiment of Foot 1761–1763
1761
Raised 1761. Disbanded 1763
121st Regiment of Foot 1794–1795
1794
Raised 1794. Disbanded 1795
122nd Regiments of Foot
Titles
122nd Regiment of Foot 1762–1764
1762
Raised 1762. Disbanded 1764
122nd Regiment of Foot 1794–1796
1794
Raised 1794. Disbanded 1796.
123rd Regiments of Foot
Titles
123rd Regiment of Foot 1762–1764
1762
Raised 1762. Disbanded 1764.
123rd Regiment of Foot 1794–1796
1794
Raised 1794. Disbanded 1796.
124th Regiments of Foot
Titles
124th Regiment of Foot 1762–1763
1762
Raised 1762. Disbanded 1763.
124th (Waterford) Regiment of Foot 1794–1795
1794
Raised 1794. Disbanded 1795.
125th Regiments of Foot
Titles
125th Regiment of Foot 1794–1795
1794
Raised 1794. Disbanded 1795.
126th Regiments of Foot
Titles
126th Regiment of Foot 1794–1796
1794
Raised 1794. Disbanded 1796
127th Regiments of Foot
Titles
127th Regiment of Foot 1794–1796
1794
Raised 1794. Disbanded 1796.
128th Regiments of Foot
Titles
128th Regiment of Foot 1794–1796
1794
Raised 1794. Disbanded 1796.
129th Regiments of Foot
Titles
129th Regiment of Foot 1794–1796
1794
Raised 1794 as the Gentlemen of Coventry’s Regiment of Foot. Disbanded 1796.
130th Regiments of Foot
Titles
130th Regiment of Foot 1794–1796
1794
Raised 1794. Disbanded 1796.
131st Regiments of Foot
Titles
131st Regiment of Foot 1794–1796
1794
Raised 1794. Disbanded 1796.
132nd Regiments of Foot
Titles
132nd (Highland) Regiment of Foot 1794–1796
1794
Raised 1794. Disbanded 1796.
133rd Regiments of Foot
Titles
133rd (Highland) Regiment of Foot (Inverness Volunteers) 1794–1796
1794
Raised 1794. Disbanded 1796.
134th Regiments of Foot
Titles
134th (Loyal Limerick) Regiment of Foot 1794–1796
1794
Raised 1794 as the 2nd Battalion of the 83rd Regiment of Foot. Disbanded 1796.
135th Regiments of Foot
Titles
135th (Limerick) Regiment of Foot 1796
1794
Raised and disbanded 1796.
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