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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 Cloathing Book of 1742, which illustrated the patterns of uniforms worn by the King's forces, the regiments of foot are designated simply by numbers.
This is a current list of regiments and corps of the British Armed Forces. [1] ... Foot guards. Grenadier Guards - 1 + 0 battalion [10] [11] [12]
The Elegant Extracts – 7th Regiment of Foot later Royal Fusiliers and 85th Regiment of Foot (Bucks Volunteers) later 2nd Battalion Shropshire Light Infantry [1] [3] [10] (in 1811, many of the regiment's officers were court-martialled and replaced by officers drawn from other regiments. [35]) Eliott's Light Horse – 15th The King's Hussars [1]
Regiments of Foot, (Infantry of the Line) are line infantry regiments part of the army.[2] [3]1st (Royal) Regiment of Foot - 4 Battalions from 1804-1816, then 3 until 1817 then 2
Pages in category "Regiments of Foot of the English Army" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
5th Regiment Falster Regiment of Foot: 1747 1 August 1976 merged into Danish Life Regiment: 6th Regiment Funen Life Regiment: 1614 1 November 1991 merged into Schleswig Regiment of Foot: 7th Regiment Jutlandic Regiment of Foot: 1675 1 November 1961 merged with King's Regiment of Foot into King's Jutlandic Regiment of Foot: 8th Regiment Queen's ...
The individual-soldier term infantryman was not coined until 1837. [2] In modern usage, foot soldiers of any era are now considered infantry and infantrymen. [3] From the mid-18th century until 1881, the British Army named its infantry as numbered regiments "of Foot" to distinguish them from cavalry and dragoon regiments (see List of Regiments ...
The regiment was raised by General Charles Leigh as the 82nd Regiment of Foot, in response to the threat posed by the French Revolution, on 27 September 1793. [1] It embarked for the West Indies in June 1795 and was deployed to Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic in August 1795. [ 2 ]