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The 112th Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army from 1794 to 1795. It was raised in July 1794 and stationed in Ireland. In 1795 it was to be posted to the Caribbean to take part in a British invasion of Saint-Domingue. The invasion had already suffered heavy losses to yellow fever. On hearing of the plan, soldiers of the ...
The unit was mustered into federal service on 16 July 1917 for service in World War I, and Rickards remained its commander. On 11 October 1917 the 16th Pennsylvania Regiment was redesignated as the 112th Infantry Regiment and became part of the 28th Infantry Division. The 112th was the first war-strength National Guard regiment in the United ...
Uniform of the 28th Regiment, 1742, with its yellow facings. The regiment was first raised by Colonel Sir John Gibson, who had served as the Lieutenant-Governor of Portsmouth, as Sir John Gibson's Regiment of Foot on 16 February 1694. [2] It was posted to Newfoundland to protect the colony there, losing many of its men to the extreme cold. [3]
Two regiments of the British Army have been numbered the 112th Regiment of Foot: 112th Regiment of Foot (King's Royal Musqueteers), raised in 1761;
The 28th Infantry Division ("Keystone") [1] is a unit of the United States Army National Guard, and is the oldest division-sized unit in the Army. [2] Some of the units of the division can trace their lineage to Benjamin Franklin's battalion, The Pennsylvania Associators (1747–1777). [3]
71st (Glasgow Highland Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot 1809–1810 71st (Highland Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot 1810–1881 [112] 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. [50] [112] 1881: 1st Battalion,
The 112th Regiment of Foot (King's Royal Musqueteers) was an infantry regiment of the British Army from 1761 to 1763. It was raised in October 1761, taking its name from George III , and was disbanded in 1763.
The U.S. 28th Infantry Division duly arrived from the Ardennes front [11] and took up position along the right flank of the U.S. 3rd Infantry Division. With the 28th Division in the Kaysersberg Valley, the 3rd Division would be able to concentrate for an attack against two German divisions, the 708th (a Volksgrenadier division) and the 189th ...