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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]
86th (Royal County Down) Regiment of Foot - 2 Battalions 1813-14. 87th (Royal Irish Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot - 2 Battalions 1804-1817; 88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers) - 2 Battalions 1805-1816; 89th (Princess Victoria's) Regiment of Foot - 2 Battalions 1804-1816; 90th Regiment of Foot (Perthshire Volunteers) - 2 Battalions 1794-1795 ...
Cavalry, Tank and infantry regiments of the British Army are listed in their own orders of precedence, which dates back to when regiments had numbers rather than names. The order comes from the start of the regiment's service under the Crown, up to 1881 and the "Cardwell Reforms", when the use of numbers was abolished in favour of linking with ...
This is a list of British Army cavalry and infantry regiments that were created by Childers reforms in 1881, a continuation of the Cardwell reforms. It also indicates the cavalry amalgamations that would take place forty years later as part of the Government cuts of the early 1920s .
Infantry units which remained in the British Isles during the war included the 2nd Foot (Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)), the 11th Foot (Devonshires), the 12th Foot (Suffolk), the 25th Foot (King's Own Scottish Borderers) at Sussex, the 32nd Foot at Cornwall, the 36th Foot at Herefordshire, the 39th Foot at East Middlesex, the 41st Foot ...
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.
The five regiments of foot guards are most often seen in full dress uniform, comprising navy trousers, scarlet tunic and bearskin cap. From a distance they appear identical, but there are ways to distinguish between the regiments: The colour of the plume, and which side of the bearskin it is worn on; The spacing of the tunic buttons