King’s Regiment (Liverpool) The King’s Regiment (Liverpool) was one of the oldest infantry regiments of the British Army, having been formed in 1685 and numbered as the 8th (The King’s) Regiment of Foot in 1751. Unlike most British infantry regiments, which were associated with a county, the King’s represented the city of Liverpool, one of only four regiments affiliated to a city in the British […]
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers was a Irish infantry regiment of the British Army formed in 1881 by the amalgamation of the 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot and the 108th Regiment of Foot (Madras Infantry).It saw service in the South African War, the First World War and the Second World War, before being amalgamated into theRoyal Irish Rangers in 1968. History 1881 – 1914 On 1 July 1881 […]
Royal Welch Fusiliers The Royal Welch Fusiliers was an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Prince of Wales’ Division. It was founded in 1689 to oppose James II and the imminent war with France. The regiment was numbered as the 23rd Regiment of Foot, though it was one of the first regiments to be granted the honour of a fusilier title and so […]
Royal Warwickshire Regiment Previously titled the 6th Regiment of Foot and The Royal Warwickshire Regiment, was an infantry regiment of the British Army. In 1968, it was absorbed, with the other Fusilier regiments, into the four-battalion Royal Regiment of Fusiliers. The regiment traces its origins to the 17th century. In Holland in 1674 the government retained two regiments of English troops, two of Scots and one Irish. In 1685 […]
Royal Sussex Regiment The Royal Sussex Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Army from 1881 to 1966. The regiment was formed as part of the Childers reforms bu the amalgamation of the 35th (Royal Sussex) Regiment of Foot and the 107th Regiment of Foot (Bengal Light Infantry). Its lineage is continued today by the Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment. The Royal Sussex Regiment 1881 […]
York and Lancaster Regiment The York and Lancaster Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Army. History It was formed on 1 July 1881 through the amalgamation of two regiments of foot and a militia regiment: 65th (2nd Yorkshire North Riding) Regiment 84th (York and Lancaster) Regiment 3rd West York Light Infantry Militia […]
Royal Norfolk Regiment The Royal Norfolk Regiment, originally formed as the Norfolk Regiment, was an infantry regiment of the British Army. The Norfolk Regiment was created on 1 July 1881 as the county regiment of Norfolk. It was formed from the 9th (East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot[note 1] and covered the local militia and rifle […]
Royal Ulster Rifles The Royal Ulster Rifles (formerly Royal Irish Rifles) was a British Army infantry regiment. It saw service in the Second Boer War, Great War, the Second World War and the Korean War, before being amalgamated into the Royal Irish Rangers in 1968. History The regiment’s history dates backs to the reign of […]
341: British Infantry C-D Cheshire Regiment The Cheshire Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Prince of Wales’ Division. The regiment was created in 1881 as part of the Childers reforms by the linking of the 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment of Foot and the militia and rifle volunteers of Cheshire. The […]
Gordon Highlanders The Gordon Highlanders was a British Army infantry regiment from 1881 until 1994. The regiment took its name from the Clan Gordon and recruited principally from Aberdeen and the North-East of Scotland. History The regiment was formed on 1 July 1881 by the amalgamation of the 75th Stirlingshire Regiment – which became the 1st battalion of the new regiment – and the 92nd Gordon Highlanders, which became […]