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Known as '''The Scotch Brigade''' and '''The Connaught Rangers'''
The '''Scots Brigade''' (also Scotch Brigade) became the '''94th Regiment of Foot''' in 1803, and were later also known as the '''Connaught Rangers'''.
== Chronology ==
*'''1793''' raised as the Scotch Brigade
*'''1802''' redesignated 94th (Scotch Brigade) Regiment of Foot
*'''1881''' amalgamated with the 88th (Connaught Rangers) Regiment of Foot  becoming the 2nd Battalion, The Connaught Rangers
*'''1922''' disbanded on the foundation of the Irish Free State


==History in India==
==History in India==
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*IBP - Intermediate Broken Period
*IBP - Intermediate Broken Period
*Recruit -Recruit from England - Commenced Pay 26th July, 1804 - At [[Poonamallee]]
*Recruit -Recruit from England - Commenced Pay 26th July, 1804 - At [[Poonamallee]]
== External Links ==
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=jlloazDHPwAC&pg=PA3&lpg=PA3&dq=Scotch+Brigade&source=bl&ots=3FX5l53GRW&sig=QqP5_2-itLUOn9uTBWn9Czc9jVg&hl=en&ei=Cl0UStSHIcjOjAe5hOTjCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8#PPA3,M1 The Connaught Rangers] Osprey Men-at-Arms Series<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/94th_Regiment_of_Foot_(1823) The Connaught Rangers] Wikipedia


== Recommended Reading ==
Alphabetical List of the Officers of the Ninety-fourth Regiment "Scotch Brigade" from 1800-1869 by Henry Stooks Smith published by Naval & Military Press Ltd (Jul 2003)<br>ISBN 1843424835 and
ISBN 978-1843424833
[[Category: British Army Infantry Regiments]]
[[Category: British Army Infantry Regiments]]
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