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'''British Army''' infantry regimental titles from 1881. These resulted from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childers_Reforms Childers Reforms] (Wikipedia) which restructured the infantry regiments of the British Army in 1881. | |||
==Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment)== | ==Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment)== | ||
See [[1st Regiment of Foot]]. | See [[1st Regiment of Foot]]. | ||
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After 1881: | After 1881: | ||
:1st Battalion, see [[27th Regiment of Foot]] | :1st Battalion, see [[27th Regiment of Foot]] | ||
:2nd Battalion, see [[108th Regiment of Foot | :2nd Battalion, see [[3rd Madras (European) Infantry]] (108th Regiment of Foot) | ||
== | ==Gloucestershire Regiment== | ||
For this regiment before 1881, see [[28th Regiment of Foot]].<br> | For this regiment before 1881, see [[28th Regiment of Foot]].<br> | ||
After 1881: | After 1881: | ||
:1st Battalion, see [[28th Regiment of Foot]] | :1st Battalion, see [[28th Regiment of Foot]] | ||
:2nd Battalion, see [[61st Regiment of Foot]] | :2nd Battalion, see [[61st Regiment of Foot]] | ||
== | ==Worcestershire Regiment== | ||
For this regiment before 1881, see [[29th Regiment of Foot]].<br> | For this regiment before 1881, see [[29th Regiment of Foot]].<br> | ||
After 1881: | After 1881: | ||
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:1st Battalion, see [[30th Regiment of Foot]] | :1st Battalion, see [[30th Regiment of Foot]] | ||
:2nd Battalion, see [[59th Regiment of Foot]] | :2nd Battalion, see [[59th Regiment of Foot]] | ||
==East Surrey Regiment== | |||
For this regiment before 1881, see [[31st Regiment of Foot]].<br> | |||
After 1881: | |||
:1st Battalion, see [[31st Regiment of Foot]] | |||
:2nd Battalion, see [[70th Regiment of Foot]] | |||
==Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry== | ==Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry== | ||
For this regiment before 1881, see [[32nd Regiment of Foot]]<br> | For this regiment before 1881, see [[32nd Regiment of Foot]]<br> | ||
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:1st Battalion, see [[32nd Regiment of Foot]] | :1st Battalion, see [[32nd Regiment of Foot]] | ||
:2nd Battalion, see [[46th Regiment of Foot]] | :2nd Battalion, see [[46th Regiment of Foot]] | ||
==Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment== | ==Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment== | ||
For this regiment before 1881, see [[33rd Regiment of Foot]].<br> | |||
After 1881: | |||
:1st Battalion, see [[33rd Regiment of Foot]] | |||
:2nd Battalion, see [[76th Regiment of Foot]] | |||
==Border Regiment== | ==Border Regiment== | ||
For this regiment before 1881, see [[34th Regiment of Foot]].<br> | |||
After 1881: | |||
:1st Battalion, see [[34th Regiment of Foot]] | |||
:2nd Battalion, see [[55th Regiment of Foot]] | |||
==Royal Sussex Regiment== | ==Royal Sussex Regiment== | ||
For this regiment before 1881, see [[35th Regiment of Foot]].<br> | |||
After 1881: | |||
:1st Battalion, see [[35th Regiment of Foot]] | |||
:2nd Battalion, see [[3rd Bengal (European) Light Infantry]] (107th Regiment of Foot) | |||
==Hampshire Regiment== | ==Hampshire Regiment== | ||
For this regiment before 1881, see [[37th Regiment of Foot]].<br> | |||
After 1881: | |||
:1st Battalion, see [[37th Regiment of Foot]] | |||
:2nd Battalion, see [[67th Regiment of Foot]] | |||
==South Staffordshire Regiment== | ==South Staffordshire Regiment== | ||
For this regiment before 1881, see [[38th Regiment of Foot]].<br> | |||
After 1881: | |||
:1st Battalion, see [[38th Regiment of Foot]] | |||
:2nd Battalion, see [[80th Regiment of Foot]] | |||
==Dorset Regiment== | ==Dorset Regiment== | ||
For this regiment before 1881, see [[39th Regiment of Foot]].<br> | |||
After 1881: | |||
:1st Battalion, see [[39th Regiment of Foot]] | |||
:2nd Battalion, see [[54th Regiment of Foot]] | |||
==Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment)== | ==Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment)== | ||
For this regiment before 1881, see [[40th Regiment of Foot]].<br> | |||
After 1881: | |||
:1st Battalion, see [[40th Regiment of Foot]] | |||
:2nd Battalion, see [[82nd Regiment of Foot]] | |||
==Welsh Regiment== | ==Welsh Regiment== | ||
For this regiment before 1881, see [[41st Regiment of Foot]].<br> | |||
After 1881: | |||
:1st Battalion, see [[41st Regiment of Foot]] | |||
:2nd Battalion, see [[69th Regiment of Foot]] | |||
==Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)== | ==Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)== | ||
==Oxfordshire Light Infantry== | For this regiment before 1881, see [[42nd Regiment of Foot]].<br> | ||
After 1881: | |||
:1st Battalion, see [[42nd Regiment of Foot]] | |||
:2nd Battalion, see [[73rd Regiment of Foot]] | |||
==Oxfordshire Light Infantry== | |||
For this regiment before 1881, see [[43rd Regiment of Foot]].<br> | |||
After 1881: | |||
:1st Battalion, see [[43rd Regiment of Foot]] | |||
:2nd Battalion, see [[52nd Regiment of Foot]] | |||
==Essex Regiment== | ==Essex Regiment== | ||
For this regiment before 1881, see [[44th Regiment of Foot]].<br> | |||
After 1881: | |||
:1st Battalion, see [[44th Regiment of Foot]] | |||
:2nd Battalion, see [[56th Regiment of Foot]] | |||
==Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire Regiment)== | ==Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire Regiment)== | ||
For this regiment before 1881, see [[45th Regiment of Foot]].<br> | |||
After 1881: | |||
:1st Battalion, see [[45th Regiment of Foot]] | |||
:2nd Battalion, see [[95th Regiment of Foot]] | |||
==Loyal North Lancashire Regiment== | ==Loyal North Lancashire Regiment== | ||
For this regiment before 1881, see [[47th Regiment of Foot]].<br> | |||
After 1881: | |||
:1st Battalion, see [[47th Regiment of Foot]] | |||
:2nd Battalion, see [[81st Regiment of Foot]] | |||
==Northamptonshire Regiment== | ==Northamptonshire Regiment== | ||
For this regiment before 1881, see [[48th Regiment of Foot]].<br> | |||
After 1881: | |||
:1st Battalion, see [[48th Regiment of Foot]] | |||
:2nd Battalion, see [[58th Regiment of Foot]] | |||
==Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Berkshire Regiment)== | ==Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Berkshire Regiment)== | ||
For this regiment before 1881, see [[49th Regiment of Foot]].<br> | |||
After 1881: | |||
:1st Battalion, see [[49th Regiment of Foot]] | |||
:2nd Battalion, see [[66th Regiment of Foot]] | |||
==Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)== | ==Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)== | ||
For this regiment before 1881, see [[50th Regiment of Foot]].<br> | |||
After 1881: | |||
:1st Battalion, see [[50th Regiment of Foot]] | |||
:2nd Battalion, see [[97th Regiment of Foot]] | |||
==King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry)== | ==King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry)== | ||
==King's (Shropshire Light Infantry)== | For this regiment before 1881, see [[51st Regiment of Foot]].<br> | ||
After 1881: | |||
:1st Battalion, see [[51st Regiment of Foot]] | |||
:2nd Battalion, see [[2nd Madras (European) Light Infantry]] (105th Regiment of Foot) | |||
== King's (Shropshire Light Infantry)== | |||
For this regiment before 1881, see [[53rd Regiment of Foot]].<br> | |||
After 1881: | |||
:1st Battalion, see [[53rd Regiment of Foot]] | |||
:2nd Battalion, see [[85th Regiment of Foot]] | |||
==Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment)== | ==Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment)== | ||
For this regiment before 1881, see [[57th Regiment of Foot]].<br> | |||
After 1881: | |||
:1st Battalion, see [[57th Regiment of Foot]] | |||
:2nd Battalion, see [[77th Regiment of Foot]] | |||
==King's Royal Rifle Corps== | ==King's Royal Rifle Corps== | ||
See [[60th Regiment of Foot]]. | |||
==Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment)== | ==Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment)== | ||
For this regiment before 1881, see [[62nd Regiment of Foot]].<br> | |||
After 1881: | |||
:1st Battalion, see [[62nd Regiment of Foot]] | |||
:2nd Battalion, see [[99th Regiment of Foot]] | |||
==Manchester Regiment== | ==Manchester Regiment== | ||
For this regiment before 1881, see [[63rd Regiment of Foot]].<br> | |||
After 1881: | |||
:1st Battalion, see [[63rd Regiment of Foot]] | |||
:2nd Battalion, see [[96th Regiment of Foot]] | |||
==Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment)== | ==Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment)== | ||
For this regiment before 1881, see [[64th Regiment of Foot]].<br> | |||
After 1881: | |||
:1st Battalion, see [[64th Regiment of Foot]] | |||
:2nd Battalion, see [[98th Regiment of Foot]] | |||
==York and Lancaster Regiment== | ==York and Lancaster Regiment== | ||
For this regiment before 1881, see [[65th Regiment of Foot]].<br> | |||
After 1881: | |||
:1st Battalion, see [[65th Regiment of Foot]] | |||
:2nd Battalion, see [[84th Regiment of Foot]] | |||
==Durham Light Infantry== | ==Durham Light Infantry== | ||
==Highland Light Infantry== | For this regiment before 1881, see [[68th Regiment of Foot]].<br> | ||
After 1881: | |||
:1st Battalion, see [[68th Regiment of Foot]] | |||
:2nd Battalion, see [[2nd Bombay (European) Fusiliers]] (106th Regiment of Foot) | |||
==Highland Light Infantry== | |||
For this regiment before 1881, see [[71st Regiment of Foot]].<br> | |||
After 1881: | |||
:1st Battalion, see [[71st Regiment of Foot]] | |||
:2nd Battalion, see [[74th Regiment of Foot]] | |||
==Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-Shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's)== | ==Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-Shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's)== | ||
For this regiment before 1881, see [[72nd Regiment of Foot]].<br> | |||
After 1881: | |||
:1st Battalion, see [[72nd Regiment of Foot]] | |||
:2nd Battalion, see [[78th Regiment of Foot]] | |||
==Gordon Highlanders== | ==Gordon Highlanders== | ||
For this regiment before 1881, see [[92nd Regiment of Foot]].<br> | For this regiment before 1881, see [[92nd Regiment of Foot]].<br> | ||
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:2nd Battalion, see [[92nd Regiment of Foot]] | :2nd Battalion, see [[92nd Regiment of Foot]] | ||
==Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders== | ==Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders== | ||
==Royal Irish Rifles== | See [[79th Regiment of Foot]] | ||
==Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers)== | ==Royal Irish Rifles== | ||
For this regiment before 1881, see [[83rd Regiment of Foot]].<br> | |||
After 1881: | |||
:1st Battalion, see [[83rd Regiment of Foot]] | |||
:2nd Battalion, see [[86th Regiment of Foot]] | |||
==Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers)== | |||
For this regiment before 1881, see [[87th Regiment of Foot]].<br> | |||
After 1881: | |||
:1st Battalion, see [[87th Regiment of Foot]] | |||
:2nd Battalion, see [[89th Regiment of Foot]] | |||
==Connaught Rangers== | ==Connaught Rangers== | ||
For this regiment before 1881, see [[88th Regiment of Foot]].<br> | |||
After 1881: | |||
:1st Battalion, see [[88th Regiment of Foot]] | |||
:2nd Battalion, see [[94th Regiment of Foot]] | |||
==Princess Louise's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders)== | ==Princess Louise's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders)== | ||
==Prince | For this regiment before 1881, see [[91st Regiment of Foot]].<br> | ||
After 1881: | |||
:1st Battalion, see [[91st Regiment of Foot]] | |||
:2nd Battalion, see [[93rd Regiment of Foot]] | |||
==Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians)== | |||
For this regiment before 1881, see [[100th Regiment of Foot]].<br> | |||
After 1881: | |||
:1st Battalion, see [[100th Regiment of Foot]] | |||
:2nd Battalion, see [[3rd Bombay (European) Regiment]] (109th Regiment of Foot) | |||
==Royal Munster Fusiliers== | ==Royal Munster Fusiliers== | ||
For this regiment before 1881, see [[1st Bengal (European) Fusiliers]] (101st Regiment of Foot)<br> | |||
After 1881: | |||
:1st Battalion, see [[1st Bengal (European) Fusiliers]] (101st Regiment of Foot) | |||
:2nd Battalion, see [[2nd Bengal (European) Light Infantry]] (104th Regiment of Foot) | |||
==Royal Dublin Fusiliers== | ==Royal Dublin Fusiliers== | ||
For this regiment before 1881, see [[1st Madras (European) Fusiliers]] (102nd Regiment of Foot)<br> | |||
After 1881: | |||
:1st Battalion, see [[1st Madras (European) Fusiliers]] (102nd Regiment of Foot) | |||
:2nd Battalion, see [[1st Bombay (European) Fusiliers]] (103rd Regiment of Foot) | |||
==Rifle Brigade== | |||
See [[The Rifle Brigade]] | |||
[[Category: British Army Infantry Regiments| ]] | |||