77th Regiment of Foot

Chronology

1787 raised as 77th (Hindoostan) Regiment of Foot by EIC for service in India when war with the French was imminent
1807 renamed the 77th (the East Middlesex) Regiment of Foot
1876 renamed the 77th (the East Middlesex) Regiment of Foot (The Duke of Cambridge's Own)
1881 united with 57th (West Middlesex) Regiment of Foot to form The Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment)
1966 amalgamated with three other regiments to become 4th Battalion The Queen's Regiment
1992 amalgamated with The Royal Hampshire Regiment to become Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment
2006 amalgamated with the other Scottish infantry regiments into the single large Royal Regiment of Scotland becoming The Highlanders, 4th Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland (4 SCOTS)