1881 Regimental Titles

British Army infantry regimental titles from 1881. These resulted from the Childers Reforms (Wikipedia) which restructured the infantry regiments of the British Army in 1881.

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Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment)

See 1st Regiment of Foot.

Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

See 2nd Regiment of Foot.

Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

See 3rd Regiment of Foot.

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

See 4th Regiment of Foot.

Northumberland Fusiliers

See 5th Regiment of Foot.

Royal Warwickshire Regiment

See 6th Regiment of Foot.

Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)

See 7th Regiment of Foot.

King's (Liverpool Regiment)

See 8th Regiment of Foot.

Norfolk Regiment

See 9th Regiment of Foot.

Lincolnshire Regiment

See 10th Regiment of Foot.

Devonshire Regiment

See 11th Regiment of Foot.

Suffolk Regiment

See 12th Regiment of Foot.

Prince Albert's (Somersetshire Light Infantry)

See 13th Regiment of Foot.

Prince of Wales's Own West Yorkshire Regiment

See 14th Regiment of Foot.

East Yorkshire Regiment

See 15th Regiment of Foot.

Bedfordshire Regiment

See 16th Regiment of Foot.

Leicestershire Regiment

See 17th Regiment of Foot.

Royal Irish Regiment

See 18th Regiment of Foot.

Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment)

See 19th Regiment of Foot.

Lancashire Fusiliers

See 20th Regiment of Foot.

Royal Scots Fusiliers

See 21st Regiment of Foot.

Cheshire Regiment

See 22nd Regiment of Foot.

Royal Welsh Fusiliers

See 23rd Regiment of Foot.

South Wales Borderers

See 24th Regiment of Foot.

King's Own Scottish Borderers

See 25th Regiment of Foot.

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

For this regiment before 1881, see 26th Regiment of Foot.
After 1881:

1st Battalion, see 26th Regiment of Foot

2nd Battalion, see 90th Regiment of Foot

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

For this regiment before 1881, see 27th Regiment of Foot.
After 1881:

1st Battalion, see 27th 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.
After 1881:

1st Battalion, see 28th Regiment of Foot

2nd Battalion, see 61st Regiment of Foot

Worcestershire Regiment

For this regiment before 1881, see 29th Regiment of Foot.
After 1881:

1st Battalion, see 29th Regiment of Foot

2nd Battalion, see 36th Regiment of Foot

East Lancashire Regiment

For this regiment before 1881, see 30th Regiment of Foot.
After 1881:

1st Battalion, see 30th Regiment of Foot

2nd Battalion, see 59th Regiment of Foot

East Surrey Regiment

For this regiment before 1881, see 31st Regiment of Foot.
After 1881:

1st Battalion, see 31st Regiment of Foot

2nd Battalion, see 70th Regiment of Foot

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

For this regiment before 1881, see 32nd Regiment of Foot
After 1881:

1st Battalion, see 32nd Regiment of Foot

2nd Battalion, see 46th Regiment of Foot

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment

For this regiment before 1881, see 33rd Regiment of Foot.
After 1881:

1st Battalion, see 33rd Regiment of Foot

2nd Battalion, see 76th Regiment of Foot

Border Regiment

For this regiment before 1881, see 34th Regiment of Foot.
After 1881:

1st Battalion, see 34th Regiment of Foot

2nd Battalion, see 55th Regiment of Foot

Royal Sussex Regiment

For this regiment before 1881, see 35th Regiment of Foot.
After 1881:

1st Battalion, see 35th Regiment of Foot

2nd Battalion, see 3rd Bengal (European) Light Infantry (107th Regiment of Foot)

Hampshire Regiment

For this regiment before 1881, see 37th Regiment of Foot.
After 1881:

1st Battalion, see 37th Regiment of Foot

2nd Battalion, see 67th Regiment of Foot

South Staffordshire Regiment

For this regiment before 1881, see 38th Regiment of Foot.
After 1881:

1st Battalion, see 38th Regiment of Foot

2nd Battalion, see 80th Regiment of Foot

Dorset Regiment

For this regiment before 1881, see 39th Regiment of Foot.
After 1881:

1st Battalion, see 39th Regiment of Foot

2nd Battalion, see 54th Regiment of Foot

Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment)

For this regiment before 1881, see 40th Regiment of Foot.
After 1881:

1st Battalion, see 40th Regiment of Foot

2nd Battalion, see 82nd Regiment of Foot

Welsh Regiment

For this regiment before 1881, see 41st Regiment of Foot.
After 1881:

1st Battalion, see 41st Regiment of Foot

2nd Battalion, see 69th Regiment of Foot

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

For this regiment before 1881, see 42nd Regiment of Foot.
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.
After 1881:

1st Battalion, see 43rd Regiment of Foot

2nd Battalion, see 52nd Regiment of Foot

Essex Regiment

For this regiment before 1881, see 44th Regiment of Foot.
After 1881:

1st Battalion, see 44th Regiment of Foot

2nd Battalion, see 56th Regiment of Foot

Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire Regiment)

For this regiment before 1881, see 45th Regiment of Foot.
After 1881:

1st Battalion, see 45th Regiment of Foot

2nd Battalion, see 95th Regiment of Foot

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

For this regiment before 1881, see 47th Regiment of Foot.
After 1881:

1st Battalion, see 47th Regiment of Foot

2nd Battalion, see 81st Regiment of Foot

Northamptonshire Regiment

For this regiment before 1881, see 48th Regiment of Foot.
After 1881:

1st Battalion, see 48th Regiment of Foot

2nd Battalion, see 58th Regiment of Foot

Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Berkshire Regiment)

For this regiment before 1881, see 49th Regiment of Foot.
After 1881:

1st Battalion, see 49th Regiment of Foot

2nd Battalion, see 66th Regiment of Foot

Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

For this regiment before 1881, see 50th Regiment of Foot.
After 1881:

1st Battalion, see 50th Regiment of Foot

2nd Battalion, see 97th Regiment of Foot

King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry)

For this regiment before 1881, see 51st Regiment of Foot.
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.
After 1881:

1st Battalion, see 53rd Regiment of Foot

2nd Battalion, see 85th Regiment of Foot

Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment)

For this regiment before 1881, see 57th Regiment of Foot.
After 1881:

1st Battalion, see 57th Regiment of Foot

2nd Battalion, see 77th Regiment of Foot

King's Royal Rifle Corps

See 60th Regiment of Foot.

Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment)

For this regiment before 1881, see 62nd Regiment of Foot.
After 1881:

1st Battalion, see 62nd Regiment of Foot

2nd Battalion, see 99th Regiment of Foot

Manchester Regiment

For this regiment before 1881, see 63rd Regiment of Foot.
After 1881:

1st Battalion, see 63rd Regiment of Foot

2nd Battalion, see 96th Regiment of Foot

Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment)

For this regiment before 1881, see 64th Regiment of Foot.
After 1881:

1st Battalion, see 64th Regiment of Foot

2nd Battalion, see 98th Regiment of Foot

York and Lancaster Regiment

For this regiment before 1881, see 65th Regiment of Foot.
After 1881:

1st Battalion, see 65th Regiment of Foot

2nd Battalion, see 84th Regiment of Foot

Durham Light Infantry

For this regiment before 1881, see 68th Regiment of Foot.
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.
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)

For this regiment before 1881, see 72nd Regiment of Foot.
After 1881:

1st Battalion, see 72nd Regiment of Foot

2nd Battalion, see 78th Regiment of Foot

Gordon Highlanders

For this regiment before 1881, see 92nd Regiment of Foot.
After 1881:

1st Battalion, see 75th Regiment of Foot

2nd Battalion, see 92nd Regiment of Foot

Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders

See 79th Regiment of Foot

Royal Irish Rifles

For this regiment before 1881, see 83rd Regiment of Foot.
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.
After 1881:

1st Battalion, see 87th Regiment of Foot

2nd Battalion, see 89th Regiment of Foot

Connaught Rangers

For this regiment before 1881, see 88th Regiment of Foot.
After 1881:

1st Battalion, see 88th Regiment of Foot

2nd Battalion, see 94th Regiment of Foot

Princess Louise's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders)

For this regiment before 1881, see 91st Regiment of Foot.
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.
After 1881:

1st Battalion, see 100th Regiment of Foot

2nd Battalion, see 3rd Bombay (European) Regiment (109th Regiment of Foot)

Royal Munster Fusiliers

For this regiment before 1881, see 1st Bengal (European) Fusiliers (101st Regiment of Foot)
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

For this regiment before 1881, see 1st Madras (European) Fusiliers (102nd Regiment of Foot)
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