75th Regiment of Foot
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Four regiments of the British Army have been numbered the 75th Regiment of Foot:
- 75th Regiment of Foot (1758), formed 1758 and disbanded 1763
- 75th Regiment of Foot (Invalids)75th Regiment of Foot (Invalids)The 75th Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army from 1762 to 1768. It was originally raised as a regiment of invalids in June 1762, by John Lind, and numbered the 118th Foot; it was renumbered as the 75th the following year, and disbanded in 1768 or 1769....
, renumbered from the 118th in 1763 - 75th Regiment of Foot (Prince of Wales's Regiment), raised in 1778
- 75th (Stirlingshire) Regiment of Foot75th (Stirlingshire) Regiment of FootThe 75th Regiment of Foot was a British Army line infantry regiment. During the Childers Reforms it was united with the 92nd Regiment of Foot to form the Gordon Highlanders.-Service history:...
, raised in 1787, later 1st btn Gordon Highlanders