List of British Army regiments (1881)
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This is a list of British Army
cavalry and infantry regiments that were created by Childers reforms
in 1881, a continuation of the Cardwell reforms
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British Army
The British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...
cavalry and infantry regiments that were created by Childers reforms
Childers Reforms
The Childers Reforms restructured the infantry regiments of the British army. The reforms were undertaken by Secretary of State for War Hugh Childers in 1881, and were a continuation of the earlier Cardwell reforms....
in 1881, a continuation of the Cardwell reforms
Cardwell Reforms
The Cardwell Reforms refer to a series of reforms of the British Army undertaken by Secretary of State for War Edward Cardwell between 1868 and 1874.-Background:...
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Cavalry
- 1st Life GuardsLife Guards (British Army)The Life Guards is the senior regiment of the British Army and with the Blues and Royals, they make up the Household Cavalry.They originated in the four troops of Horse Guards raised by Charles II around the time of his restoration, plus two troops of Horse Grenadier Guards which were raised some...
and 2nd Life GuardsLife Guards (British Army)The Life Guards is the senior regiment of the British Army and with the Blues and Royals, they make up the Household Cavalry.They originated in the four troops of Horse Guards raised by Charles II around the time of his restoration, plus two troops of Horse Grenadier Guards which were raised some...
amalgamated in 1922 to form The Life GuardsLife Guards (British Army)The Life Guards is the senior regiment of the British Army and with the Blues and Royals, they make up the Household Cavalry.They originated in the four troops of Horse Guards raised by Charles II around the time of his restoration, plus two troops of Horse Grenadier Guards which were raised some... - Royal Horse Guards (The Blues)
Heavy Cavalry
- 1st (King's) Dragoon Guards
- 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays)2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays)The 2nd Dragoon Guards was a cavalry regiment in the British Army, first raised in 1685 by King James II. It saw service for three centuries, before being amalgamated into the 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards in 1959....
- 3rd (The Prince of Wales's) Dragoon Guards
- 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards
- 5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) Dragoon Guards
- 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers)
- 7th (The Princess Royal's) Dragoon Guards
Light Cavalry
- 1st (Royal) DragoonsRoyal DragoonsThe Royal Dragoons was a cavalry regiment of the British Army. The regiment was formed in 1661, and served until 1969, when it was amalgamated with the Royal Horse Guards to form The Blues and Royals....
- 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)
- 3rd (The King's Own) Hussars
- 4th (The Queen's Own) Hussars
- 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers
- 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons6th (Inniskilling) DragoonsThe 6th Dragoons was a cavalry regiment in the British Army, first raised in 1689. It saw service for three centuries, before being amalgamated into the 5th/6th Dragoons in 1922.The 'Skins' are one of the four ancestor regiments of the Royal Dragoon...
- 7th (The Queen's Own) Hussars
- 8th (The King's Royal Irish) Hussars
- 9th (The Queen's Royal) Lancers
- 10th (The Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars
- 11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars
- 12th (The Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers
- 13th Hussars13th Light DragoonsThe 13th Hussars was a cavalry regiment of the British Army whose battle honours include Waterloo and The Charge of the Light Brigade. 1n 1922, the regiment was amalgamated with the 18th Royal Hussars, to form the 13th/18th Hussars.-Regimental history:British light dragoons were first raised in...
- 14th (The King's) Hussars
- 15th (The King's) Hussars
- 16th (The Queen's) Lancers
- 17th (The Duke of Cambridge's Own) Lancers
- 18th Hussars
- 19th Hussars
- 20th Hussars20th HussarsThe 20th Hussars was a cavalry regiment of the British Army. In 1922 it was amalgamated with the 14th Hussars to form the 14th/20th Hussars, later the 14th/20th King's Hussars.-History of the 20th Hussars:...
- 21st Hussars
Support Arms
- Royal Regiment of Artillery
- Corps of Royal Engineers
- Royal Horse ArtilleryRoyal Horse ArtilleryThe regiments of the Royal Horse Artillery , dating from 1793, are part of the Royal Regiment of Artillery of the British Army...
Line Infantry (In order of precedence)
- The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment)
- 1st (The Royal) Regiment of Foot
- The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
- 2nd (The Queen's Royal) Regiment of Foot2nd (The Queen's Royal) Regiment of FootThe Queen's Royal Regiment was a regiment of the English and later British Army from 1661 to 1959. It was the senior English line infantry regiment of the British Army, behind only the Royal Scots in the British Army line infantry order of precedence...
- 2nd (The Queen's Royal) Regiment of Foot
- The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
- 3rd (The East Kent) Regiment of Foot
- The King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
- 4th (The King's Own Royal) Regiment of Foot
- The Northumberland Fusiliers
- 5th Regiment of Foot (Northumberland Fusiliers)
- The Royal Warwickshire Regiment
- 6th (Royal 1st Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot
- The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)The Royal Fusiliers was an infantry regiment of the British Army until 1968 when it was amalgamated with other regiments to form The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers...
- 7th (Derbyshire) Regiment of Foot
- The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
- 8th (The King's) Regiment of Foot8th (The King's) Regiment of FootThe 8th Regiment of Foot, also referred to diminutively as the 8th Foot and the King's, was an infantry regiment of the British Army, formed in 1685 and retitled the King's on 1 July 1881....
- 8th (The King's) Regiment of Foot
- The Norfolk Regiment - Royal title in 1935 as part of Silver Jubilee
- 9th (The East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot
- The Lincolnshire RegimentThe Royal Lincolnshire RegimentThe Royal Lincolnshire Regiment was raised on June 20, 1685 as the Earl of Bath's Regiment for its first Colonel, John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath. In 1751 it was numbered like most other Army regiments and named the 10 Regiment of Foot. After the Childers Reforms of 1881 it became the Lincolnshire...
- gained Royal title in 1946 for WWII service- 10th (The North Lincolnshire) Regiment of Foot10th Regiment of FootThe 10th Regiment of Foot was raised on 20 June 1685 as the Earl of Bath's Regiment for its first Colonel John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath...
- 10th (The North Lincolnshire) Regiment of Foot
- The Devonshire RegimentThe Devonshire RegimentThe Devonshire Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Army which served under various titles from 1685 to 1958. Its lineage is continued today by The Rifles.-Origin and titles:...
- 11th (The North Devonshire) Regiment of Foot
- The Suffolk Regiment
- 12th (The East Suffolk) Regiment of Foot
- The Prince Albert's (Somersetshire Light Infantry)
- 13th (1st Somersetshire)(Prince Albert's Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot
- The Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)
- 14th (Buckinghamshire, The Prince of Wales's Own) Regiment of Foot
- The East Yorkshire Regiment
- 15th (The Yorkshire East Riding) Regiment of Foot
- The Bedfordshire Regiment
- 16th (The Bedfordshire) Regiment of Foot
- The Leicestershire Regiment - gained Royal title in 1946 for WWII service
- 17th (The Leicestershire) Regiment of Foot
- The Royal Irish RegimentRoyal Irish Regiment (1684-1922)The Royal Irish Regiment, until 1881 the 18th Regiment of Foot, was an infantry regiment of the line in the British Army, first raised in 1684. Also known as the 18th Regiment of Foot and the 18th Regiment of Foot, it was one of eight Irish regiments raised largely in Ireland, its home depot in...
- 18th (The Royal Irish) Regiment of Foot
- The Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment)
- 19th (The 1st Yorkshire North Riding - Prince of Wales's Own) Regiment of Foot
- The Lancashire Fusiliers
- 20th (The East Devonshire) Regiment of Foot
- The Royal Scots Fusiliers
- 21st (Royal Scots Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot
- The Cheshire Regiment
- 22nd (The Cheshire) Regiment of Foot
- The Royal Welsh Fusiliers - restored archaic spelling of Welsh (Welch) in 1921
- 23rd Regiment of Foot (Royal Welsh Fusiliers)
- The South Wales BorderersThe South Wales BorderersThe South Wales Borderers was an infantry regiment of the British Army. It first came into existence, as the 24th Regiment of Foot, in 1689, but was not called the South Wales Borderers until 1881. The regiment served in a great many conflicts, including the American Revolutionary War, various...
- 24th (The 2nd Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot
- The King's Own Borderers
- 25th (The York) Regiment of Foot (King's Own Borderers)
- The Cameronians (Scotch Rifles)The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)The Cameronians was an infantry regiment of the British Army, the only regiment of rifles amongst the Scottish regiments of infantry...
- 26th (The Cameronians) Regiment of Foot
- 90th Regiment of Foot (Perthshire Volunteers) (Light Infantry)
- The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
- 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of FootThe 27th Regiment of Foot was an Irish infantry regiment of the British Army, formed in 1689 and amalgamated into The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers in 1881.- History :...
- 108th Regiment of Foot (Madras Infantry)108th Regiment of Foot (Madras Infantry)The 108th Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army from 1862 to 1881, when it was amalgamated into The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers....
- 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot
- The Gloucestershire RegimentThe Gloucestershire RegimentThe Gloucestershire Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Army. Nicknamed "The Glorious Glosters", the regiment carried more battle honours on their regimental colours than any other British Army line regiment.-Origins and early history:...
- 28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment of FootThe 28th Regiment of Foot was a British infantry regiment from 1782 to 1881.For their conduct at the Battle of Alexandria in 1801 the 28th were given the unique honour of wearing a badge on both the front and rear of their head dress.. They served throughout the Peninsula War including the battles...
- 61st (South Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot61st (South Gloucestershire) Regiment of FootThe 61st Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, created in 1758 and amalgamated into The Gloucestershire Regiment in 1881....
- 28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot
- The Worcestershire Regiment
- 29th (Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot
- 36th (Herefordshire) Regiment of Foot36th (Herefordshire) Regiment of FootThe 36th Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, formed in 1701 and amalgamated into The Worcestershire Regiment in 1881...
- The East Lancashire Regiment
- 30th (Cambridgeshire) Regiment of Foot30th (Cambridgeshire) Regiment of FootThe 30th Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, formed in 1702 and amalgamated into The East Lancashire Regiment in 1881.-Predecessor regiment:...
- 59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment of FootThe 59th Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, formed in 1755 in response to the threat of renewed war with France. It was amalgamated with the 30th Regiment of Foot in 1881 to form The East Lancashire Regiment as part of the Childers Reforms.-Formation and numbering:In...
- 30th (Cambridgeshire) Regiment of Foot
- The East Surrey Regiment
- 31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment of Foot31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment of FootThe 31st Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army formed in 1702 and amalgamated into The East Surrey Regiment in 1881.-Predecessor regiment:...
- 70th (Surrey) Regiment of Foot70th (Surrey) Regiment of FootThe 70th Regiment of Foot was a regiment of the British Army formed in 1758 and united with the 31st Regiment of Foot in 1881 to form The East Surrey Regiment .- History :...
- 31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment of Foot
- The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
- 32nd (Cornwall Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot32nd Regiment of FootThe 32nd Regiment of Foot of the British Army was first raised in 1702 as a regiment of marines to fight in the War of Spanish Succession.It won its first battle honour in 1705 for the siege and capture of Gibraltar....
- 46th (South Devonshire) Regiment of Foot46th (South Devonshire) Regiment of FootThe 46th Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, created in 1741 and amalgamated into the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry in 1881.-History:...
- 32nd (Cornwall Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot
- The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
- 33rd (The Duke of Wellington's) Regiment of Foot
- 76th Regiment of Foot76th Regiment of FootThe 76th Regiment of Foot was originally raised as Lord Harcourt's Regiment on 17 November 1745 and disbanded in June 1746. Following the loss of Minorca to the French, it was raised again in November 1756 as the 61st Regiment, but renumbered to 76th, by General Order in 1758, and again disbanded...
- The Border Regiment
- 34th (Cumberland) Regiment of Foot34th (Cumberland) Regiment of FootThe 34th Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, formed in 1702 and amalgamated with the 55th Regiment of Foot, into The Border Regiment in 1881.-Early 18th century :...
- 55th (Westmorland) Regiment of Foot
- 34th (Cumberland) Regiment of Foot
- The Royal Sussex Regiment
- 35th (Royal Sussex) Regiment of Foot35th (Royal Sussex) Regiment of FootThe 35th Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment in the British Army. The regiment became The Royal Sussex Regiment.-History:The 35th Regiment changed its name many times during its history...
- 107th Regiment of Foot (Bengal Light Infantry)107th Regiment of Foot (Bengal Light Infantry)The 107th Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army from 1862 to 1881, when it was amalgamated into The Royal Sussex Regiment....
- 35th (Royal Sussex) Regiment of Foot
- The Hampshire Regiment - gained Royal title in 1946 for WWII service
- 37th (North Hampshire) Regiment of Foot37th (North Hampshire) Regiment of FootThe 37th Regiment of Foot was raised in Ireland in February 1702.During the Jacobite rebellion of 1745 - 46 the regiment fought at the Battle of Falkirk where it was commanded by Sir Robert Munro, 6th Baronet and later at the Battle of Culloden where it was commanded by Col. Dejean.Initially...
- 67th (South Hampshire) Regiment of Foot67th (South Hampshire) Regiment of FootThe 67th Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, formed in 1758 and amalgamated into The Hampshire Regiment in 1881....
- 37th (North Hampshire) Regiment of Foot
- The South Staffordshire Regiment
- 38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot
- 80th (Staffordshire Volunteers) Regiment of Foot
- The Dorsetshire Regiment
- 39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of FootThe 39th Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, formed in 1719 and amalgamated into The Dorsetshire Regiment in 1881.The regiment was raised by Colonel Richard Coote in Ireland in August 1702...
- 54th (West Norfolk) Regiment of Foot54th (West Norfolk) Regiment of FootThe 54th Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army.Originally formed in 1755 as the 56th Regiment of Foot it was renumbered as the54th when the 50th Regiment and 51st Regiment were disbanded....
- 39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot
- The Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment)
- 40th (2nd Somersetshire) Regiment of Foot40th (2nd Somersetshire) Regiment of FootThe 40th Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, formed in 1717 and amalgamated into The Prince of Wales's Volunteers in 1881.-Formation:...
- 82nd (The Prince of Wales's Volunteers) Regiment of Foot
- 40th (2nd Somersetshire) Regiment of Foot
- The Welsh Regiment
- 41st (The Welsh) Regiment of Foot
- 69th (South Lincolnshire) Regiment of Foot69th (South Lincolnshire) Regiment of FootThe 69th Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, formed in 1758 and amalgamated into The Welsh Regiment in 1881....
- The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
- 42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot, The Black Watch
- 73rd (Perthshire) Regiment of Foot
- The Oxfordshire Light Infantry
- 43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of FootThe 43rd Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army. It was raised as Thomas Fowke's Regiment of Foot in 1741 with its headquarters at Winchester. The regiment was numbered 54th Foot until 1748 when it became the 43rd Foot...
- 52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of FootThe 52nd Regiment of Foot was a light infantry regiment of the British Army throughout much of the 18th and 19th centuries. The regiment first saw active service during the American War of Independence, and were posted to India during the Anglo-Mysore Wars...
- 43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot
- The Essex Regiment
- 44th (East Essex) Regiment of Foot
- 56th (West Essex) Regiment of Foot
- The Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire Regiment)
- 45th (Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot45th (Nottinghamshire) Regiment of FootThe 45th Regiment of Foot was a British Army line infantry regiment. During the Childers Reforms it was united with the 95th Regiment of Foot to form the The Sherwood Foresters ....
- 95th (Derbyshire) Regiment of Foot95th (Derbyshire) Regiment of FootThe 95th Regiment of Foot was formed when the 95th Rifles were redesignated as The Rifle Brigade . In 1881, during the Childers Reforms, it was united with the 45th Regiment of Foot to form the Sherwood Foresters .-History:...
- 45th (Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot
- The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
- 47th (The Lancashire) Regiment of Foot
- 81st (Loyal Lincoln Volunteers) Regiment of Foot
- The Northamptonshire Regiment
- 48th (The Northamptonshire) Regiment of Foot
- 58th (Rutlandshire) Regiment of Foot58th (Rutlandshire) Regiment of FootThe 58th Regiment of Foot was a British Army line infantry regiment. During the Childers Reforms it was united with the 48th Regiment of Foot to form the Northamptonshire Regiment.-Service history:...
- Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Berkshire Regiment)
- 49th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) (Hertfordshire) Regiment of Foot49th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) (Hertfordshire) Regiment of FootThe 49th Regiment of Foot was a British Army line infantry regiment. During the Childers Reforms it was united with the 66th Regiment of Foot to form Princess Charlotte of Wales's Berkshire Regiment.-Service history:The 49th Regiment was formed in 1744, during the War of the Austrian Succession...
- 66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot66th (Berkshire) Regiment of FootThe 66th Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, formed in 1758 and amalgamated into The Princess Charlotte of Wales's in 1881....
- 49th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) (Hertfordshire) Regiment of Foot
- The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
- 50th (The Queen's Own) Regiment of Foot
- 97th (The Earl of Ulster's) Regiment of Foot97th (The Earl of Ulster's) Regiment of FootThe 97th Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, formed in 1824 and amalgamated into The Queen's Own in 1881....
- The King's Own Light Infantry (South Yorkshire Regiment)
- 51st Regiment of Foot (King's Own Light Infantry)
- 105th Regiment of Foot (Madras Light Infantry)105th Regiment of Foot (Madras Light Infantry)The 105th Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army from 1862 to 1881, when it was amalgamated into The King's Own Light Infantry ....
- The King's Light Infantry (Shropshire Regiment)The King's Shropshire Light InfantryThe King's Shropshire Light Infantry was a regiment of the British Army, formed in 1881, but with antecedents dating back to 1755. The KSLI was amalgamated with three other county light infantry regiments in 1968 to became part of The Light Infantry...
- 53rd (The Shropshire) Regiment of Foot53rd Regiment of FootThe 53rd Regiment of Foot was a British Army regiment founded in 1755. In 1881, as part of the Childers Reforms, it became The King's Shropshire Light Infantry Regiment. Its traditions are currently held by the 3rd battalion of The Light Infantry....
- 85th (The King's Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot85th Regiment of Foot (Bucks Volunteers)The 85th Regiment of Foot was a British Army line infantry regiment. During the Childers Reforms it was united with the 53rd Regiment of Foot to form the King's Shropshire Light Infantry.-Service history:...
- 53rd (The Shropshire) Regiment of Foot
- The (Duke of Cambridge's Own) Middlesex Regiment
- 57th (The West Middlesex) Regiment of Foot
- 77th (The East Middlesex) Regiment of Foot
- The King's Royal Rifle CorpsKing's Royal Rifle CorpsThe King's Royal Rifle Corps was a British Army infantry regiment, originally raised in colonial North America as the Royal Americans, and recruited from American colonists. Later ranked as the 60th Regiment of Foot, the regiment served for more than 200 years throughout the British Empire...
- 60th (The King's Royal Rifle Corps) Regiment of Foot
- The (Duke of Edinburgh's) Wiltshire Regiment
- 62nd (Wiltshire) Regiment of Foot62nd (Wiltshire) Regiment of FootThe 62nd Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, which was raised as a line regiment in 1756 and saw service through the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries...
- 99th Duke of Edinburgh's (Lanarkshire) Regiment of Foot
- 62nd (Wiltshire) Regiment of Foot
- The Manchester RegimentThe Manchester RegimentThe Manchester Regiment was a regiment of the British army, formed in 1881 by the amalgamation of the 63rd Regiment of Foot and the 96th Regiment of Foot...
- 63rd (The West Suffolk) Regiment of Foot
- 96th Regiment of Foot96th Regiment of FootThe 96th Regiment of Foot was a regiment of the British Army from 1798 to 1881, when it became the 2nd Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Its lineage is perpetuated by the 2nd Battalion, Duke of Lancaster's Regiment, previously the King's Regiment....
- The (Prince of Wales's) North Staffordshire Regiment
- 64th (2nd Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot64th (2nd Staffordshire) Regiment of FootThe 64th Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army. The regiment was created as the 2nd Battalion, 11th Regiment of Foot in 1756, redesignated as the 64th Regiment of Foot in 1758, and took a county title as the 64th Regiment of Foot in 1782...
- 98th (The Prince of Wales's) Regiment of Foot
- 64th (2nd Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot
- The York and Lancaster RegimentYork and Lancaster Regiment-History:It was formed in 1881 through the amalgamation of two other regiments:*65th Regiment*84th RegimentThe title of the regiment was derived not from the cities of York and Lancaster, or from the counties...
- 65th (2nd Yorkshire, North Riding) Regiment of Foot65th (2nd Yorkshire, North Riding) Regiment of FootThe 65th Regiment of Foot was a British Army infantry regiment formed in 1758 from the redesignation of the 2nd Battalion, 12th Regiment of Foot...
- 84th (York and Lancaster) Regiment of Foot84th (York and Lancaster) Regiment of FootThe 84th Regiment of Foot was a regiment in the British Army. In 1881 it was amalgamated with the 65th Regiment of Foot to create the York and Lancaster Regiment, with the 84th becoming the 2nd Battalion....
- 65th (2nd Yorkshire, North Riding) Regiment of Foot
- The Durham Light Infantry
- 68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry)68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry)The 68th Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, formed in 1758 and amalgamated into The Durham Light Infantry in 1881. It saw action during the Seven Years War before being converted to Light Infantry in 1808. Fighting with distinction in the Peninsular Army under Arthur...
- 106th Regiment of Foot (Bombay Light Infantry)106th Regiment of Foot (Bombay Light Infantry)The 106th Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army from 1862 to 1881, when it was amalgamated into The Durham Light Infantry, which was itself later amalgamated into the Rifles....
- 68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry)
- The Highland Light Infantry
- 71st (Highland) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry)
- 74th (Highland) Regiment of Foot74th (Highland) Regiment of FootThe 74th Regiment of Foot was a British Army line infantry regiment. During the Childers Reforms it was united with the 71st Regiment of Foot to form the Highland Light Infantry.-Service history:...
- Seaforth Highlanders (Duke of Albany's/Ross-shire Buffs)
- 72nd (Duke of Albany's Own Highlanders) Regiment of Foot
- 78th (Highlanders) Regiment of Foot (The Ross-shire Buffs)78th Regiment of FootThe 78th Regiment of Foot was a Highland Infantry Regiment of the Line raised in late 18th Century Scotland for service against the French during the Napoleonic Wars.- History :The original 78th Foot was raised by the Earl of Seaforth in 1778...
- The Gordon HighlandersThe Gordon HighlandersThe Gordon Highlanders was a British Army infantry regiment from 1794 until 1994. The regiment took its name from the Clan Gordon and recruited principally from Aberdeen and the North-East of Scotland.-History:...
- 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:...
- 92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment of Foot92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment of FootThe 92nd Regiment of Foot was a British Army infantry regiment. It was granted Royal Warrant on 10 February 1794, and first paraded on 24 June 1794, originally being numbered the 100th Regiment of Foot...
- 75th (Stirlingshire) Regiment of Foot
- The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
- 79th (The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders) Regiment of Foot
- The Royal Irish Rifles
- 83rd (County of Dublin) Regiment of Foot83rd (County of Dublin) Regiment of FootThe 83rd Regiment of Foot was a British Army line infantry regiment. During the Childers Reforms it was united with the 86th Regiment of Foot to form the Royal Ulster Rifles.-Service history:...
- 86th (Royal County Down) Regiment of Foot86th (Royal County Down) Regiment of FootThe 86th Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, formed in 1793 and amalgamated into The Royal Irish Rifles following the Childers Reforms in 1881....
- 83rd (County of Dublin) Regiment of Foot
- Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers)
- 87th (Royal Irish Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot87th (Royal Irish Fusiliers) Regiment of FootThe 87th Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, formed in 1793 and amalgamated into the Princess Victoria's in 1881....
- 89th (The Princess Victoria's) Regiment of Foot
- 87th (Royal Irish Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot
- The Connaught RangersThe Connaught RangersThe Connaught Rangers was an Irish regiment of the British Army, formed by the amalgamation in 1881 of the 88th Regiment of Foot and the 94th Regiment of Foot. It was disbanded in 1922.-History:...
- 88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers)88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers)The 88th Regiment of Foot was an Irish Regiment of the British Army, one of eight Irish regiments raised and garrisoned in Ireland. As part of the Cardwell-Childers reforms of the British army, the regiment amalgamated with the 94th Foot, to form the Connaught Rangers on 1 July 1881...
- 94th Regiment of Foot94th Regiment of FootThe 94th Regiment of Foot was a British Army line infantry regiment. Originally formed as the 'Scots Brigade' in 1568, for service in the Netherlands. The regiment was brought onto the English establishment, in October 1794, as the 'Scotch Brigade', renumbered as the 94th Regiment of Foot in...
- 88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers)
- Princess Louise's (Sutherland and Argyll Highlanders)
- 91st (Princess Louise's Argyllshire) Regiment of Foot
- 93rd (Sutherland Highlanders) Regiment of Foot
- The Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians)
- 100th (Prince of Wales's Royal Canadians) Regiment of Foot
- 109th Regiment of Foot (Bombay Infantry)109th Regiment of Foot (Bombay Infantry)The 109th Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army from 1862 to 1881, when it was amalgamated into The Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment ....
- The Royal Munster Fusiliers
- 101st Regiment of Foot (Royal Bengal Fusiliers)101st Regiment of Foot (Royal Bengal Fusiliers)The 101st Regiment of Foot was a regiment of the British Army from 1862 to 1881 but with a previous history in the Bengal Army going back to 1652.-History:...
- 104th Regiment of Foot (Bengal Fusiliers)104th Regiment of Foot (Bengal Fusiliers)The 104th Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army from 1862 to 1881, when it was amalgamated into The Royal Munster Fusiliers....
- 101st Regiment of Foot (Royal Bengal Fusiliers)
- The Royal Dublin FusiliersThe Royal Dublin FusiliersThe Royal Dublin Fusiliers was an Irish infantry Regiment of the British Army created in 1881, one of eight Irish regiments raised and garrisoned in Ireland, with its home depot in Naas...
- 102nd Regiment of Foot (Royal Madras Fusiliers)
- 103rd Regiment of Foot (Royal Bombay Fusiliers)103rd Regiment of Foot (Royal Bombay Fusiliers)The 103rd Regiment of Foot , "the Old Toughs", was an infantry regiment of the British Army from 1862 to 1881, when it was amalgamated into The Royal Dublin Fusiliers....
- The Prince Consort's Own Rifle Brigade
- 1st West India Regiment
- 2nd West India Regiment
Services
- Commissariat and Transport Corps
- Army Hospital Corps
- Army Ordnance Corps
- Corps of Military Mounted Police
- Corps of Army Schoolmasters
- Army Chaplains' Department
- Army Pay Department
- Army Veterinary Department
- Army Nursing Service