The Regular Infantry of the British Army

The American War of Independence

During the War of the American Revolution (1775-1783) the number of Foot regiments rose from 70 to to 105, a second batalion was raised for the 42^nd and the 60^th was increased to four battalions. After the war these, with the exception of the 2^nd Battalion, 42^nd Foot and the 71^st, 73^rd and 78^th Foot, were disbanded.

In 1786/87 the infantry was increased again. The 71^st Foot was disbanded. The 73^rd and 78^th Foot were renumbered into 71^st and 72^nd Foot to fill in the gaps. The 2^nd Battalion, 42^nd Foot became a regiment in it’s own right as the 73^rd Foot. New 74^th - 77^th Foot were raised. And the 60^th was once again increased to four battalions.

1^st Regiment of Foot Guards	⇶	⇶	⇶	⇶	⇶	⇶	⇶
2^nd Regiment of Foot Guards	⇉	⇉	⇉	⇉	⇉	⇉	⇉
3^rd Regiment of Foot Guards	⇉	⇉	⇉	⇉	⇉	⇉	⇉
1^st Regiment of Foot	⇉	⇉	⇉	⇉	⇉	⇉	⇉
2^nd Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
3^rd Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
4^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
5^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
6^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
7^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
8^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
9^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
10^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
11^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
12^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
13^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
14^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
15^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
16^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
17^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
18^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
19^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
20^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
21^st Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
22^nd Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
23^rd Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
24^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
25^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
26^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
27^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
28^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
29^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
30^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
31^st Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
32^nd Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
33^rd Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
34^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
35^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
36^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
37^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
38^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
39^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
40^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
41^st Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
42^nd Regiment of Foot	→	1780: 2^nd Battalion raised	⇉	⇉	⇉	1786: 2^nd Battalion to 73^rd Foot ↴	→
43^rd Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
44^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
45^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
46^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
47^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
48^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
49^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
50^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
51^st Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
52^nd Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
53^rd Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
54^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
55^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
56^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
57^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
58^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
59^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
60^th Regiment of Foot	⇉	1775: 3^rd, 4^th Battalion raised	➡	1783: 3^rd, 4^th Battalion disbanded	⇉	1787: 3^rd, 4^th Battalion raised	➡
61^st Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
62^nd Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
63^rd Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
64^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
65^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
66^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
67^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
68^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
69^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
70^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
		1775: 71^st Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	1786: disbanded
		1777: 72^nd Regiment of Foot	→	1784: disbanded
		1777: 73^rd Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	1786: 71^st Regiment of Foot	→
		1777: 74^th Regiment of Foot	→	1784: disbanded
		1778: 75^th Regiment of Foot	→	1783: disbanded
		1777: 76^th Regiment of Foot	→	1784: disbanded
		1777: 77^th Regiment of Foot	→	1783: disbanded
		1778: 78^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	1786: 72^nd Regiment of Foot	→
		1778: 79^th Regiment of Foot	→	1784: disbanded
		1778: 80^th Regiment of Foot	→	1784: disbanded
		1778: 81^st Regiment of Foot	→	1783: disbanded
		1778: 82^nd Regiment of Foot	→	1783: disbanded
		1778: 83^rd Regiment of Foot	→	1783: disbanded
The Royal Higland Immigrants	⇉	1778: 84^th Regiment of Foot	⇉	1783: disbanded
		1778: 85^th Regiment of Foot	→	1783: disbanded
		1779: 86^th Regiment of Foot	→	1783: disbanded
		1779: 87^th Regiment of Foot	→	1783: disbanded
		1779: 88^th Regiment of Foot	→	1783: disbanded
		1779: 89^th Regiment of Foot	→	1783: disbanded
		1779: 90^th Regiment of Foot	→	1783: disbanded
		1779: 91^st Regiment of Foot	→	1783: disbanded
		1779: 92^nd Regiment of Foot	→	1783: disbanded
		1779: 93^rd Regiment of Foot	→	1783: disbanded
		1780: 94^th Regiment of Foot	→	1783: disbanded
		1780: 95^th Regiment of Foot	→	1783: disbanded
		1780: 96^th Regiment of Foot	→	1784: disbanded
		1780: 97^th Regiment of Foot	→	1784: disbanded
		1779: 98^th Regiment of Foot	→	1784: disbanded
		1780: 99^th Regiment of Foot	→	1783: disbanded
		1780: 100^th Regiment of Foot	→	1784: disbanded
		1780: 101^st Regiment of Foot	→	1783: disbanded
		1780: 102^nd Regiment of Foot	→	1783: disbanded
		1781: 103^rd Regiment of Foot	→	1784: disbanded
		1782: 104^th Regiment of Foot	→	1784: disbanded
		1782: 105^th Regiment of Foot	→	1784: disbanded
↳ from 2^nd Battalion, 42^nd Foot					→	1786: 73^rd Regiment of Foot	→
						1787: 74^th Regiment of Foot	→
						1787: 75^th Regiment of Foot	→
						1787:76^th Regiment of Foot	→
						1787:77^th Regiment of Foot	→

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The Regular Infantry of the British Army
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