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Where Have All the Regiments Gone? The Modern Descendants
of the Regiments of the 1815 British Army: 61st to 104th Foot
Compiled by Donald E. Graves
Continuing our examination of the lineage of the 1815 British army
after the major 2006/2007 re-organization, we can safely say, I think,
that the heritage of the 61st, 62nd 63rd , 64th,
66th, 67th, 69th, 70th, 71st, 72nd,
73rd, 74th, 75th, 76th, 77th, 78th,
79th, 80th, 81st, 82nd, 83rd, 86th,
87th, 89th, 91st, 92nd and 93rd Regiments
of Foot remains clear. It is sad, however, to note the passing
of the many fine Highland regiments in the army, they now constitute
only three battalions in the new Royal Regiment of Scotland.
The 65th and 84th ended up as part of the York and Lancaster
Regiment which opted to disband in 1968 rather than go through an amalgamation
as did the 90th which became part of The Cameronians.
The immortal 88th Foot of the Peninsular army and the
94th disbanded as The Connaught Rangers when the Irish Free State
or Eire was created in 1922. Interestingly enough, however, other Irish
regiments such as the 86th and 89th have their descent
traced through The Royal Irish Regiment.
As explained in the previous part of this series, the lineage affiliations
of 2nd through 5th Battalions, The Rifles, are not clear
at this point so I have given choices of either the 2nd or 4th Battalions
for those that came from the Royal Greenjackets and 3rd or
5th Battalions for those that came from The Light Infantry. This
refers to 68th, 85th and 95th Foot. When the 95th was
taken out of the line in 1816 and re-titled The Rifle Brigade, it caused
a renumbering downward of many of the regiments coming after it in
seniority (e.g., 96th through 102nd Foot) although most
of these were shortly disbanded.
The
94th Regiment
raised as Scots Brigade in Dutch Service around 1568. It was permanently
taken on English Establishment in 1794 and numbered in the line as
94th Foot in 1802.
It was disbanded on 24 December 1818. On
1 December 1823, the 94th Foot
was raised again. Of the initial
appointments, two of the officers were taken from the half-pay list
of the old 94th Foot (captain and ensign) and two had
previous service in the 94th Foot (major and captain).
On 26 May 1874 the Battle Honours and Distinctions
of the old 94th were granted to the regiment.
Between 1824 and 1858, new 96th through 109th Regiments
of Foot were raised, partially from recruiting in Britain and partially
from the conversion of the East India Company’s European (or
white) infantry regiments. Most of these new entities claimed no connection
with their predecessors of the Napoleonic period although the matter
of Battle Honours won by these older regiments is not as clear.
Finally, the 104th Foot deserves special mention as it was the
only regiment of foot recruited in North America. It began life as
the New Brunswick Fencibles but volunteered for universal service
in 1810 and was brought into the line as the most junior regiment in
the army.
Title in 1815 Army List |
Title in 2009 (or fate if disbanded) |
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61ST (or the South Gloucestershire)
Regiment of Foot |
1st Battalion, The Rifles |
62nd (or the Wiltshire) Regiment
of Foot |
1st Battalion, The Rifles |
63rd (or the West Suffolk) Regiment
of Foot |
1st Battalion, The Duke of Lancaster’s
Regiment (King’s, Lancashire and Border) |
64th (or the 2nd Staffordshire)
Regiment of Foot) |
3rd Battalion, The Mercian Regiment
(Staffords) |
65th (or the 2nd Yorkshire,
North Riding) Regiment of Foot |
Disbanded in 1968 as the 1st Battalion,
York and Lancaster Regiment, after refusing amalgamation |
66th (or the Berkshire) Regiment
of Foot |
1st Battalion, The Rifles |
67th (or the South Hampshire) Regiment
of Foot |
1st Battalion, The Princess of
Wales’s Royal Regiment (Queen’s and Royal Hampshires) |
68th (or the Durham) Regment of
Foot |
Either the 3rd or 5th Battalion,
The Rifles |
69th (or the South Lincolnshire)
Regiment of Foot |
2nd Battalion, The Royal Welsh
(Royal Regiment of
Wales
) |
70th (or the Glasgow Lowland) Regiment
of Foot |
2nd Battalion, The Princess of
Wales’s Royal Regiment (Queen’s and Royal Hampshires) |
71st ((Highland) Regiment of Foot
(Light Infantry) |
The Royal Highland Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion,
The Royal Regiment of
Scotland
|
72nd ( Highland) Regiment of Foot |
The Highlanders, 4th Battalion,
The Royal Regiment of
Scotland
|
73rd ( Highland) Regiment of Foot |
The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion,
The Royal Regiment of
Scotland
|
74th ( Highland) Regiment of Foot |
The Royal Highland Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion,
The Royal Regiment of
Scotland
|
75th ( Highland ) Regiment of Foot |
The Highlanders, 4th Battalion,
The Royal Regiment of
Scotland
|
76th Regiment of Foot |
3rd Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment
(Duke of Wellington’s) |
77th (or the East Middlesex) Regiment
of Foot |
2nd Battalion, The Princess of
Wales’s Own Regiment (Queen’s and Royal Hampshires) |
78th ( Highland) Regiment of Foot
(or the Rossshire Buffs) |
The Highlanders, 4th Battalion,
The Royal Regiment of
Scotland
|
79th Regiment of Foot (or Cameron
Highlanders) |
The Highlanders, 4th Battalion,
The Royal Regiment of
Scotland
|
80th Regiment of Foot (or Staffordshire
Volunteers) |
3rd Battalion, The Mercian Regiment
(Staffords) |
81st Regiment of Foot |
2nd Battalion, The Duke of Lancaster’s
Regiment (King’s, Lancashire and Border) |
82nd Regiment of Foot (or Prince
of Wales’s Volunteers) |
2nd Battalion, The Duke of Lancaster’s
Regiment (King’s, Lancashire and Border) |
83rd Regiment of Foot |
1st Battalion, The Royal Irish
Regiment |
84th (York and Lancaster) Regiment
of Foot |
Disbanded in 1968 as the 2nd Battalion,
York and Lancaster Regiment, after refusing amalgamation |
85th Regiment of Foot) (or Bucks
Volunteers) (Light Infantry) |
Either 3rd or 5th Battalion,
The Rifles |
86th (or the Royal
County
Down) Regiment of Foot |
1st Battalion, The Royal Irish
Regiment |
87th (or Prince of Wales’s
own Irish) Regiment of Foot |
1st
Battalion, The Royal Irish Regiment |
88th Regiment of Foot (or Connaught
Rangers) |
Disbanded in 1922 as The Connaught
Rangers |
89th Regiment of Foot |
1st Battalion, The Royal Irish
Regiment |
90th Regiment of Foot (or Perthshire
Volunteers) |
Disbanded in 1968 as The Cameronians (Scottish
Rifles) |
91st Regiment of Foot |
The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders,
5th Battalion, The Royal Regiment of
Scotland
|
92nd Regiment of Foot |
The Highlanders, 4th Battalion,
The Royal Regiment of
Scotland
|
93rd Regiment of Foot |
The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders,
5th Battalion, The Royal Regiment of
Scotland
|
94th Regiment of Foot |
Disbanded
in 1818. |
95th Regiment of Foot (Riflemen) |
Either 2nd or 4th Battalions,
The Rifles |
96th Regiment of Foot |
Disbanded as the 95th Foot
in 1818 |
97th (or Queen’s own) Regiment
of Foot |
Disbanded in 1818 as the 96th Foot |
98th Regiment of Foot |
Disbanded in 1818 as the 97th Foot |
99th (or Prince of Wales’s
Tipperary) Regiment of Foot |
Disbanded in 1818 as the 98th Foot |
100th (or His Royal Highness the
Prince Regent’s
County of
Dublin) Regiment of Foot |
Disbanded in 1818 as the 99th Foot |
101st (or the Duke of York’s
Irish) Regiment of Foot |
Disbanded in 1817 |
102nd Regiment of Foot |
Disbanded in 1818 as the 100th Foot |
103rd Regiment of Foot |
Disbanded
in 1817 |
104th Regiment of Foot |
Disbanded
in 1817 |
Placed on the Napoleon Series: March 2009; updated April
2009
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