The 105th Regiment of Foot (Madras Light Infantry) was an infantry regiment of the British Army, raised by the Honourable East India Company in 1766. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 51st (2nd Yorkshire West Riding) Regiment of Foot to form the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.
108th Regiment of Foot may refer to:
Three regiments of the British Army have been numbered the 109th Regiment of Foot:
Two regiments of the British Army have been numbered the 114th Regiment of Foot:
The 130th Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, created in 1794. After being raised it was sent to the West Indies, where it suffered heavy losses from tropical disease. The unit was disbanded at Santo Domingo in 1796, with the survivors drafted into other regiments.
Three regiments of the British Army have been numbered the 118th Regiment of Foot:
Six regiments of the British Army have been numbered the 98th Regiment of Foot:
The 100th Regiment of Foot, or the Loyal Lincolnshire Regiment, was an infantry regiment of the British Army, formed in 1780 and disbanded in 1785. The Loyal Lincolnshire Regiment was reformed in 1794 as the 123rd Regiment of Foot and was again disbanded in 1796.
The 115th Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army from 1794 to 1795. It was raised in May 1794, named for its colonel Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, but was disbanded the following year.
The 110th Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army from 1794 to 1795.
The 109th (Aberdeenshire) Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army from 1794 to 1795. Raised by Alexander Leith Hay for service in the French Revolutionary Wars the regiment was briefly deployed in Jersey before it was disbanded in England and its men sent to reinforce the 53rd (Shropshire) Regiment of Foot. The disbandment was controversial as Leith-Hay believed it contravened an assurance given to him in his original letter of service to raise the regiment.
Five regiments of the British Army have been numbered the 103th Regiment of Foot:
The 104th Regiment of Foot was a regiment raised by the East India Company and placed on the British establishment as in 1862.
Three regiments of the British Army have been numbered the 106th Regiment of Foot:
Three regiments of the British Army have been numbered the 107th Regiment of Foot:
Six regiments of the British Army have been numbered the 95th Regiment of Foot:
Six regiments of the British Army have been numbered the 96th Regiment of Foot:
The 105th Regiment of Foot had a brief existence as a British Army infantry regiment between 1794 and 1795. Its Regimental Colonel throughout its brief history was Colonel Gordon Forbes.
The American establishment refers to the amalgamation of several British provincial regiments raised in the American colonies during the American Revolutionary War under a single military establishment within the regular British army. The establishment was created on 2 May 1779 and set at five regiments; the Queens Rangers, Volunteers of Ireland, New York Volunteers, the King's American Regiment and the British Legion, which were numbered 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th American Regiments respectively.
The Royal Manchester Volunteers was established in 1794 and on 1 April 1794 it was taken on to the establishment of the British Army as the 104th Regiment of Foot. On 21 August 1794 General Musgrave inspected the regiment. The regiment received its colours in St Anne's Square, after which it marched to Liverpool to embark for Ireland.
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