64th Regiment of Foot (disambiguation)

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Three regiments of the British Army have been numbered the 64th Regiment of Foot:

Loudon's Highlanders, raised in 1745 and ranked as 64th Foot
79th Regiment of Foot (1757), 64th Regiment of Foot, raised in 1757 and renumbered as the 79th
64th (2nd Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot, raised in 1758

Loudon's Highlanders, or the 64th Highlanders, or Earl of Loudon's Regiment of Foot, was an infantry regiment of the British Army.

The 79th Regiment of Foot was a British military unit, formed in 1757 at the beginning of the Seven Years' War. Its commander was Brigadier General William Draper.

The 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. Following the Cardwell Reforms the regiment amalgamated with the 98th Regiment of Foot to become The Prince of Wales's in 1881. In the new regiment the 64th Foot became the 1st Battalion due to its seniority over the 98th Foot.

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