72nd Regiment of Foot (disambiguation)

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Five regiments of the British Army have been numbered the 72nd Regiment of Foot:

72nd Regiment of Foot, raised as the Earl of Berkeley's Regiment of Foot in 1745 and disbanded in 1746
72nd Regiment of Foot (1758), raised by re-designation of 2nd Battalion, 33rd Regiment of Foot in 1758 and disbanded in 1763
72nd Regiment of Foot (Invalids), raised as 82nd Regiment of Foot (Invalids) in 1757, re-numbered as the 72nd Regiment of Foot in 1764 and disbanded in 1767
72nd Regiment of Foot (Royal Manchester Volunteers), raised in 1777 and disbanded in 1783
72nd Regiment, Duke of Albany's Own Highlanders, raised in 1778 as the Seaforth (Highland) Regiment, re-numbered as the 72nd Foot in 1786 and amalgamated in 1881

The 72nd Regiment of Foot was a regiment in the British Army from 1758 to 1763.

The 72nd Regiment of Foot was a regiment in the British Army from 1777 to 1783.

The 72nd Highlanders was a British Army Highland Infantry Regiment of the Line, raised in 1778. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 78th (Highlanders) Regiment to form the 1st Battalion of the Seaforth Highlanders in 1881.

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