Great Britain

Regiments disbanded at the end of the American War of Independance

During the War of the American Revolution (1775-1783) the number of Foot regiments rose from 70 to to 105. After the war these, with the exception of the 71^st, 73^rd and 78^th Foot, were disbanded. The 71^st was disbanded a few years later.

	Kingdom of Great Britain
1775:	71st Regiment of Foot │
1777:	│ │ │	72nd Regiment of Foot (Royal Manchester Volunteers) │	74th Regiment of Foot │ │	75th Regiment of Foot (Prince of Wales’s Regiment) │	76th Regiment of Foot (MacDonell’s Highlanders) │	77th Regiment of Foot (Atholl Highlanders) │
1783:	│ │	│ │	│ │	disbanded	│ │	disbanded
1784:	│ │	disbanded	disbanded		disbanded
1786:	disbanded

	Kingdom of Great Britain
1775:						The Royal Highland Immigrants 2nd Bn raised │
1778:	79th Regiment of Foot (Royal Liverpool Volunteers) │	80th Regiment of Foot (Royal Edinburgh Volunteers) │	81st Regiment of Foot (Aberdeenshire Highland Regiment) │	82nd Regiment of Foot │ │	83rd Regiment of Foot (Royal Glasgow Volunteers) │	84th Regiment of Foot (Royal Highland Immigrants) │
1783:	│ │	│ │	disbanded	disbanded	disbanded	disbanded
1784:	disbanded	disbanded

	Kingdom of Great Britain
1778:	85th Regiment of Foot (Westminster Volunteers) │
1779:	│ │ │	86th Regiment of Foot │ │	87th Regiment of Foot │ │	88th Regiment of Foot │ │	89th Regiment of Foot │ │	90th Regiment of Foot (Yorkshire Volunteers) │
1783:	disbanded	disbanded	disbanded	disbanded	disbanded	disbanded

	Kingdom of Great Britain
1779:	91st Regiment of Foot (Shropshire Volunteers) │	92nd Regiment of Foot │ │	93rd Regiment of Foot │ │
1780:	│ │ │	│ │ │	│ │ │	94th Regiment of Foot │ │	95th Regiment of Foot │ │	96th Regiment of Foot (British Musketeers) │
1783:	disbanded	disbanded	disbanded	disbanded	│ │	│ │
1784:					disbanded	disbanded

	Kingdom of Great Britain
1779:		98th Regiment of Foot │ │
1780:	97th Regiment of Foot │	│ │	99th Regiment of Foot │	100th Regiment of Foot │	101st Regiment of Foot │	102nd Regiment of Foot │
1783:	│ │	│ │	disbanded	│ │	disbanded	disbanded
1784:	disbanded	disbanded		disbanded

	Kingdom of Great Britain
1777:			Volunteers of Ireland │
1779:			2nd American Regiment (Volunteers of Ireland) │
1781:	103rd Regiment of Foot (King’s Irish Infantry) │		│ │ │
1782:	│ │ │	104th Regiment of Foot │ │	105th Regiment of Foot (Volunteers of Ireland) │
1784:	disbanded	disbanded	disbanded

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