The Regular Infantry of the British Army

The Regiments until 1751

The Seven Years’ War

The American War of Independence

The Wars of the Coalitions and the Napoleonic Wars

From the Napoleonic Wars to the 1881 Reorganisation

The reductions after the Napoleonic Wars resulted in the the 1^st Foot Guards having three battalions, the 2^nd and 3^rd Foot Guards and the 1^st and 60^th Foot and The Rifle Brigade having two battalions. All other line regiments had one battalion.

In 1823/24 the 94^th - 99^th Foot were added to the establishment.

In 1842 and 1846 Reserve Battalions were created from the regimental depots of several regiments. These battalions were in fact used for normal service. The scheme was abandoned within a few years and the Reserve Battalions merged back into their parent battalions.

In 1855 the 60^th Foot and The Rifle Brigade got a 3^rd battalion.

The Crimean War and the Great Mutiny led to the raising of 2^nd battalions for the 2^nd - 25^th Foot and 4^th battalions for the 60^th Foot and The Rifle Brigade. Also the 100^th Foot was added.

in 1862 the erstwhile European Regiments of the East India Company were taken into the line as the 101^st - 109^th Foot.

1^st Regiment of Foot Guards	⇶	⇶	⇶	⇶	⇶	⇶	⇶	⇶	⇶
2^nd Regiment of Foot Guards	⇉	⇉	⇉	⇉	⇉	⇉	⇉	⇉	⇉
3^rd Regiment of Foot Guards	⇉	⇉	⇉	⇉	⇉	⇉	⇉	⇉	⇉
1^st Regiment of Foot	⇉	⇉	⇉	⇉	⇉	⇉	⇉	⇉	⇉
2^nd Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	1857: 2^nd Bⁿ raised	⇉	⇉	⇉
3^rd Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	1857: 2^nd Bⁿ raised	⇉	⇉	⇉
4^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	1857: 2^nd Bⁿ raised	⇉	⇉	⇉
5^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	1857: 2^nd Bⁿ raised	⇉	⇉	⇉
6^th Regiment of Foot	→	1846: Reserve Bⁿ raised	⇉	1849: Reserve Bⁿ disbanded	→	1857: 2^nd Bⁿ raised	⇉	⇉	⇉
7^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	1857: 2^nd Bⁿ raised	⇉	⇉	⇉
8^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	1857: 2^nd Bⁿ raised	⇉	⇉	⇉
9^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	1857: 2^nd Bⁿ raised	⇉	⇉	⇉
10^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	1858: 2^nd Bⁿ raised	⇉	⇉	⇉
11^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	1858: 2^nd Bⁿ raised	⇉	⇉	⇉
12^th Regiment of Foot	→	1842: Reserve Bⁿ raised	⇉	⇉	⇉	1858: Reserve Bⁿ → 2^nd Bⁿ	⇉	⇉	⇉
13^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	1858: 2^nd Bⁿ raised	⇉	⇉	⇉
14^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	1858: 2^nd Bⁿ raised	⇉	⇉	⇉
15^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	1858: 2^nd Bⁿ raised	⇉	⇉	⇉
16^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	1858: 2^nd Bⁿ raised	⇉	⇉	⇉
17^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	1858: 2^nd Bⁿ raised	⇉	⇉	⇉
18^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	1859: 2^nd Bⁿ raised	⇉	⇉	⇉
19^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	1858: 2^nd Bⁿ raised	⇉	⇉	⇉
20^th Regiment of Foot	→	1842: Reserve Bⁿ raised	⇉	1849: Reserve Bⁿ disbanded	→	1857: 2^nd Bⁿ raised	⇉	⇉	⇉
21^st Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	1858: 2^nd Bⁿ raised	⇉	⇉	⇉
22^nd Regiment of Foot	→	→	→		→	1858: 2^nd Bⁿ raised	⇉	⇉	⇉
23^rd Regiment of Foot	→	1843: Reserve Bⁿ raised	⇉	1852: Reserve Bⁿ disbanded	→	1857: 2^nd Bⁿ raised	⇉	⇉	⇉
24^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	1858: 2^nd Bⁿ raised	⇉	⇉	⇉
25^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	1860: 2^nd Bⁿ raised	⇉	⇉	⇉
26^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
27^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
28^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
29^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
30^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
31^st Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
32^nd Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
33^rd Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
34^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
35^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
36^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
37^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
38^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
39^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
40^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
41^st Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
42^nd Regiment of Foot	→	1842: Reserve Bⁿ raised	⇉	1850: Reserve Bⁿ disbanded	→	→	→	→	→
43^rd Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
44^th Regiment of Foot	→	1847: Reserve Bⁿ raised	⇉	1850: Reserve Bⁿ disbanded	→	→	→	→	→
45^th Regiment of Foot	→	1842: Reserve Bⁿ raised	⇉	1850: Reserve Bⁿ disbanded	→	→	→	→	→
46^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
47^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
48^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
49^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
50^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
51^st Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
52^nd Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
53^rd Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
54^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
55^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
56^th Regiment of Foot	→	1846: Reserve Bⁿ raised	⇉	1848: Reserve Bⁿ disbanded	→	→	→	→	→
57^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
58^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
59^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
60^th Regiment of Foot	⇉	→	⇉	1855: 3^rd Bⁿ raised	⇶	1857: 4^th Bⁿ raised	➡	➡	➡
61^st Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
62^nd Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
63^rd Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
64^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
65^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
66^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
67^th Regiment of Foot	→	1846: Reserve Bⁿ raised	⇉	1848: Reserve Bⁿ disbanded	→	→	→	→	→
68^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
69^th Regiment of Foot	→	1847: Reserve Bⁿ raised	⇉	1848: Reserve Bⁿ disbanded	→	→	→	→	→
70^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
71^st Regiment of Foot	→	1842: Reserve Bⁿ raised	⇉	1853: Reserve Bⁿ disbanded	→	→	→	→	→
72^nd Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
73^rd Regiment of Foot	→	1848: Reserve Bⁿ raised	⇉	1852: Reserve Bⁿ disbanded	→	→	→	→	→
74^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
75^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
76^th Regiment of Foot	→	1846: Reserve Bⁿ raised	⇉	1848: Reserve Bⁿ disbanded	→	→	→	→	→
77^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
78^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
79^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
80^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
81^st Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
82^nd Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
83^rd Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
84^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
85^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
86^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
87^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
88^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
89^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
90^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
91^st Regiment of Foot	→	1842: Reserve Bⁿ raised	⇉	1855: Reserve Bⁿ disbanded	→	→	→	→	→
92^nd Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
93^rd Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
1823: 94^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
1823: 95^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
1824: 96^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
1824: 97^th Regiment of Foot	→	1845: Reserve Bⁿ raised	⇉	1851: Reserve Bⁿ disbanded	→	→	→	→	→
1824: 98^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
1824: 99^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
						1858: 100^th Regiment of Foot	→	→	→
						1859: 1^st Bengal Fusiliers	→	1861: 101^st Regiment of Foot	→
						1859: 1^st Madras Fusiliers	→	1861: 102^nd Regiment of Foot	→
						1859: 1^st Bombay Fusiliers	→	1861: 103^rd Regiment of Foot	→
						1859: 2^nd Bengal Fusiliers	→	1861: 104^th Regiment of Foot	→
						1859: 2^nd Madras Light Infantry	→	1861: 105^th Regiment of Foot	→
						1859: 2^nd Bombay Light Infantry	→	1861: 106^th Regiment of Foot	→
						1859: 3^rd Bengal Light Infantry	→	1861: 107^th Regiment of Foot	→
						1859: 3^rd Madras Infantry	→	1861: 108^th Regiment of Foot	→
						1859: 3^rd Bombay Regiment	→	1861: 109^th Regiment of Foot	→
The Rifle Brigade	⇉	1842: 2^nd Reserve Bⁿ raised	⇶	1850: 2^nd Reserve Bⁿ disbanded	⇉	1855: 3^rd Bⁿ raised	⇶	1857: 4^th Bⁿ raised	➡
1^st West India Regiment	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
2^nd West India Regiment	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
		1837: 3^rd West India Regiment	→	→	→	→	→	1870: disbanded
						1862: 4^th West India Regiment	→	1869: disbanded
						1863: 5^th West India Regiment	→	1865: disbanded

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