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The 71st Regiment of Foot was a Highland regiment in the British Army, raised as the 73rd (Highland) Regiment of Foot in 1777. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 74th (Highland) Regiment of Foot to become the 1st Battalion, Highland Light Infantry in 1881.
The 71st Regiment of Foot was a British Army regiment of infantry raised in 1775, during the American Revolutionary War and unofficially known as Fraser's Highlanders. It was disbanded in 1786. It was disbanded in 1786.
Thirteen of the soldiers were Americans, mostly from Maryland and Delaware. One was a member of an elite British regiment, the 71st Regiment of Foot, known as Frazier’s Highlanders.
The 71st Regiment of Foot was a regiment in the British Army from 1758 to 1763. [1] It was formed in northern Scotland on 28 April 1758 from the 2nd Battalion of the 32nd Regiment of Foot and took part in the Raid on Cherbourg in 1758 and in the capture of Belle Isle off the French coast in 1761. The regiment was disbanded in 1763.
71st (Invalids) Regiment of Foot 1764–1769 [112] 1757 Raised 1757 as 81st (Invalids) Regiment of Foot, renumbered 71st in 1764 following disbandment of a number of senior regiments. Dispersed to independent garrison companies in 1768/69. [112] 71st (Highland) Regiment of Foot 1775–1786 (Fraser's Highlanders) [112] 1775 Raised October 1775 ...
71st Regiment may refer to: . 71st Regiment of Foot (1758), former British Army regiment, 1758–1763 71st Regiment of Foot, Fraser's Highlanders, former British Army regiment, raised for the American Revolution, 1775–1786
He was appointed colonel of the 71st Regiment of Foot on 21 September 1829. On 28 March 1838 he was removed to the 31st Regiment of Foot, and to the 45th Regiment of Foot on 12 July 1847. [5] Two streets in Saint Helier are named after him.
In May 1778 Maitland was commanding marines against vessels in the Delaware during the American Revolutionary War and became lieutenant-colonel of the 1st Battalion, 71st Regiment of Foot, Fraser's Highlanders on 14 October 1778.