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The regiment served as Marines aboard Royal Navy ships in 1703 (and again in 1718–18, April 1742 (details only), and 1756–57). [2] In 1747 the regiment was known as the Royal English Fuziliers and was given the precedence of 7th in the Infantry of the Line. On 1 July 1751 it was redesignated as the 7th Regiment of Foot (Royal Fusiliers ...
52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot 1782–1803 [20] 52nd (Oxfordshire Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot 1803–1821 [20] 1755 Raised as 54th Regiment of Foot 1755, renumbered 52nd in 1757 on disbandment of existing 50th and 51st Foot. [20] 1881: 2nd Battalion, The Oxfordshire Light Infantry: The Rifles: 53: 53rd Regiment of Foot (10th Marines ...
The Elegant Extracts – 7th Regiment of Foot later Royal Fusiliers and 85th Regiment of Foot (Bucks Volunteers) later 2nd Battalion Shropshire Light Infantry [1] [3] [10] (in 1811, many of the regiment's officers were court-martialled and replaced by officers drawn from other regiments. [35]) Eliott's Light Horse – 15th The King's Hussars [1]
The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers (often referred to as, "The Fusiliers") is an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Queen's Division.Currently, the regiment has two battalions: the 1st Battalion, part of the Regular Army, is an armoured infantry battalion based in Tidworth, Wiltshire, and the 5th Battalion, part of the Army Reserve, recruits in the traditional fusilier recruiting ...
The 7th Brigade formed part of the 7th Division under the command of Major-general Kenneth MacKenzie. It consisted of: 2nd Battalion, 25th (the King's Own Borderers) Regiment of Foot [3] 2nd Battalion, 37th (the North Hampshire) Regiment of Foot [4] 2nd Battalion, 78th (Highlanders) Regiment of Foot (or The Ross-shire Buffs) [5]
7th Regiment, or 7th Infantry Regiment may refer to: Active units ... 7th Regiment of Foot, later known as the Royal Fusiliers; 7th Air Reconnaissance Regiment, ...
The Household Division forms a part of the British Army's London District and is made up of five regiments of foot guards and two Household Cavalry regiments. The division is responsible for performing public duties and state ceremonies in London and Windsor.
The regiment was raised by Henry Herbert at Ludlow on 16 March 1689, following the 1688 Glorious Revolution and exile of James II. [4] [5] [6] It served throughout the 1689 to 1691 Williamite War in Ireland, including the Battle of the Boyne in July 1690, [7] and the Battle of Aughrim in 1691 which brought the campaign to an end. [8]