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  2. List of British Army regiments (1881) - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of British Army cavalry and infantry regiments that were created by Childers reforms in 1881, a continuation of the Cardwell reforms.It also indicates the cavalry amalgamations that would take place forty years later as part of the Government cuts of the early 1920s.

  3. Childers Reforms - Wikipedia

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    The reorganisation was effected by General Order 41/1881, issued on 1 May 1881, amended by G.O. 70/1881 dated 1 July, which created a network of multi-battalion regiments. In England, Wales and Scotland, each regiment was to have two regular or "line" battalions and two militia battalions.

  4. List of British Army regiments and corps - Wikipedia

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    Army Air Corps - 7 + 1 regiments [22] Royal Regiment of Artillery - 15 + 6 regiments [23] [24] Corps of Royal Engineers - 15 + 7 regiments [25] Royal Corps of Signals - 13 + 4 regiments [26] Intelligence Corps - 3 + 4 battalions [27] Honourable Artillery Company - 0 + 1 Regiment [28] Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers (Militia) - 0 + 1 ...

  5. Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry - Wikipedia

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    First DCLI Cemetery, The Bluff in Belgium. The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry (DCLI) was a light infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 to 1959.. The regiment was created on 1 July 1881 as part of the Childers Reforms, by the merger of the 32nd (Cornwall Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot and the 46th (South Devonshire) Regiment of Foot.

  6. List of regiments of foot - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of numbered regiments of foot of the British Army from the mid-18th century until 1881, when numbering was abandoned. Foot was the contemporary term for infantry . Introduction

  7. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders - Wikipedia

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    The regiment was created under the Childers Reforms in 1881, as the Princess Louise's (Sutherland and Argyll Highlanders), by the amalgamation of the 91st (Argyllshire Highlanders) Regiment of Foot and 93rd (Sutherland Highlanders) Regiment of Foot, amended the following year to reverse the order of the "Argyll" and "Sutherland" sub-titles. [2]

  8. Category : Military units and formations established in 1881

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    3rd (East Kent Militia) Battalion, Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 3rd (East York Militia) Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment; 3rd (Edinburgh Light Infantry Militia) Battalion, Royal Scots; 3rd (Fermanagh Militia) Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers; 3rd (King's County Militia) Battalion, Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians)

  9. 81st Regiment of Foot (Loyal Lincoln Volunteers) - Wikipedia

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    The 81st Regiment of Foot (Loyal Lincoln Volunteers) was an infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1793. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 47th (Lancashire) Regiment of Foot to form the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment in 1881.