Числовые пехотные полки Британской армии (1742–1881)

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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.

While regiments were known by the name of their colonel, or by their royal title, the number of their rank was increasingly used. Thus, in the Cloathing Book of 1742, which illustrated the patterns of uniforms worn by the King's forces, the regiments of foot are designated simply by numbers. The substitution of numbers for names was completed by a clothing regulation of 1747 and a royal warrant of 1751. The 1747 document, which used numbers for the regiments throughout, decreed that no colonel was "to put his Arms, Crest, Device or Livery on any part of the Appointments of the Regiment under his command." Furthermore, in the centre of the regiment's colours was to be "painted or embroidered in gold Roman characters the number of the Rank of the Regiment". The warrant, dated 1 July 1751, repeated the instructions of the 1747 regulation and provided that regiments should in future be known by their numbers only. As the size of the army expanded and contracted during the various conflicts of the 18th and 19th centuries, junior regiments were raised and disbanded. Accordingly, there were often a number of different regiments that bore the same number at different periods. Additionally, there were occasional partial renumberings. For instance, in 1816 the 95th (Rifle) Regiment of Foot was renamed the "Rifle Brigade", without a number. The existing 96th–103rd regiments were redesignated as the 95th–102nd.

With modifications the numbers existed until 1881, when the Childers Reforms introduced "territorialisation". From 1 July 1881 the United Kingdom was divided into regimental districts, each allocated a two battalion regiment, usually bearing a "county" title. Regimental numbers were abandoned: the 1st to 25th foot, which already had two battalions adopted new titles. The remaining regiments were paired to become the 1st or 2nd battalions of the new regiments. Two rifle regiments: the King's Royal Rifle Corps (ex 60th Foot) and the Rifle Brigade, who had four battalions each, recruited nationally. Although the numbers were officially abolished in 1881, in some cases they continued to be used informally within the regiments. The regimental system introduced in 1881 was to last for more than seventy years. When new regiments were formed by amalgamation from 1958 onwards, the old regimental numbers were sometimes reintroduced into their titles. Examples are the 3rd East Anglian Regiment (16th/44th Foot), Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment (29th/45th Foot).

NumberTitlesDate of raising or coming onto establishmentFateSuccessor 201281 81st (Invalids) Regiment of Foot 1757–17641757Raised 1757 as 81st (Invalids) Regiment of Foot, renumbered 71st (see above) in 1764 following disbandment of a number of senior regiments. 1793Raised as 83rd Foot in 1793, renumbered in 1794 on disbandment of existing 81st and 82nd Regiments. 1881:2nd Battalion,The Loyal North Lancashire RegimentDuke of Lancaster's Regiment82 82nd (Invalids) Regiment of Foot 1757–17641757Raised 1757 as 82nd (Invalids) Regiment of Foot, renumbered 72nd (see above) in 1764 following disbandment of a number of senior regiments. 1881:2nd Battalion,The Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment)Duke of Lancaster's Regiment83 83rd Regiment of Foot 1758–1763 1758Raised 1758. Disbanded 1763. 83rd (Royal Glasgow Volunteers) Regiment of Foot 1778–1783 1758Raised 1758 by Eyre Coote for service in India. Disbanded 1764.1793Raised 1793. 1881: 2nd Battalion,York and Lancaster Regiment Disbanded 196885 85th (Royal Volunteers Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot 1759–1763 1759Raised 1759. Disbanded 1763. 85th (Westminster Volunteers) Regiment of Foot 1778–1783
85th (Bucks Volunteers) (The King's Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot 1821–1881 1759Formed 1759 by redesignation of the 2nd Battalion, 76th Foot. Disbanded 1763. 86th (Royal County Down) Regiment of Foot 1812–18811794Raised 1793 as Sir Cornelius Cuyler's Shropshire Volunteers, placed on regular establishment as 86th Foot in 1794. 1881: 2nd Battalion,The Royal Irish Rifles Royal Irish Regiment87 87th Regiment of Foot 1759–1763 (Keith's Highlanders)1779Raised 1779, disbanded 1783.1793Raised 1793.1779Raised 1779, disbanded 1783. 89th Regiment of Foot 1779–17831779Raised 1779, disbanded 1783.1793Raised 1793. 1881: ist Battalion,The Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers) Royal Irish Regiment90 90th (Irish Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot 1759–1763 1759Raised 1759, disbanded 1763.1759Raised 1759, disbanded 1763. 1794Raised as 98th Foot in 1794, renumbered in 1796 on disbandment of a number of regiments. 1881:1st Battalion,The Princess Louise's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders)Royal Regiment of Scotland92 92nd (Donegal Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot 1760–17631760Raised 1760, disbanded 1763. 93rd Regiment of Foot 1779–1783 94th Regiment of Foot 1780–1783 1881: 2nd Battalion,The Connaught RangersDisbanded 192295 95th Regiment of Foot 1760–1763 95th Regiment of Foot 1780–1783The Rifles 95th Regiment of Foot 1816–18181803
Raised as 96th Regiment of Foot in 1803. Renumbered as 95th in 1816 when existing 95th Foot became Rifle Brigade without a number. 1823Raised 1823 1881: 2nd Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire Regiment)Mercian Regiment96 96th Regiment of Foot 1760–1763 96th Regiment of Foot (British Musketeers) 1780–1784 1881: 2nd Battalion, The Manchester RegimentDuke of Lancaster's Regiment97 97th Regiment of Foot 1760–17631780Raised 1780, disbanded 1784.1798Raised 1798 as The Minorca Regiment, redesignated the Queen's own German Regiment in 1802, numbered in 1805.1824Raised 1824.1779Raised 1779, disbanded 1784.1824Raised 1824.1779Raised 1780, disbanded 1783.1824Raised 1824.1780Raised 1780, disbanded 1784. Also known as "Loyal Lincolnshire Regiment". 1881: 1st Battalion,The Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians) Disbanded 1922.

NumberTitlesDate of raising or coming onto establishmentFateSuccessor 2012101 101st (Highland) Regiment of Foot 1760–17631760Raised 1760, disbanded 1763. Also known as "Johnstone's Highlanders".1760Raised 1760, disbanded 1763.1761Raised 1761, disbanded 1763.1761Raised 1761, disbanded 1763.1761Raised 1761, disbanded 1763.1761Raised 1761, disbanded 1763. Known as "Black Musketeers".1761Raised 1761. Disbanded 1763.1760Raised 1760. Disbanded 1763.1761Raised 1761. Disbanded 1763.1761Raised 1761. Disbanded 1763.1761Raised 1761. Disbanded 1763.1761Raised 1761. Disbanded 1763.1761Raised 1761. Disbanded 1763.1794Raised 1794. Disbanded 1795.1761Raised 1761. Disbanded 1763.1794Raised 1794. Disbanded 1795.1761Raised 1761. Disbanded 1763.1794Raised 1794. Disbanded 1795.1762Raised 1762. Renumbered as 73rd foot (see above) 17631793Raised 1793. Disbanded 1795.1793Raised 1794. Disbanded 1796.1794Raised 1794. Disbanded 1795.1794Raised 1794 as John Rochfort's Regiment of Foot. Disbanded 1795.1794Raised 1794. Disbanded 1795.1761Raised 1761. Disbanded 1763.1762Raised 1762. Disbanded 1764.1762Raised 1762. Disbanded 1764.1762Raised 1762. Disbanded 1763.1794Raised 1794. Disbanded 1795.1794Raised 1794. Disbanded 1796.1794Raised 1794. Disbanded 1796.1794Raised 1794. Disbanded 1796.1794Raised 1794 as the Gentlemen of Coventry's Regiment of Foot. Disbanded 1796.1794Raised 1794. Disbanded 1796.1794Raised 1794. Disbanded 1796.1794Raised 1794. Disbanded 1796.1794Raised 1794. Disbanded 1796.1794Raised 1794 as the 2nd Battalion of the 83rd Regiment of Foot. Disbanded 1796.1794Raised and disbanded 1796.