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87th Regiment Of Foot (other)
Three regiments of the British Army have been numbered the 87th Regiment of Foot: *87th Regiment of Foot (Keith's Highlanders), a British Army unit raised in 1759 and disbanded in 1763 *87th Regiment of Foot (1779) The 87th Regiment of Foot was a line infantry regiment of the British Army. It was raised to help garrison the West Indies during the American Revolutionary War. History The regiment was raised at Bromsgrove in Worcestershire by George Waldegrave ..., a British Army unit raised in 1779 and disbanded in 1783 * 87th (Royal Irish Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot, a British Army unit raised in 1793 {{mil-unit-dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
87th Regiment Of Foot (Keith's Highlanders)
The 87th Regiment of Foot (Keith's Highlanders) was a Scottish infantry regiment in the British Army, formed in 1759 and disbanded in 1763. History The regiment was raised at Perth as Keith's Highlanders by Robert Murray Keith who regimented three companies detached from the 42nd Regiment of Foot in August 1759. It was numbered as the 87th Regiment of Foot in 1760. The regiment was immediately dispatched to Germany, where it fought at the Battle of Warburg in July 1760 and the Battle of Villinghausen later that month. It returned home later in the year but was deployed to Holland Holland is a geographical regionG. Geerts & H. Heestermans, 1981, ''Groot Woordenboek der Nederlandse Taal. Deel I'', Van Dale Lexicografie, Utrecht, p 1105 and former province on the western coast of the Netherlands. From the 10th to the 16th c ... in November 1762. It returned to Scotland in December 1762 and was disbanded at Perth in July 1763. References External links87th Highlanders Militar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
87th Regiment Of Foot (1779)
The 87th Regiment of Foot was a line infantry regiment of the British Army. It was raised to help garrison the West Indies during the American Revolutionary War. History The regiment was raised at Bromsgrove in Worcestershire by George Waldegrave in July 1779. It was despatched to the Leeward Islands under the command of Lieutenant-colonel George Finch, 9th Earl of Winchilsea, arriving in January 1780. It returned home in 1783 at the end of hostilities and was disbanded at Coventry Coventry ( or ) is a city in the West Midlands, England. It is on the River Sherbourne. Coventry has been a large settlement for centuries, although it was not founded and given its city status until the Middle Ages. The city is governed b ... in April that year. References {{Regiments of Foot Military units and formations established in 1779 Military units and formations disestablished in 1783 Infantry regiments of the British Army Regiments of the British Army in the American Revo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |