72nd Regiment or 72nd Infantry Regiment may refer to: *

72nd Infantry Regiment (France) 72nd Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment of the French Army The French Army, officially known as the Land Army (french: Armée de Terre, ), is the land-based and largest component of the French Armed Forces. It is responsible to the Gov ...

, former an infantry regiment of the

French Army The French Army, officially known as the Land Army (french: Armée de Terre, ), is the land-based and largest component of the French Armed Forces. It is responsible to the Government of France, along with the other components of the Armed For ...

72nd Regiment of Foot (1758) The 72nd Regiment of Foot was a regiment in the British Army from 1758 to 1763. It was formed on 28 April 1758 from the 2nd Battalion of the 33rd Regiment of Foot and took part in the Raid on Cherbourg in 1758 and the capture of Belle Isle in 1 ...

, former regiment of the

British Army The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. , the British Army comprises 79,380 regular full-time personnel, 4,090 Gurk ...

, 1758–1763 *

72nd (Hampshire) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery The Hampshire Yeomanry was a yeomanry cavalry regiment formed by amalgamating older units raised between 1794 and 1803 during the French Revolutionary Wars. It served in a mounted role in the Second Boer War and World War I, and in the air defenc ...

, a British Yeomanry unit. *

72nd Regiment, Duke of Albany's Own Highlanders The 72nd Highlanders was a British Army Highland Infantry Regiment of the Line. Raised in 1778, it was originally numbered 78th, before being redesignated the 72nd in 1786. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 78th (Highlanders) ...

, a former unit of the British Army, 1778-1881 * 72nd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry, a former unit of the

British Indian Army The British Indian Army, commonly referred to as the Indian Army, was the main military of the British Raj before its dissolution in 1947. It was responsible for the defence of the British Indian Empire, including the princely states, which co ...

72nd Regiment "Seaforth Highlanders of Canada" , colors = , colors_label = , march = "The Piobaireachd of Donald Dhu" , mascot = , equipment = , equipment_label = ...

, Canadian reserve regiment ;American Civil War *

72nd Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 72nd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, known as the "First Chicago Board of Trade Regiment" was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service 72nd Regiment Illinois was organized at Chicago, Il ...

, a unit of the Union (Northern) Army *

72nd Indiana Infantry Regiment The 72nd Indiana Infantry Regiment, also known as 72nd Indiana Mounted Infantry Regiment, was an infantry and mounted infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The regiment served as mounted infantry from Marc ...

, a unit of the Union (Northern) Army *

72nd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 72nd New York Infantry Regiment was one of five infantry regiments formed by former U.S. Congressman Daniel Sickles and established as part of the Excelsior Brigade which fought with the Union Army during multiple key engagements of the Americ ...

, a unit of the Union (Northern) Army *

72nd Ohio Infantry The 72nd Ohio Infantry Regiment, sometimes 72nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry (or 72nd OVI) was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service The 72nd Ohio Infantry was organized in Fremont, Ohio October 1861 through Feb ...

, a unit of the Union (Northern) Army *

72nd Pennsylvania Infantry 7 (seven) is the natural number following 6 and preceding 8. It is the only prime number preceding a cube. As an early prime number in the series of positive integers, the number seven has greatly symbolic associations in religion, mytho ...

, a unit of the Union (Northern) Army

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