72nd Regiment or 72nd Infantry Regiment may refer to: * 72nd Infantry Regiment (France), former an infantry regiment of the

French Army The French Army, officially known as the Land Army (, , ), is the principal Army, land warfare force of France, and the largest component of the French Armed Forces; it is responsible to the Government of France, alongside the French Navy, Fren ...

* 72nd Regiment of Foot (1758), former regiment of the

British Army The British Army is the principal Army, land warfare force of the United Kingdom. the British Army comprises 73,847 regular full-time personnel, 4,127 Brigade of Gurkhas, Gurkhas, 25,742 Army Reserve (United Kingdom), volunteer reserve perso ...

, 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 Indian Army was the force of British Raj, British India, until Indian Independence Act 1947, national independence in 1947. Formed in 1895 by uniting the three Presidency armies, it was responsible for the defence of both British India and ...

72nd Regiment "Seaforth Highlanders of Canada" The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada is a Primary Reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Army based in Vancouver, British Columbia. The regiment is subordinate to 39 Canadian Brigade Group, 3rd Canadian Division. Based at the Seaforth Armoury on ...

, Canadian reserve regiment ;American Civil War * 72nd Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment, a unit of the Union (Northern) Army * 72nd Indiana Infantry Regiment, 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, a unit of the Union (Northern) Army * 72nd Pennsylvania Infantry, a unit of the Union (Northern) Army

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