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

72nd Infantry Regiment (France) 72nd Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment of the French Army. It was created in 1674 as the Régiment de Castries. From 1762 to 1791 it was known as the Régiment du Vexin (an earlier and unrelated Régiment de Vexin existed from 21 Septembe ...

, former an infantry regiment of the

French Army History Early history The first permanent army, paid with regular wages, instead of feudal levies, was established under Charles VII of France, Charles VII in the 1420 to 1430s. The Kings of France needed reliable troops during and after the ...

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 17 ...

, 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 Gurkha ...

, 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 d ...

, 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 cou ...

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, a unit of the Union (Northern) Army * 72nd Indiana Infantry Regiment, a unit of the Union (Northern) Army * 72nd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, a unit of the Union (Northern) Army * 72nd Ohio Infantry, 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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