The 80th Regiment of Foot (Royal Edinburgh Volunteers) was a regiment in 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 ...

from 1778 to 1783. It was formed in Edinburgh, Scotland by letter of service in 1778 for service in North America and sailed to New York commanded by lieutenant-colonel Thomas Dundas in 1779. The regiment then moved to Virginia, where they were captured at the

Battle of Yorktown The Siege of Yorktown, also known as the Battle of Yorktown, the surrender at Yorktown, or the German battle (from the presence of Germans in all three armies), beginning on September 28, 1781, and ending on October 19, 1781, at Yorktown, Virgi ...

. The regiment returned to Scotland to be disbanded in 1783.

Colonels

Colonels of the regiment were: * 1777-1782: Lt. Col Thomas Dundas of Fingask *1777–1783: Lt-Gen. Sir William Erskine of Torrie, Bt. *1783–1784: Gen. John Leland

References

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