The 91st Regiment of Foot (Shropshire Volunteers) had a brief existence as a British Army infantry regiment between 1779 and 1784. It was raised in
Shropshire
Shropshire (; alternatively Salop; abbreviated in print only as Shrops; demonym Salopian ) is a landlocked historic county in the West Midlands region of England. It is bordered by Wales to the west and the English counties of Cheshire to ...
, posted to the
West Indies
The West Indies is a subregion of North America, surrounded by the North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea that includes 13 independent island countries and 18 dependencies and other territories in three major archipelagos: the Greate ...
, where much property was destroyed in a hurricane, and disbanded in 1784.
The Colonel of the regiment throughout its life was Colonel Dudley Ackland.
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Infantry regiments of the British Army
Military units and formations established in 1779
Military units and formations disestablished in 1784