92nd Regiment of Foot (1779)
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92nd Regiment of Foot | |
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Active | 1779–1783 |
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Type | Infantry |
Commanders | |
Colonel of the Regiment | Lt-Col. Hon. James Stuart-Wortley |
Military unit
The 92nd Regiment of Foot was a short-lived infantry regiment in the British Army which was raised in 1779 to provide garrison troops for the West Indies during the American Revolutionary War.[1]
The Colonel-Commandant of the Regiment was Lt-Col. Hon. James Stuart-Wortley, second son of John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute.
After spending several years stationed in Jamaica the regiment was disbanded in England after the Treaty of Paris in 1783.
References
- ^ "92nd Regiment of Foot". regiments.org. Archived from the original on 5 March 2008.
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