73rd Regiment of Foot (Invalids)

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The 73rd Regiment of Foot (Invalids) was an infantry regiment of the British Army from 1762 to 1768.

History

The regiment was originally raised as a regiment of invalids in February 1762, and numbered the 116th Foot; it was renumbered as the 73rd the following year, and disbanded in 1769.[1]

References

  1. ^ "73rd Regiment of Foot (Invalids)". regiments.org. Archived from the original on 16 October 2007. Retrieved 5 February 2017.