User:Noclador/sandbox/British Infantry Lineage

List of regiments[edit]

Regimental lineages[edit]

1880^[1]	1881 Childers Reforms^[1]	1921 Name changes	1957 Defence White Paper	1966 Defence White Paper	1990 Options for Change	2003 Delivering Security in a Changing World
1st (The Royal Scots) Regiment of Foot	The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment)	The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment)				The Royal Regiment of Scotland
25th (King's Own Borderers) Regiment of Foot	The King's Own Borderers renamed in 1887: The King's Own Scottish Borderers
21st (Royal Scots Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot	The Royal Scots Fusiliers		The Royal Highland Fusiliers (Princess Margaret's Own Glasgow and Ayrshire Regiment)
71st (Highland) (Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot	The Highland Light Infantry renamed in 1923: The Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment)
74th (Highlanders) Regiment of Foot
42nd (Royal Highland, The Black Watch) Regiment of Foot	The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
73rd (Perthshire) Regiment of Foot	The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
72nd (Duke of Albany's Own Highlanders) Regiment of Foot	Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs) renamed on 22 November 1881: Seaforth Highlanders (Ross–shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's)^[2]		The Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons)	The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons)
78th (Highlanders) (Ross-shire Buffs) Regiment of Foot
79th (Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders) Regiment of Foot	The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
75th (Stirlingshire) Regiment of Foot	The Gordon Highlanders
92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment of Foot	The Gordon Highlanders
91st (Princess Louise's Argyllshire Highlanders) Regiment of Foot	Princess Louise's (Sutherland and Argyll Highlanders) renamed on 2 June 1882: Princess Louise's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders)^[3]
93rd (Sutherland Highlanders) Regiment of Foot
2nd (Queen's Royal) Regiment of Foot	The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)	The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)	The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment	The Queen's Regiment	The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (Queen's and Royal Hampshires)
31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment of Foot	The East Surrey Regiment
70th (Surrey) Regiment of Foot	The East Surrey Regiment
3rd (East Kent, The Buff's) Regiment of Foot	The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) renamed in 1935: The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)		The Queen's Own Buffs, The Royal Kent Regiment
50th (Queen's Own) Regiment of Foot	The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)	The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
97th (Earl of Ulster's) Regiment of Foot	The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)	The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
35th (Royal Sussex) Regiment of Foot	The Royal Sussex Regiment
107th (Bengal Infantry) Regiment of Foot	The Royal Sussex Regiment
57th (West Middlesex) Regiment of Foot	The Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment)	The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own)
77th (East Middlesex) (Duke of Cambridge's Own) Regiment of Foot	The Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment)	The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own)
37th (North Hampshire) Regiment of Foot	The Hampshire Regiment renamed in 1946: The Royal Hampshire Regiment
67th (South Hampshire) Regiment of Foot
4th (King's Own Royal) Regiment of Foot	The King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)	The King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)	The King's Own Royal Border Regiment			The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (King's, Lancashire and Border)
34th (Cumberland) Regiment of Foot	The Border Regiment
55th (Westmorland) Regiment of Foot	The Border Regiment
8th (The King's) Regiment of Foot	The King's (Liverpool Regiment)		King's Regiment (Liverpool and Manchester)
63rd (West Suffolk) Regiment of Foot	The Manchester Regiment
96th Regiment of Foot	The Manchester Regiment
30th (Cambridgeshire) Regiment of Foot	The East Lancashire Regiment		The Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Volunteers)	The Queen's Lancashire Regiment
59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot	The East Lancashire Regiment
40th (2nd Somersetshire) Regiment of Foot	The Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment) renamed in 1938: The South Lancashire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Volunteers)
82nd (Prince of Wales's Volunteers) Regiment of Foot
47th (Lancashire) Regiment of Foot	The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment	The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire)
81st (Loyal Lincoln Volunteers) Regiment of Foot	The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment	The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire)
5th (Northumberland) (Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot	The Northumberland Fusiliers renamed in 1935: The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers			The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
6th (Royal First Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot	The Royal Warwickshire Regiment renamed in 1963: The Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers
7th (Royal Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot	The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)
20th (East Devonshire) Regiment of Foot	The Lancashire Fusiliers
9th (East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot	The Norfolk Regiment renamed in 1935: The Royal Norfolk Regiment		1st East Anglian Regiment (Royal Norfolk and Suffolk)	The Royal Anglian Regiment
12th (East Suffolk) Regiment of Foot	The Suffolk Regiment		1st East Anglian Regiment (Royal Norfolk and Suffolk)
10th (North Lincoln) Regiment of Foot	The Lincolnshire Regiment renamed in 1946: The Royal Lincolnshire Regiment		2nd East Anglian Regiment (Duchess of Gloucester's Own Royal Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire)
48th (Northamptonshire) Regiment of Foot	The Northamptonshire Regiment
58th (Rutlandshire) Regiment of Foot	The Northamptonshire Regiment
16th (Bedfordshire) Regiment of Foot	The Bedfordshire Regiment renamed in 1919: The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment		3rd East Anglian Regiment (16th/44th Foot)
44th (East Essex) Regiment of Foot	The Essex Regiment
56th (West Essex) Regiment of Foot	The Essex Regiment
17th (Leicestershire) Regiment of Foot	The Leicestershire Regiment renamed in 1946: The Royal Leicestershire Regiment
14th (Buckinghamshire) (Prince of Wales's Own) Regiment of Foot	The Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)		Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire			Yorkshire Regiment (14th/15th, 19th and 33rd/76th Foot)
15th (York, East Riding) Regiment of Foot	The East Yorkshire Regiment renamed in 1935: The East Yorkshire Regiment (The Duke of York's Own)		Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire
19th (1st York, North Riding) (Princess of Wales's Own) Regiment of Foot	The Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment) renamed in 1902: Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment)	Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment)
33rd (Duke of Wellington's) Regiment of Foot	The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
76th Regiment of Foot	The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
22nd (Cheshire) Regiment of Foot	The Cheshire Regiment					The Mercian Regiment
29th (Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot	The Worcestershire Regiment			The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment
36th (Herefordshire) Regiment of Foot	The Worcestershire Regiment
45th (Nottinghamshire) (Sherwood Foresters) Regiment of Foot	The Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire Regiment) renamed in 1902: The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)
95th (Derbyshire) Regiment of Foot
38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot	The South Staffordshire Regiment		The Staffordshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's)
80th (Staffordshire Volunteers) Regiment of Foot	The South Staffordshire Regiment
64th (2nd Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot	The Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment)	The North Staffordshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's)
98th (Prince of Wales's) Regiment of Foot	The Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment)	The North Staffordshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's)
23rd (Royal Welsh Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot	The Royal Welsh Fusiliers	The Royal Welch Fusiliers				The Royal Welsh
24th (2nd Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot	The South Wales Borderers			Royal Regiment of Wales (24th/41st Foot)
41st (The Welsh) Regiment of Foot	The Welsh Regiment	The Welch Regiment
69th (South Lincolnshire) Regiment of Foot	The Welsh Regiment	The Welch Regiment
27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot	The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers			The Royal Irish Rangers (27th (Inniskilling), 83rd and 87th)		The Royal Irish Regiment
108th (Madras Infantry) Regiment of Foot	The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
83rd (County of Dublin) Regiment of Foot	The Royal Irish Rifles	The Royal Ulster Rifles
86th (Royal County Down) Regiment of Foot	The Royal Irish Rifles	The Royal Ulster Rifles
87th (Royal Irish Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot	Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers)	The Royal Irish Fusiliers (Princess Victoria's)
89th (Princess Victoria's) Regiment of Foot	Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers)	The Royal Irish Fusiliers (Princess Victoria's)
				The Ulster Defence Regiment
11th (North Devon) Regiment of Foot	The Devonshire Regiment		The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment			The Rifles
39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot	The Dorsetshire Regiment
54th (West Norfolk) Regiment of Foot	The Dorsetshire Regiment
13th (1st Somersetshire) (Prince Albert's Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot	Prince Albert's Light Infantry (Somersetshire Regiment)	The Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's)	The Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry	The Light Infantry
32nd (Cornwall Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot	The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
46th (South Devonshire) Regiment of Foot	The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
51st (2nd Yorkshire, West Riding, King's Own Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot	The King's Own Light Infantry (South Yorkshire Regiment)	King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
105th (Madras Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot	The King's Own Light Infantry (South Yorkshire Regiment)	King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
53rd (Shropshire) Regiment of Foot	The King's Light Infantry (Shropshire Regiment)	The King's Shropshire Light Infantry
85th (Bucks Volunteers) (King's Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot	The King's Light Infantry (Shropshire Regiment)	The King's Shropshire Light Infantry
68th (Durham) (Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot	The Durham Light Infantry
106th (Bombay Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot	The Durham Light Infantry
28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot	The Gloucestershire Regiment				The Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment
61st (South Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot	The Gloucestershire Regiment
49th (Hertfordshire) (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) Regiment of Foot	Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Berkshire Regiment)	The Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales's)	The Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment (Berkshire and Wiltshire)
66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot	Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Berkshire Regiment)
62nd (Wiltshire) Regiment of Foot	The Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment)	The Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh's)
99th (Duke of Edinburgh's) Regiment of Foot	The Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment)	The Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh's)
43rd (Monmouthshire Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot	The Oxfordshire Light Infantry renamed in 1908: The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry		1st Green Jackets (43rd and 52nd)	The Royal Green Jackets
52nd (Oxfordshire) (Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot			1st Green Jackets (43rd and 52nd)
60th (King's Royal Rifle Corps) Regiment of Foot	The King's Royal Rifle Corps		2nd Green Jackets, The King's Royal Rifle Corps
Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own)	The Prince Consort's Own (Rifle Brigade)		3rd Green Jackets, The Rifle Brigade
18th (The Royal Irish) Regiment of Foot	The Royal Irish Regiment		disbanded 1922
26th (Cameronian) Regiment of Foot	The Cameronians (Scotch Rifles) renamed on 22 November 1881: The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)^[4]			disbanded 1968
90th (Perthshire Volunteers) (Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot				disbanded 1968
65th (2nd Yorkshire, North Riding) Regiment of Foot	The York and Lancaster Regiment			disbanded 1968
84th (York and Lancaster) Regiment of Foot	The York and Lancaster Regiment			disbanded 1968
88th (Connaught Rangers) Regiment of Foot	The Connaught Rangers		disbanded 1922
94th Regiment of Foot	The Connaught Rangers		disbanded 1922
100th (or Prince of Wales's Royal Canadian) Regiment of Foot	Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians)		disbanded 1922
109th (Bombay Infantry) Regiment of Foot	Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians)		disbanded 1922
101st (Royal Bengal Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot	The Royal Munster Fusiliers		disbanded 1922
104th (Bengal Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot	The Royal Munster Fusiliers		disbanded 1922
102nd (Royal Madras Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot	The Royal Dublin Fusiliers		disbanded 1922
103rd (Royal Bombay Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot	The Royal Dublin Fusiliers		disbanded 1922

^ ^a ^b The London Gazette, Page 3300-3301 (1 July 1881). "Childers Reform". No. 24992. Government of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 27 October 2016.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ The London Gazette, Page 5713 (22 November 1881). "War Office Memorandum". No. 25040. Government of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 27 October 2016.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ The London Gazette, Page 2590 (2 June 1882). "War Office, Pall Mall". No. 25114. Government of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 27 October 2016.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ The London Gazette, Page 5713 (22 November 1881). "War Office Memorandum". No. 25040. Government of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 27 October 2016.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[London_Gazette-1] The London Gazette, Page 3300-3301 (1 July 1881). "Childers Reform". No. 24992. Government of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 27 October 2016.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[2] The London Gazette, Page 5713 (22 November 1881). "War Office Memorandum". No. 25040. Government of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 27 October 2016.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[3] The London Gazette, Page 2590 (2 June 1882). "War Office, Pall Mall". No. 25114. Government of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 27 October 2016.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[4] The London Gazette, Page 5713 (22 November 1881). "War Office Memorandum". No. 25040. Government of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 27 October 2016.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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