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List of British Army regiments (1881)

This is a list of British Army cavalry and infantry regiments that were created by Childers Reforms in 1881, a continuation of the Cardwell Reforms. It also indicates the cavalry amalgamations that would take place forty years later as part of the Government cuts of the early 1920s.

Infantry
Foot GuardsGrenadier GuardsColdstream GuardsScots Guards Line Infantry (In order of precedence)Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment)1st (The Royal) Regiment of FootQueen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)2nd (The Queen's Royal) Regiment of FootBuffs (East Kent Regiment)3rd (The East Kent) Regiment of FootKing's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)4th (The King's Own Royal) Regiment of FootNorthumberland Fusiliers5th Regiment of Foot (Northumberland Fusiliers)Royal Warwickshire Regiment6th (Royal 1st Warwickshire) Regiment of FootRoyal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)7th (Derbyshire) Regiment of FootKing's (Liverpool Regiment)8th (The King's) Regiment of FootNorfolk Regiment - Royal title in 1935 as part of Silver Jubilee • 9th (The East Norfolk) Regiment of FootThe Lincolnshire Regiment - gained Royal title in 1946 for World War II service • 10th (The North Lincolnshire) Regiment of FootDevonshire Regiment11th (The North Devonshire) Regiment of FootSuffolk Regiment12th (The East Suffolk) Regiment of FootPrince Albert's (Somersetshire Light Infantry)13th (1st Somersetshire)(Prince Albert's Light Infantry) Regiment of FootPrince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)14th (Buckinghamshire, The Prince of Wales's Own) Regiment of FootEast Yorkshire Regiment15th (The Yorkshire East Riding) Regiment of FootBedfordshire Regiment16th (The Bedfordshire) Regiment of FootLeicestershire Regiment - gained Royal title in 1946 for World War II service • 17th (The Leicestershire) Regiment of FootThe Royal Irish Regiment18th (The Royal Irish) Regiment of FootPrincess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment)19th (The 1st Yorkshire North Riding - Prince of Wales's Own) Regiment of FootLancashire Fusiliers20th (The East Devonshire) Regiment of FootRoyal Scots Fusiliers21st (Royal Scots Fusiliers) Regiment of FootCheshire Regiment22nd (The Cheshire) Regiment of FootRoyal Welsh Fusiliers - restored archaic spelling of Welsh (Welch) in 1921 • 23rd Regiment of Foot (Royal Welsh Fusiliers)South Wales Borderers24th (The 2nd Warwickshire) Regiment of FootThe King's Own Borderers25th (King's Own Borderers) Regiment of FootThe Cameronians (Scotch Rifles)26th (The Cameronians) Regiment of Foot90th Regiment of Foot (Perthshire Volunteers) (Light Infantry)Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot108th Regiment of Foot (Madras Infantry)Gloucestershire Regiment28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot61st (South Gloucestershire) Regiment of FootWorcestershire Regiment29th (Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot36th (Herefordshire) Regiment of FootEast Lancashire Regiment30th (Cambridgeshire) Regiment of Foot59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment of FootEast Surrey Regiment31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment of Foot70th (Surrey) Regiment of FootDuke of Cornwall's Light Infantry32nd (Cornwall Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot46th (South Devonshire) Regiment of FootDuke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)33rd (The Duke of Wellington's) Regiment of Foot76th Regiment of FootBorder Regiment34th (Cumberland) Regiment of Foot55th (Westmorland) Regiment of FootRoyal Sussex Regiment35th (Royal Sussex) Regiment of Foot107th Regiment of Foot (Bengal Light Infantry)Hampshire Regiment - gained Royal title in 1946 for World War II service • 37th (North Hampshire) Regiment of Foot67th (South Hampshire) Regiment of FootSouth Staffordshire Regiment38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot80th (Staffordshire Volunteers) Regiment of FootDorsetshire Regiment39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot54th (West Norfolk) Regiment of FootPrince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment)40th (2nd Somersetshire) Regiment of Foot82nd (The Prince of Wales's Volunteers) Regiment of FootWelsh Regiment41st (The Welsh) Regiment of Foot69th (South Lincolnshire) Regiment of FootBlack Watch (Royal Highlanders)42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot, The Black Watch73rd (Perthshire) Regiment of FootOxfordshire Light Infantry43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of FootEssex Regiment44th (East Essex) Regiment of Foot56th (West Essex) Regiment of FootSherwood Foresters (Derbyshire Regiment)45th (Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot95th (Derbyshire) Regiment of FootLoyal North Lancashire Regiment47th (The Lancashire) Regiment of Foot81st (Loyal Lincoln Volunteers) Regiment of FootNorthamptonshire Regiment48th (The Northamptonshire) Regiment of Foot58th (Rutlandshire) Regiment of FootPrincess Charlotte of Wales's (Berkshire Regiment)49th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) (Hertfordshire) Regiment of Foot66th (Berkshire) Regiment of FootQueen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)50th (The Queen's Own) Regiment of Foot97th (The Earl of Ulster's) Regiment of FootThe King's Own Light Infantry (South Yorkshire Regiment)51st Regiment of Foot (King's Own Light Infantry)105th Regiment of Foot (Madras Light Infantry)The King's Light Infantry (Shropshire Regiment)53rd (The Shropshire) Regiment of Foot85th (The King's Light Infantry) Regiment of FootThe (Duke of Cambridge's Own) Middlesex Regiment57th (The West Middlesex) Regiment of Foot77th (The East Middlesex) Regiment of FootKing's Royal Rifle Corps60th (The King's Royal Rifle Corps) Regiment of FootThe (Duke of Edinburgh's) Wiltshire Regiment62nd (Wiltshire) Regiment of Foot99th Duke of Edinburgh's (Lanarkshire) Regiment of FootManchester Regiment63rd (The West Suffolk) Regiment of Foot96th Regiment of FootThe (Prince of Wales's) North Staffordshire Regiment64th (2nd Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot98th (The Prince of Wales's) Regiment of FootThe York and Lancaster Regiment65th (2nd Yorkshire, North Riding) Regiment of Foot84th (York and Lancaster) Regiment of FootDurham Light Infantry68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry)106th Regiment of Foot (Bombay Light Infantry)Highland Light Infantry71st (Highland) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry)74th (Highland) Regiment of FootSeaforth Highlanders (Duke of Albany's/Ross-shire Buffs)72nd (Duke of Albany's Own Highlanders) Regiment of Foot78th (Highlanders) Regiment of Foot (The Ross-shire Buffs)Gordon Highlanders75th (Stirlingshire) Regiment of Foot92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment of FootQueen's Own Cameron Highlanders79th (The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders) Regiment of FootRoyal Irish Rifles83rd (County of Dublin) Regiment of Foot86th (Royal County Down) Regiment of FootPrincess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers)87th (Royal Irish Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot89th (The Princess Victoria's) Regiment of FootConnaught Rangers88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers)94th Regiment of FootPrincess Louise's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders)91st (Princess Louise's Argyllshire) Regiment of Foot93rd (Sutherland Highlanders) Regiment of FootPrince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians)100th (Prince of Wales's Royal Canadians) Regiment of Foot109th Regiment of Foot (Bombay Infantry)Royal Munster Fusiliers101st Regiment of Foot (Royal Bengal Fusiliers)104th Regiment of Foot (Bengal Fusiliers)Royal Dublin Fusiliers102nd Regiment of Foot (Royal Madras Fusiliers)103rd Regiment of Foot (Royal Bombay Fusiliers)The Prince Consort's Own Rifle Brigade1st West India Regiment2nd West India Regiment ==Services==
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