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List of British units in the American Revolutionary War

This is a list of British units in American Revolutionary War which took part in the conflict, fighting against the American rebels and their French, Spanish and Dutch allies in the Americas, Europe and Asia. In addition to the British Army, the list includes German auxiliary units along with provincial and irregular units formed raised in North America and the West Indies. No battle honours were ever awarded to British regiments who fought in America as it was seen by the British to be a civil war. Four battle honours were, however, awarded for actions against the French and Spanish in the West Indies and other theatres.

[[British Army|British Army units]]
Cavalry16th (The Queen's) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons17th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons Infantry ====Foot guards==== • Brigade of Foot Guards (raised from the 1st Regiment of Foot Guards, Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards and 3rd Regiment of Foot Guards) • 1st Battalion • 2nd Battalion See Rg 23, Entry 23 Revolutionary War Collection Greensboro U S Army British Journals located at the United States National Archives, Washington D.C. ====Regular infantry==== • 1st (Royal) Regiment of Foot (RF) • 3rd RF or "Buffs" and "Royal East Kent Regiment"4th (The King's Own) (Lancaster) RF5th RF (Royal Northumberland Fusiliers)6th RF (Royal Warwickshire Regiment)7th RF (Royal Fusiliers)8th (The King's) RF9th RF (East Norfolk Regiment)10th RF (Royal Lincolnshire Regiment)13th RF (Prince Albert's) (Somerset Light Infantry)14th RF (Prince of Wales's Own) (West Yorkshire Regiment)15th RF (Sir William Clifton's Regiment of Foot) (East Yorkshire Regiment)16th RF17th RF18th (or Royal Irish) RF19th RF20th RF21st RF (Royal North British Fusiliers)22nd RF (Cheshire Regiment)23rd RF (Royal Welch Fusiliers)24th RF26th RF27th (Enniskillen) RF28th RF29th RF30th RF31st RF33rd RF34th RF35th RF37th RF38th RF40th RF42nd (Royal Highland) RF43rd RF44th RF45th RF46th RF47th RF48th RF49th RF50th RF52nd RF53rd RF54th RF55th RF57th RF59th RF60th (Royal American) RF62nd RF63rd RF64th RF65th RF69th RF70th RF (Glasgow Lowland) • 71st RF (Frasers Highlanders)74th Regiment of (Highland) Foot76th RF (Macdonald's Highlanders)79th RF (Royal Liverpool Volunteers)80th RF (Royal Edinburgh Volunteers)82nd RF (1777)83rd RF (Royal Glasgow Volunteers)84th RF (Royal Highland Emigrants) (Loyalist) • 85th RF (Westminster Volunteers)86th RF (Rutland Regiment)87th RF (1779)88th RF (1779)89th RF (1779)90th RF (Yorkshire Volunteers)91st RF (Shropshire Volunteers)92nd RF (1779)93rd RF (1780)94th RF (1780)99th RF (Jamaica Regiment) ===American establishment=== • 1st American Regiment (formerly the Queen's Rangers) (1756–1783) • 2nd American Regiment (formerly the Volunteers of Ireland, placed on British establishment, in 1782, as 105th Regiment of Foot) (1778-1784) • 3rd American Regiment (formerly the New York Volunteers) (1776-1783) • 4th American Regiment (formerly the King's American Regiment, placed on British establishment, in 1782, possibly as the 110th Regiment of Foot) (1776-1783) • 5th American Regiment (formerly the British Legion, placed on British establishment, in 1782, as Tarleton's Dragoons) (1777-1782) ===His Majesty's Marine Forces=== • 1st Battalion • 2nd Battalion ==Loyalist units==
[[Loyalists fighting in the American Revolution|Loyalist units]]
===Provincial Corps=== • American Legion (1780–1783) • American Volunteers (1779–1780) • Armed Boat Company (1781–1783) • Black Company of Pioneers (also, known as the Black Pioneers, later merged into the Guides and Pioneers in 1778), (pioneers, another name for military construction engineers) (1777–1778) • British Legion (placed on American establishment in 1781 as 5th American Regiment) (1777–1778) • Bucks County Dragoons (absorbed by British Legion in 1780) (1778–1780) • Butler's Rangers (1777–1784) • Caledonian Volunteers (formed part of the British Legion in 1778) (1777–1778) • Campbell's Dragoons (South Carolina Dragoons) (1781) • Canadian Companies (1777–1783) • Claus' Rangers (1775–1783) • Collett's Independent Company (1777) • De Lancey's Brigade (1776–1783) • Detroit Volunteers (claimed descent from Roger's Rangers, later became 1st Battalion 119th Field Artillery Regiment, Michigan National Guard) (1778–1783) • Diemar's Troop of Black Hussars (also, known as Diemar's Hussars and Black Hussars), hussars, (light cavalry) (1779–1781) • Duke of Cumberland's Regiment (1781–1783) • Duchess County Company (1776–1777) • Emmerich's Chasseurs (chasseurs / light cavalry) (1777–1779) • Fenwick's Dragoons (South Carolina Dragoons) (1781) • Forshner's Independent Company (1780–1781) • Georgia Light Dragoons (there was also, a Local Volunteer Corps unit, of the same name) (1779–1781) • Georgia Loyalists (1779–1782) • Governor Wentworth's Volunteers (1777–1781) • Guides and Pioneers (absorbed the Black Company of Pioneers in 1778) (1778–1783) • Harkimer's Batteau Company (1780–1783) • Hierlihy's CorpsJames Island Light DragoonsKing's American DragoonsKing's American Regiment (placed on American establishment, in 1781, as 4th American Regiment, part of the regular, British Army) (1776–1783) • King's RangersKing's (Carolina) RangersKing's Orange RangersKing's Royal Regiment of New YorkKinloch's Light Dragoons (formed part of the British Legion in 1778) • Locke's Independent CompanyLoyal American Rangers (1780–1783) • Loyal American RegimentLoyal ForestersLoyal New EnglandersLoyal RangersLoyal Rhode IslandersMaryland Loyalists BattalionMcAlpin's Corps (also, known as McAlpin's Corps of Royalists, absorbed the American Volunteers, King’s Loyal Americans, Queen’s Loyal Rangers, and Adams' Rangers) • Nassau BluesNewfoundland Regiment (placed on British establishment in 1782) • New Hampshire VolunteersNew Jersey Volunteers (Skinner's Greens)Newport Artillery Company (Rhode Island) 1741 • New York Volunteers (placed on American establishment, as 3rd American Regiment in 1779) • North Carolina HighlandersNorth Carolina Independent CompanyNorth Carolina Independent DragoonsPennsylvania LoyalistsPhiladelphia Light Dragoons (formed part of the British Legion in 1778) • Prince of Wales's American VolunteersProvincial Light InfantryQueen's Rangers (placed on American establishment, in 1779, as 1st American Regiment, descended from Roger's Rangers) • Roman Catholic Volunteers (1777–1778) • Royal American ReformersRoyal Fencible AmericansRoyal Garrison Battalion (placed on British establishment in 178 • Royal Georgia VolunteersRoyal Highland Emigrants (placed on British establishment in 1779 as 84th Foot) • Royal Nova Scotia Volunteer RegimentSaint John's VolunteersStarkloff's Dragoons (South Carolina Dragoons) (1781) • South Carolina RangersSouth Carolina RoyalistsStewart's Troop of Light DragoonsVan Alstine's Batteau CompanyVolunteers of Ireland (absorbed the Roman Catholic Volunteers and New Jersey Volunteers and placed on American establishment, in 1779, as 2nd American Regiment, part of the regular, British Army) (1778–1782) • Volunteers of New EnglandWest Florida Royal ForestersWest Jersey Volunteers ===Local Volunteer Corps=== • Adams Company of Rangers (also, known as Adams' Rangers) (1777–1780) • Bay Fusiliers (also, known as Mosquito Shore Volunteers and Black River Volunteers) (1779–?) • Bucks County Volunteers (1778–1783) • Detroit Volunteers (1778–1783) • Dunlop's Corps (1780–1781) • East Florida Rangers (1776–1779) • East Florida Volunteers (1777–1780) • Ethiopian Regiment (1775–1776) • Georgia Light Dragoons (there was also, a Provincial Corps unit, of the same name) (1781–1782) • Georgia Rangers (1773–1776) • Georgia Rifle Dragoons (1779) • King's Dock Yard Volunteers (1780) • King's Loyal Americans (1776–1781) • Loyal Volunteers of the City of New York, under the command of Mayor David MathewsMackay's Corps (also, known as Mackay’s Corps of Royalists, Pfister's Corps of Royalists, and Leake's Corps of Royalists) (1777–1781) • Mayor's Independent Company of Volunteers of New York City under the command of Loyalist Mayor David Mathews • McAlpin's Corps of Royalists (also, known as McAlpin's Corps and American Volunteers) (1777–1781) • Mosquito Shore Volunteers (also, known as Bay Fusiliers and Black River Volunteers) (1779–?) • Natchez Volunteers (1781) • Negro Volunteers (1779) • Newfoundland Volunteers (1779–1980) • North Carolina Volunteers (1776) • Queen's Loyal Rangers (1777–1781) • Queen's Loyal Virginia Regiment (absorbed by Queen's Rangers in 1776) (1776–1783) • Queen's Royal Rangers (1775–1776) • Rattan and Black River Volunteers (1780–1781) • Royal Bateaux Volunteers (bateau|batteux) (1779–1781) • Royal Ethiopian Regiment (disbanded) (1775–1776) • Virginia Light Horse (1776) • Virginia Volunteers (1781) • Volunteers of Augusta (1781–1782) • West Florida Provincials (1778–1781) • West Florida Refugees (1777–1781) ===Associator and Refugee units=== • Associated Loyalists (1780–1782) • Black Brigade (Black Loyalists) (1779–1783) • Brant's Volunteers (1777–1779) • De Lancey's Refugees (1776–1783) • Hatfield's Company of Partisans (partisan irregulars) (1779–1782) • Hazard's Corps of Refugees (1780–1782) • James Stewart's Company of Refugees (1780–1781) • King's Militia Volunteers (1779–1780) • Loyal American Association (1775–1776) • Loyal Associated Refugees (1779) • Loyal Irish Volunteers (1775–1776) • Loyal Newport Associators (1777–1779) • Loyal Refugee Volunteers (1779–1782) • Maryland Royal Retaliators (1780–1781) • Pepperell's Corps (1779–?) • Robins Company of Partisans (partisan irregulars) (1780–1782?) • Royal North British Volunteers (1775–1776) • Sharp's Refugee Marines (marines - naval-based infantry force) (1779) • Uzal Ward's Company of Refugees (1780–1783) ===Militia units=== • Charleston Militia (1780–1782) • Charleston Volunteer Battalion (1780–1782) • Detroit Militia (1775–1784) • East Florida Militia (1776–1783) • Georgia Artillery (1781–1782) • Georgia Militia (1779–1782) • German Independent Company, (part of New York City Militia) (1776–?) • Independent Troop of Black Dragoons (also, known as Black Pioneer Troop) (1782) • Loyal Commissariat Volunteers (1779–1782) • Loyal Ordnance Volunteers (1780) • Loyal Volunteers of the City of New York (also, known as New York City Militia) (1776–1783) • Massachusetts Militia (1775–1783) • Massachusetts Volunteers (1777–1783) • McDonald's Company of Volunteers (1778) • Minorca Volunteer Company (part of East Florida Militia) (1777–?) • New Jersey Militia (1776–1777) • New York City Militia (1776–1783) • New York Independent Highland Volunteers (1776–1783) • New York Marine Artillery Company (1780–1783) • New York Militia (1776–1783) • New York Rangers (1776–1783) • North Carolina Militia (1781–1782) • Nova Scotia Militia (1775–1784) • Nova Scotia Volunteer Militia Regiment (1776–1781) • Quebec City Militia (1775–1783) • Quebec Militia (1775–1783) • Saint Johns County Volunteers (1781) • South Carolina Militia (1775–1782) • South Carolina Volunteers (1781–1782) • Westchester Chasseurs (chasseurs (light cavalry) (1777) • West Florida Militia (1778–1781) West Indian unitsBarbados MilitiaBarbadian Rangers (1781–1783) • Black Carolina CorpsGrenada Militia (1775–1779) • Jamaica Corps of Foot (also, known as the Jamaica Corps and Amherst’s Corps) (1781–1783) • Independent Companies (Jamaica)Jamaica Legion (absorbed by Jamaica Volunteers in 1780) (1780) • Jamaica Light Dragoons (1780–1781) • Jamaica Militia (1780–1781) • Jamaica Rangers (1779–1783) • Jamaica Volunteers (absorbed the Jamaica Legion, after 1780) (1779–1781) • Turks Island Company (1781–1783) ==German auxiliary units==
[[Hessian (soldier)|German auxiliary units]]
===Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst=== • Rauschenplatt's Princess of Anhalt-Zerbst's Regiment (2 battalions, 1 infantry in Quebec (1778), and 1 "Pandour" in New York (1780)) • Nuppenau's Jäger CompanyCompany of Artillery ===Margrave of Ansbach and Bayreuth=== • 1st Regiment Anspach (later Regiment von Volt; 1st Anspach Battalion) • 2nd Regiment Bayreuth (later Regiment Seybothen; 2nd Anspach Battalion) • Anspach Jäger Company ===Duchy of Brunswick=== • Dragoon Regiment Prinz Lüdwig ErnstGrenadier Battalion BreymannLight Infantry Battalion von BarnerMusketeer Regiment RiedeselMusketeer Regiment SpechtRegiment Prinz FriedrichRegiment von Rhetzvon Geyso's Jäger Company ===Electorate of Hanover=== • 1st Battalion von Reden1st Battalion von Hardenberg1st Battalion la Motte2nd Battalion Prinz Ernst von Mecklenburg2nd Battalion von Goldacker14th Regiment15th Regiment ===Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel)=== • Combined Regiment von LoosFusilier Regiment von DittfurthFusilier Regiment Erbprinz (later Musketeer Regiment (1780)) • Fusilier Regiment von KnyphausenFusilier Regiment von LossburgGrenadier Regiment von Rall (later von Wöllwarth (1777); von Trümbach (1779); d'Angelelli (1781)) • 1st Battalion Grenadiers von Linsing2nd Battalion Grenadiers von Block (later von Lengerke) • 3rd Battalion Grenadiers von Minnigerode (later von Loewenstein) • 4th Battalion Grenadiers von Koehler (later von Graff; von Platte) • Garrison Regiment von BünauGarrison Regiment von Huyne (later von Benning) • Garrison Regiment von Stein (later von Seitz; von Porbeck) • Garrison Regiment von Wissenbach (later von Knoblauch) • Jäger CorpsLeib Infantry RegimentMusketeer Regiment von DonopMusketeer Regiment von Trümbach (later Von Bose (1779)) • Musketeer Regiment von Mirbach (later Jung von Lossburg (1780)) • Musketeer Regiment Prinz CarlMusketeer Regiment von Wutginau (later Landgraf (1777)) ===County of Hesse-Hanau=== • Janecke's Frei Corps of Light InfantryMusketeer Regiment ErbprinzCreuzbourg's Jäger CorpsPausch's Company of Artillery ===Principality of Waldeck=== • 3rd Waldeck Regiment ==See also==
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