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British Army Regiment Nicknames - AWI

Sun Oct 15, 2006 4:08 pm

Below are listed the nicknames of the British regiments involved in the AWI. These nicknames were either given during or prior to the war. Reader will note that many well known nicknames associated with these regiments were given to them during the Napoleonic wars. An example of this is the 1st Rgt Foot Guards who are known as the Grenadier Guards. The name was given because of Waterloo. During the AWI, they were known as the Coalers. I have included the county designation or more formal name in (). Reader will note that there were a fair number of Slashers, Splashers, Springers and Snappers.

Regiment Nickname

1st Rgt Foot Guards "The Coalers"
In 1600's, Rgt officers had once hired men out to haul coal in order to raise money to refurbish officer's mess.

2nd Rgt Foot Guards "Coldstreamers"
Recruitment area in Scotland
"The Lilywhites"
Uniform facing colour

3rd Rgt Foot Guards (The King's Rgt; The King's Foot Guards; The Scots Guards or The Scotch Guards)

1st Foot (Royal) "Pontius Pilate's Bodyguards"
Combination of Rgt being oldest in the army together with the legend that Christ's tomb was guarded by Caledonian (Scottish) Legionaries at the crucifixion.

3rd Foot "The Buffs"
Uniform facing colour

4th Foot (The King's Own) "The Lions"
Rgt badge was a lion

5th Foot (Royal Northumberland Fusilliers) "The Shiners"
Rgt gave a smart appearance at an inspection in Ireland 1769.

6th Foot (1st Warwickshire) "The Dutch Guards"
Rgt was raised in 1674 for service in Holland. Nickname given to Rgt by William III when it accompanied him to England in 1688 during the Glorious Revolution.

7th Foot (Royal Fusilliers or the English Fusilliers) "The Elegant Extracts"
When originally raised, the officers came from many different regiments.
"The Hanoverian White Horse"
The Rgt badge was a white horse.

8th Foot (The King's Own) "The Leather Hats"
During AWI, Rgt wore civilian hats. Tradition continues to the present day.

9th Foot (East Norfolk) "Ligonier's"
Rgt Colonel's name

10th Foot (The North Lincolnshire) "The Yellow Bellies"
After the yellow bellied frog native to Lincolnshire.
"The Springers"
Used as light infantry during AWI.
"The Poachers"
Rgt march was an old ballad with this title.

13th Foot (1st Somersetshire) "Murray's"
Rgt Colonel's name

14th Foot (Bedfordshire) "Rossmore's"
Rgt Colonel's name

15th Foot (Yorkshire East Riding) "The Snappers"
During battle of Brandywine, Rgt ran short of ball. Remaining balls were given to the best shots, while others 'snapped' on powder charges only.

16th Foot "The Old Bucks"
From Buckinghamshire

17th Foot (Leicestershire) "The Lilywhites"
Uniform facing colour.

18th Foot (Royal Irish) "Paddy's Blackguards"
Originally an Irish Rgt.
"The Namurs"
Nic given in recognition of the Rgt's assault on Namur Castle on the 20th August, 1698.

19th Foot "The Green Howards"
Because their facing colours were green and their colonel was named Howard.

20th Foot (East Devonshire) "Kingsley's Stand"
In 1759 at battle of Minden, Rgt was ordered to the reserves due to heavy casualties. Rgt Colonel Kingsley disobeyed order stating, 'Kingsley's Rgt, at its own request, will resume its position in the line'.
"The Minden Boys"
In recognition of the Rgt's performance at the Battle of Minden.
"The Two Tens"
Roman numeral for Rgt number was shown as XX

21st Foot (Royal North British Fuzileers) "The Grey Breeks"
Rgt originally wore grey trousers. 'Breeks' is the Scottish word for trousers. One of the consequences of the failed Jacobite rebellion of 1745 was that Scotland lost its name. Scotland was renamed as North Britain.

22nd Foot (Cheshire) "The Two Twos"
Rgt number

23rd Foot (Royal Welch Fusilliers) "The Goat Boys" "The Nanny Goats"
Rgt mascot was a goat. Tradition has continued to the present day. The first time that the mascot ever went into battle was at Bunker Hill, 1775.
"Old Mindonians"
Rgt participated in the Battle of Minden, 1st August, 1759.

24th Foot "Howard's Greens"
To avoid confusion with 19th Rgt, who also had green facings and a colonel named Howard.

26th Foot "Cameronian"
Name of the original Rgt Colonel (Cameron).

27th Foot "Inniskilling"
Recruitment area in Scotland.

28th Foot (North Gloucestershire) "The Slashers"
At the battle of White Plains, the Rgt had to leave its muskets behind in order to climb a cliff. At the top they drove off the Americans with their short swords (bayonets).

29th Foot (Worcestershire) "Ever Sworded"
In 1749 a surprise attack by supposed friendly Indians led to an order that all officers must carry swords on or off duty. Tradition carries on to the present day (for officers who are on duty).
"Vein Openers"
Rgt involved in the Boston Massacre, thereby drawing first blood in the AWI.
"Two and a Hook"
Rgt number

30th Foot (Cambridgeshire) "Three Tens"
Rgt number in Roman numerals, XXX.

31st Foot (Huntingdonshire) "The Young Buffs"
George II mistook Rgt for the 3rd Rgt (The Buffs) at battle of Dettingen. Upon being corrected, he replied, 'Bravo, Young Buffs'.

33rd Foot (1st Yorkshire West Riding) "Havercake Lads"
Corruption of 'have a cake, lad' which was used by recruiting sergeants to tempt potential new recruits.
"The Pattern"
Rgt had a reputation for excellent discipline during AWI.

34th Foot (Cumberland) "Cavendish's"
Rgt Colonel's name

35th Foot (Royal Sussex) "Prince of Orange's Own" "The Orange Lilies"
William III (of Orange) gave Rgt their orange colourings.

37th Foot (North Hampshire) "Coote's"
Rgt Colonel's name

38th Foot (1st Staffordshire) "Pump and Tortoise"
Rgt was raised in 1705 and spent almost the first 60 years of its existence stationed in the West Indies where it became so depleted by climate & disease that it only went through the motions of being a regiment. A modern phrasing might be that the Rgt was "All Show (Pomp => Pump) and No Go (Tortoise)".

40th Foot (2nd Somersetshire) "The Excellers"
Rgt number in Roman numerals is XL.

42nd Foot (Black Watch) "Forty Twa"
Rgt number in Scots.

44th Foot (East Essex) "The Two Fours"
Rgt number

45th Foot (Nottinghamshire) "Haviland's"
Rgt Colonel's name

46th Foot (South Devonshire) "The Red Feathers"
Rgt involved in the Paoli 'Massacre' for which American troops swore revenge. Rgt accepted challenge, but dyed plumes red in order to avoid being confused with another Rgt.
"The Surprisers"
In reference to the action at Paoli where the American troops were attacked by surprise at night.
"The Lacedemonians"
Taken from a speech given by the Rgt Col just before Rgt went into action during the AWI, on the discipline of the Spartans, aka the Lacedemonians.

47th Foot (Lancashire) "The Cauliflowers"
White uniform facing
"Wolfe's Own"
Served under Wolfe at Quebec. Rgt added black lace to uniform in his memory.

48th Foot (Northamptonshire) "The Black Cuffs"
Uniform cuff colour.

49th Foot (Hertfordshire) "Maitland's"
Rgt Colonel's name

52nd Foot (Oxfordshire) "Clavering's"
Rgt colonel's name

53rd Foot (Shropshire) "The Old Five and Three Pennies"
Rgt number
"The Brickdusts"
Red uniform facing colour.

54th Rgt (West Norfolk) "The Flamers"
Burned 12 American privateers at New London, Connecticut, during the AWI.

55th Foot (West Moreland) "The Cattle Reavers"
Recruited from England Scotland border area. 'Cattle Reavers' are cattle thieves in Scots.

57th Foot (West Middlesex) "The Steelbacks"
Reputation as a flogging Rgt.

59th Foot (2nd Nottinghamshire) "The Lilywhites"
Uniform facing colour.

60th Foot "Royal Americans"
Loyalist (primarily German immigrants) recruiting.

62nd Foot (Wiltshire) "The Springers"
Used as light infantry in Canada 1776.
"The Splashers"
At the battle of Carrickfergus 1758, Rgt used their buttons when balls ran out. Afterwards, uniform buttons were worn 'splashed' or dented.
"The Moonrakers"
Nickname of the Wiltshire region with reference to the tradition of illegal alcohol production. The story was that men captured trying to fish liquor casks out of a pond with rakes claimed they knew nothing about the submerged kegs, but rather were trying to retrieve submerged cheese wheels while pointing to the reflection of the moon on the pond's surface.

63rd Foot (West Suffolk) "The Blood Suckers"
During the SYW, Rgt was stationed in Guadaloupe. Rgt badge was the Fleur-de-Lys which resembles the mosquito.

64th Foot (2nd Staffordshire) "The Black Knots"
Uniform facing and Rgt badge (black knot).

65th Foot (2nd Yorkshire West Riding) "Urmston's"
Rgt Colonel's name

69th Foot (South Lincolnshire) "The Ups and Downs"
Rgt number

70th Foot (Glasgow Lowland)
Recruitment city

71st Foot (Fraser's Highlanders)
Rgt Colonel's name.

74th Foot (Argyleshire Highlanders)
Recruitment area

76th Foot (McDonnell's Highlanders)
Rgt Colonel's name

79th Foot (Royal Liverpool Vol's) "Liverpool Blues"
Uniform facing colour.

80th Foot (Royal Edinburgh Vol's)
Recruitment city

82nd Foot "The Duke of Hamilton's"
Named after Rgt sponsor rather than Rgt Colonel.

83rd Foot (Royal Glasgow Vol's)
Recruitment city

84th Foot (Royal Highland Emigrants)
Rgt recruited from the discharged veterans of 1763 who had settled in British America.
"Young Highlanders"
Nickname of 2nd Battalion.

85th Foot (Westminster Vol's)
Recruitment City

86th (Rutland Vol's)
Recruitment area

87th Foot "The Faughs"
Rgt motto - 'Faugh-a-Ballagh' (Clear the Way).

88th Foot "Keating's"
Rgt Colonel's name.

89th Foot (Worcestershire Vol's)
Recruitment area

90th Foot (Yorkshire Vol's)
Recruitment area

91st Foot (Shropshire Vol's)
Recruitment area

92nd Foot "Stuart's"
Rgt Colonel's name

93rd Foot "McCormick's"
Rgt Colonel's name

94th Foot "Dundas'"
Rgt Colonel's name

97th Foot "Stanton's"
Rgt Colonel's name

98th Foot "Fullerton's"
Rgt Colonel's name

99th Foot (Jamaica Rgt)
Recruited from the Midlands for service in Jamaica.

105th Foot (Loyalist) "Volunteers of Ireland"
Originally, a Loyalist Rgt recruited from Irish immigrants in Philadelphia 1778.
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very interesting. I'm unsure if you are saying that some of these nicks are only contemporary to the Napoleonic era, or if all can legitimely be used during the BOA frame period.
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Pocus wrote:very interesting. I'm unsure if you are saying that some of these nicks are only contemporary to the Napoleonic era, or if all can legitimely be used during the BOA frame period.


Pocus,

All of the nicknames listed are contemporary for the BoA time period.
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good, expect to see them in the next patch then.
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http://www.regiments.org/regiments/index.htm
http://www.regiments.org/regiments/na-usa/lists/amprxref.htm

Le Ricain wrote:14th Foot ?

http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~garter1/14thfoot.htm
1688..... Colonel Sir Edward Hale's Regiment of Foot
1751..... 14th Regiment of Foot
1782..... 14th ( Bedfordshire) Regiment of Foot

Le Ricain wrote:17th Foot ?

http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/017Leics.htm
The Royal Leicestershire Regiment

Le Ricain wrote:37th Foot / 67th foot ?

http://www.pauljerrard.com
The Royal Hampshire Regiment
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Thanks to Moustic's excellent suggestion of web site and Pocus' interest, I have gone back and edited my original post. I have removed the references to the Napoleonic wars. I even discovered a new nickname (5th Foot - The Shiners) and made some corrections.

For regiments without a nickname, I have added (as per Moustic's site) the corresponding county name. These county names I have underlined. The problem is that affiliating regiments to particular counties was done in 1782; right at the end of the BoA time period. Before this, regiments would have been nicknamed after their respective colonels' names. I have added their colonels' names to the list. I would think that using the colonels' names or given nicknames would be more historic than county designations. However, the county names give a certain flavour.
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Thanks, I'm sure we can find a use of such interesting informations.
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Le Ricain wrote:I have removed the references to the Napoleonic wars...
...However, the county names give a certain flavour.


good idea and pretty work ! :coeurs:
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Tue Oct 17, 2006 4:17 pm

Great research fellas. If Pocus manages to incorporate even a few of these names into a future patch/update, it'll definitely add a little more to BOA's immersion.

Good stuff! :feu:

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I have updated the nickname list with entries for the 3rd Rgt Foot Guards.
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I have updated list with new county designations plus a new nickname for the 33rd Rgt.
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Ah this is great, Le Recain.
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GoldSpear wrote:Ah this is great, Le Recain.


Thanks for your comment. I am prepared for NCP...just need the game and forum site to list the nicks.
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I have found two new nicks for the 46th Rgt, which I have added to the above list.
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I have found nicks for the 23rd and 44th Rgt's which have been added above.
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Very intresting post i have noticed 1 correction but i may be wrong the coldstreamers were not Scottish they were a mixture of both english and scottish , Today the unit is all English no scottish in them.. Coldstream is a border town...

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Cleburne wrote:Very intresting post i have noticed 1 correction but i may be wrong the coldstreamers were not Scottish they were a mixture of both english and scottish , Today the unit is all English no scottish in them.. Coldstream is a border town...


You are correct in that Coldstream is a border town. However, the town lies on the north side of the river Tweed. England begins on the south side of the river.

However, thanks to your question, I found another nick...'the Lilywhites' which I have added to the Coldstreamers.
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you missed one, royal army supply corps, RASC aka run away someones coming !!! :niark: :niark:

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Le Ricain, great work.

I am doing some research for a what-if scenario if King George III had decided to send more regiments during the Revolutionary War to America. The king felt he would rather increase the strength of old regiments than raise new regiments. He stated that (raising new regiments would) “only perplex and totally annihilate all chances of completing the regular forces, which alone in time of need can be depended upon; particularly in England, the raising (of) new corps would be total destruction to the army.” Most new corps did not receive their “beating order” until 1777. Below you will find the regiment name, any nickname I have found for the period, where the regiment was at the onset of the war, when it was raised if it had been disbanded after the French and Indian War (Seven Years War), who was in charge of raising the regiment, and any know commanding officer.

Regiment Nickname Location
1st Regiment of Foot “The Royal Regiment” Mediterranean
2nd Regiment of Foot “Queens Royal” Tynmouth, London
3rd Regiment of Foot “The Buffs” Kent
4th Regiment of Foot “The Kings Own” West Indies
5th Regiment of Foot West Indies to NY
in 1777-8
6th Regiment of Foot West Indies to NY
in 1776
7th Regiment of Foot “Royal Fusiliers” Quebec to NYC 1776
8th Regiment of Foot “The Kings” Quebec Canada
9th Regiment of Foot Canada with
Burgoyne
10th Regiment of Foot “The Springers” Boston under the
command of
Francis Smith
11th Regiment of Foot Ireland
12th Regiment of Foot “The Old Dozen” Gibraltar
13th Regiment of Foot Plymouth, England
to West Indies in
1780-2
14th Regiment of Foot Virginia in 1775 from
the West Indies
15th Regiment of Foot “The Snappers” Arrived in Carolinas
with Clinton
16th Regiment of Foot “The Old Bucks” Florida (HQ in
Pensacola) moved
to NY in 1776
17th Regiment of Foot “Paddy’s Blackguards” Arrive Boston New
Years Day 1776
18th Regiment of Foot “Royal Irish” Boston
19th Regiment of Foot “Green Howards” Ireland to Arrive
Charleston 1781
20th Regiment of Foot “The Two Tens” Sent to Quebec in
April 1776
21st Regiment of Foot “Royal North British Fusiliers” Quebec with
Burgoyne
22nd Regiment of Foot Boston (involved in
Bunker Hill)
23rd Regiment of Foot “Royal Welch Fusiliers” Boston
24th Regiment of Foot Quebec with
Burgoyne
25th Regiment of Foot “Kings Own Scottish Borders”Minorca
26th Regiment of Foot “The Cameronians” April 1775 Montreal
to NY late 1776 or
1777
27th Regiment of Foot “Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers” Ireland to Boston
1775
28th Regiment of Foot “The Slashers” Charleston May
1776 to West
Indies 1778
29th Regiment of Foot “Vein Openers” Quebec under Lt
Col Thomas
Carleton
30th Regiment of Foot “Three Tens” “Three X’s” Cork, Ireland to
Carolina’s 1781
31st Regiment of Foot “Young Buffs” Quebec with
Burgoyne
32nd Regiment of Foot Cork, Ireland
33rd Regiment of Foot “The Havercake Lads” Carolina with
Clinton May 1776
34th Regiment of Foot Quebec with
Burgoyne
35th Regiment of Foot “Prince of Oranges Own” Boston 1775
36th Regiment of Foot “The Saucy Greens” Ireland
37th Regiment of Foot Arrived in Carolinas
1776; Lt. Col. Rbt
Abercrombie
38th Regiment of Foot Boston
39th Regiment of Foot “The Green Linnets” Gibraltar
40th Regiment of Foot “The Excellers” Boston 1775 to
West Indies 1778
Gen Wm Adlam
41st Regiment of Foot England; Jersey,
Channel Islands
42nd Regiment of Foot ”Black Watch” NY July 1776
43rd Regiment of Foot Boston July 1774
under Gen George
Carey
44th Regiment of Foot “The Two Fours” Boston July 1775
45th Regiment of Foot “Nottinghamshire Regiment” Boston July 1776 to
NY 1776 (For Howe)
46th Regiment of Foot “The Red Feathers” Carolina to NY 1776
(for Howe);
Sir Vaughn
47th Regiment of Foot “The Cauliflowers” Boston 1774 to Quebec with Burgoyne
48th Regiment of Foot West Indies 1773
49th Regiment of Foot Boston June 1775
to NY Spring 1776
(For Howe)
50th Regiment of Foot “The Queens Own” Jamaica 1772 to
NYC in 1776
51st Regiment of Foot Minorca
52nd Regiment of Foot Boston October
1774
53rd Regiment of Foot “Old Five and Three Pennies” Boston 1775 to
Quebec 1776
54th Regiment of Foot “The Flamers” Arrived in Carolinas
with Clinton
55th Regiment of Foot “The Cattle Reavers” Boston December
1775 to New York
1776
56th Regiment of Foot “The Pompadours” Gibraltar
57th Regiment of Foot “The Steelbacks” Arrived in Carolinas
with Clinton
58th Regiment of Foot “The Black Cuffs” Gibraltar
59th Regiment of Foot “The Lilywhites” Boston 1774
60th Regiment of Foot “Royal American” (4 Battalions) 2 in
W. Indies, 2 in
St. Augustine
61st Regiment of Foot Gooch’s Marines Boston 1774
62nd Regiment of Foot “The Splashers” Quebec May 1776
under Burgoyne
63rd Regiment of Foot Boston June 1775
64th Regiment of Foot “The Black Knots” Arrived in Boston
January 1769
65th Regiment of Foot Arrived in Boston
January 1769
66th Regiment of Foot Ireland, Lt. Gen.
Joseph Gabbett
67th Regiment of Foot Ireland
68th Regiment of Foot Ireland or West
Indies, Gen. John
Lambton
69th Regiment of Foot “The Ups and Downs” Gibraltar until
December 1775
then England
70th Regiment of Foot Nova Scotia
1778 - 82
71st Regiment of Foot “Frasier’s Highlanders” Formed 1775
(2 Batl) arrived NY
July 1776
72nd Regiment of Foot “Royal Manchester Volunteers” Channel Islands
1778 under Col.
Mawhood
73rd Regiment of Foot “MacLeod’s Highlanders” Raised by Lord
MacLeod (1st
Battalion 1777 and
the 2nd Battalion
raised 1778) served
in Gambia
74th Regiment of Foot “Argyll Highlanders” Raised December
1777 by Col. John
Campbell; 1,082
men strong arrive
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Fall 1778
75th Regiment of Foot “Prince of Wales” Formed in 1777,
Col. W. Picton
76th Regiment of Foot “Seven and Sixpence” or Raised 1777 by Lord
MacDonald (1082
men)
“MacDonald’s Highlanders” Sent to Jersey and
onto NY in August
1779;Lt. Col. John
Macdonnel (400
Light Dragoons)
77th Regiment of Foot “The Pot Hooks” Raised 1775 by
Duke of Atholl, Also
known as “Atholl Highlanders”, Col.
John Murry;
Stationed in Ireland
78th Regiment of Foot “Seaforth’s Highlanders” Raised 1778 by Earl
of Seaforth, Major
Alexander Mackenzie
79th Regiment of Foot “Liverpool Blues” Raised Late 1778 or
Early 1779, Sent to
Jamaica
80th Regiment of Foot “Royal Edinburgh Volunteers” Raised in 1778 by
Sir William Erskine
and sent to New
York in August 1779
Lt. Col. Dundas
81st Regiment of Foot “Aberdeenshire Highlanders” Raised 1778 under
the Hon. William
Gordon of Fyvie for
service in Ireland
82nd Regiment of Foot “The Duke of Hamilton’s” Raised in December
1777 by the Duke of
Hamilton for service
in North America,
Col. Francis Mclean
Arrived July 1779
Nova Scotia and
sent to NY in
August 1779
83rd Regiment of Foot “Royal Glasgow Volunteers” Formed in 1777
under Col. George
Scott; NY 1781
84th Regiment of Foot “Royal Highland Emigrants” Raised in 1777; 1st
Battalion Quebec,
2nd Battalion
Carolina’s and then
Virginia, Col. Allan
Maclean
85th Regiment of Foot “Royal Volunteers” Raised 1777 in
Westminster by
Lords Harrington
and Chesterfield;
served in Jamaica
86th Regiment of Foot “The Duke of Rutland’s” Raised West Indies
late 1779 under
Col. Anthony St.
Leger
87th Regiment of Foot “The Faughs” 1779 formed under
Viscount Chewton,
served in the
West Indies 1780 -
1782
88th Regiment of Foot “The Devils Own” Raised October
1779 under Col.
Thomas Keating
89th Regiment of Foot Formed in 1779
under Col. Lucius F.
Cary
90th Regiment of Foot Formed in October
1779 under Col.
Loftus Anthony
Tottenham and
served in the West
Indies
91st Regiment of Foot Raised in 1779
under Col. Dudley
Ackland, received
orders 1780 for
service in North
America
92nd Regiment of Foot “Donegal Light Infantry” Formed 1779 under
the Hon. James
Stuart, Ireland
93rd Regiment of Foot “Southerland Fencibles” 1779 formed under
Col. William
McCarmick
94th Regiment of Foot Raised in Essex in
1779 and sent to
Jamaica in 1780
95th Regiment of Foot 1780 formed under
Col. John Reid
96th Regiment of Foot “Queens Royal Irish Regiment” 1780 formed
under Col. Richard
Whyte
97th Regiment of Foot Raised 1780 under
Col. Samuel Stanton
98th Regiment of Foot Raised 1780 under
Col. William Fullarton

99th Regiment of Foot “Jamaica Regiment””The Nines” Raised 1780
under Maj Gen C.
Rainsford
100th Regiment of Foot Formed 1780 under
Col. Thomas Fredrick
Mackenzie
Humberstone

102nd Regiment of Foot Formed 1780 under
Col. William Rowley
Departed England
1781 for West Indies
103rd Regiment of Foot “Kings Irish Infantry” Formed 1780
104th Regiment of Foot Formed 1780
105th Regiment of Foot “Volunteers of Ireland” Raised in 1777 by
Lord Rawdon in
Philadelphia but,
not placed on the
establishment until
1781



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Le Ricain, great work!

I am doing some research for a what-if scenario if King George III had decided to send more regiments during the Revolutionary War to America. The king felt he would rather increase the strength of old regiments than raise new regiments. He stated that (raising new regiments would) “only perplex and totally annihilate all chances of completing the regular forces, which alone in time of need can be depended upon; particularly in England, the raising (of) new corps would be total destruction to the army.” Most new corps did not receive their “beating order” until 1777. Below you will find the regiment name, any nickname I have found for the period, where the regiment was at the onset of the war, when it was raised if it had been disbanded after the French and Indian War (Seven Years War), who was in charge of raising the regiment, and any know commanding officer.

Regiment Nickname Location
1st Regiment of Foot “The Royal Regiment” Mediterranean
2nd Regiment of Foot “Queens Royal” Tynmouth, London
3rd Regiment of Foot “The Buffs” Kent
4th Regiment of Foot “The Kings Own” West Indies
5th Regiment of Foot West Indies to NY in 1777-8
6th Regiment of Foot West Indies to NY in 1776
7th Regiment of Foot “Royal Fusiliers” Quebec to NYC 1776
8th Regiment of Foot “The Kings” Quebec Canada
9th Regiment of Foot Canada with Burgoyne
10th Regiment of Foot “The Springers” Boston under the command of Francis Smith
11th Regiment of Foot Ireland
12th Regiment of Foot “The Old Dozen” Gibraltar
13th Regiment of Foot Plymouth, England to West Indies in 1780-2
14th Regiment of Foot Virginia in 1775 from the West Indies
15th Regiment of Foot “The Snappers” Arrived in Carolinas with Clinton
16th Regiment of Foot “The Old Bucks” Florida (HQ in Pensacola) moved to NY in 1776
17th Regiment of Foot “Paddy’s Blackguards” Arrive Boston New Years Day 1776
18th Regiment of Foot “Royal Irish” Boston
19th Regiment of Foot “Green Howards” Ireland to Arrive Charleston 1781
20th Regiment of Foot “The Two Tens” Sent to Quebec in April 1776
21st Regiment of Foot “Royal North British Fusiliers” Quebec with Burgoyne
22nd Regiment of Foot Boston (involved in Bunker Hill)
23rd Regiment of Foot “Royal Welch Fusiliers” Boston
24th Regiment of Foot Quebec with Burgoyne
25th Regiment of Foot “Kings Own Scottish Borders” Minorca
26th Regiment of Foot “The Cameronians” April 1775 Montreal to NY late 1776 or 1777
27th Regiment of Foot “Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers” Ireland to Boston 1775
28th Regiment of Foot “The Slashers” Charleston May 1776 to West Indies 1778
29th Regiment of Foot “Vein Openers” Quebec under Lt Col Thomas Carleton
30th Regiment of Foot “Three Tens” “Three X’s” Cork, Ireland to Carolina’s 1781
31st Regiment of Foot “Young Buffs” Quebec with Burgoyne
32nd Regiment of Foot Cork, Ireland
33rd Regiment of Foot “The Havercake Lads” Carolina with Cornwallis May 1776
34th Regiment of Foot Quebec with Burgoyne
35th Regiment of Foot “Prince of Oranges Own” Boston 1775
36th Regiment of Foot “The Saucy Greens” Ireland
37th Regiment of Foot Arrived in Carolinas ‘76 Lt. Col. Rbt Abercrombie
38th Regiment of Foot Boston
39th Regiment of Foot “The Green Linnets” Gibraltar
40th Regiment of Foot “The Excellers” Boston 1775 to W. Indies 1778 Gen Wm Adlam
41st Regiment of Foot England; Jersey, Channel Islands
42nd Regiment of Foot ”Black Watch” NY July 1776
43rd Regiment of Foot Boston July 1774 under Gen George Carey
44th Regiment of Foot “The Two Fours” Boston July 1775
45th Regiment of Foot “Nottinghamshire Regiment” Boston July 1776 to NY 1776 (For Howe)
46th Regiment of Foot “The Red Feathers” Carolina to NY 1776 (for Howe) Sir Vaughn
47th Regiment of Foot “The Cauliflowers” Boston 1774 to Quebec with Burgoyne
48th Regiment of Foot West Indies 1773
49th Regiment of Foot Boston June 1775 to NY Spring 1776 (For Howe)
50th Regiment of Foot “The Queens Own” Jamaica 1772 to NYC in 1776
51st Regiment of Foot Minorca
52nd Regiment of Foot Boston October 1774
53rd Regiment of Foot “Old Five and Three Pennies” Boston 1775 to Quebec 1776
54th Regiment of Foot “The Flamers” Arrived in Carolinas with Clinton
55th Regiment of Foot “The Cattle Reavers” Boston December 1775 to New York 1776
56th Regiment of Foot “The Pompadours” Gibraltar
57th Regiment of Foot “The Steelbacks” Arrived in Carolinas with Clinton
58th Regiment of Foot “The Black Cuffs” Gibraltar
59th Regiment of Foot “The Lilywhites” Boston 1774
60th Regiment of Foot “Royal American” (4 Battalions) 2 in W. Indies, 2 in St. Augustine
61st Regiment of Foot Gooch’s Marines Boston 1774
62nd Regiment of Foot “The Splashers” Quebec May 1776 under Burgoyne
63rd Regiment of Foot Boston June 1775
64th Regiment of Foot “The Black Knots” Arrived in Boston January 1769
65th Regiment of Foot Arrived in Boston January 1769
66th Regiment of Foot Ireland, Lt. Gen. Joseph Gabbett
67th Regiment of Foot Ireland
68th Regiment of Foot Ireland or West Indies, Gen. John Lambton
69th Regiment of Foot “The Ups and Downs” Gibraltar until December 1775 then England
70th Regiment of Foot Nova Scotia 1778 - 82
71st Regiment of Foot “Frasier’s Highlanders” Formed 1775 (2 Batl) arrived NY July 1776
72nd Regiment of Foot “Royal Manchester Volunteers” Channel Islands 1778 under Col. Mawhood
73rd Regiment of Foot “MacLeod’s Highlanders” Raised by Lord MacLeod (1st Battalion 1777 and the
2nd Battalion raised 1778) served in Gambia
74th Regiment of Foot “Argyll Highlanders” Raised December 1777 by Col. John Campbell 1,082
men strong arrive Halifax, Nova Scotia Fall 1778
75th Regiment of Foot “Prince of Wales” Formed in 1777, Col. W. Picton
76th Regiment of Foot “Seven and Sixpence” or Raised 1777 by Lord MacDonald (1082 men)
“MacDonald’s Highlanders” Sent to Jersey and onto NY in August 1779
Lt. Col. John Macdonnel (400 Light Dragoons)
77th Regiment of Foot “The Pot Hooks” Raised 1775 by Duke of Atholl, Also known as “Atholl
Highlanders”, Col. John Murry, Stationed in Ireland
78th Regiment of Foot “Seaforth’s Highlanders” Raised 1778 by Earl of Seaforth, Major Alexander
Mackenzie
79th Regiment of Foot “Liverpool Blues” Raised Late 1778 or Early 1779, Sent to Jamaica
80th Regiment of Foot “Royal Edinburgh Volunteers” Raised in 1778 by Sir William Erskine and sent to
New York in August 1779, Lt. Col. Dundas
81st Regiment of Foot “Aberdeenshire Highlanders” Raised 1778 under the Hon. William Gordon of Fyvie
for service in Ireland
82nd Regiment of Foot “The Duke of Hamilton’s” Raised in December 1777 by the Duke of Hamilton
for service in North America, Col. Francis Mclean
Arrived July 1779 Nova Scotia and sent to NY in
August 1779
83rd Regiment of Foot “Royal Glasgow Volunteers” Formed in 1777 under Col. George Scott; NY 1781
84th Regiment of Foot “Royal Highland Emigrants” Raised in 1777; 1st Battalion Quebec, 2nd Battalion
Carolina’s and then Virginia, Col. Allan Maclean
85th Regiment of Foot “Royal Volunteers” Raised 1777 in Westminster by Lords Harrington and
Chesterfield and served in Jamaica
86th Regiment of Foot “The Duke of Rutland’s” Raised West Indies late 1779 under Col. Anthony St.
Leger
87th Regiment of Foot “The Faughs” 1779 formed under Viscount Chewton, served in the
West Indies 1780 - 1782
88th Regiment of Foot “The Devils Own” Raised October 1779 under Col. Thomas Keating
89th Regiment of Foot Formed in 1779 under Col. Lucius F. Cary
90th Regiment of Foot Formed in October 1779 under Col. Loftus Anthony
Tottenham and served in the West Indies
91st Regiment of Foot Raised in 1779 under Col. Dudley Ackland, received
orders 1780 for service in North America
92nd Regiment of Foot “Donegal Light Infantry” Formed 1779 under the Hon. James Stuart, Ireland
93rd Regiment of Foot “Southerland Fencibles” 1779 formed under Col. William McCarmick
94th Regiment of Foot Raised in Essex in 1779 and sent to Jamaica in 1780
95th Regiment of Foot 1780 formed under Col. John Reid
96th Regiment of Foot “Queens Royal Irish Regiment” 1780 formed under Col. Richard Whyte
97th Regiment of Foot Raised 1780 under Col. Samuel Stanton
98th Regiment of Foot Raised 1780 under Col. William Fullarton
99th Regiment of Foot “Jamaica Regiment””The Nines” Raised 1780 under Maj Gen C. Rainsford
100th Regiment of Foot Formed 1780 under Col. Thomas Fredrick Mackenzie
Humberstone

102nd Regiment of Foot Formed 1780 under Col. William Rowley Departed
England 1781 for West Indies
103rd Regiment of Foot “Kings Irish Infantry” Formed 1780
104th Regiment of Foot Formed 1780
105th Regiment of Foot “Volunteers of Ireland” Raised in 1777 by Lord Rawdon in Philadelphia but,
not placed on the establishment until 1781

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Le Ricain great work!

I am doing some research for a what-if scenario. What if King George III had decided to send more regiments, during the Revolutionary War, to America? The king felt he would rather increase the strength of old regiments than raise new regiments. He stated that (raising new regiments would) “only perplex and totally annihilate all chances of completing the regular forces, which alone in time of need can be depended upon; particularly in England, the raising (of) new corps would be total destruction to the army.” Most new corps did not receive their “beating order” until 1777. Below you will find the regiment name, any nickname I have found for the period, where the regiment was at the onset of the war, when it was raised if it had been disbanded after the French and Indian War (Seven Years War), who was in charge of raising the regiment, and any know commanding officer.

Regiment [color="Wheat"]...................... [/color] Nickname [color="Wheat"].........................[/color] Location
1st Regiment of Foot “The Royal Regiment” [color="Wheat"]...............[/color]Mediterranean

2nd Regiment of Foot “Queens Royal” [color="Wheat"]......................[/color]Tynmouth, London

3rd Regiment of Foot “The Buffs” [color="Wheat"]............................[/color]Kent

4th Regiment of Foot “The Kings Own” [color="Wheat"].....................[/color]West Indies

5th Regiment of Foot [color="Wheat"]............................................[/color]West Indies to NY in 1777-8

6th Regiment of Foot [color="Wheat"]............................................[/color]West Indies to NY in 1776

7th Regiment of Foot “Royal Fusiliers” [color="Wheat"]......................[/color]Quebec to NYC 1776

8th Regiment of Foot “The Kings” [color="Wheat"]............................[/color]Quebec Canada

9th Regiment of Foot [color="Wheat"]............................................[/color]Canada with Burgoyne

10th Regiment of Foot “The Springers” [color="Wheat"].....................[/color]Boston under the command of Francis Smith

11th Regiment of Foot [color="Wheat"]...........................................[/color]Ireland

12th Regiment of Foot “The Old Dozen” [color="Wheat"]....................[/color]Gibraltar

13th Regiment of Foot [color="Wheat"]...........................................[/color]Plymouth, England to West Indies in 1780-2

14th Regiment of Foot [color="Wheat"]...........................................[/color]Virginia in 1775 from the West Indies

15th Regiment of Foot “The Snappers” [color="Wheat"].....................[/color]Arrived in Carolinas with Clinton

16th Regiment of Foot “The Old Bucks” [color="Wheat"].....................[/color]Florida (HQ in Pensacola) moved to NY in 1776

17th Regiment of Foot “Paddy’s Blackguards” [color="Wheat"].............[/color]Arrived Boston New Years Day 1776

18th Regiment of Foot “Royal Irish” [color="Wheat"]..........................[/color]Boston

19th Regiment of Foot “Green Howards” [color="Wheat"]....................[/color]Ireland to Arrive Charleston 1781

20th Regiment of Foot “The Two Tens” [color="Wheat"].....................[/color]Sent to Quebec in April 1776

21st Regiment of Foot “Royal North British Fusiliers” [color="Wheat"].....[/color]Quebec with Burgoyne

22nd Regiment of Foot [color="Wheat"]...........................................[/color]Boston (involved in Bunker Hill)

23rd Regiment of Foot “Royal Welch Fusiliers” [color="Wheat"].............[/color]Boston

24th Regiment of Foot [color="Wheat"]...........................................[/color]Quebec with Burgoyne

25th Regiment of Foot “Kings Own Scottish Borders” [color="Wheat"]....[/color]Minorca

26th Regiment of Foot “The Cameronians” [color="Wheat"]..................[/color]April 1775 Montreal to NY late 1776 or 1777

27th Regiment of Foot “Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers” [color="Wheat"]........[/color]Ireland to Boston 1775

28th Regiment of Foot “The Slashers” [color="Wheat"].......................[/color]Charleston May 1776 to West Indies 1778

29th Regiment of Foot “Vein Openers” [color="Wheat"].......................[/color]Quebec under Lt Col Thomas Carleton

30th Regiment of Foot “Three Tens” “Three X’s” [color="Wheat"]..........[/color]Cork, Ireland to Carolina’s 1781

31st Regiment of Foot “Young Buffs” [color="Wheat"].........................[/color]Quebec with Burgoyne

32nd Regiment of Foot [color="wheat"]............................................[/color]Cork, Ireland

33rd Regiment of Foot “The Havercake Lads” [color="Wheat"]..............[/color]Carolina with Cornwallis May 1776

34th Regiment of Foot [color="Wheat"]............................................[/color]Quebec with Burgoyne

35th Regiment of Foot “Prince of Oranges Own” [color="Wheat"]...........[/color]Boston 1775

36th Regiment of Foot “The Saucy Greens” [color="wheat"].................[/color]Ireland

37th Regiment of Foot [color="Wheat"]............................................[/color]Arrived in Carolinas ‘76 Lt. Col. Rbt Abercrombie

38th Regiment of Foot [color="wheat"]............................................[/color]Boston

39th Regiment of Foot “The Green Linnets” [color="Wheat"].................[/color]Gibraltar

40th Regiment of Foot “The Excellers” [color="Wheat"].......................[/color]Boston 1775 to W. Indies 1778 Gen Wm Adlam

41st Regiment of Foot [color="wheat"]............................................[/color]England; Jersey, Channel Islands

42nd Regiment of Foot ”Black Watch” [color="Wheat"].......................[/color]NY July 1776

43rd Regiment of Foot [color="Wheat"]............................................[/color]Boston July 1774 under Gen George Carey

44th Regiment of Foot “The Two Fours” [color="wheat"]....................[/color]Boston July 1775

45th Regiment of Foot “Nottinghamshire Regiment” [color="Wheat"]......[/color]Boston July 1776 to NY 1776 (For Howe)

46th Regiment of Foot “The Red Feathers” [color="Wheat"].................[/color]Carolina to NY 1776 (for Howe) Sir Vaughn

47th Regiment of Foot “The Cauliflowers” [color="Wheat"]....................[/color]Boston 1774 to Quebec with Burgoyne

48th Regiment of Foot [color="Wheat"]............................................[/color]West Indies 1773

49th Regiment of Foot [color="wheat"]............................................[/color]Boston June 1775 to NY Spring 1776 (For Howe)

50th Regiment of Foot “The Queens Own” [color="Wheat"]..................[/color]Jamaica 1772 to NYC in 1776

51st Regiment of Foot [color="wheat"]............................................[/color]Minorca

52nd Regiment of Foot [color="wheat"]............................................[/color]Boston October 1774

53rd Regiment of Foot “Old Five and Three Pennies” [color="Wheat"].....[/color]Boston 1775 to Quebec 1776

54th Regiment of Foot “The Flamers” [color="Wheat"].........................[/color]Arrived in Carolinas with Clinton

55th Regiment of Foot “The Cattle Reavers” [color="Wheat"]................[/color]Boston December 1775 to New York 1776

56th Regiment of Foot “The Pompadours” [color="Wheat"]....................[/color]Gibraltar

57th Regiment of Foot “The Steelbacks” [color="wheat"].....................[/color]Arrived in Carolinas with Clinton

58th Regiment of Foot “The Black Cuffs” [color="Wheat"].....................[/color]Gibraltar

59th Regiment of Foot “The Lilywhites” [color="Wheat"]......................[/color]Boston 1774

60th Regiment of Foot “Royal American” [color="Wheat"]....................[/color](4 Battalions) 2 in W. Indies, 2 in St. Augustine

61st Regiment of Foot Gooch’s Marines [color="Wheat"]......................[/color]Boston 1774

62nd Regiment of Foot “The Splashers” [color="Wheat"].....................[/color]Quebec May 1776 under Burgoyne

63rd Regiment of Foot [color="Wheat"]............................................[/color]Boston June 1775

64th Regiment of Foot “The Black Knots” [color="wheat"]...................[/color]Arrived in Boston January 1769

65th Regiment of Foot [color="Wheat"]............................................[/color]Arrived in Boston January 1769

66th Regiment of Foot [color="wheat"]............................................[/color]Ireland, Lt. Gen. Joseph Gabbett

67th Regiment of Foot [color="wheat"]............................................[/color]Ireland

68th Regiment of Foot [color="wheat"]............................................[/color]Ireland or West Indies, Gen. John Lambton

69th Regiment of Foot “The Ups and Downs” [color="Wheat"]..............[/color]Gibraltar until December 1775 then England

70th Regiment of Foot [color="wheat"]............................................[/color]Nova Scotia 1778 - 82

71st Regiment of Foot “Frasier’s Highlanders” [color="Wheat"]..............[/color]Formed 1775 (2 Batl) arrived NY July 1776

72nd Regiment of Foot “Royal Manchester Volunteers” [color="Wheat"]..[/color]Channel Islands 1778 under Col. Mawhood

73rd Regiment of Foot “MacLeod’s Highlanders” [color="Wheat"]............[/color]Raised by Lord MacLeod (1st Battalion 1777 and the
[color="Wheat"].............................................................................[/color]2nd Battalion raised 1778) served in Gambia

74th Regiment of Foot “Argyll Highlanders” [color="Wheat"]..................[/color]Raised December 1777 by Col. John Campbell 1,082
[color="wheat"].............................................................................[/color]men strong arrive Halifax, Nova Scotia Fall 1778

75th Regiment of Foot “Prince of Wales” [color="Wheat"].....................[/color]Formed in 1777, Col. W. Picton

76th Regiment of Foot “Seven and Sixpence” or [color="Wheat"]...........[/color]Raised 1777 by Lord MacDonald (1082 men)
[color="Wheat"].................................[/color]“MacDonald’s Highlanders” [color="Wheat"].........[/color]Sent to Jersey and onto NY in August 1779
[color="Wheat"].............................................................................[/color]Lt. Col. John Macdonnel (400 Light Dragoons)

77th Regiment of Foot “The Pot Hooks” [color="Wheat"]......................[/color]Raised 1775 by Duke of Atholl, Also known as “Atholl
[color="Wheat"].............................................................................[/color]Highlanders”, Col. John Murry, Stationed in Ireland

78th Regiment of Foot “Seaforth’s Highlanders” [color="Wheat"]............[/color]Raised 1778 by Earl of Seaforth, Major Alexander Mackenzie

79th Regiment of Foot “Liverpool Blues” [color="Wheat"]......................[/color]Raised Late 1778 or Early 1779, Sent to Jamaica

80th Regiment of Foot “Royal Edinburgh Volunteers” [color="Wheat"]......[/color]Raised in 1778 by Sir William Erskine and sent to
[color="Wheat"].............................................................................[/color]New York in August 1779, Lt. Col. Dundas

81st Regiment of Foot “Aberdeenshire Highlanders” [color="wheat"].......[/color]Raised 1778 under the Hon. William Gordon of Fyvie
[color="wheat"].............................................................................[/color]for service in Ireland

82nd Regiment of Foot “The Duke of Hamilton’s” [color="Wheat"]..........[/color]Raised in December 1777 by the Duke of Hamilton
[color="Wheat"]............................................................................[/color]for service in North America, Col. Francis Mclean Arrived
[color="Wheat"]............................................................................[/color]July 1779 Nova Scotia and sent to NY in August 1779

83rd Regiment of Foot “Royal Glasgow Volunteers” [color="Wheat"].......[/color]Formed in 1777 under Col. George Scott; NY 1781

84th Regiment of Foot “Royal Highland Emigrants” [color="Wheat"]........[/color]Raised in 1777; 1st Battalion Quebec, 2nd Battalion
[color="Wheat"]............................................................................[/color]Carolina’s and then Virginia, Col. Allan Maclean

85th Regiment of Foot “Royal Volunteers” [color="Wheat"]...................[/color]Raised 1777 in Westminster by Lords Harrington and
[color="Wheat"].............................................................................[/color]Chesterfield and served in Jamaica

86th Regiment of Foot “The Duke of Rutland’s” [color="Wheat"]............[/color]Raised West Indies late 1779 under Col. Anthony St. Leger

87th Regiment of Foot “The Faughs” [color="Wheat"].........................[/color]1779 formed under Viscount Chewton, served in the
[color="Wheat"]............................................................................[/color]West Indies 1780 - 1782

88th Regiment of Foot “The Devils Own” [color="wheat"]....................[/color]Raised October 1779 under Col. Thomas Keating

89th Regiment of Foot [color="Wheat"]............................................[/color]Formed in 1779 under Col. Lucius F. Cary

90th Regiment of Foot [color="Wheat"]............................................[/color]Formed in October 1779 under Col. Loftus Anthony
[color="Wheat"]............................................................................[/color]Tottenham and served in the West Indies

91st Regiment of Foot [color="wheat"]............................................[/color]Raised in 1779 under Col. Dudley Ackland, received
[color="Wheat"]............................................................................[/color]orders 1780 for service in North America

92nd Regiment of Foot “Donegal Light Infantry” [color="wheat"]...........[/color]Formed 1779 under the Hon. James Stuart, Ireland

93rd Regiment of Foot “Southerland Fencibles” [color="Wheat"]...........[/color]1779 formed under Col. William McCarmick

94th Regiment of Foot [color="Wheat"]............................................[/color]Raised in Essex in 1779 and sent to Jamaica in 1780

95th Regiment of Foot [color="wheat"]............................................[/color]1780 formed under Col. John Reid

96th Regiment of Foot “Queens Royal Irish Regiment” [color="wheat"]...[/color]1780 formed under Col. Richard Whyte

97th Regiment of Foot [color="Wheat"]............................................[/color]Raised 1780 under Col. Samuel Stanton

98th Regiment of Foot [color="wheat"]............................................[/color]Raised 1780 under Col. William Fullarton

99th Regiment of Foot “Jamaica Regiment””The Nines” [color="wheat"]..[/color]Raised 1780 under Maj Gen C. Rainsford

100th Regiment of Foot [color="Wheat"]..........................................[/color]Formed 1780 under Col. Thomas Fredrick Mackenzie Humberstone

102nd Regiment of Foot [color="wheat"]..........................................[/color]Formed 1780 under Col. William Rowley Departed England 1781 for West Indies

103rd Regiment of Foot “Kings Irish Infantry” [color="Wheat"]..............[/color]Formed 1780

104th Regiment of Foot [color="wheat"]..........................................[/color]Formed 1780

105th Regiment of Foot “Volunteers of Ireland” [color="Wheat"]...........[/color]Raised in 1777 by Lord Rawdon in Philadelphia but,
[color="Wheat"]............................................................................[/color]not placed on the establishment until 1781


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A most excellent list. I thought that my list was pretty good, but your list is, of course, more complete. I do have somewhere additional nicks of regiments that did not serve in North America during the AWI. I could try and dig those out for you, if you are interested.

I have always liked the 81st, which would have been my local regiment at the time. However, it did not survive the war.
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I have discovered two new nicknames which I have added to the list for the 7th and the 23rd Regiments.
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I have discovered a new nickname for the 20th Regiment.
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Nicknames of British Units during the Napoleonic Wars

http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/c_nickname.html


Some of the names are previous to the napoleonics wars, so they me be useful for you


12th Foot
The Old Twelfth
1700s
Number of Regiment

The Old Dozen
1700s
Number of Regiment


36th Foot
The Grasshoppers
1700s/1800s
Facing color was grass green



Some pages of The handbook of British regiments are available at google books, nicknames included in the details

http://books.google.es/books?id=CNcNAAAAQAAJ&dq=%2265th+Regiment%22+foot&lr=&as_brr=0&as_pt=ALLTYPES&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0



A History of the British Army by John William Fortescue, Vol. 3 (1763-1793)

http://www.archive.org/details/historyofbritish03fortuoft



The Organization of the British Army in the American Revolution by Edward Curtis

http://www.americanrevolution.org/britisharmy.html

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Thanks for the links. I will take a look at them.
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I have discovered additional references and have added above the nicknames for the 6th Rgt, 18th Rgt, 22nd Rgt, 35th Rgt, 38th Rgt, 48th Rgt and the 63rd Rgt.
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I have added additional nicknames for the 7th, 10th, 17th, 23rd, 53rd and 62nd Regiments.
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i couldnt find the name from 6th to 62th..
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smithlanger wrote:i couldnt find the name from 6th to 62th..


They were added to the very first post above.
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