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A History of the British Army, Vol. 2 / First Part—to the Close of the Seven Years' War

Chapter 33: APPENDIX A
By Sir J. W. Fortescue
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The volume surveys the British Army's evolution between the early 18th century and the close of the Seven Years' War, balancing domestic politics, administrative reform, and military operations. It examines reductions and expansions of the establishment, controversies over purchase and discipline, the Secretary-at-War's influence, and reforms such as the establishment of artillery and Highland regiments. Campaign narratives range from colonial expeditions and Caribbean calamities to continental battles of the Austrian Succession and the suppression of the Jacobite rising, and extend to Anglo-French rivalry in India and North America, showing how political faction, logistical failings, and colonial needs shaped organization and performance.


APPENDIX A

TABLE of the Existing Regiments of the Army, showing their Former Numbers and Present Territorial Titles.

CAVALRY

1st Life Guards   
2nd Life Guards		 consisted first of four troops of Life Guards, to which two troops of Horse Grenadier Guards were added. In 1746 the two troops of Life Guards were disbanded, and the remainder organised into the present regiments in 1788.

Royal Horse Guards (The Blues). For some time ranked as the 1st Horse.

1st Dragoon Guards (King's). Originally the 2nd Horse; made 1st Dragoon Guards 1746.

2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays). Originally the 3rd Horse; made 2nd Dragoon Guards 1746.

3rd Dragoon Guards. Originally the 4th Horse; made 3rd Dragoon Guards 1746.

4th Dragoon Guards. Originally the 5th Horse; 1746 became 1st Irish Horse; 1788 became 4th Dragoon Guards.

5th Dragoon Guards. Originally the 6th Horse; 1746 became 2nd Irish Horse; 1788 5th Dragoon Guards.

6th Dragoon Guards (Carbiniers). Originally the 7th Horse; 1746 became 3rd Irish Horse; 1788 6th Dragoon Guards.

7th Dragoon Guards. Originally the 8th Horse; 1746 became 4th Irish Horse; 1788 7th Dragoon Guards.

1st (Royal) Dragoons. Still known as the "Royals."

2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys). Long the Royal North British Dragoons.

3rdHussars.Long the 3rd (King's Own) Dragoons.
4th"Long the 4th Dragoons.
5thLancers.Long the 5th (Royal Irish) Dragoons.
6th(Inniskilling) Dragoons.
7thHussars.Long the 7th (Queen's Own) Dragoons.
8th"Originally the8thDragoons.
9thLancers." "9th"
10thHussars." "10th"
11th"" "11th"
12thLancers." "12th"
13thHussars." "13th"
14th"" "14th"
15th"" "15thLight Dragoons.
16thLancers." "16th" "
17th"" "17th" "

The remaining regiments of cavalry that survive were raised at a period subsequent to the date at which these volumes close.

INFANTRY

Grenadier GuardsKnown as the 1st Guards till 1815.
Coldstream Guards.
Scots GuardsKnown as the 3rd Guards from 1713.

REGIMENTS OF THE LINE

NumbersTerritorial Titles
1stFoot.Royal Scots. Long known as the "Royals."
2nd"Royal West Surrey Regiment.
3rd"(Buffs). East Kent Regiment.
4th"Royal Lancashire Regiment.
5th"Northumberland Fusiliers.
6th"Royal Warwickshire Regiment.
7th"Royal Fusiliers.
8th"Liverpool Regiment.
9th"Norfolk Regiment.
10th"Lincolnshire Regiment.
11th"Devonshire Regiment.
12th"Suffolk Regiment.
13th"Somersetshire Light Infantry.
14th"West Yorkshire Regiment.
15th"East Yorkshire Regiment.
16th"Bedfordshire Regiment.
17th"Leicestershire Regiment.
18th"Royal Irish Regiment.
19th"Yorkshire Regiment.
20th"Lancashire Fusiliers.
21st"Royal Scots Fusiliers.
22nd"Cheshire Regiment.
23rd"Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
24th"South Wales Borderers.
25th"King's Own Scottish Borderers.
26th"1st Batt. Scottish Rifles (Cameronians).
27th"1st Batt. Inniskilling Fusiliers.
28th"1st Batt. Gloucestershire Regiment.
29th"1st Batt. Worcestershire Regiment.
30th"1st Batt. East Lancashire Regiment.
31st"1st Batt. East Surrey Regiment.
32nd"1st Batt. Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry.
33rd"1st Batt. West Riding Regiment.
34th"1st Batt. Border Regiment.
35th"1st Batt. Royal Sussex Regiment.
36th"2nd Batt. Worcestershire Regiment.
37th"1st Batt. Hampshire Regiment.
38th"1st Batt. South Staffordshire Regiment.
39th"1st Batt. Dorsetshire Regiment.
40thFoot.1st Batt. South Lancashire Regiment.
41st"1st Batt. Welsh Regiment.
42nd"1st Batt. Royal Highlanders (The Black Watch).
43rd"1st Batt. Oxfordshire Light Infantry.
44th"1st Batt. Essex Regiment.
45th"1st Batt. Derbyshire Regiment.
46th"2nd Batt. Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry.
47th"1st Batt. North Lancashire Regiment.
48th"1st Batt. Northamptonshire Regiment.
49th"1st Batt. Royal Berkshire Regiment.
50th"1st Batt. Royal West Kent Regiment.
51st"1st Batt. Yorkshire Light Infantry.
52nd"2nd Batt. Oxfordshire Light Infantry.
53rd"1st Batt. Shropshire Light Infantry.
54th"2nd Batt. Dorsetshire Regiment.
55th"2nd Batt. Border Regiment.
56th"2nd Batt. Essex Regiment.
57th"1st Batt. Middlesex Regiment.
58th"2nd Batt. Northamptonshire Regiment.
59th"2nd Batt. East Lancashire Regiment.
60th"King's Royal Rifle Corps.
61st"2nd Batt. Gloucestershire Regiment.
62nd"1st Batt. Wiltshire Regiment.
63rd"1st Batt. Manchester Regiment.
64th"1st Batt. North Staffordshire Regiment.
65th"1st Batt. York and Lancaster Regiment.
66th"2nd Batt. Royal Berkshire Regiment.
67th"2nd Batt. Hampshire Regiment.
68th"1st Batt. Durham Light Infantry.
69th"2nd Batt. Welsh Regiment.
70th"2nd Batt. East Surrey Regiment.
71st to 100th Foot were raised at a period subsequent to the date
at which these volumes close.
101stFoot.1st Batt. Munster Fusiliers.
102nd"1st Batt. Royal Dublin Fusiliers.
103rd"2nd Batt. " "
104th to 109th Foot and the Rifle Brigade were raised at a period
subsequent to the date at which these volumes close.