List of Regiments of Foot
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This is a list of Regiments of Foot of the British Army.
Numbered regiments replaced the previous 'system' by which most regiments followed the names of their colonels.
With modifications the numbers existed until 1881, when the concept of 'County' regiments was formalised.
- 1st Regiment of Foot (Royal Regiment of Foot)
- 2nd (The Queen's Royal) Regiment of Foot (Queen's Royal Regiment of Foot) — had never been named after its colonels having been
- The Tangier Regiment 1661–1686,
- The Queen's Regiment 1684–1686,
- The Queen Dowager's Regiment of Foot 1686–1703,
- The Queen's Royal Regiment of Foot 1703–1715,
- The Princess of Wales's Own Regiment of Foot 1715–1727 and
- The Queen's Own Regiment of Foot, 1727–1751
- 3rd Regiment of Foot alternatively called The Buffs Regiment of Foot (East Kent Regiment of Foot (The Buffs))
- The Holland Regiment 1665–1689,
- Prince George of Denmark's Regiment 1689–1708,
- known by its colonels' names 1708–1751
- 4th (The King's Own) Regiment of Foot (King's Own Regiment of Foot)
— never been named after its colonels having been- 2nd Tangier Regiment 1680–1684,
- The Duchess of York and Albany's Regiment of Foot 1684–1685,
- The Queen's Regiment of Foot 1685–1703,
- The Queen's Regiment of Marines 1703–1710,
- The Queen's Own Regiment of Foot 1710–1715 and
- The King's Own Regiment of Foot 1715–1751
- 5th Regiment of Foot (The Northumberland Regiment of Foot)
— briefly (1674–1675) The Irish Regiment otherwise known by its colonels' names - 6th Regiment of Foot (1st Royal Warwickshire Regiment of Foot)
- 7th (Royal Fusiliers) (Royal Fusiliers)
— having earlier been known as Our Royal Regiment of Fusiliers or Our Ordnance Regiment or by its colonels' names - 8th (The King's) Regiment of Foot (The King's Regiment of Foot)
— had never been named after its colonels having been- The Princess Anne of Denmark's Regiment of Foot 1685–1702,
- The Queen's Regiment of Foot 1702–1716,
- The King's Regiment of Foot, 1716–1751
- 9th Regiment of Foot (The East Norfolk Regiment of Foot)
- 10th Regiment of Foot (The North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot)
- 11th Regiment of Foot (The North Devonshire Regiment of Foot)
- 12th Regiment of Foot (The East Suffolk Regiment of Foot)
- 13th Regiment of Foot (1st Somersetshire Light Infantry Regiment of Foot)
- 14th Regiment of Foot (Bedfordshire Regiment of Foot/Buckinghamshire Regiment of Foot)
- 15th Regiment of Foot (The Yorkshire East Riding Regiment of Foot)
- 16th Regiment of Foot (Bedfordshire Regiment of Foot/The Buckinghamshire Regiment of Foot)
- 17th Regiment of Foot (The Leicestershire Regiment of Foot)
- 18th Regiment of Foot (The Royal Irish Regiment of Foot)
- 19th Regiment of Foot (1st North Yorkshire Riding Regiment of Foot)
- 20th Regiment of Foot (East Devonshire Regiment of Foot)
- 21st Regiment of Foot (Royal North British Fusiliers/Royal Scots Fusilers Regiment of Foot)
- 22nd Regiment of Foot (The Cheshire Regiment of Foot)
- 23rd Regiment of Foot (Royal Welch Fusiliers)
- 24th Regiment of Foot (2nd Warwickshire Regiment of Foot)
- 25th Regiment of Foot (Edinburgh Regiment of Foot/Sussex Regiment of Foot/King's Own Borderers Regiment of Foot)
- 26th Regiment of Foot (The Cameronian Regiment of Foot)
- 27th Regiment of Foot (Inniskilling Regiment of Foot)
- 28th Regiment of Foot (North Gloucestorshire Regiment of Foot)
- 29th Regiment of Foot (Worcestershire Regiment of Foot)
- 30th Regiment of Foot (Cambridgeshire Regiment of Foot)
- 31st Regiment of Foot (Huntingdonshire Regiment of Foot)
- 32nd Regiment of Foot (Cornwall Regiment of Foot)
- 33rd Regiment of Foot (1st Yorkshire West Riding Regiment of Foot)
- 34th Regiment of Foot (Cumberland Regiment of Foot)
- 35th Regiment of Foot (Dorsetshire Regiment of Foot/Sussex Regiment of Foot)
- 36th Regiment of Foot (Herefordshire Regiment of Foot)
- 37th Regiment of Foot (North Hampshire Regiment of Foot)
- 38th Regiment of Foot (1st Staffordshire Regiment of Foot)
- 39th Regiment of Foot (Dorsetshire Regiment of Foot/East Middlesex Regiment of Foot)
- 40th Regiment of Foot (2nd Somersetshire Regiment of Foot)
- 41st Regiment of Foot (Royal Invalids Regiment of Foot/Welsh Regiment of Foot)
- 42nd Regiment of Foot (Royal Highland Regiment of Foot)
- 43rd Regiment of Foot (Royal Highland Regiment of Foot/Monmouthshire Regiment of Foot)
- 44th Regiment of Foot (1st Marines/East Essex Regiment of Foot)
- 45th Regiment of Foot (2nd Marines/Nottinghamshire Regiment of Foot)
- 46th Regiment of Foot (3rd Marines/South Devonshire Regiment of Foot)
- 47th Regiment of Foot (4th Marines/Lancashire Regiment of Foot)
- 48th Regiment of Foot (5th Marines/Northamptonshire Regiment of Foot)
- 49th Regiment of Foot (6th Marines/Hertfordshire Regiment of Foot)
- 50th Regiment of Foot (7th Marines/American Provincials/The Queen's Own Regiment of Foot)
- 51st Regiment of Foot (8th Marines/2nd Yorkshire West Riding Regiment of Foot)
- 52nd Regiment of Foot (9th Marines/Oxfordshire Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry))
- 53rd Regiment of Foot (10th Marines/Shropshire Regiment of Foot)
- 54th Regiment of Foot (West Norfolk Regiment of Foot)
- 55th Regiment of Foot (Westmoreland Regiment of Foot)
- 56th Regiment of Foot (West Essex Regiment of Foot)
- 57th Regiment of Foot (West Middlesex Regiment of Foot)
- 58th Regiment of Foot (Rutlandshire Regiment of Foot)
- 59th Regiment of Foot (2nd Nottingham Regiment of Foot)
- 60th Regiment of Foot (Royal American Regiment of Foot/The King's Royal Rifle Corps Regiment of Foot)
- 61st Regiment of Foot (South Gloucestershire Regiment of Foot)
- 62nd Regiment of Foot (Royal American Regiment of Foot/Wiltshire Regiment of Foot)
- 63rd Regiment of Foot (West Suffolk Regiment of Foot)
- 64th Regiment of Foot (Loudon's Highlanders/2nd Staffordshire Regiment of Foot)
- 65th Regiment of Foot (2nd Yorkshire North Riding Regiment of Foot)
- 66th Regiment of Foot (Berkshire Regiment of Foot)
- 67th Regiment of Foot (South Hampshire Regiment of Foot)
- 68th Regiment of Foot (Durham Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry))
- 69th Regiment of Foot (South Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot)
- 70th Regiment of Foot (Glasgow Lowland Regiment of Foot/Surrey Regiment of Foot)
- 71st Regiment of Foot (Glasgow Highland Regiment of Foot)
- 72nd Regiment of Foot (Royal Manchester Volunteers/Duke of Albany's Own Regiment of Foot)
- 73rd Regiment of Foot (Highland Regiment of Foot/Perthshire Regiment of Foot)
- 74th Regiment of Foot (Argylshire Highlanders/Highland Regiment of Foot)
- 75th Regiment of Foot (Prince of Wales' Regiment)
- 76th Regiment of Foot (McDonnel's Highlanders/Hindoostan Regiment of Foot)
- 77th Regiment of Foot (Montgomerie's Highlanders/Atholl Highlanders/East Middlesex Regiment of Foot/Hindostan Regiment of Foot)
- 78th Regiment of Foot (Fraser's Highlanders/Seaforth Highlander Regiment)
- 79th Regiment of Foot (Royal Liverpool Volunteers/Highland-Cameronian Regiment of Foot)
- 80th Regiment of Foot (Royal Edinburgh Volunteers/Staffordshire Volunteers)
- 81st Regiment of Foot (Aberdeenshire Highland Regiment/Loyal Lincoln Volunteers Regiment of Foot)
- 82nd Regiment of Foot (Prince of Wales' Volunteers)
- 83rd Regiment of Foot (Royal Glasgow Volunteers/County of Dublin Regiment of Foot)
- 84th Regiment of Foot (Royal Highland Emigrants/York and Lancaster Regiment of Foot)
- 85th Regiment of Foot (Royal Volunteers/The King's Regiment of Light Infantry (Bucks Volunteers))
- 86th Regiment of Foot (Rutland Regiment/The Shropshire Volunteers Regiment of Foot/Leinster Regiment of Foot/Royal County Down Regiment of Foot)
- 87th Regiment of Foot (Keith's Highlanders/The Prince of Wales' Irish Regiment of Foot)
- 88th Regiment of Foot (The Connaught Rangers)
- 89th Regiment of Foot (The Princess Victoria's Regiment of Foot)
- 90th Regiment of Foot (Perthshire Volunteers (Light Infantry))
- 91st Regiment of Foot (Donegal Light Infantry/Argyllshire Regiment of Foot)
- 92nd Regiment of Foot (Gordon Highlanders Regiment of Foot)
- 93rd Regiment of Foot (Sutherland Highlanders Regiment of Foot)
- 94th Regiment of Foot (Royal Welsh Volunteers)
- 95th Regiment of Foot (95th Rifles/Derbyshire Regiment of Foot)
- 96th Regiment of Foot (Queen's Own Germans)
- 97th Regiment of Foot (Earl of Ulster's Regiment of Foot)
- 98th Regiment of Foot (Prince of Wales' Regiment of Foot)
- 99th Regiment of Foot (Lanarkshire Regiment of Foot)
- 100th Regiment of Foot (Prince of Wales' Royal Canadian Regiment of Foot)
- 101st Regiment of Foot (Royal Bengal Fusiliers)
- 102nd Regiment of Foot (Royal Madras Fusiliers)
- 103rd Regiment of Foot (Royal Bombay Fusiliers)
- 104th Regiment of Foot (Bengal Fusiliers)
- 105th Regiment of Foot (Madras Light Infantry)
- 106th Regiment of Foot (Bombay Light Infantry)
- 107th Regiment of Foot (Bengal Infantry)
- 108th Regiment of Foot (Madras Infantry)
- 109th Regiment of Foot (Bombay Infantry)
- 110th Regiment of Foot
- 111th Regiment of Foot
- 112th Regiment of Foot
- 113th Regiment of Foot
- 114th Regiment of Foot
- 115th Regiment of Foot
- 116th Regiment of Foot
- 117th Regiment of Foot
- 118th Regiment of Foot
- 119th Regiment of Foot
- 120th Regiment of Foot
- 121st Regiment of Foot
- 122nd Regiment of Foot
- 123rd Regiment of Foot
- 124th Regiment of Foot
- 125th Regiment of Foot
- 126th Regiment of Foot
- 127th Regiment of Foot
- 128th Regiment of Foot
- 129th Regiment of Foot
- 130th Regiment of Foot
- 131st Regiment of Foot
- 132nd Regiment of Foot
- 133rd Regiment of Foot
- 134th Regiment of Foot
- 135th Regiment of Foot