British Regiments - 1881
The Queen has been pleased to approve of the a number of changes in the designation of Regiments of Infantry of the Line which took effect on and after 01 July 1881.
| Old | New |
|---|---|
| 1st The Royal Scots Regiment | The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) |
| 2nd Queen's Royal | The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) |
| 3rd East Kent (The Buffs) | The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) |
| 4th King's Own Royal | The King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) |
| 5th (Northumberland) Fusiliers | The Northumberland Fusiliers |
| 6th Royal First Warwickshire | The Royal Warwickshire Regiment |
| 7th Royal Fusiliers | The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) |
| 8th The King's | The King's (Liverpool Regiment) |
| 9th East Norfolk | The Norfolk Regiment |
| 10th North Lincoln | The Lincolnshire Regiment |
| 11th North Devon | The Devonshire Regiment |
| 12th East Suffolk | The Suffolk Regiment |
| 13th (1st Somersetshire) Prince Albert's Light Infantry | Prince Albert's Light Infantry (Somersetshire Regiment) |
| 14th (Buckinghamshire) Prince of Wales's Own | The Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) |
| 15th York, East Riding | The East Yorkshire Regiment |
| 16th Bedfordshire | The Bedfordshire Regiment |
| 17th Leicestershire | The Leicestershire Regiment |
| 18th The Royal Irish | The Royal Irish Regiment |
| 19th (1st York, North Riding) Princess of Wales's Own | The Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment) |
| 20th East Devonshire | The Lancashire Fusiliers |
| 21st Royal Scots Fusiliers | The Royal Scots Fusiliers |
| 22nd Cheshire | The Cheshire Regiment |
| 23rd Royal Welsh Fusiliers | The Royal Welsh Fusiliers |
| 24th 2nd Warwickshire | The South Wales Borderers |
| 25th King's Own Borderers | The King's Own Borderers |
| 26th Cameronians | 1st Battalion of The Cameronians (Scotch Rifles) |
| 27th Inniskilling | 1st Battalion of The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers |
| 28th North Gloucestershire | 1st Battalion of The Gloucestershire Regiment |
| 29th Worcestershire | 1st Battalion of The East Lancashire Regiment |
| 30th Cambridgeshire | 1st Battalion of The East Lancashire Regiment |
| 31st Huntingdonshire | 1st Battalion of The East Surrey Regiment |
| 32nd Cornwall Light Infantry | 1st Battalion of The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry |
| 33rd Duke of Wellington's Regiment | 1st Battalion of The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding, Regiment) |
| 34th Cumberland | 1st Battalion of The Border Regiment |
| 35th Royal Sussex | 1st Battalion of The Royal Sussex Regiment |
| 36th Herefordshire | 2nd Battalion of The Worcestershire Regiment |
| 37th North Hampshire | 1st Battalion of The Hampshire Regiment |
| 38th 1st Staffordshire | 1st Battalion of The South Staffordshire Regiment |
| 39th Dorsetshire | 1st Battalion of The Dorsetshire Regiment [Regiment) |
| 40th 2nd Somersetshire | 1st Battalion of The Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire |
| 41st The Welsh | 1st Battalion of The Welsh Regiment |
| 42nd Royal Highland (The Black Watch) | 1st Battalion of The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) |
| 43rd Monmouthshire Light Infantry | 1st Battalion of The Oxfordshire Light Infantry |
| 44th East Essex | 1st Battalion of The Essex Regiment |
| 45th Nottinghamshire (Sherwood Foresters) | 1st Battalion of The Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire Regiment) |
| 46th South Devonshire | 2nd Battalion of The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry |
| 47tn Lancashire | 1st Battalion of The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment |
| 48th Northamptonshire | 1st Battalion of The Northamptonshire Regiment |
| 49th (Hertfordshire) Princess Charlotte of Wales's | 1st Battalion of Princess Charlotte of Wales's Berkshire Regiment |
| 50th Queen's Own | 1st Battalion of The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) |
| 51st (2nd Yorkshire) West Riding, King's Own Light Infantry | 1st Battalion of The King's Light Infantry (South Yorkshire Regiment) |
| 52nd Oxfordshire Light Infantry | 2nd Battalion of The Oxfordshire Light Infantry |
| 53rd Shropshire | 1st Battalion of The King's Light Infantry (Shropshire Regiment) |
| 54th West Norfolk | 2nd Battalion of The Dorsetshire Regiment |
| 55th Westmoreland | 2nd Battalion of The Border Regiment |
| 56th West Essex | 2nd Battalion of The Essex Regiment |
| 57th West Middlesex | 1st Battalion of The Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) |
| 58th Rutlandshire | 2nd Battalion of The Northamptonshire Regiment |
| 59th 2nd Nottinghamshire | 2nd Battalion of The East Lancashire Regiment |
| 60th King's Royal Rifle Corps | The King's Royal Rifle Corps |
| 61st South Gloucestershire | 2nd Battalion of The Gloucestershire Regiment |
| 62nd Wiltshire | 1st Battalion of The Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment) |
| 63rd West Suffolk | 1st Battalion of The Manchester Regiment |
| 64th 2nd Staffordshire | 1st Battalion of The Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment) |
| 65th 2nd Yorkshire, North Riding | 1st Battalion of The York and Lancaster Regiment |
| 66th Berkshire | 2nd Battalion of Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Berkshire Regiment) |
| 67th South Hampshire | 2nd Battalion of The Hampshire Regiment |
| 68th Durham Light Infantry | 1st Battalion of The Durham Light Infantry |
| 69th South Lincolnshire | 2nd Battalion of The Welsh Regiment |
| 70th Surrey | 2nd Battalion of The East Surrey Regiment |
| 71st Highland Light Infantry | 1st Battalion of The Highland Light Infantry |
| 72nd Duke of Albany's Own Highlanders | 1st Battalion of Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs) |
| 73rd Perthshire | 2nd Battalion of The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) |
| 74th Highlanders | 2nd Battalion of The Highland Light Infantry |
| 75th Stirlingshire | 1st Battalion of The Gordon Highlanders |
| 76th | 2nd Battalion of The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) |
| 77th (East Middlesex) Duke of Cambridge's Own | 2nd Battalion of The Duke of Cambridge's Own Middlesex Regiment) |
| 78th Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs) | 2nd Battalion of Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs) |
| 79th Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders | 1st Battalion of The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders |
| 80th Staffordshire Volunteers | 2nd Battalion of the South Staffordshire Regiment |
| 81st Royal Lincoln Volunteers | 2nd Battalion of The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [Regiment) |
| 82nd Prince of Wales's Volunteers | 2nd Battalion of The Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire |
| 83rd County of Dublin | 1st Battalion of The Loyal Irish Rifles |
| 84th York and Lancaster | 2nd Battalion of The York and Lancaster Regiment |
| 85th (Bucks Volunteers) King's Light Infantry | 2nd Battalion of The King's Light Infantry (Shropshire Regiment) |
| 86th Royal County Down | 2nd Battalion of The Royal Irish Rifles |
| 87th Royal Irish Fusiliers | 1st battalion of Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers) |
| 88th Connaught Rangers | 1st Battalion of The Connaught Rangers |
| 89th Princess Victoria's | 2nd Battalion of Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers) |
| 90th (Perthshire Volunteers) Light Infantry | 2nd Battalion of The Cameronians (Scotch Rifles) |
| 91st Princess Louise's Argyllshire Highlanders | 1st Battalion of Princess Louise's (Sutherland and Argyll Highlanders) |
| 92nd Gordon Highlanders | 2nd Battalion of Princess Louise's (Sutherland and Argyll Highlanders) |
| 93rd Sutherland Highlanders | 2nd Battalion of The Connaught Rangers |
| 94th | 2nd Battaiion of The Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire Regiment) |
| 95th Derbyshire | 2nd Battalion of The Gordon Highlanders |
| 96th | 2nd Battalion of The Manchester Regiment |
| 97th Earl of Ulster's | 2nd Battalion of The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) |
| 98th Prince of Wales's | 2nd Battalion of The Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment) |
| 99th Duke of Edinburgh's | 2nd Battalion of The Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment) |
| 100th (or Prince of Wales's Royal Canadian) | 1st Battalion of The Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal) |
| 101st Royal Bengal Fusiliers | 1st Hattaiion of The Royal Munster Fusiliers [Canadians) |
| 102nd Royal Madras Fusiliers | 1st Battalion of The Royal Dublin Fusiliers |
| 103rd Royal Bombay Fusiliers | 2nd Battalion of The Royal Dublin Fusiliers |
| 104th Bengal Fusiliers | 2nd Battalion of The Royal Munster Fusiliers [Regiment |
| 105th Madras Light Infantry | 2nd Battalion of The King's Own Light Infantry (South Yorkshire) |
| 106th Bombay Light Infantry | 2nd Battalion of The Durham Light Infantry |
| 107th Bengal Infantry | 2nd Battalion of The Royal Sussex Regiment |
| 108th Madras Infantry | 2nd Battalion of The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [Canadians) |
| 109th Bombay Infantry | 2nd Battalion of The Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal) |
| 110th Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) | The Prince Consort's Own (Rifle Brigade) |
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