Cardwell's Army Reforms
Cardwell introduced a number of much needed reforms to the Army in the 1870s and 80s. From a family history point of view, this is important as it included a great many changes in the organisation of regiments. Some amalgamated, some disappeared and a number were reborn with completely different names.
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Pre 1881 |
Post 1881 |
1st The Royal Scots Regiment |
1st and 2nd Battalions, The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) |
2nd (The Queen's Royal) Regiment of Foot |
1st and 2nd Battalions, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) |
3rd (The East Kent) Regiment of Foot |
1st and 2nd Battalions, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) |
4th (The King's Own Royal) Regiment of Foot |
1st and 2nd Battalions, The King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) |
5th Regiment of Foot (Northumberland Fusiliers) |
1st and 2nd Battalions, The Northumberland Fusiliers |
6th (Royal 1st Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot |
1st and 2nd Battalions, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment |
7th Regiment of Foot (Royal Fusiliers) |
1st and 2nd Battalions, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) |
8th (The King's) Regiment of Foot |
1st and 2nd Battalions, The King's Regiment (Liverpool) |
9th (The East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot |
1st and 2nd Battalions, The Norfolk Regiment |
10th (The North Lincolnshire) Regiment of Foot |
1st and 2nd Battalions, The Lincolnshire Regiment |
11th (The North Devonshire) Regiment of Foot |
1st and 2nd Battalions, The Devonshire Regiment |
12th (The East Suffolk) Regiment of Foot |
1st and 2nd Battalions, The Suffolk Regiment |
13th (1st Somersetshire) (Prince Albert's Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot |
1st and 2nd Battalions, Prince Albert's (Somersetshire Light Infantry) |
14th (Buckinghamshire - The Prince of Wales's Own) Regiment of Foot |
1st and 2nd Battalions, The Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) |
15th (The Yorkshire East Riding) Regiment of Foot |
1st and 2nd Battalions, The East Yorkshire Regiment |
16th (The Bedfordshire) Regiment of Foot |
1st and 2nd Battalions, The Bedfordshire Regiment |
17th (The Leicestershire) Regiment of Foot |
1st and 2nd Battalions, The Leicestershire Regiment |
18th (The Royal Irish) Regiment of Foot |
1st and 2nd Battalions, The Royal Irish Regiment |
19th (The 1st Yorkshire North Riding - Princess of Wales's Own) Regiment of Foot |
1st and 2nd Battalions, The Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment) |
20th (The East Devonshire) Regiment of Foot |
1st and 2nd Battalions, The Lancashire Fusiliers |
21st (Royal Scots Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot |
1st and 2nd Battalions, The Royal Scots Fusiliers |
22nd (The Cheshire) Regiment of Foot |
1st and 2nd Battalions, The Cheshire Regiment |
23rd Regiment of Foot (Royal Welsh Fusiliers) |
1st and 2nd Battalions, The Royal Welsh Fusiliers |
24th (The 2nd Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot |
1st and 2nd Battalions, The South Wales Borderers |
25th (The York) Regiment of Foot (King's Own Borderers) |
1st and 2nd Battalions, The King's Own Borderers |
26th (The Cameronian) Regiment of Foot |
1st Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) |
27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot |
1st Battalion, The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers |
28th (The North Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot |
1st Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment |
29th (The Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot |
1st Battalion, The Worcestershire Regiment |
30th (The Cambridgeshire) Regiment of Foot |
1st Battalion, The East Lancashire Regiment |
31st (The Huntingdonshire) Regiment of Foot |
1st Battalion, The East Surrey Regiment |
32nd (The Cornwall) Regiment Foot (Light Infantry) |
1st Battalion, The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry |
33rd (The Duke of Wellington's) Regiment of Foot |
1st Battalion, The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) |
34th (The Cumberland) Regiment of Foot |
1st Battalion, The Border Regiment |
35th (Royal Sussex) Regiment of Foot |
1st Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment |
36th (The Herefordshire) Regiment of Foot |
2nd Battalion, The Worcestershire Regiment |
37th (The North Hampshire) Regiment of Foot |
1st Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment |
38th (The 1st Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot |
1st Battalion, The South Staffordshire Regiment |
39th (The Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot |
1st Battalion, The Dorsetshire Regiment |
40th (The 2nd Somersetshire) Regiment of Foot |
1st Battalion, The Prince of Wales's Volunteers Regiment (South Lancashire Regiment) |
41st (The Welsh) Regiment of Foot |
1st Battalion, The Welsh Regiment |
42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot, The Black Watch |
1st Battalion, The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) |
43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) |
2nd Battalion, The Oxfordshire Light Infantry |
44th (The East Essex) Regiment of Foot |
1st Battalion, The Essex Regiment |
45th (Nottinghamshire) (Sherwood Foresters) Regiment of Foot |
1st Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire Regiment) |
46th (The South Devonshire) Regiment of Foot |
2nd Battalion, The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry |
47th (The Lancashire) Regiment of Foot |
1st Battalion, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment |
48th (The Northamptonshire) Regiment of Foot |
1st Battalion, The Northamptonshire Regiment |
49th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) (or The Hertfordshire) Regiment of Foot |
1st Battalion, The Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Berkshire Regiment) |
50th (The Queen's Own) Regiment of Foot |
1st Battalion, The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) |
51st (The 2nd Yorkshire West Riding) or The King's Own Light Infantry Regiment |
1st Battalion, The King's Own Light Infantry (South Yorkshire Regiment) |
52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) |
1st Battalion, The Oxfordshire Light Infantry |
53rd (The Shropshire) Regiment of Foot |
1st Battalion, The King's Light Infantry (Shropshire Regiment) |
54th (The West Norfolk) Regiment of Foot |
2nd Battalion, The Dorsetshire Regiment |
55th (The Westmoreland) Regiment of Foot |
2nd Battalion, The Border Regiment |
56th (The West Essex) Regiment of Foot |
2nd Battalion, The Essex Regiment |
57th (The West Middlesex) Regiment of Foot |
1st Battalion, The Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) |
58th (The Rutlandshire) Regiment of Foot |
2nd Battalion, The Northamptonshire Regiment |
59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot |
2nd Battalion, The East Lancashire Regiment |
60th (The King's Royal Rifle Corps) Regiment of Foot |
1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Battalions, The King's Royal Rifle Corps |
61st (The South Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot |
2nd Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment |
62nd (The Wiltshire) Regiment of Foot |
1st Battalion, The Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment) |
63rd (The West Suffolk) Regiment of Foot |
1st Battalion, The Manchester Regiment |
64th (2nd Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot |
1st Battalion, The Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment) |
65th (The 2nd Yorkshire, North Riding) Regiment of Foot |
1st Battalion, The York and Lancaster Regiment |
66th (The Berkshire) Regiment of Foot |
2nd Battalion, The Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Berkshire Regiment) |
67th (The South Hampshire) Regiment of Foot |
2nd Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment |
68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) |
1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry |
69th (The South Lincolnshire) Regiment of Foot |
2nd Battalion, The Welsh Regiment |
70th (The Surrey) Regiment of Foot |
2nd Battalion, The East Surrey Regiment |
71st (Highland) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) |
1st Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry |
72nd (or Duke of Albany's Own Highlanders) Regiment of Foot |
1st Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs) |
73rd (Perthshire) Regiment of Foot |
2nd Battalion, The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) |
74th (Highland) Regiment of Foot |
2nd Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry |
75th (Stirlingshire) Regiment of Foot |
1st Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders |
76th Regiment of Foot |
2nd Battalion, The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) |
77th (The East Middlesex) Regiment of Foot (The Duke of Cambridge's Own) |
2nd Battalion, The Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) |
78th (Highlanders) Regiment of Foot (or The Ross-shire Buffs) |
2nd Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs) |
79th (The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders) Regiment of Foot |
1st Battalion, The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders |
80th Regiment of Foot (Staffordshire Volunteers) |
2nd Battalion, The South Staffordshire Regiment |
81st Regiment of Foot (Loyal Lincoln Volunteers) |
2nd Battalion, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment |
82nd Regiment of Foot (Prince of Wales's Volunteers) |
2nd Battalion, The Prince of Wales's Volunteers Regiment (South Lancashire Regiment) |
83rd (County of Dublin) Regiment of Foot |
1st Battalion, The Royal Irish Rifles |
84th (York and Lancaster) Regiment of Foot |
2nd Battalion, The York and Lancaster Regiment |
85th, or The King's Regiment of Light Infantry (Bucks Volunteers) |
2nd Battalion, The King's Light Infantry (Shropshire Regiment) |
86th (Royal County Down) Regiment of Foot |
2nd Battalion, The Royal Irish Rifles |
87th (or Royal Irish Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot |
1st Battalion, The Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers) |
88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers) |
1st Battalion, The Connaught Rangers |
89th (The Princess Victoria's) Regiment of Foot |
2nd Battalion, The Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers) |
90th Regiment of Foot (Perthshire Volunteers) (Light Infantry) |
2nd Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) |
91st (Princess Louise's Argyllshire Highlanders) Regiment of Foot |
1st Battalion, Princess Louise's (Sutherland and Argyll Highlanders) |
92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment of Foot |
2nd Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders |
93rd (Sutherland Highlanders) Regiment of Foot |
2nd Battalion, Princess Louise's (Sutherland and Argyll Highlanders) |
94th Regiment of Foot |
2nd Battalion, The Connaught Rangers |
95th (Derbyshire) Regiment of Foot |
2nd Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire Regiment) |
96th Regiment of Foot |
2nd Battalion, The Manchester Regiment |
97th (The Earl of Ulster's) Regiment of Foot |
2nd Battalion, The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) |
98th (The Prince of Wales's) Regiment of Foot |
2nd Battalion, The Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment) |
99th Duke of Edinburgh's (Lanarkshire) Regiment of Foot |
2nd Battalion, The Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment) |
100th (or Prince of Wales's Royal Canadian) Regiment of Foot |
1st Battalion, The Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians) |
101st Regiment of Foot (Royal Bengal Fusiliers) |
1st Battalion, The Royal Munster Fusiliers |
102nd Regiment of Foot (Royal Madras Fusiliers) |
1st Battalion, The Royal Dublin Fusiliers |
103rd Regiment of Foot (Royal Bombay Fusiliers) |
2nd Battalion, The Royal Dublin Fusiliers |
104th Regiment of Foot (Bengal Fusiliers) |
2nd Battalion, The Royal Munster Fusiliers |
105th Regiment of Foot (Madras Light Infantry) |
2nd Battalion, The King's Own Light Infantry (South Yorkshire Regiment) |
106th Regiment of Foot (Bombay Light Infantry) |
2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry |
107th Regiment of Foot (Bengal Light Infantry) |
2nd Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment |
108th Regiment of Foot (Madras Infantry) |
2nd Battalion, The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers |
109th Regiment of Foot (Bombay Infantry) |
2nd Battalion, The Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians) |
The Prince Consort's Own Rifle Brigade |
1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Battalions, The Prince Consort's Own (Rifle Brigade) |