The Regular Infantry of the British Army

The Regiments until 1751

The Seven Years’ War

The American War of Independence

The Wars of the Coalitions and the Napoleonic Wars

From the Napoleonic Wars to the 1881 Reorganisation

The reductions after the Napoleonic Wars resulted in the the 1^st Foot Guards having three battalions, the 2^nd and 3^rd Foot Guards and the 1^st and 60^th Foot and The Rifle Brigade having two battalions. All other line regiments had one battalion.

In 1823/24 the 94^th - 99^th Foot were added to the establishment.

In 1842 and 1846 Reserve Battalions were created from the regimental depots of several regiments. These battalions were in fact used for normal service. The scheme was abandoned within a few years and the Reserve Battalions merged back into their parent battalions.

In 1855 the 60^th Foot and The Rifle Brigade got a 3^rd battalion.

The Crimean War and the Great Mutiny led to the raising of 2^nd battalions for the 2^nd - 25^th Foot and 4^th battalions for the 60^th Foot and The Rifle Brigade. Also the 100^th Foot was added.

in 1861 the erstwhile European Regiments of the East India Company were taken into the line as the 101^st - 109^th Foot.

1^st R^egt of Foot Guards ⇶		⇶		⇶		⇶		⇶
2^nd R^egt of Foot Guards ⇉		⇉		⇉		⇉		⇉
3^rd R^egt of Foot Guards ⇉		⇉		⇉		⇉		⇉
1^st R^egt of Foot ⇉		⇉		⇉		⇉		⇉
2^nd R^egt of Foot →		→		→	1857:	2^nd Bⁿ raised ⇉		⇉
3^rd R^egt of Foot →		→		→	1857:	2^nd Bⁿ raised ⇉		⇉
4^th R^egt of Foot →		→		→	1857:	2^nd Bⁿ raised ⇉		⇉
5^th R^egt of Foot →		→		→	1857:	2^nd Bⁿ raised ⇉		⇉
6^th R^egt of Foot →	1846:	Reserve Bⁿ raised ⇉	1849:	Reserve Bⁿ disbanded →	1857:	2^nd Bⁿ raised ⇉		⇉
7^th R^egt of Foot →		→		→	1857:	2^nd Bⁿ raised ⇉		⇉
8^th R^egt of Foot →		→		→	1857:	2^nd Bⁿ raised ⇉		⇉
9^th R^egt of Foot →		→		→	1857:	2^nd Bⁿ raised ⇉		⇉
10^th R^egt of Foot →		→		→	1858:	2^nd Bⁿ raised ⇉		⇉
11^th R^egt of Foot →		→		→	1858:	2^nd Bⁿ raised ⇉		⇉
12^th R^egt of Foot →	1842:	Reserve Bⁿ raised ⇉		⇉	1858:	Reserve Bⁿ → 2^nd Bⁿ ⇉		⇉
13^th R^egt of Foot →		→		→	1858:	2^nd Bⁿ raised ⇉		⇉
14^th R^egt of Foot →		→		→	1858:	2^nd Bⁿ raised ⇉		⇉
15^th R^egt of Foot →		→		→	1858:	2^nd Bⁿ raised ⇉		⇉
16^th R^egt of Foot →		→		→	1858:	2^nd Bⁿ raised ⇉		⇉
17^th R^egt of Foot →		→		→	1858:	2^nd Bⁿ raised ⇉		⇉
18^th R^egt of Foot →		→		→	1859:	2^nd Bⁿ raised ⇉		⇉
19^th R^egt of Foot →		→		→	1858:	2^nd Bⁿ raised ⇉		⇉
20^th R^egt of Foot →	1842:	Reserve Bⁿ raised ⇉	1849:	Reserve Bⁿ disbanded →	1857:	2^nd Bⁿ raised ⇉		⇉
21^st R^egt of Foot →		→		→	1858:	2^nd Bⁿ raised ⇉		⇉
22^nd R^egt of Foot →		→		→	1858:	2^nd Bⁿ raised ⇉		⇉
23^rd R^egt of Foot →	1843:	Reserve Bⁿ raised ⇉	1852:	Reserve Bⁿ disbanded →	1857:	2^nd Bⁿ raised ⇉		⇉
24^th R^egt of Foot →		→		→	1858:	2^nd Bⁿ raised ⇉		⇉
25^th R^egt of Foot →		→		→	1860:	2^nd Bⁿ raised ⇉		⇉
26^th R^egt of Foot →		→		→		→		→
27^th R^egt of Foot →		→		→		→		→
28^th R^egt of Foot →		→		→		→		→
29^th R^egt of Foot →		→		→		→		→
30^th R^egt of Foot →		→		→		→		→
31^st R^egt of Foot →		→		→		→		→
32^nd R^egt of Foot →		→		→		→		→
33^rd R^egt of Foot →		→		→		→		→
34^th R^egt of Foot →		→		→		→		→
35^th R^egt of Foot →		→		→		→		→
36^th R^egt of Foot →		→		→		→		→
37^th R^egt of Foot →		→		→		→		→
38^th R^egt of Foot →		→		→		→		→
39^th R^egt of Foot →		→		→		→		→
40^th R^egt of Foot →		→		→		→		→
41^st R^egt of Foot →		→		→		→		→
42^nd R^egt of Foot →	1842:	Reserve Bⁿ raised ⇉	1850:	Reserve Bⁿ disbanded →		→		→
43^rd R^egt of Foot →		→		→		→		→
44^th R^egt of Foot →	1847:	Reserve Bⁿ raised ⇉	1850:	Reserve Bⁿ disbanded →		→		→
45^th R^egt of Foot →	1842:	Reserve Bⁿ raised ⇉	1850:	Reserve Bⁿ disbanded →		→		→
46^th R^egt of Foot →		→		→		→		→
47^th R^egt of Foot →		→		→		→		→
48^th R^egt of Foot →		→		→		→		→
49^th R^egt of Foot →		→		→		→		→
50^th R^egt of Foot →		→		→		→		→
51^st R^egt of Foot →		→		→		→		→
52^nd R^egt of Foot →		→		→		→		→
53^rd R^egt of Foot →		→		→		→		→
54^th R^egt of Foot →		→		→		→		→
55^th R^egt of Foot →		→		→		→		→
56^th R^egt of Foot →	1846:	Reserve Bⁿ raised ⇉	1848:	Reserve Bⁿ disbanded →		→		→
57^th R^egt of Foot →		→		→		→		→
58^th R^egt of Foot →		→		→		→		→
59^th R^egt of Foot →		→		→		→		→
60^th R^egt of Foot ⇉		⇉	1855:	3^rd Bⁿ raised ⇶	1857:	4^th Bⁿ raised ➡		➡
61^st R^egt of Foot →		→		→		→		→
62^nd R^egt of Foot →		→		→		→		→
63^rd R^egt of Foot →		→		→		→		→
64^th R^egt of Foot →		→		→		→		→
65^th R^egt of Foot →		→		→		→		→
66^th R^egt of Foot →		→		→		→		→
67^th R^egt of Foot →	1846:	Reserve Bⁿ raised ⇉	1848:	Reserve Bⁿ disbanded →		→		→
68^th R^egt of Foot →		→		→		→		→
69^th R^egt of Foot →	1847:	Reserve Bⁿ raised ⇉	1848:	Reserve Bⁿ disbanded →		→		→
70^th R^egt of Foot →		→		→		→		→
71^st R^egt of Foot →	1842:	Reserve Bⁿ raised ⇉	1853:	Reserve Bⁿ disbanded →		→		→
72^nd R^egt of Foot →		→		→		→		→
73^rd R^egt of Foot →	1848:	Reserve Bⁿ raised ⇉	1852:	Reserve Bⁿ disbanded →		→		→
74^th R^egt of Foot →		→		→		→		→
75^th R^egt of Foot →		→		→		→		→
76^th R^egt of Foot →	1846:	Reserve Bⁿ raised ⇉	1848:	Reserve Bⁿ disbanded →		→		→
77^th R^egt of Foot →		→		→		→		→
78^th R^egt of Foot →		→		→		→		→
79^th R^egt of Foot →		→		→		→		→
80^th R^egt of Foot →		→		→		→		→
81^st R^egt of Foot →		→		→		→		→
82^nd R^egt of Foot →		→		→		→		→
83^rd R^egt of Foot →		→		→		→		→
84^th R^egt of Foot →		→		→		→		→
85^th R^egt of Foot →		→		→		→		→
86^th R^egt of Foot →		→		→		→		→
87^th R^egt of Foot →		→		→		→		→
88^th R^egt of Foot →		→		→		→		→
89^th R^egt of Foot →		→		→		→		→
90^th R^egt of Foot →		→		→		→		→
91^st R^egt of Foot →	1842:	Reserve Bⁿ raised ⇉	1855:	Reserve Bⁿ disbanded →		→		→
92^nd R^egt of Foot →		→		→		→		→
93^rd R^egt of Foot →		→		→		→		→
1823: 94^th R^egt of Foot →		→		→		→		→
1823: 95^th R^egt of Foot →		→		→		→		→
1824: 96^th R^egt of Foot →		→		→		→		→
1824: 97^th R^egt of Foot →	1845:	Reserve Bⁿ raised ⇉	1851:	Reserve Bⁿ disbanded →		→		→
1824: 98^th R^egt of Foot →		→		→		→		→
1824: 99^th R^egt of Foot →		→		→		→		→
					1858:	100^th R^egt of Foot →		→
					1859:	1^st Bengal Fusiliers →	1861:	101^st R^egt of Foot →
					1859:	1^st Madras Fusiliers →	1861:	102^nd R^egt of Foot →
					1859:	1^st Bombay Fusiliers →	1861:	103^rd R^egt of Foot →
					1859:	2^nd Bengal Fusiliers →	1861:	104^th R^egt of Foot →
					1859:	2^nd Madras Light Infantry →	1861:	105^th R^egt of Foot →
					1859:	2^nd Bombay Light Infantry →	1861:	106^th R^egt of Foot →
					1859:	3^rd Bengal Light Infantry →	1861:	107^th R^egt of Foot →
					1859:	3^rd Madras Infantry →	1861:	108^th R^egt of Foot →
					1859:	3^rd Bombay Regiment →	1861:	109^th R^egt of Foot →
The Rifle Brigade ⇉	1842:	2^nd Reserve Bⁿ raised ⇶	1850:	2^nd Reserve Bⁿ disbanded ⇉	1855:	3^rd Bⁿ raised ⇶	1857:	4^th Bⁿ raised ➡
1^st West India R^egt →		→		→		→		→
2^nd West India R^egt →		→		→		→		→
	1837:	3^rd West India Regiment →		→		→	1870:	disbanded
					1862:	4^th West India Regiment →	1869:	disbanded
					1863:	5^th West India Regiment →	1865:	disbanded

The Regiments in 1880

The Reorganisation of 1881

The Regiments in 1881

The Regiments raised during the Second Boer War

The Regiments in 1914

The Battalions raised during the Great War

The Changes between the World Wars

The Regiments in 1939

The Regiments raised during World War II

Changes from 1958 to 1962

The Brigades in 1963

Changes from 1964 to 1970

The Regiments in 1971

Options for change: 1992 to 1994

The Regiments in 1995

Changes from 2003 to 2007

The Regiments in 2008

The Regiments in 2023

Alphabetic List of the Regiments