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 Regiments in 1880

The Reorganisation of 1881

The Regiments in 1881

The Regiments raised during the Second Boer War


The Battalions in 1914

The regular battalions of the regiments just before the start of the Great War.

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GG 1st Battalion,
2nd Battalion,
3rd Battalion,
accolade The Grenadier Guards
 
 
CG 1st Battalion,
2nd Battalion,
3rd Battalion,
accolade The Coldstream Guards
 
 
SG 1st Battalion,
2nd Battalion,
accolade The Scots Guards
 
 
IG 1st Battalion, accolade The Irish Guards
 
 
RS 1st Battalion,
2nd Battalion,
accolade The Royal Scots
(Lothian Regiment)
 
 
WSurrey 1st Battalion,
2nd Battalion,
accolade The Queen’s
(Royal West Surrey Regiment)
 
 
EKent 1st Battalion,
2nd Battalion,
accolade The Buffs
(East Kent Regiment)
 
 
KO 1st Battalion,
2nd Battalion,
accolade The King’s Own
(Royal Lancaster Regiment)
 
 
NF 1st Battalion,
2nd Battalion,
accolade The Northumberland Fusiliers
 
 
Warwicks 1st Battalion,
2nd Battalion,
accolade The Royal Warwickshire Regiment
 
 
RF 1st Battalion,
2nd Battalion,
3rd Battalion,
4th Battalion,
accolade The Royal Fusiliers
(City of London Regiment)
 
 
Kings 1st Battalion,
2nd Battalion,
accolade The King’s
(Liverpool Regiment)
 
 
Norfolk 1st Battalion,
2nd Battalion,
accolade The Norfolk Regiment
 
 
Lincolns 1st Battalion,
2nd Battalion,
accolade The Lincolnshire Regiment
 
 
Devons 1st Battalion,
2nd Battalion,
accolade The Devonshire Regiment
 
 
Suffolk 1st Battalion,
2nd Battalion,
accolade The Suffolk Regiment
 
 
SLI 1st Battalion,
2nd Battalion,
accolade Prince Albert’s
(Somerset Light Infantry)
 
 
WYorks 1st Battalion,
2nd Battalion,
accolade The Prince of Wales’s Own
(West Yorkshire Regiment)
 
 
EYorks 1st Battalion,
2nd Battalion,
accolade The East Yorkshire Regiment
 
 
Bedfords 1st Battalion,
2nd Battalion,
accolade The Bedfordshire Regiment
 
 
Leicesters 1st Battalion,
2nd Battalion,
accolade The Leicestershire Regiment
 
 
RIrR 1st Battalion,
2nd Battalion,
accolade The Royal Irish Regiment
 
 
Yorks 1st Battalion,
2nd Battalion,
accolade Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own
(Yorkshire Regiment)
 
 
LancasF 1st Battalion,
2nd Battalion,
accolade The Lancashire Fusiliers
 
 
RSF 1st Battalion,
2nd Battalion,
accolade The Royal Scots Fusiliers
 
 
Cheshire 1st Battalion,
2nd Battalion,
accolade The Cheshire Regiment
 
 
RWF 1st Battalion,
2nd Battalion,
accolade The Royal Welsh Fusiliers
 
 
SWB 1st Battalion,
2nd Battalion,
accolade The South Wales Borderers
 
 
KOSB 1st Battalion,
2nd Battalion,
accolade The King’s Own Scottish Borderers
 
 
Cameronians 1st Battalion,
2nd Battalion,
accolade The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
 
 
InniskillingF 1st Battalion,
2nd Battalion,
accolade The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
 
 
Gloucesters 1st Battalion,
2nd Battalion,
accolade The Gloucestershire Regiment
 
 
Worcesters 1st Battalion,
2nd Battalion,
3rd Battalion,
4th Battalion,
accolade The Worcestershire Regiment
 
 
ELancs 1st Battalion,
2nd Battalion,
accolade The East Lancashire Regiment
 
 
ESurrey 1st Battalion,
2nd Battalion,
accolade The East Surrey Regiment
 
 
DCLI 1st Battalion,
2nd Battalion,
accolade The Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry
 
 
DWR 1st Battalion,
2nd Battalion,
accolade The Duke of Wellington’s
(West Riding Regiment)
 
 
Border 1st Battalion,
2nd Battalion,
accolade The Border Regiment
 
 
Sussex 1st Battalion,
2nd Battalion,
accolade The Royal Sussex Regiment
 
 
Hants 1st Battalion,
2nd Battalion,
accolade The Hampshire Regiment
 
 
SStaffs 1st Battalion,
2nd Battalion,
accolade The South Staffordshire Regiment
 
 
Dorsets 1st Battalion,
2nd Battalion,
accolade The Dorsetshire Regiment
 
 
SLancs 1st Battalion,
2nd Battalion,
accolade The Prince of Wales’s Volunteers
(South Lancashire Regiment)
 
 
WR 1st Battalion,
2nd Battalion,
accolade The Welsh Regiment
 
 
BlackWatch 1st Battalion,
2nd Battalion,
accolade The Black Watch
(Royal Highlanders)
 
 
OxfordsLI 1st Battalion,
2nd Battalion,
accolade The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
 
 
Essex 1st Battalion,
2nd Battalion,
accolade The Essex Regiment
 
 
Foresters 1st Battalion,
2nd Battalion,
accolade The Sherwood Foresters
(Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)
 
 
NLancs 1st Battalion,
2nd Battalion,
accolade The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
 
 
Northhamptons 1st Battalion,
2nd Battalion,
accolade The Northamptonshire Regiment
 
 
Berks 1st Battalion,
2nd Battalion,
accolade The Princess Charlotte of Wales’s
(Royal Berkshire Regiment)
 
 
WKent 1st Battalion,
2nd Battalion,
accolade The Queen’s Own
(Royal West Kent Regiment)
 
 
KOYLI 1st Battalion,
2nd Battalion,
accolade The King’s Own
(Yorkshire Light Infantry)
 
 
KSLI 1st Battalion,
2nd Battalion,
accolade The King’s
(Shropshire Light Infantry)
 
 
Middlesex 1st Battalion,
2nd Battalion,
3rd Battalion,
4th Battalion,
accolade The Duke of Cambridge’s Own
(Middlesex Regiment)
 
 
KRRC 1st Battalion,
2nd Battalion,
3rd Battalion,
4th Battalion,
accolade The King’s Royal Rifle Corps
 
 
Wilts 1st Battalion,
2nd Battalion,
accolade The Duke of Edinburgh’s
(Wiltshire Regiment)
 
 
Manchester 1st Battalion,
2nd Battalion,
accolade The Manchester Regiment
 
 
NStaffs 1st Battalion,
2nd Battalion,
accolade The Prince of Wales’s
(North Staffordshire Regiment)
 
 
YaL 1st Battalion,
2nd Battalion,
accolade The York and Lancaster Regiment
 
 
DurhamLI 1st Battalion,
2nd Battalion,
accolade The Durham Light Infantry
 
 
HLI 1st Battalion,
2nd Battalion,
accolade The Highland Light Infantry
 
 
Seaforth 1st Battalion,
2nd Battalion,
accolade The Seaforth Highlanders
(Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany’s)
 
 
Gordon 1st Battalion,
2nd Battalion,
accolade The Gordon Highlanders
 
 
Cameron 1st Battalion,
2nd Battalion,
accolade The Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders
 
 
RIRif 1st Battalion,
2nd Battalion,
accolade The Royal Irish Rifles
 
 
PVRIF 1st Battalion,
2nd Battalion,
accolade Princess Victoria’s
(Royal Irish Fusiliers)
 
 
ConnR 1st Battalion,
2nd Battalion,
accolade The Connaught Rangers
 
 
ASH 1st Battalion,
2nd Battalion,
accolade Princess Louise’s
(Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders)
 
 
POWLR 1st Battalion,
2nd Battalion,
accolade The Prince of Wales’s Leinster Regiment
(Royal Canadians)
 
 
RMF 1st Battalion,
2nd Battalion,
accolade The Royal Munster Fusiliers
 
 
RDF 1st Battalion,
2nd Battalion,
accolade The Royal Dublin Fusiliers
 
 
RB 1st Battalion,
2nd Battalion,
3rd Battalion,
4th Battalion,
accolade The Prince Consort’s Own
(Rifle Brigade)
 
 
WIR 1st Battalion,
2nd Battalion,
accolade The West India Regiment
 
 
WestAfrican 1st Battalion, accolade The West African Regiment
 

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